1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



445 



U. S. AGEICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS. 



Premiums will be paid in silver plate or money, 

 at the option of successful competitors, who must 

 become members of the society; and the beautiful 

 Diploma of the society will be presented to every 

 Exhibitor to whom a Premium is awarded. 



Class I. — Ca'itle. 



No. 1. — THE HERD I'REHrcM. 



For best Bull and four Cows, from any one herd $300 



For 2d best do. do 100 



No. 2. — SHORT HORNS. 



BULLS. 



Three years old and upwards, 1st ))remium $100 



<lo. do. 2cl premium 50 



do. do. 3d premium Diploma. 



Two years old and under three, 1st premium $50 



do. do. 2d premium 25 



do. do. 3d premium Diploma. 



One year old and under two, 1st premium $25 



do. do. 2d premium 10 



do. do. 3d premium Diploma. 



C0W8 AND HEIFERS. 



Three years old and upwards, 1st premium $100 



do. do. 2d premium 50 



do. do. 3d premium Diploma. 



Two years old and under thi-ee, 1st premium $50 



do. do. 2d premium 25 



do. do. Sd premium Diploma. 



One year old and under two, 1st premium $25 



do. do. 2d premium 10 



do. do. 3d premium Diploma. 



No. 3. — DEVOyiS.— Premiums the same. 



No. 4. — AYRSHIRES.— Pm/im»!S the same. 



No. 5. — HEREFORDS.— Prem!«?;is tlie same. 



No. 6. — JERSEYS.— Premiu7ns the same. 



No. 7. — GRADE COWS.— Premiums the same. 



No. 8. — NATIVE COWS.— Premiums the same. 



No. 9. — MILCH COWS. 



Five years old and over, 1st premium $100 



do. do. 2d premium "o 



do. do. 3d premium 50 



do. do. 4th premium 25 



Three years old and under five, 1st premium $75 



do. do. 2d premium 50 



do. do, 3d premium 25 



do. do. 4th premium 15 



No. 10. — WORKING OXEN. 



Four years old and upwards, 1st proraium $100 



do. do. 21 premium 50 



do. do. 4d preiiiiam 25 



No. 11.— STEERS. 



Two years old and under four, 1st premium $50 



do. do. 2d premium 25 



do. do. 3d premium 15 



No. 12. — FAT CATTLE. 



Fat Bullock, 1st premium $75 



do. 2d premium 50 



do. 3d premiuin 25 



Fat Cow, 1st premium $50 



do. 2d premium 25 



do. 3d premium 15 



Class II. — Horses. 

 The premiums on horses vary fi'om $200 to $20 ; 

 want of space prevents us from enumerating them. 



FAMILY HORSES. 



1st i)remium $100 



2d premium 75 



3d premium 50 



4th premium 25 



DRAFT HORSES. 



Matched Draft Horses, 1st premium $100 



do. do. 2d premium 50 



do. do. 3d premium 25 



Single Draft Horses, 1st premium $50 



do. do. 2d premium 25 



do. do. 3lpremium Diploma. 



On Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 23d, a trial of speed 



will be held, open to all horses that have never 



trotted for money. Exliibitors to drive, and to be 



persons who have never driven for money. 



1st jnemium $200 



2d premiuui 100 



On Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 24th, a trial of 

 speed, open to all horses that have never trotted 

 for money. Free to all drivers. 



1st premium $200 



2d pi-emium 100 



On Friday forenoon, Oct. 26th, a grand trial of 

 speed, free for all trotting horses and all drivers. 



1st premium $300 



2d premium ^ lOU 



Class III. — Sheep. 

 Premiums range from $25 to $10, and 36 of 

 them are offered, and 10 Diplomas. 



Class IV. — S\^^NE. 



Twenty-six premiums are offered, varying from 

 $25 to $10. 



Discretionary Premiums. 



One thousand dollars have been set apart by the 

 Executive Committee, to be awarded in discretion- 

 ary premiums, should objects of special interest, not 

 provided for in any of the classes, be presented. 



For the KetP England Farmer. 



SHORT PASTURES. 



On all sides we hear complaints that feed is 

 short. The milkman says his cows are foiling off. 

 The butter man says that his cows do not give their 

 usual measure ; — that he must cut off a pound from 

 each of his customers. What shall be the remedy 

 for all this ? I prepared for this in the spring. I 

 planted corn in May and June, that I might have it 

 to cut up in August and September, ready to be 

 distributed to the cows every night on their return 

 from pastures. But, says the careful calculator, "of 

 what use is it to distribute green corn to cows ? It 

 will not increase their millv. I have tried it again 

 and again, and am satisfied of this." Can this be 

 so ? It is so' averred by sensible men. I have of- 

 ten heard it, and could name them. Why it is that 

 an article of food so palatable and nutritious as 

 green corn is supposed to be, will not produce 

 milk, it is not easy to understand. That this kind 

 of feed will continue the animals in good condition, 

 and improve their butter products, is clear beyond 

 doubt. In proof of tliis I beg leave to quote a par- 

 agra])h from an address by TiMOTilY PiCKERiNx; to 

 the Agricultural Society, February, 1828, of which 

 he had just been made President. 



"Eveiy farmer knows how eagerly cattle devour 

 the entire plant of Indian corn in its green state. 

 Some years ago, just when the plants were in the 

 milk, I cut close to the ground the plants growing 

 on a measured space, equal, as I judged, to the av- 

 erage product of the wliole farm, and found that at 

 the same rate, an acre would yield twelve tons of 

 green fodder ; probably a richer and more nourish- 

 ing food than any other known to the husband- 



