

m* IB sr ^ ii» Ji "^ D s^^^ffis 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH BRECK & CO., NO. 58 NORTH MARKET STREET, (Aobicdltdrai. Warehousb.) 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1843. 



[NO. 34. 



N. E. FARMER 



CO NSTITUTION .- 



THE Massachusetts Societv kor. Promo- 



Tl.NG AgRICULTCRE. 



Te have liad a number of applications of late 

 iliflerent sections of tlie country, ruquestinj 

 forward the Conslitution of the Massachusetis 

 icultural Society, as a guide in the formation 

 her societies. Through tlie politeness of Benj. 

 d, Esq., Secretary of this Society, we have 

 1 favored with this Conslitution, which we be- 

 ! has never before been g'^en to the public. 

 e interesting particulars in relation to this So- 

 y, may be found on the editorial page. 



CoNSTITUTtO.V. 



.RTiCLE I. That there shall be o President, 



Vice Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Cor- 



ondiniT Secretary and Treasurer, «ho shall be 



stees ex olTicio ; in addition to these, six other 



stees shall be chosen from the members at 



e ■ all of wl.■^ln shall be continued in office 



1 others shall be elected in their stead. 



IRT. IT. All officers as well as new members, 



1 bo elected by ballot. The election shall be 



jrmined by a majority of votes. 



Ut. hi. There shall be two slated meetings 



he Society annually, viz: on the first Wednes- 



in April and October, the same to be held at 



lo'clock, A. M., at such place as the Trustees 



:il appoint ; of which they shall give notice in 



1 of the Boston newspapers, at least three weeks 



vious to said meeting. 



Art. IV. There shall be an annual choice of 

 cers, viz: at the stated meeting in April ; in 

 choice of whom twenty members shall be nec- 

 ary to make a quoruin ; in the transaction of 

 iiness, thirteen may make a quorum. 

 Art. V. If at any meeting of the Society, or of 

 I Trustees, the President and Vice President 

 ill be absent, the members present may appoint 

 c from among them to preside at such meeting. 

 Art. VI. The President, or in case of his ab- 

 ice, either of the Vice Presidents, with the ad- 

 ;e of the Trustees, may call a special meeting of 

 ; Society, or whenever written application, with 

 isons assigned therefor, sliall be made by any 

 elve members of the Society to the President 

 d Trustees, they shall call such meeting. 

 Art. VII. The meetings of the Trustees shall 

 held at such time and place, as they shall from 

 ne to time agree upon, seven of whom, with the 

 esiding mem°ber, shall make a quorum for doing of 

 siness, except in case of election of members. 

 Art. VIII. The Trustees shall regulate all the 

 mcerns of the Society during the intervals of its 

 eetings, propose such objects of improvement to 

 e attention of the public, publish such communi- 

 itions, and offer such premiums in such form and 

 due, as they shall think proper, provided the pre- 

 iums offered do not exceed the funds of the So- 

 ety, and shall lay before the Society at each of 

 3 meetings, a statement of their proceedings, and 

 I the communications made to them. 



Art. IX. The candidate for election shall first 

 be proposed by a member of the Society, and on 

 being balloted for, if the number of votes shall 

 amount to a majority of the members present, such 

 person shall be considered as duly elected. 



Art. X. The Recording Secretary shall take 

 minutes of nil the votes and proceedings of the So- 

 ciety and of the Trustees, and enter them in sepa- 

 rate books, and shall record all such communica- 

 tions as the Trustees may direct. 



Art. XI. The Corresponding Secretary shall 

 write all letters relating to the business of the So- 

 ciety, and answer all letters to the Society, as the 

 Trustees shall direct. 



Art. XII. The Treasurer shall receive all mon- 

 ies due or payable to the Society, and all donations 

 that may be made to it, for which he shall give du- 

 plicate receipts, one of which shall be lodged with 

 the Recording Secretary, and make a fair record 

 thereof, and from time to time, pay out such mon- 

 ies as he shall have orders from the Trustees, and 

 shall annually, and whenever thereto required, ren- 

 der a fair account of all his receipts and payments 

 to the Society, or a committee thereof. The Trea- 

 surer's accounts shall be kept in dollars and cents, 

 and shall give bonds for the full discharge of his 

 duty in such sums as the Trustees shall direct, and 

 with such sureties. 



Art. XIII. A committee shall be cliosen annu- 

 ally, to audit the Treasurer's accounts, viz : at the 

 October meeting, and to report thereon at the next 

 April meeting, and the same being accepted, shall 

 be entered by the Recording Secretary on his 

 books. 



Art. XIV. In case of the death, resignation, in- 

 capacity, or removal out of the State, of either of 

 the Secretaries or the Treasurer, the Trustees 

 shall take charge of the official books, papers and 

 effects belonging to the office that may be vacated, 

 and give receipts for the same, which books, papers, 

 &c., they may deliver to some person whoni they 

 may appoint to fill up the office until the next 

 meeting of the Society, at which time there shall 

 be a choice. 



Art. XV. The present members of the Society 

 and such as may be elected previous to the April 

 meeting, 171)3, shall, for the present year, severally 

 pay into the hands of the Treasurer two dollars, 

 for raising of a fund for carrying into execution 

 the designs of the institution, and thence after- 

 wards two dollars onnually shall be paid by each 

 member, until otherwise ordered by the Society ; 

 the second year to be considered ns commencing 

 on the first Weonesday of April, 1793. 



Art. XVI. A committee shall be appointed 

 from time to timo, severally to solicit and receive 

 subscriptions for raising of a fund for encouraging 

 the noblest of pursuits — the Agriculture of our 

 country — the same to be sacredly appropriated to 

 that purpose. 



Mr Boswell slated at a late meeting of the Far- 

 mer's Club, at Philadelphia, that he had established 

 a system of exchanges of fruit scions between Cin- 

 cinnati and Boston, and is ready for orders. 



From the Maine Cultivator. 



GOOD TOOLS. 



Mtssrs. Editors — The old adage, •' He must in- 

 deed bo a (rood workman tha' can afford to work 

 with poor tools," is one that embodies a great deal 

 of truth. If wo farmers employ a mechanic to ex- 

 ecute a job, we of course expect that he will come 

 provided with pro])er tools. Should he come with 

 hut half the instrnniimts requisite for the proper and 

 workmanlike performance of the work entrusted to 

 his hands, we should not hesitate to demur, and 

 should doubtless dismiss him. But how is it on 

 our farms ? Are we always as jealous of our in- 

 terests there ? I think not. How often, indeed, is 

 it the case, that our help are required to plow, reap 

 and hoe, with implements which are not only "out 

 of fashion," but too clumsy and ill adapted to the 

 work to be performed. Many of the old-fashioned 

 implements are still in use on our farms — particu- 

 larly plows, dung-forks, and hoes; and with these, 

 hired men and boys are frequently required to per- 

 form as much work daily, and to do it as neatly as 

 though they were provided with proper tools. 



Farmers, generally, are too remiss on this point. 

 They look at the cost of the tools, not at the expen- 

 diture of strength on the part of llie operative in 

 wielding them — that is no business of theirs, they 

 are apt to think, but this is a fallacy. Every far- 

 mer should be provided with g-oorf tools and the 

 most improved — so at least thinks 



Yours, &c., A. C. 



DESTRUCTION OF THE CONSERVATORY. 



Early on Wednesday morning last, a fire was 

 discovered in the Public Conservatory, which, 

 through the well-directed efforts of tlie firemen, 

 was confined to a small space in the centre of the 

 house. "The whole building, however, (says the 

 Transcript,) was filled with a dense smoke for more 

 than two hours, and with an atmosphere of 15 Fahr. 

 pouring in through the broken glass, the whole 

 stock of beautiful and rare plants were inevitably 

 lost. The splendid collection of Camellias, the 

 best and choicest in the country, in full bloom and 

 bud, numbering some thousand plants, not one of 

 which can be restored, present an aspect this morn- 

 ing that is really painful to behold. The proud 

 Peacocks, the beautifnl Pheasants, presented to tho 

 enablishinent by the Hon. Mr Webster, on his re- 

 turn from England, and the rare and splendid Afri- 

 can Cranes, all lie dead, having been suffocated by 

 the dense smoke. 



To Mr Teschemacher, the indefatigable actuary, 

 who has devoted the labor of years to his charge, 

 and who had many important and novel experiments 

 in process, in tho treatment of plants, the loss can- 

 not be computed in dollars and cents. The house 

 had recently been remodeled under his supervi- 

 sion, and every plant was in the best possible con- 

 dition, systematically arranged, at great labor, and 

 in the very height of perfection, all of which are 

 ent.rely destroyed." 



The fire is supposed to have been occasioned by 

 a defect in one of the flues. 



