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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Oft. 29, 1830. 



fRKSHIRE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL. 

 EXHIBITION. 



The Pittsfield Argus, oF October 14th, contains 

 tlie following notices of the Cattle Show and 

 Fair, lately held at that place. 



Messrs Rdssell on the first day of the Fair 

 was served up iu their usual elegant and beautiful 

 style. On the second day, the Society dined at 

 the new house of Mr John Pomerot, and were 

 plentifully regaled with the good things of the 



, rr.1 1 r 11 • , ,.,:.u .i,„ „„.>/,.,ir.-,nv scason. Uniting clcgance with variety.' 

 ' The remarks lollowing, witb the accompany- • ° ° -l__ 



iug reports, were furnished us by the Committee 

 of publication of the Society. 



. The twentieth anniversary, of the Berkshire I ^i^^'/y';,"';;;; f^'..^^^^^ ^„^, ,.^i i„ ,^^^ afternoon, 

 Agricultural Society was held at P.ttsficld dunng | ,^^^ notwithstanding these untoward circumstan 



WORCESTER CATTLE SHOW. 

 Wag held on thi; 13th inst. The day was 



5oc«;ty 

 the past week. At no former anniversary lias 

 there been so splendid an Exhibition, or one so 

 well calculated to strengthen the heart of the 

 patriot, or cheer the feelings of the philanthropist. 

 The man who beheld the first anniversary twenty 

 years ago, and witnessed the late one, must re- 

 joice at the rapid advancement of the Berkshire 

 farmers in agricultural knowledge, prosperity and 

 improvement; and who during the laiise of he 

 these years, has marked upon these occasions the 

 progressive improvement of public manners and 

 morals, must indeed rejoice. It was calculated 

 by those who are accustomed to large assembla- 

 ges, who ai-e used to count the drops of' the wave 

 of the multitude,' that near six thousand persons 

 were present. During both days there was no 

 fighting, no disturbance of good order and in- 

 stances of intemperance were extremely rare. 



'The exhibition was honored with the uresence 

 of many gentlemen of distinction from abroad, 

 particularly from the neighboring state of New 

 York. The exhibition of animals was superior in 

 number and quality to any ever before exhibited. 

 Ths highly improved stock of Cattle exhibited by 

 Col Dwight, attracted general notice. As there 

 was no premium announced for a stock of Cattle 

 the spirit which induced him to bring them for- 

 ward is praise worthy. The exhibition of man- 

 ufactures, although not so large as would be de- 

 sirable, evinced an improvement in the excellency 

 at their fabric.' * # « 



'The public exercises wei-e held in the old 

 Church on the second day. It is cause of re- 

 gret that so many were excluded for want of 

 room. The religious duties were performed by 

 Kev. Dr Shepard. It is great praise to say that 

 he maintained his well established reputation for 

 I^cty and talents — the devout aspirations, the fer- 

 vent supplications, which fell so eloquently from 

 his lips seemed to alight on the hearts of his 

 hearers. The address by Theodore Sedgwick, 

 Esq. was worthy of him, and honorable to the 

 Society. He did not confine himself to minute 

 details of small things, the specks of farming, but 

 he advanced his standard, he recurred to first 

 piinciples — practical principles of action, conduct, 

 and economy, well calculated to extend the pros- 

 perity, to improve the condition, and promote the 

 general happiness of the community. As the 

 Address is to be published, it is not necessary to 

 enlarge so much as inclination prompts. It was 

 received by the audience with attention, and when 

 concluded they testified their approbation by 

 Clieers, long, loud and hearty. 



' The singing, led by Mr Billings, was excel- 

 lent, particularly thebeautifid Ode by W. C. Bai'- 

 Awr, the Berkshire Bard. 



'The performances of both days were cnliven- 

 (A by a fine band of music, led by Major Hanson. 

 Much praise is due Col. Nelson Strong, and the 

 A.saistant Marslinls, for the preservation of good 

 order, and carrying the arrangements into elfect. 

 The Dinner at the old established house of 



ces, the collection of people was nearly on an av- 

 erage with the former similar exhibitions. 



The number of teams which engaged in the 

 Ploughing Match vpas twentyone, a greater num- 

 ber than on the former occasion. And it was ob- 

 served by the Committee that at no other time 

 has the work been so well done. The President 

 of the Society, Gov. Lincoln made a brief and 

 valuable exposition of the present state of the Socie- 

 ty. A blessing on the proceedings of the daywas in- 

 voked by the Rev. Mr Miller. An address was 

 delivered by Ira Barton, Esq. of Oxford. This 

 is commended as sound, practical and replete with 

 good sense, clothed iu chaste and appropriate 

 language. 



The whole number of entries of stock of all 

 kinds was two hundred and fftyeight animals, ex- 

 clusive of the teams engaged in the Ploughing 

 Match, of which one hundred and nincfyfour were 

 neat cattle, and the remainder were the various 

 descriptions of sheep and swine. This is a larger 

 number than has been exhibited on any former 

 occasion, with exception of the year 1 828. 



The exhibition of Butter and Chesse is highly 

 commended. Of Cheese there were lots from 44 

 different dairies, each lot weighing from 100 to 

 150 lbs. the aggregate of the whole being about 

 5000 lbs. _^ 



FALL RIVER CATTLE SHOW. 



The last Fall River Monitor gives a detailed ac- 

 count of the Cattle Show and Fair which took 

 place in that village on Tuesday of last Week. 

 The exhibition of manufactured articles was par- 

 ticularly gratifying, and the specimfens of calico 

 from Mr A. Robeson's manufactory and from the 

 Taunton printworks might, it is said, vie in beauty 

 with any of the English patterns. At the sale in 

 the afternoon, a carpet containing ten yards was 

 sold for $16 to a gentleman of this ttivvn. 



About 100 gentlemen "partook of a dinner at 

 t!ie Exchange Hotel. A number of appropriate 

 toasts were given on the occasion among which 

 were the fL»!lowing. 



By James Ford, Esq. — Tlie Fall River Cattle 

 Shctv and Fair — May it be permanently establisli- 

 ed, liberally encouraged, and the fondest expect- 

 ations of its projectors fully realized. 



By Hon. James L. Hodges. — Our Farms and 

 Gardens — Ov.'ned and cultivated by enlightened 

 freemen — may they never be subjected to the 

 despotism of weeds, ignorance or indolence. 



Hon. Russell Freeman, on being called 'upon 

 remarked — that 



'As this was an occasion for local exhibition, it 

 might not be ill-timedHte indulge in a little local 

 pride and boasting. IWt to name the illustrious 

 characters, natives of the Old Colony, who had, 

 in times past, occupied the high places of the 

 state and iialinn, our sister state of Maine, bone 

 of our bone and flesh of our flesh, is now indebted 

 to us for both her Senators in Congress, and many 

 of her high judicial and other functionaries ; and 



three of the four of our own supreme Judicia 

 Tribunal, the Secretary of the Commonweallli 

 the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, the Distil 

 Judge, and last not least, the Mayor of Bostui 

 sprang from among us. He would therefo: 

 propose — : 



The Old Colo7iy — at the head of the Commo; 

 wealth in mental exhibition; not secondary , 

 mere animal, vegetable or artificial productions. 



By M. H. Ruggles, Esq. Vice President— T/ir 

 Fanners of Somerset and the citizens of Fait River — 

 The latter may toil and spin, but their fields an 

 not arrayed like one of these. — Providence papc/ 



Brooklyn Productions. — We have before staT> 

 that the Isabella grapes have been abundant an 

 excellent throughout Brooklyn. We have see;i 

 single Isabella grape from Blr Leavit's garde l 

 which measured two inches and eleven sixteenth: 

 in circumference, and perfectly round. 



Figs have come to good maturity. We lia\ 

 seen a. dozen perfectly ripe and very fine frni 

 the garden of Mr Birch. 



The Lima Cocoa Nut Squash has grown twentj 

 two inches in length, in the gardens of J. Seamar 

 and A. Spooner. At maturity they are pronounc- 

 ed good. — Brooklyn Star. 



DOMESTIC COTTONS. 



A writer in the Daily ' Advertiser, states thai 

 within the last three months, some thousands Oj 

 tons of merchandise have been imported in oui 

 ships from Calcutta, three fourths of the bulk o 

 which consists of raw materials for the use of oui 

 manufactories in this vicinity, and upon whict 

 the ship owners have a freight of twentyfive o: 

 thirty dollars per ton, and the importers twenty tt 

 forty per cent, profit — and that, what is more tc 

 be noted and wondered at, apart of these veri 

 cargoes have been paid for by our cotton manufac- 

 tures, sold in Calcutta at a i)rofit 15 to 25 pe 

 cent. The instances of profitable shipments o 

 our coarse cottons to India, he adds, are not oru 

 or two, but many. The intrinsic superiority o. 

 our ' domestics' to the ' India cottons' is now 

 almost as well understood and appreciated by the 

 natives of Hindostan as by those of New England. 



Upon the same subject, the Salem Gazette 

 says — ' It is but a kw years since this action 

 [carrying Cotton to Calcutta] would have been 

 deemed no less absurd than that expressedjjy the 

 corresponding phrase of "carrying Coal to New- 

 castle ;" yet it bids fair to he soon one of frequenn 

 occurrence. The ship Rome, of this port, belonjf" 

 ing to P. Dodge, Esq. on the outward voyage 

 from which she has just returned, carried ali' ' 

 300 bales of American cotton cloths, which ii 

 well un<lerstood, paid a high profit in Calcutta, 

 Those whose memory extends to the very reccBl 

 period when the trashy cottons? of India, with ! 

 their uncouth nomenclature, filled our markeli 

 will hardly be able to realize that the natives of!' 

 Bengal are now dependent upon foreign countries 

 for the cotton with which they are clothed ; hul 

 it is true. American cottons find a ready mat- ' ' 

 ket in the island of Madagascar, where they are ' j 

 a favorite article. Many bales have been sent to 

 that (|uarter by our Salem merchants, who haV» I 

 found their account in it.' — Boston Palladium. 



We have before us a letter from a highly f* 

 s])cct;;ble physician of this city, to ■ distmguished 

 philanthropis^t, in which is given the distressing 

 details of a case of Mania a potii, in » yoai)g 



