Vol. XI.-No. 14. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



107 



From tlic Concord, (Mass.) Gazette^ 



CONCORD CATTLE SHOW. 

 The annual celobration of Concurd Cattle Show 

 took place in this town on Wednesday of the 

 present week, and we recollect of no Show for 

 the last six years that passed off with more spirit 

 and good feeling than this anniversary. The Pens 

 for cattle to the nnniher of sixty were well filled, 

 and the exhibition of Domestic Manufactures at 

 the court-house, particularly Domestic Cloths, 

 Carpets, Rugs, and Blankets, exceeded any former 

 exhibition ; there was also a handsome display of 

 butter and fruits. The Ploughing Match was a 

 scene of much interest — there were seven double 

 and six single teams contending manfully for the 

 honor of a premium. The exhibition of Working 

 Cattle consisted of 22 pairs of noble looking ox- 

 en, all which gave a fine display of strength and 

 discipline. The intellectual exhibition was of 

 more than common excellence ; Dr Thompson's 

 Address was worthy of the man and the occasion, 

 and gave universal satisfaction. 



LIST OF ENTRIES FOR PREMIUMS. 



C single and 7 double teams for the Ploughing 

 Match ; 20 pair of working oxen ; 12 fat oxen ; 6 

 pair of 3 year old steers ; 5 pair of 2 year old 

 steers ; ^ pair of 1 year old steers ; 5 bull calves ; 

 7 heifer calves; 3 two year old heifers; 10 one 

 year old heifers ; 1 pair of steer calves ; 5 bulls ; 

 7 milch cows ; 8 milch heifers ; 33 swine ; 8 car- 

 pets ; 7 rugs ; 1 1 blankets ; 6 pieces domestic cloth ; 

 C lace veils ; 39 other articles of domestic manu- 

 facture ; .32 specimens of butter ; and 24 speci- 

 mens of fruits, flowers, and vegetables. 



LIST OF PREMIUMS. 



On Farms. To Elijah Fiske of Waltham, 1st 

 premium of 2.5 dollars; Moses Whitney of Stow, 

 15 dollars; Eli Rice of Marlboro', 10 dollars; and 

 a gratuity of 5 dollars to Abraham How, of the 

 same town. 



On Mulberry Trees. To Micah M. Ruttcr of 

 East Sudbury, 25 dollars ; to Joel Fox of Dracut, 

 15 dollars. 



Ploughing Match. James Barrett of Concord, 

 17 dollars ; Silas Conant, same town, 7 dollars — 

 double teams. Jacob Baker of Lincoln, 10 dol- 

 lars for his plough, and 3 dollars as pl.-ughinan ; 

 Cyrus Stow, of Concord, 6 dollars for his plough, 

 and 3 dollars as ploughman; Willard Blood of 

 Concord, 4 dollars for his plough, and 2 dollars as 

 ploughman — single teams. 



Working Oxen. Sherman Barrett of Concord, 

 10 dollars; Winthrop E. Faulkner of Acton, 8 

 dollars; Silas Conant of Concord, 6 dollars ; Tim- 

 othy Brooks of Lincoln, 5 dollars ; Samuel Iloar, 

 Jr. of Lincoln, 4 dollars ; Stephen Patch of Con- 

 cord, 3 dollars. 



Fat Oxen. Caleb Wetherbee of Marlboro', 8 

 dollars ; Ichabod Stow of Stow, 5 dollars ; Silas 

 Holden of Acton, a gratuity of 3 dollars. 



Mat Cattle. James P. Barrett of Ashby, for 

 best Bull, 12 dollars ; Isaac H. Joues of Weston, 

 next best, 8 dolls. David Blood of Peiiperell, for 

 best 3 year old Steer, 7 dolls. Jonas Goodenow 

 of Framingham, next best, 5 dolls. James Brown 

 of Framingham, 2 year old Steers, 6 dolls. Josi- 

 ah Green of Carlisle, next best, 4 dolls. Edward 

 Rice of Marlborough, 1 year old Steer, 3 dolls. 

 Joel Conant of Acton, for best calf, 5 dolls. Ich- 

 abod Everett of Billerica, next best, 3 dolls. Lew- 

 is Holbrook of Sherburne, two premiums for 2 

 year old Heifers, 10 dolls. Paul Adams, of Con- 



cord, best 1 year old Heifer, 5 dolls. Phillip A. 

 Mentzer of Stow, next best, 3 dolls. 



Milch Cows. William Watts of Concord, for 

 best Milch cow, 12 dolls. Aaron Chaffin of Ac- 

 ton, next best, 10 dolls. Peter Fletcher, next best, 

 8 dolls. Sullivan Thayer of Marlborough, next 

 best, dolls. Moody Moore of Waltham, the best 

 Milch Heifers under three years, 8 dolls. Daniel 

 Giles of Concord, next best, 5 dolls. 



Sioine. Jesse Mathews of Lincoln, for best 

 Boar, 8 dolls. George iM. Barrett of Concord, 

 next best, 6 dolls. John Mackay of Weston, best 

 Sow, 8 dolls. Tarrant P. Merriani of Concord, 

 next best, 6 dolls. George M. Barrett, for best 

 pigs, 6 dolls. 



Butter. Abner Wheeler, Esq. of Framingham, 

 for the best firkin of Butter, 10 dolls. Michael 

 Crosby of Bedford, next best, 8 dolls. Eldrirtge 

 Jlerriam of Bedford, next best, 3 dolls. Augus- 

 tus Tuttle of Concord, next best, 3 dolls. Abram 

 Prcscott of Westford, next best, 2 dolls. 



MERRIMACK COUNTY CATTLE SHOW. 



The annual Cattle Show and exhibition of do- 

 mestic manufactures for the County of Merrimack, 

 was held at Dunbarton on Wednesday last. Owing 

 probably, to the unfavorable appearance of the 

 weather in the morning, and the continued rain 

 during most of the day, the show and exhibition 

 were not so well attended as in former years. 

 Among the animals collected on the occasion were, 

 we understand, several pairs of working oxen, 

 fr|ual in size, beauty and strength, to any exhibited 

 on former occasions. There were also some ex- 

 cellent specimens of sheep and other animals ; but 

 taken as a whole, in reference to numbers and 

 quality, the exhibition was less showy than in past 

 years. A like remark may also be applied to the 

 exhibition of household manufactures and vegeta- 

 ble productions; although of a good quality, they 

 were few. We trust, however, that no just infer- 

 ence can be drawn from these circumstances, that 

 the breeds of domestic animals have in any degree 

 deteriorated within the County ; or, that a just 

 pride of emulation, or the spirit of improvement 

 among our agricultural friends is on the wane. 

 At the next anniversary, which we are told is to be 

 held in Concord, a more central part of the Coun- 

 ty, we hope that former efforts will be revived, not 

 only in the show of animals, but especially in the 

 exhibition of household manufactures — a branch 

 of industry in which our female friends are pecu- 

 liarly interested, and of whose skill and patient in- 

 dustry there cannot be a doubt, and to whose pat- 

 riotism appeals are never made in vain. — .V. H. 

 Statesman. 



eral Committees were lead and premiums award- 

 ed, and the officers of the Society and Committees 

 for the ensuing year appointed. We shall publish 

 the reports of the Committees next week, it being 

 too late to publish them at length in this dav's pa- 

 per. The following Officers and Committees 

 were chosen. 



President. Roland llov/ard. 



Vice Presidents. Pitt Clark, Otis Thompson, 

 Roland Green, Horatio Leonard. 



Recording Secretary. W. A. F. Sproat. 



Corresponding Secretary. James L. Hodges. 



Treasurer, Samuel L. Crocker. 



Committee of Publication. James L. Hodges, 

 Jacob Chapin, W. A.F. Sproat. 



Manufactures. John C. Dodge, Geo. A. Crocker, 

 Jahez Ingraham, James C. Starkweather, Otis Allen. 



Farms and J\lulbcrry Trees. Roland Green, 

 Jacob Dean, Alfred Baylies. 



Agriculture. Jacob Chapin, Elkanah Bates, 

 Carmi Andrews, Nathan Reed. 



Domestic Animals. Horatio Pratt, Ebenezer Wil- 

 liams, Jesse Carpenter, John P. Dennis. 



Working Oxen. Sydney Williams, Seth Hodg- 

 es, Leprelate Sweet, Edward Leonard. 



Ploughing. Wm. A. Crocker, Benjamin Wil- 

 liams, Thomas C. Martin, Cromwell Leonard, Ber- 

 nard Alger. — Taunton Sim. 



Middlesex Agricultural Society. — At a meeting of 

 this Society on the .3d inst. the following gentle- 

 men were chosen officers for the year ensuing, 

 viz : President, Benjamin F. Varnum of Dracut. 

 Vice Presidents, Abner Wheeler of Framingham, 

 and Abel Jewettof Pepperell. Corresponding Sec- 

 retary, Josiah Bartlett of Concord. Recording 

 Secretary, John Stacy of do. Treasurer, Cyrus 

 Stow of do. 



BRISTOL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Bristol County Agricultural Society, held 

 its annual exhibition in Taunton, on the 3d 

 inst. There was no great display of manufac- 

 tures ; and a less number of domestic animals 

 were presented for premiums than on some for- 

 mer occasions. After attending to the ordinary bu- 

 siness of the Society, a procession was formed, and 

 proceeded to the Universalist meeting-house, where 

 an appropriate and able address was pronounced 

 by Roland Howard, Esij. of Easton, the Presi- 

 dent of the Societ)'. A copy of the address has 

 been requested for publication. The Society 

 dined at the Taunton Hotel, and at the appointed 

 hour assembled at the vestry of Rev. JMr Hamil- 

 ton's meeting-house, where the reports of the sev- 



PEACH TREES. 



The present is a suitable time for calling the at- 

 tention of Horticulturists to the propriety of fre- 

 quently heading down peach trees. This should 

 be repeated as often as once in four or five years, 

 for several reasons; first, by repeated headings 

 the branches are more upright, and not so subject 

 to be broken by the weight of fruit as when they 

 have extended horizontally the same or a greater 

 length ; secondly, young or thrifty shoots produce 

 the finest fruit, both in size and flavor; and, last- 

 ly, an upright growing top has a more ornament- 

 al appearance, than when the horizontal limbs 

 have become ill shapen and stinted. AVe say the 

 present is a suitable time for calling the attention 

 of Horticulturists to this subject, because some of 

 the evils of neglecting this practice are more com- 

 mon than in most seasons, viz. the breaking down 

 of the branches. Perhaps there never was a seas- 

 on since the settlement of this country, when so 

 many trees were broken by being overloaded with 

 fruit. Next spring, many peach orchards will re- 

 quire heading from necessity, or rather cutting 

 away the broken limbs will amount to the same 

 thing; but it is to avoid a repetition of it that we 

 now invite attention to the subject. Another ad- 

 vantage is, that, when trees are throwing out young 

 wood, it is a favorable time to change the fruit of 

 such .as are not good, by budding, which it would 

 be difficult to do upon old wood. Never reject an 

 old stock as long as it will send out young wood 

 by heading, for it will produce fruit sooner than 

 young trees ; and never reject a tree because the 

 fruit is bad, when it can be so easily changed. — 

 Genesee Farmer. 



