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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



AM) IIORTICUl.Tt'llAI. REGISTER. 



BofTO!<, VV'EUNKsriAr, June 2!), I84C. 



CLOSK OF VOLUME XX. 



Willi tlii» niitiibff »H f lo'ie a volimip. Il is twenty 

 yctrs linci" Mr F«-senili-n b. ;;iin to •end out tlii.i weekly 

 nic»sBii(.'pr In the r.irnii'r'i' firesides. Il has been a tncs- 

 ■eiiger cnr'ying m-wt of ihc vnluiibli' disioveiiis and re- 

 «ul!!i III ngriciilliire. Murli tint wan of no worth, il may 

 be, linx been iiiingtled willi llio vnliinblc — but wilh nil 

 ila iiiilierfeciiong, this p.'ipnr b,i9 done a good work — it 

 bus scutier.d li^ht, awakiined in<|niry and kin.lb d z-'til. 

 In II poid cause it lias been « fteailyand effirient labo. 

 rer. Surli certainly it waa ns long na ils originator lived 

 and inadi! it bear abroad the dictates of his windnm, pru- 

 dence and wit. What it is now and will be in fuiure, 

 nilier< must judge. 



The Index for vol. IX , will be forwarded with the 

 next number. 



JIISK 29, IS J a. 



HAYING. 



We gnve a long ariicio upon this subject last year. 

 Willi we then s'lid is probably forgotten. At hast, ice 

 liave forgotten in what form we presented our opinions 

 and idvice, and presume that Iho substunce i» not re- 

 membered by our readers. 



The Scyllir.—'Vbia is the first tool to be used in the 

 operation, and the iinportancir of having good ones, is 

 •uUicieiit to justify the throwing aside forihwiih such ae 

 are either too soft or too hard to take or to hold a cood 

 edge. The operatiofi of ciiilini; the grass well, though 

 a pleasant one on smooth hinds wilh a fnir crop, is yrt 

 laborious enoush and slow enough with the best tool ; 

 but with a poor one it is wearing to both body and 

 per. eihoiild one Inne to go to the grind^Uine seven or 

 night exlia times in the course of the i-eason, in conse. 

 qiicnie of having a poor scythe, he will in that way 

 lose the cost of a new one ;— in the extra whetlings and 

 the lessening of dispaich in his work. In- will soon lose 

 «he co-t of another. It is nol certain that a new one 

 will be a good one, but if Iho one you have is ni t good, 

 buy, and try your luck. We know not that anyone 

 kind is to ho preferred to others ; but last year we pur 

 ehoscd llie coj/ »((!./. ind had very good luck. Thene 

 oonie a liltia higher than oihcis, but if we saved two 

 grindin<>s upon each, and wo think we did four, then 

 th« difference is olreiidy made up to us. 



Lettho hoy— lie l.'arner— have a srytlie that will cm 

 IPS//. It is barbarous to set biin, with his want of skill 

 and want of slreng'.h, to work with a dull tool. He 

 nteita a better scyilie than the man docg. 



liakts and Forkt —Have enough oflhum and in (lood 

 order. 



Il'm'ons nnd Carls.— Fix some kind of hay rigging lo 

 «« miuy as your barnflonr ways will hold, if you ha»c 

 •o many i for a spare cart, when a aliowcr is eominf;. 

 will often enabU )ou lo secure a load of dry hay, that 

 would gel wet, if you must wait lo unload what is al- 

 ready in the barn, before jou ran loud. 



[The Ihrte Itahr.—TU'i* is a valuable implement 

 whore much liay is In be mode— us hnoie il is— fur we 

 have worked with it, or after il, four or five aumrneis, 

 and know Ihal il eircil.s its work wilh ereat dispatch ; 

 p«rli'-iiUily iH It valuable in raking into winr iw the 

 thick and heavy hny Unit was cm in the morning : an 

 acre may be rnked in about half an hour ; labor is saved, 

 • nd inueh ••rength is sated Our acquaintance is wilh 

 Ih'j fiarolrin; horse-rako, which cois about $10 ; and 



every man who has ten acres of ground to rai-e, where 

 this implement will work, should have one for use. 

 And it may be worked, by skilful hands, on fields that 

 are not level or smooth. Even where there are some 

 rocks and stumps, il may bo used to advantage. We 

 »i|« safe in saying that where three men are employed 

 in hay making, they will save an hour's work to each, 

 every afternoon, by this implement. Not «o much as 

 Ihat, until some one of them ling learned lo hold il wilh 

 I skill— for at first he will hnnglo some and may break 

 I teeth— but with a steady horse that moves >lnw, he will 

 in a few hours " get ihe bans ofil," and then ihore will 

 be no trouble, even if the horso should walk fast. 

 [ Hours of IVorlt.—" Make hay while iho sun sliinea." 

 Vou may mow in the cool of the morning and evening; 

 but you must stir and turn up your hay busily, under 

 the holiest sun of summer's hottest noon day. One 

 hour's work then, is worth more than two at inornin<7 

 oreveniii;r forA«i/-7nr,/«'n^. We have met wiih squibs 

 in the papers advi.sing farmers lo do thoir having in fhe 

 cool i.f the day, and rest in tlic shade while the sun 

 shines liolleKt. Nonsense ! — work hardest while the 

 sun helps you most. 



•We had prepared some farllier remarks upon mailers 

 connected wilh haying, which ore .Icferred to give place 

 10 other mailer. 



THE HORSE. HAKE— DY ONE WHO HAS 

 USED IT. 



Milton, June Z'tlh, 1842. 

 or Sir — An experience of three yearg 

 ig Horse-Rake," confirms me in the 



exhihiifd the larpcstand most .splendid bouquet evi r wi 

 nessed in the rooms— n Irue type of the bold, open, an 

 generous manner in which ll.cy conduct their afr»ir^|»' 

 Mr Carter, of the Botanic Garden, Camhririae ; D 

 Howard, Brookline; .Mr Meller, Roxhury ; Mr' llove_.|i2i 

 Roxbury, were among the contrib<itors. Tliey were a! 

 too respectable to notice a preference —'111 ro npp.-ar 

 lo he an im reused interest felt in these exhibitioiig. ThifcS 

 shows arc more gorgeous and visitors more nuineiouT 

 than usual. — ComnunicaUd. 



KXIIIBITIOR or ri.OWKRS. 



Mr Putiiam— Di- 

 ilh the " Revolvir 



Snturday, June 25, 1843. 



The exhibition today was one of H,c best of ihe sea-lm 

 son. -I he roses were shown in great vi.r.elv and beauty 

 A fine elleciioo from fhc President oi the t^ocjety, ni. 

 offered for premiijiu, embraced some superb new kind* 



A large bouquet of IVonies, from Messrs. Winship; 

 was also greall. nilinired '^' 



We only retm t ihat it is impossi ile. from want ot " 

 rooin, lo noliee many of the flower, exhibited. 



From the President of ihe Society, a gr.ai variety al * 

 Roses, together wilh Paionies; Ueui'zia acabra; Soirna = 

 japonica, Ae. ' *^ "" 



From J A. Kenrirk, Ro.«es in sixly varieties; four 

 kinds of IVoiiies; Azalias, &c. &c. 



From U. Meller, some elegant seedling Geraniumi. 

 Tansies. Ac. ' 



From S. R. Jol.nson, hardy and tender Roses, in creat 

 Tandy. ^ 



From Messrs Winship,by E. A. Story- Roses, Pa:o. 

 nies, cut Howers. Ac. 



From B V. French, Roses. 



From .\ Kenrick. Rosis. in variety ; lloiievs.nklea; 

 Purple Beech : lour kinds of Pteonici, an.l cia flowers 



From J. I.. I,. F. Warren, Dahlias ; Geraiiiims ; Cac- 

 tus; Verl.eiios. and niher flowers. 



Froin A. Bowditch, hardy and tender Roses, of seve- 



opinion liefore expressed to yon. that il is the cheapest I "''J''"''''m ., , 



and most useful implement with which modern invenlion r'Z ' ,"''"": ^"""-J'''"'^- «"«•'■ 



ha, presented the farmer. U i,h pro, nanagemJn" Li^'TRJ-rVa:""::: H;:;S^,^k^ =i:"^ ''"''' "^ '^^ 



and there is no difTicully in managing it, it does its 

 work well, raking clean and rapidly in b.lh light and 

 heavy gras.< I never yet saw a crop in which it could 

 not ho used wilh advantage. With il, a man and boy 

 will perliirm the ordinary labor of five or six men, and 

 vt'nh less futi'.'ue lo Ihe holder Ihnn is caused by hand- 

 raking. 'I'he first limo that we tried it, fhaving never 

 seen it used.) we rakeil one nnd a half acre in fifty mi- 

 nutes, in what is consideied in this vicinity a rocky 

 piece of ground. And here I would s.ny Ihal the com- 

 mon op'nion thai it can be used only on land that is en- 

 tirely free from rocks, is erroneous. In sprcadin" the 

 grass, we leave the rocks uniovcred, and the boy who 

 rides, points them out. They are nvoideij by raking I 

 around them or lifiing the rako over them ; and it is so ' 

 cnnstrueled that, should it meet with any obstruction, it 

 can ho immediately turned by raising the handles and 

 thus escape injury. The damage ■■.stained in three 

 years has not exceedeil twenlv five cents. And ihc cost 

 o( the rako (in case of a sudden slinwei,^ has been often 

 saved iu one day. Reepcctfully, yotirs, &c. 



SIMEON PALMER. 



MASS. HORTICULTIIUAI. SOCIETY. 

 The exhibiiion of Roses, PiDonies and other flowers 

 at the rooms on Saturday last, was truly splendid. On 

 no occasion, a this season of Ihn year, do we reeolloci so 

 fine a display. The day was pleasani, and th,. gay and 

 fair were oul in llieir best atliie, and .oniiniierl to ihron;; 

 Ihe roimis quite to the close ol the exhil ilion. I'he eon" 

 Iribiilors went numerous. Anioi.g i|,e principal, we 

 noticed a fine display from the President, M. P. \Vilder ; 

 S. R. Jolin-on, of t;bHrleitowii ; Benj. V. Frenih, 

 llrainlrei. ; Azil Bowditch, R.xburv ; John A. Ken' 

 r rk and Wm. Kenrick, Newton ; J. I,. L. F. Warren, 

 and Messrs. Winsliip, Brighu.n. The Messrs. Winship' 



Roses, from F. W. Macondry. 



Pinks, from S. Walker. 



B'uqiieis from l)r 11. ward, \V. Kerriek. \V. Metier 

 Ilovey&Co, Mi^isest^uniner, J. Hovey, S.Walker 

 J. L.. L.. r. Warren, and others. 



KXIIIBITION OF FRUITS. 



Early Virginia Strawberries, from 0:is Johnson, of 

 Lynn. 



From M. P. Wilder, Dorcliesler; Methven Castle 

 Slra IV berries. 



Friim lion. Elijah Vose, Dorchester ; Iwohoxes .M. i i. 

 vcn Cas'le Slrawberrics- very Inige an.l fuel* eoh... ,1 



From Francis Bigelow, Medford ; a fine specimen of 

 Methven Castle and Warren'g seedling Strawberries, 

 mixed. 



From Messrs Hovey, Cnmbridgcpori ; Hovey '« Seed- 

 linir Strawberry- specimen not so good us in years past. 



From J. L. L. F. Warren, lirighion; n fine specimen 

 of his.-icedling Strawberry and Enily Royal George 



From Dr Howard, Brookline; Bla. k lliimburg. Mil- 

 lers Borgiindy and U bile Chasselas Grapes— berriri 

 large, line color.il and fine flavoied. 



Fr< ni J. F. 



, Salem ; Royal George Clingstnna 

 and Admirable Penrbes, ami .Monlj-omerv Cli 

 The Peaches were ero '" 



Mies. 



since 



I'hey were of 



gomer 

 'ere grown in pots, sml have" had 

 Ihe season would permit, open ciillurH 

 fine appearance and delicious in flavor. 



For the Con.niillee, BENJ. V. FRENCH 



FxniniTioN or vegftabi rs. 

 By Dr J. C. H.ward ; Early Dwaif Pea, 

 Imperial and lioyal Cape Letloco. 

 From Col Perkins ; (,'iicuinbcrs. 

 By A. Bowdiich; Rhubaib. 

 By J. L. L. F. Warren ; Early Peas — very good «|.e. 



extra fine. 



I eas — very good sp 

 SA.ML'ELPOMJ. 



THE PEACH TREE WORM. 

 (TTWe would invite attention tn the ncc.Minl vvbich 

 we publish lodav from Mr Holt, as to Ins manner of 

 preservini: pead, trees from the worm ilr.l prev« at the 

 ro..t. His method seems to us highly valuabl. — and we 

 sec nol why il may not be used to check Iho action of 

 Ihe borer around apple trees. 



