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NEW ENGLAND i AHMER. 



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They recoimnemi that a gratuity of ?!lObe paid 

 to (i. iM. liurie ofCoucord. 



The tirst premium they <lo not award. 



It was a source of purticular gratification which 

 tht <l:iy alionloil, to see a ram and three ewes of 

 the Knglish new Leicester or Disliley breed rf 

 sheep. Tliey «ere imjjorted at a n>st of .•f8(! 15.<. 

 sterlin^r, by Cliarles Richmond, Esi]. of Taunton, 

 and were exliildted by S. Ilenshaw, Esq. of Boston. 

 It was stati.'d that more than 10 pounds of ciean 

 washed wool were shorn from the ram last spring-, 

 and that the ewes avcrasjed 7 pounds each. This 

 is t'le full averafre sheep yield in England. These 

 sheep give the wool of long staple, which has been 

 tlioughl lu'.portant to our m muficturcs, and wliicli 

 the tjociety iiave by successive premiums endeav- 

 oured to introduce. They may now be disseminat- 

 ed as they may be fuun.l usuful. Tliey are recom- 

 mended as of pure breed, correct form, good wool, 

 and great disposition to fatten ; with the latter 

 propensity, and tiieir large sire, their carcase must 

 ie of greut value. It is furt'.jer stated that they 

 were in estinotion amongst •' the finest mutton j 

 sheep of England." 



The Committee award to S. Henshaw, Esq. of 

 Boston, for the Pishley or New Leicester ram tlie 

 premium of y 15. 



For his best Dishley or new Leicester ewe they , 

 award to the same gentlemen a premium of $15. 1 



SOUTH DOWN SHEEP. ] 



For these the Society's premium -'id not produce 

 &ny e hijition. The premium nill probably be con- 

 tinued, and it is hoped to better efiect heieafter. 



SWI.\E. I 



To Si! IS Dudley of Sutton the Committee award | 

 the first premiiim for the best boar ^\l. i 



There were no other Boars tliat were thought to ' 

 merit the other premiums. | 



For breeding fSows, the Committee award Uie I 

 first premium to Capt. John Mixkay. Wi-^ton $12. 



The second premium they award to J.T.EluVii.fS. 



The third premium they award to Doc'r Francis 

 Moore of Cambridge $5. 



STORE PIGS. 



For Store Pigs the Committee award the first 

 premium to Capt. John Mackay of Weston, of $10. 



They were v ell deserving of it. No other pre- 

 mium could with propriety be awarded. 



The Committee regret in the last meniioned an- 

 imal when by comparison and selection so good 

 effects have been produce'l,that what our Fti.mers 

 could show, has been omitted. So also in Aj^-rino ' 

 Sheep; when great prices have been paia for Sax- ! 

 ony SI eep of late with us, which it is presumed 

 are nothing more than the Merino race iuiproved 

 by careful selection, is it not a matter of wonder 

 that our agriculturists lo not take this mode of 

 general comparison at the Brighton Cattle Show ? 

 wliicli seems the best that could possibly be devis- ] 

 ed, to carry into effect the highest possible degree ; 

 of pi rfcction in this animal so important to our 

 manufactures. When these ends can be as well i 

 and better effected at home, let it be our pride so i 

 to ret. But not so when otherwise. 



The Committee have stated the many improve- 

 ments in the Show within their departmeut which j 

 have l>een j'resented this year. They have further | 

 suggested these few particulars by which it might 

 be so perfected as to give effect and value to the I 

 like occasions in future. i 



The agriculturists having done so much to es- 



tabhsli the reputation of their holiday, we think we ing no inconsiderable saving in the e.;pe'-.. of 

 may appeal to their good sense not to refniin from ploughing our lands, that very importont pari of 

 sapi)lying these deficiencies, wlien the mcuis are husbandry, and taking into view the high wages 

 so fully within their power. JOHN WEbLES, now paid by the farmers, should operate as oneln- 

 Chairman. J creased stimulus to the early training of young 



No. III. 

 The Committee appointed on the Ploughing Match 



with single Teams, report as follows, viz. 



Twelve Competitors entered, to each of which 

 was assigned about one si\th of an acre of grass 

 land, the soil light, some parts mi.\ed with gravel 

 and sward tender — tiie plougliing was generally 



cattle. 

 Which is respectfully submitted, by 



SAMUEL (i. DERBY, 

 NATHAN ADAMS, 

 SILAS GATES. 



No. VL 

 The Committee on the Ploughing Match, with 

 very good, and the Comunttce found it dllBcult to '"'" ^"^'^ of oxen, e<visisting of John Princ,, Eben. 



select three from the list to whom the premiums 

 ihould be awarded. After taking into considera- 



Htath, ana Francis fVinship — report, 

 Tliat eight Ploughmen were duly entered to 



tion uU the circumstances, partic^ularly the rules '^°"'P'^"^ *"°'' "."^ Socijty's premiums — .Imt'tho 

 uliich were communicated to the" competitors be- ; "'"''' was all in their estimation well performed 

 lore the ploughing match commenced, they award ^^'•^'i'" 'heir allotted time, whicli was very ample, 



as their intention was to have the best of work, 

 without allowing the cattle to be overdriven, the 

 sward was too loose to admit of very smooth 

 ploughing. 



No. 13. Plough of Joseph Barret, Esq. of Con- 

 cord, Eli Howe, ploughman, P. Hutchins, driver ; 

 Tice's Cast Iron mould Board used by Mr Bar- i'^''.^' i™" plough by Tice— finished his work in 39 



as follows, vi/. 



To Sherman Barrett ofCoucord, 1st. prem. 



plough $1,5 



To Pre.scott Barrett, plougman 8 



To Augustus Tultle, driver 4 



rett, was perfuri.ied in oV.i mi'Hites. 



To Geo. M. Barrett of Concord, 2d prem. 



plough $10 



To Geo. M. Barrett ploughman 3 



To Tylus Prescott driver 3 



— .fl8 

 Work performed in 39 minutes with Tice's Cast 

 Iron plough. 

 To Abiel H. Wheeler of Concord 3d prem. 



plough 6 



To A. H. Whee'er, ploughman 3 



To A. 11. Wheeler, driver 2 



—$11 

 Work performed in 42 minutes with Tice's Cast 

 Iron plough. 



The Committee were unanimous in awarding 

 the above premiums. 



GORHAM PARSONS. 

 Gr;ORGE W. BEALE. 

 ELIJAH PERRY. 



minutes. 



No. 14. John Meriam of Concord, himself 

 ploughman, I. Meriam, driver, a new Vermont Iron 

 Plough, 34.J minutes. 



No. 15. Stedman Williams of Ro.xbury, N. Cal- 

 der, ploughman, J. G. Brown, driver — Warren's 

 plough, 37 miuutes. 



No. 16. Augustus Tuttle of Concord, S. Hoar, 

 2d, ploughman, B. Blood, driver — Tice's cast iron 

 plough, 43 minutes. 



No. 17. Aaron D. Williams, Roxbury, H. Fish- 

 er, ploughman, David Howe, driver — Warren's 

 plough, 41 minutes. 



No. 18. Asa Tapley, Danvers, Simeon Putnam, 

 Jr. ploughman, A. Tapley, driver — Warren's •• 

 plough, 33i minutes. 



No. 11). Prescott Barrett, Concord, Sherman 

 Barrett, ploughman, Henry Barrett, driver — Tice's 

 cast iron plough, 3!)^ minutes. 



No. 20. Silas Dudley, of Northbridge, himself 

 ploughman, Joseph Dudley, driver — Warren's 

 plough, 44 minutes. 



The Committee after very minute examination 



Ko. IV. 

 TTie Committee on WorHng Oxen, at the Cattle 

 Show of the M'lssachusetts Jlgricultxiral Society, in ■ while the work was performing, and afterwards, 

 Brighton, Oct. iSth, consisting of Sam. G. Derby,' were unanimous in their determination, and award 

 JVttthan Jl dams, and Silas Gates, beg leave to re- as follows : 



port : 



That twenty-five yoke of oxen had been previ- 

 ously entered, but fifteen only appeared on the 

 ground, and after strict attention to the qualifica- 

 tions of the different cattle the Committee unani- 

 mously agreed to award the Society's premiums in 

 the following manner. 



To Joseph Dudley of Shrewsbury, first prem. $25 

 " John Dodge of Sutton, second " 20 



" Asa Tapley of Danvers, third " 15 



" Nathan Adams, Jr. Medford, fourth " 12 



'• Augustus Hunt of Sudbury, fifth " 8 



Most of the members of this Committee having 



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First prem. to Aug. Tuttle of Concord 

 S. Hoar, 2d. ploughman 

 B. Blood, driver, 



2d prem. Stedman Williams, Roxbury 10 



N. Calder, ploughman, 5 



J. G. Brown, driver, 3 

 —11 



3d prem. Prescott Barrett, Concord, 6 



Sherman Barrett, ploughman, 3 



H. Barrett, driver, 2 



—11 



It will be perceived by these awards, that two 

 served for several years past in the same office, ! out of the three premiums have been awar led to 

 could not but be highly gratified to observe the : t'asi Iron Ploughs. The Committee therefore 

 fine appearance of the cattle, and the great atten- with much pleasure would again recommend the 

 tion that has been pnid to the trnininff of Working "se of Iron Ploughs, (which we now have from va- 

 Oxen siuce the establishment of this most useful "ous makers) as by far the most economical in the 

 Institution. It is rare at this period to see a pair end, though they may cost a trifle more at^first. 



fc . r year old that is not perfectly broke to 

 work in the furrow withont a driver, thereby mak- 



JOHN PRINCE, 

 EBEX'R HEATH, 

 FRANCIS WINSHIP. 



