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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



OCTOBER 33, 1833. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 23, 1833. 



BRIGHTON CATTLE SHOW. 



The exhibition of the Massachusetts Agricultu- 

 ral Society on the 16th iust. was attended by a 

 great concourse of spectators, notwithstanding 

 "the dawn was overcast, the morning lowered, and 

 heavily in clouds brought on the day." The Show 

 was interesting in some points, but in others was 

 not equal to what it has been in former years. 



The principal cause of the diminished number 

 of animals exhibited at Brighton may, perhaps, be 

 found in the cattle shows in other parts of the 

 State, better adapted to the purposes of the grazier. 

 Another cause may be that fine animals have be- 

 come so common that they are scarcely considered 

 as a rarity ; and thosje who possess them do not 

 bring them forward, from an apprehension that 

 other animals still superior may be exhibited. The 

 general prosperity of the agricultural interest pre- 

 vents particular displays; and excellence ceases to 

 ba remarkable, when it has become general. 



The Ploughing Match was well contested, and 

 gave general satisfaction ; as well as the trials of 

 strength of the Working Oxen. The exhibition of 

 Butter and Cheese was excellent and very abun- 

 dant. In the Society's Hall no cloths were ex- 

 hibited, but a long table and a large pyramidal 

 glass were filled with the products of the ladies' 

 ingenuity and industry. 



The Address of the Hon. Edward Everett 

 was all that could have been anticipated from the 

 eloquence and erudition of the author ; and was 

 listened to with marked admiration by a large au- 

 dience. The Address was replete with informa- 

 tion relative to the early states and stages of agri- 

 culture in the different nations of Asia and Europe. 

 The mean and servile condition of the serfs and 

 villeins who formerly in England, and still in Rus- 

 sia, and some other parts of Europe, were and are 

 the operative tillers of the soil, was contrasted with 

 the condition of the cultivators of this country, 

 owners of the soil, and owning no earthly supe- 

 riors. It appeared to be elaborately composed — 

 every senteuce polished to perfection — but was de- 

 livered without manuscript, and almost or entirely 

 without notes of any kind. 



The premiums awarded by the Committee on 

 Ploughing Matches will be found in their detailed 

 report on the first page of this No. The following 

 premiums also were awarded. 



From the Boston Patriot. 

 Working Oxen. — First premium, $25, to Arnold 

 S. Allen, Shrewsbury ; 2d, $20, to Isaac Hatha- 

 way, Sutton ; 3d, §15, to Peter Putnam, Sutton ; 

 4th, *12, to James Taylor, Sutton ; 5tb, $8, to 

 Stephen Marsh, Sutton. 



Fat CaW.e. — First premium, $25, to Fitch Win- 

 chester, Southboro', for his briudle ox of native 

 breed, weighing 1993 lbs. ; 2d, $20, also to Mr. 

 W. for his red o.\, 5 years old, quarter Admiral, 

 weighing 1875 lbs. ; 3d, $10, to Seth Wyman, 

 Shrewsbury, for his red ax, said to be 6 years old, 

 of native breed, weighing 1910 lbs. [The com- 

 mittee report the mode of fatting to be nearly simi- 

 lar. It commenced in the fall and winter of 1832, 

 with corn, straw and potatoes. In the spring, 

 some grain till grass time and little or none after- 

 wards.! 



Cassander Gihnah, Uaynham, for bis bull IS 

 months old. 



Bull Calves. — First premium, $10, to Jacob W. 

 Watson, Princeton, for his calf (i months old, na- 

 tive and Denton stock ; 2d, 5, to Rev. Bailey Lor- 

 ing, Andover, for his calf 5 months old. 



Milch Cows. — First premium, $25, to John 

 Leathe, Woburn ; 2d, 15, to Luther Chamberlain, 

 Westboro' ; 3d, 10, to Jacob W. Watson, Piiuce- 

 tou. 



Heifers. — First premium, $15, to Ichabod Ni- 

 chols, Salem; 2d, 12, to Rev. Charles Briggs, Lex- 

 ington ; 3d, 8, to Hector Collin, Newbury. 



Sheep. — For the best Dishley Ram, $20, to 

 Thomas Williams, Chelsea. For the best Dishley 

 Ewe, $20, to John Prince, Esq. Roxbury. For 

 the best South Down Ewe, $20, to Samuel Jaques, 

 Jr. Charlestown. [There were no South Down 

 Rams, but some fine ram lambs, which promise 

 much encouragement as to this breed of sheep.] 



Swine. — For the best Store Pigs, $10, to Henry 

 Flagg, Weston ; next best, 5, to Ira Biirnham, 

 Roxbury. 



Butler. — First premium, $20, to Luther Cham- 

 berlain, Westboro'. [The committee did not think 

 any other butler offered sufficiently good to entitle 

 it to the 2d premium.] 



Old Cheese. — First premium, $20, to John Hun- 

 ter, New Braintree ; 2d, 15, to John Matthews, 

 New Braintree. 



.V u- Cheese. — The premium, $10, was awarded 

 to Moses M. Warner. 



For the greatest quantity of Butter and Cheese 

 between the 15th of May and the 1st of October, 

 $20, to Luther Chamberlain, Westboro', being 

 3186 lbs. of Butter and 5245 lbs. of Cheese, from 

 27 Cows fed on grass only. 



Domestic Manufactures. — The committee report- 

 ed that no articles were exhibited to which they 

 felt authorized to award any of the premiums offer- 

 ed. The committee awarded gratuities to the 

 amount of $25, as follows : — to Jona. H. Cobb, 

 Dedbam, silk articles, $5 ; Miss Susan Maria Bent, 

 Cambridge, hearth rug, 3 ; Adam Brooks, Scituate, 

 silk handkerchiefs and sewing silk, 3 ; Miss Sarah 

 E. Etheridge, Dedham, woven straw bonnets, 3 ; 

 T. W. Wellington, Lexington, rug and two veils, 

 3 ; Miss Pamela Pond, Med way, straw bonnet, 2 ; 

 Miss Abigail Pratt, Oxford, household worsted, 2 ; 

 Miss Emeline Eaton, Mrs. C. Wheeler and Miss 

 M. Rice, Framingham, straw bonnets, $1 each ; 

 A. Randall, Braintree, straw bonnet and bed 

 spread, 1. 



Inventions. — To Messrs. Newhall & Willis, of 

 the Agricultural Warehouse, Boston, a premium of 

 $5, for Scot, Keith & Co.'s Iron Pump ; $5 for 

 an improvement in Willis' straw cutter ; and $10 

 for a self operating cheese press. [These gentle- 

 men exhibited several other articles which will be 

 mentioned in the detailed report of the committee.] 



To Adam Brooks, Scituate, for his Silk Spinner 

 and Twister, $20. 



To Carver Washburn, Bridgewater, for his im- 

 proved cast iron Hubs, with their axletrees, $5. 



To Nathaniel S. Bennet, for wrought iron Cat- 

 tle Bows, $2. 



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ITEMS OF INTELLIGENCE, 



Shelby, of Lexington, Ky. sold lately a flock of 



160 mules, r»ised on his plantation, for $11,840, cash in 

 hand ; and fourteen of them were purchased for a gen- 



Bulls. First premium, $20, to Levi Hammond, tleman at Cuba, $136 dollars each.— The Lexington In- 



Princeton, for his bull 3 years old; 2d, 10, to \ telligencer calls this 'agricultural thrift.' 



Mr. Durant, the /Eronaut, took a second flight from 

 Baltimore, on Monday last, being his ninth aerial tour. 

 At. 28 minutes past 4 P. M. the adventurous traveller 

 took his departure bom Baltimore, with an intention to 

 cross the Chesapeake Bay and take tea at Chestcrtown. 

 After a pleasant passage, during which he held conver- 

 sation from his atrial position with a number of travel- 

 lers by land and water, he arrived within a mile of the 

 Eastern Shore, where bis air ship being becalmed, he 

 hove to at 15 minutes past 6, anchored in 151 feet of air, 

 and was finally taken on board the steamboat Indepen- 

 dence, Captain Pearce, where he found good company 

 and comfortable quarters. — Delaware State Journal. 



The Crops. All accounts of the crops, from Kanfour- 

 aska downward, concur in saying that they must prove 

 extremely deficient. Indeed, different gentlemen from 

 those parishes state, that in several of them they have 

 altogether failed, and the inhabitants will be as distressed 

 as they were in 1816, when they were relieved by the 

 Legislature. The cause of the failure was the general 

 low temperature of the season, and the early frosts. — 

 Quebec Gazette. 



New Improvement. A machine has recently been con- 

 structed by a Mr. Job White of Belfast, Maine, by which 

 a saw, uf the proper form, is made to operate lengthwise 

 of the log, cutting round it, and approaching the centre 

 in a spiral direction, in such a manner as to cut the log 

 into one continuous board. The board unwinds from 

 the log, like the cloth from a weaver's beam. — This in- 

 vention will be of great value to carriage makers, who 

 use bass-wood boards for pannels, as they may be cut 

 from much smaller, or even hollow logs. 



Beets. An ebony gentleman, better known as the dis- 

 seminator of M'Cracken's imitation of the High Holborn, 

 brought us three beets the other day, whose total weight 

 waa twenty-eight and a half pounds. The largest of the 

 three weighed thirteen pounds and eight ounces. They 

 are of the kind called White Scarcity, grew on ground 

 belonging to Mr. Daniel Emerson, and were cultivated 

 by this knight of the lather pot, and blacking brush. — 

 .Vcicport (W. H.) Spectator. 



Wheat imported into America from Europe. A circular 

 from H. Gates & Co. of Montreal, under date of 4th in- 

 stant, communicates the fact that 411,000 bushels of wheat 

 had arrived in Montreal direct from Archangel, that one 

 or two more cargoes were expected, and consequently 

 that American wheat and flour were depressed in price. 

 — This is a new and unexpected competition with our 

 agriculturists. 



More " Barrenness." We have before us three fine 

 peaches, just taken from a "tree of native growth," which 

 stands in quite an exposed situation of the western part 

 of the town, on land belonging to Mr. Mark Folger, 

 which peaches measure in the aggregate, 24 inches in 

 circumference. We have also several large strawberries, 

 fully ripe, plucked yesterday from a bed in the garden of 

 Mr. S. Burnell, being of the second crop this season. — 

 JYantuckct Inquirer. 



Exhibition. The New York Gazette says— We spent 

 an interesting bour yesterday at Masonic Hall, in ex- 

 amining the variety of American Manufactures, to which 

 an impulse has been given by the American Institute. — 

 So perfect is each specimen, that it is difficult to deter- 

 mine where to begin, and how to terminate any thing 

 we might say in praise of the ingenuity of our manufac- 

 turers. For our part, we are of opinion that every thing 

 displayed in the Halls, was entitled to a premium ; and 

 yet a. more correct decision will probably be made by the 

 gentlemen appointed to make the award. 



The Harvest. All accounts from the country speak of 

 the harvest as having been generally plentiful. The 

 wheat crop has not, in some districts, been as abundant 



