NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Published by JOHX C. RUSSEI.L, nt tlie rorner of Congress and I-indall Streets, Boston THOMAS G. FF.PT.NDEN. Editor. 



VOL. IV. 



FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1«25. 



Mo. i.j. 



OF THE 



jmaiBsac huiSctt.s ^art'cu Uttral Soctetw. 



FOR THE NEW" ENGLAND FARMER. 



No. 2. 



The Committee on all other Stock than Bulls and 

 Fat Cattle — consisting of Mess. J. Welles, Ltikc 

 Fiske, and Thomas IVilliams — 



REPORT, that they have seen with pleasure the 

 general improvement of the Stock which has 

 been successively of late exhihitct! at (he Brig;hl- 

 on Cattle Show. This has been Ihe result of an 

 increasinST ardor in com[)elition, honourable to 

 those who act under its influence, and most hen- 

 elicial to the community. If, (as mig;ht well be 

 the case) many more of our good stock, with 

 our household and other manufactures, were ex- 

 hibited, an increasincf interest might be given to 

 this holiday, adding still more to its influence 

 and utility. Enough, however, has lieen already 

 shown, to convince those who look to these 

 great sources of our national prosperity, that 

 they will not be neglected by aa intelligent peo- 

 ple. 



In the examination of Slock, the Committee 

 began with Milch Cows, and after a careful com- 

 parison, were induced to award the first premium 

 ofgSOto Ccn. //. /7ort'7/nf Wallham. This Cow 

 did not exceed the middle size, — was of native 

 stock, 7 years old, — and for some months after 

 calving gave about 18 quarts of milk. For nearly 

 4 months she averaged 1 1 J lbs. of butter a week. 

 In July last she gave 46 pounds of milk ; she 

 now affords 32 lbs. and holds out over 3 quarts 

 of milk to nearly the lime of calving. 



The Committee award the second premium of 

 g20 to the Rev. John White, of Dedham. This 

 Cow was of native stock and of middle size, and 

 gave 12 lbs. of butter for six weeks in siicces- 

 sion. In one week 12 lbs. 13 ounces was made 

 from her milk. For 3 months she averaajed 10^ 

 lbs. of butter; in the best of the season over 18 

 quarts of milk. These cows were so alike and 

 both excellent, that the Committee might well 

 feel at a loss. The former was prel'erred, from 

 holding out her milk for a rather longer period, 

 and some other slight causes. 



The Committee award the third premium of 

 • gl5 to Nathan Pierce of Salem. This cow was 

 of great product in milk, and had given by state- 

 ment 3528 quarts of milk in a year, being an 

 average of nearly 10 quarts a day. Her milk 

 appeared rich, and well suited for the dairy, 

 certificates of which were furnished from several 

 who had used of it. But it was not sufficiently 

 shown how far she was of value in this particu- 

 lar, which is most essential. 



There were some other cows of great prod- 

 uct, which might have competed, or been pre- 

 ferred even to those to whom the premiums 

 have been awarded. But the representations 

 offered, on which a judgment was to be formed, 

 •were too general. They were sufficient, how- 

 ever, to induce your Committee to infer that 

 they probably were very superior animals. — 

 There were several other milch cows offered 



for premium, some with calves in high order at 

 their sides. But in those cases, though adding 

 to the interest of the Show, your Committee 

 found in many respects a want of those circum- 

 stances and of that precision which would be 

 requisite in order to make them proper subjects 

 of consideration. 



The cow exhibited by the Rev. Dr Foster, of 

 Brighton, called Flora, was a very fine one, giv- 

 ing nearly 13 quarts a day of rich milk.— The 

 pens contained several other fine cows for ex- 

 hibition only. 



Of the Heifers in Milk, your Committee were 

 of opinion that the first jnemiurn of gl5 should 

 bo awarded to Ebcnezcr A'ila of Boston for a 

 very tine heil'er of Ihe hornless or Galloway 

 '■iTcei}, the sire Coelehs. This animal would have 

 received, we are authorized to say, the first pre- 

 mium last year for heifers, but she was by mis- 

 rake inserted for exhibition only. Her excellence 

 n(;w is better established. 



The second premium of ,^10 for heifers in 

 milk the Committee award to .Tosiah Seaverns 

 o( iioxbury, for his heifer from a native cow. 

 Her sire the imported Alderney bull, given to 

 the Society by John Hubbard, Esq. now iu the 

 possesion of Mr Parsons. 



These heifers were of strong promise. 



The prctniutns for heii'ers tiie Committee a- 

 ward as follows : 



To Benjamin fiairington of Princeton for his heifer 18 

 months old, the first premium of'JlS. — The dam na- 

 tive, the sire HoldcrneES. 



To Vi m. H. Prentice of Boston for his twins about 18 



, .months old, from a fine native cmv §10^ — the sire 

 Coelebs. The second for iiis red heifer iJtO. The 

 third for his red roan heifer i,?,. 



To John Prince, Esq. for his heifer from Denton, about 

 Ml months okl. The cow native — the 4th prem. $6. j 



The Committee, before they pass to other} 

 stock, may be indulged in the remark, that to 

 those who favour the improvement of our own 

 native slock upon a well governed selection from 

 them only, the exhibition this day of milch cows 

 must have been gratifying. 



On Ihe other hand, the heifers in milk and 

 the other young stock afford room for the most 

 ardent anticipation of great and increasing im- 

 provements from the imported stocks. Much is 

 doubtless to be efTected in both modes. The 

 able and interesting discussion before the public 

 on this subject cannot but awaken and excite to 

 more inulliplied courses of experience, and thus 

 lead us to more satisfactory and certain results. 



As to Sheep, your Committee made as care- 

 ful an examination of the Merinos from Saxony 

 and elsewhere, as was in their power; and they 

 award 



The 1st premium for a merino ram of the Saxony breed 

 to Josepli Barrett of Concord §15. 



The 2d premium to the same gentleman for his merino 

 ram |10. 



For a floclc of merino ewes, the lat premium to the said 

 Joseph Barrett $20. 



The 2d premium for do. to George iil. Barrett of Con- 

 cord $10. 



There were exhibited a fine specimen of long 

 woolled sheep by Maj. Jaques. 



Mr Shepherd of Northampton also exhibited 

 a beautiful pair of twin lambs, male and female, 



I of Ihe improved Leicestershire breed. As these 

 ' were not imported, hut broisght from a neigh- 

 bouring stale, and there bred, your Committee 

 were rehiclantlj compelled to consider them as 

 not entitled to premiums. 



; Of Swine, the exhibition was of a very ira- 

 I proved character. The pens were crowded 

 , vvith them. A breed of hogs with small bones 

 j and subject to liUle waste, quiet and disposed to 

 fatten and yet of great weight, were found to 

 have taken place of the long, lank, coarse, greedy 

 I and insatiable animal, with which our country 

 ! has been infested. 



j The Committee award for the best boar !c 

 Silas Dudley of Sullen 

 The 1st premium $'{'2. 

 Tlie 2d do. to Gtorge M. Robbins $8. 

 The 3d do. to John Parlimau of Brighton $5. 



The Committee award 



For the best sow to Capt. John Mackay jl2 

 For the next best ; • Hilas Dudley of Sutton $8. 

 To Moses l>rio;lit ol Watertotvn the 3d do. $5. 

 For the best store pijs to Capt. John Mackay of Wes- 

 ton, the 1st pren iiim $10,00. 

 The 2d to Jonas Culler of Weston S5.00. 



Of the stock presented for exhibition Ihe Com- 

 mittee noticed a beautiful cow of the Hon. Wit- 

 linm Gray. 



There were several heifers oi'Mr Parsons full 

 and part blooded which were deservedly admir- 

 ed. 



Of animals not slriclly williin Ihe authorilyof 

 the Committee, lliey will be excused for notic- 

 ing, as adding lo the show : — The beautiful inare 

 and horse'r.ol!, generously presented to the So- 

 ciety by Adtniial Sir isar.c Coffin. 



A blood mare with a mule by her side, was 

 exhibited by S. W. Pomeroy, Esq. 



A fine mare colt was also exhibited by Major 

 Talbot of Dedham. 



The Committee were gratified to perceive a 

 general improvement in the stock offered for in- 

 spection at the Brighton Cattle Show ; and they 

 Ihink the coinmunily has much to expect from 

 efforts so well guided. 



All of which is submitted. 



Per order, JOHN WELLS, Chairman. 



No. 3. 



The Committee on the Plovghing Match of tieo 

 yoke of oxen, — consisting oj John Prince, A'a- 

 tlwn Adams of Medford, and Daniel Adams 5d. 

 of JS'e~d>bury — 

 REPORT— that six tean>s only appeared to con- 

 tend — (eleven having previously retired) — viz. 

 \o. 1. Silas Dudley of Sutton— plough made by War- 

 ren of Dedham — work done in 31 minutes 



2. Samuel Sibley of Sutton, plough by Hall Sutton — 

 worli done in 35 minutes 30 secrnds. 



3. Sherman Barrett of Concord, plough of cast iron by 

 Tice — work done in 35 minutes, 



4. Joseph Curtis of Roxbury, plough by Warren of 

 Dedham — work done in 35 minutes 



5. Aaron D. Williams, Roxbury, plough by Warren o! 

 Dedham — work done in 39 minutes. 



(3. Stedman Williams, Roxbury, plough by Warren of 



Dedham — work done in 33 minutes. 



The lots were exactly one eighth of an acre 

 — the land only two years since laid down, and 

 very thin sward, that the Committee apjirehend- 



