NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



The Short Hornet) heifer, Annabella, red unci 

 xvliilc, calved in 18'J0 — got by M;ijor — dam Ad. i 

 by Denton — grand d.im Aurora by Comet — 

 <rroat grand dam by Henry — great great grand 

 t!;\m by Danby — ^in calf by Rockingham. 



Herefordshire boll SIR ISAAC— got by Waxey 

 — Waxey by Mr. Yanvolli's Trojan, ivhich lie 

 olTcrcd to shew again?! any bull in England for 

 10i> sriiineas — Trojan's dam was Margaret bo'l 

 by .Mr. Yarivolh of Mr. Tomkins of his thorough 

 Irod choice stock — VVaxe3''s dam was Brunette 

 1 lit of Margaret — Sir Isaac's dam was Young 

 riiarmer, own sister to the Brown Ox, that won 

 the premium last Christmas at Bath, and after- 

 wards was exhibited at Bristol as a Show and 

 considered the fattest ox in the kingdom. Young 

 I liirmer and the Brown Ox were got by a fa- 

 vourite bull, bred by the late Mr. Benjamin 

 Tomkins. Young Charmer is out of Old Charon- 

 er killed at Hereford at the Christmas Show of 

 fat beef and was much superior to any exhi-. 

 bited. 



The Herefordshire Heifer is also from Wax- 

 ey out of Stately — Slately out of Tidy — daugh- 

 :er of Mad Cap which was considered the best 

 :ow in England, and the greatest weight, and 

 the least bone, weighing eighteen score and a 

 "[uarter. 



Extract from the Supplement to the British 

 Encyclopedia relative to these two breeds: — 



'■ The Short Horned, sometimes called the 

 Dutch, is kn.own by a variety of names from 

 he Districts where they form the principal 

 ilock, or where much attention has been paid 

 their improvement. Different families of 

 his race are thus distinguished by the nnmes 

 it the Holderness, the I'eeswater, the York- 

 ■hire, the Durham, Northumberland and other 

 jf.^eds. The Teeswater breed, a variety of 

 he Short Horns, established on the basiks of 

 he Tees at the head of the vale of York, is al 

 present in the highest estimation, and is alleg- 

 !d to be the true Yorkshire Short Horned breed. 

 Bulls and cows fram this stock, purchased al 

 nost extraordiniry prices, are spread over the 

 lorlh of Ene'and, and the border counties of 

 Scotland. l*he bone, head, and necks of these 

 :attle are tine — the hide is very thin — the chine 

 full — the loin broad, and the carcase throughout 

 large and well fashioned, and the flesh and 

 fatting quality equal 'or perhaps superior to 

 lliose of any other large breed. The Short 

 Horns give a greater quantity of milk than any 

 other cattle — a cow usually yielding 24 quarts 

 per day and three firkins of butter in a season. 

 Their beef is used for the East India ships, be- 

 ing thicker it retains its juices better in long 

 voyages." 



The Herefordshire cattle are of a deep red 

 colour, with fine hair, and very thin hides — 

 neck and head clean — horns neither long nor 

 short — bone not large. The Hereford cattle 



40.} 



SILVER CUP 

 Honour to whom honour is due — A Sm.ver Cop 

 of much valup, and of v.ry deo-ant wnrkmanship, 

 has been recently presented to Mr. Jolin Youn-, author 

 of " I.etlers of Agrieola," by his friends in Nova Sco- 

 tia. 'Hth splendid donation appears to have been in- 

 tended to indicate the high sense which the donors 

 entertain of the exertions of Ah-. Young to resuscitate 

 and redeem the Agriculture of the Province from alow 

 and apparently hopeless state into which it had fallen, 

 before the writings and exertions of that gentleman' 

 awakened the energies of the inhabitants and kindled 

 the zeal for agricultural improvement, whicl. has given 

 a new face to the country ; and may be almost literally 

 said to have caused the " wilderness to blossom as the 

 rose." The following account of the proceedings on 

 that occasion we have extracted and abridged from the 

 Acadian Recorder, a HaUi;ix paper, of June 12. 



A meeting of Mr. Young's friends, called 

 for the purpose of presenting him with this cup, 

 assembled on Monday last in the Exchano^e 

 CoiTee House at 12 o'clock. The large roo°m 

 was prepared for the accommodation of the 

 subscribers and for the display of this very el- 

 egant piece of plate. At the upper end was 

 stationed a square table covered to the floor, 

 with moreen ; upon which stood another of in- 

 ferior size, bearing on it the cup — thus made 

 visible to all present. 



It is a tripod, fashioned in the form of a 

 Scotch thistle and is about 1-1 inches high. The 

 feet are composed of three distinct lea'ves issu- 

 ing from the stem, and bent upwards towards 

 the extremity so as to resemble those of the 

 natural plant. The silver here is artfully 

 wrought, not to have a polished shining appear- 

 ance, but to represent the silky softness which 

 is the eiTect of the fine clown that nature 

 sprinkled on (be surface. The edges of (he 

 leaves are slightly tinged with gold and in n 

 different style of work, of which nothing but 

 technical terms could convey any proper idea. 

 The stem is made in imitation of the stalk, and 



the cup itself of the flowers of the thistle. 



Both the catix and the corolla are hollow, so 

 that the cavity or inside is more capacious than 

 would seem at the tirst look and holds about 3 

 pints. On this part the artist has exhausted all 

 his skill, and for beauty and taste it stands unri- 

 valled in this province. Connected with two 

 garlands of flowers, very richly embossed, a 

 fancy cord apparently of virgin gold winds round 

 the body of the cup in festoons, and in it are 

 fastened two rings of some precious metal 

 which serve equally for decoration and for use! 

 Below one of these festoons is the inscription, 

 and on the obverse side is an emblematical 

 shield of heraldry containing the arms of Nova 

 Scotia. To the stem are attached eight stalks 

 of wheat— four on each side— with the ears 

 hanging in a pensile form, as of the ripened 



snori — none noi large, i ne tlerelord cattle "oi'si'ig in a pensile form, as of the ripened ■—■••■■■""—- '■-"■>= 

 are next in size to the Yorkshire Short Horns, srrain. These are of a bright yellow and so^ , , k, ^"l °^'" 

 Both this and the Gloucester variety, are hi?h- happily executed as to annear nalur.nl TholP" ..? ^vantage 



Both this and the Gloucester variety, are high- 

 ly eligible as dairy stock and are found to fat- 

 ten very easily. Sir I. G. Cotterel gave for the 

 mother of the bull sent out g200 and the heifer 

 is now with calf by a bull which was sold for 

 2000 dollars. The Herefordshire stock carried 

 all the prizes last year even againt the Short 

 Horns. 



By order of the President, 



BENJ. GUILD, Jlssist. Rec. Sec\j. 



happily executed as to appear natural. Thelf r-f , - 



whole tripod is sustained on throe small globes i^e"^''*^"'' , » change, 

 and the interior of the r„r. i. ^,,.h.?i ...■.:^ "^^ gentleman now 

 gold. This 

 designed by 



ricated by" Messrs. Rundell, Bridg'e'il'RundeM 

 of London, jewellers and silver smiths to 

 his Majesty, and is a noble and highly finish- 

 ed tribute to the arts. The inscription is as 

 follows : . 1 . 



Presented 



nv THE FaF.F.IIOI.nEnS 



ANB OTHER INHABITANTS 

 OF THE TOfV^r or HALIFAX, 



TO JOHN YOUNG, ESQ. 

 >f Testimony 

 Of the High Esteem and Respect (hey enter- 

 l»m (or his exertions in (he ad- 

 vancement of (he AgricuKure 

 and g.^neral interests of 

 the Province, 



t AND IN APPROBATION OF 



7/7.5 DIGJVIFIED CONDUCT 



AT THE LATE ELECTION. 



^•oyA SCOTIA, 

 1823. 

 The account given of the ceremonies and addresses 

 which took place at the presentation of the cup we' 

 have not room to publish at large; but the following 

 extracts will shew that they were decoroua and appro- 

 priate. 



John Starr, Psq. first addressed himself to the 

 t^hairman, and then turning to Mr. Young with 

 the cupin his hand said, that a very pleasing 

 duty had been assigned to him by the committee 

 1 hey had prepared this cup which on Dehalf 

 ot the subscribers he had now the honor of pre- 

 senting, as a mark of their respect and as ex- 

 pressing their sense of the important services 

 which Mr. Young had rendered to the province 

 He performed this duty with great and sincere 

 pleasure, and hoped that Mr. Young would long 

 live to possess and enjoy so elegant a gift— and 

 might never use it without emotions of grati- 

 tude to the Divine source from whence all good 

 proceeds.— TAen, directing himself to the Chair, 

 man, he observed, that the inscription on the 

 cup., «o/Sci€ntly indicated the views and feel- 

 ings with which it was presented, in allusion to 

 (he exertions of Mr. Young in promoting the 

 agricultural and general interests of Nova Sco- 

 tia--and to his gentlemanly and dignified con- 

 duct at the late Eleclion. The presence of 

 that gentleman prevented hira from giving full 

 ulterance to the opinion which he had foTmed 

 from personal observation during a recent ex 

 cursion of 300 miles into the interior, and from 

 ihe reports of others, of the actual good which 

 ■lad resulted from his labours and from the new 

 spirit awakened, and now in active operation 

 throughout this province. As a native, he felt 

 proud to declare to (be assembly so respectable 

 and so deeply interested in the advancement of 

 the country— that a rapid and very great im- 

 provement had taken place and was still going 

 on in all the branches of agriculture. It wa^ 

 making itself visible in the face of the country 

 —the toils of the farmer had been dignified 

 and made the theme of conversation— aiid the 

 establishment of oatmills was productive of in- 



Of so happy and so 

 he was certain that 

 before him did not 



rior of the cup is washed with ' gentleman now before him did not 



lasteful piece of workmanship was '''"""'[^^ '° himself all the praise. He was not 

 Mr. Torbelt of this town, and fab- "'''"'''<' <='''"\e' ^u' ""^ Agrieola he was the mov- 

 dessrs. Rundell. Brid-e Jl Rnndnll I"? ""-'^- . ^''''^ '""^l ^^ -'"ributed to (he no- 



. , -' p, , — -"uiv-u lu iiic lia- 



ble Earl who warmly patronized the new sys* 

 tem, to our excellent Governour, Sir James 

 Kempt, who had ever taken a lively interest in 

 its success, to the worthy Vice Pres'idept of the 

 General Board, (now the Admidistrator to (be 



