NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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SHORT-HORNED BULL, LORD ADOL- 

 PHUS FAIRFAX. 



This bull was three and a half years old when 

 exhibited at the North Lincolnshire society's meet- 

 in*, and won the first prize in 1843. He was also 

 exhibited at Gt. Yorkshire society's meeting at 

 Hull in 1811, and received the first prize as the 

 best bull calf. He was bred by Mr. Whitaker Bur- 

 ley; the property of Mr. Henry Watson, Walker- 

 ingham, near T3awtry. 



The short-horned breed of cattle was produced in 

 England by choice selection of fine animals; and by 

 a long, judicious course of management by some of 

 the most skilful breeders in the country, they have 

 obtained great celebrity, and are diffused in Eng- 

 land as well as in some other countries. This race 

 is remarkable for its symmetry and compactness of 

 form, for its rapid growth and early maturity, 

 which admirably adapts it to the purposes of beef, 

 which gives it a high rank in those countries where 

 beef is the principal object of raising cattle; as the 

 stock is of large size and rapid growth, it needs lux- 

 uriant pastures and high keeping. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



Of Dr. .John McWales, INIilford, some very 

 beautiful specimens of Velvetine Peach. This 

 peach is remarkably handsome, being very high 

 colored, and nearly all covered with a beautiful 

 velvety appearance; it is of excellent quality, and 

 it justifies a high rank, which we assigned it last 

 year. It is one of the best of peaches. 



From John Goldermen, Sherburne, seedling 

 peaches, very large and beautiful; the quality of 

 the specimen sent is about medial. 



NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS. 



The Union Artist. — This is the title of a new 

 periodical, to be published once a month at Pitts- 

 burg, Penn., and devoted to agriculture, horticul- 

 ture and mechanics. Under the head of Book 

 Farming, the editor says: "The whole energy of 

 the farmer appears to be directed to the idea of 

 seeding down a great number of acres, as if upon 

 the amount of land cultivated his success entirely 

 depended. He never stops to inquire whether his 

 soil contains the requisite qualities for the produc- 

 tion of the grain which he expects to harvest, nor 

 whether the soil has been properly prepared for the 

 production of the crop he wishes to grow." We 

 cannot speak quite so strongly as does our new 

 friend, for we trust that now, there are few who do 

 not somcthncs make the inquiries which lead to a 

 better mode of cultivation. The Artist is well- 

 printed, contains many pictorial illustiations, and 

 what is more, abounds with the right kind of ideas. 

 We theiefore welcome it into the wide field of in- 

 dustry, and admonish it to prepare its shoulders 

 for the herculean task which lies in its path. 



Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture. — In this 

 workthe subject of fruits, foreign and American, is 

 examined very thoroughly. Great pains is taken 

 to clear the nomenclature of fruits of the confusion 

 which has heretofore attended it. The descriptions 

 of fruit are very accurate and minute. Particular 

 attention is paid to the flower department, and the 

 notice of new plants introduced to pul)lic attention. 



Downing's Horticulturist. — Beside the gen- 

 eral subject of horticulture, it has the very attrac- 

 tive feature, landscape gardening and rural archi- 

 tecture, by one of the ablest authors on this subject 



