18^5.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Society by Thomas H. Porkin', Esq. It was 

 consulerecl a good imil.itinn of Scotcli plaid, and 

 a new muniitMctiire in tliis country. 



The Exiiibition was enrir.hecj liy 9ami)les of 



promiiim of ten dollnrs. Your Committee could 

 no(, on lhorona;h cxiiminalion, find anv parr.fl 

 of old cheese which in llieir jn<l!jmenl iv:\s siif- 

 ticieiitly good lo he enlilled to Ihe second pre- 



fonl«ca(i and li-ltor pa|ior of e^icpllent qii:t!itj | miiim ; tln^y are aware thnt cfreat rare and at- 

 |)re<pnted hy Mr Aiulrevv J. Allen, and (>y T. G. , li-nlion is required to pro'ierve cheese for any 



consideralvle lenp^lii of tiine uninjiired in its fla- 

 vor; and they are not iinniiiidfiil that the past 

 season, from the extreme heat of the weather, 

 hits been unfavorable to the preservation of 

 cheese ; still ihev are of the opinion that the 

 interest of the Farmer would be greatly sub- 

 served by havinST a proper deposite for his 

 clieese, i^i which the lemperaliif e of the air 

 shonid vary as little as possible throngh the 

 year. 



Eleven parcels of bnfter were entered for 

 premium, none of it snch as your Committee 

 deemed lo be of the very first quality ; some of 

 it being too highly charged with salt; and from 



Fesseiiden, F.sq. from the mill ot' llolbrook & 

 Fessenden, br.ttiehoj-o', Vl. 



Four pieces of tlinnel were sent by the .\me;- 

 bnry Flannel Manufacturing Company — while 

 iind coloured. The Committee did not hesitate 

 lo pronounce them equal in all respects to the 

 best English flannels. The Committee wore 

 informed ihat a discovery has been made recent- 

 ly at this Factory, by which the red color from 

 madder is freed from the yellow tinge common 

 in red flannels. 



Seven pieces of printed silk handkerchiefs 

 were handsome sppcimens of printing, and tlie 

 colours brilliant and in good taste 



A piece of undressed flannel was presented I several of the parcels the buttermilk was not 

 by Moses Learned of Palmer, with samples of I siifliriently e!ipreps<jd; that from the dairy of 

 the wool of his flock. The tJannel being in an jibe Rev. Ijemuel Ca[>pn, of South Boston, was 

 iMifinished slate, the Committee could not con- 1 considered to bo the best; and your Committee 

 sider it .-in object of premium. TJ^e thread was ; recommend that the premium (d' (iflein dollars 

 ■very fine and the fabric good. Mr Learned has j le paid to him; the preinnmi of ten dollars, to 

 practised clothing his sheep three years. — .'V Mr. Michael Crosby, of Bedford, in the county 



cloth of cotton or coarse canvass is put on imme- 

 diately after shearing and kept on until the next 

 shoiirmg. The last season he blanketed, as he 

 terms it, 175 sheep. He believes that the ani- 

 mal thrives belter for this protection, and that 

 the advantage t'rom keeping the vvool in a clean- 

 er state, and having the pile soft and good lo 

 the extremities, more than pays the expense of 

 16 cents [)er head, — the estimated cost of the 

 clothing. 



Samples of writing and drawing pencils were 

 offered by Mess. Meliin & Blood of Concord, 

 accomfianied by certificates staling that these 

 pencils have the essential qualities of a goi^d 

 article, being both tough and soft, and are dura- 

 ble when cut to a long and slender point. 



The Roxbnry Colour and Paint Mannlactnring 

 Company presented by Joseph R Newell, their 

 Agent,* several samples of brilliant colours, of 

 Iheir manulaclure. Their establi>hment is the 

 first of the kind within the Stale, and is said to 

 meet with the most encoiiragieg success. 



RICHARD SULLIVAN, 

 SAMUEL AFPLETON, 

 (iLORGE SEARLE, 

 JOHN VV. BOOT'l'. 



x\o. 6. 



The Comnntlee on Agricultural Erperiments, to 

 ■whom unas also committed the inspection of sun- 

 dry articles of iniiniijoclure^for which premiums 

 were offered. 



REPORT, That seven parcels of cheese, of more 

 than one year old, anil nineleen parcels of new 

 cheese, were otTered for the Society's premi- 

 ums; wiih the exception of one parcel of old 

 and one parcel ot new cheese, all of it was from 

 the town of New-Braintree, in the count}' of 

 Worcester. The new cheese is superior in 

 flavor and richness, to that offered the last year. 

 Of the old cheese, that from the dairy of Mr. 

 Benjamin C. Perkins, of Becket, in the county 

 ot Berkshire, was considered by your Commit- 

 tee to be the best; and they award lo liim the 



♦^See Mr NewelPs letter to the Committee, ou page 

 ) 1 9 of this (Jay's paper. 



ot Middlesex, for the next best ; the premium 

 ot seven dollars, to Mr. Luther Chamberlain, of 

 \\ estborough, in the county of Worcester, for 

 the next best; and the premium of five dollars 

 lo Mr. Jacob Dean, ot ftlansfield, in the county 

 ot Bristol, for the next best. 



Ten samples of Currant wine were entereil | 'I'' appeared on the ground, and had been reg- 

 for premium, most of it superior to any ofl'ered j "'arly entered. Several persons who had enter 



lently well constructed, and containing a largp 



(juanlity of iionoy in the comb, the bees being 

 still alive ; these industrious manufacturers will 

 keep possession of the premises until the spring 

 when they will resume their labours. Mr Brig- 

 hamtook up on his farm the present season 180 

 pounds of honey. 



Four cases, containing cannisters of mustard, 

 manufactured and exhibited by Mr John P. Web- 

 ber of Beverly, in the county of Essex, packed 

 in .1 very neat manner for transportation ; on 

 trial it was found to be of an excellent quality, 

 not inferior in the opinion of your Committee 

 to the best imported Durham mustard. 



THOMAS L. WINTHOP, 

 JOHN TAPPAN, 

 WILLIAM PRESCOTT, 

 BENJAMIN GUILD. 



The further claims for premiums on Agricnl- 

 lural experiments will not be decided upon 

 until the Trustees' Meeting in December next' 

 affording time for the competitors to exhibit 

 the evidence required — soon and hereafter the 

 Q^ommittee will make an additional report. 



No. 1. 



The vnilcrsigned, a Committee appointed to test 



the merits of the IVorkin^ Cattle, and au-ard 



the different premiums, Iwce attended the duty 



assigned tlietii, and 



i IMPORT as follows, yiz. Fourteen yoke of cait- 



ihe last season ; and with two or three years' 

 additional age, would fall little sljort of the best 

 liglit wines of Europe ; the red wine made by 

 John Prince, Esq. of Roxbnry. was considered 

 lo be the l>est ; and is entitled to Ibe premium 

 often dollars; the while wine made by Mr. 

 Ketirick, of Newton, the next best ; and is en- 

 tilled lo the premium of g5. 



Four barrels of Cider were entered' for pre- 

 mium; none of which was deemed lobe of Ibe 

 first quality ; that made by Col. Daniel Leiand, 

 of Sherburne, in the county of Middlesex, was 

 adjudged lo be the best ; and is entitled to the 

 Sociely's second premium, being ^10. Your 

 Committee cannot refrain from offering it as 

 Iheir opinion that little or no improvement has 

 lor several years past taken place in the making 

 ol Cider; a liquor the use of which would be 

 much increased, was more altention observed in 

 manufacturing it; in such case it would without 

 doulit be, to a very considerable extent, subsli- 

 luled for ardent spirits; the great consumption 

 ol which in this country, is exceedingly to be 

 deprecated — sufficient attention is seldom paid 

 to cleansing the casks into which the Cider is 

 to be put. 



Several hives of honey were entered for pre- 

 mium ; that offered by Mr Ebenezer Fitch, of 

 Sterling, in the county of ^Vorceste^, was not 

 considered to be of the very fust quality; but 

 having proved to the satisfaction of your Com- 

 mittee, that he had taken up the present season 

 on his own farm, 266 pounds of honey, they re- 

 commend that the premium of ^\0 be paid to 

 him. Mr Ebenezer Withingtnn, of Dorchester, 

 took up the present season, on his farm, 70 lbs. 

 ot honey of good quality, " made by one hive of 

 bees, in forty-one days." Mr Samuel Brigham 

 of Southborough exhibited a glass hive excei- 



ed the-ir catlle were pro< ented attending in con- 

 sequence of sickness in iheir families, Oneyoke 

 was rejected, having received one of the pre- 

 miums last year ; the cuttle at that time were 

 •Jiree years old. Trial was made on the ground 

 used several years past lor that purpose. The 

 wagons with Iheir contents of stones weighed 

 5000 pounds, the weight drawn by each yoke of 

 cattle. Your Committee, after a careful trial 

 ar^d ;»»they hope discriminating correctly, award 

 the following premiums, viz. 



To John Scammel of Belllngham, the 1st premium $C5 

 Perky Tapley of Sutton the 2cl premiiini 20. 



Kenjamin V\ oodbury of .Sutton the 3ci premium 15 

 Royal Marble of f?utton the 4th premium 1- 



Samuel SibUy of Sutton the 5th premium 8 



Your Commitlee considered the catlle as supe- 

 rior to any exhibited at any former Cattle Show 

 in this place ; but in training, particularly in 

 backing with the load, they were sorry to ob- 

 serve a great deficiency. 



All which is respectlully submitted bv 



GORHAM PARSONS, 

 SAMUEL G. DERBY, 

 ELIJAH PERRY. 



Large Egg Plant. — An egs; plant from the 

 garden of H. Thompson, Esq. was lately de- 

 posited in the office of the Baltimore .\merican 

 Farmer, which measured 24^ inches round. 



The keels of two large steamboats have been 

 laid at Amsterdam ; Ihey are intended to run 

 between London, Amsterdam and Hamburg. 



M. Benjamin Constant has published an ap- 

 pend to the Christian nations in favor of the 

 Greeks. 



