NEW ENGLAND FARjIES. 



PUBLISHED BY GEO. C. BARRETT, NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STREET, (at the Agricultural Warehouse.)— T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



VOL. XII. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1833. 



NO. 13. 



From the Boston Dailit Advertiser. 



BRIGHTON CATTLE SHOW. 



EXHIBITION OF MANUFACTURES, PLOUGH- 

 ING MATCH, &.C. 



This interesting exhibition, as lias been before 

 stated, takes place at Brighton on the 16th inst. 

 under the charge of the Trustees of the Massachu- 

 setts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture. 

 As it is truly a Festival to the Yeomanry of the 

 State, we publish below, in an abridged form, a. 

 list of the liberal premiums offered by the Societj, 

 comprising, in addition to the sum generously 

 granted by the State, the whole, income of their 

 own funds. This fair, as for some years' past, wi] 

 occupy but one day. Animals may be offered for 

 premium at Brighton, although they have obtained 

 premiums at the County Shows. All entries o:' 

 animals for the Pens or as Working Oxen, must 

 be made before the evening of the 15th. Tlis 

 Ploughing Match will commence at 9J, A. M. anl 

 the trial of Working Oxen at 11, precisely: th? 

 public sale of Manufactures and Animals at 12 

 Other regulations of the Show, will be found in 

 the placards of the Society, which were forward- 

 ed to the several towns by the Members of the 

 Legislature, at the close of the last session. 



For Stock. — For the two best Bulls above one 

 year old, $20 and $10 ; two best Bull Calves from 

 5 to 12 months, 10 and 5; two best Cows, not 

 less than 3 years, 25 and 15 ; next best Cow, 10 ; 

 threes-best Heifers, not exceeding 3 years, whether 

 they have had calves or not, 15, 12 and 8. The 

 Bulls, Cows and Heifers, for which premiums are 

 awarded, to be kept at least one year thereafter 

 within the State. The owner of each Bull, Bull- 

 Calf, Cow and Heifer offered for premiums, must 

 produce an affidavit of the origin and character of 

 the animal, and of the quantity and quality of the 

 milk yielded by the cows, together with the man- 

 ner in which they are fed and kept. 



For the three best Oxen, fitted for slaughter, 

 regard to be had to, and a particular statement to 

 be given of, the mode and expense of fatting, 825, 

 20 and 10 ; five best pair of Working Oxen, $25, 

 20, 15, 12 and 8. No oxen to be admitted to 

 trial as working oxen tinder four years old. 



For the best Dishley Ram and Ewe, $20 each; 

 best South Down Ram and Ewe, $20 each. The 

 above premiums will be awarded on Sheep either 

 imported or raised in the State; but the persons 

 receiving the premiums are to enter into obliga- 

 tion to keep the same within the State for breed- 

 ing. 



For the two best Boars, not exceeding 2 years 

 bid, $10 and 8 ; two best Sows, $10 and 8. (To 

 be kept one year thereafter for breeding, by the 

 persons receiving the premiums.) Best Pigs, nol 

 less than two in number, not less than foui 

 months old, nor more than eight, $10 ; next bes: 

 lot, $5. 



None of the above animals, except Sheep, as 

 above specified, will be entitled to premiums, un- 

 less they are wholly bred in the State of Massachu- 

 setts. 



Butter and Cheest. — For the two best lots jf 

 Butter, not les3 than fifty pounds, $20 and 15 ; 

 two best lots of Cheese, not less than one y;ar 



old, and not less than 100 lbs. $20 and 15 ; best 

 Cheese, less than one year old, and not less than 

 100 lbs. $10; for the greatest quantity of Butter 

 and Cheese made between the 15th of May and 

 the 1st of October, from and not less than four 

 Cows, the quantity of Butter and Cheese, and the 

 number of Cows, to be taken into consideration, 

 and specimens to be exhibited at the show, of not 

 less than 20 lbs. of each, and the mode of feeding - , 

 if any thing besides pasture is used, 20. Besides 

 the above premiums for Butter and Cheese, the 

 trustees will award the following in the month of 

 December : for the two best lots of Butter in tubs, 

 pots, or firkins, not less than 300 lbs. 50 and 30 ; 

 best lot not less than 100 lbs. 30 ; best lot of 

 Cheese, not less than one year old and not less 

 than 300 lbs. 30 ;.best lot of Cheese, less than one 

 year old, and not less than 300 lbs. 25. 



The claimant for the several premiums on But- 

 ter to be exhibited in the months of October and 

 December next, must state in writing the follow- 

 ing particulars, viz.: the number of cows kept on 

 his farm ; his mode of keeping ; the treatment of 

 the milk and cream before churning ; the mode of 

 churning, winter and summer ; measures adopted 

 to express the butter-milk ; the quantity and sort 

 of salt employed ; whether saltpetre, or any other 

 substances have been used in the process ; the 

 best time for churning, and keeping Butter in hot 

 weather, and the best mode of preserving it, in 

 and through the summer and winter, and in what 

 ;^sscls. 



The claimants for the several premiums on 

 Cheese, must state the mode of making the same, 

 and the following particulars, viz. the number of 

 cows kept ; whether the Cheese is made from the 

 proceed) of one, two or more milkiugs ; whether 

 any addition is made of cream ; the quantity and 

 sort of salt used, and the quantity of rennet ; the 

 mode of pressure, and the treatment of the Cheese 

 afterwords. 



Famers in the several States are invited to 

 compee for these premiums, at the exhibition in 

 Decenber. 



Clams for the premiums on Butter and Cheese, 

 last aiove mentioned, must be made in writing, 

 addressed to Benjamin Guild, Esq. Boston, post 

 paid, on or before the 2d of December next; and 

 the parcels deposited before Tuesday the 3d, at a 

 placi to be designated hereafter by the Trustees, 

 en vhich day, at 10 o'clock, A. M. the Committee 

 will examine the lots, aud none will be admitted 

 after that hour. The premiums will be awarded 

 en the 4th. Each lot must be marked with the 

 iiitials of the owner's name, and the place of 

 nanufacture. It is particularly recommended to 

 i\e competitors, that the Butter be put up in the 

 licest manner. There will be a public auction 

 sfter the examination by the Committee, and those 

 <vho desire to sell will have an opportunity with- 

 out any charge for auctioneer's fees ; but the gov- 

 ernment duty must be paid by the owners of the 

 butter and cheese. The Committee will be at lib- 

 «rty to withhold from the auction sale, any parcels 

 either of butter or cheese, which they may have 

 reason to suppose, from the ordinary quality of 

 the same, or other circumstances, may have been 

 sent merely for sale. 



Vegetable and Grain Crops. — For the greatest 

 quantity of Carrots on half an acre, not less than 

 300 bushels, $15; greatest quantity of Potatoes 

 on an acre, not less than 500 bu. 20 ; greatest 

 quantity of Mangel Wurtzel, or Scarcity root, on 

 an acre, not less than 600 bu. 20 ; greatest quan- 

 tity of Parsnips on half an acre, not less than 200 

 bu. 10 ; greatest quantity of Ruta Baga on an 

 acre, not less than 600 bu. 20 ; greatest quantity 

 of common Turnips on an acre, not less than 600 

 bu. 20 ; greatest quantity of Onions on half an 

 acre, not less than 300 bu. 15 ; greatest quantity 

 of vegetables, grain, peas, and beans excepted, for 

 home consumption, and not for sale, raised for the 

 keeping of stock, regard being had to the size of 

 the farm in proportion to the crop, and to the 

 number of the stock kept ; and also to the respec- 

 tive value of the vegetables as food, and the ex- 

 pense of raising the same, 30 ; greatest quantity 

 of Indian Corn on an acre, not less than 80 bu. 

 20; next greatest d6. 15; next greatest do. 10; 

 greatest quantity of Winter Wheat on an acre, not 

 less than 30 bu. 20 ; greatest quantity of Barley 

 on an acre, not less than 40 bu. 20 ; greatest 

 quantity of Rye on an acre, not less than 30 bu. 

 20 ; greatest quantity of Millet on an acre, and 

 cut and cured for hay, not less than three tons, 

 the claimant giving evidence of the time of sow- 

 ing, the quantity of seed sown, and the quantity 

 of hay produced, 20; greatest quantity of Mus- 

 tard Seed, not less than 15 bu. 20 ; greatest quan- 

 tity of dressed Flax, not less than 500 lbs. from an 

 acre, 20 ; greatest quantity and best quality of 

 Hemp on an acre, 40. 



It is to be understood, that the quantity of land 

 specified above is, in each case, to be in one piece. 

 And the claimant of any of the above premiums 

 shall, with one other person, make oath to the fol- 

 lowing particulars, before some Justice of the 

 Peace, and with a certificate of the same, shall ob- 

 tain a certificate of the measurement of the land 

 by some Surveyor. The particulars are — 



1. The condition of the land in the Spring of 

 1833. 



2. The product and general state of cultivation, 

 and quality of manure used upon it the preceding 

 year. 



3. The quantity of manure the present season. 



4. The quantity of seed used, and if Potatoes, 

 the sort. 



5. The time of sowing, weeding and harvesting 

 the crop, and the amount of the product ascer- 

 tained by actual measurement, after the whole pro- 

 duce for which a premium is claimed, is harvested, 

 and the entire expense of cultivation. 



6. Of Indian Corn, the entire crop of the acre 

 to be offered for premium is to be shelled and 

 measured in the presence of the claimant, who is 

 to make oath to the truth of the statement made 

 by the person or persons, who did harvest, shell 

 and measure it ; and to be measured between the 

 fifteenth of November 1833, and the first day of 

 January 1834. 



7. At least 40 bushels of the vegetables, for 

 which a premium is claimed, except potatoes, 

 onions, and common turnips, are to be weighed 

 free from dirt, and 56 pounds will be considered 

 a bushel. 



