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um^— ;\ proni that we need selection and care 

 onlv, to make our own breed equal to any we 

 could import. Yet we must rejoice at the op- 

 portunity wo have had to cross our breed with 

 the most improved of foreign countries. If no 

 other elTect should be produced, than that of ex- 

 citing attention to the improvement of our na- 

 tive stock, all the care and expense hitherto be- 

 stowed would be only as the chalV is to the 

 plump and healthy grain. 



JOHN LOWELL, Chairman. 



N. B. There wiis a cow exhibited, owned by 

 Charles Vaughan, Esq of Hallowell, which for 

 several accounts, did not come within the list of 

 our premiums.--Yct it would be improper not to 

 notice her— she was from an imported breed, ol 

 great value, and she was without question one 

 of the most perfect animals ever exhibited in 



Brighton. 



REPORT No. II. 

 The Committee on Milch Cows, Heifers, Sheep 

 and Swine, consisting of E. Hersy Derby, 

 Esq. Wiliard Gay, Esq. of Dedh.im, and Ab- 

 ner Wheeler, Esq. of Eramingham, report: 

 That there were three premiums oQVred for 

 milch cows, for which thore were twelve can- 

 didates, and after long deliberation ihoy have 

 awarded the premiums in the following manner 

 — The 1st premium of ^30 to the Rev. .)ohu B. 

 White of East Sudbury— 2d do }j;20 to the Re/. 

 Samuel Capen, of South Boston — 3d dn. 13 dis. 

 to Henry Rice, of Boston, for the Duchess of 

 Marlboro'. 



Mr. White who received the tirst premium, 

 furnishes the following statement under oath. 

 His is a native cow, raised by Mr. Noah Smith 

 of Sudbury, is nine years old, and came into his 

 possession in the sprin? of 11121. She calveil 

 on the 28th of May, the calf was killed the 11 th 

 of July. She has furnished 15G lbs. 9 oz. of but- 

 ter, besides furnishing the family with a supply 

 of milk. Woigiit of one quart of her milk 2^ 

 lbs. Weight of milk given m a day when the 

 calf was a week old, besides what he would take, 

 35 lb. 8| oz. Weight of milk when the calf was 

 three weeks old 32 lbs. 13 oz. Weiglit of milk 

 . given on the day after the calf was killed 60 lbs. 

 On the 27th of Sept. weight of milk ^'iven in 

 one day, 38 lbs. 12 oz. 15 qts. 1 pt. On the lllh 

 of Oct. 36 lb. 11 qts. 3 1-5 gills.— From this it 

 appears that the mean weight of milk given by 

 the cow from the time when the calf was killed 

 to the present is 48 lbs. a day. It also appears 

 that when the calf was killed she gave milk at 

 the rate of a barrel of 32 gallons beer moasnre 

 in 5 1-3 days, and that she now gives milk at 

 the rate of a barrel in 8 days and 8-9 of a day. 

 Mr. Capen who received the second premium, 

 stated uniler oath that his cow was raised by 

 himself, is from a superior native cow and a bull 

 of the Hon. John Wclles's slock — ;s eight years 

 old, calved the 2d May, since which she has fur- 

 nished 202 lbs. of butter; her greatest quantity 

 of milk has been about 16 quarts per day, of 

 very rich quality. 



Mr. Rice staled that his cow by Denton was 

 three years old last February, she calved July 

 27 ; she has given from the 9th of August, to the 

 13th Oct. 65 days, 2181 lbs. milk, averaging 38 

 1-5 lbs. per day. 



The Committee noticed with much pleasure 

 two other very line cows, one belonging to the 

 Hon. John Welles, the other to Mr. Luke Fiske. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



There were twenty four Heifers entered for 

 premiums, and your Committee had only three 

 premiums to award. Among so many very fine 

 animals, they found it extremely diflicult to de- 

 cide, and regretted that no distinction had been 

 made in the premiums between those which 

 had calved and those which had not. But tak- 

 ing into view every circumstance, they have 

 been induced to award the tirst premium of gl5 

 to Mr. Samuel Jaqnes of Charlcstown, for his 

 full blooded short horned heifer of 16 months. 



The 2d premium of 10 dIs. to Maj. Benjamin 

 Wheeler of Framingham, for his part blooded 

 heifer of 11 months old. 



The 3d premium of 7 dIs. to Col. Joseph Val- 

 entine of Hoplunton, for his native heifer of 17 

 months old. 



The Committee were highly pleased with 

 several other heifers, and regret that they could 

 not award more premiums. They feel desirous 

 of noticing in a particular manner the live heif- 

 ers by Denton, owned by his Honor Levi Lin- 

 coln, oi Worcester, also five heil'ers offered by 

 the Hon. John Welles of Dorchester, 1 by John 

 Pierce Esq. of Rosbury ; 2 by Jacob Enapp Esq. 

 of the same town ; 1 by George L. Stearns, ol 

 Medford ; 1 by Samuel Brooks of Brighton ; 1 

 by the Rev. Lemuel Capen, of South iioston ; 1 

 by Dr. Codman, of Dorchester, and two full 

 blooded young heifers by Col. Samuel Jaques of 

 Charleatown. 



In deciding the premiums on .Merino Siieep. 

 they have been governed more by the fineness 

 of the fleece on every part of the same, than 

 by the size and a^'^pearance of the animal, ami 

 have therefore awarded 

 To Samuel Hcnsliaw, of Boston, the first premium 



for the best Merino Ram, $15 



To Samuel Jaques, ofCharlestown, the 2(1 do. 

 To Samuel Henshaw, of Boston, the first premium 



for Merino Ewes, 20 



To Samuel Jaques, of Charlestown, the 2d do. 10 



There were several other lots of Merinoes, 

 all of which the Committee thought very high- 

 ly of, several of which were very much superi- 

 or in size and appearance to the ones to which 

 they have awarded the premium^, but the quali- 

 ty of their wool was not of such exquisite fine- 

 ness throughout. There were no Merino or 

 native wethers ofVered for premiums — They 

 were much graliiied by the appearance of four 

 long woolled sheep from the iNctherlands, im- 

 [lorted by Col. Jaques, who has made great ex- 

 ertions to introduce line breeds of sheep into 

 the country, but as the Society have not offered 

 a premium for sheep of that kind, they could 

 not award any. 



Tlie committee award for the best Boar, the 1st 

 premium to Gorham ParsoHS, Esq. for his Cob- 

 bet and Wellington boar, $12 

 I"or the 'id best to Silas Dudley, of Sutton o 

 for the 3d, to Francis Moore, of IJrig:hton 5 

 For the liest Sow, to Silas IJudley, of Sutton 12 

 For the 2d best, to Gorham Parsons, Esq. for his 



Leicester Sow 8 



For the 3d, to S. W Pomeroy, Esq. of Brighton 5 



For the best store Pigs, to josiah P. Kenney, of 



Raxbury, the 1st premium 10 



For the 2d best, to Luke Fiske, of Waltham 5 



For the best spayed Sows, four in number, to T. 



P. Mariam, of Concord 20 



[Your committee were much pleased with the appear- 

 ance of these animals. Mr. M. furnished them witli a 

 description in writing of his mode of operation- 

 Mr. Parsons desires the committee to state 

 that he relinquishes the premiums awarded to 



him for his swine, having intended to enter 



them for exhibition only. i 



All which is respectfully submitted. ; 



E. HERSY DERBY, Chairmn,,. i 



REPORT No. III. 



Br.uiiiTON, Oct. 16, lo2.J. ; 

 The Committee on Agricultural Inventions 

 Report: ( 



That among the articles presented of tliisde f 

 scription, Safford's Straw Cutter, is, in iheii 

 opinion entitled to the Society's premium, f'rOB 

 Its great simplicity as well as its elTectual o|«- 

 ration. The motion is communicated to l|c 

 feeders directly by a double threaded iron screw, 

 without bands or any complicated machinerj 

 The knives are flat ami oblong, and aliixed ti 

 the radius of an iron wheel, and fixed and ud 

 fixed, and regulated with the greatest east 

 The whole expense of the machine is fifteti 

 dollars. It is said that it will cut a bushel c 

 straw in a minute; and the testimonials in I; 

 favor are of the most decisive character, giver 

 by persons well acquainted with the use ot'suci 

 mai:hines, who certily that " it exceeds ar 

 other they have ever seen, for cheannoss, sim 

 plicity, despatch and durability." Your Comniil 

 tee therefore award to Mr. SaS'ord the Societv: 

 p.'cmium of $20. ' 



A machine, called Jaquith's Threshing Jj 

 chine, was presented for jiremium by trie 4- 

 veiiior. It is chiefly characterized by its bek 

 the application of the same wheels to the sc- 

 tion of flails, which are fed by gecr, or baQl' 

 riie operation of the machine is very sin«e 

 and effectual, and in the opinion of your Cjj:^ 

 mitteo is the best, ivhich has yet been presi 

 c(], for mowed grain. Its expense is tliirty-fi^ 

 dollars, when prepared for the hand, and sevtm 

 ly five dollars when prepared for the hop*! 

 power. Your Committee deem it entitled, am' 

 accordingly award a premium of $20 — the pre 

 prietor adducing certificates, to the satisfacliti 

 tion of the Chairman, that the machine haslMw 

 used and approved by some practical farmefc ' 



Walter .lanes presented for premium, a C l^ 

 Shelling Machine, the principal compoi 

 parts of which were a fluted cast iron cylii 4/ 

 luiug under the segment of another fluted ^ 

 iron inverted cylinder. Without atlemp ^ 

 further to particularize its conformation, J ifi 

 Committee deem it sufficient to state that itjfer-i 

 formed its operations well, and is in their opiV 

 ion an useful machine. Your Committee ili f 

 not however, deem it so decidedly, if at alllW 

 [lerior to machines, for a similar purpose tietf 

 in this vicinity, as to justify them in awa 

 any premium ; although they deem it 

 adapted for its purpose. ^ 



A Shearing Machine, presented by Johi 

 Cambridge, of Springfield, V^ermont, the o[ 

 lion of which is chiefly characterized byl 

 horizontal motion and sliding action of 

 knife, by which it differs from similar mach»<! 

 in common use in our manufactories. It is a IB' 

 chine extremely nandsome in its structure, W> 

 performs its work %vell — but not coming liniiti 

 the head of agricultural implements, is uOlti" 

 braced within the sphere of the premiums, « 

 the authority of the Society. 



The same remark applies to a machineW' 

 nomiualed " Jencks's Alleviator." This y*"" 

 Committee apprehend to be a very excellM' 



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