NEW ENGL.AND FARMER, 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



PUBLISHED BY GEORGE C. BARRETT, NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (Agricultural Warehouse.) — T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



•VOL. XIV. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1836. 



IVO. 31. 



AGRICULTl'RAI. EXHIBITIOIV, 



.it Briiigewater, on the second ff'ednesilaij in Oc- 

 tobei; 1836. 



ilST OF PREMIUMS PROPOSED BT THE PLTiMOUTH 

 COCUTT ACRlCtlLTURAL SOCIETY. 



Improvements and Manure. 

 No. 1. For liie best plantation of forest 

 tr(N?s, not less than one acre, nor less 

 than 1000 trees per acre, to be raised 

 from the seed, which shall be in the 

 most thriving condition in the year 1836, $40 



2. To the person who sliall have converted 



the greatest quantity of swampy land or 

 fresh meadoAV into English mowing, 

 since 1830, which shall be in the best 

 condition on the 1st day of Oct., 1836, 15 



3. A second premium for the same object, of 10 



4. A tliird do. do. 5 



N. B. — Claimants must state in writing the 

 coudition of the land when the improvements 

 coinmenccd, the kind of soil and depth, the pro- 

 duce of each year, and a particular account of a!l 

 their j:ro"eBi9lings. 



5- .^o Jlia person who sliall. cultivate the . 

 greatest number of white Mulberry trees, 

 not less than four years old, and shall 

 liave arranged them in the most conve- 

 nient manner for feeding the silkworm, 

 which shall be in the most flourishing 

 condition in Sept. 1836, $15 



6. Next greatest number, 10 



7. Next do. 5 



5. To the person who shall make the most 



extensive [ueparation for a nursery of 

 white Mulberry trees, by sowing the 

 seed in the spring of 1835, 8 



9. A second premium for the same object, of 6 



10. A third do. do. 4 



11. To the person who shall build the great- 



est quantity of good stone wall before 

 Sept. 1836, and improve his farm judi- 

 ciously in other respects, 30 



12. A second premium for the same object, of 20 



13. A third do. do. 10 



14. To the per.son who shall make the great- 



est quantity of the most valuable com- 

 post manure, not less than 500 loads, 40 

 cubic feet considered a load, 30 



15. A second premium for not less than 400 



loads, of 



16. A third premium for not less than 350, of 20 



17. A fourth do. do. 300, of 15 



18. A fifth do. do. 250, of 10 

 Committee authorized to distribute ten volumes 



New England Farmer and ten volumes Complete 

 Farmer. 



N. B. — Claims to be made on or before Sept. 1 

 1836, to Morrill Allen, of Pembroke. Claimants, 



to entitle themselves to the above offered premi- 

 ums, must make a particular statement, in writing, 

 of their several operation.s. 



Produce. 



No. 1. For the greatest quantity of winter 

 Wheat raised on not less than one acre 

 of land, nor less than twenty bushels, $15 

 For the next greatest quantity do. 10 



3. For the best crop of Indian Corn on one 

 acre, not less than 90 bushels, (75 lbs. in 

 the ear considered a bushel) not to be 

 harvested before the 15th of October, 

 1836, 15 



4. Next best crop, not less than 80 bushels, 8 



5. Next best crop, not less than 75 bushels, 9 



6. Next best crop, not less than 60 bushels, 4 



7. For the best crop of Potatoes on not less 

 than one acre of land, and not less than 

 500 bushels of any kind, 8 



8. For the best crop of white Potatoes on 

 not less than one acre, and not less than 

 400 bushels, (56 lbs. to be considered a 

 bushel of every kind of root except 

 onions,) 9 



9. For the best crop of Oats on not less 



than two acres, and not less than 50 

 bushels to the acre, 8 



10. For the next best do. do. 5 



11. For the gifatest number of bushels of 



Rye raised on an acre, and not less than 



30 bushels, 8 



12. For the next best do. do. 6 



13. For tlje greatest quantity of white Beans, 



raised on an acre, not less than 15 bush- 

 els, 8 



14. For the next greatest number of bushels 



of white Beans, not less than 12 bushels, 6 



15. For the greatest quantity of Carrots raised 



on not less than one acre of land, and 

 not less than 300 bushels, 10 



16. For the next greatest quantity on half an 



acre, 5 



17. For the greatest quantity of Onions on 



not less than a quarter of an acre of 

 land, and not less than 75 bushels, 5 



18. For the greatest quantity of Sweet Pota- 



toes raised on not less than 20 square 

 rods of land, the claimai.t making a sat- 

 isfactory statement of the cultivation, 6 



The Committee on Produce are ;3Uthorized to 

 distribute ten volumes N. E. Farmer and ten vol- 

 umes Complete Farmer, as additions to the above 

 oflfercd premiums, or as gratuities to unsuccessful 

 claimants, according to their judgment of merit. 



N. B; — It will be required of claimants of the 

 above premiums, to state in writing the condition 

 of the land at the time the course of cultivation, 

 for the approaching season, may commence, and 

 the several operations in that cultivation ; the 

 amount of produce must be attested by the owner 

 and one laborer. A certificate of the measure- 

 ment of the land by some respectable surveyor, 



will be required. Claims to ho made on or before 

 October 14, 1836, but the evidence of the amount 

 of crops need not be produced until the lOlh of 

 November next. Couuiiunications to be made to 

 Nathan Mitchell, of Bridgewater, Chairman of the 

 Committee of Produce. 



Stock. 



No. 1. For the best fat Ox, $10 



2. Next do. do. 8 



3. Next do. do. 6 



4. Next do. do. 4 



5. For the best milch Cow, 10 



6. Next do. do. 6 



7. Next do. do. 4 



8. For the best Heifer, not less than one 



nor more than three years old, 6 



9. For the second best do. do. 3 



10. For the best Bull, not more than 12 



months old, 4 



11. For the second best do. do. 2 



12. For the best Bull Calf, not less than 



5 months old, nor more than 12, 3 



13. For the second best do. do. 2 



14. For the best Heifer Calf, do. 3 



15. For the second best do. do. 2 



Committee authorized to distribute five volumes 

 N. E. Farmer, and five volumes Complete Far- 

 mer. 



Cattle not to be removed from the pens before 

 1 o'clock, P. M. 



N. B. — Claims for Stock of every sort, and en- 

 tries for Ploughing Match, to be made on or before 

 October 13, 1836, to Abram Washburn, of Bridge- 

 water, Chairman of the Coiiunittee of Arrange- 

 ments. Claims entered with any of the Commit- 

 tees, by letters not post paid, will not be considered. 

 Animals must have been kept in the County five 

 months, to entitle them to premiums. 



A Ploughing Matcliwill commence at 9, .4. M. on the 



day of Exhibition. 



1st Premium, $10 



2d do. 8 



3d do. 5 



4tli do. 3 



The Committee on Ploughing are authorized to 



distribute 5 volumes Complete Farmer. 



Working Oxen and Steers. 



No. 1. For the best yoke of Working Oxen, $8 



2. For the second best do. 6 



3. For the best yoke of Steers, not less 



than 2, nor more than 4 years old, 6 



4. For the second best do. 4 



Manufactures. 



No. 1. For the best piece of Woollen Cloth, 

 manufactured by an individual or cor- 

 poration in the County, not less than 20 

 yards, 6 



2. For the best piece of do. do. manufactured 



in any family, not less than 20 yards, 5 



