VOL. "XII. NO. 4(1. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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To the 1st Plough', with out- yoke of Oxen, 



without a Driver, 

 To the 2fl, do. do, dp. 

 '!'u the 3d, do. do. do. 

 To tin- 4th, do. do. do. 

 To the 5th, do. do. do. 

 To ill- 1st Plough with two yokes of Steers 

 not more than i years old, or one yoke with 

 horse without a driver, - - s o 



To the 2d, do. do. - - - -1 



For the best Plough used at the Ploughing 

 Mjtch, not having heretofore drawn a pre- 

 mium, - 

 For the second best, do. do. 

 For the besl yoke of working Oxen, which 

 have been owned in the County not less than 

 three months, - *> 

 For the 2d, cfo. do. 



For the 3d, do. do. - - - 



For the 4th, do. do. 



For the 5th, do. do. - 1 



For the besl yoke of throe years old Steers, 

 regard being had to their qualities, both for 

 labor and for beef, - - - 4 



For the second, do. do. 



For the third, do. do. - - 2 



Premiums for excellence in Steers and working 

 Oxen will be awarder! by such mode of proof as 

 the Committee shall deem expedient on the day of 

 exhibition. 



Those who shall present specimens of Apples or 

 of other Fruit, or of Cider to be used at the table 

 of the Society, will receive its thanks and some 

 special marks of recognition. 



Any person who may be detected in using any 

 unfair or fraudulent means to obtain the premiums 

 of the Society, shall not only forfeit such premium 

 us may have been awarded him, lint shall more- 

 over be incapable of ever after becoming a com- 

 petitor for any of the -Society's premiums. 



All articles exhibited for premium (except Man- 

 ufactures and articles which come under the in- 

 spection of the Committee on Manufactures) must 

 be entered on or before eight o'clock of the day of 

 exhibition, by a letter to the Recording Secretary, 

 or by personal application to him. No person shall 

 be considered as a competitor who shall not base 

 given notice of presenting an article, or have made 

 application as above to the Secretary. 



The Society will not hold themselves responsi- 

 ble for any article exhibited and left in their ens- 

 tody, after 6 o'clock, 1'. M. of the day of Exhibi- 

 tion. 



All manufactures offered for premium must 

 have been made in the county of Bristol, and when 

 presented must have a private mark, so as not to 

 be known by the Committee ; and no owner ol 

 such article shall be present at the examination. 



i h respective Committees will consider them- 

 selves authorized to refuse a premium in any case, 

 when no competitor appears. And no person 

 shall be entitled to a premium for any article for 

 which a premium has heretofore been awarded by 

 this Sotiety. 



All animals offered for premium must be owned 

 in the county of Bristol, and accompanied with 

 satisfactory certificates of their age, .and other 

 facts which might not be .apparent without the aid 

 of such certificates ; and if fatted cattle, with a 

 Statement of the manner in which they were fatted; 

 whether oil Corn, Carrots, Pumpkins or other ma- 

 terials, and the quantity of food administered, with 

 an estimate of the cost of such food. 



The Exhibition will be in East Attleborough, 

 and suitable accommodations will ho provided for 

 articles of every kind which may be offered for 

 exhibition or premium, of which early notice will 

 be given in the newspapers. 



The past success of the Society added to the 

 increasing attention to improvements in Agricul- 

 ture throughout the country, induce the belief, and 

 the Committee confidently express the hope, that 

 the next Exhibition will he an occasion of s; 

 lion and pride to the Association, and of 1" ;> fil 

 and honor to the County. 



Should any person offer an article (Animals ex- 

 for ;i premium, knowing that a premium 

 had been heretofore awarded for it, in this county, 

 lie shall forfeit such premium as may be awarded 

 and be disqualified lobe a competitor for any of 

 the Society's premiums. 



N. I!. It is desirable that afHdavits should be 

 furnished with all articles easily susceptible of such 

 proof. James L. Hodges, 1 Committee, of 



Horatio Prait, ) Publication. 



April 24, 1834. 



From the Genesee Farmer. 

 POSTS RENDERED DURABLE BY SALT. 



Some weeks ago we alluded to the preservative 

 properties of this mineral as exemplified in the in- 

 creased durability of old timbers about salt houses; 

 and mentioned that some had proposed to deposit 

 it in auger-boles to be bored into fence posts. We 

 were not aware at the time that the experiment 

 bad been ever tried. It appears however, from the 

 Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, 

 n hich we have lately obtained, that it was attempt- 

 ed many years ago in that State with the most 

 signal success. What follows is taken from a let- 

 ter written in 1824, and addressed to the corres- 

 ponding secretary of that Institution, by Jt'illium 

 Phillips of Philadelphia county : 



" 1 will give you the result of twenty years' 

 practice, and the mode which has fully realized 

 my most sanguine expectations. In 1S03 I plant- 

 ed four gate posts of Delaware oak, of very inferior 

 quality; a two inch auger hide was bored through 

 them, which was filled u'ith salt, and plugged at 

 ■!'■ i n Is. As they were to support highly finished 

 gates, thi y were eased with boards, and some salt 

 was put inside of the case near to the ground. 

 The posts are now as sound as when put down, and 

 bid fair to last for some generations to come. This 

 experiment was tried under the most unfavorable 

 circumstances, as the posts were so much worm- 

 eaten that my carpenters were averse to finish them, 

 under the belief that they would not hist five J ears. 



" I have since applied salt to the posts of rail 

 fences, by boring a?i inch auger hole, about four 

 inches above the ground, diagonally across the 

 frost, so .is to reach about two or three inches un- 

 der ground ; the hole is filled with salt and closed 

 with cedar or cbesilut plugs. With the result 1 

 am well satisfied, as / have not found any decay 

 among them, although I have several thousands so 

 prepared. It has been observed by some who 

 have seen them, that the salt would in time dis- 

 solve, and by leaving a hollow in the post to retain 

 the moisture, cause its decay. I have not found 

 that the salt diminishes to any extent ; and if it 

 should, it must penetrate the wootl, and thereby 

 prevent decay. But to obviate such apprehen- 

 sions, nothing is easier than to draw the (dugs, 

 and till the boles again with salt at the expiration 

 of eight or ten years, or when required, which 



would be at a very distant period. This can be 

 done at less than a cent a post, exclusive of salt, 

 which must be admilted ; , is preferable to planting 

 them anew. I have usually paid the workmen a 

 cent a post for boring, filling ahd plugging: they 

 generally earn two dollars a day, A judicious 

 farmer, -on viewing my posts, observed he could 

 see no reason why salt should not preserve wood, 

 when it preserved so perishable a vegetable as cab- 

 bage during many years." 



The advantage of treating new posts in this 

 manner appears to be very decided ; and we dis- 

 cover no reason why posts that have bei n set sev- 

 eral years should not also hav.e the benefit of a 

 dose. \V< should presume that they may be kept 

 in as sound a state as they are at present. Posts 

 which are already set, will not require to be bored 

 through, if the person performing the operation 

 will carefully gauge the distance ; and one plug will 

 then answer in the place of two. This item will 

 save some labor. 



OBI DESTROYING CATERPILLARS. 



" Better Ude than never." 

 We remember to have seen some years ago, an 

 ancient work on Husbandry, by Tusstr, giving the 

 directions all in rhyme. The work proper to be 

 done in each month, was put under that head ; 

 but first and foremost this couplet was repeated: 

 " Things forgot in month past, 

 Now do at Ihe last." 



The advice was the best the occasion allowed, 

 and we are by no means disposed to consider it 

 obsolete. So we say to such farmers as have not 

 killed all their caterpillars; " Better late than nev- 

 er." These crawlers have done mischief enough 

 — now despatch them. If left they will continue 

 to feed on the leaves almost another month, every 

 day growing bigger ; and one big caterpillar can 

 eat as much as five little ones. This work ought 

 to be done before breakfast, while they are snug 

 in their nests. And permit us kindly to suggest 

 to you that early rising ■ has a fine effect on this 

 business. Is four o'clock too early ? Then think 

 the matter over till half past four ; but beware ot 

 taking another nap, and sleeping till after sunrise. 



Some people seem to console themselves for 

 their negligence by adopting an old notion that 

 caterpillars come periodically;* and indeed they 

 do — but the period is every spring. The man in 

 the fable who sat down on the bank waiting for 

 the river to pass — or the countryman in London 

 who intended to stand still till the crowd had gone 

 by — bad notions not more preposterous. We 

 have never seen a year in which caterpillars were 

 not plenty in certain orchards. Without doubt 

 there are more in some seasons than in others ; — 

 for we have seen them come from the woods in 

 great numbers; but what of that? If we allow 

 them to go on devouring till they are full grown, 

 and come forth in the perfect state, will they not 

 lay eggs ? and will not these produce caterpillars 

 next year. We think they will. — Genesee Farmer. 



Hickory ashes, thrown upon swine, not only as- 

 sists in destroying fleas, but in removing cutane- 

 ous diseases, by causing the animals to rub them- 

 selves frequently. 



* We rememher in days long past to have heard old people 

 say that caterpillars were always plenty alter the locust year. 

 That notion would not imply thai caterpillars are the descen- 

 dants ol'the locusts ; but only that they also had some preten- 

 I stons lo a period of seventeen years. 



