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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



OCT. 7, lS3Jr. 



tiou is here easier than cure ; and many farmers 

 lirefer giving their hogs yartl room, where they 

 c;an root in the earth, wliich is deemed a prevent- 

 ive. Others give tliem occasionally rotten wood, 

 charcoal, sulphnr, antimony or madder, all which 

 are considered as aperients, cleansers or alteratives, 

 .lud consequently as conducing to health. Salt is 

 ail important, ami should be habitually blended 

 with their cooked food. — Albany Cultivator. 



RULES &. REGULATIOIVS of the CATTLE SHOW, 



It* BRIGHTON, O CTOBF.R 13, 1835. 



Time of Entry for the Premiums. 



1. Manufactures and [nventions, Butter, Cheese 

 and Cider, before 9 o'clock, A. ]M,on Wednesday 

 the 14th, and to be deposited at the Hall, and 

 r(!ady for exhibition before 10 o'clock, A. M. of 

 the same day. The Hall will be open on the 

 Monday previous, for the deposit of articles. 



2. Stock of every kind to be entered by letter, 

 post paid, specifying the animals ; or by personal 

 application to Mr Damsl Kingsley, at Brighton, 

 Secretary of the Show, on or before Tuesday the 

 14th : and a certificate will be given of such entry, 

 bearing the number of the pen assigned. 



3. Ploughs, for the Ploughing Match, to be en- 

 tered before 9 o'clock, A. M. on Vv ednesday the 

 14th. 



4. Vv'orking Oxen on or before Tuesday the 

 13th. 



EXAMI.VATiON FOR THE PREMIUMS. 



1. The Committees on Inventions, on manu- 

 factures, and on Butter, Cheese and Cider, will 

 commence their examinations of the articles en- 

 tered in their several departments at 10 o'clock, 

 A. M. on Wednesday the 14th. 



2. The Comujittee on Stock at 9 o'clock, A.M. 

 on Wednesday the 14th. 



3. The Ploughing Match will take place pre- 

 cisely at half past 9 o'clock, A. M. on Wednesday 

 the 14th. 



3. The trial of Working O.xen at 11 o'clock, 

 lirecisely, the same day. 



5. The Auction for Animals and Manufactures 

 at 12 o'clock, M. on the same day. 



RULES TO BE OBSERVED BY THE COMPETITORS 

 FOR THE PRKMIUMS. 



1. All Stock to be in the pens before 9 o'clock, 

 A. M. on Wednesday. 



2. No animals to be removed from the pens but 

 by the permission of a Marshal, 



3. Fat cattle are to be weighed before being 

 put into the pens, at the expense of the owner. 

 No animal not bred within the State can be offered 

 for a Premium. 



4. The Working Oxen to be arranged on the 

 right hand of the avenue from the road to the 

 Hall, with their heads towards the centre; and tlie 

 drivers are to remain with them there, until the 

 time for the trial, 



5. A certificate will be required that articles of 

 manufacture offered for premium were wrought 

 within the State — to be delivered to tlie Secretary 

 at the time of the entry — who will furnish for 

 each parcel, to the person presenting it, u LmIjcI, 

 with a nuudjcr corresjionding with that of the 

 certificate of the entry, to be annexed to th(^ parcel. 



6. No competitor for any premium to lie pres- 

 ent during the examination, unless requested by 

 thf Committ iS, — the claimants of the premiums 



for Inventions excepted, who will be required to 

 attend on the Committee to answer such questions 

 as may be put to them ; and also to exhibit suffi- 

 cient evidence that such inventions as are offered 

 by them are of profitable use. 



7. After examination, the goods will be consid- 

 ered in charge of the owners, but must remain 

 for public inspection until after the Auction on 

 Wednesday the 14th, but a night watch will be 

 provided by the Trustees. 



8. Each parcel of Butter, Cheese and Cid.?r 

 must have upon it the private mark of the owner. 



9. Notice must be given to the Secretary, of the 

 Animals and Manufactures to be sold at Auction, 

 in season for a list to be prepared for the use of 

 the Auctioneers. The sale to be in the order of 

 the entries. 



10. The services of the Auctioneers will be 

 gratuitous ; but the government duty must be 

 paid by the owners. The owners will attend to 

 the delivery to purchasers, and collect the pur- 

 chase money. 



PARTICULAR NOTICES. 



1. — The Society will meet at the Hall at 1 

 o'clock, P. M., and proceed thence, accompanied 

 by the Committees, invited persons, and other 

 gentlemen, who intend to dine with the Society, 

 to the Meeting-house, where an address will be 

 delivered by the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, after 

 which the Premiums awarded, will be announced 

 by the Assistant Recording Secretary. A t'I'o- 

 cessicn will then be formed to the Cattle Fair 

 Hotel, where a public dinner will be provided. 



2 The Treasurer will attend at the hall at 5 



o'clock, to pay such premiums as may then be 

 demanded, And idso on Thursday the 15th, 

 from 9 o'clock, A. M. till 12. At one or other of 

 which times the claimants are particularly request- 

 ed to apply for their money. 



3. — Premiums not claimed within six months 

 will be considered as generously given to aid the 

 funds of the Society. 



4. — Mr N. A. Thompson will attend at the 

 Hall to deliver certificates of membership to 

 persons elected members of the Society, at the 

 meeting on the day of the Show, and to others 

 who may never have received their certificates, 



5. — No person will be admitted to the Hall 

 except such as have business there, on any day 

 but the day of the show. 



No person, whatever, will be admitted in the 

 Avenue, between the ranges of the pens, except 

 the examining committees, until 11 o'clock, A. 

 M., after which time the trustess, members of the 

 Society, and invited guests, will be admitted. 



{Cf^ ^o Booth, or Tent, or place for the sale 

 of liquors of any kind, will be allowed within 

 the grounds belonging to the Society. Nor will 

 any openings through their fences to adjoining 

 lots be jieruiitted. 



Tickets for the Society's dinner may be had of 

 Mr W. A. Tliomrsnn at the Hal!, and at the 

 Cattle Fair Hotel in Briditon ; and also at the 

 bookstores of Russell, Odiorne & Co. and O. C. 

 Greenleaf, Washington Street, Boston, and at the 

 New England Farmer Office, No. 52 North Jlar- 

 kct Street. 



05^ Cultivators of fine Fruit are requested to 

 send samples for exhibition at the Society's 

 dinner. 



Vegetables rcuuirkable for size and other 

 qualities, will have a place assigned them for 

 exhibition at the Hall, 



Gentlemen who have fine Animals that do 

 credit to the country, are requested to send them 

 to the Pens for exhibition, if not for premium. 



J. Heard, "] 



P, C. Brooks, ] Committee 



B. Guild, 



J. QuiNCT, Jr. 



Henry Codman, j Arrangements. 



Abbott Lawrence, J 



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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



report of the committee on flowers ani 

 plants. 



Col. T. H. Perkins, Brookline. A handsomt 

 frame work of flowers, on which the grapes fron 

 his houses were susjiended : also, a specimei 

 of the flowers of Phaseolus caracalla, a rare green 

 house plant of singular appearance and delightfti 

 fragrance. 



Hon, John Lowell, Roxbury. A splendif 

 Orange tree, laden with fruit; the Sweet Liini 

 tree, an exceedingly rare plant ; a fine specimei 

 of the elegant Gonjphocarpus; Gloxinia maculatf 

 and spcciosa, Plectranthus frutieosus, Justici 

 picta. Begonia argyrostigma, Ardisia solanacet 

 with many other ornaments of the greenhouse 

 and amongst a variety of cut flowers were th 

 stately Canua speciosa, and the rare Strelitzi 

 regina. 



W. Pratt, Esq., Watertown. A magnificct 

 collection of Dahlias, with a very liberal donatio 

 of cut flowers. 



Thomas Lee, Esq., Brookline. Two elcL.tr 

 vases, containing cut flowere, amongst which \m r 

 Calandrinia grandiflora, Linaria genistifolia, Li 

 pinus nmtabilis, Helenium autumnalis, AigemoDi 

 Barclayana, 'I hunbergia alata, Maniandia Barclaj ' 

 ana, and many others. [ 



Mrs Norcross, of Boston. Several fine iilantl 

 in pots, amongst which were Polianthus tuberos 

 (the Tuberose,) Myrtle-leaved Orange, BegODi' 

 Evansiana, and others. | 



H. A. Breed, Es<|., Lynn. A large and fir 

 bouquet of cut flowers. 



Hon. E. Vose, Dorchester. A large quantity i 

 cut flowers. 



M. P. Wilder, Esq., Dorchester. A very fir 

 and iiuinerous collection of Dahlias, among; 

 which the most conspicuous for beauty and su( 

 cessful growth, were Countess of Ponza, Lot 

 Chichester, Polyphemus, Richardson's Alici 

 Brown's Ophelia, Belladonna, Countess of Livei 

 [lool, Jason, Negro boy, Agrippina; also, a va; ' 

 of about forty varieties of beautiful autumnal rose 

 including the celebrated Palavicin and the Trioii 

 phe de Bollwiller, a large donation of cut flowci 

 and many rare exotic plants in po-s. 



S. Phijips, Esq., Dorchester. Celosia cristatanii, 



and several other beautiful plants in jints, wi< 

 fine specimen of Solanum nielongena, the 

 plant. 



J. F. Priest, Esq., Boston. A large anrl maJ 

 ficcnt plant of the Salvia sjdendens ; double-fll 

 ering Pomegranate, and several others. 



Mr 'i'homas Dunlap, from the garden of W. (I 

 Buckner, Esq., Bloomingdale, N. Y. A fine CO I 

 lection of Dahlias, the most 1 eautiful of whic 

 weie Wilmot's Superb^ Granta, Paroquet ; Diadeal 

 a seedling raised by him, in the style of Count 

 of Liverpool, and Roscoe, another fine seedlioj| 

 also raised by him. 



E. "il. Richards, Esq., Dorchester. A yeiloi 



