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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



November 7, 1S32, 



CONCORD CATTLE SHOW. 



LIST OF FKF.MIl'MS. 



On Farms. — To Elijali Fiske of Wnlthnm, 1st 

 premium, $25; Moses Wliitiicy of Stow, next, 

 ,|15 ; Eli Rice of Marlboro', next, $10 ; Abraham 

 How, Jo. gratuity, $5. 



On Mulberry Trees. — Micah M. Riitter of East 

 Siirlbury, $25; Joel Fox, Jr. ofDracut, $13. 



Ploughing Match. — Double teams — James Bar- 

 rett of Concord, $17; Silas Conarit of do. SIO ; 

 Sherman Barnti, do. $7. Single teams — Jacob 

 Baker of Lincoln, $10 ; as ploughman, $3 ; Cyrus 

 Stow of Concord, $6, as plouglini.-ui $3 ; William 

 Blood of Concord, $4, as ploughman .$2. 



On Working Oxen.' — Sherman Barrett of Con- 

 cord, 1st preraiuni, ."^10; Wiuthmp E. Faulkner 

 of Acton, next, $8 ; Silas Conant of Concord, next, 

 $6 ; Timothy Brooks of Lineohi, next, $5 ; Sam- 

 uel Hoar, 2d do. next, $4 ; Steplieu Patch of Con- 

 cord, next, $3. 



Oil Fat Oxen. — Caleb Wetherbee of Blarlboro', 

 Ist premium, !*8 ; Ichabod Stow of Stow, next, 

 $5; Silas Holdea of Acton, a gratuity of $3. 



On Milch Cows. — VVm. Watts of Concord, for 

 l)est milch cow, $12; Aaron Chaffin of Acton, 

 next best, $10; I'eter Fletcher, next best, $8; 

 Sullivan Thayer of Marlborough, next best, $6 ; 

 Moody Moore of Waltham, best ftlilch Heifer un- 

 der 3 years, $8 ; Daniel Giles of Concord, next 

 best, $5. 



On .Vea( Cattle. — James P. Barrett of Ashby, 

 for best bull, $12 ; Isaac H. Jones of Weston, next 

 best, $8 ; David Blood of Pepperell, 3 year old 

 Sleer, $7 ; Jonas Goodnow of Framiugham, next 

 best, $5; James Brown of do. 2 year old Steers, 

 $G; Josiah Green of Carlisle, next best, $4; Ed- 

 ward Rice of Marlboro', 1 year oUl Steers, $3 ; 

 Joel Conant of Acton, for best calf, $5 ; Ichabod 

 Everett of Billerica, next best, $3 ; Lewis Hol- 

 brook of Sherburne, two premiums for 2 year old 

 Heifers, $10; Paul Adams of Concord, best 1 

 year old do. $5 ; Phillip A. Mcntzer of Stov.', next 

 best, $3. 



On Swine. — Jesse Mathews, of Lincoln, for 

 hest Boar, $8 ; George M. Barrett of Concord, 

 next best, $6; Jolin Maokay of Weston, best Sow, 

 $8 i Tarrant P. Merriam of Concord, next best, 

 ^6 ; George M. Barrett of do. for best pigs, $6 ; 

 Abishia Brown of do. next best, $3. 



On Butter. — Abner Wheeler of Framingham, 

 for the hest firkin of butter, 810 ; Jlichael Cros- 

 l(y of Bedford, next best, iB8 ; Eldijdge Merriam 

 of do. next best, $5 ; Augustus Tuttle of Concord, 

 next best, $3; Abraham Prescott bf Westford, 

 iipxt best, $2. 



Ciller. — Jonathan Rice Marlboro'i, for best ci- 

 (jer, §8 ; Joseph Sanger, 2d, Sherburne, next best, 

 $2. 



Broadclotlis, Flannels, Carpets, SfC. — Rock Bot- 

 tom Company, for broadcloths, $7 ; Zadock Rog- 

 ers, Tewkesbury, plain cloth, $0; Stephen Jones, 

 ijshby, next best, $4 ; Betsey Jewett, Pepperell, 

 («\ece cassimere, $2; for best flannels, $5; Hearth 

 S-'ug, $4; Wm. Adams, Chelmsford, best carpel, 

 SS; Mrs Abram Prescott, Westford, next hest, 

 *5; Martha B. Edwards, do. next best, $3; Re- 

 fiecca Penniman, Carlisle, best coverlet, $4; Sa- 

 rah P. Loring, Groton, next best, $3; Polly Rog- 

 ers, Tewkesbury, best blaid<et, $3; Betsey Jew- 

 ott, Pepperell, next best, $2 ; Barsheba Fiske, 

 Lincolo, ne.\t best, $3 ; Lucy Stone, do. next best, 

 $2. 



Straw and Grass Bonnets. — Mary Rice, Fra- 

 miugham, Straw Bonnet, $3 ; Ann Hartwell, Lit- 

 tleton, next best $2. , 



Leather. — Benj. Dix Littleton, best sole leatl - 

 er, 84 ; Peter Fletcher, Stow, best calf skins, | !. 



Boots onrf Shoes. — Otis Allen, Weston, 3 par 

 cow-hide boots, .$4 ; Bobbins &. Tlunston, Coi- 

 cord, ladies' shoes, $3 : do. 3 pair ladies' boot , 

 gratuity, $2. 



Frvits. — Thomas Wheeler, Lincoln, for Peacl - 

 es, $3 ; do. do. Winter Ajiples, $3; CharUi 

 Wheeler, do. $2; Warren Larrabec, Framin;- 

 bam, do. $1 ; Nathaniel S. Bennett, do. Grape , 

 $1 ; Moses Whitney, Stow, for Egg Plums, $1 

 Cyrus Wheeler, Concord, Watermelons, $1 ; Hen 

 ry Robbins, Apples, $2 ; Abel Jones, Acton, Pip 

 pin Apples, $2,50; Timothy Davis, Billerica, fo 

 Apples, $1,50; Micah Leland, Sherburne, do. $1 

 The Committee on Manvfactures have attended t 



the duty assigned them, and suhmil the following 



Rcpo rt : 



The County of Middlesex has been in forme 

 times almost exclusively devoted to agriculture 

 and her proximity to the great capital of the Stat 

 has always given her a good market and rendei 

 ed this interest valuable. It is only within a Ce\ 

 years that she could be said to be a nianufacturin ■ 

 county — now her manufactures are among tl ! 

 most valuable and "perfect of any in the Units I 

 States. Every year arlds to the variety aiul vah j 

 of her fabrics — new coinbinations of power a] ■ 

 plied to now purposes arc constantly going fo ■ 

 ward ; but how much farther her mauufaelur* 

 are to he extended and perfected will mainly de- 

 pend on the policy of the Government in proterti 

 ing domestic industry. A great change in the 

 pursuits of the people of this county has taken 

 place since the organization of this Society in 

 1610; one of whose i>rini-ipal objects hascMr 

 been the encouragement of Manufactures. Ii is 

 not pretended, however, that the increase of inan- 

 ufactures is to be attributed to the small pin.iuce 

 which it has been the custom of this Society in of- 

 fer for the best specimens of broadcloths, cassi- 

 meres, satinets, flannels, cotton cloths, &c. No, 

 the cause is rather to be found in the spirit of en- 

 terprise, and the desire to excel in manufactuiing 

 a good article in order to find the best market .nnd 

 to obtain the best profit — and we do not suppose 

 a yard of cloth more has been made by our ;;reat 

 manufacturing establishments, or that it has been 

 better made in consequence of our premiums. 

 But we say the change has been recent and rnpid, 

 and that it has been beneficial to the whole ct tn- 

 inunrty. The farmer finds abetter market, the 

 mechanic and laborer better employment and bet- 

 ter pay, and its good efl'ects are unusually seen 

 and felt. 



Now there is in all conniiunities a class of per- 

 sons, to whom all change is unwelcome ; no mat- 

 ter whether the change be for the better or for the 

 worse, it is nevertheless a change and as such is 

 to be deprecated. It was so in 1804, wlien wa- 

 ter power was applied to the spinning of cotton. 

 Previous to that time nearly all our cloths were 

 household manufactures, in regard both to spin- 

 ning and weaving; and it was supposed by our 

 respected mothers that the spinning business would 

 be endangered by this novel invention of spinniig 

 by water, and they viewed it as an evil omfii. 

 But 1816, when it was known that water pover 

 had been applied to weaving as well as spinning, 



then it was that loud lamentations were heard :, 

 our mothers declared in the excess of their patri- 

 otism that the nation would he ruined; lake away 

 from us, said they, our spinning and weaving, yoiE 

 take our all, and little else remains for us and our 

 daugliters to do ; like our friends of South Caro- 

 lina, they were ready (if a convention had been 

 called) 10 nullify water-looujs by theliundred, and 

 all lor the gcod of the country. 



This feeling «as prevalent for years, and we 

 think our mothers were in the right — and that, 

 su|pposing the evil to be as great as ihey thought it 

 to be, this feeling was dictated by the soundest 

 principles of political economy, because iiulusti'y 

 is admitted to be wealth and the oidy substantial 

 wealth of a community ; and if you deprive soci- 

 ety of its accustomed industry, you deprive ihenj 

 of their means of living. They erred, it is true, 

 in placing too much reliance on spinning and 

 weaving, and did not apprehend that there were 

 other channels into which their industry might be 

 profitably directed. 



But the spinning wheel was not suffered to die 

 without many a pathetic eulogy to its honored 

 memory. Often have we heard our mothers la- 

 ment the neglect and ('ontempt with which this 

 perverse generation treated them. Why, said 

 they again, why do you not reflect tliat this same 

 neglected animal carried the country safely tlirough 

 the war of the revolution; it supplieJ your armies 

 with clothing, protected thi^m against the c«lds of 

 the north, and the heats of the south, and was un- 

 der Providence the salvation of the country. And 

 not only so, hut the time was, when no dwelling- 

 liouse was (iropeily furnished without them — no 

 daughter received her marriage portion without a 

 large and a foot wheel — it was an honor to any 

 fair damsel to have a spinning wheel and to know 

 how to use it too ; and such was the desire to let 

 the world know that it wns used, that it generally 

 stood in the entry near the front door, so that all 

 interested (the young gentleman, too, as he passed 

 by) might take notice and govern themselves ac- 

 cordingly. Tlieti the music of this much neglected 

 instrument was highly extolled, it was far preferable 

 to any heard in these degenerate days ; they would 

 ive more to hear " Sweet Home" played on a 

 spinning wheel, than all the jiiuno-fortes in cre- 

 ation ! — it was so solid and so thrilling withal, that 

 it gave an impulse to all who heard it. But noiv, 

 the poor spinning wheel is doomed to he packed 

 away, neglected and forgotten, among the rubbish 

 of old chairs, side saddles and panniers, in the 

 garrets of our houses. But time has set all things 

 right; the spinning wheel is not cared for in this 

 generation — the fears of our good mothers have 

 proved groundless — the government still stands, 

 tHoiigh rather shabbily administered — the sun 

 rises and sets as usual — our elections, thanksgiv- 

 ings and new years' days, come and go just as 

 lliey used to do twenty years ago^another genera- 

 tion has risen ufi who know not Joseph, and who 

 think they have a jicrfect right to sneer at the 

 spinning wheel because they live in a free coun- 

 try. But as we have before intimated, our atten- 

 tiiin is now to be directed to the promotion of 

 household mamifactures — and here we discover 

 the skill and industry of our fair friends. Their 

 attention has lately been turned to fine needle 

 worli, many beautiful specimens of which are an- 

 nually exhibited at our Shows. We venture to 

 predict that this branch of female industry will be 



