NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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$3 



For Sewin»r Silk — the second premium to Emily 

 Fitch, ol' Hopkintou, 3 



There was no specimen entitled to the first 

 premium. 



The ti\bles were covered, as in p;ist ye;irs, 

 with a variety of sul>slantial fabrics and fancy 

 articles, not ohjects of specific preniinni. The 

 committee recommend that the following sums 

 be given as gratuities : 



To Mary Stearii?, of Waltliarn, for a Coverlet, 



To Mary U. Wlthiogton, of Dorchester, for a 

 Counterpane, 



To Jaur- D. Grant, of Wrentham, for an imitation 

 Leghorn Uonnet, 



To Maria Harlwell, of Shirley, for do. 



To Hannah Carpenter, of Norton, for a Dunstable 

 Straw Bonnet, 



To Elizabeth Hapgood, of Marlboro', for a Straw 

 Hat, 



To l.ucy Ann Howe, of Hopkinton, for Needle 

 Work, 



To the Misses Wheelers, of Worcester, for a spe- 

 cimen of Artificial Flowers, 



To Percy Cobb, of New Braintree, for an imita- 

 tion of En^jlish Cassimere Shawls— a new man- 

 ulacture in this country. 



To a young lady at Brighton, for a specimen of 

 Silk Buttons and Krogs, equal to any ever im- 

 ported, 



To Naomi Abbot, of Boston, for a Lace Veil, 



To Charlotte Brown, of Wrentham, for artificial 

 Flowirs, 



To F.inily Francis, Harriet Josephine and William 

 Jones, and Frederick Augustus Fisk, for speci- 

 mens of Artificial Flowers, $1 each, 



To Mis! Hannah M. Johnson, for a specimen of 

 Silk Buttons and Frogs, and a Lace Veil, ic. 



To Klizabelh P. Parsons, of North Yarmouth, for 

 a Leghorn Bonnet, 



To Mr Battel, of Dover, for a specimen of Whip 

 Lashes, of a very superiour qualily 



To Prudence Howe Carter, of Leominster, for fine 

 knit Socks, 



To Triphena Smith, of Lincoln, for fine knit Stock- 

 ings, 



To Lucy Sprague of Bridgewater, for Worsted knit 

 Stockings 



To .Miis H. Green, of Lincoln, for a specimen of 



Cricket Coverings 

 To Hannah Flint, of Lincoln, for Worsted Stock- 



Kobinson, of Worcester, Elijah Wood, of Con- 

 curd, and Mrs. Fhigtf, were jjood fabrics, 



and creditable to the makers. 



A Knit Carpet, made by Eliza'ieth Prescott, 

 of llostoa, IS deserving; of mention, as evidence 

 of vri\ commendal'le inilu'<(ry. 



Tvvci piece.-i of Bed 7'icking by Samuel Sla- 

 ter, o! Oxford, ^vere equal, it not superiour to 

 i.iiy of similar fabric in use in this country, 

 wbc'iier jmpoi led or domestic. 



'j'he Lead I'cncils exhibited by .T. Thorough 

 Si Co. were superiour to any specimens e.xhib- 

 ited in past years. 



The various itrticles manufactured from the 

 millv weed, the Boots ;\nd Shoes presented by 

 Abel Moore, of Concord, and manv other small 

 parcels of fancy fabrics not before noticed, were 

 very creditable to those who exhibited them, 

 and added much to the respectability of the 

 Show. 



The committee noticed a beautiful imitation 

 Leghorn Bonnet, by Miss Selina Parker, of 

 ritzwilliam, N. H. sent to enrich the Show. — 

 Also, samples of double gilt and single gilt But- 

 tons, made at Waterbury, in the State of Con- 

 necticut, by A. Beneilick, having every ajipear- 

 ance of the best qualitv of imported buttons. 

 RICH'D SULLIVAN, Chairman, 

 JOHN TAPPAN, 

 E. TUCKiilRMAJV, 

 JOHN LEMIST. 



REPORT No. V. 

 T'le Committee on Agricultural Experiments, 

 to whom was also commiltrd the inspection of 

 sundry ;irfir.les of iManufacture, for which prem- 

 iums were offered, Pieport : — That live parcels 

 of Chee'T'O, of more than one vear old, anil thir- 



ty of Worcester, is entitled to the premium of 

 seven dollars, for the next best. Your Com- 

 mittee take this opportunity to observe, tliatthc' 

 common glazed pols, or jars, are by no means 

 the best vessels to be used for this article ; the 

 glazing imparts a delefrious qualify to the but- 

 ter. 



Mr William Earl, of New Brainfrce, nITercd. 

 specimens of Butter, and Cheese, both of which, 

 are of' good quality — the Cheese, in the opin- 

 ion of your commiltee, the best otTered the 

 present year ; and Mr Earle would have been 

 entitled to the first premium on this article, had 

 it been separately offered for the premium, and 

 had not the rules of the society interdicted the 

 awarding two [)remiiims to the same person for 

 the same article — the Butter and Cheese were 

 made between the 15th day of May and the 1st 

 day of October, from eleven cows, fed exclu- 

 sively en grass — the entire quantify of Cheese 

 being 3797 lbs. ; and of Butter 143 lbs; and 

 said Earl is entitled to the premium of twenty 

 dollars. 



Five samples of Currant Wine were entered 

 for the society's premium — that offered by Mr 

 John Heath, of Roxbury, is considered the best, 

 and is entitled to the premium of ten dollars — 

 for the next best, Mr. Emerson Fay, of Water- 

 town, is entitled to the premium of five dollars. 



For the best barrel of Cider, your committee 

 recommend that the first premium of fifteen 

 dollars be granted to Colonel Daniel Leland, of 

 Sherburue, in the county of Middlesex — no ci- 

 der suflicien fly good to be entitled to the first 

 premium offered for this article, having been 

 exhibited. 



Two Hives well stored with Honey, were 

 entered for the society's premium, by Mr Ebe- 

 nezer Withington, of JDorchester, to whom 



feen parcels of new Cheese, were offered for 



the Society's premiums, nil of it from New your committee recommend to be paid ten dol- 



Brainfree, in the County of Worcester, a lown jars. His method of excluding the bee moth 



To M. B. and C. L. Scott, of Boston, pupils af Ihe 

 Academy of Misses M. A. & S. Clark, for a 

 beautiful Hearth Rug, 



To Mary -Manning, of Charlestown, for a hearth 



Rug, 

 "To Abigail Pomeroy, of Watertown, for a Hearth 



Hug, 

 To Sarah Robinson, of Newton, for a patch work 



Carpi:t, 



To Patty Spaulding, of Natick, for a Hear'h Rug, 2 

 'J'o Ann Dalrymple. of Marlboro', for Dunstable 



Straw and Imitation Leghorn Bonnets, 3 



Many others are deserving of respectful men- 

 tion for the excellence of the articles of manu- 

 facture exhibited by them. Some of them pro- 

 bably do not expect a gratuity in money, and as 

 res|)ccts all not otherwise noticed, the commit- 

 tee hope that an acknowledgment of their mer- 

 it will be a satisfactory reward. 



The specimens of Letter Paper and Folio 

 Po^.t exhibited by Andrew J. Allen,* and manu- 

 factured at Leominster, were of excellent qual- 



Several reams of Foolscap Paper, by Ed- 

 ward Curtis, of Pepperell, were also excellent. 



The samples of Men's Hats exhibited by J. 

 M. I'eck, of Boston, were in every respect of 

 the best quality. 



A specimen of Carpeting presented by Mary 



for several years past, much noted for making 

 and sending excellent Cheese to market — that 

 offered for premium the present year, although 

 apparently well made, yet lor the most part is 

 destitute of that rich and fine flavour necessary 

 to constitute the best cheese for the table ; — an 

 unpleasant taste was perceiveable in some of 

 the cheeses, which perhaps may be attributed 

 to the food of Ihe cows Of the old cheese, 

 that fVom the dairy of Mr Job [{ainger, was 

 considere<l by your Committee to be the best, 

 and is entitled to the premium often dollars — 

 that from the dairy of Mr Elisha Matthews, the 

 next best, and is entitled to the premium of five 

 dollars. Of the new cheese, that from the dai- 

 ry of Mr Samuel Mixler, was adjudged to be 

 the best, and is entitled to the premium often 

 dollars — that trnm the dairy of Mr John P. 

 Nye, the next best, and is entitled to the pre- 

 mium of five dollars. 



Seven jiarcels of Butter were entered for pre- 

 mium, some of it of a very good quality; but 

 much of it deficient in a most essential point in 

 making good hotter, that of sufficiently working 

 it over until Ihe butter-milk shall be as com- 

 pletely, and fully as possible expressed from it 

 — that from the dairy of Mr Michael Crosby, of 

 Bedford, in the County of Middlesex, was con- 

 sidered to be the best, and is entitled to the 

 premium ot fifteen dollars — that from the dairy 

 of Luke Eemis, of Watertown, the next best, 

 and is entitled to the premium of ten dollars. — 

 Mr. Stephen Hastings, of Sterling, in the Coun- 



from the hive, will doubtless be published in 

 the Society's Journal. — A Glass Hive, contain- 

 ing about fifty pounds of Honey, of the very 

 first quality, was exhibited by Brig. Gen. Dear- 

 born, of Roxbury, accompanied with the follow- 

 ing communication : — " The Glass Hive was 

 placed over a wooden one, having a hole in the 

 lop, into which a swarm had been put in June, 

 1823. Last June the young swarm gave indica- 

 tions of leaving the wooden hive, but in a few 

 days commenced filling the glass one, which 

 they accomplished in 22 days, and then swarm- 

 ed. They were put into a wooden hive, and a 

 glass one placed over it for the young swarm to 

 fill the next season. Only three bees were 

 found remaining in the glass hive the next 

 morning after the bees swarmed." 



Some large roots of the Mangel Wurtzel, 

 white Sugar Beet, and Russian Radish, were ex- 

 hibited by John Prince, Esq. of Roxbury, who 

 also sent to the Society's Hall a few ears of 

 corn, from seed received from Mr. Skinner, of 

 Baltimore, called Waugh Paugn Cornetta, of 

 dark mixed colours; from two to six ears are 

 usually found on a stalk ; it is stated to be a ve- 

 ry great bearer, and ripens early. Mr Prince 

 also exhibited some ears of early golden Sioux 

 Corn; it was fit for grinding on the lOth of 

 September ; is very valuable on account of its 

 early maturity, and yields well. 



Mr William Ackers, also exhibited some large 

 ears of Yellow Corn — and the Hon. Richard 

 Sullivan sent from his farm in Brookline, some 



