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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JAN. IS. 1843. 



[ET'We would invite the attention of all who 

 may he called upon to take part in the offering of 

 premiums by agricultural societies, to look over 

 carefully the following list of the Plymouth Coun- 

 ty Society. We see in it unusual care to reward 

 the most skillful rather than those who ivho may 

 happen, they know not how, to produce the largest 

 crop. The appointment of a "Supervisor," whose 

 duty, we infer, requires hiui to watch the course of 

 all claimants, and get the most important facts by 

 personal observation, is something new. and that 

 promises much good. The rule that requires com- 

 petitors for premiun)S on crops, to make their entries 

 in the spring, we regard as one of the best that 

 could be put in operation, for the purpose of ensur- 

 ing accurate accounts of all that is done to the 

 land, and of showing the probable causes of suc- 

 cess or of failure. We like this list better than 

 any other that we have ever seen. — Ed. N. E. F. 



CATTLE SHOW 

 At Bridgewater, Wednesday, October 4, 1843. 

 List of Premiums proposed by the Plymouth 

 County Agricultural Society : 



Improvements. 

 To the person who shall on the first day of 

 September, 1843, have the liirgesl quantity of 

 land in the best state of preparation fur Eng- 

 lish mowing, which was swamp land or fresh 

 meadov, June Jsl, 1842, $25 



Second premium for the same object, 15 



Third do. do. 10 



To the person who in the judgement of the 

 Supervisor and Committee, shall make and ap- 

 ply to his land the greatest quantity of rich 

 compost manure, not less than 300 loads of 40 

 cubic feet, before Oct. 1, 1843, 15 



2d premium, 10 



8d do. (i 



For an e-tperiment which will show the effi- 

 cacy of bone manure, twenty bushels of ground 

 bones to be put on half an acre, and ten loads 

 of good barn manure on an adjoining half acre 

 of similar soil and tilth, the whole then to be 

 seeded with such plant or grain as the owner 

 may select, and the result ascertained by ac- 

 curately weighing or measuring the crop of 

 each half acre separately, 12 



2d premium, 8 



For a similar experiment with saltpetre, 

 not less than 100 pounds on half an acre, 10 



2d premium, 6 



The committee are authorized to distribute 8 

 vols, of the New England Farmer and 8 vols, of 

 the Massachusetts Plowman. Claims to be made 

 on or before the 15th of April, 1843, to Morrill Al- 

 len, Pembroke. 



Produce. 

 For the best experiment in raising wheat 

 on not less than one acre of land, nor less than 

 20 bushels, ]5 



For next best experiment, 10 



For the best experiment in raising Indian 

 corn, half an acre to be planted in drills, and 

 halfanacrein hills; the soil, dressings and 

 culture as nearly the same on both as possible. 

 On the 10th of Sopt. one-half the stalks on 

 each half acre to be cut, and the residue left 

 until the time of harvest, 15 



2d premium, ]0 



For the best experiment in planting corn 



and potatoes in alternate rows, either in drills 

 or hills; the experiment to be made on not 

 less than one acre and a half of land, half an 

 acre to be planted with corn alone, half an 

 acre with |)()tatoes, and hulf an acre in alter- 

 nate rows of corn and potatoes ; the produce of 

 each half acre to be weighed at iiarvest, to 

 prove whether or not there be any advantage 

 in mixnd planting, (5f> lbs. considered a bushel 

 of potatoes, and 75 lbs. of corn,) 15 



2d premium, 10 



For the best experiment in raising potatoes, 

 half an acre to be planted in drills and half an 

 acre in hills, soil and dressings as nearly the 

 same as possible, 8 



2d premium, 6 



For the greatest quantity of white beans 

 raised on half an acre, not less than 15 bush- 

 els to the acre, Q 



For the next do. 4 



For the greatest quantity of carrots raised 

 on not less than half an acre of land, and not 

 less than 300 bushels to the acre, 10 



For the next greatest quantity on a quar- 

 ter of an acre, 5 



For the greatest quantity of onions on not 

 less than a quarter of an acre of land, and not 

 less than 75 bushels, 5 



For the greatest quantity of sugar beets 

 raised on not less than a quarter of an acre of 

 land, 5 



For the greatest quantity of common tur- 

 nips on half an acre, not less than 300 bush- 

 els to the acre, 5 



For the best crop of ruta baga, or French 

 turnips on half an acre, not less than 400 

 bufhels to the acre, 5 



For the best crop of do. on not less than 

 one-quarter of an acre of land, 3 



The committee are authorized to distribute 8 

 vols, of the New England Farmer and 8 vols, of 

 the Massachusetts Plownian, as additions to the 

 above premiums, or as gratuities to unsuccessful 

 claimants, according to their judgment of merit. 



The persons who receive premiums for root crops 

 will be required to report what crops are raised on 

 the land the succeeding year, and with what suc- 

 cess, that the public may better understand the 

 influence of root crops on the soil. 



N, B. Claimants of the above premiums must 

 make entries with the Supervisor, Morrill Allen, 

 Pembroke, on or before the 15th of April, 184.3, 

 that he may view the land to be operated on, if 

 judged expedient, before the cultivation commen- 

 ces. 



A particular statement will be required of each 

 claimant how the land is prepared for the recep- 

 tion of seed, the man'ner in which the seed was se- 

 lected and preserved, the kind and quantity used, 

 and an account of all the dressings and harvest 

 of the crop. The Trustees do not intend in every 

 case to give a premium for the greatest product, 

 hut to consider the character of soil, local advanta- 

 ges and inconveniencies, and to give reward to the 

 persons who apply labor the most judiciously and 

 economically. The Supervisor will visit the fields 

 once or more while the crops are growing, and at 

 the time of harvest he will select one square rod 

 regarded as an average of the field, see it harvest- 

 ed and weighed, by which the whole shall be esti- 

 mated. This regulation shall apply to all Indian 

 corn and root crops, excepting fields of mixed plant- 



ing, the whole of which must be weighed. The 

 Supervisor shall receive and lay before Ihe commit- 

 tee on improvements, the statements of every clai- 

 mant, to which he shall append such remarks as 

 may have been suggested in his several visits, and 

 the committee so assisted by the Supervisor, shall 

 recommend the award of premiums. 



Slock. 

 For the best milch cow, not less than three 

 years old, 



For the next best do. 

 For the best heifer, having had a calf, 

 For the next best do. 



For the best heifer not having had a calf, 

 not less than one nor more than 3 years old. 

 For the next best do. 

 For the best bull of native or mixed breed, 

 not less than one year old, 8 



For the next best do. 5 



For the best bull calf, not less than five 

 months old, 4' 



For the next best do. 3 



For the best heifer calf, 4 



For the next best do. 3 



The committee are authorized to distribute 5i 

 vols, of the New England Farmer and 5 of Mass. 

 Plowman. 



Beef Cattle. 

 For the best fat ox, Iffl 



For the next best do. & 



For the next best do. 5' 



For the best fat cow, 6 



For the next best do. 3 



The committee are authorized to distribute 2 

 vols, of the New England Farmer, and 2 of Mass. 

 Plowman. Cattle not to be removed from the pens 

 before 1 o'clock, P. M. Claimants for premiums 

 on stock and beef cattle, are required to exhibit tc 

 the committee evidence of the mode of rearing anc 

 treating animals offered for premium. The com- 

 mittees will please strictly to enforce this requisi 

 tion, and award no premium for a milch cow, unless 

 the quantity of milk and butter produced, for a 

 least ten days in each of the months, June am 

 September, be accurately stated. 



Animals must have been kept in the county sia 

 months to entitle them to premiums. 



Claims for stock of every sort, and entries fo; 

 the plowing match, to be made on or before Sep 

 tember30th, 1843, to Abram Washburn, 2d, JBridg 

 water. 



IVorking Oxen and Steers. 

 Fsr the best pair of working oxen raised 



and trained in the county, Id 



For the next best do. fc 



For the best pair of working oxen, taking 



into view their size, power and training, £ 



For the second best do. i 



For the best pair of steers, not less than 



two nor more than four years old, i 



For the next best do. J 



For the best pair of yearling steers, accus- 

 tomed to the yoke, t 

 For the next best do. c 

 The committee are authorized to distribute 4 



vols, of the New England Farmer, and 4 of Mass. 



Plowman. 



Plowing Match. " 

 The plowing match will commence at 9 o'clock 



A. M. on the day of exhibition. 



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