NEW ENGIiAND FARMER, 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



PUULISHBU nv GEORGE C. BARRETT, NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (Agricultural Wabkhouse.)— T. G. FESSENHEN, EHITOR. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1836. 



NO. 49. 



STRAFFORD AGRICCLTURAI. SOCIETT. 



The Annual Meeting of tljis Society will be 

 ilden at iMeredith Centre near Tom Davenport, 

 (q.'s Inn on the 3J Tuesday of October next and 

 ednesday following. 



The following Premiums are offered for the 

 llowing objects, provided the same be thought 

 irthy of premiums by the Awarding Conimit- 

 is, viz : 



STOCK. 

 |ir the best yoke of working catttle, reference 

 being had to the manner of their being trained 

 as well as to tiieir appearance. $6,00 



next best do 4,00 



next best do 2,(0 



3t pair of three year old steers 4,00 



next best do 3,00 



■it pair two year old steers 3,00 



next best do 2,00 



«t Bull one year old and upwards 6,00 



next best do 5,00 



next best do 4,00 



next best do 3,00 



t Bull calf 2,00 



t Heifer under three years old 4,00 



next best do 3,00 



next best do 2,00 



t milkcou giving the greatest quantity of milk 

 3r one whole weekj to be taken from the cow- 

 resented, in the montlr of June, to be sworn 

 ) by the milk-maiii or milk-man 6,00 



next best do 5,00 



next best do 3,00 



1 1 Saxony and Merino Buck 3,00 



next best do 2,00 



native Buck 2,00 



next best do 1,00 



best mixed Ewes 3,00 



next best do 2,00 



Boar 4,0(' 



Sow with her litter of jijgs three or 

 lore 3,00 



next best do 2,00 



OTE. — All stock exhibited for premiums must 

 I been kept within said county six months, 

 before the annual meeting of said Society. 

 o animal for which a premium has been 

 -ded in this county, shall be considered an 

 3t for a like premium iu future, nor shall a 

 nd premium be awarded for any animal which 

 received the first. 



CROPS. 

 Acre ofWheat on tilled land 6,00 



next best do 5,C0 



next best do 4,00 



Acre of Indian Corn 5,00 



next best do 4,00 



next best do 3,00 



Acre of Potatoes 5,00 



next best 4,00 



PLOUGHING. 



For ploughing one eighth of an Acre of sward 

 land, in thirty minutes, with oxen, in the best 

 manner and with the least expense, each com- 

 petitor furnishing his own plough 6,00 

 next best do .5,00 

 next best do 3,00 

 Voted — That no animal shall receive more 

 than one premium on the days of exhibition. 

 BLANKETS, FLANNELS & HOSE. 

 Best pair of blankets 3,00 

 next best do 2,00 

 next best do 1,00 

 Best piece of Flannel not less than fifteen yards 3,00 

 next best da 2,00 

 next best do 1,00 

 Best pair of Woolen Hose 2,00 

 next best do 1,00 

 Best pair of Linen Hose 2,00 

 next best 1,00 

 DOMESTIC LINEN MANUFACTURES. 

 Best piece of Linen Shirting, not less than ten 

 yarils 3,00 

 next best do 2,00 

 next best do 1,00 

 B.'st piece of Linen Diaper, not less than ten 

 yards 3,00 

 next best do 2,00 

 next best do 1,00 

 BUTTER AND CHEESE. 

 Best Butter, not less than twenty pounds 5,00 

 next best do 3,00 

 next best do 2,00 

 Best Cheese, not less than twenty pounds 5,00 

 next best do 3,00 

 next best do 2,00 

 CIDER. 

 Best barrel of Cider, specimen not less than three 

 gallons 3,00 

 next best do 2,00 

 next best <lo 1,00 

 Any article of domestic industry and improve- 

 ment, not enumerated above, will receive the at- 

 tention of the Society. 



AWARDING COMMITTEES. 



On ff'orking Oxen and Steers. 

 Jeremiah Wilson, P. P. Pilsbiiry, R. C. Tilton. 



On Bulls. 

 Paul ^Ventworth, John Brown 2d. J. Canney. 



On Cows and Heifers. 

 John Peavy, Job Otis, John S. Boody. 



On Sheep and Swine. 

 Neheniiah Eastman, S. C. Lyford, Rufus Parish. 



On Crops. 

 B. W. Jenness, Saniiie' Tilton, Benj. Weeks. 

 On Ploughing. 

 Elisha Hanson, William Hae, Thomas Durrell. 



On Blankets, Flannels and Hose. 

 Lyman B. Walker, Jer.Miiiah Elkius, Ira A. 

 Eastman. 



On Domestic Lnnen Manvfactures. 

 Thotnas Cogswell, Reuben Hayes, Jr. I. B. 

 French. 



On Butler and Cheese. 

 Daniel Hoit, Stephen L. Greely, William H. 

 Copp. 



On Cider. 

 John Ham, Robert Lamprey, Truewortby Cham- 

 berlain. 



On Articles not Specified. 

 Stephen Moody, John Kent, Benjamin Kelley, 

 Dover. 



On Horses. 

 Benjainin Emerson, A. Livermore, Jr. 1. S. 

 Mo niton. 



COMMITTKE ON ARRANGEMENTS. 



Tom Davenport, Gso. P. Avery, S. G. Wad- 

 leigh, W. P. Wadleigh. 



Rev. Thomas Pekkins, Chaplain. 



D.'xi Crosby, Marshal, with power to ai)point 

 Deputies. 



Benj. Boroman, Orator. 



A true extract from the proceedings of the Ex- 

 ecutive committee. 



JOHN HAM, nee. Sec'y. 



N. B. The Society will assemble on the first 

 day of the annual meeting, at 10 o'clock, A. M. 

 and proceed forthwith to the election of officers 

 for the year ensuing, and at 12 o'clock, M. of said 

 day, the stock and what is presented for show 

 and premium, stiiall be jn their proper places, and 

 the awarding committees ready to enter upon the 

 duties assigned them — on the 2d day of said 

 meeting, the ploughing match will be Had ot 10 

 o'clock, A. M. and at 2 o'clock P. M. the Address 

 will be delivered, at the close of which, the 

 awarding committees will report, which rejiort 

 will be read in public. 



JOHN HAM, Rtc. Secy 



Gilmanton, Feb. 1836. 



ZINC. 



A gentleman of this city has placed in ourhands 

 the New York Mechanics' Magazine with a re- 

 quest that we would copy into our columns the 

 foilowing essay on the uses of Zinc for roofing 

 houses, for culinary vessels, &c., and on the ])ro- 

 ducls formed by exposure of the metal to the ac- 

 lion of corroding agents. It was written by Dr. 

 Gale, professor of geology and mineralogy, in the 

 New York University, and jirofessor of chemistry 

 in the New York College of Pharmacy. — Bost. 

 Cour. 



Metallic zinc has been applied to various uses 

 in the Arts in Europe, since 1740 or 1750. 1'hough 

 it had been known and wrought for a long time 

 previous by the Chinese and East-Indians. 



The abundance and cheapness of this metal, 

 early attracted the attention of speculators to em- 

 ploy it in the useful arts, and it is slated in the 

 Philosophical Transactions for 1747, that _it casts 

 and bores quite as well us brass, and it is proposed 

 that it should be used for various culinary vessels 

 as usubstitiite for iron and other metals, that were 



