]NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



PUBLISHED BY ,It)HN B. RUSSP-LL, KOGKIIS' BUIF.DINGf?, CONGRKSS SI Rl.KT, liO^fON.— THO:\l AS G. K1>SI;MjI:.\, KDlloi!. 



VOL. in. 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1824. 



No. 10. 



©rftjin.Tl (Sror.iiuunfraticn.y. 



BRIGHTON CATTLE SHOW. 



ji(/ Rrsruhilions, io be observed at the Cat- 

 hnw, E.rhibitio:i of Manvfuctures, Plough- 



Rules an 



iHtr .l/nrc/i, Public Sale nj Animals and Mann 

 faclurcs, at Brighton^ on Wednesday the 20th, 

 ami Thursday the ^Ist of October, 1821. 



1. At 9 o'clock, A. JI. of Wednesday the 20th, 

 the Members of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Society for Promoting Agriculture, will meet in 

 their H;ill for admission of Members, &c. At 

 half pa?t 9 a procession will be formed by the 

 Marshals, and proceed to the Meeting House, 

 where prayers will be offered, — and the Presi- 

 dent will announce the Arrangements, names of 

 the several Committees on Premiums, &c. Im 

 mediately after they will proceed to their sev 

 eral duties. 



2. All Slock entered for Premiums, must be 

 put in the Pens before 9 A. M. according to the 

 numbers of their Tickets as furnished by the 

 Secretary, under the direction of the Jlarshals. 



3. Gentlemen who have Fine Animals, not 

 intended to be offered for Premiums, will grat- 

 ify the Society by exhibiting them in their 

 Field, where Pens will be ailnttcdto them, sub- 

 ject to the same rules with those wlio contend 

 for Premiums. 



-1. No Animal can be removed from the Pens, 

 but by permission of a Marshal or Trustee. 



6. The avenue between the ranges of Pens, 

 is intended exclusively for ihe Trustees, Commit- 

 tees, Members of the Society, and invited persons ; 

 it is therefore requested and expected, that no 

 other person enter tiie snme, but at the invita- 

 tion of one of the Trustees; but the Field will 

 be free to all. 



6. All Articles under the head of " Domes- 

 tic and Household Manvfaclnres," it must be 

 carefully noticed, are to be deposited in the So- 

 ciety's Rooms, on Monday the 18th, to bo ex- 

 amined by the Committee on Tuesday the 19th, 

 being the day before tlie Cattle Sho~D. Persons 

 oifering them, will hand to the Secretary, the 

 necessary Certificates of the Manufacture being 

 within the Stale of Massachusetts, as they are 

 not permitted themselves to bo present at Ihe 

 Examination of the Committee; but are ex- 

 pected afterwards to see to their own goods, 

 uhirh are to be at their own risk, and are not 

 allowed to he removed from the Hall, until af- 

 ter the public sale on the 21st. The Trustees 

 will furnish a Night Watch on the same, during 

 the continuance of the Show. 



7. .'Ml persons offering Articles nnder the 

 head of " /)i-je)i(ioiu," will place them in the 

 Lower Hall, on the West Side, as directed by 

 the person who will be there to receive them, 

 on Monday the 18th; and on Tuesday the 19lh, 

 at 9 A. M. they will attend the Committee, fur- 

 nished with evidence of their usefulness, &,c. 

 agreeably to the premium list. 



8. All persons ofl'ering Butter, Cheese, Cider, 

 and Currant Wine, must have them at the Hall 

 on Monday the ISlh or before 10 A. M. of 

 Tuesday the 19th, all having a private mark, 



and a scaled paper, giving a lull slalement of the j free ol atiy expom 



nionce 

 ularly. 



n-d till- s.ilo 



Cider and Wine making. The best barrel of i nionce with the lir,-t entry, and proceed on rcg 



Cider and gallon of Currant Wine, which ol 

 tain the first premium, will be made use of at 

 the Society's Dinner, on Wednesday (he 201h. 



9. Those persons oHering Working O.tcn, 

 having regularly entered them, will arrange 

 (hem in the Society's Field, on Thursday the 

 21st, under Ihe direction of a Marshal, and 

 must thereafter be under the direction of the 

 Committee for that purpose. 



10. Those persons who have entered Ploughs 

 for the Alatchesns well as those who intend to do 

 so before 9 A. M. of the 21st, will please to 

 observe the new regulations on that head in the 

 premium lists, and have their ploughs on the 

 ground before 9 o'clock, as precisely at that 

 hour the lists will be called over. 



1 1 . The following Gentlemen being appointed 

 Marshals, Major Wi:F.Ei.Er,, G. W. Beale, Esq. 

 Col. S.uiuEL J..1QUES, and Capt. Isaac Cook, it is 

 exi)ected that every person having business at 

 the Shoxi-, will follow their directions, as also 

 those of the Trustees of Ihe Society, so that 

 proper order and regularity may be supported. 



12. As the Chairman of each Committee will 

 prepare their own Rules and Regulations, it is 

 expected and required, that all persons having 

 business with either Committee will govern 

 themselves accordingly. 



1.3. The Premiums will be awarded on the 

 21st, at 4 P. M. in the Meeting House, and the 

 T"°asur"r will immodiatcly after in the Socie- 

 tj, "s Hall, pay all premiums, those the most dis- 

 tant I'rom home first. It must be remembered 

 that any premiuins which are not claimed in 

 Six Months, are considered as generously given 

 to aid the funds of the Society. 



11. The examination of all Animals will take 

 place on Wed:iesday the 20th ; the trial of 

 Working Oxen and Ploughing Matches on Thurs- 

 day Ihe 21st ; and the Public Sales of Animals 

 and Manufactures on Thursday Ihe 21st. 



15. All Fat Animals must be weighed before 

 entering the Pens, at the expense of their own- 

 ers. 



IG. Animals to he sold at Public Auction on 

 the 2d day of the Show, agreeably to notice in 

 the Hand Bill for Premiums, must be entered, 

 and a description of the same given to the 

 Secretary', (Jonathan Winship, Esq. of Brighton 

 — tr 'ehom, it must be particularly noticed, all en- 

 triis relating to the rvhole Shoxi), excepting the 

 Ploughing Matrh, are to be made,) to ennble 

 them to enter the proper Pens on the morning 

 of Ihe 21st, the sale whereof will commence 

 in regular order at half past 11 o'clock pre- 

 cisely. An Auctioneer will attend to the sale, 

 free of charge to the owners, except Govern- 

 meat Duties, and who must be responsible for 

 the delivery of their own Animals and Manufac- 

 tur«s, in couformity to the conditions of Ihe 

 sale, The sale of Manufactures will commence 

 in the Hall at 12 o'clock. Proprietors of 

 Goods will have a list prepared to hand the 

 Auclioneer ; they are also expected to collect 

 their own moneys ; it being fully understoorl, 

 that the Auclioneer is only to bid off the same. 



will com- 



s- 



Commitleenf 

 Arran"ements. 



17. The Members of th.e Society who have 

 not received their Ctrlificales, will find Mr. 

 Kuhn attending Un- tlial purpose, at thrir nfScis 

 in the Agricultural ILill, who will deliver them, 

 on paying Five D.dhirs, the sum agreed upoa 

 instead of all annual assessments. T.';e same 

 l)orson "ill a!~o, on application in season, fur- 

 nish Tickets lor the Dinner at Dudley's Man- 

 sion House Hotel. 



18. The Mall will bo opened on 'Wednesdav' 

 the 20th, between the hours of 9 and 12, for the 

 sole purpose of giving Ladies an op])ortuuity of 

 viewing the Manufactures, and some of Ihii 

 Trustees will ha tlicre to wait upon liicm. The 

 oTi'iiers of goods are expected, on both public 

 days of Shoiv and Sale, to attend and exhibit their 

 oirn articles. The Trustees can devise no bet- 

 ter mode Io prevent loss and tlamage to goods, 

 and at the same time to give the public an op- 

 portunity to view them. 



19. No person whatever will be admilled in- 

 to the Halls only on Wednesday the 20th, and 

 Thursday the 21st, except those having busi- 

 ness there. 



GORHAM PARSON.S, ; 

 .JOHN PRINCE, 

 P. C. BROOKS, 

 September, iT)2 1. 



ESSEX A'^RlCULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Arrangement for the Agfictdturai E.rhibition ut 

 Topsfdd, on Tuesday, October 26, 1824. 



1. All claims for premiums must be entered 

 with the Secretary of theSociet}', on or before 

 9 o'clock, A. M. of the day of Exhibition. And 

 each claimant will be expected to furnish a de- 

 scription in writing of the animal or article of- 

 fered for j)remiums. 



2. .^11 animals and articles intended for cxhi- 

 hibition or premium, must be presented to 

 the officers of (he Society, who will be in at- 

 tendance to receive them, by 8 o'clock in the 

 morning, that there may be time to arr.nnge 

 them in their proper places by 9, after which 

 none will be adniittcd. 



3. Gentlemen who have fine animal.", or any 

 articles of extr iordin;'.ry grovah or qualify, 

 will gratily the Trustees by exhibiting Ihe.n. 

 Suitable accommodations wiil be provided lor 

 their reception. 



4. The several commiitecp for cx?niining 

 Stock, &c. will meet together ai the Hotel, at 9 

 o'clock, A. M. and thence proceed immediately 

 in the performance of their respective duties; 

 at which time the owners or keepers of these 

 animals or articles presented for premiums, 

 must be present to give any information that 

 may be required concerning the.';;. 



5. The ploughing match will commence pre- 

 cisely at 11 o'clock. Convenient accommoda- 

 tions will be provided for eight or ten competi- 

 tors ; and more if necessary. Persons intend- 

 ing to enter the list for ploughing, are request- 

 ed to give notice of th^ir intention previous to 



