NEW EiNGLAND FARMER. 



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To Sally How, at' M-Arlboro' for 8 Dajs wove with- 

 out seam, 



To T- P. Merriatn, for a Bog OuUcr, 



To do. for a Plow Cutter, 



To R. Chaffin, Actoa, for an improved Crow for 

 Hogsheads 



To Thompson Gacon,Esq. Bedford, for an improv- 

 ed Blind Fastening, 



To Edward Curti?, of Pepperell, for a specime^i of 

 excellent Paper, 



To Radeaux ii Chavant, for a specimen of fine 

 Hats 



To Nahum Hardy, of Waltham, for a specimen of 

 Butter made after an improved method 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Luke Fisk 

 and Nahum Hardy, who presented to the Socie- 

 ty the largest Water Melon, ever raised iii the 

 Commonwealth. 



To Luke Fiske, Esq. oC Wallham, for the best 

 working oxen 



To Eli Rice, of Marlhoro,' for 2d best 



To S. Spaulding, of Chelmsford, for the best bull 



To Stephen Patch, Esq. of Linceln, for the next 

 beat 



To Henry Wright, of Concord, for the best bull 

 calf 



To Thomas Wheeler, of do. for the best heifer 



To Josiah Crosby, Esq. of BiUerica, for 2d best 

 heifer 



To Maj. Samuel Burr, of Concord, for the best hei- 

 fer calf 



To Saxon Factory, Framingham, for the best piece 

 of Broadcloth 



To Rock-Bottom Company for 2d best 



To Stepheu Buttrick, of Framingham, for a fine 

 piece of plain cloth 



To George M. Barrett, for do 



To Rock-Bottom Co. for best Cassimere 



To Jonathan V'arnum, of Dracut, for a piece of 

 plain cloth 



To Andrew Adams, of Lincoln, for best piece of 

 flannel 



To Jonathan Varnum, of Dracut, for next best 



To Elijah Wood, of Concord, for best piece of 

 carpeting 



To Isaac Monroe, of Lincoln, for next best 



To Capt. A. Cole, of do. for do. 



'J'o Mrs. Cyrus Hosmer, for another 



To Mrs. Hannah Blood, of Uracutt, for another 



To Susan Hubbard, for the best pair of woollen 

 blankets 



To Miss Lydia Hosmer, for best coverlet 



To Rebecca Hayward, of Acton, for the nest best 



To Betsey Munroe, of Lincoln, for a superiour 

 white counterpane 



To Eliza Pierce, of Tyngsboro,' for a qpilt ■ 



To Mrs. Jonathan V'arnum, of Dracut, for the best 

 piece of linen diaper 



To Abraham Prescott, Westford, for 2d best 



To SOsan Mann, of East Sudbury, for the best pair 

 of knit hose 



To Mrs. Joseph Merriam for 2d best 



To Emily Wheeler, of East Sudbury, for a fine 

 pair of worsted socks 



To Eckley Stearns, of Bedford, (or two pocket 

 books 



To Abigail Pickens, for a coverlet 



PLOUGHING MATCH. 



To Samuel Hoar 2d, first premium 17 



To .George M. Barrett, second 10 



To Luke Fiske, Esq. third 7 



iidilition of Messrs Kmaj anil Francis, were au- 

 tliorized (o c:\ii»o llio same to be published at 

 (he expense of the Society. 



" The Secretary was requested to forward 

 diplomas lo Matthew Curey, of Philadc^lphia, — 

 John Priuce, of Iloxhurj, Muss, and Thomas G. 

 Fesscnden, of Boston, constituting them honorary 

 members for lite. 



" A vote was also passed by the Standing 

 Committee, recommending to the use of the 

 Society the New England Farmer, a highly in- 

 slrnclife and valuable weekly paper, edited by 

 Mr t'esseiiden of Boston, the annual subscription 

 of which is only three dollars." 



The Committee on Live Stock observe that 

 " they were strongly impressed with the im- 

 portance of breeding from the best imported 

 slocks; — in them, those points and properties 

 on which we place the most value, are each, 

 from various crossings, either perfected in dis- 

 tinct breeds, or many of them united in one." 



"From our native stock, doubtloss we could 

 in lime produce the same result ; everv animal 

 that had the smallest [lorlion of blood from im- 

 ported stock, was distinguished by some marked | 

 peculiarity in beauty or usefulness. 



" For us the smallest sized animals are un- 

 doubtedly best suited to the various purposes 

 which connect them with agricultural economy ; 

 first to produce and then to maintain a large 

 sized animal, will require pastures richer than 

 ours, and to give them cosily food must be ru- 

 inous." 



The Committee appointed to superintend the 

 Ploughing, and to award the premiums, observe 

 that " the preminms on ploughing were offer- 

 ed lo those who ploughed best and at the least 

 expense. Speed., therefore, was not the criteri- 

 on of merit, and this was urged repeatedly and 

 earnestly, on the drivers; but they disregarded 

 the admonition. To correct, therefore, in future 

 this injudicious and very hurtful practice, the 

 committee have awarded no premium on either 

 of the drivers." 



The Fifth Annual Cattle Show and Exhibition 

 of the Rhode Islanrl Society for the Encovrngement 

 of Domestic Industry, was holden at Pawtuxet, 

 on the 6th and 7th insl. [t appears by the offi- 

 cial Report, that " the thanks of the Society were 

 presented to the Hun. William Hunter, together 

 with a diploma of membership, and a copy of 

 his exceedingly able Address solicited for the 

 press. Messrs Richmond and Smith, the Com- 

 mittee appointed last year to obtain a copy of 

 Pr Drown's Address, were requested to renew 

 their apphcation to the Doctor, and with the 



From the Quarterly Review. 



The Hessian fly is supposed to have been an 

 importation, because it first appeared in a field 

 of wheat on or near the Hessian encampment 

 opposite New York. We know not whether 

 the Germans recognize it as one of the plagues 

 of their country, or if it he the resurrection of 

 some buried species which has in an evil hour 

 found its way to the light.* It travel? at the rate 

 of twenty miles a year, and it has been so des 

 tructive that the cultivation of wheat in Connect 

 icut has been in a great measure discontinued, 

 in consequence of its ravages. It has indeed 

 been found impossible longer to cultivate the 

 particular sort of wheat which was best fitted 

 for the soil and climate of New England, and 

 furnished also the best bread. This species is 

 actually ' lost out of the country,' and whenever 

 wheat is sown, the fly multiples with it, till, in 

 a few years, it becomes numerous enough to 

 destroy the crop. 



A great interchange of commodities is un- 

 wittingly carried on wherever commerce ex- 

 tends. The West Indian cockroach has found 

 its way to the foot of Skiddaw ; and we have 

 seen the huge nest of the American wasp sus- 

 I pended irom trees in Cumberland. Josselyn, 



in his first visit to Row England, took one of 

 the nests for a fruit, supposing it to be a pine- 

 apple plated with scales. 'It was as big,' he 

 says, 'as the crown of a woman's hat. I made 

 bold lo ste() unto it with an intent to have gath- 

 ered it : no sooner had I touclit it but hundreds 

 of wasps were about me.' The same old au- 

 thor gives a catalogue of such plants as had in 

 his time sprung up since the English planted 

 and kept cattle in New England. They were 

 two-and-twent) in number. The common net- 

 tle was the first wliirh the settlers noticed; and 

 the plantain was called by the Indians, Englisl.- 

 man's foot, as if it sprung from their footsteps. 

 The insect which destroys the apple trees comes 

 to us from America, and is now travelling to- 

 ward the interior of England as steadily, though 

 not so fast, as the Hessian fly. Another des- 

 tructive insect has within a few years attacked 

 the fruit trees in New England, more especially 

 the Morello cherry, which it has nearly exter- 

 minated ; and the plum. Insects of this kind 

 are not observed till their ravages excite atten- 

 tion. They then emerge into notice like the 

 hordes of barbarians at the breaking up of the 

 Roman empire, Goths, Vandals, Alans, Heruls, 

 Huns, Bulgarians, &:c. none of which were 

 heard ol till they became numerous enough to 

 be the terror and the scourge of the civilized 

 ivorld. If the statements may he relied on that 

 there is in one part of Louisiana a fly the sting 

 of which is fatal to horses, and in Persia a bug 

 whose bite is death to the traveller, it would 

 seem that man has far more formidable enemies 

 in the insect creation than he has ever yet con- 

 tended With. It is however apparently so in- 

 consistent with what we know of the order of 

 creation, that such powers of destruction should 

 be vested in creatures against which no pro- 

 tection can be found either in courage or in 

 foresight, that we must look tor further testi- 

 mony before we can imfdicitly give credit toil. 

 Were the common fly armed with a mortal 

 sling, neither fiie nor flood would be needed to 

 exterminate tlie human race. 



* Tht opinion which has heretofore been common 

 that the Hessian fly is a native of Germany, and was 

 brought to America by the troops from Hesse Cassel, 

 which cam* over with the British troops during the 

 revolutionary war in the United States, we believe is 

 erroneous. Sir Joseph Banks has written to Dr Mitch- 

 ell, that he had no reason to believe that the insect 

 which we call Hessian Fly exists in any part of Ger- 

 many. Count Genaum of Ravenna has not mentioned 

 the fly in a splendid work on the diseases to which 

 * wheat is subject in its growing state, though fifty insects 

 are described rSf« Domestic Encyclopedia, .Art. Fly. 

 — Ed. N. E. Farmer. 



Pedestrtanism. — Mr Wilson, a young man re- 

 cently from the state of Maine, who came to this 

 territory for the purpose of getting into business 

 as a surveyor, last Saturday morning started from 

 Ihe market-house in this city, and in forty min- 

 utes and fifteen seconds went to a place called 

 Vinegar-Hill, a distance of five miles and three 

 fourths of a mile measured. There had been 

 showers through the night, and about half of the 

 way was rendered very slippery. He perform- 

 ed the first mile in seven minutes — and the last 

 in six minutes and a half This is superior to. 

 any foot running that we have heard for some 

 time — all things considered. Detroit Gazette. 



