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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 20, 1826. 



hope t9 publisli hereafter ; together with the re- of which hereafter. A fine grass bonnet ^aiid a| 



ports of the Committees which will furnish offi- straw tionnet, by Miss Maria Harl'.vell of Shirley. 



cial accounts of the praise-worthy proceedings A light blue doiim bonnet by Luciiida H. Nutting, 



which characterised the Farmer's Festival, as eel- 1 of Groton — down tippets and collars, artificial tlow- 



ebrated in the Heart of the Commonwealth of i ers, a tortoise shell comb, a pair of gloves made of 



Massachusetts. snet skin, linen diaper, &c. — A sample of Amen- 



DRif H TOM FATK AND CATTLE SHOW ^a" ^^^ dressed at Hyde Park, N. Y. without be- 



'b mg u,?der fhe'ntfss.S o'™, o' r paTerJ j"." -otted-apples by t'-e Rev. .IrNo^^of Need 



u f n h„,<> Fvhihit;,,,, i,-is .-In^pd t ham, ha t spice apples and iialt russetings , proDa- 



to press, before the above J:/.\niDition uas ciosea, , ' i i-i i- .u „<■„.;„„ „f 



we are Compelled to confine ourselves to bnef and bly the consequence of the mi.x.ng ot the farma of 



ct slLches of the proceedings and displays both spec.es. Mr Noyes also e.xlubited /ears of 



Our om ssions wiU, we hope, be ' corn, the product of a single kernel, which produ 



tkfir 



imperfect 



ofthis Festival. „-. , . , , 



hereafter satisfactorily supplied by the Reports of ced 3bll kernels 



Committees, and supplementary remarks. There were se M»r.i,;nc 



The 18th inst was as fine a specimen of autum- among which was W .rren's rhrcsh.ng Machine 



nal weather as was ever e.xhibited by American | which appears to be very meritorious. It not only 



skies. The cattle pens, 80 in number, were all threshes but winnows grain, and may be easily so 



There were several newly invented machines. 



filled either with fine or at least fair specimens of 

 their respective races. Of horses, we observed 

 Cleaveland Bay, Sir Isaac, 3 years old, a gift to 

 the Mass. Ag. Soc. by our patriotic countryman. 

 Sir Isaac Coffin. This elegant animal cost 

 when two years old, in England 100 giiineas. Suf- 

 folk Light Cart-Horse, Columbus, 11 years old. 



constituted a:, ro cut the straw, all completed by I 

 the same moving power. A paring plough by Col. 

 Ben,tamin Wheeler of Framingham very useful 

 in subluing swamp-land, &.c. 



At three o'clock, the Society with a number of 

 invited guests partook of an excellent dinner at 

 Mr Dudley's Hotel, at which Mr Lowell,President 



supposed to be the strongest horse in the state, of the Society presided His Excellency the Goyer- 

 A fine Cleaveland bay mare Young Jellfounder nor was present, together with Hon. Daniel \\ eb- 

 (from Col.JA.iUKS famous horse Bellfonnder) a'^ter, Hon. Edward Everett Hon Judge Story, 

 fine stud-horse, owned by Samuel Jones, Charles- the Judges of the Supreme Court, &c. After the 

 town. A fine stud horse sired by Othello. Sky- :, repast, the following toasts were drank, 

 lark a brilliant Mare from Sir Isaac. Bulls. — Tlie Old Statt of Massachusetts — which shed its 

 Admiral, a famous short horn pre.sented by Admi- ^Xqq^ like water in 1V75, and is always ready to 

 ral Coffin — Sir Isaac, Jun. sired by tlie former. ' p^^^ j^ forth in the defence of our nation — May 

 A full blooded Alderney bull, from the celebrated ^.jjg ,joj ^g p^,t under the ban of that Empire, whose 

 Alderney Cow, imported by John Hubbard, Esq. foundation she laid with the bones of her best cit- 

 Young Coelebs, the dam Bakewell | Holderncss, 1 i^gns, at Lexington and Bunker Hill. 

 sire CoBlebs, owned by Gorham Parsons, Esq. A ] y^^ ^,^^ .^^^ ^^^^^ of JVorth America— The first, 



fine bull owned by Elijah Burnap, Milbury, we do 

 not recollect his pedigree. A half blood North 

 Devon bull, by John Prince, Esq. Among the 

 oxen we did not observe so many superior animals 

 this year as we have seen on former occasions. — 

 There were, however, 2 very fine twin oxen, one 

 with, and the other without horns, 7 years old, the 

 horned ox weighing 21(30, and the other 2126. — 

 These were owned by Mr Ward N. Boylston, 

 Princeton. There were a number of pens filled by 

 the excellent short horn stock of His Excellency 

 Gov. Lincoln, several pens, which contained ani 



VOLUNTEER TOASTS. 



By His Excellency Governor Lincoln. — TWsJ" 

 oanexion of Scientifc Knowledge with Practicat '"' 

 Husbandry. May those who decry it conside* " 

 that while it distinguishes a class of" Gentlemen» 

 Farmers" in Europe, it constitutes all FarmeUt. 

 Gentlemen in America. « 



By the Hon. Mr Webster.— TAc/cid of Fre] 

 Agricultural Labour ; a theatre of industry moi 

 useful to the State, and favourable to the healtfi 

 the mind and morals of the individuals. 1 



By the Hon. Mr Everett. — Good Husbandry 

 We call our stock neat cattle. May we so maj 

 age that if tJiey could speak they would return to 

 compliment. 



By the Editor of the ^Yew England Farmer.— 

 I Farmer'.': Banks ; Compost-Beds, Furrow-Slices 

 Corn-hills and Potato-ridges. If we make propci 

 deposits in those Banhs, our Draughts will alwaw 

 be honoured. 



By the Hon. Judge Story — Agriculture and tfc 

 Policy — The Art which converts Earth into Gob 

 — The Policy which converts Freemen into Freti 

 holders. i 



By Harrington, Esq. The Pres^'lent ^' 



the United States. — Native Stock, and may ifel; 

 be used for eight years without crossing. 



By the Hon. John Welles of Boston. In pro 

 posing a toast, Mr Welles observed '-that it uiigli 

 not, perhaps, be known to many at table tli.U tt| 

 " Hertford County Agrirulturul Society " of tljk 

 State of Connecticut had honoured the Masst il 

 chusetts Agricultural Society by a respectabl 

 delegation from its body on this occasion. Fo 

 this highly prized attention, he asked leave i 

 propose as a Toast, 



Success to the Agricultural Societies of Coi 



and the last hope of Freedom — May they never 

 give cause of triumph to Despots, nor of despair to 

 the friends of liberal iiistit..ttor)3. 



The President of the United y-'tates — Measures 1 iieclicut ; may their zc: I be strengthened by a n 



not Men is the first maxim ol Free .States — A gen 

 erous and munly confidence is a duty we owe to a 

 wise ail I magnanimous administration, whatever 

 might hu.ve been our previous predilections or pre- 

 judices. 



The Patron a I'd Ornament of the Agricultural 

 Art — who deems the hisjhest executive oiiice in 



mals of the same race, owned by the Hon. John our Commonwealth honourea by the respect and 

 Welles of Bo.ston. There were a goodly number attention he pays to this noble employment. . 

 of fine Merino, Saxon, and native sheep, many of, Manufciures — Now in a state of partial e- 

 the two former kinds supplied by Messrs. George ■ clipse, but the intervening body, which intercepts 

 and Joseph Barrett of Concord. Samuel Henshaw, tlie lin-lit and heat must pass on in its orbit, and 

 Esq. of Boston, exhibited some fine slieep of the they will again enjoy the warmth, and fertilizing 

 New Leicester and South Down breeds. There radiance, in its fullest force. 



were a number of Swine of prime e.xcellence, by , Commerce— The hand-maid of Agriculture and 

 R. Mackay of Princeton, and among others a sti- ' Manufactures— miserable and short-sighted is the 

 perior sow which appeared to combine all the poii<.y^ ^vhich would encourage a jealousy of that 

 points of excellence in that kind of animals. employment on which the success of all other iii- 



The Manufactures were less in number than on j^^^^y „;g,j^ depends. 



former occasions. They were however respecta- 1 , . ,. ,. /. , j r, rm, 



,, J ^, ,., ^ , ^ ., 1 . Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce — Ihe 



ble and the quality appeared to us quite equal to , ° , . ■',.,. ■ , , ■<• j 



, , .- f*^ . .1 1 three great Arteries, which furnish life and vigor 



any we had previously seen at the same place. — , ,,",,.., ^ r ui- 



, ■' ,, '^.. , -a J 1 ,u jir„ and health to the great bouy of our republic. 



Among the articles were Broadcloths and Kersey- s j i 



meres of Shepherd & Co. Flannel by Theodore | The J^avy of the United States— A Young G 

 Lvman of Mendon, and Mrs. Lucy Bancroft of i which in its infancy, has furnished the best em 

 Pepperell. Sattinet by Messrs. Pitts & Buffum, j blem of our national strength, and is the surest 

 Mendon. Carpeting by Mary Stearns, of Worces- j presage of our future greatness, 

 ter, and some others. Hearth Rugs by several — l Cordial reconciliation among all parties — nation- 

 Red Cassimere Shawls — Lace Veils — Lace Caps, \al and sectional — Preference to talents and virtue, 

 Vandykes, &c. An elegant grass bonnet by Mrs without reference to past temporary distinctions ; 

 Ruth M. Pond, and Miss Polly M. Pond, accoin- I alike the band of our private peace and of public 

 panied with a note describing the kind of grass 6ic. ( prosperity. 



collection of the efl^oii of those who of old, mad 

 Connecticut to be Cdiied The Garden ofJVew £jij« 

 land. 



By the Editor rf the JV^to England Farmery 

 After Gov. Lincoln haJ retired. His ExcelleMA 

 Gf.ve.rnor l^ity CO i.ja, the Head, attd the County i 

 fVorcester, the Htart of the Commonwealth. Whil 

 such organs compose the vital parts of our bod 

 politic, old Massacli.: setts may reasonably hope I 

 flourisii, firm as her hills, and vigorous as the oal' 

 wTiich cro.vn them. 



There were several other volunteer toasts give 

 which we do not recollect. — tSome very large an 

 beautilul pears were presented for the ■ Soc ietJJ^ 

 dessert, by a gentlemen who was an officer in 

 army of the American Revolution, but his nai 

 has escaped us. His Excellency the Governor pi 

 sented some excellent fruit, the product of his ow 

 orchard. 



RHODE ISLAND CATTLE SHOW. 

 The seventh anniversary of the Annual CattI 

 Show and Exhibition of Manufactures, by th 

 The JVavy of the United States — A Young Giant Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement o 



Domestic Industry, was holden at Pawtiixet, O' ' 

 Monday and Tuesday the 9th and 10th of Octobf; 

 1826. The Report on Neat Cattle contains som 

 judicious remarks on the superiority of the Ox 1 1 

 the Horse, as a Farmer's Labourer. | 



neat cattle. 

 Your Committee on Neat stock are fully cor 

 vinced'of the importance of the subject Bubmittc 



