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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



May 



3. "What breed are they? 



4. "Wliat is their age, respectively? 



5. On what day did they drop their last calf? 



6. At what time were they turned to pasture ? 



7. What was the kind and quality of pasturing? 



8. What was the kind, quality and quantity of 

 other food furnished them ? 



9. For how long a time was other food fur 

 iiished ? 



10. What was the weight and wine measure of 

 milk from each cow, or from all the cows, on 



June 1, Morning Evening. Sept. 1, Morning. Evening. 



" 2, " 2, 



" 3, " 3, 



" 4, " 4, 



" 5, " 5, 



" 6, " 6, 



" 7, " T, 



" 8, " 8, 



*' 9, " 9, 



11. If butter was made, how much did each 

 cow make during the days above specified ? 



12. How much was made from the time of 

 turning to pasture till Sept. 10 ? 



13. How long is your cream usually kept be- 

 fore churning? 



14. What is the manner of preparing the butter 

 after it comes ? 



The Committee will require the affidavit of 

 one or more persons, of the amount of milk or 

 butter produced 



Fat Cattle. 



Tor the best yoke of Fat Oxen, 

 the next best, rto. 

 the next best do. 



$8 00 

 600 

 4 00 



A statement of the mode of fottening, and the 

 expense of the same, must accompany the entry. 

 Swine. 



For the best Boar, , $6 00 



Tor the best breeding Sow, 6 00 



For the best Pigs, not less than 3 in number, from 4 to 8 



months old. 5 00 



For the next best, 2 00 



Horses. 



For the best Stud Horse, $10 00 



For the best breeding Mare and Colt, • 5 00 



For the best 2 year old Colt. 6 00 



For the best yearling Colt, 5 00 



Poultry. 



For the best live Turkeys, not less than 5 in number, $3 00 



the next best, 2 00 



For the best live Geese, not less than 5 in number, 3 00 



the next best, 2 00 



For the best live barn-yard fowls, not less than 5 in number, 3 00 

 the next best, 2 00 



Plowing Watch. 

 To owners of the twelve Plows which shall ]_>e 

 judged to have done the best work with the least 

 expense, on 1-8 of an acre, 



Double Teams— 1 Plow, $10; 2 do. $7; Z do. $6; 4 do. $5. 

 Single Trams— 1 Plow, $10; 2 do. $7; 3 do. S*>; 4 do. $5. 

 Horse Teams— 1 Plow, $10; 2 do. $7; 3 do. $6; 4 do. $5. 



Trial of Working Oxen, 

 Will take place immediately after the delivery 

 of the Address. All competitors in this trial must 

 enter their names with the Secretary, before 9 

 o'clock on Tuesday. Trial to commence at 11 

 o'clock. 



Spading Match. 



For the best performance in spading, not less 



than ten inches in depth, on a piece of not less 

 than sixty square feet of sward land ; due regard 

 being had to time, the thoroughness of the pulver- 

 ization of the soil, and the state in which it is left 

 for the reception of seed, th» labor to be performed 

 with a common square Spade. To commence at 

 10 o'clock. 



Bread. 



To women over 20 years, or married : — For the best home- 

 made 'VVheaten Bread, made with yeast, and baked on 



the day before the exhibition, not less than 4 lbs. $4 00 



For the next best, 2 00 



For the next best, 1 00 



For the best, made by a girl under 20, and unmarried, 4 OO 



the next best 2 00 



the next best, 1 00 



Full statements of the whole process of making 

 and baking will be required. 

 Butter. 



For the best new churned Butter, not less than 12 lbs., a 



set of Silver Tea Spoons. 



For the next best, 2 50 



For the next best, , 2 OO 



For the next best, 1 60 



For the next best, 1 00 



Certificates of the manner in which it has been 

 made and preserved will be required. 



Needle Work and Household Manufactures. 

 The sum of Forty Dollars is awarded for the 

 best specimens of the above articles, in such sums 

 as shall be deemed proper by the Committee who 

 examine the articles. 



Machines and Tools. 

 To tl# person who shall produce at the Show 

 any Agriculturallmplement of his own invention, 

 which shall deserve a reward, not exceeding ten 

 dollars, to be comj>eted for by any person though 

 not residing in the County. 



Certificates ai*e to be produced to the Committee 

 proveding its utility. a 



Agricultural Tools and Implements. 



For the largest variety of the best Agricultural Tools and 



Implements, 



$10 09 



For the New England Farmer. 



GTJANO AND SUPER-PHOSPHATE. . 



Friend Brown : — ^I have read your paper from 

 time to time, hoping that I should find some relia- 

 ble facts in relation to the use of guano and super- 

 phosphate, but as yet the statements of different 

 journals and pereonsare so conflicting, that I am at 

 loss to know which to purchase for my pasture. 

 Paris works admirably ; but I wanMo manure it, 

 and it must bo done with one of those articles. In 

 my last, I informed you that 1 had six rows planted 

 with corn. No. 1 guano, 2 phosphate, 3 guano 

 and paris, 4 ashes, 5 paris,and no manure in the 

 hill of the Gth. The 1 and 3 did not come up well, 

 as there was butlittlerainafter they were planted, 

 and tlie guano was not dissolved. This replanted 

 where it was necessiiry. The phospliate grew rap- 

 idly, and could be distinguished from the other, as 

 far as you could see, the corn ripening off much 

 the soonest. 



