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course, be decided by their geological character. 

 The poorest lands require a large amount, while 

 those which are less sterile may be Yery greatly 

 improved by a small amount. Capital can in no 

 way be more lucratively invested than in redeem- 

 ing lands by this process, when clay can be con- 

 veniently obtained. 



To Correspondents. — Thanks to our relia- 

 ble, intelligent and obliging friends, for numerous 

 excellent contiibutions to the columns of the 

 Farmer. As is usually the case, the winter is our 

 harvest season, for this important crop. We are 

 not able to publish as fast as received, but shall 

 select those that are the most seasonable, and pub- 

 lish first ; that is, inquiries and replies to inquiries, 

 and articles that especially relate to spring work, 

 such as gardening, sowing, planting fields, trans- 

 planting trees, &c., &c. Others that are received 

 are just as applicable at one time as another, as 

 they may discuss principles, or may best treat of 

 summer or autumnal work. 



"Queryman" will please observe this, and feel 

 assured that his articles are always acceptable. 

 We shall be glad of the "reports" to which he re- 

 fers, for publication bj'-and-by, when correspond- 

 ents are specially employed in out-door labors. 



Massachtsetts Horticultural Society. — 

 A meeting of this Society was holden on the 3d 

 of January, at which the Hon. Joseph Breck 

 retired from the President's chair, and introduced 

 C. M. HovEY, Esq., as his successor. On assum- 

 ing the chair, Mr. Hovey made an excellent 

 speech, speaking of the former prosperity and 

 high character of the Society, and then foreshad- 

 owed what ought to be its future eSbrts and pur- 

 poses. His remarks were singularly judicious 

 and practical, and will undoubtedly have an in- 

 fluence upon the future operations of this good 

 old Society. 



The Agricultural Interest. — It is assert- 

 ed by those the most competent to judge of the 

 matter, that the agricultural interest of the coun- 

 trj' embraces ninety per cent, of tlie entire weaUli 

 of tlie country. 



The Best Apples. — At a late meeting of the 

 Worcester Horticultural Society, the subject dis- 

 cussed was the best kind of apples for general 

 cultivation, and after much and valuable discus- 

 sion, the members agreed upon the following 

 tv^elve kinds : Mother, Hubbardston Nonsuch, 

 llhode Island Greening, Baldwin, Roxbury Rus- 

 set, Tolman's Sweeting, Red Astrachan, liuchess 

 of Oldenburg, Williams Early, Early Bough, Por- 

 ter and Gravenstein. 



E^* The 12.000 acres of land to which Rhode 

 Island is entitled under the law for the establish- 

 ment of agricultural colleges has been located in 

 Kansas. 



F<T the ync England Fanntr. 

 THE MILK BUSINESS. 



A meeting of the farmers who are interested in 

 the milk business was held on the evening of Feb- 

 ruary 9, in the Town Hall, in Way land, to see 

 what action can be taken in order to sell milk by 

 seated measure, or act in any way in relation to the 

 milk business. The meeting was organized by 

 the choice of John N. Sherman, Esq., as Chair- 

 man, and H. A. Siiorev, Secretary. 



Addresses were made by Messrs.' Abel Glea- 

 soN, E. W. Giles, Asauel Sherman, Horace 

 HuRD, Geo. E. Sherman, Geo. Shorev, and 

 Mr. GoDDARD, of Lincoln. The speakers all 

 agreed that milk should be sold by no other meas- 

 ure than by cans that are sealed', so that formers 

 may know how much milk they are selling for a 

 can, and to sell legally, so that they may be en- 

 abled to get their pay. Farmers should be united 

 as well as the milkmen. A committee of five per- 

 sons, consisting of Messrs. Abel Gleason, E. W. 

 Giles, A. Sherman, J. B. Sherman and Mr. 

 GoDDARD, of Lincoln, was chosen to confer with 

 the people of other towns, and ask them to unite 

 with us. The meeting then adjourned for two 

 weeks, when the committee are to report. 



Wayland, Feb. 10, 18G3. H. a. 9. 



PjT ilie yeir England EarmeT, 

 SUCCESS— BOOK FAKMING— MANURES. 



Few men ever succeed in business without a 

 thorough knowledge, giving to that business their 

 close attention, snd devoting to it the whole ener- 

 gy of their nature, "In the course of human 

 events," these are the requisites of success. I 

 would not say a man caimot succeed who does not 

 do this, but I will say, this is not often the case. 



Now, what I wish to impress upon the reader is 

 — that farming, as I understand it, is a business, 

 something more than simply an occupation — it is 

 an occupation and a business, which calls into ac- 

 tion the whole man, and all the faculties of his 

 mind, and if he would succeed and be one of the 

 go-ahead, progressive farmers of the day, such as 

 the times demand, he must make diligent use of 

 all these. I am disgusted by the "twaddle" which 

 is often expressed, that it is not necessary that the 

 farmer should be a learned man ; no business 

 which man follows requires more. I know, very 

 well, an ignorant man may succeed by farming, in 

 maintaining himself and family — more than this, 

 even — and so do some verj" ignorant doctors, law- 

 yers, &:c., but this by no means proves that they 

 should not be learned, even in book knowledge, 

 as skilled in human nature ; but, on the contrary, 

 it would be no more than a fair question to ask 

 whether they would not have been far more suc- 

 cessful by being "learned." It is fair to supjiose 

 they would have been, besides the great amount 

 of pleasure they would have enjoyed by a better 

 understanding of the "modus operandi'^ of nature, 

 an item of no small consideration in making up 

 the aggregate of human enjoyment in this life. 



Manure is acknowledged to be the corner-stone 

 of successful farming. Without it in some form, 

 there can be no success. We are told that this 

 truth will not apply to the AVest — of this I cannot 

 say — but in New England and the Middle States, 

 it is a fact from which there is no escape. Now, 

 how many farmers, suppose ye. Mr. Editor, un- 

 derstand manure, its manufacture, composting and 



