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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JUNE !6, I84I. 



CATTLE SHOW AT BRIDGEWATER, 

 On Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1841. 



List of Premiuina proposed by the Plymouth 

 County Agricultural Society: 



Stutf Pnmiums. 

 The Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of 

 Agriculture, oflerthe tollowing premiums for Slock, 

 to be exhibit(?d from any county of the CcMiimim- 

 wealth, ut Briilgewater, on Wednesday, tlie20tli of 

 September next, at the annual Cattle Show of the 

 Plymoulh County Agricultural Society, viz: 



For the best blooded bull c.f an imported 

 breed, not less than one year old, assurance 

 being given that he shall be kept for use in 

 the Commonwealth at least nine months, if SO 



For second best, (same requisitions,) 10 



For the best milch cow, full blood, of an 

 imported breed, not less than three nor more 

 than ten years old, with satisfactory evidence 

 as to the quantity of her milk and the manner 

 in which she has been fed, 15 



For second best, (same requisitions,) 7 



For the best full blooded heifer of import- 

 ed breed, that has been milked not less than 

 three months, with sat'sfactory evidence of 

 the quantity and quality of her milk, 10 



For second best, (same requisitions,) o 



For the best full blooded heifer, of an im- 

 ported breed, of any age, 5 



For the best pair of working oxe;>, taking 

 into view their size, power and training, 12 



For second best do. do. 6 



For the best pair of three years old steers, 

 taking into view their size, power and training 6 

 For second best do. do. 4 



Similar premiums may be expected to be offered 

 for the same description of stock, at the Plymouth 

 County Exhibition, in 1842. 



Claims to the above premiums must be entered 

 in writing, with Benj. Guild, E.s*]., Boston, Record- 

 ing Secretary of tlie iMassachusetts Society for 

 Promoting Agriculture, on or before the 20th of 

 September next; also in like manner, notice must 

 be given to Abram Washburn, 2d, of Biidgcwater, 

 at least three days previous to the exhibition. 



Improvements. 

 To the person who shall on the first day of 

 September, lb41, have the largest quantity of 

 land in the best state of preparation for Eng- 

 lish mowing, which was swamp land or fresli 

 meadow, June 1st, 1840, $25 



Second premium for the same object, 15 



Third do. do. 10 



To the person who shall before the first 

 day of October next, produce the greatest 

 quantity of cocoons by feeding the worms on 

 the leaves of the Chinese mulberry tree or 

 shrub, 15 



Second premium for the same object, 10 



Third do. do. 5 



Claimants of the above premiums will be requir- 

 ed to feed successfully not less than (iOOO worms, 

 and to state in writing the manner of cultivating 

 the trees or shrubs on which the worms were fed, 

 ^ the kind of soil, the quantity and kind of manure, 

 ^ if any used, &c. Also the manner in which the 

 eggs were preserved, the time and manner ol hatch- 

 ing the worms, and all the particulars relating to 

 feeding, taking care of the worms and preserving 

 the cocoons, with an account of the whole expense. 



To every person in the county v ho shall 

 build before September, 1841, one huiulred 

 rods of stone wall, 9 



For every additional hundred rods, 12 



And in the same proportion for fractional 

 parts of a hundred rods, after two hundred have 

 been hnilt. 



'I'o the person wlio shall collect the great- 

 est quantity of any kind of material, (except- 

 ing inamire from stock,) which in the n|)inion 

 of the committee shall more than pay the cost 

 of collecting and spreading on his fariTi, be- 

 tween the first day of September last and tiie 

 first day of September next, not less than 400 

 loails, 40 cubic feet considered a load, 20 



A second premium for the same object, not 

 less than 300 loads, 15 



. A third, not less than 250 loads, 12 



A fourth, not less than 200 loads, 10 



The committee are authorized to distribute 6 

 vols, of tlie N. E. Farmer and 8 vols, of the Yan- 

 kee Farmer. 



N. B. Claims to be made on or before the 1st day 

 of August, 1841, to Isaac Alden, East Bridgewater. 



Claimants, to entitle themselves to the above 

 offeied premiums, must make a particular state- 

 ment in writing, of their several operations. 



Prodvcf. 



For the greatest quantity of wheat, raised 

 on not less than (me acre of land, nor less than 

 twenty bushels, SI2 



For the next greatest quantity, do. 8 



For do. do. do. do. 4 



For the best crop of Indian corn, raised on 

 one acre, not less than CO bushels, (75 lbs. in 

 the ear considered a bushel,) not to be har- 

 vested before the 15th of October, 1S41, 12 

 Next best crop, 8 

 Next best do. 5 

 For the greatest quantity of barley on an 

 acre, not less than thirty bushels, 8 

 Second premium, do. 5 

 For the best crop of Rohan potatoes, on 

 not less than half an acre of land, nor loss 

 400 bushels, 5 



For the best crop of potatoes of any kind, 

 on not less than one acre of land, and not 

 less than 500 bushels to the acre, 10 



For Ihe next best do. not less than 400 

 bushel.s, (561b.=. to be considered a bushel of 

 every kind of root except onions,) 7 



For the best crop of oats, on not less than 

 two acres, and not less than 50 bnshels to the 

 acre, 7 



For the next best on one acre, 4 



For the greatest niiinbtr of bushels of rye, 

 raised on an acre, and not less than !30 bush- 

 els, 6 

 For the next best do. do. 5 

 For the greatest quantity of white heana 

 raised on an acre, not less than 15 bushels, (5 



For the next do. not less than (J bushels on 

 half an acre, 4 



For the greatest quantity of carrots, raised 

 on not less than one acre of land, and not 

 less than three hundred bushels, 8 



For the next greatest quantity on half an acre, 4 

 For the greatest quantity of onions, on not 

 less than a quarter of an acre of land, and not 

 less than 75 bushels, ^ 5 



For the greatest quantity of sugar beets, 



raised on not less than a quarter of an acre 



of land, 5 



If the sugar be extracted from the beets and a 

 satisfactory account of the processes given, the 

 premium will be trebled. 



For the greatest quantity of common tur- 

 nips on an acre, not less than 300 bushels, 5 



For the best crop of rutn baga turnips, not 

 less than 300 bushels, 5 



The committee are authorized to distribute 8 

 v(ds. of the N. E. Farmer and 8 of the Yankee 

 Farmer, as addition? to the above offered premiums, 

 or as gratuities to unsuccessful claimants, accord- 

 ing to their judgment of merit. 



P. S. It will be required of claimants of the 

 above premiums, to state in writing, the condition 

 of the land at the time the course of cultivation for 

 the approaching season may commence, and the 

 several operations in that cultivation ; and the 

 amount of produce must be attested by the owner 

 and one laborer. 



A certificate of the measurement of the land by 

 some respectable surveyor, will be required. Claims 

 to be made on or before September 29tli, 1841, 

 but the evidence of the amount of crops need not 

 be produced until the first of November next. Com- 

 iiiunications to be made to Anthony Collamore, 

 Pembroke, Chairman of Committee on Pn duce. 



N. B. Without a strict compliance with the 

 above conditions, the committee have determined 

 not to award premiums. 



Slock. 



For the best fat ox, $10 



For the next best do. 8 



For the best fat cow, 6 



Next best do. ,3 



For the best milch cow, 8 



Next best do. ti 

 For the best heifer, not less than one nor 



more than three years old, 5 



For the next best do. 3 

 For the best bull calf not less than five 



months old, 4 



For the next best do. 3 



For the best heifer calf, 4 



For tlie next best do. 3 

 For the best pigs of the Berkshire or Mack- 

 ay breed, not less than three months old, a 

 male and female, assurance being given that 

 they shall be kept in the county at least one 



year from the day of exhibition, 6 



The committee are authorized to distribute 4 

 vols, of the N. E. Farmer and 4 vols, of the Yan- 

 kee Farmer. 



Cattle not to be removed from the pens before 1 

 o'clock, P. M. Claimants for premiums on stock, 

 arc required to exhibit to the committise, evidence 

 of the mode of rearing and treating animals offered 

 for premium. The committee will please strictly 

 to enforce this requisition and award no premium 

 for a milch cow, unless the quantity of milk and 

 butter produced for at least ten days in each of the 

 montlis, June arid September, be accurately stated. 



Animals must have been kept in the county six 

 months to entitle them to premiums. 



Claims for stock of every sort, and entries for 

 the ploughing match, to be made on or before Sep- 

 tember 25th, 1841, to Abram Washburn, 2d, Bridge- 

 water. 



