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aliuiidiimly Btrured lo oiher men. Whnl niu 

 I'.v called great odvuntBges am by no mcnns 

 ' nioiic lo any one class of sociely; indeed, ibcrc 

 i!c worib seeking lor, but wba: niny be ob 

 • all who lire willing to make the effort. The 

 I n polished education is an indispensable re 

 ' r the acquirement ol' knoudodge, and that 

 '.niiDg will only enable one to jioBecss iniclli- 

 J not oiily erroneous, but a miiicbievious con- 

 lil'tbomind. For such as would snogiile to 

 'vo3 the riyht of monopoly over the abundoni 

 ■ which are pouring into the mind of every one, 

 _l'i8 of knowledge and inielligonce, it is not snr- 

 na to hear them advance such an idea. Upon the 

 "nice of education wc cannot however place too 

 : cstiniaic, for the benefits which it has and ul- 

 mnst bestow upon lynnkind. But it is only 

 location if used as a means of enlarging the 

 \ of the mind and prepares an individual to fill 

 i. ful station in society, that the greatest good 

 result from it. And on the contrary, if used as 

 3 instrument of producing those sickly plants, too 

 quently sent forth from our schoolsof learning to play 

 fop or the piano, it overloads society with a set of 

 eless beings, that ore a burthen upon it. From the 

 owledgo of educated men Agriculture has not failed 

 receive important aids, but not, when compared 

 th other things of Jess importance, its due propor- 

 n of benefits. When considered a ecience, as il 

 ily is, it is easy to conceive that the study of it 

 ght profitably occupy the most polished mind, and 

 rhaps there is not a science from which eduea'.ed 

 n, who strive to apply their knowledge to useful 

 rposee, have derived greater pleasure, than from the 

 idy of the principles which cause the eaith to pro- 

 ice all the wealth of which individuals or even na- 

 ns can boast. I vcn'ure to predict, that no one 

 10 has applied his talent, education, or experience, 

 the examination of the most simple principles ol 

 «bandiy, but what has found an ample scope for the 

 ifitable employment of eiiher. But while such as are 

 gaged in what are termed " profeesicnal pureuiis," 

 I obliged 10 become acquainted wiih the ancient 

 gnagea, in order to be familiar with certain obscure 

 ims and phrases, the farmer h.as no occasion to 

 Tch out any but the most simple terms to gain al 

 knowledge his most ardent desires may demand. 

 the school of practice he has daily opportunity for 

 ning knowledge, while ut the same time, experi- 

 Te and practical observation, will enable him to 

 rnonstrate every principle connected with the busi- 

 of his life. Comparatively but few engaged in it, 

 tuidcr how important is the calling of a farm- 

 and many have settled down under the con- 

 ition that chance or necessiiy has compelled them to 

 a station, if an opportunity had oflered, their choice 

 uld not have dictated. From this, perhaps, more 

 n any other cause, the but too prevalent idea has 

 ginatcd, that ihis class of our fellow citizens are set 

 crna9 only worthy of the associations of the '"sc- 

 id class." What error has failed to do in fill ng 

 ; mindsof many with false notions, prejudice has 

 . failed to accomplish the whole «oik : and ihere- 

 o it is, that a moie general disseminalion of Unowl- 

 -ge may beconeideied necessary. 

 In my next it will be my purpose not to deal so 

 ich as heretofore in general remaiks, hut shall en- 

 ivor to confine myseli to a more particular applica 

 n of the subject. \'ours, &c., 



Jiataria , Oet.Wth. 1841. C. P. T. 



FOT the Hew Ocnesc: Farmer 

 Annual Exhibitiou 

 ■ the Mnssacliiisctls Horticultural Society— Horti- 

 culture- in Monroe County, Sfe. Si-c, 

 it will doubtless be gratifying to the friendsof Hor- 

 iltnre tbron^^honi the ronntvy.to hear something of 



the lute Annual K.xhibitionof the Maisaeluiseits Ilor 

 licultural Society, held on 2'2d 23d and 2-lth of Sept. 



From the repoi t publithed in the October number ol 

 the Miigr.ziue of Horticulture, it appeals thai the va- 

 riety of Fruits wcs greater than any ever before exhi- 

 bited in the United States, Mr. Manfiing, of Salem, 

 the greatest promologist in America, sent one hundred 

 and thirty kinds of Pears ; Mr. Wilder, the Presi- 

 dent of the Society, lilty ; Mr. Gushing, forty, 

 and many other gentlemen, ihiity, twenty and ten 

 each. A magnificent pyramid of Grapes, comprising 

 twelve varieties on a base td' Peaches, Nectarines and 

 Plums waa^)rescnted by Mr. Haggcrtson Gardener lo 

 J. P. Cushing, Esq. The exhibition of vegetables 

 was also unusually good. Tie Dahlia show far sur- 

 passed any previous exhibition of this splendid flower 

 by the .Society, and the number of Pot plants, Cul 

 flowers, Bnquets, &e. , wcs very great. 



At the close of the exhibition the members celebrat- 

 ed the 13ih anniversary by a dinner, after which sev- 

 eral exeellont addresses were delivered and oppropri 

 ale toasts and sentimenia were given, — of the latter 

 we have selected the following, as our limited spaire 

 will not admit of publishing all : — 



Agricvlttire and Horticulture — The first a notion's 

 greatest wealih, the next, ils greatest luxury. 



The Cu/tiration if the Earth — It was the first act 

 of civilization, le lie basis of all other bronchia of in- 

 dustry and is the chief source of the prosperity and the 

 wealth of nations. 



Tiic Primeval F.mploymcnt of Man — To dress the 

 garden end keep it. 



HiiHiadtiiral Societies — " Fiscol corporations" 

 whose capital stock is a well cultivated Bavh of Soil, 

 whose Directors are producers, whose depositors gel 

 cent per cent for their investments, whose exchanges 

 are never below par, and which " operate perse over 

 the Union." 



The Massaclinsctta Horticultural Society —ItB binh 

 doy opened a new era in the horticulture of Nevv 

 Fng'ond. 



The Hose — While we acknowledee her ns Queen 

 at the couilof Flora, we are happy to recogni/e nmoiig 

 our guesls the distinguished representative* of thai 

 Queen, who.^e Kingdom have adopted in the Rose 

 their Floral emblem. 



Horticulture — The art which strews our paths with 

 Roses — loods our tables with luxuries, and crowns our 

 labors with the rich fruits of contentment and happi- 

 ness. 



TI'Qman — " A seedling sprung from Adam's Bile, 



We cannot bin do injustice in this brief noiieeto 

 the report, which occupies nine poges uf the Magnzine, 

 and mueli remains yet to be puhlished. This Society 

 is one of the most useful and flourishing of the kind, 

 in the country. Bnl 13 years ogo since it was orga- 

 nized ; their meetings were at first held in a small 

 room; and by steady and persevering efibi is wortin 

 of all praise, they have gradually advanced so that now 

 tliry occn|>y a spacious hall in Tremonl Row, Boston. 

 It would be impossible to estimate the advanliigts 

 which have resulted from their labors, not only to Ne« 

 England, but lo the country at large. Mr. Walker, 

 a prominent member of the Society, in speaking ol 

 this, remarked, *' who can recount ils acts and ihi 

 benefits thereof to the community and after genera- 

 lions ? Had I the eloquence of a Cicero, il might bi 

 oxliaustcd on this subject." 



We would strongly recommend this subject to ih< 

 attention of Cuhivalors in our own favored disiiici. 

 In view of such results the friends ot Ilorticultuu 

 should want no olher inducement to associale iheni- 

 selves together for ibe purpose of promoting Horticnl- 

 uiral improvements. Every instance where prop r 

 atiention is bestowed lo this branch of industry, proves 

 most satisfactorily that we possess the mtans, if we 

 only avail ourselves of them, to excel both in quantity 

 and quality of our Horticultural productions. At the 



ale Agricultural Fair for this county the exhibition it 

 garden productions was exceedingly limited, only 

 ibout half a dozen exhibitois ol fiuii — two or three of 



lowers, and five or six of the more common svits i f 

 vegelables. This, for the Ilortieullural depariniert 



ifiheFairfor the whole county of Monrce, will le 

 iidmiited by all to be far from what it ought lo be, and 

 argues forcibly the necessity of making some move- 

 iiienl that will excite more general interest on B sub. 

 ject of such vast importonce to the public. I'. 



• Mr. Ciaiiiui, ilie lirititli (.■ounsul 



from the Atliany Cultivator. 

 The Short Horns as Milkers. 



MKssiie. GAVLoun & Tcckkb — In the .Tunc No. 

 of the Cullivator there appealed nn article, signed 

 Lewis F. Allen, in which the opinion was advoiiceri, 

 ihat the improved Sliorl Home wore the stock best 

 ndapied tor New England dairies. 



The abiliiy with v^liieh this article is written, and 

 ihe suoree Irom which it comes, ensures it great 

 weight with your readeis. But as this opinion is 

 contrary to ihni of most ngiiculiurolisls in ibis reigh- 

 liorhocd, (the vicinity of Boston) I have been in hopes 

 of seeing an answer to it in your paper by some one 

 more familiar wiih this subject than luyselK 



Tlialthis slock is the bestsnilcd lo the rich papturrs 

 and fer'ile lands of New- York and ihe Wetlein stateu 

 appears to be generally admilled. Are they equally 

 well suited to ihe thin sods and scanty pasluiesof 

 l\ew-Englnntl 1 



111 the fear of saying too much for his favorites, Mr. 

 .•\. has given them less praise in some respects than 

 wc slinuld readily conced to ibem. He eomiicris 

 them with our avcroge native cows ; we are in the 

 habit of comparing ibein «iihi,ur good dairy cows. 

 The quiiniiiy of milk given by ihe Short Horns as 

 compaicd with our average native cows is greater than 

 Mr. Allen asserts. Thoqualiiy of ihe milk is con- 

 sideied by us generally as inferior to iliat of ihe com- 

 mon cows of the country. Much of il would not, I 

 ihiiik, sell readily lor milk. This is contraiy lo Mr. 

 A'.'i e;:perie.nce with his Short Horns; and there iire 

 (cerlainly among ihe grade coivs) many exceplion.s tu 

 11 here : 



Writers are too apt to forget that ibe most impor- 

 tant question, and what we ically want lo know ir, 

 what slock or sUicke will give us the best end cbeap- 

 esl milk, butler, cheese, end beef; and iioi what 

 stock will give us the mist per eopiiem. Ifitiosls 

 three limes as miub to raise end to keep nn imp'0\- 

 ed Shoit Horn in our climate and on our soil us one 

 of ihe native breed, allhongh it gites twice the butler 

 and cheese and twice the beef, it may be a pcor slock 

 lor ns. 



No one here I think would be inclined to accept 

 the wager ofl'cred by Mr. Allen at ihe end of his 

 communication; for w e do not contend that ten or 

 iweniy cows, which tlioiild be a fair average of the 

 native breed of New-Englnnd, w.;uld give as much 

 milk, butter ond cheese ns ten or twenty cows of a 

 hieid of nearly twice their size when both lots hid 

 as much nutritive food ns ihi y collide al. That, our 

 cows seldcmi have all the year rmind. 



Mr. A. refers to British publications lo prove the 

 superiority of the Short Horns. Following bis ej.- 

 aiiiple, 1 will quote ihc British Hutbondry ai.d Low, 

 ns the best Bri'ish authorities I know of on this sub- 

 ject. In British Husbandly, eh, 26, on milch cows. 

 It is si id, " the breed most in esteem wiih the London 

 cow keepers who sell the milk wiihout making butler 

 or cheese, is of the old Yorkshire stock, or a cross be- 

 .ween the Tvveeswater and Holderness, as producing 

 -he gjealcEl quaniiiy ; for they aie in that case roiled 

 in the house, and of course provided with an obund- 

 Muce ol cut gross brewers' grains, and succulent roots ; 

 but when grazed, iliey rcquiie vci)' good j asinie, and 

 lire not gi nerally consideied Co prodcce milk of a rich 

 qiinliiy. But the bried wliuh of fill oiheiE appeals to 

 lie gaining grcunil ibiouglioiit the UnileJ Kingdom 

 tor obundant produce upon ordinary posture is the 

 Ayrshiie kyloe," 



David Low in his Elements of Practical Agricul- 

 ■ure says, " by long attention lo the cbaincteis tuat iii- 

 dicnie a disposition 10 yield milk, ibe breed of Ayr- 

 biie has become greatly more esteemed for the dairy 

 'ban Olher animals much superior lo them in size and 

 leiduig qualities." 



I hope 10 see this subject more thoroughly discussed 

 m yo'ir journal by Mr Allen and others, who, like 

 iiim, speak forcibly what they sincerely bilieve. 



A YOUNG FARMER. 



Vicinity of Boston, Sept. 23, IKll. 



