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NEW KN G L A N n K A KM K U, 



FEB. 10, IK,{ ;.. 



3,' Fortlie next piece of woollen Cloth, niaii- 

 iifacturcd in any family, not less than 

 20 yards, vJ 



4. For the best piece of Ossimere, not loss 



than 20 yards, 4 



6. For the best p-ere Flannel of wool, not 



less tlian 30 yarda, 4 



6. For the best pair of Woollen Blankets, 2 



7. For the best piece of Carpeting, not less 



than 20 yards, C 



8. For the scrond best do. do. 4 



9. For the best piece of Satinett, mannfac- 



tnred by an individual or corporation, 

 not less than 30 yards, 4 



10. For the next best do. do. 2 



11. For the finest pair of Woollen Stockings, 1 



12. For the best pair of Cotton do. 1 



13. For the best Hearth Rug, 2 

 The Committee on Cloth are authorized to dis- 

 tribute $25. 



Bonnets and Fancy .flrlides. 

 No. 1. For the best Straw or Grass Bonnet, $4 

 2. Second do. 3 



Committee authorized to distribute $40. 



Ariides of the Dairy, Cocoons, Silk, and Inventions. 

 No. 1. For the best Butter made in the 



County, not less than 25 j ounds, 3 



2. Next best do. 2 



3. Next best do. 1 



4. For the best Cheese do. not lesstlum ICO 



lbs. 5 



5. . Second best do. 3 



6. To the iierson who shall raise and pro- 



duce the largest quantity of Cocoons in 



the county, ' 8 



7. To the person who shall raise and pro- 



duce the next largest quantity of Co- 

 coons in the coimty, 6 



8. To the person who shall raise and pro- 



duce tlie next largest quantity of Co- 

 coons, 4 



9. For every ounce of v/ell wrought Silk, raised 

 in the county, and ])resented for premium, 

 12 1-2 cents. 



Committee authorized to distribute $25. 



Articles of Manufacture nuist be present for ex- 

 amination at the meeting of the Society, with 

 marks which will not indicate to whom the re- 

 spective articles belong, Morton Eddy, of Bridge- 

 water, wi.l provide a place of deposite for maiui- 

 factures, and no article of manufacture will bo 

 received for examination or premium after 9 

 o'clock, A. M. and no articles received manufac- 

 tured out of the county. 



Premitims clai7Hable in future years. 



No, 1. To the person who shall mi»ke the 

 greatest annual itnproveinents on his 

 Farm, and obtain the most clear profii 

 before Oct. 1838, 8100 



plete inventory of all that pertains to their fa.ms,lof laud, it wou'd produce 25 bushels of Indian 

 '_:..:..„ their estimate of the present value of the corn, worth at least 20,00 



% Second premium for the same objects, 



3, To the person who shall convert the 



greatest quantity of swaiujiy land, now 

 usele.ss from any cause, to English mow- 

 ing, and keep it in the best condition till 

 Sept. 1839, 



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



(Claims to the above (yremiums must be entered 

 with Morriil Allen, of Pendiroke, before May, 

 1183S- Claimants for farnjs musf exhibit a c^/n- 



30 



land, of the domestic animals of every sort, and 

 the implements of husbandry. And in the com- 

 I ulation must keep a iiarticular account of the 

 expense of cultivation and the income of each 

 year. As much as practicable they must show 

 what crojs and what animals give the greatest 

 profits; the com-se of cultivation that gives the 

 most abundant immediate products, and best pre- 

 serves the energies of the soil, the management 

 and feeding of animals, which will be most likely 

 lo produce health and thrift. Agricultural ac- 

 counts and interests to be kept distinct from all 

 other interests. Claimants for farms will not be 

 allowed to take any premiums for a specific im- 

 provement, or prime animal, before 1839. 



Premiums not demanded within one year will 

 he considered as geneiously given to promote the 

 objects of the Society. On all premiums above 

 $.5, awarded to gentlemen not membr;rs of the 

 Society, the Treasurer is directed to make a de- 

 duction of 25 per cent, to increase the fnnds. 

 Per order of the Trustees, 



Morrill Allkn. 

 Bridgewater, Jan. 1836. 



Elder Trke. — Sir J. E. Smith has remarked 

 that this tree is, as it were, a whole magazine of 

 phy;°c to rustic practitioners. It is said that if 

 sheep that have the rot can get a:t the bark and 

 young shoots of elder they will soon cure them- 

 selves. The wine made from elder berries is too 

 well known by families in the country to need any 

 encomiums; if is the only wine a cottager can 

 procure, and when well made, it is a most e.xcel- 

 lent and wholesome drink, taken warm before 

 going to bed. It causes gentle jierspiration, and 

 is a mild opiate. If n rich syrup be made from 

 ripe elder berries, and a few bitter almonds, when 

 added to braiuly, it has all the flavor of the best 

 cherry brandy. The white elder berries, when 

 ripe, make wine much resembling grape wine. 

 The buds and the young tender r hoots are greatly 

 admired as pickle. The leaves of the elder tree 

 are often put into the subterranean paths of moles, 

 to drive those noxious little animals from the gar- 

 den. If fruit trees, flowering shrubs, corn or other 

 vegetables, be whipped with the green leaves of 

 the elder branches, it is said insects will not nttacli 

 themselves to them. An infusion of these leaves 

 in water is good to sprinkle over rose-buds, and 

 other flowers subject to blight, and the devastations, 

 of caterpillars. — Leigh Hunt's London Jotirnal. 



Iho next year if in wheat, ten bushels more, 

 worth as wheat now is, 15,00 



A ton of hay each year more, for four years, at 

 $8 per ton, 32,00 



Total, ,$103,00 



This sum multii)lied by 20, gives $2060. It 

 was then assumed that the interest of this sum for 

 ten years, v\'ould be equal to interest on interest, 

 or compound interest, supposing each sum, or the 

 value of the benefit of each year's hay, carried 

 out, and the interest added for twenty years. 



Interest of $2060 for one year, is 123,60, ten 

 years will give $1236, which, added to the princi- 

 'pal, (2060) will make $3296. 



We are aware that it will take more than 20 

 years to complete the profits of 20 years mowing, 

 as we have assumed the tinie for the benefits of 

 every crop of hay to last six years. It wou'd, 

 therefore, fake 26 years to comjilete the whole ; 

 but if that time should be taken, the interest would 

 amount to ujore. As the hay itself is to be cut 

 only twenty years, we have chosen to take that 

 number for the basis of our calculations, as the 

 foundation of all the benefits are laid in that time. 

 'J be value of the manure from the corn fodder 

 straw, and extra English hay, might ah be estima- 

 ted, but enough has been done to show the great 

 importance of fresh meadow land to every farm, 

 when it can be obtained. 



Will any farmer neglect to obtain fresh meadow 

 when it can be done, even at the distance of five 

 mi'es? Land that would njake good mea<low, is 

 in the market, at almost nofhii]g. T bus our best 

 land, is considered almost waste land, and in many 

 instances really so. Clear up and drain your 

 me<^dows, and not sell your stock, or rather give 

 it away, every dry year. — Correspondent of Maine 

 Farmer. 



Valve of fresh or Bog Meadow. — Mr Holmes: 

 If I rightly recollect, a statement made in one of 

 the reports, made sometime since to what was 

 then the Winthrop Agricultural Society, it very 

 forcibly impressed the value of fresh meadow 

 lijnd to a farmer. The fpiestion which gave rise 

 'to jt was this. What would be the difl^ercnce be- 

 tween two farmers, all other things being equal, 

 in twenty years, one of them owning six acres of 

 good fresh meadow land, that would produce nine 

 tons of hay, if he would cut it, and the other own- 

 ing or cutting none. 



The statements ran thus. Nine tons of fresh 

 meadow hay, to fodiler out in the coldest weather, 

 at $4 per ton, 36,00 



Calculate if all the manure which was made 

 lYoin the fine tons hay, were spread oh one acre 



Great crop of Ruta Baga. — Mr Holmes : As 

 it may be useful to report the produce of certain 

 crops occasionally, in order to let people know 

 what we are doing " down East," 1 wish to inform 

 you that Mr Joseph Weston, 3d, of Bloomfield, 

 raised during the ])ast season on twenfyfour rods 

 of ground, 170 bushels, being if I mistake not, after 

 the rate of eleven hundred thirtythree and one third 

 bushels to the acre. What would friend Cobbett 

 say to this, if he were alive now ? If he who 

 makes two spires of grass grow where but one 

 grew before, is more of a benefactor to mankind 

 than he who conquers nations — surely he who 

 makes an acre of ground produce at the rate above 

 mentioned, is deserving great commendation for 

 his skill and industry. — ' S.' in Maine Farmer. 



Man. — 1 he human form is afll'cted by climate 

 like plants ; it is developed more early in the 

 sunny south than in the frozen north ; the imita- 

 tive arts also are more easily acquired, and the 

 faculties unfold earlier ; but children horn in the 

 north have firmer and more stayed habits, attain 

 greater coudiination of thought, and think more 

 profoundly. 



A man of real probity and sound reason, will 

 hold on his course and practice, though the world 

 should dispute his character, ajid question his hap- 

 piness : he will be satisfied with the allainnient of 

 his own ends. 



