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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1824. 



O^The " Farmer'<s Calendar,'''' will be found on page 

 98 of this day's paper. 



Brighton Cattle Show ^—Exhibition of Manufac- 

 tures, — Ploughing Match, c'5-c. 

 We shall be able in this paper to give nothing 

 more than a brief outline of the proceedings, at 

 this Anniversary, and must refer our readers to 

 the more full and elaborate accounts, which will 

 be published by the several Committees of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Society. 



The exhibition of Animals wa?, we Ihink, io 

 all things equal, and in some respects sujierior 

 to any which we have before witnessed. There 

 were few vacant pens, and the pens were in 

 general filled with fine animals, good specimens 

 of what our Farmers have done, and pledges of 

 future improvements. The Manufactures were 

 likewise of excellent quality. The department 

 of Inventions was filled with things new, and we 

 have no doubt useful, but, we must refer for 

 particulars to the official accounts, which we 

 ho(ie soon to publish. 



The proceedings of the SIst commenced with 

 a prayer by the Rev. Dv Foster. The Hon. 

 Mr LowELi,, President of the Society then gave 

 some eloquent, judicious and pertinent remarks, 

 which will be published in the next number of 

 the New England Farmer. The Society, to- 

 gether with invited guests including many stran- 

 gers of the first respectability, dined at the Man- 

 sion House of Mr Dudley, where they were re- 

 galed with the choicest productions of the land 

 we live in ; to which were super-added many 

 of the prime produclions of other countries. 



The feast was followed by sentiments which 

 had a tendency to improve as well as to exhil- 

 irate. The following were among the number. 



The President of the Untied Slates— Way the admin- 

 istration of his successor — whoever may be chosen — be 

 as popular, pacific, prudent, and prosperous as his has 

 been. 



The Farmers of Mount T'ernon and La Grange, who 

 have given dignity, by their example, to the earliest 

 and noblest of arts. 



Bunker HilJ Monument — May it never be forgotten, 

 that the Farmers proved on the day which this noble 

 monument is destined to commemorate, that they knew 

 as well how to defend their soil, as to subdue it. 



Knltglilened Agriculture — May our Farmers never 

 think it above nor below their concern, to learn the 

 principles as well as the practice of their art. 



%^gricullure, Commerce, and Manufactures — May 

 their respective weights be so balanced by our rulers, 

 that they may remain in equilibrio. 



The Plough and the Sleam Engine — The earliest and 

 the latest inventions of Man — May they both attain the 

 highest possible degree of perfection. 



Our Countryman, Jacob Perkins — I\Iay he surmount 

 all the obst.aclcs ivhieh liave opposed his inventions, 

 and acquire a najuc as imperishable as that of Watt. 



.Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin — May all Americans, in 

 every clime, look back, as he has done, to their nn/ii'e 

 country, and cherish its interests as thtir oun- 



Mr Webster, the enlightened representative of Mas- 

 sachusetts in the Congress of the United States— May 

 we forget all party distinctions when the honour and 

 interest of this section of the country are at stake. 



True G/oi.v— May Man's moral nature seek it above 

 the sky ; and his physical, seek it under the eailh. 



By Major Somerville, (a planter from Virginia) — 

 Agriculture, the mother of Commerce and Munufac- 

 lures—yX-.iy our legi-lators never sacrifice the interest of 

 the Parent lo the caprices of the Children. 



The State of Virginia — whose greatness is so abun- 

 dant, that it seems" to be the natural growth of the 

 soil. 



By the M-Ator of Boston— The Spirit nf Husbandry, 

 May it dri\ e all ardent spirits out of the tield. 



By the Hon. Timothv 1'ickf.ring— The F^ee Ma- 

 sonry ol Agriculture, which finds a Brother in every 

 clime. 



By the Hon. Judge Story — May the supply of good 

 Husbandry always equal the denumd. 



John Bull — as well as all other bulls ; we will not 

 forget our jiarent stock, though we "■ have waxed fat 

 and kicked." 



Virginia — a good old plantation ; rich in its original 

 soil, but improved by cultivation. 



By the Hon. Judge Davis — Health, performance, 

 and prosperity to Farmers and to Farvier''s Friends. 



By Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn The memory of 



BlacUstone, who designated the site of Boston, and 

 planted the first Orchards in Massachusetts and Rhode 

 I.-land. 



By the Hon. I\Tr Prescott — The hard soil of New- 

 England, which plentifully supplies our physical wants, 

 on a condition which improves our moral character — 

 Industry. 



By Hon. SAMCEr. Dana — The temple of the Hus- 

 bandman, where every sect of Christians, and every 

 denomination of Politicians may meet and worship to- 

 gether. 



By the Editor of the New England Farmer — Agri- 

 culture, the primitive and principal pursuit of Man — 

 May Masters of Art recollect that without Agriculture, 

 }eant -viowld he their master — Literary Men remember 

 that Cabbage Heads go to compose Learned Heads — 

 Physicians be sensible that meal comes before medicine 

 — the Statesman never forget that the seeds which pro- 

 duce Manufactories, Counting Houses, Schools, Acad- 

 emies, Colleges, Court Houses, & Churches, are sown 

 in the field of the Farmer. 



By Mr Htrbard, of the Worcester Agricultural 

 Society — Our Pilgrim Fathers, who ploughed the deep 

 to plant THEMSF.T.vf.s in this land. The Crop has 

 proved that the Seed was good. 



From the Chair — The Worcester Agricultural Soci- 

 ety — May we never forget that it is to that county we 

 owe some of the finest fruits of our exhibition. 



Mr Goodwin, of the delegation from the Ag- 

 ricultural Society of the County of Worcester, 

 after some preparatory remarks upon the prog- 

 ress of domostick improvement, observed, that 

 in viewing the variety of beautiful imported an- 

 imals, which the Parent Society were adding lo 

 the Stock of the country, his associates were 

 forcibly reminded of the striking resemblance 

 of the Bull o{ Mr Prince recently imported from 

 J\'orth Devon to the breed of native ■zeorking 

 Oxen, now called the Sutton dreed, that had so 

 long been in use here, and which our Fathers 

 brought wilh them two centuries since, from the 

 North of England, their natal soil. And with- 

 out detracting in the least from the various 

 good tjnalities of the other invaluable animals 

 of foreign descent, it must be admitted that lor 



■working qualities, this breed still held the as- 

 cendency. He would therefore propose as a 

 sentiment, — 



The Devonshire breed of Farmers and their Oxen — 

 for patient toil and persevering industry, unrivalled ; 

 the breed needs no crossing. 



By the Hon. Josiah Qcincy — Ardent Spirits, like 

 " spirits of the vasty deep," may they be called for 

 without coming. 



The good old Cow, the United Slates — Her bnll-calves 

 are very well, and her heifers need no crossing. 



By his Brittannic Majesty's CoNsrr. for the United 

 Slatfs— May the good old Cou- of the United States 

 ever live on friendly terms with John Bull. 



The Presidential Ploughina; .Vn/rA — May it be con- 

 ducted on all sides without goading, jockeying or back- 

 biting. 



By the Hon. Judge Davis — The Chelmsford Quar- 

 ries, furnishing a solid deposit for the National Bank,- 

 which 60 oxen could scarcely draw, and which will 

 never will be unllidraun. 



The good old Cow, our Country — May those who con- 

 tend for milking her, see that their hands are clean. 



The Team United Stales — Twenty-four yoke of good 

 working oxen ; may they continue to draw well to- 

 gether ; and nrither Buck nor Golding, nor any other 

 beast, get out of the trace. 



Massachusetts — this good old parsley bed ; may it 

 continue to send forth a savoury influence. 



There were many other sprightly Toasts, for 

 which we have no room this week. 



The President of the Society desires us to 

 say that " he received one -jolunteer (oast in fav- 

 our of a particuhir candidate for the Presidency, 

 which he thought it his duly not to announce, as 

 it might have introduced others in favour of 

 other candidates. There were at that feast 

 warm supporters of Adams, .lackson, Crawford 

 I and Clay. — Some who preferred Clinton to any 

 I of the present candidates ; and some who did 

 I not like any of them. There ought not to be in- 

 j troduced at this common festival, sentiments, 

 which would disturb, or even impair the har- 

 I mony and general enjoyment of the guests." 

 I The Ploughing Match was superior in many 

 ' accounts to any thing of the kind which we have 

 I ever witnessed. The teams were excellent, 

 I the ploughs of the best construction, and the 

 I work performed with neatness as well as expe- 

 dition. There were no less than 22 teams 

 which entered the lists, which is double the 

 number that took the field at the last preceding 

 anniversary. This circumstance together with 

 the great throng of spectators attending may 

 serve to prove that the interest of Ihe public 

 and the exertions of competitors in this part of 

 the exhibition are increasing by a very rapid 

 progression. 



There were many fine specimens of agricul- 

 tural products, &c. k.c. which we propose to 

 notice hereafter. 



Landing of the Pilgrims. — The anniversary of the 

 Landing of the Fathers will be celebrated in Plymouth 

 on the approaching 22d December. Address by Profes- 

 sor Edward Evf.rett. 



