Vol. VIII.— No. 14. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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ioriiiii;j;'s milk of his cows, part of tlie night's 

 ilk, with the cream of the other part of the 

 light's milk." The Committee, however, deem it 

 roper to sny that they eiitortaineil some doubts as 

 ) the preferenee which this parcel of Cheese 

 ught to have over that sent from the dairy of Lo- 

 uzii Converse, of New Braintree. 

 Of eight parcels of Butter exhibited for the 

 lociety's premium, your Committee regret that 

 jey are compelled to say, that on the closest ex- 

 niination, they could not discover that any one 

 arcel was entitled to the fii-st premium — it ap- 

 eareii to he less well made than that exhibited 

 )r the last two or three years, not being sufficient- 

 f divested of the butter milk, without which being 

 lost thoroughly done, it is impossible to have 

 ooil butter. The Committee award to George 

 !roshy, of Bedford, the second premium, being 

 in dollars ; and to Margaret T. Crosby, of Biller- 

 a, the third j)remium, being seven dollars. 

 Niithan Grmu, of Sherburne, exhibited a barrel 

 r Cider, made in 1828, which, on examination, 

 le Conmiittee judged not to be entitled to the first 

 remium — they award to him the second premium 

 eing ten dollars. 



William Underwood, of Boston, and John P. 



Vebber, of Beverly, exhibited some specimens of 



5 luslurd, manufactured at their establishments, 



irhich your Committee doubt not, will, on trial, be 



i jund to be quite equal to the best imported Eng- 



sh mustard. 



Your Committee further report, that for the 

 iremium of one hundred dollars, offered by the 

 ["rustees, at the request of several citizens of Bos- 

 JQ, and its vicinity, who have deposited said sum 

 1 the hands of the Treasurer of the Society, to 

 ncourage improvement in the quality of Butter 

 itended for the Boston market, three parcels of 

 utter, together containing about eighteen hundred 

 loniuls' weight were exhibited — no one parcel of 

 t'hicli in the mianiinous opinion of your Conmiit- 

 ee, is of a sufficiently good quality to be entitled 

 the said premium — some of the firkins were too 

 ighly charged with salt ; and the observation al- 

 eady made in this report respecting the not suffi- 

 iently expressing out the butter milk, will most 

 trongly a|iply to these several parcels. That of- 

 sred by Mr Boylston, of Princeton, is neatly 

 lacked in well made firkins, containing something 

 acre than fifty pounds each. 



THOMAS L.WINTHROP, 



BENJA. GUILD, 



JOHN C. GRAY, \ Committee, 



ISAAC P. DAVIS, 



BENJA. POLLARD. 

 Brighton, Oct. 14, 1829. 



iii|nic Committee on the Ploughing Match of Two 

 Yoke of Oxen, having attended to that duty, 



REPORT — 



m That seven ploughs were entered, all of which 



rli rere on the ground in due season, and according 



the Society's order, at precisely half past nine 



iJ telock, connnenced the contest. The groimd 



iras in fine order, very free from stones or trees; 



Ihe lots scarcely large enough to prove the mettle 



llhf the cattle, containing only about 22 rods — and 



» were finished in from 29 to 40 minutes ; it was 



particularly urged on the ploughmen and drivers, 



'hat as goodness of work was to be the criterion in 



uilging, we should not much consider the time 



employed. We have great pleasure in stating our 



innnimous opinion, that altogether, it was the best 



iloughing ever performed at any of our previous 



ploughing matches. Six of the ploughs were of 

 improved cast or wrought iron, and one only a very 

 superior woodeu one. One of them, made by 

 Howard, of Hingham, having rollers attached to 

 the end and sides to guide the depth and width 

 of the furrow, caused it to run very true without 

 the assistance of a ploughman, (except in turning 

 and entering it) this ground being peculiarly free 

 from any impediments ; on the whole, for general 

 purposes, it was not thought by the Committee as 

 any saving of labor, as a second person besides the 

 driver was always near in case of need. The 

 whole was so well performed, that the Committee 

 were long in making their selection for |)remiums, 

 — they however were unanimous in awarding the 



1st to Prescott Barrett, of Concord, $15 00 



same as ploughman, 8 00 



Henry Barrett, driver 4 00 



$27 00 



2d to Schuyler Shepard, of Mansfield, $10 00 

 same as ploughman, 5 00 



K. Day, driver, 3 00 



$18 00 



3d to Nathan Smith of Roxbury, $6 00 



same as ploughman, 3 00 



T. Blodget, driver, 2 00 



JOHN PRINCE, 

 EBEN. HEATH, 

 JOHN NORTHEND. 



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$11 00 



WORKING CATTLE. 



The Committee on Jf'orking Cattle (consisting of 

 Luke Fiske, Aaro.n Capen, and Samuel 

 Brooks,) have attended to the duty assigned them, 

 and submit the following report. — 

 That twenty-one persons had entered their 

 teams to compete for the Society's premiums, but 

 on their names being called, seventeen only were 

 present. The Committee proceeded to examine 

 and compare them in reference to strength, docil- 

 ity and training, together with their ages and other 

 properties which were by them deemed necessary 

 to constitute not only good working cattle, but to 

 enable them to discriminate between those ofiered ; 

 do award as follows, viz. 

 To Royall T. Marble of Sutton, the 1st pre- 

 mium — his cattle four years old, $2,'> 00 

 To Prescott Barrett of Westford, the 2d do. 20 00 



his cattle four years old. 

 To James Taylor, of Sutton, the 3d do. 15 00 



his cattle four years old. 

 To Joseph Dudley of Shrewsbury, 4th do. 12 00 



his cattle five years old. 

 To Stephen Marsh of Sutton, 5th do. 8 00 



his cattle five years old. 



Your Committee were limited in the number of 

 premiums to five. But they noticed as worthy of 

 particular attention, a yoke of six years old cattle 

 belonging to John Prince of Roxbury, sired by an 

 imported Alderney bull, and which were trained 

 under the yoke at fifteen months old ; as also those 

 of Mr Tapley, Baron and Dudley, of the same age. 

 But taking into view the difference of their ages, 

 they were constrained to award in the manner 

 they did. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Per order, L. FISKE, Chairman. 



PAT CATTLE, BULLS, AND BULL CALVES. 

 The Committee on Fat Cattle, Bulls, and Bull 



Calves, report as follows, viz : — 

 To Mr John Lane Boylston, of Princeton, for 

 his red Ox, native breed, 8 years old, 

 weight 2451 pounds, they award the first 

 ])remium, $25 



From the 1st of January to February last, Mr 

 Boylston's ox was fed on hay and potatoes, from 

 that time to the 12th of March with hay and meal, 

 one peck per day, since with oats occasionally, fol- 

 lowed by green corn stalks, green corn and pump- 

 kins, lill driven to the Cattle Show. 

 To Mr Nathan Grout, of Sherburne, for his 

 black and white Ox, 5 years old, weight 

 2086 pounds, of the Fill Pail and Native 

 breed, they award the second premium of $20 

 Mr Grout did not furnish an account in writing 

 of the manner of feeding and fatting his ox, but 

 from his statement to the committee they were in- 

 clined to think him fatted with as much economy 

 as Mr Boylston's. 



Mr Samuel Switcher, of Athol, had in a pen, 

 for exhibition oidy, a pair of very fine oxen, both 

 fatted in the best manner, one of them considered 

 equal to any ever exhibited in Brighton. These 

 cattle were bred and fatted in the State of Ver- 

 mont, and from that circumstance could not be 

 entered for premium here. Much credit is due to 

 Mr Switcher for his exertions in getting them on 

 for the exhibition. 



No fat animal was ofTered for the third premi- 

 um, and the committee had no difficulty in award- 

 ing the two premiums. As it respected Bulls, and 

 Bull Calves, it was diflTerent: the entries were 

 numerous, and the animals in general very fine, in 

 many of them hardly a shade's difference as to 

 quality, and the committee could not without some 

 difficulty satisfy themselves as to a selection for 

 permiuins. They however award for Bulls as 

 follows : — 



To Mr B. V. French, of Braintree, for his Bull 

 Norfolk, 14.i months ol<l, from Young Ad- 

 miral, and Cow from Holderness, the first 

 premium, $30 



To Mr John Shumely, of Dover, for his Bull, 

 two years old, from Ccclebs and a Cow of 

 native breed, the second premiimi, $20 



To Mr Silas Dudley, of Sutton, for his Bull, 

 2 years and 4 months old, from imported 

 Bull Holderness and a Cow of native 

 breed, the third preniimn. $10 



For Bull Calves, from 5 to 12 months old. 

 To Mr Thomas Williams, of Chelsea, for his 

 Bull Calf Cicero, 9 months old, from 

 Ccelehs and Flora, both of the full blood 

 Durham Short Horn breed, the first pre- 

 mium, $15 

 To Hon. John Welles, for his Bull Calf, 5 

 months old, of the Durham Short Horn, 

 Bakewell, Holderness and Admiral breed, 

 the second premium, $10 

 To Enoch Silsby, Esq. for his Bull Calf Sul- 

 tan, 9 months and 24 days old— sire Ad- 

 miral, <lani an imported Cow of Bakewell 

 breed, the third premium, *5 

 Many of the young Bulls entered for premium 

 were in pens with Cows and Heifers, which were 

 particulariy assigned to the Committee of which 

 the Hon. J. Welles was Chairman. In examining 

 the Bull Calves the committee could not but bo- 



