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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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PUBLISHED UV C.EOllGE.C. HAKRETT, NO. 52 i\(3in'H MARKET Sl'KliET, (Agbicui.tukal VVAUtiiousii.) — T. G. FEHSEN1>EN, EDITOR. 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1835. 



NO. 18. 



CATTI^E SHO^V, 



The Annual Exliibitioii ofthe Plymoiitli Coun- 

 ty Apricultural Society took place in Briilgewater, 

 on till' 14tli ult. and passed off with icroat aninia- 

 liun, and in liaruiony and general good feelings. 

 The nund)er of articles presented was verj' large 



greater, we understand, than it has been for 

 several years. The articles of manufacture, in 

 particidar, were very nunierous, and presented as 

 real and a richer variety than we have ever wit- 

 nessed at a similar show. The Stock was fine, 

 and there was a greater number presented, we 

 learn, than formerly. The ploughing very justly 

 attracted a good deal of attention, and exhibited 



ood (leal of skill in the training and manage- 

 ment of teams. 



The Address was very appropriate, and was 

 listened to with great attention. Though there 

 was no great display of oratory, yet the subject 

 and composition were very good, and applicable 

 to the occasion. The speaker seemed to under- 

 Btand the true value of the farmer, and placed him 

 upon the right ground. 



REPORTS 



Of the Committees of the Plymouth County Agri- 

 cultural Society, on articles presented for premi- 

 um and show, at their Exhibition in Bridsrewafcr, 

 on the im alt. 



[The Committees on Produce and Farms have 

 lot yet made their reports.] 



The Committee on Stock report the following 

 wards : 

 iralen Howard, West Bridgewater, best fat 



ox, SlO 00 



jreorge W. Wood, Middleborough, second 



best, 6 00 



Neliemiah Howard, West Bridgewater, third 



best, 4 00 



increase Robinson, Bridgewater, best milch 



cow, 10 00 



Levi Osborn, East Bridgewater, second best, 6 00 

 Bjev. John Shaw, Hanson, third best, 4 00 



tncrease Robinson, Bridgewater, best heifer, 5 00 

 ►avid Snow, West Bridgewater, second best, 3 00 

 I!harles Packard, North Bridgewater, best 



bull, 4 00 



3benezer Copeland, West Bridgewater, se- 

 cond best, 2 00 

 olomon Washburn, Bridgewater, best bull 



ca'f. 



3 CO 



Veliemiah Howard, Vi'cst Bridgewater, se- 

 cond best, 2 00 

 3enj. B. Howard, do. do. best heifer calf, 3 00 

 Sleazer Carver, Bridgewater, second best, 2 00 

 And we award one volume of the New England 

 ■"armer each, to Gad Robinson and Charles How- 

 rd, of West Bridgewater. To Joseph Bassett, 

 !d, Benjamin Hobart, Abiel Washburn, Jonathan 

 FEoward, and Salmon Howard, one volume each 

 if the Complete Farmer. Some of the above vol- 



umes uonld have been awarded differently had 

 the owners of Stock attended at their Pens. 

 D. Oldham, 

 S. Howard, 

 J. TlLDEN, Jr. 



BUTTER, CHEESE, &C. 



The Committee on Butter, Cheese, Cocoons, 

 Silk, Inventions, &c. beg leave to report as fol- 

 lows : 



ftev. John Shaw, Hanson, best butter, S3 00 



Jonathan Reed, East Bridgewater, for butter, 2 00 

 Austin Keith, West Bridgewater, do. 2 00 



Mr Keith's butter weighed 21 lbs. and was 

 made from one cow in 22 days last past, besides 

 supplying a family of six persons with milk the 

 same time. 

 Joseph A. Packard, Middleborough, a gratuity 



for butter of 50 



Orra Winslow, Bridgewater, a gratuity of 50 



For Cheese. 

 Ezra Phillips, Hanson, $5 00 



Betsey Hayward, Bridgewater, 3 00 



Ebenezer Pratt, do. a gratuity of 1 00 



Nabby Gushing, Hanson, do. 1 00 



Hannah Fobes, Bridgewater, 75 



Sally Eddy, Middleborough, 50 



Luther Keen, Hanson, 50 



For Cocoons. 

 Mehiu Gurney, Abington, for the largest 



ijuantity, 8 00 



Elizalicth B. Brooks, Scituate, next greatest 



ijuantity, 6 00 



Franklin Pool, Abington, 4 00 



Mary E. Niles, Middleborough, 2 00 



For Wrought Silk. 

 Hepziliah Brooks, Scituate, 33 oz. 4 75 



Some of the aforesaid silk is very neatly work- 

 ed, and colored in superior style. 



Fobes, Reed & Co. 10 improved Ploughs, 



nicely and highly finished, a gratuity of 5 00 

 Your Committee think that an essential im- 

 provement has been tnade, and is exhibited in 

 these ploughs, by lengthening the land sides, and 

 making them separate from the mould board, so 

 that they may easily be repaired. 

 Mauossah Andrews, Bridgewater, a newly 



invented Lath machine, 5 00 



This machine is very simple in its construction, 

 yet it displays much inventive genius. Your 

 Committee think that a great saving of animal 

 labor in cutting of laths is thereby obtained. 

 Your Committee recommend a gratuity to 

 James Copeland, West Bridgewater, 

 for a new constructed belt for horse 

 power, of 2 00 



The floor in this machine, on which the ani- 

 mal works, is of plank, and is attached to a broad 

 leathern belt, and moves on the surface of several 

 drums or rollers in a very steady manner, thereby 

 avoiding considerable fricttion, and less expensive 

 than the former horse power. I 



Had this machine been invented in this coun- 

 ty, a larger gratuity woidd ha\<^ been recom- 

 mended. 



Samuel Wood, Halifax, 1 sriuasli 03 lbs. 7.5 



Joseph Copeland, Bridgewater, 3 do. 100 lbs. 50 

 Solomon Havwaud, Chairman. 



PLOUGHING. 



To the Trustees of the Plymouth County Agri- 

 cultural Societ} . 



'Jhe Committee on Ploughing Ihive attended to 

 the duty assigned them, and respectfully submit 

 the followini' report: 



The quantity of land [doughed was one-eighth 

 of an acre. There were eight entries for premi- 

 um, and the tcanjs were all on the ground by the 

 time appointed. The competition was greater 

 than we Jiave ever before witnessed, and it was 

 with some difficulty the committee could decide 

 who were entitled to the premiums. They how- 

 ever reconmiend as f diows : 

 Abram Washburn, 2d, Bridgewater, 1st pre- 

 mium, $10 00 



Work performed in 20 1-2 minutes. 

 Van Rensalaer Swift, Bridgewater, 2d pre- 

 mium, 8 00 



Work performed in 17 minutes. 

 Pascal Bassett, Bridgewater, 3d premium, 5 00 



Work performed in 22 minutes. 

 Jolin Harden, East Bridgewater, 4th pre- 

 mium, 3 00 



Work performed in 17 1-2 minutes. 



They also recommend that there be awarded to 

 Philander Wood, Abram Washburn, Charles Pack- 

 ard, William Dunbar, and Van R. Swift, each one 

 volume of the Comjilete Farmer. 



Six of the ploughs used were of David Prouty's 

 manufacture. The one used by Mr Harden was 

 made by Messrs ScoK, Keith & Co. That used 

 by Mr Dunbar, by Messrs Fobes, Reed & Co. 



The Committee are happy to say that the work 

 was well executed, with less noise and in better 

 order than usual. George W. Wood, 



Edward F. Jacobs, 

 Paul Hathaway. 



working oxen. 

 To the Trustees of the Plymouth County Ag- 

 ricultural Society. 



The Committee on Working Oxen and Steers 

 have attended to the duty assigned them, and sub- 

 mit the following report : 



Eight yoke of Oxen and four yoke of Steers 

 were entered for premiums, — and they all per- 

 foitned so well, that it was with difficulty the 

 Committee could decide to which the premiums 

 should be awarded. Upon due consideration, 

 however, they have agreed as follows : 

 To Charles Packard, of North Bridgewater, 



for the best yoke of working oxen, $8 00 

 Philander Wood, of Bridgewater, for the 2d 



best do. 6 00 



Ebenezer Pratt, of Bridgewater, for the best 



yoke of Steers, 6 00 



