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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



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ov. 7, 182S. 



well washed with warm, strong, soft soaj) suds. — 

 Prior to driving the sheep into the pen to be dress- 

 ed, it will be well to sprinkle the pen over with 

 slarked lime, to prevent the disorder being in- 

 creased by contact with the infectious matter. — 

 Much attention ought to be paid to the separating 

 the lame sheep from tlie flock, and when cured, 

 to their being taken from the lame flock. Atten- 

 tion ought also to be given to the cleanliness of 

 their sheds, and that they do not run on wet 

 ground. Sometimes lamenets proceeds from 

 cracks between the houghs, i. e. tlie skin which 

 connects the two houghs together ; but the mild- 

 er type of the foot rot also often commences be- 

 tween the houghs. They are, however, easily 

 distinguished from each other, for in simple cracks 

 the hough retains its natural coolness, whereas 

 foot rot is invariably attended with heat in the 

 hough, particularly about the crown, i. e. the part 

 between the horn and the hair. For simple cracks, 

 soap suds and white lead are sufficient. One 

 part oil of vitriol and three parts water mixed, is 

 used by many instead of blue vitriol. Attention 

 ought to be paid to cleaning the issues. Pure 

 water and as much salt as they will consume are 

 at all times necessary to the health of sheep." 



OFFICIAL REPORT 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETi 



E. Crehore of Waltliam 



John Runey of Chtulestown 



Samuel Hastings of Princeton 



Barney Atvvood of Rarre 



Asa Wynian of Roxbury — owner of a fine 



young cow, going dry but four weeks 

 A. D. Williams of Roxliury. 

 Many cows and heifers descended partly from 

 imported stock — such as Denton, Holderness, Cce- 

 lebs. Admiral, and Fill Pail — were line animals, 

 and could not fail of attracting the pubhc notice. 

 They were owned by Messrs 

 Boylston of Princeton 

 Harrington of Princeton 

 David Stone of Watertown 

 Edmund Munroe of Boston 

 Jacob W. V'atson of Princeton — owner of a 

 heifer, one half Holderness, of uncommon 

 promise. 

 John Whitney of Princeton 

 llcnry Craft of Newton — his a beautiful heif- 

 er, 14 months old, one-eighth Ccelebs. 

 Daniel Chandler of i^exington 

 Native heifers well deserving mention, were of- 

 fered by Messrs 



Horace Weston, of Lincoln 

 Sain. Hastings of Princeton 

 Eihv. Sparhawk of Brighton 



sixteen quarts a day for many months together, 

 and the former owner stated in writing that the 

 average qur-.ntity a day, was ten (juarts from 

 Jan. 9 to Dec. 1, of the year 1827. 



To Benj. Harrington, of Princeton, the 2d premi- 

 um of $20. His cow was stated to be one- 

 fourth Holderness, 5 years old, and to have 

 given from 21 to 24 quarts a day for two 

 months together. Mr Harrington exhibited 

 another cow, not as a noted one for milk, but 

 for her mo.st imcommon size. She was years 

 old and weighed 16C3 lbs. 



To J. L. Boylston, of Princeton, the 3d premium 

 of $15, 'or a light red cow 4 years old, native 

 stock, stated by Mr Boylston in writing " to 

 have calved Jan, 7, to have given 14 quarts a 

 day. of 'I i"ich quality, during the month of Sep- 

 tember, and to have been milked the year be- 

 fore, till within a month of calving." 



For the best heifer having had a calf, the premi- 

 um of 815 was given. 



To Isaac Bobbins of Watertown. His was a heif- 

 er of native stock, two years old in April last, 

 remarkable for one of that age, in having given 

 from 17 to llj quarts of milk a day. 



To John Goulding of Sherburne, the next jireni- 

 iuum being $10. This heifer was 26 months 

 old, one-fourth Coelebs, one-eighth Fill Pail, a 

 very fine animal. 



Report on Cows and Htiftrs — Brighton SIioiv, 1828. 



Daniel Leland of Sherburne 

 The Con)mittee have thus given the names of. For the best heifer not having had a calf, the first 

 the owners of this valuable collection of stock, be- premium of $12. 



cause they deserve notice, and with the ho]ie that , To J. L. Boylston for a heifer, one-fourth Holder- 

 The Committee on Cows and Heifers were nuich ; should any of them wish to sell, it maybe the I ness, one year old. 

 gratified with the show of those animals offered for , means of finding purchasers. ;To Henry Craft of Newton, the next of §10, for a 



premium the present year. They believe it has | As an encouragement to cattle shows it ought j heifer 14 months old, one-eighth Coelebs. 

 not been so good fur several years past, — perhaps ■ to be statetl, as the Connnittee think it may be i To Daniel Chandler of Lexhigton $8, for a fun 



on no former occasion. This is much to say, when with great truth, tliat among the obvious advan- 

 it is considered that siTice the first Annual Fair at , tages to our country from exhibiting imported 

 Brighton, almost every county in the state has j stock, is the increased attention to our native 

 formed a Society of its own, where much stock is ; breeds, as regards the selection of kinds, and the 

 of course carried, which does not appear here. I keeping. In this State and in others, it must be 

 The number sent for exhibition merely was pro- confessed that there was formerly great negli- 

 bably less than usual, yet it was the less regretted, [ gence in these particulars. But of late years the 

 now, as the display of those olTered by competitors imcommon attention to imported stock, has clicit- 

 was so im]>osing and respectable. It is hoped and ed a spirit which extends itself to our native ani- 

 expected, however, that gentlemen having animals ' mals, and convinces us of what we before seemed 

 of improved races will continue to send them here- , ig-norant, tliat discrimination in kinds, and care in 

 after for exhibition. It ])roduces enuilation, evin- j rearing and feeding, rarely fail of being amply re- 

 ces a growing and commendable attention to a very ; warded. This feeling it is to be hoped will be 

 important part of the duty of farmers, and serves ! ei,e,.is|ied in all suitable ways, throughout our 

 greatly to set off this yearly test of improvement in highly favored country. Not only as regards neat 

 things relating to agriculture. The Connnittee re- eattie, but all those animals which contribute to 

 grettcd that, among so many specimens of fine ; jhe use and service of men. It is among the 



heifer 2 years old, One-fourtii Coelebs, one- 



.eightli Denton. 

 To Zebedee Cook, Jr. Dorchester, the last prenii- 



uin $6, for his heifer 18 months old, one-half 



Admiral. 



By order of the Committee, in the absence of 

 the Hon. John Welles, the able Chairman, 



P. C. BROOKS. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FiRMF.R. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENTOiUOLOGA 



BY TH.VDDEUS WILLIAM H.ARRIS, M. D. 

 No. III. 



GENUS FEBONI-4. 



Subgenus Omnsciis. 

 The characters of this section of the the fero- 

 stock, of almost equal merit, nine premiums only pleasing and obvious proofs of the growing wealth, m;e have not yet reached us; but comparisons 

 could be distributed. There were thirty-seven an- | refinement and happiness of a nation, that its in- with scvcrnl European types enable us to indi- 

 imals, to which the particular attention of the Com- habitants exceed, not only in the arts and sciences, cnte the following species. The first, only, ap- 

 mittee was called, — seventeen cows and twenty but in everything relating to agriculture, that or. pears to be apterous ; the remaining ones are 

 heifers, — and it may be truly said that nearly the eupation which necessarily gives cm])loymrnt to winged ; in this respect agreeing with the Euro- 

 whole of them were highly deserving of notice. I far the greatest portion of every great indcjien- pean specimens. All of them (both native and 

 Mr John Lane Boylston, of Princeton, sent one j dent commonwealth. foreign species) have the thorax somewhat heart- 



cow, half Denton, and six of native stock. These in awarding premiums the Committee were all shaped, truncate at apex and base, and not quite 

 with his fat oxen and his cattle for exhibition, to- agreed in giving the first of $30, for the best milch so wide as the coleoptra ; the dorsal stria is dis- 

 gether with his excellent butter, a large quantity, j cow, not less than three years old, finct, and dilated near the bass; disc, near the 



served very considerably to aid the Fair^and justly I To William Osborn, Jr. of Salem. Mr Osborn's basal angles, indented, punctured, and with two 



entitled him to the prizes he received. Other conV-s 

 of native stock, beside those on which premiums 

 were paid, were animals of uncommon merit. — 

 Such were those owned by Messrs 

 Richard Richanlson of Ashby, 

 Ephraim Randall of Stow, 

 I. W. Goodrich of Boston, whose eow was a 

 descendant of the famous Oakes cow, tho' 

 not her equal. 



cow, of native stock, of middle size, about 7 abreviated impressed lines. The third interstitial 

 years old, having no remarkable points, and of line of each elytron has, generally, three large 

 homely appearance, was proved to be an nncom- punctures; one, near the base, contiguous to the 

 mon animal for the quantity and quality of her third stria, the others contiguous to the second 

 milk, and for the shortness of the time of going stria, one on the middle and the third near the 

 dry. The present and the former owners, having npex. In a few the basal puncture is wanting, 

 both kept particular accounts of her milk, were The snbmarginal interstitial line is serrato-puncf- 

 fuU in her praises. The milk was generally esti- late within, the punctures approximated near the 

 mated by weight, and supposed te amount to I tip, and somewhat ocellated. 



