No. 42— Vol. 6. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



331 



For the best piece of Bed-ticking, at least '28 i the Southern States this expectation was reuli/.ed 



I 



f 



y.ls. $;_•!. 



For the best bule or box bleached cotton Shirt- 

 ings, over No. "25, 18 pieces, $15. 



For the best bale or bo.K brown do. from 12 to 

 20. yds. $15. 



For the best piece of woollen Flannels, 28 yds. 

 at least, $:.. 



For the best do. of cotton and woollen do. $5. 



For the best case of Calico, $10. 



All to have been iiianul'actiired within the last 

 year, and in mills owned by citizens of this State. 



PLOUGHING MATCH. 



1st ploug-h, $10— "^d plough, y— 3d plough, 8 



to their cost. Late frosts, as might be expected- 

 have blasted the hopes of the horticulturist, and 

 tliere eeems to be an apprehension that fruit.s will 

 be cut off. These fears, liowever, are often pre 

 maturely expressed, and nature or the Providence 

 of God often proves more kind than the rash con- 

 clusions of men from adverse appearances would 

 seem to warrant. With us, the season has been 

 so far very auspicious. Moderate cold has checked 

 vegetation, and the invaluable fruits for food and 

 luxury have been so far kept back, that we have a 

 reasonable ground of hope, that the succeeding 

 season will be prolific beyond any late example. 

 The present season, compared with the last six 



4th plough, 7 — 5th plough, G—()th plough, 5 — 7th years which have been all early ones, is by no 

 plougli, 4— Stii p ougli, 3— 9th plough. 



One dollar to each of the ploughmen 



The dep h to be ploughed will not be less than 



means precoie, or very early, as the following 

 calendar will prove. I repeat, that the reference 

 is made solely to my own placr, and to the same 



five inches, and the breadth of the furrow not trees. Any differpiice, which may, and probably 

 more than twelve inches. does exist, in other trees of the same sort, does 



The strictest regulation will be adopted to en- not in any respect, vary the question as to the 

 sure the proper management of the cattie. They coraparative fo wardness of the si'ason. 

 will not be permitted to be driven faster than their \ In 1832 apricots opened their flowers, April 21 



natural pace ; and these premiums will be adjudg 

 ed for the best work with least expense of labor. 



It must be iini erstood, that in all cases, wheth- 

 er there be any competition or not, it is at the dis- 

 cretion ot the Coinuiittees to withhold a premium, 

 jf in their opinion the object so offered is not de- 

 serving of reward. 



Any attempts to obtain premiums by unfair prac- 

 tices will be punished by a forfeiture of the pre- 

 mium, should it have been awarded before a dis- 

 covery, and will also preclude the offender from 

 being permitted to apply for premiums in future. 

 Premiums not demanded within six monlhs after 

 they are awarded, will be considered as given to 

 promote the objects of the Society. 



For the Standing Committee, 



JAMES RHODES. 



LUCERNE. 

 It is a fact worth mentioning, to show the earli- 

 liness of this new grass, that it is now 24 in- 

 ches high, and nearly in blossom, on the farm at- 

 tached to the House of Industry, (at South Boston). 

 Mr. Stone, the intelligent Superintendant, informs 

 us, it fully answers his expectations, on a rich ikep 



1823 

 18>5 



1827 " « " 



1828 



CHERRIES. 



In 1822 early cherries opened May 1 

 1823 •' " " 7 



20 

 II 

 12 



20 



1824 

 1825 



1820 

 1827 



1828 



» 1 

 April 23 



May 4 

 April 21 



May 1 



So that it appears that cherries were as late or 

 later this yeai than in an average of six years 

 last past. 



PEACHES. 



In 1822 peaches opened May 4 



182.5 

 1824 



1825 

 1827 



1828 



12 

 " 4 



April 25 

 " 20 

 " 30 



! give to persons w^lo raise plant.-- lur wale, an un- 

 due proportion, though it is my opinion, that one 

 of the best means of propagating them is to give 

 them to professed nursery-men, whose skill and 

 interest will ensure their success ami distribution. 

 I make these rem.ir-s, m order, that those v.'ho 

 raise for sale, may not expect an uiultie share of 

 these plants, whicU were given J'rcdy by Mr. 

 Knight, and which in the spirit of his gift, I feel 

 eiiually bound to muko as fiec as water or air. 

 J LOWELL. 



May 7, Puslscript. The plants have been un- 

 packed, and I <iin sorry to say, that they have all 

 pushed too uuuh to make it certain they will 

 succeed. The ural'ts, especiilly, uill be in great 

 danger, and many vmII be lost, and I am still more 

 sorry to say, that all the varieties of pears num- 

 bered from 1 to 15, are grafts and therefore in 

 great danger, 'i'here were six pear trees, and 

 the labels .lai fallen Irom all bni one. No 5, owing 

 to the rotting of the twine which attached the la- 

 bels. The apple and cncrry are known, by their 

 being but one. The Lowell pear is also i.ientified 

 by Its being the only one which had its own 

 scions attached to it, though the label had fallen 

 frori) it. I omitted to mention Ihiit the Lowell 

 pear does not ripen in England lill .May. No ef- 

 fort on my part shiill be wanting to preserve these 

 varieties, though I fear several will fail — but Mr. 

 Knight will rep'ace them. I find by an endorse- 

 ment in Mr. Knight's hand writing, that this iden- 

 tical box with the same fruits was sent March 8, 

 1827, to Chester, to be shipped to Liverpool, but 

 by the neglect of the wagoner, they were left at 

 Cheste some months, then returned by land to 

 Mr Knight, at double expense of carriage, and. 

 were tonnd to be all drad. This, therefore, is the 

 second transmission of the same plants — so un- 

 tiring is his kindness. J. LOWELL. ' 



So that, as to peaches, the present season is 

 only about an average one. 



The same remarks will apply to the pear, as 



loam ; but, that on a hard soil, it has succeeded \ paragus, and garden flowers. The present season 

 but indifferently, being now about six inches high, is very happily not a very early one. I say, hap- 

 A beautiful field of Lucerne, of about the same pily, because permanently, we cannot rely on se- 

 height, can be seen at Mr. Lowell's farm, in Ro.^- cure weather, till the middle of May, and any su- 



bury Ed. of the M E. Farm. 



FOB THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



perior earliiiess is usually followed by disappoint 

 ment. " 



Grass and grain look well. Trees generally 

 show promise of most abundant biossom. For 

 forty years my own peach and pear trees never 

 promised better ; but there are severe trials after 



A ROXBURY FARMER. 



Roxbury, May 5, 1828. 



THE STATE OF THE SEASON. 



Mr Fessenden — I have for 14 or 15 years 

 regularly given an account of the season, so far [^is date, though they are rare, 

 as it respected the flowering of plants. It s al- 

 ways a subject of dibcussion, and thoiigh we can- 

 not prove, that there is any immediate advuitage 

 derived from it, yet it has been recommended by 

 many eminent naturalists, and cultivators of latur- 

 al science. I consider it rather in the lightof an 

 innocent curiosity, about as useful as meteoiolog- 

 ical observations. We cannot control the \«ath 

 er by the one, nor the productiveness of plaits by 

 the other. 



From the unusual openness of the winte', and 

 the early promises of spring, we were led t> ex- 

 pect an unusually forward state of vegctatiol. In 



Roxbury, May 5, 1828. 

 Mr. Editor, — In speaking of Mr. Knight's do- 

 nation, I said that I should show no favor in the 

 distribution. 1 beg leave to qualify this declara- 

 tion. Ob their Jtrsi arrival, as the preservation of 

 each variety is important, I shall select such per- 

 sons in the vicinity, as I know to be careful, and 

 successful cultivators, to take part of the Jirst 

 grafts. I shall choose men, who will freely dis- 

 tribute them gratis. Another rule will be, not to 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



In all cases, the gooseberry should be kept free 

 from suckers, and trained near the ground to a 

 single stem. This mode of training them being 

 found to cause a far greater product in quantity, 

 as well as an increase in the size. They need 

 much attention in other respects, and one third of 

 the old wood must be regularly trimmed out every 

 autumn, by which means a succession of thrifty 

 bearing wood will be kept up. As the finest fruit 

 is produced on the young shoots cf the previous 

 year's growth, it is also necessary every autumn, 

 to dig in a plenty of old well-rotted manure, around 

 them. This treatment will cause them to grow 

 strong, and the fruit to be large and fair. Where 

 the summers are very hot, a northern aspect is 

 preferable, and the fruit will be twice the size if 

 they are planted against a north fence, or in any 

 other situation where they are sheltered from the 

 intense heat of the noon-day, which, when'differ- 

 ently situated, often scorches the fruit to such a 

 degree us to entirely stop its growth. — ^4/k. Far. 



A friend has laid upon our table, [says a Balti- 

 more piper of April 25] several stalks of rye Afurf- 

 ed oat ; that were taken from a lot of about three 

 acres, six miles from town on the Hartford road, 

 the whole of which is in the same state. We do 

 not remember to have seen any thing of the kind 

 so early in the season — the parts of stalks, we 

 have seen are from two feet to two and a half 

 long. 



