VoJ.VII.— No.l4. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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vei-e exhibited for the Society's premiums, 'that the corn may be drawn up at once, and lodg- 



year, 



The Committee award the premium of $10 to iVIr 

 Danforth K. Tiifts, for the best new cheese. For 

 the next best, $5, to Mr. Samuel S. Woods. For 

 the best old clieese, the iiremiuni of $10, to Mr. 

 Elisha Mathews. For the next best, $5, to Mr. 

 Daniel Hunter, all of New Braintree, in the coun- 

 ty of Worcester. 



Three barrels of cider were exhibited for pre- 

 mium ; the Connnittee are of opinion that neither 

 of the casks is of a sufficiently good quality to be 

 entitled to either of the premiums offered by tlie 

 Society. That exhibited by Mr. John Perry, is 

 the best, and the Committee recommended a gra- 

 tuity of $10, to be paid to him. This cider was 

 made in the year 1826. 



Mr. Ebenezer Withington, of Dorchester, and 

 Mr. Simeon Greene, of Mansfielil, exhibited, each 

 of them, a hive filled with excellent honey. Mr. 

 William Kenrick, of Newton, and Mr. Samuel 

 Wait, of Maiden, exhibited samples of currant 

 wine ; no premiums were offered the present year 

 by the Trustees, for either of these articles. 



Mr. John Webber, of Beverly, exhibited a quan- 

 tity of his excellent nnistard, well packed in tin 

 cases ; for which he found a most ready sale. 



To Mr. Jeremiah Crosby, of Billerica, the Com- 

 mittee award the premium of f 50 for the best ap- 

 ple orchard — this premium is awarded on the re- 

 port and recommendation of a Committee of the 

 Trustees ; of whicli the Hon. John Lowell was 

 chairman, who visited Mr. Crosby's orchard a few 

 days since. 



The Committee award to Mr. Samuel Cham- 

 berlain, the premium of $20 for the greatest quan- 

 tity of butter, and cheese, made on his farm, be- 

 tween the 1st day of June, and the 1st day of i enable, since many patents fail in their intent, and 

 October, being 4,1.50 pounds of new milk cheese, j the right to others is contested, independent of 

 1,700 pounds of skim milk cheese and 800 pounds, the charges incurred by bringing a machine to 

 of butter. Mr. Chamberlain states, that for tw-o ! perfection, the addition of this profit, we say, 

 weeks of the time abovementioned, he made 150 ; leaves Pope's machine as most remarkably cheap, 

 pounds of butter per week from twenty cows; and | particularly when its excellence is considered 

 that for several days he made from twenty-two 

 cows, 64 pounds of new milk cheese each day. 

 All which IS respectftillv submitted. 



THOMAS L. WINTHROP, 

 BENJAMIN GUILD, 

 JOHN C. GRAY, 

 EDMUND T.HASTINGS. 

 Bristol, Oct. 15, 1828. 



cd safe under the farmer's key. 



" Such mills as are here described, have been 

 greatly multiplied ; but at present (1814.) it is ad- 

 mitte(l by all the best judges, by those who have 

 had the greatest experience that these small and 

 cheap machines are deficient in strength and dura- 

 tion : None should be worked by fewer than 4 or 

 6 horses or oxen. The regularity of the move- 1 

 ment of oxen has been found nuieh superior to 

 that of horses ; and the strength of the machine 

 in all its parts (should be) proportioned to that of 

 the team. Upon this plan the expense cannot be 

 less than $160. I have thrashed two crops by 

 moveable machines, paying Is. 2d. per quarter for 

 wheat, for the mere threshing ; but it answered 

 merely in cleanness of work and in the prevention 

 of pilfering. When the expense of the 4 horses, 

 the labor, (for one man only comes with the ma- 

 chine,) and the dressing were added, the work 

 cost me as much as if done by hand." — Thus far 

 this Extract from Mr. Young. 



In Mr. Young's catalogue of Farming Imple- 

 ments, at the end of his Farmer's Calendar, we 

 have the following prices given, on the plan of se- 

 curing soliditij and durabililij. 



Ashley's threshing machine, fixed £105. — do. 

 for 4 or 6 horses £300. — Perkin's improved 

 threshing machine, [apparently a hand machine] 

 £30. 



The immense superiority of Mr Pope's thresh- 

 ing machine over the above , named, as to cheap- 

 ness in the origmal price ; and its greater excel- 

 lence in the mode of operating, certainly speak 

 much in its favor. The addition of the patent 

 profit, which all just men must admit to be reas 



The annual meeting of the Hartford County 



I Agricultural Society was held at Hartford on the 



I 15th inst. The Mirror observes that "so great a 



concourse of people, we believe, never thronged 



our streets on any former, similar occasion ; and 



j we are certain that no similar festival ever pro- 



jduced a more decided expression of interest and 



I approbation. 



Passages fivm various writers relative to the Scotch \ "The stock exhibition at the cattle show, af- 



Threshing Machine. 'forded an unusually rich treat to those who take 



— I an interest in the improvement of the breeds of 



Mr. Arthur Young of England has the follow- [domestic animals. But we must be permitted 



ing passages about Threshing Machines. j to say, that in our view, sufficient encouragement 



" The farmer may lose immensely, if his straw is not offered by the Society for improvement in 



be not threshed clean ; and as it is a work gene-: the breed of horses. 



rally performed by measure, the men are too aptj "The long team, as it is called, and for which 

 to turn it over too quickly, and to thresh out only the Society is indebted to Mr. Aaron Goodman, 

 that corn which comes the easiest from the ear. — laud others of West Hartford, increased materially 

 In respect to pilfering, the work gives them great-i the interest of the day. But it was not its length 

 er opportunities for it than any other!" | merely, which gave it attraction, the cattle were 



"The expense of a/rfrf mill is from 60tol00jvery beautiful, and well matched, and the fact 

 guineas, for one that requires 2 or 3 horses. It: that they were taken promiscuously from the far- 

 will thresh out about 15 quarters of wheat (about mer's yards, furnishes another and important tes 



117 bushels) in 8 or 9 hours ; and from 15 to 20 

 of barley, oats, peas or beans. Barley is the graii) 

 that thrashes worse with them, than any other ;— 

 but I have seen several that thrash it as other 

 grain ; Such as Mr. Ashley's. His price for a fix- 

 ed one is 75 guineas ; and for a moveable one 120. 

 The granary should always be over the fixed mill; 



timonial, to the utility of agricultural exhibitions. 

 In short, to the friends of the Hartford Comity 

 Agricultural Society, the character of their late 

 celebration speaks a language not to be misunder- 

 stood. It tells of a spirit of improvement (trace- 

 able to their benevolent efforts) which will be im- 

 measurably imjrortant in its residts. To the pre- 

 sent patrons of the Society, it offers powerful in- 



centives to perseverance. To the slothful and in- 

 different, to whom God has given the means of 

 converting the barren wilderness into a fruitful 

 field, it carries a lesson of striking admonition. 



"Among the strangers of distinction who hon 

 ored the Society with their presence, was the gov- 

 ernor, and lieut. governor, and adjutant general of 

 the State. Gov. Tomlinson, (like his distinguish- 

 ed cotcmporary of Massachusetts) is a distinguish- 



I ed agriculturist, and his prepossessions are in fa- 



I vol- of upright and intelligent farmers — men who 



: in their duty towards God, obey his command- 

 ments, and in the discharge of their obligations (o 



, their country, 'make two blades of grass grow 

 where but one grew before.' " 



j The report of the Conmiittee on domestic man- 

 ufactures states that "the exhibition of woollen 

 cloths was more extensive than last year" — that 



; they "had the pleasure of inspecting an excellent 

 assortment of carpeting from the Tariffviile manu- 

 factory, equal in every respect to the best import- 

 ed." Among the persons entitled to premiums 

 were Cyrus Butler, of Hartford, for a handsome 

 mahogany work-table, made during his leisure 

 hours. He had worked at the trade only one year. 

 Miss Bruce, of Hartford, for a mattrass filled with 

 husks. Elizabeth Burrett, of Berlin, for a quanti- 

 ty of sewing silk. O. B. Freeman, of Canton, fur 

 Palmetto hats. 



_ Notice is also taken of a letter from cx-presi- 

 dent Monroe, with a splendid ring sent by him to 

 Miss Susan H. Hubbard, of Simsbury, in return 

 for an excellent plaid cloak. A very ingenious 

 patent self-sharpening jilough, by Nelson Pitkin, 

 of Manchester. A plough and cultivator, from 

 Philadelphia, by Solomon Porter, Esq. An ele- 

 gant sofa with spring seats, by Watrous & Dick- 

 inson. A superb coffee urn, from T. D. & S. Board- 

 man. Three clusters of the white Madeira grape 

 of large size and delicious flavor, pronounced by 

 good judges, equal to those from any country,froin 

 James B. Shultas, &c. &c. 



The Committee of Inspection reported, in sub- 

 stance, that the collectioH of domestic animals ex- 

 ceeded in number, and surpassed in excellence 

 those produced at any former exhibition of the 

 Society. The bidls otfered for premiums, have 

 been all derived from foreign breeds, recently im- 

 ported, and many of them very fine animals.. — 

 They express regret that more attention has not 

 been paid to the native breed of cattle, for which 

 the county has been justly celebrated. They 

 speak highly of the milch cows, working oxen, 

 steers, and heifers exhibited; and say "for many 

 years past, the breeding of hors;;s has been great- 

 ly neglected by the farmers of this county. The 

 number and generally good appearance of the 

 breeding mares and colts exhibited this year jus- 

 tifies the expectation that more attention will in 

 future he paid to this object. The few sheep and 

 swine that were exhibited were of the very best 

 sjiecimens." They sjieak in terms of commenda- 

 tion of the well known horse Highlander, his de- 

 scendant, the Dey of Algiers, a fine horse exhibit- 

 ed by Mr. Sacket, of Sandisfield, Mass. — and a 

 two year old colt owned by Mr. Wilcox, of 

 Canton. The bulls. Wye-comet, Holderness, and 

 Holkham, the last of the Devonshire breed of cat- 

 tle, are spoken of in terms of approbation. 



The report of the Committee tor viewing farms 

 appears to be very long, and its publication, com- 

 menced in the last Mirror, is not completed. We 

 hope to give the substance if not the whole of this 

 hereafter. 



