NEW »EXGLAND FARIVTER. 



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•wlifMlier of naturp or ait, in order to increase 

 the interest of our Show. 



Gorliam [^arsons, Esq. cxhihitci! the fine A!- 

 (lerncy Bull, given to ilip Society hy Mr lliili- 

 bard, and lioiig^ht by Mr Parsons oflhe Society. 

 He is much im|iroved, and i< aline specimen ol 

 this valnalde race. IJe exhilnted also another 

 fine bull and heifer ol his own raising. 



Col. Jaques, with his accustomed zeal exhib- 

 ited Coelehs, Yankee, and several other of thai 

 fine race, who are always sure to attract atten- 

 tion. 



John Prince, Esq. exhibited a fine calf from 

 Admiral, shewing that his stock are fully worthy 

 of the reputation of the Teeswaler race. 



There was a most beautiful bull of the same 

 race imported by George Lyman, Esq. and sent 

 for exhibition. We could not perceive that he 

 was inlerior in any point to the best of the breed. 

 It is quite possible, that I may still have over- 

 looked some which ought to have been noticed, 

 but 1 trust that the confusion of the day, and the 

 attention 1 am obliged to show to strangers who 

 are introduced to the Society, will be admitted 

 as a sufficient excuse. 



REPORT NO. II. 



The Committee on the subject of Agricultu- 

 •ral Implements and Inventions, Report: — That 

 six cast steel Hoes were entered by Z. and F. 

 Bisbee, of East Bridgewater, in the county of 

 Bristol. The invention consists principally in 

 the eye of the hoe, which passes through the 

 jilate of it, and is rivetled all round, instead of 

 on two or three sides, as in the common hoe. — 

 This conformation gives many advantages as 

 from inspection is apparent. Their cost is sev- 

 enty-five cents. Mr. Bisbee produced certifi- 

 cates that they had been used and approved 

 by practical farmers, and were considered cheap, 

 compared with other hoes, at that price. Con- 

 sidering the importance of the iustrument, and 

 the apparent utility of the improvement, the 

 committee recommend a premium of ^10. 



An iron Bit Stock was entered for premium, 

 by Eleazer Smith, of Walpole, in the county ot 

 TSorfolk. The instrument exhibited was ex- 

 tremely well finished, and displayed great inge- 

 nuity and excellence of workmanship. Its ad- 

 vantages were stated to be — that, being of iron, 

 it was less likely to be twisted oQ' by hard ser- 

 vice — that the end of the stock, where it turns, 

 is of tempered steel, to prevent wear by using; 

 turning on a centre and neck of hardened steel ; 

 enclosed by a sort of box of iron, screwed to- 

 gether, so as to contain oil and a piece of iron, 

 called the breast piece, which is applied to 

 the bieast or hand, in using, and which con- 

 tains a screw of steel, for the centre to turn 

 upon; the other end of this centre or stem 

 is all of steel, and let into the slock by a 

 square bole through it, with a nut countersunk, 

 so .IS to fasten that part together — the object 

 a:med at being durability, ease of rep-iir, handy 

 use, and preservation of the oil. Ail these ad- 

 vantages, the committee apprehend, llie inven- 

 tor has etfected; and if, as he states, it may be 

 afr->rded to be made for five dollars, and even 

 cheaper than English steel bil slocks, it is a val- 

 uable improvement. Under all circumstances, 

 the committee would have awarded in this 

 case a premium, had it been aa agricultuial im- 

 plement. 



Mr Joseph R. Newell, of Boston, presented 

 also for premium two Straw Cutting Machines, 

 invcnled by Charles Willis, the one with a ver- 

 tical, the other with a horizontal wheel. The 

 principles of the alleged improvement were the 

 same, except so far as was necessary to accom- 

 modate the work to the difi'erent position of the 

 wheels. 



The committee are decidedly of opinion, 

 from the inspection they have given of the ma- 

 chine with the horizontal wheel, that it is ; re- 

 ferable to the other, and indeed to any other 

 ihey have before examined or seen, in point of 

 facility of working and strength of construction, 

 allhoug'h it wants the power of regulating at 

 will the length of feed, which is effected by Mr 

 Saflford's machine, to be next described. The 

 cost of this machine is stated to be from twenty 

 to forty dollars. The committee recommend a 

 premium of $\tj. 



Mr Noah Saflbrd, of Springfield, Vermont, al- 

 so entered an improved Straw Cutter for pre- 

 mium. The principal advantage of this ma- 

 chine over the preceding, was in the power of 

 regulating the length of straw or hay to be cut 

 at pleasure, by means of cogs of difierent diam- 

 eters. 



All these machines had very satisfactory re- 

 commendations ; and although the preference 

 given to Willis' machine, with the horizontal 

 wheel, was decisive with the committee, yet 

 the circumstance slated relative to Safiord's ma- 

 chine, they considered as an unquestionable im- 

 [)rovement ; and combined with that of Willis', 

 would approximate to a very perfect instru- 

 ment. 



Considering the great zeal and labour Mr 

 Safford has exhibited in improving this instru- 

 ment, and bis success, the committee recom- 

 mend a premium to be awarded to him of glO. 



Josiali Jaquith, of Brunswick, Slate of Maine, 

 entered for premium a Corn Sheller, of a new 

 construction, — consisting of a cylinder of cast 

 iron, fourteen inches in heighth, with a perpen- 

 dicular shaft passing through it and terminating 

 in a centre point al the bottom. The cylinder 

 is ribbed at equal distances, set in motion by a 

 cradle, and the operation greatly facilitated by 

 a horizontal balance wheel. It did its work ve- 

 ry perfectly, and the committee have no ques- 

 tion in giving it a decided preference over any 

 other before exhibited. Its price is twenty-five 

 dollars. And they recommend a premium of ^10. 



Mr Jaquith also presented the same Thresh- 

 ing Machine, which was approved and to which 

 a premium was granted the last year, on condi- 

 tion of bis producing the requisite cerlificates. 

 The comfnittee however do not deem that the 

 certificates adduced amount to such an evidence 

 of use by practical fanners as their rules re- 

 quire. Whenever such evidence be adduced, if 

 within six months, Mr. Jaquith will be entitled 

 to a preminm of g20. 



An improvement on the Os Yoke was enter- 

 ed by John Mears, of Dorchester, County of 

 Norfolk, with cerlificates of its being used and 

 approved by practical farmers. The improve- 

 ment consists in a better adaptation of the form 

 of the yoke to the neck of the beast, giving it 

 a greater bearing by a sort of lip, on the back 

 of the yoke, which can only work one way — 

 and also in a greater extension of the bed and 

 tips of the yoke so as to receive the bow into 

 a bearing of six inches instead of tvvo, as in 



common yokes. Although the alteration is ve- 

 ry simple, yet in the opinion ofynur committee 

 it is very imporlaiil, considering the incumbent 

 duty of every farmtir to consult the case and 

 convenience of this useful animal in performing 

 his work. The committee therefore recom- 

 mend a premium of ;f(5. 



Messrs Trumbull &, Boynlon, of Northampton 

 County of Hampshire, presented for examina- 

 tion and premium a Power Loom ; an instrument, 

 of their invention, and which has already been 

 admitted with great success in several of our 

 most fioiirisliing manufactories ; weaving broad- 

 cloths as fine and cheaper than any other spe- 

 cies of loom. The utility of this invention is 

 unquestionable. The commitlee however do 

 not deem it entitled to a premium, wilhin the 

 scope of their authority. Were it olherwise, 

 they should award any premium in their [lower. 



John I'Jicknall, of l^uckfield, presented for 

 premium a machine for grinding |)la3ter, corn, 

 or grain ol any kind. This is a patented instru- 

 ment, and its ch.iracter may be best understood 

 by the tenor of the specification of the patent, 

 which is annexed, marked B, with certificates of 

 its practical application. 



Although the model presented would grind 

 plaster thoroughly into the state of meal, yet as 

 it was necessary that it should be reduced into 

 the size of a nutmeg in order to pass into this 

 model, the committee did not think they could 

 award the premium offered for the best machine 

 for pulverizing plaster. They cannot doubt, 

 however, that it is capable of being improved so 

 as to effect that purpose on plaster, in its usual 

 state. 



The model of this mill, and the evidence of 

 its utility, show many and great advantages, and 

 may, it is apprehended, ultimate in a change of 

 the mode of grinding. The power used being, 

 from the nature of the machinery, so much less 

 than that used in mills of the ordinary construc- 

 tion. The Commitee deem the invention enti- 

 tled to a premium of ^20. 



Mr Joseph R. Newell also presented a very 

 excellent plough, constructed by Charles How- 

 ard, of Hingham. The Committee cannot 

 doubt that it is a very fine plough; and, judging 

 from iis form and workmanship, inferior to no 

 other. Your Commitlee do not conceive, how- 

 ever, that it can be entitled to a premium, from 

 any particular characteristic invention 



Two species of improvements in the mode of 

 fastening window blinds were exhibited by Mr 

 Ciiarles Willis and by Mr John M. Dearborn. — 

 The Committee could not hesitate in giving that 

 of Mr Charles Willis the preference. Both, ho»v- 

 ever, they consider useful improvements. 



Mr Dearborn also presented a new construct- 

 ed bedstead, which takes asunder with great 

 facility, and seemed less exposed to harbour 

 vermin than those of the usual construction. — 

 Your Committee, however, have not deemed 

 either of these last inventions as entitled to more 

 than a respectful notice, they not being in any 

 sense agricultural implements. All which is 

 submitted by order of the Committee. 



JOSIAH QUINCY, Chairman. 



Brighton, Oct. 21, 1824. 



For Weak Sight.— Beat up a drachm of alum 

 in the white of an egg, and smear the eye-brow 

 and eye-lid witti the mixture every night. 



