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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



iWassadiusctts SlavicuUural Sorfftj). 



REPORT NO. VT. 



The Committee on the Ploughing Match with 

 two pair of Cattle, consisting of John Prince, 

 Chairman, Ichabod Nichols and Francis VVinship 

 Esq. report as follows : 



That 7 ploughs were duly entered. 



No. 1. — Freegrace Marble, of Sutton — plough 

 made by Hall, of Sutton, with a wheel, and cat- 

 tle four years old ; ploughman, Holland Marble ; 

 Driver, Freegrace Marble ; turned 3 J furrows, 

 performed in G8 minutes. 



No. 2. — A. D. Williams, Roxbury— Plough 

 made by Warren, of Dedham, with wheel and 

 cutter — Cattle four years old ; ploughman, E). 

 Parmenter — driver, D. Howe ; turned 30 fur- 

 rows, performed in 60 minutes. 



No. 3. — S. Williams, Roxbury — plough by 

 Warren, of Dedham, with wheel — cattle four 

 years old ; ploughman, Stedman Williams — 

 driver, Thomas A. Clarke ; turned 32 furrows, 

 performed in 08 mintites. 



No. 4 — Charles Howard, Hingham — plough 

 by himself, with wheel — cattle eight years old ; 

 ploughman, M. L. Gerry — driver, John Lang- 

 ley ; turned 30 furrows, performed in 5G min- 

 utes. 



No. 5. — Hawes, of Roxbury — ji'ough 



by Warren, of Dedham, with wheel and cutter — 

 cattle seven years old; ploughman, L. .'^. Bliss 

 — driver, G. W. Badger ; turned 30 furrows, 

 performed in 57 minutes. 



No 6. — Silas Dudley, of Sutton — |ilons;h by 

 Warren, of Dedham, with wheel ami cutler — 

 cattle five and six years old ; ploughman, Silas 

 Dudley — driver, S. Marsh, .Tun. ; turned 32 lur- 

 rows, work performed in Gij minutes. 



No 7. — Stephen Marsh, of Sulton — plough 

 by Hall, of Sntton, with wheels — cittle three 

 years old; ploughman, C. Bforse — driver, H. 

 White; turned 34 furrows, work performed in 

 C2 minutes. 



The committee on commencing their opera- 

 tions, gave very full anrf explicit directions that 

 the cattle should not be hurried; that the sole 

 object of the committee was to have the work 

 performed in the best possible manner, without 

 regard to lime; and they have great pleasure 

 in stating tlieir opinion, that an ei|ual number ol 

 competitors, on the same space of gionnd (say 

 one quarter of an acre to each plough, in a 

 tough green sward, of at least ten yeare' lea,) 

 has not performed better work in ihis part of 

 the country. 



They have taken great pains in forming their 

 judgment, and hope the public and the unsuc- 

 cessful competitors will be satisliid with this 

 award : 



The plough made by Warren, of Dedham,' 

 was afterwards tried by the Society's Dynano- 

 metre, and cut a furrow slice of 12 by 5^^ inch- 

 es, with a draught of 392 lbs. 



The new casi-iron plough, made by C. How- 

 ard of Hingham, was of very fine form &, work- 

 manship; and it being of cast iron, the same 

 number will always be of the same form ; it cut 

 a furrow slice of 12 by 6;^ inches, with a draught 

 of 392 lbs. 



The large plough made by Warren of Ded- 

 ham, cut 14 inches by 5}, and required the 

 draught of 5G0 pounds ; this shows the great 

 uncertainty in the form o( -^'ooden mould-boards. 

 They all did fine work, and the sivard was a 

 very tough one. JOHN PRINCE, Chairman. 



REPORT No. Vin. 



Brighton Oct. 21, 1824. 

 The Committee appointed to award tlie pre- 

 miums to the best Working Oxen, have attend- 

 ed the duty assigned them, and report as follows, 

 viz : — 



20 

 15 



12 



To Silas Dudley, tlieii- 1st premium 

 S. Dudley, ploughman, 

 S. Mnrsh, Jr. drivf-r 



To A. D. Williams, the 2d premiuiu 

 D. Parmenter, ploughman 

 D. llowc, driver. 



To C. Howard, the 3d prfmium 

 M. L. Geixy, ploughman 

 JohD Langley, driver 



^15 



8 



4 



—2 



30 



-27 



3 



—n 



6 

 3 



11 



Ail n'liich is submitted l.y 



JOHN PRINCE, 

 ICHABOD NICHOLS, 

 FRANCIS WJNSHIP. 



REPORT NO. VII. 

 The Committee on the Ploughing Match 

 (with one yoke of Oxen), report : 



That the ground selected was divided into 

 lots of exactly one eighth of an acre each. — 

 The conditions of the work were, that it should 

 be ploughed not less than five inches deep, and 

 the furrow slice to be not more than ten inches 

 wide. 



Past years having shown that tolerably good 

 ploughing could be accomplished in a compara- 

 tively short space of time, it was now the deter- 

 mination of the Committee, that the excellence 

 and not the rapidity of the work, should be 

 their ciiterion in awarding the premiums, re- 

 garil being also had to the state in which the 

 cattle came from their work, and to (heir gene- 

 ral ap|>earance. — They therefore allowed forty 

 minutes for the performance of the task. 



Sixteen teams started for the premiu.Tis, all, 

 except one, with a driver. The Committee 

 have great pleasure in slating that they have 

 never at any Match witnessed so much good 

 ploughing, the cattle so good, or under such 

 complete management. The ploughs, general- 

 l>, were excellent, particularly one made al 

 Hingham. 



They feel bound to give the ploughmen and 

 drivers great credit for their attention to their 

 instructions in not hurrying their work. The 

 first lot was finished in twenty live minutes, and 

 the last within fortv do. 



They have awarded to Aaron D. Williams, 

 of Roxbury, the first premium of fifteen dollars ; 

 to Lewis B. Barber, the ploughman, eight dol- 

 lars, and to the same as driver, having no other 

 driver, four dollars. 



To Silas Dudley, of Sullon, the second prem- 

 ium of ten dollars ; to the same as ploughman, 

 five dollars; and to Joseph Dudley as driver, 

 three dollars. 



To Samuel Sibley, of Sutton, the third prem- 

 ium of six dollars; to the same as ploughman 

 three dollars: and to Palmer Sibley as driver, 

 two dollars. They regret that they had not a 

 fourth premium to award to G. M. Barrett, of 

 Concord, as they were much pleased with his 

 work; — and they cannot conclude without re- 

 marking thai in the opinion of your Committee 

 they all deserve great credit. 



E. HERSEY DERBY, 

 PAUL KENT, ) Committee 



PAUL UPTON, 

 Brighton, Oct. 21, 1824. 



1st prejiiium to Royal T. Marble, of Sutton, for 



his Cattle 4 years old 405 



2d premium to Silas Dutllr)', of Sutton, for his Cat- 



tie 5 years old 

 3d premium to James Robbins, of WatertowD, for 



his steers, 3 years old 

 4th premium to John Rigclow, of Sherburne, for 



his Cattle 5 years old 

 5th premium to Asa Cummings, of Sutton, for his 



Cattle 4 years old 



A large number of the Cattle had been en- 

 gaged in the Ploughing Match in the morning, 

 and yet on trial of strength appeared as if be- 

 ginning their day's work. The number of en- 

 tries exceeded those of last year, and the cattle 

 were considered as decidedly superior, aflordin"- 

 some evidence that attention to Oxen, for farm 

 labour, so strongly recommended by the Com- 

 mittee last year, has not been neglected. The 

 Committee, although they awarded a premintn 

 to Mr Robbins' steers, three years old, conside- 

 red cattle at that age as loo young for hard la- 

 bour and a trial of strength w hich may prove 

 injurious. The Cattle of Mr Stephen Marsh, of 

 Sutton, three years old, were considered as verv 

 fine, and if not loo early put to hard labor, will 

 prove superior cattle. The Committee nolicetl 

 with [doasure the Cattle of Luke Fisk, Esq. of 

 Wallham. They were well trained, and in 

 backing the load, equal if not superior to any. 

 The cattle of Mr Hathaway, ficrn Marblehead, 

 were considered good on llie draft, but not so 

 quick in Iheir movements as some others per- 

 haps in a day's laboiir at hard work, they mio-ht 

 have excelled. As premiums have been offered 

 j for working oxen since the eslablishinent of the 

 Cattle Show, the Committee were of opinion, 

 that in future. Cattle under 4 years old should 

 bo excluded from an entry, unless a difference 

 is made in the weight to be drawn, and their 

 trial proportioned to their age. 

 All v,hich is sulimitled by 



GORHAM PARSONS, 

 SILAS GATES, 

 ELIJAH PERRY, 

 DANIEL TENNY. 



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BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Report on Ilaniifacturcs. — The committee ap- 

 pointed to award Premiums on articles of Do- 

 mestic Manufacture, exhiiiiled agreeably lo the 

 regulations of the Berkshire Agricultural Soci- 

 ety, October Cth, 1824, .submk the following 

 Report : — 



To Mrs Gideon Nicholson, of Hinsdale, for the 



best piece of Woollen Fulled Cloth JJO 



To Miss Olive Ming, of do. for Qd bestjdo. 1'. 



To Mrs Levi Hinsdale, of do. for 3d be«t do. C 



To Mrs Wealthy Goodrich, of Pittsfield, for 4th 



best do. 5 



To Hiss Elvira Tracy, of Richmond, for the best 



piece of Coloured Tlannel c 



To Mrs Wealthy Goodrich, of Pitlsfitld, for 2d 



best do. 7 



To Mrs Dorothy C-Id, of Pittsfield, fer the best 



piece of White Flaimcl fi 



To iVIiss Mary HaVer, of do. for?d best do. 5 



To .Mrs Lucri;tia Reese, of West StockhriOge, for 



the best six pair of Lambs' Wool Hose 4 



