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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



support to A^TicuItiirnl Societies? Cuve us but 

 one Lundrc(itli part of tlic annual expense.? of 

 military parade, and we shall be satislied. May 

 we not Lope, tliat future legislator? may be 

 more eiiiiglitened, and more careful of the best 

 interests of their constituents ? — Dut if other- 

 wise, g-ontlemen. let us remember that the less 

 is done for ii-i, tiie more ue must do for our- 

 selves ; and should «ve be without the assistance, 

 or even thanks of that public, for whose bene- 

 fit we are laboring; let us nevertheless increase 

 our exertions, and reap the reward in our own 

 bosoms.* 



* The legislature of Xew York with Us accustomed 

 tvisdom and liberulity, has cstabli-lictl a Board of ^Oi;- 

 ricullitre, which does by aiithorily what (he i?tate Ag- 

 ricultural Society of .Vlaine has attempttd to do by 

 vnhintary exertions. Tliis lioard is authorised to tx- 

 puidon ccrtaiu conditions J;10, 1*.^ nnniw(/.v in premi- 

 ums, &c. $1000 annually in seeds and "tlicr neces- 

 sary expenses, and about $1000 in publishing annual- 

 ly a volume of memoirs on agricultural subjects — iu 

 nil $1-2, 17j annually; besides a sum of fuOO given 

 for the foundation of an agricultural library. This is 

 done in a state with about four times our population, 

 while our State has refused a ft/is/e dolhr (or aiding 

 auy agricnllural purposes whatever. [.See Jlcls oj 

 tBi A'eii-)'ork hgistalurt for 1819 and ItiiO, which are 

 in force air ijcars.] 



From the Eostou Daily Advertiser. 



JiGRlCULTUR.'iL I.VTF.LLIGF.XCE. 

 Dr. T. W. Harris, of Milton, son of the Rev. 

 Or. Harris, of Dorchester, has turned his atten- 

 tion to the Caterpillar, which has been so de- 

 structive to the salt marshes in this vicinity for 

 many years past, and has made a communica- 

 tion on that subject to the Massachusetts Socie- 

 ty for promoting Agriculture, which was so sat- 

 islactory to them, a-i well on account of the im- 

 portance of the subject, as the careful, and 

 judicious, and accurate manner in which the 

 investigation was conducted, that the Trustees 

 voted to publish the essay, and to grant to Dr. 

 Harris the Society's gold medal ot the value of 

 thirty dollars. We shall not attempt an analysis 

 of his essay, as it will appear at large in the 

 Journal of the Society, in June next. The first 

 appearance of the perfect insect, the moth. Dr. 

 Harris states to be from the 1st to the 20th of 

 June ; and the Caterpillars attain their greatest 

 size about the 1st of August. The most im- 

 portant points of his communication to practi- 

 cal farmers, who have sutVcred so severely from 

 this scourge, are the preventive remedies, which 

 seemed to the Trustees so impoitant, as to re- 

 quire an immediate notice, in order, that at- 

 tempts might be made during the ensuing sea- 

 son, before the publication of theirnext number. 

 The saving of one crop of salt hay would be of 

 great importance to the country bordering on 

 the ocean. I was therefore instructed to pay 

 this just tribute to the zeal and industry of Dr. 

 Harris, and to publish the following reconmien- 

 dations suggested by him for the destruction, 

 (or at least with the hope of checking the rava- 

 ges,) of this insect. Dr. Harris says, 



'• From observation, and experience, I would 

 recommend the following plan, by which we 

 may lessen the evils we sutler from this enemy. 

 " First to cut the grass corly in Jul if — and sec- 

 ondly to hum over the marshes in March. 



" in defence of carli/ mnx.ing, it may be said, 

 that it is the uiily -ui-uy by which the crop may 

 be saved from those meadows where the cater- 



pillars have multiplied to an extent. The pre- 

 ceding history furnishes the data from which 

 to calculate the best time for effecling this pur- 

 pose. 



" We have seen that the Caterpillar is hatch- 

 ed about the 20th of June, and that its rava- 

 ges are continued seven ■weeks. If then the 

 meadows, in our vicinity, are mowed about the 

 4th of •I'uly, the Caterpillars, being small and 

 feeble, will be deprived of their means of nour- 

 ishment, and being unable to wander far, will 

 die before the crop is gathered in. By the 

 process of making the hay most of the succu- 

 lent juices are evaporated, and the hay becomes 

 so dry and hard as to resist the efforts of these 

 little devourers. Thus we see the black grass 

 (the most valuable) by ripening early is rejec- 

 ted by them, and the crop is saved. 



" By the practice of late mowing, where the 

 Caterpillars prevail, the crop is diminished, im- 

 mense numbers of Caterpillars and of Grass- 

 hoppers are left to be dispersed upon the up- 

 lands to multiply and increase the existing evil; 

 or are brought in to perish in our barns and 

 slacks, where they communicate a most un- 

 pleasant flavor to the hay, rendering it unpal- 

 atable to our cattle, and occasioning a waste 

 of fodder. Many beneficial effects result from 

 burning over our marshes in March. This has 

 been long practised in New Brunswick, a Brit- 

 ish province, abounding in salt marshes, and is 

 getting into use with us, to the manifest im- 

 provement of the crops. By it, " old fog" is 

 consumed, which becomes more important from 

 early mowing the preceding year. By this 

 means also we destroy innumerable eggs of Cat- 

 erpillars and Grasshoppers laid in the grass the 

 last autumn, and which, if hatched, produce a 

 grcnt increase of our devourincf enemies. 



" The roots of the grass are not injured by 

 burning the stubble ; on the contrary, they are 

 fertilized by the ashes." 



Such are the simple, intelligible, and ration- 

 al suggestions of Dr. Harris — so simple and so 

 rational, and so easy of execution, that we 

 should hope that many, if not all owners of 

 salt marshes, so infested, will be induced to try 

 them. They need not reject the suggestion, 

 because it may be said to savour of book farm- 

 ing, nor need they fear the ridicule which is 

 attempted to be thrown, by one of our brother 

 farmers in the western counties, on " gentle- 

 men farmers," of which he himself happens 

 to be one of the nczvest recruits. Truth may 

 come from scientific research. The improve- 

 ments which have been made in other arts and 

 other sciences, have been chiefly derived from 

 these sources, and we hope Agriculture is not 

 yet prepared to reject the aid of Science, nor 

 to disdain the efforts which have been made by 

 such men as Washington, Jefferson, Sinclair, 

 Davy, and a thousand others, although they 

 may have been facetiously called " gentlemen 

 farmers." Per order 



J. LOWELL, Corresponding 

 SecV)/ Mass. Jig. Society. 



From the Newburyport Herald of Tuesday. 



The meeting of the Essex Agricultural Socie- 

 ty took place at Hamilton yesterd.ay according 

 to appointment of the Trustees. — The meeting 

 was very poorly attended from this part of the 

 county ; but cue gentleman present has oblig- 



pri 



oil 



ingly furnished us with an account of the 



ceedings of the Society. 



The following gentlemen were chosen 

 cers for the ensuing year, to wit : 



PRESIDENT. 



Hon. Timothy Pickering, Salem. 



VICE PKESIDENTS. 



John Heard, Ipswich, Ichabod Tucker, Salem, 



Or. Ueuj. Parker, Bradford, Joshua Carter, Newburv 



TREASURER. 



Benjamin R. Nichols, Salem. 



con. & REC. SECRETART. 



John W. Proctor, Uanvers. 



TRrSTEES. 



Isa Andrews, Ipswich ; William Pierce, Gloucesle 

 Hoi art Clark, Audover ; Paul Kent, Newbury ; Dav 

 Emery, do. ; Aaron Perley, Uoxford ; Daniel Putna) 

 Daavers; Temple Cutler, Hamilton; Israel Fost( 

 Manchester ; Thomas Stcpheas, Keverly ; Edmui 

 Uartk tt, Newburyport ; John Adams, Andover : Da 

 iel Adams, Newbury ; James Gardner, Lynn ; Elip 

 altt Chaplin, Newbury; Fphraim Wildes, Topsfiel 

 Daniel Fuller, Middleton ; Nathan Felton, Danver 

 William Heed, Marblehead ; Jesse Putnam, Danver 

 Moses Newell, AVest Newbury ; Benjamin W, Crow 

 inshield, Salem; J. W. Duncan, Haverhill; Da? 

 Cummings, Salem. 



It was resolved to amend the constitution 

 that there shall be but one stated meeting a 

 nually, at which the officers of the socle 

 shall be chosen, and all other matters requirii 

 the agency of the Society, shall be transacte 

 and the stated meeting shall be in autumn, 

 the time and place of the public Exhibition. 



It was also voted on account of the state 

 the funds of the Society, to omit the next it 

 ular Exhibition. 



According to this arrangement there will 

 a meeting of the Society in October next (t 

 place to be appointed by the Trustees) for t 

 transaction of business, choice of officers, i 

 but no F.Tfhibitinr. 



THE FARMER. 



BOSTON .—SATURDAY, FEB. 22, 1823. 



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We hope that Mr. Laud's Address, together 

 the valuable original communications which we bi 

 thi^ honoi; this day to present to our readers, will i 

 der our paper acceptable without the usual quan 

 of editorial matter. We know that it is rather 

 grave cast, and not quite so amusing as a romand 

 jest book, or one of Mr. Mathews' eomic exhibiti< n»j 

 But we are more solicitous to profit than to amuse 

 customers ; and though we may now aud then givi 



