Vol. VIII.— No. 14. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



107 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



IISO.STON, FRIDA'!;^, OCTOBER 23, 1829. 



RTIIEKNOTICKS OF THK RRIGHTON 

 CATTLE SHOW. 



(Continued from page 102.J 



t lialf past two o'clock, the Societj', with their 

 ucsts, among whom were llie Hon. Fran- 



Gra.ngkr, of Caimndaigua, N. Y. ; Mr Smith, 

 Norwicli, England ; Mr Lee, of Washington, 



down to a sumptuous repast ; and the follow- 



toasts were among the numher drank on the 

 casion. 



Lieut. Governor Winthrop, President of the So- 

 ty, gave as a toast, 

 The Governor of the Covimonwealth. 

 The next toast, also given by the President, was, 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Societies — Useful 

 I valuable institutions — the knowledge and ex 

 ienco of each individual menilier being always 

 de 'subservient to the public good. 

 Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures — 

 ually important to the people ; each important 

 ■ he other. Let all enjoy the public favor and 

 itection, and yield an ample return to those who 

 sue them 



F. Granger, Esq. of New York, being called 

 )n for a toast, introduced a sentiment by a few 

 larks, complimentary to New England. He 

 eluded by the following : — 

 in Union between JVci« England, Ohio, and 

 w York — Their attachments are as mutual, as 

 ir interests are indissoluble 

 The Hun. Mr Everett being called upon, made 

 hort speech, complimentary to a guest, (Mr 

 ith, of Norwich, Eng.) and ended with this 

 timent : — 

 Old England — We may well trace the blood of 



animals to that country from which we are 

 ud to derive our own. 

 ludge Story, being called upon, prefaced his 

 St by some observations relative .to the descent 

 S'ew Englanders from Old England. After com 

 nting U[>on the stubborn soil of the former, and 



character, physical and intellectual, of the peo- 



concluded with the following: — 

 The choice products of our soil ; the choicer 

 ducts of our mind 

 Hr Smith, from England, having been asked 

 a sentiment, spoke a few introductory words 



llusion to the competition between the two 

 ntries in agriculture and the arts of peace 



proposed as a toast 

 k.ny fruit but the apple of discord 

 5y the Hon. Mr E. Everett. The Stale of ATeip 

 k — making unparalleled use of unparalleled 

 antagc; 



["he Hon. Mr Welles, Chairman of the Commit 

 deputed to attend the Worcester Cattle Show, 

 red this toast — 

 %e Worcester Agricultural Soi.ieti/ — Whose 

 iw begins as soon as you enter the county 



whose cattle are advantageously seen in our 



I everywhere. 

 Uf E. H. Derby, Esq. one of the Trustees of 



Society. The Head and the Heorrt of New 

 jiand's .Agriculture — The head has ever found 

 ncrease of wisdom and experieiicc, in listening 



he suggestions of tho heart. 



By Frederic Howes, Es(i. President of the Es- 

 sex Agricultural Society. The Massachusetts So- 

 ciety and Count;/ Societies — May the Parent always 

 continue an active Partner, and at the head of the 

 Firm. 



By Dr Fiske, of Worcester. The MassacJm- 

 setts Soriet)/for the Proviolion of Agi-icuUure — The 

 Head, which has animated the " Heart," and given 

 life and energy to the extremities of the Common- 

 wealth. 



By the Hon. .lohn Reed. Those who make 

 useful improvements in agriculture and manufac- 

 tures, and those who cause them to be made — the 

 true benefactors of mankind. 



The different sections of the Commonwealth — 

 The seat of our Fisheries, our Conmierce, our 

 Agriculture, and our Manufactures : — may they 

 unite harmoniously in a plan of communication, 

 which, though the rails may be iron, and the road 

 sand, will bind them all together by a g-oWe/i cAni«. 



By Judge Davis. Farmers and Freemen, and 

 the precious tenure of their lands and liberties — 

 to have and to hold to them and their heirs forever. 



By Mr T,ee, of Virginia. The JVetv Englandman's 

 Notions of Political Economy — That Agriculture 

 is the great source of all national prosperity ; that 

 Manufactures is the art of making a nation rich, 

 by giving new forms and additional value to its 

 raw materials ; that money commands all things, 

 and that the peo[)Ic who produce the most of all 

 things will command the greatest Capital, and take 

 the lead among nations. 



The Arts and Sciences — An old toast with a 

 modern interpretation. Science, with more of 

 knowledge than speculation. Arts, which, instead 

 of aiming to puzzle, aflright, and enslave men, 

 seek to improve the condition of society, an<l to 

 promote to the utmost,individual comfort and hap- 

 piness. 



Among the vegetables exhibited, were, a beet 

 from Samuel Clapp, jr. Esq. of Dorchester, 2J 

 feet in circumference, and weighing 17 pounds ; 

 an English Turnip, from Isaac Hastings, Lexing- 

 ton, which girt 36 inches, and with the top, weigli- 

 ed 1.51 pounds ; a Russian Radish, from J. Prince, 

 Esq. Jamaica Plain, weighed 19,^ pounds; large 

 Carrots, from R. Sullivan, Esq. Brookline, weight 

 not stated ; and a bough of a pear tree, on which 

 the pears hung like clusters of grapes, from J. 

 Runey, Charlestown. 



The premium of $100, offered for any approved 

 lot of 300 pounds of butter, was not awanled, 

 there being in the estimation of the Judges, no lot 

 sufficiently excellent to justify the award. This 

 deficiency was, however, probably owing to the 

 lateness of the period when the jiremium was of- 

 fered : some gooil butter and cheese were exhibit- 

 ed, and sold at auction. 



[The following letter was received at the dinner table] 

 To ihe Prc>si(lenl of the Massacliusells Agrioullural .Snciely. 

 The Lemon Tree which bore the largest of 

 the Lemons this day exhibited at the Agriculmral 

 Dinner, and contributed from the Green House of 

 Mrs Timothy Bigelow, of M^edford, is nearly 

 forty years oM. It was taken from a box 18 years 

 ago, and planted in a bed of rich earth. The 

 houghs of the tree extend, on an average, fifteen 

 feet, ill each direclion, and they reach in height to 

 the glass roof which covers them, namely, about 

 twelve feet. The tree has this year produced up- 

 wards of three hundred Lemons, which, if measur- 



ed, would considerably exceed two bushels. Tho 

 largest Lemon oftered to duy, measures in size 17 

 inclieii by 14, and weighs one pound and three 

 quarters. The others are fair specimens of tho 

 general average of the fruit in weight and size. 

 Oct. 14, 1829. ANDREW BIGELOW. 



IMPROVEMENT OF THE BREED OF 

 HORSES. ' 



The beautiful, full blooded horse Sportsman, ex- 

 hibited at Brighton, at the late Show, by Edward 

 Eluridge, Esq. of this city, (and not Long Island, 

 as stated in some of the papers) was sired by tlie 

 Arabian horse Bassorah ; dam, the full blooded 

 marc Sportsmistress. The Sportsman is now six 

 years old. At three years old he took the purse 



at the Union course, Long Island, against five 



At four, at a match run with Rattler, for $2000, 

 he also won. We shall in a few days, be in pos- 

 session of a more full pedigree of this beautiful 

 horse, which Ave shall publish. He will stand the 

 ensuing season at Westhorough, Shrewsbury, and 

 Worcester, when farmers will have a fine opportu- 

 nity to improve their stock. He will be in Boston 

 in April next. 



Prolific. — Mr Israel Hunt of Sudbury planted 

 two bushels of potatoes the present year, from 

 which he raised one hundred andffiy-seven bushels 

 and a half! He planted the potatoes in the com- 

 mon way, not cutting out the eyes. 



Mr Philip Stimmel, of Ilarrisburg, Pa. has 

 raised a pumpkin this season that weighs 170 

 pounds. 



Mr Joseph Sneeringen, of Adams co. Pa. has 

 raised this year, from one acre of ground, 400 

 bushels of potatoes. 



TEMPERANCE. 



In Middlefield, in this county, there are about 

 110 men who are heads of famiHes,_ almost all of 

 them farmers or mechanics. Of these, between 

 60 and 70 have performed all their labors through 

 the season, on their farms and in their shops, with- 

 out using ardent si)irits, and without giving it to 

 their workmen. They find that they are more 

 free from ill turns, — can perfortn more labor, — 

 their work is better and more ex|)ediliously done, — 

 fewer mistakes and accidents occur, — and their 

 implements are less ihjnred and broken, than in 

 past years, when spirituous liquor was used. There 

 are but two traders in the town, and neither of 

 them sells spirits, except in cases of sickness. 

 There is a Temperance Society in the town of 138 

 members, old and young, male and female. Ma- 

 ny who are not members of this society, act on 

 the principle of entire abstinence. Bcsiiles the 

 60 or 70 persons above mentioned, there are 15 

 or 20 heads of families who seldom drink spirits, 

 and who have used but little in performing the va- 

 rious labors of ihe season. What a victory has 

 here been obtained over the insidious foe of hu- 

 man jieace and happiness! Let the friends of the 

 good cause persevere, and in a few years the whole 

 town will be free from the degrading vice of in- 

 temperance. Iiisuchatown, a man can live inpeacti 

 and quietness — can educate his children in liabits 

 of industry an<l sobriety, and « train them up in 

 the way they should go." — Hamp. Gaz. 



The three things most difliculi are, to keep a 

 secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use 

 of leisure — Chilo. 



