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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



September 26, 1832. 



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Boston, Wednesday Evening, September 26, 1832. 



BRIGHTON CATTLE SHOW. 



The Cattle Show and Ploughing Match, 

 at Brighton, under the direction of the Trustees 

 of the Massaciiusetts Society for promoting Agri- 

 culture, will he on the 17th day of Octoher next, 

 and as the sole object of the Society istlie promo- 

 tion of the common interests of the state, particular- 

 ly of that leading one, Agriculture, it is hoped that 

 the friends of agriculture, of commerce, and of 

 inanufactures, will give it their countenance and 

 support. The liberal premiums which the Trus- 

 tees are enabled to oft'er from their own funds, 

 aided by the bounty of the government, will, they 

 trust, attract the notice of numerous competitors, 

 and those gentlemen who feel an interest in these 

 exhibitions, are respectfully invited to send their 

 fine animals, if not for premium, to elicit the no- 

 tice of the community to the improvement of 

 stock. 



All persons svho intend to send animals or ar- 

 ticles for premium or otherwise, will please to 

 make aj)plication to Jonathan Winship, E.sq. the 

 Secretary, at his house at Brighton, in order that 

 the necessary entries may be made in the books, 

 agreeably to the published rules and regulations. 



The several Committees will make their re- 

 spective reports, and the premiums awarded will 

 be declared in the meeting-house at 1 o'clock, and 

 after this, an Address at the re(piest of the Trus- 

 tees, will be pronounced by the Hon. James 

 Richardson of Dedham ; a procetesion will then 

 be formed and inove from the meeting-house to 

 the Cattle Fair Hotel, where a dinner will be provi- 

 ded. Tickets for which, may be had at the book- 

 store of O.C. Greenleaf, No. 118 Washington street, 

 at the Office of the New England Farmer, and on 

 the day of the exhibition, of Jacob Kuhii, or at 

 the bar of the hotel. 



The season has been so unAivorable for fruit, 

 that the usual display can scarcely be expected ; 

 such gentlemen as have fruit, will do a kindness 

 to bear it in mind, as they have been wont to do 

 on similar occasions. 



RULES TO BE OBSERVED BY COMPETITORS FOR THE 



PREMiiMS. 



1. All Stock to be in the I'ens before 9 o'clock, 

 A. M. on Wednesday. 



2. No animal to be removed from the Pens hut 

 by the permission of a Marshal. 



3. Fat Cattle are to be weighed before being put 

 into the Pens, at the expense of the owner. No 

 animals not bred within the State can be offered 

 for Premium. 



4. No competitor for any premium to be pres- 

 ent du-ring the examination, unless requested by 

 the Committee ; the claimants of the premiums 

 for Inventions excepted, who will be required to 

 attend on the Committee to answer such ques- 

 tions as may be put to them ; and also to exhibit 

 sufficient evidence that such inventions as are of- 

 fered by them are of profitable use. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



Animals may be offered for premium at Brighton 

 notwithstanding they have received a premiun 

 from a County Agricultuial Society. 



All Manufactures and Implements, and also the 

 Butter and Cheese to be offered for premium at 

 the Cattle Show, must be brought to the Society 



Hall in Brighton, and entered on Monday, the 15th 

 day of October next, to he examined on the 16th. 



All entries of animals for the pens, or as work- 

 ing cattle, must be made before Tuesday evening, 

 the ]()ih. 



The Ploughing Matches will commence on 

 Wednesday morning, at half past nine o'clock 

 precisely. 



Trial of Working Oxen at 11 o'clock precisely. 



The public sales of Manufactures and Animals 

 at twelve o'clock. 



The applicants will be held to a rigid compli- 

 ance with the rule relative to entries, as well as the 

 other rules prescribed. 



Besides such animals as may have been offered 

 for premiums, any others that are considered as 

 possessing fine qualities will be admitted for sale. 

 And for all animals or manufactures, that are in- 

 tended to be sold, notice must be given to the Sec- 

 retary, before ten o'clock of the 17th. Auction- 

 eers will be provided by the Trustees. 



It is understood, that whenever, merely from 

 want of competition, any of the claimants may be 

 considered entitled to the premium, under a literal 

 construction ; — yet if, in the opinion of the Judges, 

 the object so offered is not deserving of any re- 

 ward, the judges shall have a right to reject such 

 claims. Persons to whom i)rcmiunis shall be 

 awarded, may at their option, have an article of 

 plate, with suitable inscriptions, in lieu of money. 



In cases where pecuniary premiums are offered, 

 the Trustees may, having regard to the circum- 

 stances of the competitors, award either the So- 

 ciety's gold or silver medals, in lieu of the pecu- 

 niary premium annexed to the several articles. 



That if any competitor for any of the Society's 

 premiums shall be discovered to have used any 

 disingenuous measures, by which the objects of 

 the Society have been defeated, such person shall 

 not oidy forfeit the premium w'lich may have been 

 awarded to him, but be rendered incapable of being 

 ever after a com|)etitor for any o( the Society's pre- 

 miums. 



Time of Paying Piemiunis.' — The Treasurer 

 will attend at the Hall at 5 o'clock, P. M. on the 

 day of the Show, and on the next day from 9. .\. 

 M., till 12, M., to pay all premiums awarded. 



All premiums not demanded within six months 

 after they shall have been awarded, shall be deem- 

 ed to have been generously given to aid the funds 

 of the Society. 



By order of the Trustees. 

 JOHN LOWELL,") 

 G. PARSONS, I 

 E. H. DEUBY, y Committee. 

 J. HEARD, Jr. | 

 BENJ. GUILD, j 



January, 1832. 



WASHINGTON BOLMER PLUM. 



Ms FtSSCIIDED, 



Specimens of this celebrated fruit were first ex- 

 hibited, at the shows of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, in 1829, grown on a standard 

 tree, in the garden of Mr S. R. Johnson of Charles- 

 town, measuring over six inches in circumference ; 

 and your correspondent "Prunus" has fallen into 

 an error, in attributing its first introduction into 

 this part of the country, to tlio respected individ- 

 ual to whom he has alluded. This plum has at- 

 tained in England a high reputation, judging from 

 its description in the Pomological Magazine ; where 

 it is compared to, and said to be equal to the Green 

 Gage, and where, subjected to culture upon walls, 



t may, perhaps, be the fact; hut in onr own 

 country, grown in open ground, it is less melting, 

 nor has it the rich flavor of that unrivalled plum. 

 Still it is of great value, being much more hardy, 

 and less subject to the attack of the curculio, than 

 many other kinds. The tree is of very vigorous 

 growth, a good bearer, and its deep green foliage 

 of extraordinary size and beamy. We have not 

 however, seen this fruit growti in the sheltered 

 gardens of the city. V. 



Dorchester, Sept. 24, 1832. 



HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL, 



Kept at the garden of the proprietor of the New Eng- 

 land Fanner, in Lancaster, Mass., thirtyfive miles west 

 from Boston, on the river Nashaway. 



STATE OF THERMOMETER AND WINDS. 



Morning, Noon, Night, Remarks. 



Sept. 10, 40 N. W. 66 N. W. 57 S. W. fair all day. 



11, 57 S. W. 73 S. 68 S. W. rainy night. 



12, 61 S. W. 68 S. VV. 58 N. W. windy, fair. 



13, 42N.W. 59 N. W. 51 W. fair. 



14, 32N.W. 64N. W. 58 N. W. fair. 



15, 56 S. W. 72 S. W. 66 S. W. fair. 



16, 57 N. W. 78 N. W. 68 N. E. fair. 



17, 56 N. E. 78 N. E. 66 N. E. fair. 

 IS, 48 W. 78 S. W. 68 S. W. fair. 



19, 58S. W. 85 S. W. 71 S. W. fair. 



20, 57 S. W. 84 S. W. 71 S. W. fair. 



REMARKS. 



The fio<t on the ni^htol the 9th, slightly injured some 

 of liie delitaie annu.ils. Vines and other tender plants 

 wcK- p.irlially killed by that of the 13th, where exposed 

 to the N,\V. Corn was injured on some exposed larras ; 

 and Field Beans in many places were wholly cut off. 



Among the new annuals introduced into this vicinity, 

 the Crepis ISaibata, or Tolpis Barbata, a native of waste 

 places, especially near the sea, in the south of France, 

 It.ily, and the Levant, has proved a 

 gre.it acquisition. It is an uncommon- 

 ly hardy annual, (not having been in 

 the least affected by the frosts of this 

 month) and is of the easiest culture. 

 ^^ Should be sown in the beginning of 

 ^.jpr|^ April, and the plants thinned out to 18 

 '* inches or two feet apart, which com- 

 mence flowerins: about the first of July, 

 and continue tilled with numerous and 

 beaiilifiil flowers, about an inch in di- 

 ameter, till October. It has a compotmd 

 flower, the rays of which are a lively 

 light yellow, finely serrated, and contrasted with the 

 disc, wheie a numlierof the central florets of a dark pur- 

 plish chocolate hue, form a very brilliant velvet-like 

 spot, or eye, in the middle, which constitutes the chief 

 beauty of the flower. It is of a spreading decumbent 

 growth, reaching fiom the height of one to two feet, 

 lorming a perfect mass of foliage and brilliant flowers 

 horn July to October. We have grown a large bed of it 

 the present season from seed presented by Mr Charles 

 Lawrence of Salem. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



?»TDRD1T, Sept. 22, 1832. 



Fruits erhibiirr!. — Peaches by Dr S. A. Shiirtleff. 

 A very fine specimen of seedling from his garden, 

 of high flavor; one weighed 8 ounces. 



A basket of uncommonly beautiful Red and 

 Yellow Rareripes, was exhibited by Aaron Bald- 

 win, Esq. one weighed 8J^ ounces. Benjamin 

 Guild, Esq. ]iresented to the Society a basket con- 

 taining several varieties of fine peaches. Orange 

 Quinces were jiresented, for premium, by Mr Na- 

 thaniel Davenport of Milton. 



Plums. — Specimen of the Magnum Bonum, by 

 E. Vose, Dorchester. Mr John Kenrick of New- 

 ton, exhibited a beautiful specimen of the Yellow 

 Ingestre Apple, corresponding closely with the 

 figure in Ronald's collection. 



Pears. — By Mr Benjamin Weld of Roxbury ; 



