A N D II O U T i C U L T U R A L REGISTER. 



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PUOLISHBO BY JOSEPH BEECK * CO., NO. 68 NOttTH MARKET STREET, (AomcoiTOEAt WA»iMOO«.)-ALLEN PUTNAM, EDITOR. 



BOSTON. WRnNKSDAY KVKNING, APRIL 1.1, 1812. 



I NO. 4 1. 



N. E. F ARMER. 



ATTLE SHOW AND PLOWING MATCH, 



P.iwIuTcl, R. I., on ICedntsdan, Srpt.QSth, 18-12. 

 riie Standinjf CommiUoe of the Rhodo Island 

 :ie[y for the Encouragetnenl of Domestic Indus- 

 orter the following premiums: 



For Butts. 

 Por the boit Bull, not less than one, nor 

 eedinj three years old, to be kept for ser- 

 ; in x\iii State, ten months after the Fair, 

 I price not e.xcceding $2 per cow, $20 



or the second best do. upon the same con- 

 oiis, 15 



or the third best do. without the coodi- 



8, 8 



Bull Calves. 

 'or the best Bull Calf, not less than four 

 iths old, nor exceeding twelve months old, 5 

 'or the second best do. 3 



Cows. 

 'or the best Milch Cow, of any breed, that 

 produced the largest quantity of milk or 

 er, in any four successive weeks from the 

 of May to tlie first of September, regard 

 g had to her keeping and time of calving, 12 

 or the second best do. upon the same coo- 



'DS, 



or the third best do. without any condi- 



Hei/ers. 

 T the best three year old Heifer, which 

 Dad a calf, 



ir the second best do. 

 >r the best two year old do., with or with- 

 calf, 



r the second best do. 

 ■^r the best one year old do. 

 IT the second best do. 



Heifer Calces. 

 IT the best Heifer Calf, from four to 

 le months old, 

 ir the second best do. 



Working Ozen. 

 ir the best pair of Working Oxen, raised 

 is State, not less than four years old, re- 

 being had to their size, strength and 



r the second best do. 

 r the third best do. 



r the best pair of do. raised out of this 

 , but having been owned in the State not 

 han six nronths, and not less than four 

 old, regard being had to their size, 

 tf gtb and training, 

 r the second best do. 



Steers. 

 t the best pair of three years old Steers, 

 to the yoke, and raised in this State, 

 r the second best do. 



For the best pair of two years old do., rais- 

 ed in this State, $i 

 For the second best do. 2 



Slieep. 

 For the best Buck, C 



For the second best do. 4 



For the best Ewes, not lesa than four in 

 number — .$2 each, 8 



Hogs. 

 For tlie best Boar, nut less than four 

 mouths, nor more than two years end six 

 months old, with an assurance that he shall be 

 kept six months for further socvice in this 

 State, C, 



For the second best do. 5 



For the third best do. 4 



For the best breeding Sow, 5 



For the second best do. 3 



For the best weaned Pigs, not less than 

 four in number, 4 



For the second best do. do. 2 



$224 

 The premiums for the bulls and boars will be 

 paid when evidence is produced fJiat they have 

 been kept in this State for the time required. And 

 no premiums shall be awarded, unless in the judg- 

 ment of the committees, the stock shall be deemed 

 worthy of it. 



Terms. 



For each yoke of oxen exhibited at the Fair, 

 which shall appear in a team ol fifty or more yoke, 

 (and to which no premium for any peculiar excel- 

 lence is awarded,) if driven less than five miles — 

 25 cts. 



For each yoke as above, if driven five miles and 

 over — 50 cents. 



For each yoke as above, if driven ten miles and 

 over — 75 cents. 



For each yoke as above, if driven twenty miles 

 and over — $1 00. 



Best Cullir.Tied Farm. 

 For the best cultivated Farm in this State, .fSO 

 This premium will not be awarded, unless in the 



opinion of the committee, the cultivator shall be 



deemed worthy of it. 



Ptowing Match.. 

 (No Drivers allowed.) 



First plow, $7 



Second do. 6 



Third do. 5 



Fourth do. 4 



Fifth do. 3 



Will not bo permitted to be driven faster than their 

 natural pace; und these premiums will be adjudged 

 for the best work, witii the leant expense of labor. 



It must be understood that in all cases, whether 

 there be any competition or not, it is at the discre- 

 tion of the committees to withhold a premium, if, 

 in their opinion, the object so offered is not deserv- 

 ing of it. 



Any attempts to obtain premiums by unfair prac- 

 tices will be punished by a forfeiture of the pre- 

 niiiim, should it have been awarded before a dis- 

 covery, and will also preclude the off'ender from 

 being permitted to apply for premiums in futurc- 

 I'rciiiiums to bo demanded within six months after 

 they are awarded. 



Competitors for premiums of every description, 

 will be held to a rigid compliance with the fore- 

 going rules, as well as such other rules and regula- 

 tions as shall be adopted by the respective commit- 

 tees of p.-emiuins, hereafter to be appointed, and 

 the Commiltco of Arrangements for the occasion. 



No ownf r of any number of premium animals 

 will be entitled to more tlian one allowance for 

 travel. 



JOHN PITMAN, Vice President. 



Wm. W. Hoppi.v, Sec'ry. 



$25 



The depth to be plowed will not be less than 

 five inches, and the breadth of the furrow not more 

 than ten inches. 



The strictest regulations will be adopted, to in- 

 sure the proper management of the cattle. They 



CULTURE OF THE PEACH. 



The most extensive peach orchard which has 

 conte to my knowledge, is that belonging to Messrs. 

 Isaac Reeve uiid Jacob Ridgeway of Philadelphia. 

 It is situated forlyfive miles below the city, on the 

 river Delaware, at Delaware city, and contains 20& 

 acres of trees, in ditferent stages of growth. In 

 18-39, they gathered from this orchard, 18,000 bush- 

 els of first rate fruit from 170 acres of trees, where- 

 of only 50 acres were then ir. full bearing. When 

 the fruit has attained the si:e of a small musket- 

 ball, it is thinned. One of these gentlemen in- 

 formed me, that of that smal' size, they had gath- 

 ered in that year, 700 bushels, by measure, of the 

 immature fruit. By tins judicious management, 

 while the amount of fruit was but litlie diminished, 

 either in weight or measure, its size and beauty 

 were thus greatly improved, so that their fruit was 

 the handsomest in the Philadelphia market, and 

 during the best of the season, much of it was sold 

 at from $4 50 to §0 the basket, of three pecks in 

 measure. Since that period, they have increased 

 their orchards, which now comprise 300 acres. 

 Their trees are usually transplanted at a year's 

 growth from the bud: they usually produce a full 

 crop of fruit in the fourth year after being trans- - 

 planted, and from some of their trees two busliels 

 of fruit have been gathered in a single year. 



They prefer a dry soil, light and friable, on a 

 foundation of clay, or gravelly clay — a good, but 

 not a very rich soil. Like all other good cultiva- 

 tors, the whole land is always kept in cultivation. 

 For the first two or three years, corn is raised in . 

 the orchard, but afterwards the trees are permitted . 

 to occupy the whole ground, nothing being siifTcr- 

 cd to grow beneath tlieir shade, as this would rob.« 

 the fruit of its nouriehmcnt. In Delaware, where v 



