AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



N. E. FARMER. 



CATTLE SHOW 

 Bridgticaier, on Wednesday, October 12, 1842. 

 liiit ,or Premiums proposed by tlio Piymoutli 

 inly Agricultural Society : 



State Premiums. 

 The MsBSBchuselt-s Society for the Promotion of 

 riculture, ulTer the following; premiums for Stock, 

 le exhibited from any County of the Common- 

 tith, at Bri(l<;cwater, on Wednesday, tlie 12tli 

 Dctouer, next, at the annual Cattle Show of the 

 mouth County Agricultural Society, viz: 

 Tor the best full-blooded Bull of an impor- 

 breed, not less than one year old, assu- 

 ee being given that he shall be kept for use 

 ±e Commoawealth at least nine months, $20 

 Por Bccond best, (same requisitions,) 10 



?0T th* best milch Cow, full blood, of an 

 •orted breed, not less than three nor more 

 tea years old, with satisfactory evidence 

 to the quantity of her milk and the manner 

 rhicb she has been fed, 15 



'or second best, (same requisitions,) 7 



?orthe best full blooded Heifer, of impor- 

 breed, that has been milked not less than 

 le months, with satisfactory evidence of 

 quantity and quality of her milk, 10 



?or second best, (same requisitions,) 3 



'Tor the best full blooded Heifer, of an im- 

 ited breed, of any age, 5 



"Tor the best pair of Working Oxen, taking 



flew their size, power and training, 12 



"or second best do. do. C 



'^or the best pair of three years old steers, 

 ing into view their size, power and training, 6 

 '"'or second best do. do. 4 



Claims to the above premiums must be entered 

 •rriting, with Benj. Guild, Esq., Boston, Record- 

 Secretary of the Massachusetts Society for 

 imoting Agriculture, on or before the 1st of De- 

 er next : also in like manner, notice must be 

 en to Abram Washburn 2d, of Itridgewaler, at 

 5t three days previous to the exhibition. 



Improvements. 

 To the person who shall on the first day of 

 Jtember, 1642, have the largest quantity of 

 d in the best slato of preparation for Eng- 

 1 mowing, which was swampland or fresh 

 adow, June Ist, Idll, .*25 



Second premium for tlie same object, 1.5 



Third do. do. 10 



Po the person who shall before the first day 

 October next, produce the greatest quantity 

 cocoons by feeding the worms on the leaves 

 the Chinese mulberry tree or shrub, 15 



Becond premium for the same object, 10 



Third do. do. 3 



[Claimanls of the above premiums will be 

 (uired to feed successfully, not less than 

 30 worms, ond to slate in writing the mon- 

 r of cultivating the trees or shrubs on which 

 |t worms were fed, the kind of soil, the quan- 



tity and kind of manure, if any used, &,c. Al- 

 so the manner in which the c^g9 were pre- 

 served, the time and manner of hatching the 

 worms, and all the particularci relating to feed- 

 ing, taking care of the worms, and preserving 

 the cocoons, with an account of the whcile ex- 

 pense.] • 



To every person in the county who shall 

 build before September, 1842, one hundred rods 

 of stone wall, '.> 



For every additional hundred rods, I'i 



And in the same proportion for fractional 

 parts of a hundred rods, after two hundred have 

 been built. Provided the sum awarded shall 

 not exceed $100, and incase the claims under 

 the above offer shall amount to more than that 

 sum, the committee shall make a pro rata de- 

 duction so as not to exceed IJIGO. 



To the person who shall collect the great- 

 est quantity of any kind of material, (except- 

 ing manure from stock,) which in the opinion 

 of the committee shall more than pay the cost 

 of collecting and spreading on his farm, be- 

 tween the first day of September last, and the 

 first day of September next, not less than 400 

 loads, 40 cubic feet considered a load, 20 



A second premium for the same object, not 

 less than 300 loads, 1.5 



A third, not less than 250 loads, 12 



A fourth, not less than 200 loads, 10 



For the most accurate and satisfactory ex- 

 periment in the application of manure, which 

 was commenced according to the directions of 

 the Trustees, in 1840, 25 



The committee are authorized to distribute 6 

 vols, of the New England Fjirmer, and 8 of Mass. 

 Ploughman. 



N. B. Claims to be made on or before the first 

 day of August, 1842, to Isaac Alden, East Bridi'C- 

 water. Claimants, to entitle themselves to the 

 above offered premiums, must make a particular 

 statement in writing, of their several operations. 

 Produce. 

 For the greatest quantity of Wheat, raised 

 on not less than one acre of land, nor less 

 than twentyfive bushels, $13 



For the next greatest quantity, not less llian 

 twenty bushels, lo 



For the next greatest quantity, do. do. 5 



For the best crop of Indian Corn raised on 

 one acre, not less than 00 bushel.", (75 lbs. in 

 the ear considered a bushel,) not to be harvest- 

 ed before the ]5th of October, 1842, 15 

 For the next best crop, ]0 

 Next best do. 5 

 For the greatest quantity of Barley on an 

 acre, not less than .'10 bushels, 8 

 Second premium, do. 5 

 For the best crop of Potatoes of any kind, 

 on not less than one acre of land, and not less 

 than 40O bushels to the acre, 10 



For the next best do., not less than 300 

 bushels, (50 lbs. to bo considered a bushel of 

 every kind of root except onions,) 8 



• 8 

 '6 



10 



For the best crop of Onts on not less than 

 one acre, and not less than 50 bushels to the 

 acre, 



For the next best do. 



For the greatest number of bushels of Rye 

 raised on an acre, and not less than 30 bushels. 



For tho next best do. 



For the greatest quantity of White Beans 

 raised on half an acre, not less than 15 bush- 

 els to the acre. 



For the next do. 



For the greatest quantity of Carrots raised 

 on not leas than half on acre of land, and not 

 less than 300 bushels to the acre, 



For the next greatest quantity on a quarter 

 of an acre, 5 



For the greatest quantity of Onions, on not 

 less than a quarter of an acre of land, and not 

 lees than 75 bushels, ."; 



For the greatest quantity of Sugar Beets 

 raised on not less than a quarter of an acre of 

 land, r, 



If the sugar should be extracted from the 

 beets, and a satisfactory account of thcproces- 

 ses given, the premium will be trebled. 



For the greatest quantity of common Tur- 

 nips on half an acre, net less than 300 bush- 

 els to the acre, 5 



For the best crop of Ruta Baga Turnips on 

 half an acre, not less than 400 iiushels to the 

 acre, 5 



For the best crop do. on not less than one 

 quarter of an acre of land, 3 



The Committee are authorized to distribute 8 

 vols, of the New England Farmer, and 8 of Mass. 

 Plowman, as additions to the above premiums, cr 

 as gratuities to unsuccesEful claimants, according 

 to their judgment of merit. 



P. S. 't will be required of claimants of the 

 above premiums, to state in writing tho condition oT 

 the land at tJie time the course of cultivation for 

 the approaching season may commence, and the 

 several operations in that cultivation ; and the 

 amount of produce must be attested by the owner 

 and one laborer. 



A certificate of the measurement of the land by- 

 some respectable surveyor, will be required. Claimsr 

 to be made on or before Oct. 12th, 1842, but the 

 evidence of the amount of crops need not be pro- 

 duced until the 1st of November next. Communi- 

 cations to be made to A.nthont Collamouk, Pem- 

 broke, Chairman of Committee on Produce. 



N. B. Without a strict compliance with the- 

 above conditions, the committee have determiued 

 not to award premiums. 



Slock. 



For the be.st Milch Cow^ not less than 3 

 years old. 



For the next best do. 



For the best Heifer, hoving had a calf. 



For the next best do. 



For the best Heifer, not having had a calf, 

 not less than one nor more than 3 years old. 



For the next best do. 



$10 



