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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Mr. Holbrook resides in Brattleboro', Veimont, 

 is a sound, practical farmer, and has a well-earned 

 reputation as a writer upon agricultural subjects. 

 He has been called by the fjirmers of his State to 

 preside over their State Society, and is thorough- 

 ly imbued with a sense of the importance of rural 

 occupations, and of the necessity of a more systemat- 

 ic and caieful cultivation of the soil. His occa 

 sional public duties afford ■ him opportunities for 

 communicating with the best farm managers from 

 every part of his State. With these facilities, 

 combined with his judicious operations on his owb 

 farm, and with an accuracy of observation which 

 retains whatever is useful, while it rejects mere 

 fancies and theories with an equally sound discrim- 

 ination, we believe him to be eminently qualified 

 to contribute to the columns of the Farmer. 



Mr. French resides in Exeter, N. H. As he 

 informs us, he is by profession a lawyer, and is de- 

 sirous that his practice may continue to correspond 

 with his profession ; that he devotes some time 

 and attention to his farm, as an amusement to him- 

 self and as means of usefulness to those who are 

 inclined to profit by an example of a thorough sys- 

 tem of cultivation in some of its branches. He has 

 been conversant with farm operations from his 

 youth, still continues to take a deep interest in 

 them, and especially to promote their advancement 

 into well-defined scientific operations. All who 

 have read his writings in the pages of the Horti- 

 culturist, and other papers, will find abundant ev- 

 idence of his practical knowledge and ability, as 

 well as of his easy and agreeable style. His ar- 

 ticles upon "Fruit and Shade Trees," have not 

 only been copied into most agricultural papers, but 

 into many others. With the remark that he is Vice 

 President of the New Hampshire State Agricul- 

 tural Society, we consider him sufficiently intro- 

 duced to our readers. 



It gives us pleasure to say that we have made 

 arrangements to receive occasional aid from Pro- 

 fessor T. W. Harris, of Cambridge, the distin- 

 guished Entomologist, author of the excellent 

 work on "Insects Injurious to Vegetation," &c ; 

 — from Dr. Charles T. Jackson, chemist, geolo- 

 gist and State Assayer, a gentleman most intimate- 

 ly acquainted with chemistry in all its relations to 

 agriculture;— from Col. M. P. Wilder, of Dor- 

 ehester, a celebrated Pomojogist, and most zealous 

 and liberal contributor to all that tends to promote 

 agricultural interests; — and from Mr.Wji. Bacon, 

 rtf Richmond, Berkshire County, whose articles 

 jn the Farmer, heretofore, have been extensively 

 eopied and are always plain and practical. 



Messrs. J. W. Proctor and S. P. Fowler, of 

 Danvers, and Dr. Silas Brown, of Wilmino-ton, 

 whose communications will continue to sive value 

 to our columns, are names already familiar to the 

 reader. Dr. Geo. H. Dadd, editor of the "Vet- 

 erinary Journal," and author of the "American 



Reformed Cattle Doctor," will write on subjects 

 relating to his profession. 



We have the assurance of occasional aid from 

 Joseph G. Hoyt, ofthe Phillips Exeter Academy, 

 (N. H.,) a gentleman of high scientific and litera- 

 ry attainments, who always knows well what to 

 say, and says well what he knows, especially up- 

 on agricultural subjects. His grounds, which in 

 a few yeais have become from almost a desert a 

 delightful and productive garden, by the kihor of his 

 own hands, bear witness to his practical as well 

 as theoretical knowledge. 



Richard Kimball, Esq., of Dover, N. H., has 

 also given us liberty to promise our readers an oc- 

 casional article from his pen. He is well known 

 as an ardent and successful tiller of the soil, and 

 withal as a gentleman who holds a pen or plow 

 with equal grace. 



Many other gentlemen who have been occasion- 

 al contributors, we trust will continue their favors. 

 Among them in this State, are Messrs. Horace 

 Collamore, and Morrill Allen, of Pembroke. 

 The latter gentleman is an able writer, a thorough 

 cultivator of the soil, and has justly received the 

 title of patlcr7i farmer, from excellent judges. In 

 Maine, RuFus McIntire, Esq., Parsonsfield. In 

 V'ermont, John M. Weeks, Middlebury. With the 

 talent thus secured every part of the Farm, the 

 Garden and Worhshop, will have a practical and 

 competent teacher. 



Having thus attempted the duty announced by 

 us at the outset, we retire once more to our private 

 position, leaving our friends, whom we have pre- 

 sented, to speal; for themselves, with the hope that 

 their intercoui-se with our readers may long be 

 pleasant and profitable; and uninterrupted by any 

 event which may require so unwsual an effort as an 

 editorial article by The Publishers. 



POULTRY EXHIBITION. 



The third annual exhibition for the improvement 

 of Domestic Poultry will be holden over the Fitch- 

 burg Railroad Depot, Boston, on Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day, Thursday and Friday, the lllh, 12th, 13th and 

 14th of the present month. There will undoubt- 

 edly be a large collection of birds of every wing 

 presented, and those interested in the subject will 

 find opportunity to make such comparisons and ex- 

 aminations as they may desire. The regulations 

 adopted by the Society are circulated in iheir bills, 

 in which all who desire it may obtain further in- 

 formation. 



j^" Sidney B. Morse, Esq., of Burlington, 

 Mass., informs us that he has purchased one of W. 

 W. Willis's Patent Stump Machines, and that it 

 may be seen in successful operation, at his place, 

 removing both stumps and large rocks. The im- 

 portant value of this machine has been previously 

 noticed in our paper, with an accompanying cut. 



