VOL. xviii. NO. as. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



199 



►ear can farmers enjoy Ihcmselvea so well as in ' and the beauties of spriii^r have arrived. As onr 

 he winter; then tlieir labors are closed tor a sea- i country grows older, no doubt it will grow wiser, 

 on. and all they bave to do, is to see that their cat- ' and the farmers learn the right method of pursuing 

 le are well taken care of, and have a sufficient their pursuits of husbandry in future year's. What 

 liiantity of food to eat. At this season of the year few years I have been permitted to live, I can see 

 he farmer can inform himself respecting the diffe- ' that agriculture has improved a great deal, and will 

 ■ent modes and regulations of farming the coming | in all probability, continue to improve, until it ar- 

 re&r. The evenings are of good length, and when j rives to perfection. The farmers can, at present, 

 he day has passed away, he can sit down with his ; perform their usual pursuits with a great deal niorp 

 :hildren around him, and obtain all the knowledge i ease and comfort, than in former years, and enjoy 

 le consistently can in ascertaining a right nieth- ! all the pleasures of a rural and domestic life. Twen- 

 )d to pursue agriculture in future. The right meth- ty years ago there was scarcely au out-building 

 )d for us to obtain a complete knowledge of agri- 1 upon a farm in this section of country ; but of- late 

 ilture is to subscribe for some agricultural journal ■ years, the farmers are becoming more wise, and 



ind lend our leisure moments to its perusal. Many 

 "armers of my acquaintance, in this section of coun- 

 ;ry, are as ignorant of what is transacted in our 

 Tovernment, as though they were inhabitants of 

 some other clime, and did not as much as even pe- 

 ruse a paper. 



While I am now writing, the 10th of November, 

 Jie ground is entirely covered with snow, and very 

 :old too ; which ought to make us farmers very 

 illigent in preparing our buildings to receive the 

 ;oming storms of winter with readiness. Let us 

 36 very expeditious, and improve the present mo- 

 uents in repairing and fixing our sheds, hams, &c. 

 :o protect our domestic animals through the winter 



have commenced erecting sheds, &c., for the pro- 

 tection of their cattle and sheep; and they find it 

 to the comfort and convenience of the aniinals, and 

 therefore a neat profit to themselves. The time, I 

 hope, is not distant, when the farmers in our own 

 happy country will make it their practice to protect 

 their cattle and sheep during our long and severe 

 winters; and when this is done, there will not be 

 so much complaint about poor cattle in the spring. 

 No one will pretend to say that protection is an in- 

 jury to cattle, though there are many that pretend 

 to say they will do just as well, and not cost half 

 as much. Now, sir, to keep a lot of cattle through 

 the winter, under protection, does not cost one 



W. S. T. 



season. Nothing appears so negligent in the eyes cent more than to have them ranging from one 

 jf the people, as to see cattle and sheep exposed field to another, and foddered about stacks 

 ;o winter's blasts, with scarcely enough to eat, and 

 almost frozen to death. It is enough to make the 

 blood run cold in our veins, to see such negligence 

 carried into effect in this highly favored country, 

 where every thing is so very plenty. Every far- 

 mer of common sense ought to know, that to have 

 first rate cattle or sheep, they must, of course, be 

 protected from the cold weather, be pretty well ta- 

 ken care of, and not more than half starved. In 

 this way, farmers will have good cattle and sheep, 

 and find them always ready for market, and bring 

 a very high price, too. 



The greatest difficulty with the farmers in this 

 section is, they neglect to prepare sheds for the 

 protection of cattle, and thus we are always hear- 

 ing them complaining about having poor cattle in 

 the spring of the year. Now, the reason of their 

 cattle being so very poor, is obvious to every far- 

 mer who has tried the protection of tlieir domestic 

 animals in the winter. No farmer can expect to 

 have first rate cattle, and let them be exposed to 

 the inclemencies of our cold climate. I care not 

 how well they are taken care of, unless they 

 are protected, thay will look poor when spring ar- 

 rives. Many farmers in this region, who have 

 heretofore made it their practice to winter their 

 cattle exposed to the cold storms, have come to the 

 final conclusion that it is a very poor rule to fol- 

 low, and have commenced erecting out-buildings 



[The fiillowing Report having been mislaid must be our 

 apology fur its not appearing suoner.] 



ItlaasachiiHetts HorticnItnrnI Soclety^. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



Saturday, Oct. 19,' 1839. 



Dr Z. B. .^dams exhibited several baskets of the 

 St Michael's, Seckle and St Germain Pears. 



Mr French exhibited the following Apples, viz: 

 Yellow Bellflower, Monstrous Pippen, Lady (Pomme 

 d'Api,) Hawthorndean, and four unnamed sorts ; al- 

 so the Wilkinson Pear, and one sort the produce of 

 an imported tree — name unknown. 



Mr Paine exhibited very superior specimens of 

 the Brown Beurre Pear, from tlie well known gar- 

 den of Perrin May, Esq., Boston. 



Mr R. Ward, ofRoxbury, exhibited large and 

 beautiful specimens of the Seckle Pear: we think 

 they have not been surpassed at any exhibition 

 this season. 



Mr Manning exhibited the Boxford, Kilham Hill 

 and Ribstone Pippin Apples. 



Mr Lowell exhibited the Glout Morcean, Delight 

 of Hardenpont, and Grande Bretagne d'or Pears. 



Mr Isaac Harris exhibited a basket of St Michael's 



search, to be the finest he has been able to meet 

 wi;h, and from an examination of the same, the 

 committee acquiesce in the opinion of Mr Longworth 

 and believe from their fine flavor and delicate pulp, 

 thoy are the best native grape which has been pre- 

 sented to the Society. 



The following Pears from the collection provi- 

 ded by the Society, were examined to-day, viz : 

 Wilkinson, Verte Longue, (New Duhamcl,) Winter 

 Nelis, Beurre Diol. Alplia and Napoleon. 



It will no doubt be gratifying to the friends of 

 the iViassachusetts Horticultural Society to know 

 that this is the only institution in America or Eu- 

 rope which has established a weekly exhibition of 

 frui;s and flowers — a custom so conducive to im- 

 provement that wo are surprised it has not been 

 more generally adopted. One of its most impor- 

 tant advantages is the opportunity thus aflorded to 

 the amateur, of comparing in a vast variety of in- 

 stances, fruits ofthe same species under different 

 degrees of cultivation, some raised in exposed situ- 

 ations, with no more care than every farmer can be- 

 stow upon his apple orchards, and others whose 

 growth has been sheltered by irellisses and walls, 

 in the gardens of the city and vicinity and seduous- 

 ly trained upon the most enlightened principles of 

 the art. 



Many ofthe garden fruits at the exhibitions of 

 the Society are superb, and we are particularly 

 pleased to observe so frequently among them those 

 old and universal favorites, the St Michael's and 

 Brown Beurre, equal or superior in size, color, and 

 flavor, to the best specimens of former days. 



We regret that not a single specimen of the 

 Doyenne Gris has been exhibited during the pre- 

 sent season. \ . . sometimes met with this 

 pear of highly respectaule appearance, raised on 

 standard trees, so that there is reason to expect 

 very beautiful specimens under more favorable cir- 

 cumstances. 



At no remote period we hope to see the skill 

 and assiduity of our horticultural friends, rewarded 

 by an abundant supply of all the best ofthe o'd and 

 new varieties, grown cither against a wall, a treliis 

 or as dwarf standards. From this method of cul- 

 tivation, which we are glad to see is yearly extend- 

 ing, the most satisfactory results may be anticipa- 

 ted, and in a few years our exhibitions may be en- 

 riched by numerous specimens, which like the St 

 Michael's, Brown lieurre, Duchess d'Angouleme, 

 and Beurre Diel ofthe past week, will far surpass 

 the figures and descriptions of the European Porno- 

 logical works. 



For the Committee, 



ROBERT MANNING. 



Pears, the produce of his garden. North hennet St. 



Mr J.H. Dunklee exhibited specimens of the 



for their protection. A great many in our country [ large Spanisli chesnuts, grown in his garden at 



do not believe that sheep need any protection ; 

 they say their wool will keep them from being cold, 

 and will do just as well as to have shelters for them. 

 Now, sheep, in my opinion, need a shelter in win- 

 ter as much as our horses or cattle, that is, if we 

 wish them to look fine in the spring, and ready for 

 market any time. Sheep are useful animals to 

 mankind, therefore it stands us in hand to have 

 them protected from the cold storms, which are our 



Brighton. 



J. P. Davis, Esq. exiiibited specimens of tlie fol- 

 lowing Pears, viz: Easter Beurre, Duchess d'An- 

 o-ouleme, iieurre d'Amalis, Beurre Diel, Beurre d' 

 Aremburg and Dix Pears; Talman Sweet Apples. 

 The Easter Beurre and Duchess d'Angouleme 

 were very large and beautiful — the latter weighing 

 17 ounces. 



The Society are under great obligations to N. 



constant visitors in this latitude, at this season of ^ Longworth, Esq., of Cincinnati, Ohio, (by the po 

 the year. In wintering calves, it requires very I liteness of Mr Stetson, of N. Orleans,) for the pre- 

 careful management ou the part of the farmer, to ' sent of a basket of fine native Grapes, '.''hese 

 have them look fine when winter has passed away, grapes, Mr Longworth states, after twentyfive years 



Greed Yield of Wbeiit. — The Amesbury Trans- 

 cript says Richard White, Esq., of South Hampton, 

 N. H. raised this season from fourteen quarts of 

 Black Sea wheat, fifteen bushels. It was sown on 

 half an acre of land in May, and all the compost 

 that was used was one barrel of lime, slacked and 

 spread at the time of sowing. 



Iforking Oxen. — When oxen refuse to work 

 equally well on either side, or when ihey pull off 

 afainst each other, yoke them on the side you wish 

 them to work, and turn them out to feed in that 

 way ; they soon become accustomed toil, and work 

 afterwards on either side alike. liner. Farmer. 



The Philadelphia Gazette savs corn cobs are bet- 

 ter than charcoal to kindle coal fires. 



