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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Esq., one of tho prime movers in this useful purpose, 

 who is zealously laboring for its accomplishment. 

 May comiilctc success attend all such laudable efforts. 



For the New Eiujland Farmer. 



!Mr. EniTOii : A letter was recentlj'' addressed to 

 General Dearborn, Mayor of Roxbury, by Elijah 

 Perry, E^q., of Dover, asking for his opinion upon 

 the subject of tho formation of an Agricultural Society 

 in the county of Norfolk. 



The reply of General Dearborn has been placed in 

 my hands, a copy of which I take the liberty to send 

 you for publication ; and would further add, that a 

 call, now in circulation, for a public meetiTig, to be 

 holdcn at Dcdham, to carry into effect the object 

 proposed, will be forwarded to you in the course of a 

 few days. W. 



IIawtiiokn Cottage, Roxbury, Dec. 18, 1818. 



Deau Sir: Your letter of the 13th inst. has been 

 received with great pleasure, for I fully concur with 

 you in opinion, as to the expediency of establishing 

 an Agricultural Society in the county of Norfollc ; — 

 but horticulture should also be included ; for that 

 branch of rural industry is very important in many 

 of the towns, and is annually becoming much more 

 so, from the increase of population, in such as have 

 manufacturing establishments, and tho rapidly ex- 

 tending bounds of the commercial emporium of the 

 commonwealth. 



The improvements which have been made in all 

 the departments of husbandry and gardening, in 

 Great Britain, France, Holland, and the United 

 States, within the last half century, are the results 

 of experiments performed under tho patronage of 

 associations, founded by the proprietors and cultiva- 

 tors of tlie soil. 



"Whatever services I can render, in the foundation 

 of an AcuicuLTUitAL and IIouticultuual Society, 

 arc at the command of tliose gentlemen who may be 

 disposed to cooperate in measures for the speedy 

 organization of such an institution. 



The culture of the earth is the basis of all the pro- 

 gres=iive movements of man, in the march of civili- 

 zation. It is the precursor of letters, science, the 

 arts, manufactures, navigation, and commerce ; and 

 those nations have ever been, and ever v.-ill be, the 

 most enlightened, prosperous, and powerful, which 

 have illustrated liy experiments, or may evince the 

 greatest disposition for the devclopnient of all those 

 branches of intelligence, and of the industrial arts. 



The people of this republic have natural resources 

 a!id advantages for becoming the most distinguished 

 in individual and national independence, wealth, and 

 happiness, and are beyond those of any other por- 

 tion of the globe. It is, therefore, the imperious 

 duty, and for the direct interest of every citizen, to 

 zealously act as a determined co-laborer, for render- 

 ing available, both for his own and his country's 

 prosperity, the various, diversified, and immense 

 sources of advancement in all the subdivisions of 

 labor and intellectual proficiency which are at his 

 command. 



The Americans are cminentlj'' industrioiis and en- 

 terprising, and they have only to avail themselves of 

 the infinite blessings wliich their vast territory and 

 excellent institutions of government afford, to become 

 the admiration of the world, from tho lofty position 

 which they can, must, and will obtain Mithin the 

 next fifty years. 



Allow me to suggest tho propriety of obtaining 

 rignatures in as many of the towns in the county as 

 pos.siblc, to a recommendation, and invitation to a 

 meeting to be holdcn in Dedham, in the month of 

 Fcbruarv next, for taking into consideration tho ex- 



pediency and importance of organizing an Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society. "With assurances of 

 great respect, 



Your most obedient servant, 



II. A. S. DEARBORN. 

 Elijah Perry, Esq. 



OHIO CHEESE. 



Large quantities of cheese arc brought from Ohio 

 to this market, aird it is generally of excellent qual- 

 ity; and we are pleased to learn, by the article which 

 we copy below, from that excellent paper, tho Ohio 

 Cultivator, that this branch is so profitable in that 

 state. 



Mr. 11. Dean, an extensive dealer in dairy produc- 

 tions, in Faneuil Hall Market, had this season, from 

 Ohio, one thousand cheeses, made to order, in size, 

 form, and quality, in English dairy style ; and they 

 ranked among the very finest from any section of the 

 country. A friend at our elbow, an excellent judge, 

 saj's ho never saw any finer cheese ; and the extra 

 price at which they sold was an evidence of theu- 

 superioritj% Mr. Dean had from the same state over 

 three hundred boxes of pine-apple cheese, of the 

 greatest excellence. 



We name these fiicts to show the importance of 

 skill in the various branches of agriculture. In these 

 cases, articles of superior quality pay the farmer a 

 good profit, and yet bear the expense of transporta- 

 tion nearly a thousand miles, pay the dealer well, 

 and the consumer is pleased in obtaining a superior 

 production at so fair a rate. 



Profits of Dairy Farming. — For a year or two 

 past there has been a rapid increase iu the dairy 

 business of Ohio — especially in the manufacture of 

 cheese — and we believe that this branch of farming 

 is found more profitable than most others, when 

 rightly managed. The following is one among many 

 items of the kind that could be furnished. 



Orrin WiUson, Esq., of Iluntsburgh, Geauga Co., 

 O., has kept seventeen cows, only, tho pvit .••^ason, 

 and v.-ithout any very extra keeping, has realized from 

 Jiis dairy the sum of six hundred and six dollar's, 

 wliich gives tho sum of thii'ty-five dollars and sixty- 

 four cents each cow. This docs not include the 

 calves sold, or hogs fattened from the dairy, and a 

 quantity of butter and cheese yet on hand. 



THE FARMER. 



He is a j^ublic benefactor, v,ho, by the prudent and 

 skilful outlay of his time and money, sliall make a 

 single field yield permanently a double crop ; and he 

 that docs this over a square mile, virtually adds a 

 square mile to tho national territory; nay, he does 

 more ; he doubles to his extent the territorial re- 

 sources of the country, without giving the state any 

 larger territory to defend. All hail, then, to the 

 improvers of the soil ! Health and long life to their 

 fortune ! May their hearts be light and their purses 

 heavy ; may their dreams be few and pleasant, and 

 their sleep the sweet repose of the weary ! May 

 the}- see the fruits of tiieir own labor, and may tVcir 

 sons rear still heavier harvests ! 



Most jnountains present their precipitous faces to 

 the sea and their slopes to the land. 



