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NEW ENGLAND FARIVIER. 



Oct. 19, 1827. 



To the Harlfuni Counly AGRICULTURJiL SO state of Society in Botany Bay. — When strolling 

 C'lETi. through the streets of Sydney, on first landing, ve- 



The Committee on Ploughing beg leave to ro- ry singular reflections will naturally intrude upon 

 port, — That they have attended to the duty ni- 1 tlie mind, on perceiving the safety with which you 

 signed them. There were three competitors for , ,nay jostle through the crowds of individuals now 

 premiums — the ground ploughed, one fourth of j Butfeiing, or who have snfferod the punishment 

 an acre each — the time allowed for ploughing it, | awarded hy the law for their offences, men punish- 

 one hour— to be ploughed not less than 7 inches j nd often for the deepest crimes, with whom in 

 ^n depth ; it was not without some difficulty the ( England you would sliudder to come in contact, 

 selections were made, (it was all so very vvell j Elbowed by some daring highwayman on your left 

 ploughed,) but upon close e.Kamination, they have | IkukI, and rubbed shoulders v;ith by even a more 



0U8 carriage of the body to conceal defects of the 

 mind." 



'bought fit to awan 

 Mr. Daniel Hinsdale, the 

 " Benjamin .1. Jioardman, 

 " Cyrus Porter, 

 ■" Harvey Marshall, 



1st. Premium. 

 2d do. 



3d do. 

 4ih do. 



I desperate burglar on your right; a foot pad, per- 

 haps, stops your way in front, and a pickpocket 

 I pushes you behind — all retired from their wonted 

 I avocations, and now poacofully complying with 

 j the tasks imposed upon them, or following quietly 

 up the even path pointed out by honest industry. 

 I But nothing will surprise you more than the quiet- 

 ness and order which prevail in the streets, and 

 The Committee of Inspection beg leave to re- j the security wherewith you may perambulate them 

 port. I at all hours of the night, indifferently watched as 



That the number of domestic animals brought: tliey are, and possessing so many convenient eitu- 

 .~orward for inspection, has not been so great as at i ations wliorcin robbers may conceal themselves, 

 some former exhibiiions. This fact, in the opinion ' pounce upon you, and make their escape with 

 of your committee, i^ to be attributed .■solely to the their booty, without even a chance for delectiou. 

 unfavorable state of the weather, and not to any 



JOSEPH MORGAN, Chairman. 

 To the Hartford County Agricultural Society. 



diminution of the zeal and interest lierctofore 

 manifested by the members of the society in pro- 

 moting its objects. 



The animals offered for premiums on the pres- 

 ent occasion, and especially the younger part of ^"^ ''''''' 

 he neat cattle and horses, were, in the judge- 1 Peach Pit 

 mcnt of your committee, superior to those present- 

 ed at any of our preceding annual Fairs. Your 

 committee, are happy to express their unanimous 

 spinion that, from the first organization of this So- 



At the Regimental Review in Quincy, on 

 Wednesday, several ball cartridges were fired, 

 probably by .accident, and a young man attached 

 to the Roxbury Artillery, vas badly wounded in 



The best fruit pic that is eaten 

 may be made of Peaches. The crust made in the 

 common way, should be put in a deep dish to save 

 the juice which is very abundant. Th» poaches 

 should be wiped and put in whole, with a sufiicien- 

 ciety, to the present time, a gradual and ^^(^■'^<^y cy oi sugiir. 'The stones impart an agreeable fla- 

 imprcvement in almostall our valuable farm stock, ; ^,„^^ ^^j^;^,^ ,.^„j^^^. j,,,^ ^^j^^^ seasoning unneces- 

 has been clearly discernible. If this opinion be ^ 



correct, the utility of the society is fully demon- J 



-straled, aud ample encouragement afforded for j The vscs of Ridicule. — Ridicule often succeeds 

 persevering exertion. ' where argument fails; yet it is a dangerous wca- 



Probably no section of our country can produce ' pon, when unskillfuHy wielded. For it is by no 

 a finer race of native cattle, than the County in means the test of truth. It may be applied tomis- 

 which wc live. Most of the foreign breeds, of lead and seduce instead of reforming; and the 

 known and established excellence.are now propa- blended colours of ridicule are sometimes moredif- 

 gated within the limits of this society. It is not ficult to soparatc,lhan the strong lights and shades 

 the business of your committee to determine the of truth and error. Besides this, it happens too fre- 

 comparative merits of the different breeds — every quently, that the ridicule falls where it is least de- 

 Farmer will decide for himse^f, and may select served. This, however, is the fault of the writer, 

 such as he shall think best adapted to his parlicu- and not to be imputed to the nature of bis sub- 

 lar purposes. jf^ct. 



In awarding the premiums offered by the Soci- Misplaced Wit. — Wit mistimed and misplaced is 

 ety, your committee have, in a number of instan- not only very foolish, but is more ridiculous than 

 CCS, decided with much hesitation, and have ' actual dullness. 



been obliged to allow a preference when there was i Honesty the best Policy — He who has the char- 

 very little superiority. Annexed is a list of names ' acter of a crafty and tricking man, is entirely de 



of the successful competitors. The breed of ani- 

 mals is designated so far as known, and the pre- 

 miums awarded to each by your committee. 



Per order, E. WOLCOT'l', Chairman. 



Hartford, Oct. 4, 1827. 



5^ The remainder of the Reports, &c. will b? 

 published soon. 



The fourlii Exhibition of American Manufac- 

 tures under the auspices of the Franklin Institute 

 of Pennsylvania, was held on Wednesday at Phi- 

 ladelphia. 



The fifth exhibition of the Pennsylvania Agri- 

 cultural Society, was to have been held near the 

 •• Bliio Bell" on tha 11th and 12th inet 



prived of a principal instrument of business, aud 

 will find nothing succeed to his wish. 



Praise sometimes disgraces its object.- — A con- 

 spicuous character is often more deeply injured by 

 clumsy praise than he could be by the most malig- 

 nant abuse ; and Phocion, when he heard tlic 

 plausive shouts of an 'Athenian mob, was appre- 

 hensive that he had spoken or acted like a fool. 



Affectation of Gravity. — It is so common a re- 

 mark that wise men are grave, that many have 

 sought and some have succeeded in obtaining, by 

 an affectation of gravity a character for wisdom to 

 which they are by no means entitled. 



Definition of Gravity. — Rochefoucault said — 

 " Gravity of behaviour may be defined n mystcri- 



Large Radish. — A radish was raised this sea- 

 son in the carden of Mr Moses Dow, inAtkinsori* 

 N. H. measuring two feet in length and its great- 

 est circumference was thirteen and a half inches. 



Fruit Trees — JVeic Arrangement. 

 Thr Hartford Linnean Botafiic Association, invite the atten- 

 tion of the. pubHc to the subjoined list of Peach and Apricot 

 trees, of which they have a specimen of each variety. This 

 Society was incorporated bj the Legislature of Connecticut, in 

 1825, with a capital of g25,000 ; its primary object is the im- 

 provement of the Horticulture and Fruit of our country, by eX' 

 citin«^ the attention to those pleasing' and interesting objects, 

 and by cultivating and introducing the most approved kinds of 

 fruit, of every description, adapted to the climate of the east- 

 ern and middle Stales, and also seeds of the most valuable cu- 

 linary plants. The .Society have obtained about twenty acre 

 of ground in the vicinity of Hartford, for a Garden and Nurse- 

 ry, and commenced its cultivation with success, affording a 

 pleasing promise of public usefulness. They have been convin- 

 ced thai the circumstance which perhaps more than all others, 

 has discouraged and retarded the more general attention to aud 

 introduction of choice fruit, (perliaps the only luxury in life not 

 attended with some injurious consequences) is the morlif^'ing 

 ■disappointments which have been e.\perienced in fruit trees, 

 pro\ing to be entirely different and inferior kinds from those for 

 which they were sola. To remedy this evil, ajid to encourage 

 the cultivation of choice fruit, they have adopted a new system. 

 I which is, to take and cxiiibit sajitph'^ of all the varieties of fruit 

 tliey cultivate, and to warrant the trees to be in conformity to 

 the samples. They now offer to the public as the first fruits of 

 liiis infant Society, from 15 to 20,0(10 Peach trees, including 

 some Apricots, which for variety and richness of the fruit, and 

 for thriftiness of growth, Ihcy venture to say have never been 

 I surpassed in the United States. 



There arc more than twenty \'arieties of Peach ; several of 

 which arc new, and nearly all of which, they have samples of, 

 that may be e.iamined at J. B, Russell's Office, No. 52, iVorth- 

 1 Market-street, who is Agent of the Society' for Boston and its 



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Extensive J^urseries. 

 FOR sale at theKENRicK Establishment in New- 

 ton, one mile from AgricuUuraf Hall in BriglUon, 

 tlie greatest quantity and variety of Fruit and For- 

 est Trees known at any other place in New Eng- 



I Selections may be made of as large sized trees as can be de- 

 I sired (or transplanting. Those of the fruit kind are a!! budded 

 ' or grafted, and comprise the best sorts which have been discov- 

 j ered in the vicinity of Boston, Of English Cherries there are Vl 

 ! sorts ; of Pears 3(.t sorts, including 6 of the new kinds sent by IVli 

 J Knight to the Hon, John Lowell. Of Peaches, Nectarines and 

 I Apncols 33 sorts: of Apples 30 sons : also Quince bushes : Red 

 I and White Antwerp K.ispberries : Gooseberries : English Grape 

 j vines of several sorts, and the proriuctive native Grape called 

 I Isabella : Cun-ant bushes of 6 different kinds and all sizes on 

 I moderate terms, 



! Of Forest trees, a variety, but we only mention the following : 

 I Flowering Horse Chestniiis, Flowering Catalpas, Butternuts, 

 Weeping Willows, Mountain Ash, Sugar Maple, Elms, Silver 

 I Firs, Larch, White I\Inlberry, Ailanthus, Gum Acacia, Three 

 i Thoriied Acacia, Magnolia, iScc, Also, Rose bushes of several 

 varieties, and Lilacs, 

 I The prices in general we will merely say, shall be as low, oi 

 ' lower than at any established Nursery known in the United 

 ; States. Tliose who wish for any ciuautity of trees, particularly 

 large ones, and especially an orchard of Peach or Apple trees 

 that will speedily come into bearing, though they may live at 

 considerable distance, will do well to bring or send a wagon, and 

 1 make their -own selections ; and in this case needful refreshment 

 will be furnished gratis, and directions given for setting and 

 1 managing the trees. 



I Written orders addressed to John or Willt.im Kenricx, 

 and directed to tlic ISkichtos Post Office, will be speedily 

 received and punctually attended to : or they may be left at the 

 grocery and seed store of Mr Joseph Bridge, in Court streei. 

 where Catalogues may be furnisiicd graUs. 



Trees will be sent to Boston when ordered, and suitably pack- 

 ed in matts, for shipping or distant conveyance hy land, "if desi- 

 red; but distant gendemen should employ some agent toreceive 

 and pay fur tliem. 

 N. B. Great care will be taken to preserve the roots. 



Medical Lectures — Boston. TtME changed. 



Medical Lectures of Harvard (\^llege will begin the Thirii 



Wednesday i>.' OrroBER, at the Medical College. Mason 



street, Boston. Thotime having been changed from the TjiiBD 



Wednesd.vv in Novemhek, when tl;ev fiirmcrlv began, 



WALTER rrtANNiM?. " 



Aug. 31,1827. 8t Deanof the .^ledical Faculty. 



The KARMivii is publislud every Friday, -.it 4i3.00 

 per .innum, or $2,50 if paid in advaiire. 

 Gentlemen who prncnre./t're responsible ?iib,«ri;j)ers, 

 are entitled \.o'9.sixlh volumegratis. 



