324 PLYMOUTH SOCIETY. 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Plymouth County Agricultural Society held its Annual 

 Show at Bridgewater, on Wednesday, the 25th of September 

 last. 



The whole number of teams entered for ploughing was 

 nineteen, — of which eighteen appeared and ploughed. Eleven 

 fat oxen were entered for premium, and three fat cows. Of 

 butter, nineteen specimens were exhibited, and of cheese, 

 eighteen. Of fruits, the display was specially gratifying, as the 

 season had been unfavorable for perfecting the products of the 

 garden and orchard. 



The address was delivered by Charles T. Jackson, M. D. of 

 Boston. 



Improvements. 



" For the most satisfactory experiment to determine the best 

 time to cut oak and other forest trees, which start from the 

 stump, to insure the most flourishing succeeding growth." 



Entries were made by Daniel Alden and Paul Hathaway, of 

 Middleborough. Mr. Alden commenced his experiment on one 

 acre, in November, 1845, cutting one-sixth of the acre in each 

 succeeding month, till May, 1846. Repeated the experiment 

 on a two acre lot, from November, 1846, to May, 1847. 



In the first experiment, it was very evident to the committee, 

 that the lots cut in the spring months were the most flourish- 

 ing ; in fact, the growth of the trees were in regular gradation 

 from November to May cutting. In the repetition of the ex- 

 periment the succeeding year, the result was not so perceptible, 

 yet sufficiently so to warrant the conclusion, that the nearer the 

 season of the ascending of the sap, wood is cut, the more 

 flourishing will be its succeeding growth. 



