Jl^EW ENGL.AND FARMER, 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



PUBLISHED BY 



GEORGE C. BARRETT, NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (AonicuLTDRii. Wakehouse.)-T. G. FESSKNDEN, EDITOR. 



VOI,. XIV. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1836. 



NO. 38. 



MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 

 AGRICULTURE. 



PREMIU.\I LIST....1836. 



The Trustees of tlie Massachusetts Society for 

 Proniotins Asriculture believe that the interest of 

 aarriculture will be better promoted by appropria- 

 tins all the money at their disposal for premiums, 

 for the encouragement of well conducted farms, 

 rotation of crops, and other agricultural experi- 

 ments, the operation of the dairy, the importation 

 of new breeds of stock, remarkable for the quan- 

 tity and quality of their milk, and their readiness 

 to fatten, and a more thorough field culture of 

 grain and vegetable crops, than by distributing 

 any portion of it to the objects usually exhibited 

 at the Cattle Show, in 15righton ; and hope that 

 they shall be justified in omitting the Show for the 

 present year. They flatter themselves the omis- 

 sion will not in any degree relax the energies i^f 

 Agriculturists, but awaken their attention, and 

 sitmulate them to raising prime cattle for labor, 

 and for the dairy, and the general improvement 

 of oth_er animals, that cattle shows in future may 

 exhibit a greater degree of excellence than in 

 former years, in the selection and preference for 

 the best stocks. 



In conformity with these views, the Trustees 

 have concluded not to have a Cattle Show, at 

 Brighton, this autumn, but propose to have an 

 exhibition of Butter and Cheese, at a place to be 

 designated hereafter by the Trustees, on Wednes- 

 day, the 7th day of December next, and to offer 

 the following premiums. 



FOR BUTTER AND CHF.ESE EXHIBITED, 



/without regard to the place of manufuclure.) 



For the best lot in tubs, pots, or firkins, not 



less than 300 lbs. $100 00 



For the next best, not less than 300 lbs. 50 00 



For the best, less than 300 lbs. and not less 



than 100 lbs. 30 00 



For the next best, less than 300 lbs. and 



not less than 50 lbs. 20 00 



For the best lot of Cheese, not less than 

 one year old, and not less in quantity 

 than 300 lbs. 50 00 



For the next best, not less than one year 

 old, and not less in quantity than 300 

 lbs. 30 00 



For the best Cheese, less than one year old, 



and not less in quantity than 300 lbs. 50 00 

 For the next best, of not less quantity, 30 00 



The claimant for the several premiums on But- 

 ter to be exhibited in the month of December 

 next, must state, in writing, the following particu- 

 lars, viz. : the number of cows kept on his farm ; 

 the mode of keeping ; the treatment of the milk 

 and cream before churning; the mode of churn- 

 ing, winter and summer; the measures adopted 

 to express the butter-milk ; the quantity and sort 

 of salt employed; whether saltpetre, or any other 



substances, have been used in the process ; the 

 best time for churning and keeping butter in hot 

 weather, and the best mode of preserving it, in and 

 through the summer and winter, and in what 

 vessels. 



The claimants for the several premiums on 

 Cheese, must state the mode of making the same, 

 and the following particulars, viz.: the number of 

 cows kept ; whether the Cheese is made from the 

 proceeds of one, two or more milkings ; whether 

 any addition is made of cream ; the quantity and 

 sort of salt used, and the quantity of rennet ; the 

 mode of pressure, and the treatment of the Cheese 

 afterwards. 



Farmers in the several States are invited to 

 compete for these premiums. 



Claims for the premiums on Butter and Cheese 

 must be made in writing, addressed to Benjamin 

 Guild, Esq., Boston, post paid, on or before the 

 5th of December next ; and the parcels deposited 

 before Wednesday the 7th, at a place to be desig- 

 nated hereafter by the Trustees, on which day, at 

 10 o'clock, before noon, the Committee will \txo- 

 ceed to examine the lots offered for premium, and 

 none will be admitted after that hour. 



The premiums will be awarded at the same 

 place on Thursday, the 8tU. 



It is particularly recommended to the competi- 

 tors, that the Butter be put up in the nicest man- 

 ner. And to take notice that there will be a public 

 auction after the examination by the Committee, 

 and those who desire to sell will have an opportu- 

 nity without any charge for auctioneer's fees, but 

 the government duty must be paid by the owners 

 of the butter and cheese. And after the iiremium 

 has been awarded, all the articles submitted must 

 be taken care of by their respective owners, the 

 Committee having no further control or responsi- 

 bility in regard to them. The Committee will be 

 at liberty to withhold from the auction sale, any 

 parcels, either of butter or cheese, which they may 

 have reason to suppose, from the ordinary quality 

 of the same, or other circumstances, may have 

 been sent merely for sale. 



THE BEST CULTIVATED FARMS. 



For the best cultivated farm, $1-50 00 



For the nest best cultivated farm, J^3 00 



Tiie farm to consist of not less thati 70 acres, 

 exclusive of woodland. The owner oi- tenant, to 

 entitle himself to cither of the premiums, must 

 state in writing, the nature and quality of the soil ; 

 the proportions suitable for tillage, mowing, and 

 pasturing, respectively, and especially the quantity 

 of irrigated meadow or low land, which is never 

 tilled or ploughed, with as much particularity fis 

 he is able. 



The number of acres planted the present year 

 vfith corn, potatoes, and other vegetables. 



The number sowed with winter and spririg 

 grains, and other vegetables^ specifying the several 

 kinds, and the number of acres planted or gown 

 with each. 



The quantity and kipd of ttianure used for eaclj 



crop, and the times and manner of afiplying it. 

 The quantity and quality of each crop. 



The number of acres mowed the present year, 

 what jiroportion upland, what meadow or land 

 that had never been ploughed, the kind of grass 

 and quantity of hay, according to the best of his 

 knowledge, judgment, and belief. His manner of 

 dressing and manuring his meadow or mowing, 

 and laying down his tilled land to grass, the kinds 

 of grass seed, the quantity of each, the time of 

 year it is sown, and whether with oats, barley, or 

 other grain, or alone. 



The form of the barn-yard, and manner of col- 

 lecting and making manure. 



The number of oxen, cows, and young stock, 

 horses, and sheep, kept on the farm through the 

 year, and the quantity of butter and cheese made, 

 distinguishing the new milk from the other cheese, 

 and the breed of cows, whether foreign, mixed, or 

 native. 



The number of swine kept and the quantity of 

 pork made. 



The labor employed in carrying on the farm, 

 and the quantity of ardent spirits (if any) con- 

 sumed. 



As it is deemed important to ascertain the best 

 rotation of crops, it is desired that the applicants 

 for those premiums will state the kind ot crop, if 

 not able to state the quantity raised on the several 

 and respective pieces of tillage, and mowing land 

 described in their statements, for the year next 

 preceding the present one. 



The manner of feeding his stock in winter sea- 

 son ; whether he gives his milch cows or oxen 

 grain or roots of any kind, and the kind and quan- 

 tity. 



His treatment of calves he intends to raise ; 

 whether he lets them continue to suck, or weans 

 them soon after calved — how soon — what food 

 he gives them, and how long he continues to feed 

 them. 



If it be a sheep farm, the manner he treats his 

 sheep in the winter ; whether they are housed or 

 left out in the yard, the food given them, and the 

 time they generally lamb. 



The Trustees think, that the utility of this pre- 

 minm toaterially depends on the particulars above 

 mentioned being stated, with as much exactness 

 as the nature of the business will admit; they do 

 not, however, expect that the mowing, pasture, or 

 tillage land, should be actually surveyed, or the 

 hay weiglic,d ; but only that the applicant should 

 ascertain the, quantities with as great accuracy as 

 he can witliqut, and state them according to his 

 best judgmeut anJ belief. They think it proper 

 further to observe, that while they expect a sub- 

 stantial compliance with the terms above specified, 

 an omission or want of exactness in some of the 

 less important particulars, will not preclude an 

 applicant from the premiu/a, if, on the whole, his 

 farm shall appear to be so well cultivated as other- 

 wise to entitle him to it. The Trustees to be at 

 liberty, in all cases, before they award the premi- 

 um, to visit by a committee, or such other persons 



