NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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*A.f .^I tss ichust^ffs Societi/for promoltn^ ^'}i;ricultun 



it luis uol the crcuit ol giviiigp the first example of 

 louiiliing .^lalch, to the otlur Societies of the Com- 

 iwe;ilth, yet to Iheni it has hecome, what i<'i(/i Ihc 

 ugh, the heavy oxen at the heam are to the steers 

 the chain — the strength and steadiness which rej:- 

 es the team, and carries out the furrow, to the end 



wurl:. 

 he only path which can be made through the Ocean 



e path of glory, which our enemies have found 



h bealeu. 



land J\'atngation — while it grains us new neighbors, 

 shall not forget the claims of our own household, 

 y Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn. May the patronage of 



Legislature cause the Connecticut to flow through 



ester, and make Boston her best neighbor, 

 'he Middling Inlcrcsl — As it respects animals may it 

 onfined to Cities and Seaports. The Fanner con- 



the i:enerr.i interest by preferring his best stock. 

 ur jXcrl CatlU Show — ^lay it find us with good 

 )S in our fields, good Hocks in our folds, good prin- 



s in our hearts, good help-mates io our houses. 

 y the Governor. 



'he Town, and Count;/ of Worcester — whose iraprove- 

 ts in Agriculture and the Usel'ul Arts refiect honor 

 he compact centre of the real strength of the state. 

 V Mr. Wells, Delegate Irom the Massachusetts So- 



he ambitious purposes of our Agriculturists — May 

 subdue the earth, not by war and desolation, but 

 multiplication of the means of subsistence and 

 lomforts ofnian. 

 r Mr. Derby, Delegate from the Massachusetts So- 



y. 



le Worcester Agricullvral Society — Their interest- 



■xhibition this day evinces what can be eflected by 



ons emulous of improvement. 



.• Col. Eustis, of the U. S. Army. 



12 Worcester Exhibition of the noblest animal, 



— which cannot be improved by crossing the breed 



any foreign importation. 



ommoclore Bainbridge, Adjulant General 

 incr. aiii! Mr. Silsby, Prcsiilent of the Senate, 

 \\c roinplimentar}' (oasis to the Society 



liio ENllibltionS of the duy : aud the Sher- 



f the County gave a coraplimentary toast to 

 distingfuished guests present. 

 1 addition to the Governor and suite, there 

 e present Com. Bainbridge, Hon. Mr. Sils- 

 President of the Senate of Massachusetts, 

 I. Mr. Crowninshield, of Salem, Gen. Dear- 

 1, of Ro.tbury, Gen. Sumner, Messrs. Wells 

 Derby, Delegates from the State Society, 

 Col. Eustis, of the Army. 



PUEMICMS AWARDED BY THE COMMITTEES. 



'II A'eat Cattle. — For the best Bull, Samuel 

 of Charlton, $15, next best, John W. Hub- 

 I], of W^orcester, and Jacob W. Watson, of 

 icetoD, 10. Best Bull Calf, John Brown, 

 lley, 6 ; next best, Alpheus Smith, Leicester, 

 Best Milch Cow, from a stock of five cows, 

 luel Mixter, New-Braintrce, 15 ; next best, 

 three cows, Andrew Smith, Rutland, 10; 

 t best, Henry Rogers, Worcester, 8. Best 

 fer. Job Rainger, New Braintree, 6 ; next 

 , Salem Toivne, jun. Charlton, 5. Best 

 fer Calf, Alpheus Smith, Leicester, 5; next 

 , Asa Waters, Millbury, 4. Best four years 

 Steers, Simeon Phelps, Sutton, 10. Best 

 ;e years, Luther Whiting, do. 8 ; next best, 

 Ciimmings, jr. do. 5. Best two years old 

 jrs, Stephen Marsh, jr. do. 7 ; next best, Roy- 

 Marble, do. 4. Best Yearlings, Daniel 

 iney, do. 5. Best fat Ox, Asa Pond, Peters- 

 1, 15; next best, Seth Wyman, Shrewsbury, 



)n Working Oxen. — 1st, Isaac Hathaway, Sut 

 pb. 2d, Frcegrace Marble, do. 12. 3d 

 n Sherman, 2d, do. 10. 4th. Seth Wyman 

 ewsbury, 3. 



On Sheep. — Best Mermo Ram, Bezaleel Taft, 

 jr. Uxbriilge, 10 ; next best, Joseph Thayer, do. 

 5. Best Merino Ewes, Aaron Tufts, Dudley, 10; 

 next best, Salem Towne, jr. Charlton, .'>. Best 

 Merino Wethers, BezalccI Tul'l, jr. Uxbridgc, 

 4. Best lot mixed Merino Siioep, Rejoice New- 

 Ion, Worcester, 5. Native do. Asa Rice, do. 1. 

 Best Native Kr.rn, Holton Maynard, Norlliboro', 

 5. 



0(1 Swine. — Best Boar, Samuel Harrington, 

 Worcester, 10. Best breeding' Sow, Jonatlian 

 Knight, do. 6. Best weaned Pigs, Ward and 

 Rice, do. 4. 



Articles manufactured nf Cotton, JVool, Flax 

 and SUk. — Best Broadcloth, Slater and Howard, 

 Oxford, gl5. Best Cassimere, Wolcott Manu- 

 facturing Co. 10. Best Carpeting, Hannah Blair, 

 Worcester, 15; next best, John Hiniter, Nciv 

 Braintree, 10. Best Woollen Cloth, household 

 manufacture, Samuel Dadman, Templcton, 8 ; 

 2d do. do. Lovett Meters, Westborougb, 5 ; 3d do. 

 do. Levi Saivyer, Bolton, 3. Best Flannel, Jona- 

 than Wilder, Lancaster, 10; next best Jerome 

 Gardner, Harvard, 5. Best Linen Siieeting, 

 Betsy Delano, New Braintree, 5. Best do. Shirt- 

 ing, Priscilla Putnam, Grafton, 3. Best Woollen 

 Coverlid, Jonathan Moore, Holden, 4. Best 

 Linen Table Diaper, Patty Leiand. Grafton, 8. 

 next best, Polly Leiand, do. 5. Best half Stock- 

 ings, Hannah Edson, 2. Sewing Silk, Lemuel 

 Healy, Dudley, 5. 



On all other Manufactured articles. — Best But- 

 ter, Levi Goodale,West Boylslon, '^1 ; next best, 

 Ebenezcr Dunbar, Leicester, 5. — Best Cheese, 

 William Tufts, New Braintree 10; next best, 

 Elisha Mathews, do. 5. Set of Machine Cards, 

 C'heney Patch, Leicester, 20. Best dressed 

 Cali'skins, William Slocumb, Northboro', 10. 

 Best hole Leather, Phnieas Davis, do. 5. Best 

 Morocco, Joseph Griggs and Co. Millbury, 3. 

 Best Ox Yoke, Simeon Hathaway, jun. Sutton, 

 G ; next best, Andrew Buxton, do. 5. 



An extra Premium of ;^2 was recommended by 

 the Company, and awarded by the Trustees to 

 be paid to Ebenezcr Mower, of Worcester, for 

 Butter in cakes of superior neatness and flavor. 



On ploughing. — 1st, Freegracc Marble, Plough 

 10, Ploughman 5, Driver 3. 2d VN'illiam Eaton, 

 jun. Plough 8, Ploughman 4, no driver. 3d, 

 Nathan Heard, jun. Plough 6, Ploughman 3, 

 Driver 1. 4th, Silas Dudley, Plough 4, Plough- 

 man 2. 



BERKSHIRE CATTLE SHOW. 

 This Exhibition was held on the 1st and 2d 

 inst. The exhibition of .\nimals was very fine, 

 including various breeds and cross-breeds, from 

 different sections of the country. The quantity 

 of Household Manufactures was small compared 

 with that of former exhibitions, which was im- 

 puted to accident. The Ploughing Match, on 

 the morning, was of much interest. The spec- 

 tators were more numerous than had been be- 

 fore known. A numerous procession was es- 

 corted to the Meeting-house, (which was pre- 

 viously in part filled with an assembly of the 

 fair and the fashionable) by the company of 

 Berkshire Greys, under Capt. Clapp. The 

 Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Shepard was peculiarly 

 fervent and appropriate. The Address, by 

 Theodore Sedgwick, Esq. of Stockbridge, was 

 distinguished for good sense and good humor, 

 and was well adapted to subserve the interest 



of the practical agriculturist. Th^s address will 

 be published for (be use of the Society. After 

 the Address an cloo:ant Ode, written hv William 

 C. Bryant, Esq. of Great Barringlon (publi^hed 

 on (he last page of (bis d.iy's pap^r.) and set to 

 music by Thomas Hastings, Esq. of Albany, was 

 received with enthusiasm, heightened by the 

 rellection that it was wholly .'Vmcrican. 



Elkanah Walson, Esq. of All)any, whose ser- 

 vices in the formation of the Society were 

 gratefully recollected, delivered some brief and 

 pertinent remarks, accompanied by the present 

 of a small treatise on Salt, &,c. as a manure. 



On the evening of the first day a Concert of 

 V^ocal Music was given under the direction of 

 the Messrs. Hastings, of Albany, which was 

 highly spoken of. 



The Freiniums were <!eclarGd bj' the Presi- 

 dent, the Hon. H. W. Divight, and were as 

 follows : 



Seth Wilcox, of Stockbridge, for (he best two 

 acres of Winter Wheat, p. The Committee 

 observed that they had no doubt but this was 

 the best crop of winter wheat raised within the 

 Commonweallh this season. Oliver P. Dickin- 

 son, of Pittsficid, lor the second best piece of 

 Winter Wheat, %Q. Richard Cooman, of Pitts- 

 field, for the best two acres of Spring Wheat, 

 g9. John Chamberlain, of Dalton, for the 2d 

 best do. j^6. David C. Hull, of Stockbridge, for 

 the best 3 acres of Winter Rye, $8 ; Silas 

 Smith, of Lanesborough, for the 2d best do. g6 ; 

 David Chapin, of Richmond, for the 3d best do. 

 ^5 ; Eraslus Rowley, of Richmond, for the 4th 

 best do. gl. Enos Smith, of Stockbridge, for a 

 piece of Barley, j|4. Joseph Merrick, of Pitts- 

 field, for the best 2 acres of Pease, <55 ; James 

 B. Ward, of Pittsfield, for the 2d best do. gl. — 

 Uliver P. Dickinson, of Pittsfield, for the best 

 acre of Flax, $8 ; Caleb Snow, of West Stock- 

 bridge, for the 2d best do. g6 ; Erastiis Rowley, 

 of Richmond, for the 3d best do. jpl. Azariah 

 Root, of Sheffield, for the best 3 acres of Oats, 

 ;?,6 ; Timothy Wainwright, of Groat Barringlon, 

 forthe 2d best do. %\. Jacob Loudon, of Wind- 

 sor, for the best 2 acres of Indian Corn, ^8 ; 

 Chester Goodale, of Egremont, for the 2d best 

 do, g6 ; Samuel Kellogg, of Williamstown, tor 

 the 3d best do. g5 ; William Whitney, of Stock- 

 bridge, for the 4th best do. f,i. 



The Committee observed, " that in conse- 

 quence of the severe drought in the early part 

 of the season, the crops of Summer Wheat and 

 Flax were much injured; yet, as the Society 

 have tliought proper to give liberal encourage- 

 ment for raising these important crops, your 

 committee did not tliink themselves at liberty 

 to withhold the premiums on these cro|>s, more 

 especially on wheat As it is a fact that by es- 

 timition more than 4.000 dollars is annually 

 paid to the citizens of a neighboring state, bj 

 the inhabitants of one of our towns, for the ar- 

 ticle of wheat flour ; a fact that calls loudly 

 on the society for the encouragement of the cul- 

 tivation of wheat." They likewise state, that 

 " a crop of Winter Wheat, raised by Major Gen. 

 Whiting, sowed after a corn crop would give at 

 least 20 bushels ; and on land that has been un- 

 der cultivation f.">r many years ; which aliords 

 good evidence that wheat may be cultivatfiij 

 with profit on our old improved lands." 



The Premium for the best cultivated farm 

 was awarded to Samuel Kellogg, of Williams- 

 town, g20. 



