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NRw i:\(;land farmer, 



Nov. 6, 1859. 



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Brown and llusscl, of Chesterfield. Some very i After observing, in suhstance, that the luimher I Horlicullura!.—The collection of rare 

 fine American Sewing Silk, hy I'reslon Pond of j of slieep otVered for priniiuni was not so large J the Hall of the Society, on Saturday last u 

 Hind:«(lule. A nuniher of liieces of lace by Mi»9 as coulil have been wished, the Coniinitteo con- among which were the following : — 

 I'rinie, and two veil-, one hy Mis.-t Parker of Kecne, tinuc : — By J. Pbince, Esq. of Roxbury, a very fin' 



were nmch admired. | " If the neglect of this species of husbandry,) lion of rare fruit-s viz a handsome yellow Pa 



The .\nmml .Meeting of the Strnlford, N. H- on the nr.rt of the farmer, he the cause that U.is ; '"^r pear, having a fine blush-not yet in eulu..'- 

 , , , . I, , , ., „., ,!._ . ' . ...... 11 ■. 1 . 1 I 1 Borno Spamsh good Christians, yel ow color, and c 



;ricultural Society, was hcl.l a Rochester on the j ,,or„„„ of our e.>ch.b.tion is so small, .t shoul.l be , ,,„„,,^„,'„^ ,.„„t ^ j^,^.^^, ^^Vpear for eating, bu 



li ult. The Society was addressi-il hy !• rauGis ^ the object of our association to stimulate hini to "; better for baking— some Yellow Winter, a good ba 

 Loggswell, E.sf]., of O.-isipee. Tiie following proper zeal upon the subject. It is not neces-sary [i^jn;, pea,— and "a large pear called the Huiit Peai 

 oHicers were elected for the ensuing year. Ne- > for a man to convert the whole of his farm to the a tiiediiun ealin"f fruit, coarse grain, pleasant ilavcr, 

 hemiah Eastman, President ; Nathaniel Jcwett, ' rearing of .sheep, in order to be interested in their I ed, and fine for baking.— Also, the following .Apple: 

 1 SI Vice President; William Hale, 2il do; J^aiiicl production ; nor is^t necessarv that we should I Pomme .Neige, or Snow apple (fiom Canada ) Swn-a 

 Pickering, Treasurer ; Francis Coggswell, Corres- 1 ,rench upon the ,,rovincc of ano'ther committee in j French Pippin, Garden bp.tze^burghLngl.shNou 

 J T-i I? c „ i7„,.„„i I . ' . ' . , • 1 . „ ,1 „ I panel, Chaitaigner, Golden K(ftesett,ilarigolil,CouD 



pondmgSecretary; Thomas E.Sn«yer, Record- shewing die connexion that e.Tists ""•'^''-'n "'e | i,,.„j^ pris. Accompanying the above named fru.U 

 ing .■Secretary ; William Hagg, Benjamin Enier- rearing of .sheep and the success of manufactures, I ^^^^ ^^ piower stand, made for the Society— painte. 

 son, Steidien C. Lyford, Thomas Rust and Sam- ;„ order to justify us in urging this topic upon the | preen, witli three shelves, placed in a pyramidica ._ 

 uel Stark, Jun., Executive Commitlee. attention of the farmer. They form a psrt of j form, and well calculated tor a display of flowers ani r 



The Annual Cattle Show, I'loughing Match, I jp^pstjc economy, and should constitute a part of fruits.— This is now covered with a fine collection 

 and E.xhibilioii of Domestic ."Manufactures took ^^^^ establishment of every well regulated farm. 

 l>laco on the next day. Premiums were awarded, ' j^ot only should they he raised for the purposes 

 viz. To George Frost, for the best stud horse, j ^f ,1,^ ,ai,ie_ for those who love good eating, but 

 James Wadlcigh, for the best yoke of working . ^,orc especially for the purposes of furnishing 

 cattle. George Frost, next best do. do. W'illiam Lio,|,j„g f^r a family. It is a deceptive and dan- 



coiuprising fifty vaiieties of pears and apples, re 

 ceived from Judge Biel and others. 



From Judge Buei. of Albany, the fruits alluded I 

 and mentioned in the N. E. Farmer, page 105. 



From the garden of Gov. Va.n Ness of VennonI 

 (by Rev. Louis Dwight) a beautiful red apple, (lb 

 Porame Neigc, same as Mr Prince's.) 



From Mr A. Fisuer of Dedham, four seedlinj 

 apples, called there, tiie Pigeon, Spice Pcarmain 

 Smith, (a deep red autumnal apple, very fine) and ont 

 other. 



From Mr S. Dowker a new seedling pear, r»t. 

 ceived from S. H. Smith, Esq. of Providence, accook 

 panicd with the following note 



"Hon. II. A. S. DE.tRBOR.N — 



Df.ak Sir — I have not received the grapes fron 

 Pliilaiklphia, which I requested MrCiRR to send.— 

 With this you will receive a pear taken from a seed 

 ling tree in the town of Cumbeiland, R. I. : it standi 

 on the farm of Jf.re.miah Wilkinson, brother to th« 



Hiird, Jun., next best. William Hale, next best. 

 John FulsoiM, for fulled doth, two jiremiums. 

 ( Hhcr pieces were well spoken of Moses Weed, 

 best pair of blankets. Sarah Mc Dutlie, next best. 

 Moses Weed, for llaiinel, 2 i)remiums. Mrs 

 Mary Dame, best jiair of worsted hose. Mc 

 Weed, best pieces of linen di:;per, 2 ))remiiims. 

 Rufus Parish, best cheese. Mrs Mary Coggswell, 

 next best do. Mrs Sarah Woodman, for the best 

 Rpccimon of currant wine. BIrs J. Jones, for a 

 cotton and woolen counterpane. 



0(iuce the same articles, are unem|doyed, , ncted Je.mima Wilkinson, and the place of her na 

 or employed to little or no purpose. This sort of iti\ity. This is probably a cross between the S 

 reasoning has banished from too many houses the G ;rmain and St Michael's ; both of which have lonj 



W. Rollins, next be.st do. do. Durel Steevens, I ggrons economy, which induces a farmer to buy 

 best pair of three year old steers. William Hayes, ] ^n ),|g woolens of the manufacturer, merely be- 

 next best do. J. H. Hall, best pair of two vearjcause he can buy them cheap — chca])er even than 

 old steers. William P. Wadleigh, best bull overlie siipiio.ses that he can make them at home. It 

 two years old. William Hiird, best bull under , jg ji,e same kind of reasoning which many adopt, 

 two years. Diirel Slevciis, next best do. Sam- Lygn ^j t|,is day, to jirove that we had better buy 

 uel Shackford, Jun., best heifer. Jacob .McDiiflee, ! ^^r cloths of England, although they will take 

 best Merino buck. Mtises Baker, best sow and n„,|,jn„^ cofiiparatively, of the people of the north 

 litter of pigs. Peter Dudley, best crop of wheat ! [,„[ ,„oney, while we have little to sell for which 

 on an acre of land, between 23 and 24 bushel.s. • wj, can raise money abroad. 



Francis Wiiiklcy, best acre of potatoes, 2-17 j „ ^yj^;,^ ^^^^ f^^^^^^j. j^ l^,y]„„ at the store, what 

 luishels. The Committee say that, "the quantity I ^g ^^^^,1 ^^^^^.^ ^^ home, " because he can buy 

 is vuir small, and would not, in common seasonSj^i ^^^^^^^ j,^^ members of his family, whose labour 

 be^H^Ued to a premium ; but in consequence o 

 thd^Efremc drought of the past season, hav( 

 awamrd the above premium." Richmond Hen 



derson, for best ploughing, the ploughing of l-8th Joo™'a,',a 'wheTls, which once formecl such admi- ' grown in the vicinity. The tree is healthy, and i ', 

 acre of land, completed in 19m. ^ 5.5s. Tristram j ^„,,^- „„, ^_,^^„,,, „„„,,„,,, ,„.„, every ^ .-d_^bea^re^r-^he 1^^^^^ 



farmer's establishment. \V e are far from denying sugared, flavor brisk, and res'cmbling the i 



to every one who can buy it, a Sunday or holiday Germain. It kis.'ps through the month of November 

 suit of the very finest of Saxon and Leicester 'pjje sample sent may be fit to taste next week — bu 

 blue, or Slater's black, as his taste shall dictate, ' be sure that it is perfectly soft before it is cuL 

 but we do believe that, for ordinary purposes,] If you consider this fruit worth propagating, I wil 

 purely domestic fabrics are far more 'economical send you scions in the spring, at your request.* I 

 than "the cloths of our manufactories. I ''^s no name-wdl you propose one ? 



uii. Liuius u. i,ui J ^,,]]tj,apij yg,, to inlorm me where! can get i 



■ We would restore the good old days of house- ^.j^^ ^r cuttings of Mr Bland's giape, such as yoi 

 wifery, when, like the wife of Ulys.ses of old, ' named tome in Worcester. .Vulim gives the saraii 

 women knew the use of the dislntf, and instead of i description of the Bland, (Virginia) that you fMl^ 



I waltzes, cantatas, and duets, thrummed out by a ' me, and says it is a better table grape thau the li^ 



1 boarding school miss, upon a discordant piano, j bella. 



I the houses of our farmers rang with the cheerful : 

 sound of the wheel, the iiuilt-uhcel, and the loom, 



WORCESTER CATTLE SHOW REPORTS. 



These are amusing, as well as able and in- 

 structive, but as tliev arc voluminous, and in pos- , „ , , r ■ i . i .i -fr „ 

 session ^f most of our readers, we shall content , "'J'' «"'■'•-.''' '«"'«. «" "^ '"•'"^•^^' ""'1 "'^■<^'- » 



ourselves with extracts and nbridgn ents. 



The committee on sheep, (of which Emory 

 Washburn, Esq., was Chairman), observe that, 

 '• in the flock offered by Mr William VVilliams, 

 the coiiimitieo wore glad to observe a twin 

 fifteen months old, which, wit 

 only descendants of the Dev 



iinfortunately died soon after arriving in this 1 1'"*'"'"'^- 

 country, which was presented to this soclpty by [ " We may be too late in our recommendatioi 

 that distinguished benefactor, Adiiiiial Coflin. It of rrfonn, iiiurli as iliiit is the order of the da; 

 now weighs 12G lbs., and though its wool is long, | for we should really be approhci-.sive of the c< 



I am, very respectfully, 



your obedient servant, 



STEPHEN H. SMITH. 

 Proridcnee, Oct. 3?, ll-\>!>. 



grander <no of music than ever Handel or Mozart ^^^ Committee on Fruits, to whom the above 

 dreamed of We would bring back the ilays ^^.^^ submitted for examination and a name, 



when girls knew at least bow to spin and knit ^^^^^ attended particularly to this fine pear, report 

 their own stockings from the flcecesof their father's a^j describe it as follows: — Size and form like a St 

 tloc-ks, and did not deem it necessary to cover Michael, skin dark green, with a little brownish blush 



iserve a twin laiii, j j,_^.j^','.,^,^ ^^,■^^^^ ^j,,^ j^,,,, runella, and their beads on the sunny side, and a little clouded, hut turns a 



1 !shir./'«am wh hi»ith Navarinos as large as a good sized sheep dark yellow when mature, tlesl. whitish and melting, 

 oiishire l{am, wliicli I = " and a little .stony or gritty — flavor veiv peculiar, pos- 



sessing the fine' flavors of tlie St .Michael and St 

 licrmain combined, with a delicious sweet juice, 

 spiiwhtly and very pleasant; having distinctly the 

 tlavor of the rose in taste and aroma — this superior j 



is said to he excellent for worsted and Htun>eque„ces, if u m'odern "corsetted belle «l'"''''l ! 'needling pear will he a very handsome n^^^^^^ 



to spring a loom or throw a shuttle, quisilion to our gardens -.-it is represented to b. 



goods, and its meat to be of a fine quality for the i undirtak 



table. It belongs to Nalhaniel H.iwe, Esq., of The little thing they call »i icni.W might snap in 

 Shrewsbury, and was oflcred by him for cxhibi- ' the allempl, and with it t|j^veb of life, before 

 lion only. !»1'C web of the loom had hiinR begun." 



great and constant bearer ; it is also valuable ii- 



["Tho scioirt will bo very «rccplol>lo In llic Mi-mhcri— i: 

 MX be seal to die Hall of tho Society, OS North Markctolrrr . 



