tilhige and grazing may consist together nnd lie 

 mutually beneticial. There is then no occasion | 

 for reducing our herds and flocks— active hus- 

 bandry will enable us to sustain them, to almost 

 any extent, and the fact has a most aufpicious 

 influence on population and all the pursuits oi 

 the peojile. 



The committee now present the results of the 

 view !hev have had, and award as follows, viz. 

 The premium for tlie best two acres of JVniltr JVhect, 

 Avhii h sh:ill yield not less than 30 bushels per acre, the 

 Viewing Cominiltee, on satisfactory evidence, have a- 

 warfled to Richard P. Morgati, of Stockbridge— the 

 premium was ^ *' " 



Mr Morgan was the only competitor for tliis pre- 

 mium. 



Winter Wheat, 10 crops offered. 



1st Premiam, to Isaac Comstock, of Lcno^, 

 2d do. to Solomon Wilcix, of Stockbridge 

 3d do. to Dea. Josiah .Tones of do. 



Spring Wheat, 15 crops offercci. 

 1st Premium, to David Chapin, ofKichaiojd, 

 .2d do. to Russel Griffin, jr. of do. 

 3d do. to Charlfs Willis, of Stockbridje 



Winter Ilije, 9 crops offered. 

 1st Premium to Zachariah Sear.s of l.eiV'X, 

 2d do. to Sewal Sergeant of S^tnckbridji, 



Spring Rye, 2 crops ofi'ered. 

 1st Premium to Otis Peck of Pittsfield, 

 2d do. to Daniel B. Rush of do. 



Millet, 1 crop offered. 

 Toencoiirage this crop, the Committee award lo Thom- 

 as Melvill, jr. a premium of merit. 

 Indian corn, 20 crops offered. 

 1st Premium, to Richard P. Morg-an, of Stockbridgi;, 

 Product estimiited at 110 bushels the acre. 

 2d do. to .lacob Loudon, of Windsor. 

 Product estimated at 106 busliels the acre. 

 3(1 do. to Hosca Merrill, of Pittsfield. 5 



Product estimated at 97 bushels the acre. 



Oeils, R,i/e, nr Peas mixed. 10 crops offered. 

 1st Premium, to ,lohn Chatfield, of Great Barrngton. 

 being a crop of Oats. *) 



2d do. to Heury Worden, of Richraoml, beinga crop of 

 Oats. 5 



Fla^r, 1 crop only offered, and not sufiitiently distin- 

 guished to be entitled to a premium. 

 Butler, 3 parcels. 

 1st Premium, to Jeremiah Stevens, of I'ancock. 7 



2d do to Daniel Manly, of Washiugtoi- 6 



Cheese G parcels- 

 1st Premium to Daniel Maulv of 'Va^hington, 6 



2d do. to Joe! Stevens, ofPi'^sfield, ' 5 



Marrowfat -'ens. 

 1st Premium to Seth Wilcox of Stockbridge. 4 



The good managemcnl manifested in this crop, 

 and its excessive pr'duci and value, called for 

 this notice, with t.'ie intent that the experi- 

 inent should encoti.age other farmers to follow 

 the example. The quantity of land sowed was 

 3 acres, the seed 10 hushels, and the product 

 over 100 busheh. The crop was sowed on clo- 

 ver sward turned over, and the seed harrowed 

 in. The sstne hind is now sowed to winter 

 wheal. 



The commillee feci it to be a duly, as well 

 as useful, to bestow some consideration on those 

 persons and crops which were offered for pre- 

 mium, and did not succeed. The competition 

 has be«n unusual, and the ditlerence in many of 

 the crops and articles oflcred incorniderable. — 

 !n several instances the committee would have 

 been pleased, if they had the power, to have 

 distinguished several applicants by awarding 

 suilable premiums. But that due encourage- 

 ment may not be withheld from such meritori- 

 ous exertions, and the value of the examples lost 

 ♦he rommiltee avail themselves of the occasion 

 to lay before the Society Iho facts (hat came 

 'o their knowledge, to wit : — 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Nov. 18, 



An excellent crop of winter wheat by .Mr .lohn 

 Chatfield, of Great-Barrington, clean and full in 

 the berry. 



Edwin Shears'scrop of winter wheat, of Shel- 

 field, which was a good crop, as was his Indian 

 Corn. 



Seth Coe's crop of summer wheat, of Pitts- 

 lield, which would have been entitled lo premi- 

 um, if the land had equalled two acres. 



Richard Dnman's crop of rye and oats, esti- 

 mated to produce 60 bushel" the acre. 



Josiah Jones's crop, of Stockbridge, of oats 

 and peas, estimated at 60 bushels the acre. 

 The crops of Indian Corn offered for View were twenty. 



Col. Timothy Wainwriglil's crop, of Great Barring- 

 ton, was estimated at 80 bushels by the acre. 



Mr John Chatfitld's crop, estimated at tJO bushels. 



Deacon Josiah Jones's crop, of Stockbi idge estimated 

 at 81 bushels by the acre. 



Mr William Whitney's crop, of do. estimated at 85 

 bushels the acre. 



Mr. Zebulon Kirby's crop of do. estimated at 93 

 bushels the acre. Mr. Kirby has cxhiiiiled some re- 

 markably large Mangel Wurtzel or Scarcity Roots, use- 

 ful for winter use among animals. Also exhibited a 

 sample of the large Millet valuable for the seed and pro- 

 duct. 



Zachariah Pierson, Esq'rs. crop, of Richmo.id, tsti- 

 inated at 85 bushels the acre. 



Mr. David Chapiu's crop, of do. estimated at 83 bush- 

 els the acre. 



Mr Russel Griffin, jun'rscrep, of do. estimated at GO 

 bushels the acre. 



Mr. William Partridge's crop, of Pittsfield, estimated 

 at 85 bushels the acre. 



Capt. Richard Commah's crop, of do. estimated at 

 75 bushels the acre. [Also, shewed a crop of rye and 

 oats, estimated at 60 bushels the acre.] 



Thomas B. Strong. Esq'rsof do. estimated at SO bush- 

 els the acre. 



Theodore Hinsdale, Esq'rs. of do. estimated at 85 

 bushels the acre. 



Hon. William Walker, of Lenox — his crop estimated 

 at 80 bushels the acre. This field contained 7 acres, and 

 wotild yield the above by the a'-re. 



Capt. Si as Smith, of I.anesbnrough — his crop, esti- 

 mated at 75 bushels the acre. 



The committee remark, that the advancement 

 of this crop has received more allenlion than 

 any other, and is attended with more success — 

 A spirit of emulation has pervaded most of the 

 towns, and in the town of Windsor the display 

 has exceeded all calculation — already many per- 

 sons are making elTorls there to rival their for- 

 tunate neighbour, Mr Loudon. These are most 

 auspicious influences, and we hail them as the 

 dawn of a distinguished era in our agricultural 

 annals. 



The committee cannot close these remarks 

 without a reference lo the fine display of Butter 

 and Cheese in the agricultural room on this an- 

 niversary. The samples of Buller and Cheese 

 were unusually excellent, lo appearance. The 

 differences in the qualities could only be distin- 

 guished by nice and accurate trial. The com- 

 mittee, in their awards, may have disappointed 

 some reasonable expectations. It however has 

 been their sincere intenli(jn to decide correctly. 

 It is, nolwilh^tandlng, due to Messrs. Perkins's, 

 of Bocket, to Mr .leremiah Stevens, of Hancock, 

 and to Mrs. Hannah Bradley, of I.anesborough, 

 to say, that the Butter and Cheese by them 

 shown was of the best kind, and will challenge 

 II severe competition. The committee earnest- 

 ly di^sire that these praise-worthy exertions to 

 restore and sustain the Berkshire dairy may have 

 such an influence ?is they so much merit. 

 By order of the Commillee, 



THOMAS GOLD, Chairman. 



S1R.\FF0RD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The annual meeting was hoidon at Sandwich 

 on the 19th of Oct. at 1 o'clock P. .M. at which 

 hour the Society formed a Procession, as re- 

 ported by the Commillee of Arrangements, under 

 the elireclion of their .Marshal M.ij. Samuel W. 

 Carr, assisted by his Deputies Maj. .leremiah 

 Furl cr, and Mr. Jonas C. March, marched to the 

 large Meeting-House, where Pr.iyers were of- 

 fered, and a learned and eloquent Address de- 

 livered by Lyman B. Walker, Esq, After the 

 speclalors had retired, the Society proceeded to 

 choose by ballot, their Officers (or the year en- 

 suing — And are, 



DAMEL IIOIT, President.— .To=,T.?H Varxet, 

 Fba.'.cis W iNKi.iiV, I'ice Presidents. 



Eli Varney, John Chase, Jonathan S. Monlton, Jere- 

 miah Furber, Jacob McDuffee, Joshua O. Hall, Joseph 

 V. Quarks and Daniel Lary, Kxecutire. Conimittce. 



John S. Durell,2Vtasurcr, Stephen C. Lyford, Corres- 

 ponding Secretary. — Sa.muel Emerson, Heccndiiig Secrc- 

 tanj. — Re V. Samuel Hidden. Chaplain. 



Jeremiah H. Vv'oodman, John Ham, Stephen C. Ly- 

 ford, .'ludttors of the Trsasuyer^s ^^ccotmts. 



Tha next .Xnnual Meeting and Cattle Show, 

 was voted to be hidden at Dover. 



Oct. 20ih, at half past, 8 o'clock, A. M. the 

 Society met accoriling to their adjournment, and 

 haviiiR filled the vacancies in the several award- 

 in? Comrnillees, formed as the day before and 

 marched through the several Stalls, «here were 

 exhibited a large collection of very fine Callle, 

 of llic improved Sandwich breed — .\ male of the 

 Devonshire breed, imported the last season, and 

 a Cow of the Herefordshire breed likewise im- 

 porled, both fine Animals, and the properly of 

 Juhn Prince, Esq. From ihe Stalls the [irocess- 

 iiiii were conducted lo the new Methodist chap- 

 el, «here were exhibited the several Manulac- 

 ftires and Products. Although the collection lor 

 Exhibition was small, yet it was generally ex- 

 cellent. The [Mocession relumed to the large 

 Meetin<j-House, from whence the several Awar- 

 diug; Comrnillees were conducted to their re- 

 spective duties. 



.'\t 1, the Society and Members of oilier Ag- 

 ricullural ^ociclics again formed and inarched to 

 tlie house of .-Vuguslus Blanchard, where the 

 procession consisting of one hundred and twenty- 

 one partook of a ])lain but subslantial Farmer's 

 Dinner, provided by him. After the table had 

 been dismissed by the Ilev. Chaplain, a few toasts 

 were given and drank in Domestic Wine. 



,\t 3, the Society again met at the large Elect- 

 ing House, and having heard the Reports oflhe 

 several .\warding Committees they adjourned 

 without day — each Member satisfied that we 

 enjoy the means of Happiness and Independenc. 

 — Fifty new Members were admitted into the 

 Society at this meeting, among whom we are 

 pleased to find some ol'our best Farmers; men 

 wb.o will ''not put their hands to the Plough and 

 lock back," except to be gratified with tho view 

 of a well turned furrow. — Dover ]\cp. 



Large Radish. — Dr Clark, who lives in the vicinity of 

 this village, has presented us with a " Uaphanus Sali- 

 vas," or Gaiden Radish, which grew the past season 

 in his garden, with several hiiahcis of others, many of 

 which were of nearly equal size, and all of them exceed- 

 ingly large. The one we have wi ighs 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 

 is 20 inches in length, and 24 in circiimfcri iice. These 

 Radishes are valuable in March and April — being as 

 teader and brittle as auy radish at a month old. 



Slockbridse jiaper. 



