VOI,. XI.V. NO. II. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



83 



CATTLE SHOW, 



Exhibilioti of Manufactures and Ploughing Match, 



at It'esthoro', Mass., Oct. 7, 1840. 



The Directors of the "Agricultural Society of 

 Westboro' and Vicinity," propose a Cattle Show, 

 Plougliing Match, and Exhibition of Manufactures, 

 at Westboro', on Wednculay, the 7lh day of Octo- 

 ber next, at 9 o'clock-, A. M., and will distribute as 

 premiums, ngricullurn! puhlicaHons. 



Competent judges have been appointed on the 

 fcommitlees for awardintr the preiiiinins. 



The undersigned, appointed a committee by the 

 Directors of the Agricultural Society of Westboro' 

 and Vicinity, to make all necessary arrangements 

 for the 7tli of October next, propose that premiums 

 be awarded 



For the best milch cow, 



For the next best " 



For the best bull not less than one year old, 



For the best bull calf. 



For the best 3 years old heifer, 



For the best 2 " " 



For the best ] year " 



For the best heifer calf. 



For the best pair of working oxen, not less than 

 4 years old. 



For the best 3 years old steers, 



For the best '2 " " 



For the best 1 year " 



For the best ox fatted for slaughter, 



For the best boar. 



For the best breeding sow. 



For the best pen of fat hogs, not less than three, 



belonging to one person, 

 For the best weaned pigs, not less than three in 

 number. 



The committees will have regard to the product 

 of milk and butter, manner of keeping and time of 

 'calving of the cows, and the manner°and expense 

 of raising and keeping other stock, an account of 

 which must be given to the appropriate committees 

 in the day of exhibition. Persons intending to 

 nffcr any species of stock, must give notice to the 

 Secretary on or before the Cth day of October, the 

 iay preceding the Show, at." o'clock. The own- 

 ers of working oxen or cattle are requested to fur- 

 lish a chain for each yoke. 



Domestic Manufactures. 



For the best butter, not less than 13 lbs. 



For the next best " " 12 ]bs. 



For the best lot cheese, not less than ."iO lbs. 



The butter must be exhibited in bcves, and the 

 )wners of butter and cheese must have a private 

 nark, and any public mark must be concealed so 

 IS not to be known by the committee. 



It is hoped that other articles of manufacture 

 nay add to the interest of the exhibition. A com- 

 nittee will examine all that may be oflered. I'ub- 

 ications arc reserved and will be distributed in 

 gratuities to persons who shall exhibit articles of 

 kill and utility. Every article of manufacture 

 nust be entered and delivered lo the person ap- 

 xiinted to receive them, before 2 o'clock the day 

 'receding the exhibition. 



Ploughing Match. 



For the best work with double team, 



For the next best work with do. 



For the best work with single team. 



For the next best work with do. 



The great object of this part of the exhibition is 



to excite emulation in the use of the most impor- 

 tant instrument of agriculture. The ploughs and 

 oxen and ploughmen must be those used and em- 

 ployed on the owner's farm. Those persons who 

 design to become competitors must give notice to 

 the Secretary before the first day of October next. 

 The ploughs must be on the ground designated 

 precisely at 9 o'clock, A. M. 



All stock offered for premium or exhibition, must 

 remain in the pens until 3 o'clock. 



I'loughing match will commence at '.) o'clock 

 precisely. 



An address will be delivered in the meeting 

 house at 11 o'clock, immediately after which there 

 will be a trial of working oxen. 



J)inner will be provided for those who furnish 

 themselves with tickets before 10 o'clock, which 

 ni.ay be found at the hotel of D. Brigham, and at 

 the different stores. 



Premiums will be declared at the meeting house, 

 after dinner, on the ringing of the bell. 



I he committees are recpirsted to meet at the 

 Town Hall, at S o'clock precisely. 

 G. Df.nnv, 

 Aeijah Stoive, 

 J. A. Fayerweather, 

 Thomas Stone, 

 Charles P. Ricr, 

 Committee of .Arrangements. 



The publications will be distributed within twen- 

 ty days after they are awarded ; if not called for 

 in two months, they will be considered relinquished. 

 LOVETT PETERS, President. 



Geo. Denny, Sec'ry. 



irestboro\ Sept. 4, 1840. 



PREVENTIVES OF SMUT. 

 We take the following from the British Farmer's 

 Magazine, into which it is copied from Bell's (Lon- 

 don) Weekly Messenger : 



Having observed in a contemporary paper, in- 

 structions for dressing seed wheat, in which lime is 

 recommended to be mi,xed with the blue vitriol, I 

 am induced to beg the favor of your inserting the 

 following observations. I have been an advocate, 

 and as far as my limited sphere has allowed, an es- 

 tablisher of the vitriol dressing for wheat for .seve- 

 ral years; but, at the same time, I have most stren- 

 uously insisted upon the injurious effects of using 

 liine with it, as at variance with the laws of chemU 

 cal science. For instance, sulphate of copper, com- 

 monly called blue vitriol, is a chemical comhina- 

 tion of copper with sulphuric acid : this acid has a 

 greater affinity for lime than copper; consequently 

 in the plan referred to, the acid passes from the 

 copper to the lime, and forms sulphate of lime, 

 which resembles in appearance and utility what is 

 known by the name of plaster of Paris ; and thus, 

 just in proportion to the quantity of lime used, the 

 vitriol is deprived of its preventive quality, and you 



get as a substitute a perfectly useless substance. 



My directions are as follows: dissolve one pound 

 of vitriol in a kettle of boiling water, then add as 

 much cold water as will make three pails full of 

 liquor, steep the wheat in the liquor about 20 min- 

 utes, turning and skimming it well; strain it off in 

 a skep over another tub, and in 13 hour.i it is fit 

 for use. The wheat, when thus dressed, will keep 

 sound for many weeks, and the liquor which re- 

 mains is equally efficacious for fresh wheat. The 

 above plan, as far as my observations have extend- 



ed, h s never failed to secure a sound crop, and by 

 adding double the above quantity of vitriol, the 

 most bladdered wheat has been used with equal 

 success. I feel confident, if the above directions 

 be strictly adhered to, the use of tho vitriol will be 

 highly appreciated by every agriculturist in the 



'*'"i="'"l"- JaS. B. CUTTl.NG. 



From ihi; British Fiirmer's Magazine. 



SALT AND LFMK. 

 Now I am an humble farmer, but this much I 

 have tiled as an experiment, though I have not ex- 

 actly completed it, because I have not thrashed out 

 the corn. I sowed two acres and a half of wheat, 

 and to the first half acre I put an application of salt! 

 to the next half acre salt and lime, and to the next 

 ^ lime alone. This was on heavy land, and where I 

 put the salt and the salt and lime, I am thoroughly 

 convinced [ had two coomb an acre more. To the 

 day the land was ploughed up, you could see to an 

 inch wh(!re the salt and the salt and lime went, and 

 there was one hoeing less required on that part 

 than on the other. I have been particularly care- 

 ful in separating the crops of the different half 

 acres, and after a time I will give you the result: 

 I think I shall have a good report lo make of the 

 salt and lime. F think salt and lime best. On the 

 light frothy land, I think there would be a great 

 increase from a mixture of salt and lime. Mr C. 

 .Tohnson refers you to several gentlemen as givin.r 

 testimony to the beneficial results—amongst otir. 

 ers to Sir Thomas Ackland, who is a great experi- 

 mental farmer, and to come nearer home, to Mr 

 Chaltis, of Panfield, who, I believe, is since dead, 

 and his certificate was. that he grew upwards of 

 six bushels an acre more, and tho wheat was worth 

 one pound a load more.— Mr Etwes, South Suffolk 

 •Association. 



The next subject was partly taken up by tho 

 chairman; I mean a mixture of salt and lime. This 

 is an easy application: it is only for the farmer to 

 buy 100 bushels of lime, and put 50 bushels of salt 

 inaclampdugasifforpotati.es or mangel wurt- 

 zel ; lay it altogether, and mix it up with water till 

 It comes to the consistency of mortar ; cover it up 

 close, and let it lay three months, and then apply 

 It to the field either by sowing or spreading it; 30 

 bushels an acre is the outside on land for° barley, 

 or wheat, or grass ; and when the grass is subject 

 to moss it will be very beneficial. Where lime is 

 applied to pasture, there you are sure to see what is 

 called Dutch clover, and you will always find it to 

 he so — Mr Mapletoft. 



•/igricnllure. — If agriculture were the universa 

 employment of mankind, and every one found his 

 support from the labor of his hands, we should hear 

 no more of treachery or violence : peace, tranquili- 

 ty, and contentment of mind and heart, would es- 

 tablish their residence upon earth. I have never 

 yet met with the person with whom f would wil- 

 lingly change situations ; nor have I ever to the 

 present hour, felt any want, or the slightest inclina, 

 tion to covet the possession of what belonged to 

 another. — Kliyogg. 



Lime. — A Pennsylvania paper states that a Mr 

 Cadwell, of Valley township, near Danville, raised 

 400 bushels of wheat from a field of land the past 

 season. Five years ago the product of the same 

 field was but thirty bushels. In the mean time, Mr 

 C. has spread 1500 bushels of lime on said land 



