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A iN D GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



l>Ul{l.lSIIt;i» nv JOSEPH BRKCK & CO., no. 52 north market street, (Aomcultural Warehouse.)— T. G. FESSENUEN, EDITOR. 



VOL. XVI. 



150STON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1837. 



NO. 11. 



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(From the Yeoman's Oiizette.) 



MIDDLESEX CATTLE SHOW, 



JExhibition 9f •Ifanuraciiit'PB, 



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PLOUGH IiVG BIATCH. 



CONCORU, ncrORKR 4, 1837. 



The Commillee of Arrangements for the approach- 

 ins; Cattle Show, give notice that 

 All entries of Animals for the pens are to he 

 maile with Mr Phineas How, by 9 o'clock, A. M., 

 on the day of the E.^chihition. 



Such Manufactures and Fahrics, improvements 

 in Machinery, atid Iinple iients of Husbandry, as 

 are offered for premium, must he entered at the 

 Court-house l)y 10 o'clock, A. M., on the (!ay of 

 exhibition, where directions and aid will be given. 

 Persons in the immediate vicinity are requested 

 to forward their articles for exhibition at the 

 Court-house, at an early hour in the morning as 

 possible. 



Tho Trustees liave appointed a Comiriittee to 

 award premiums on the best specimens of Apples, 

 Pears, Peaches, Plums and Grapes, it being un- 

 derstood that sucl) as are offered will be used at 

 the diiin:;r of the Society. 



The Ploughing Match will take place at nine 

 o'clock, A. M., precisely, and those who wish to 

 contend for tlie prizes, must leave their names 

 with Timothy Prescott, Secretary of the Society, 

 by 8 o'clock, A. M. on the day of the Exhibition. 

 A procession of officers and members of the 

 Society, will be formed at half |)ast 10 o'clock, 

 A. M., at Shepherd's Hotel, and proceed to the 

 Meeting-house, where an Address will be deliv- 

 ered by Wm. Kenriuk, Esq., of Newton. 



After the ceremonies at the Meeting-house, the 

 several Committees will immediately proceed to 

 the discharge of their duties. 



The trial of strength and discipline of working 

 oxen, will take place immediately after the servi- 

 ces in the Meeting-house. Entries of the same to 

 be Hiade with the Secretary by 9 o'clock. 



A dinner will he in readiness at 2 o'clock, at 

 Shepherd's Hotel. Tickets to be had at the bar, 

 at 75 cents. 



At 4 o'clock, P. M., premiums will be pid)licly 



declared at the Court-room, in the Court-house ; 



after which the choice of officers will take place. 



Timothy Prescott, 



Moses Whitney, 



~~ Edward Wetherbee, 



Joseph Barrett, 



JosiAH Bartlett, 



Benjamin Muzzey, 



Cykus Hubbard, 



Phineas How, 



Cyrus Warren, 





AWAHDISG COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE TRUSTEE!. 



On .Agricultural Experiments, Farms, Fruit, Mul- 

 berry Sf Foreit Trees if Shrubs. 

 Luke Fiske, Walthara. 



John H. Loring, 

 James Eustis, 

 Paul Kittredge, 

 Moses Whitney, 



Groton. 



S. Reading. 



Chelmsford. 



Stow. 



Boxboro'. 



Littleton. 



Framiiigham. 



Littleton. 



Marlboro'. 



J\reat Callle. 



Samuel Hayward, 

 J. M. Hartvvell, 

 N. S. Bennett, 

 Benjamin Kimball, 

 Stephen Rice, 



If'orking Oxen. 



David Townsend, Waltham. 



Jonas Munioe, Lexington. 



Leonard Hoar, Lincoln. 



Simon Tiittle, Acton. 



Martin Wood, Littleton. 



Failed Callle. 



Joseph Barrett, Concord. 



Nathan Hartwell, Littleton. 



Francis Richardson, Billerica. 



Ephriam Merriam, Concord. 



Zadoc Rogers, Lowell. 



Mikh Cows and Management of Dairies. 



John Keyes, Concord. 



Nahum Hardy, Wnltham. 



Nat Kiske, Frainingliam. 



George P. Wright, 

 Luther Conant, 



Swine. 



Dunstable. 

 Acton. 



Nathan Brooks, 

 Noah Sliattuck, 

 Zaccheus Reed, 

 Joel Viles, 

 Cyrus Stow, 



Butter Sf Cider. 



Samuel A. Coburn, 

 Moses Edgell, 

 Moses Prichard, 

 Augustus Tower, 

 T. Prescott, 



Concord. 



Groton. 



Westfoid. 



Lexington. 



Concord. 



Lowell. 



Framiugham. 



Concord. 



Stow. 



Concord. 



Fruit. 



J. B. Varnum, 

 Abner Wheeler, 

 Paul Kittredge, 

 Wm. Parker, 

 Jonas Parker, 



Cotton, Woollen If Linen Manufactures 



B. Muzzey, Lexington 



Dracut. 



Framingham. 



Chelmsfoid. 



Sudbury. 



Carlisle. 



Elijah Hale, 

 John Clapp, 

 Jonas Warren, 

 Charles B. Davis, 



Stow, 



S. Reading, 



Stow, 



Concord. 



Straw Bonnets. 



Eliphalet Wheeler, 

 Stevens Hayward, 

 Josiah Davis, 



Framingham. 



Acton. 



Concord. 



Jona. Rice, 



Henry W. Wellington, 



Boots If Shoes. 



Nehemiah Ball, 

 John Fletcher, 

 Elisba Tolman, 

 Jacob O.sgood, 

 Abraham Mead, 



Leather. 



William Whiting, 

 Samuel Stevens, 

 Jonathan Warren, 

 William Smith, 

 Enoch Kidder, 



Inventions. 



Marlboro'. 

 Weston. 



Concord. 



Acton. 



Concord. 



Westford. 



Littleton. 



Concord. 



Carlisle. 



Weston. 



Lexington. 



Sudbury. 



John Nelson, 

 James Draper, 

 Levi Wilson, 

 Benj. Dix, 

 G. W. Hunstable, 



PLOUGHING MATCH 



Double Teams. 



Lexington. 

 Way land. 

 Dracut. 

 Littleton. 

 Concord. 



Moses Whitney, 

 Timothy Page, 

 John Heald, 

 M. M. Rutter, 

 Augustus Tuttle, 



Single Teams, 



Stow. 



Bedford. 



Carlisle. 



Wayland. 



Concord. 



Lincoln. 



Acton. 



Concord. 



Carlisle. 



Boxboro'. 



Ephiaim Flint, 



Edward Wetherbee, 



Cyrus Wheeler, 



Cyrus Heald, 



Paul Hey wood, 



0"A11 per-sons having business with the Sec- 

 retary of the Society, will find him at the Court- 

 house, from 8 to 9 o'clock, A.M., on the morning 

 of the Show. 



The Wheat Region or New York. — The 

 Oneida, (N. Y.) Whig, says the wheat region of 

 the State of New York comprises the counties of 

 Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Ontario, Lit- 

 in.'ston Yates, Monroe, Orleans, Niagara and 

 Genessee, and parts of Tompkins, Steuben, Cbau- 

 tauque, Alleghany and Erie. In many of the 

 towns in these counties, the surplus wheat raised, 

 that is to say, the quantity over and above what 

 is necessary to sustain the population of the town, 

 is from 60,L00 to 100,000 bushels. It is estimated 

 by centlemen residing in that part of the State, 

 whose opportunities of ascertaining the fact are 

 favorable, that of the present crop of wheat in 

 that region, there will go to market at least 12 

 millions of bushels, still leaving in the country 

 enough to sustain the population for the year — 

 The writer adds that in the flouring mills at Ke- 

 chester alone, at least one hundreds runs of stone 

 are employed in making flour. 



These, when doing full work, can turn out from 



