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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



SEPT. 30, 1835. 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVIi?i INC.. SKPr. 30. 1835 



BRIGHTOIV CATTLE SHOIV. 



The rales and regulations of the lirighlon Cattio Show- 

 to bfl held on the 14th of October next, will be |>ublished 

 in our next. Mr UanicI Kingslcy, of Brighton, has been 

 appointed the Secrntary for liie Show; and an ad{iress 

 will be delivered by the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn. The 

 land for the ploughing match is situated on the old road 

 to Cambridge, near the Waverley House. 



[p= Mr Kingsley's place of business fs at the Brighton 

 Bank. 



Farmer's "Work for October. 



Potatoes. — Very erroneous directions relative to gath- 

 ering and securing potatoes have been given by agricul- 

 tural writers of high authority. Some advise to dry 

 them in the sun, others say the sun thould never shine 

 on potatoes. Judge Biiel tells us not only that pot.itnes 

 should never be exposed to sunshine, but should be 

 housed with all the dirt that adheres to them ; and that 

 it is even beneficial to add more dirt to potatoes in [he 

 bin or cask, to exclude external u/r as much as possible. 

 Their surface should be kept moist, and the atmosphere 

 as near as can be to the free'/ing point. 



The Farmer's Jlssistant asserts, that " A planter of 

 North Carolina lately sent some potatoes to the West In- 

 dies for market; a part of which were dried in the sun, 

 in the usual way, and a part were laid away in moist or 

 wet sand, as fast as they were dug; and when exhibited 

 (or sale, he obtained three times the amount per bushel, 

 for those laid in sand, that he got (or the others. We 

 mention this circumstance in order to observe that such 

 potatoes as are designed for the table should be laid away 

 in wet sand, as fiist as they are taken from the earth." 

 , The Hon. Oliver Fiske, in an Address delivered be- 

 fore the Worcester Agricultural Society, Oct. 8, 182.3, 

 tpeaking of the potato, observes, that " It seems probable 

 that the earth, by some unknown process, perfects its 

 qualities after it has attained its growth. That potatoes 

 which have remained the whole season in the earth are 

 more farinaceous and pleasant has been observed. A 

 farmer in this town, wHo'was in the practice of planting 

 a large quantity, took his supply from a spacious field 

 early in autumn. As the residue were intended fi>r stock 

 he deferred harvesting them till a late and more conve- 

 nient period. During their consumption, his table, by 

 mistake, was furnished with some which had been des- 

 tined for the barn. The quality was so obviously supe- 

 rior as to lead to an investigation of the cause. From 

 that time the two parcels received an exchange of desti- 

 nation. Another fact, illustrative of this position, was 

 stated to me by an eminent farmer in the vicinilv of Bos- 

 ton. A di.stinguished agriculturist from Scotland, who 

 had dined at the best table in the city aod its neighbor- 

 hood, remarked, at the hospitable board of my informant 

 that he had not seen in this country, what in Scotland 

 would te considered a good potato. He imputed the dif- 

 ference to the difTerent mode of cultivation. There they 

 plant early and dig late." 



Silk ninnnal. 



The proprieiors of the Farvicr and Gardener, Balti- 

 more, have in press, and will speedily publish, a Com- 

 plete Manual of the Mulberry and Silk Culture; com- 

 piled from the best authentic sources. As the object is 

 the promotion of a great public interest, the cost will be 

 moderate. 



PAWTUXET CATTLE SH01V ANU PAIR, 



FOR 1835. 



At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Rhode 

 Island Society for the Encou.agemeut of Domestic In- 

 dustry, holden at Providence, the 21st of September, 

 1835, the following regulations for the Cattle Show and 

 Fair, to he holden on the 30th day of September instant, 

 were adopted by the Committee. 



The Society will meet at their hall, on Wednesdav, 

 the 30th inst. at 8 o'clock, A. M and proceed to the elec- 

 tion of officers and the transaction of other business. 



The Committee on Shop Manufactures, Household 

 Manufactures, Butter, Chee.se and Agricultural crops, 

 will meet on the day of the fair at 7 o'clock, A. M. and 

 adjudge the premiums on that day. 



The Committee on Meat Stock, Working Cattle, 

 Horses, Sheep and Swine, will meet on Wednesday, 

 (the day of the Shov.',) at half past 9 o'clock, A. M. and 

 proceed immediately to adjudge the premiums. 



The Commiltee cm the Ploughing Match will meet on 

 WEUNEsnAV, at 1 1 o'clock, A. M. .-ind at 2 o'clock, P. 

 M. and the Ploughing -Match will commence at half past 

 2 o'clock, P. M. 



The Standing Committee will meet on Wednesday, 

 at 3 o'clock, P. M. fijr the purpose of receiving the re- 

 ports of the viewing Committees. 



The Premiums will he declared at 4 o'clock. 



Auction Sales of Premium articles at 4 o'clock, P. M. 

 Wednesday. 



Auction Sales of Live Stock, Trees, Shrubbery, Plants, 

 and others, will be under the direction of the Committee 

 of Arrangements. 



The hall will be thrown open to visiters onlv, on 

 Wednesijay, from 11 o'clock, A. M. to 4, P. M. 



The Premiums will be paid at 5 o'clock, P. M. in the 

 order they stand on the Show bill. 



All articles of Shop and Household Manufacture, But- 

 ter, Cheese, Cider, and Agricultural crops to be exhibit- 

 ed, must be entered and delivered at the Society's hall, 

 by 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning, or they will not be 

 noticed. 



All Stock mu.st be entered by 8 o'clock on Tuesday 

 evening, and placed in the pens by 8 o'clock on Wednes- 

 day morning, and can be removed by 4 o'clock in the 

 afternoon. Those who withdraw their stock before that 

 time will forfeit their premiums. 



The Assistant Secretaries will attend at the hall from 

 9 o'clock on Tuesday the 29tlj, until 9 o'clock of the eve- 

 ning of the 30th. 



Dinner on Wednesday will he leady at 1 o'clock, P. 

 M. precisely, at the Mechanics' Hall, and members will 

 call on the Secretaries for tickets, being free, before half 

 past 12 o'clock, M. 



The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee 

 to supply the table with fruit ; — James Rhodes, John 

 Jenckes, Moses B. Ives. 



The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee 

 of Arrangements, viz : — James Rhodes, Chri.stopher 

 Rhodes, William Rhodes, Tully Dorrance, Sion A. 

 Rhodes, Job Manchester, Ephraim Bowen, Moses Smith, 

 John Brown Francis. 



WiLi.iAM W. Hoppin, Secretary. 



Providence, Sept. 21, 1835. 



The Standing Committee of the Society on the 21st 

 of September, 1835, appointed the following Committees 

 to officiate on the .30tli inst. 



On .Veat Stock, excepting Working Cattle.— .John Pit- 

 nam, George Burton, Edmund Brownell, Lewis Dexter, 

 Wilbur Kelly, Stephen T. Northam, Dutee Arnold. 



On Sheep and Swine. — Thomas Holden, Gorton Ar- 

 nold, Samuel Lov\-, Ira P. Evans, John Foster. 



On Horses.— Charks Eldridge, Thomas Beckwith, 

 Stephen Harris, Bates Harris, Moses B. Ives, Thoma« 

 Bufi'um, Nathaniel Jlowry, William W. Hoppin. 



On Working Catllc.-iwX Aldiich, Thomas Stafford, 

 Sterry Jenckes, Thomas Remington, [S. B.] Stephen 

 Waterman, [Coventry,] Caleb Congdon. 



On Raw Silks and Mulberry Trees — 1!. W. Greene, 

 Stephen H.Smith, Sy Ivester Knight, William N. Rhodes, 

 Daniel Rhodes, Amasa Manton. 



On .Igrirultural Experiments, Vegetable Crops, Grain, 

 4'C. — Asa Messer, John Jenckes, Richard Anthony, Pal- 

 emon Walcott, William E. Richmond, Christopher 

 Knight, Christopher S. Rhodes; this Committee will 

 view the Students'. Lots and report to the Society such 

 as the Committee think are entitled to premiums. 



On Shop Manvfactures.^James F. Simmons, John 

 Farnum, Barney Merry, Samuel Pearson, John Allen, 

 John Pettis, James Anthony. 



071 Ploughing Mutch — Jeremiah Whipple, Thomas 

 W. Greene, Sion A. Rhodes, Sm.th Arnold, Charlei 

 Collins, Isaac Field, William Lippitt, Lewis Dexter. 



On Butter and Cheese. — William Anthony, Josiah 

 Whitiikcr, Freeborn Sisson, Matthew Watson, George 

 Smith, Christopher Spencer, John T. Pitman. 



On Household Manufactures. — VV'm E. Richmond, Jo- 

 seph S. Cook, Tully Dorrance, Joseph J. Tlllinghast, 

 Sylvanus G. MarUn, C. S. Rhodes. 



AUCTIONEERS. 



For Premium Articles. — Martin Stoddard. 

 For Stock. — Nathaniel iMowrv, 2d. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETT, 



I Saturday, Sept. a6, 1835. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



The specimens oflered this day were numerous and 

 choice. 



Pears: From S. Downer, Dorchester, Bartlett, Ca- 

 piaumont and Beurre Knox, fully answering the descrip- 

 tion given by Mr Knight; fiom Mr Oliver, Dorchester, 

 St. Ghishiin, Gansell's Bergamot, Capiaumont and Rous- 

 selette de Rheims; from Stephen Williams, Northboro', 

 Harvard, and two kinds, names unknown; from John 

 Heard, Watertown, Autumn Catherine, Long Green, or 

 Bergamot, and two kinds, names unknown ; from Georgo 

 W. Bond, Milton hill, St Michael Pears, a fine specimen 

 — after a lapse of about fifteen years, (during that time 

 scarcely a fine specimen has been gn.wn in the vicinity 

 of Boston,) they appear this year in different parts of 

 the Commonwealth with much promise; from Barney 

 Hedge, Plymouth, Bartlett Pears; from S. Philbrick, 

 Brooklyn, Washington Pear — a fruit of great excellence, 

 comparing with the best of fruits in point of flavor ; from 

 J. Barnard, Dorchester, a Pear, name unknown — the 

 committee were unanimous in its praise; from Theodore 

 Lyman, Waltham, Harvard Pear; from Daniel New- 

 hall, of Lynn, a Seedling Pear, grown from the seeds of 

 the St. Michael planted in 18-23: Mr Newhall has many 

 more that will soon come into bearing; this pear was of 

 the Bergamot shape — of high perfume, but past eating; 

 From R. Manning, Salem, Williams — a seedling from 

 A. D. Williams, Roxbury — a small pear, the size of the 

 Seekle, very good ; also, the Epine d'Ete. 



Mr Manning has sent to the rooms several baskets of 

 fruits of new kinds to be reported at maturity. 



Apples: — From Stephen Williams, Northboro', sum- 

 mer Pearmain — a very fine flavored, juicy, lender apple. 

 From E. Vose, Dorchesler, apples, name unknown. 



Peaches: — From R. Manning, Salem, the Royal 

 George, of Cox, a clingstone. Orange, or Apricot peach 

 of Duh.imel, Peach Excellent ; also, the Quetsche, or 

 true German Prune Plum. 



