NEW EMCJI^AND FARMER, 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



1'UBl.ISIIEl) BV GEORGE C. BARRETT, NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (Agricultubal Warehouse.) — T. G. FESSEM)EN, EDITOR. 



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VOL. XIII. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDA¥^EA''ENING,%UNE 24, 1835. 



NO. 50. 



[Tortile N'ew Cncland Piiriner.] 



THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTIClIt.TURAI. 



SOCIETV. 



I know of no Society in Eiiro[>e, or America, 

 whicli has in so slun-t a space of time produced 

 greater or more valuable effects upon the objecl.s 

 of its organization than this Society has done. It 

 lias developed talents and exertions beyond the 

 highest expectations of its founders. It has 

 awakened a spirit very favorable to the taste for, 

 and to the success of an art, highly conducive to 

 the pleasures, and innocent gratifications of life. 

 Every society in an advanced state of refinement 

 requires a corres|'onding degree of luxury. 

 Whether that luxury, shall be displayed in iriere 

 ostentation, in distinctions of no value, but to feed 

 the vanity of the possessors of wealth, or in the 

 improvement of those arts which contribute to the 

 pleasures, and innocent delights of the whole so- 

 ciety, is a question of great moment. That a 

 taste for horticidture in its most extensive sense, 

 incluiling the production of fruits, and of flowers 

 is one of the most useful and gratifying means of 

 promoting the happiness and rational enjoyments 

 of a people in an easy, and improving condition, 

 there can be no doubt. To the cultivator, it aftbrds 

 a soiu'ce of enqjloymiiit conducive to health, to 

 industry, to a high refinement of taste. To those 

 who partake of the fruits of his industry, not a 

 less degree of pleasure is afforded. It furnishes 

 the most natural, and the most agreeable means of 

 cultivating a taste for natural history in which we 

 are more deficient than any other nation in an 

 eqiuilly high state of civilization. 



But it is a well known, and deeply lamented 

 fact, that untoward circumstances have divided the 

 effects, ami have threatened to destroy the useful- 

 ness of this hitherto harmonious society. 



Having taken no part in these dissentions, and 

 Feeling as freshly, and strongly, as ever, a deep 

 wish for its prosperity, I would wish to make an 

 Bffort to heal these breaches, and to restore that 

 larmony, which is very much displaced among 

 uhii-ators of an art, which is harmony itself. The 

 jeauties of nature, the bounty of heaven whicli 

 :lothes our fields with the richest treasures for 

 he palate, and the eye, for the body and the mind, 

 brbid our itididgcnce of passion or prejudice in 

 he means ofimpriiviugthe.se bh'ssings. The ori- 

 iii of this dissention was tbeattenqtt to unite the 

 irivate etforts of individuals with a vast scheme 

 )f carrying on a great garden on joint account. 

 3ne would have hoped, that the history of the 

 ;ardcn at Chiswick woidd have taught us wisdom, 

 )ut it failL'd to produce this effect. 



What then are we to do, to reunite all hearts 

 ind hands in this good work.' 



The first object is to forget, forget forever all 

 hat is past. The second, to avail ourselves of 

 he experience and knowledge which we have 

 btained. In the conuuencement, we did not 

 now, could not know the latent talents which the 

 Society has lirought to light. We now know 

 licm ; let us avail ourselves of that knowledge. 



Let US select ths able practical men and place 

 themat the head of the society. Let useidarge the 

 number of officers. Let us give p'ace to merit, 

 solid merit as it has been exhibited at our shows, 

 and let us be contented to take any place assigned 

 to us in this valuable society. A society, which 

 can now boast of f fly able practical associates can 

 have no difficulty in filling its offices respectably. 

 Let it be done with coolness, and impartiality. 

 Let a grand conmiittee, composed of persons, not 

 seeking office, be selected to name the officers, alid 

 let us place a generous confidence in their nom- 

 inations, and rely upon it that the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society will arise with new vigor, 

 and with united counsels, s<'eking only the pros- 

 perity of the general objects of the Society. 

 Above all, let us rcmetid)er, that the linnts of the 

 society are the whole Slate, and that every culti- 

 vator is our brother and friend. 



A Mrmber of the Mass. Hort. Societt. 



Roxbury. 



[For Ihe New Enpl-niid I',nnner-J 

 SCRAPING FRUIT TREES. 



East Hartford, June 15th. 1835. 

 Mr Thomas G. Fkssenden — 



Dear Sir — I have for the two last yenrs scrap- 

 ed my Apple and Pear trees towards the latter 

 part of June or commencement of July, and think 

 from the experiment it is much the best season to 

 scrape the ross from the bo,!y and largo limbs of 

 fruit trees, I have ever tried. I prefer to scra[ic 

 them with a hoe soon after a rain, as they scrape 

 much better when moist. 



It is well known that many apple trees bleed, 

 turn hiai-k, and arc much injured, when scraped in 

 the spring season. I knew it was the rule with 

 some farmers (if they had a tree in their orchards 

 that was unthrifty, or was not good to bear) to 

 peel off the who'e bark from the body of the tree 

 during the longest days in June, and that a new 

 hark is soon restored at that season. If the trees 

 arc scraped abundantly, and some of the bark en- 

 tirely torn ofi" they heal immediately and do not 

 bleed. I cut several decayed limbs from one tree 

 two years since, which healed over much better 

 than when trimmed in the sjiring. I think the 

 fruit on those trees scraped in the above manner 

 much improved in size, as well as in thi; general 

 appcar.ince of the trees. 



RELIEVING cattle CHOKED WITH APPLES, 

 ROOTS, ETC. 



I have for about ten years pa.st, succeeded re- 

 markably in relieving cattle when choked with ap- 

 ples, potatoes, &c., by the use of a stiff roue about 

 6 feet long aud li inch in diameter with a wad of 

 cotton batting p aced on the end of the rope, cov- 

 ered with a strong rag, or piece of soft leather, 

 and secured at the end by running a waxed-end 

 through the wad and the rope to prevent the wad 

 from getting off when down the neck of the 

 animal. 



The rope should be well greased before it is 



u.scd, and melted lard turned down the neck of 

 the animal ; the ro[)e should be twisted down the 

 neck which wi'l follow the course of the windpipe 

 and forcp the potato or apji'e, &c. into the stom- 

 ach without danger to the life of the animal. I 

 had one jiiece of old stifi' rigging, which saved 

 about ten head of cattle within a few miles of me. 

 New tarred rope will answer ; no farmer should 

 he without one constantl)' by him. 



Resj)cctfully, yours, George Olmsted. 



Pigeon Creekj Pens. Joke 6th, 1835. 



Mr Editor — Will you please give through 

 the New England Farmer, some information re- 

 specting the best constructed mills now in use for 

 converting bones into dust for manure. In my 

 district we let all bones lie and go to waste. I 

 attempted to pulverize some a few days ago in 

 one of my neighbors common bark mills, but I 

 think either you or some of your subscribers will 

 be able to give some better | Ian, as most likely in 

 your vicinity the matter has long been attended to, 

 and the most easy mode of grinding hones hit 

 upon. An iNquiRiNG Subscriber. 



Chester County. 



By the Editor. A mill for grinding bones for 

 manure in this part of the country has been re- 

 I eatedly inquired fbr, and would no doubt be a 

 great acquisition to the agricu'tural interest in this 

 vi(unity. Mr F. Sisson, of Warren, R. I., in an- 

 swer to an inquiry, similar to the above, stated 

 in a note [uib ished page 139 of the current vol- 

 ume of the N. E. Farmer that he owned a wind- 

 mill in that town, which was built for the purpose 

 of grinding for a distillery, but since that had 

 ceased to operate he harl hail no use for it. " This 

 mill operates two pair of stones, and with a 

 trifling alteratiwn may be made to grind not only 

 bread stuff, but plaster or bones, cither or all ; 

 would sell it so low as to make it an object for 

 those wanting to purchase a mill," &c. We wish 

 souie person might be induced to form a manufac- 

 tory fbr pulverizing hones. We have known it 

 recommended and perhaps it may be as good a 

 method as can well be devised to break the bones 

 by I lifting them under a circular stone, which 

 being moved round'on its edge by means of a 

 horse, in the manner tanners grind their bark, 

 will, it is said, very cx| editiously elTect the purpose 

 of grinding or pulverizing bones. 



FODDER ON CORIV—REAPING WHEAT 

 UREEIV. 



Prince Edwakd, 24th, Jan. 1835. 

 The subject of stripjiing Indian corn blades and 

 top[)ing the corn, is practised generally in this part 

 of Virginia, having been noticed several times in 

 the Farmer's Register, it has occurred to me, that 

 it may not be improper to add my experience on 

 the subject. I have fbr many years been satisfied 

 that it is very unprofitable inauagement. Though 

 I practise it, with a view of sujjplying a sufficient 

 quantity of fodder for my stock, I am consirained 



