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premiums shall be discovered to have used any dis- 

 ingenuous measures, by which the objects of the 

 Society have been defented, such person shall no*, 

 only forfeit the premium which may have been 

 awarded to him, but be rendered incapable of 

 being ever after a competitor for any of the Socie- 

 ty's premiums. 

 All premiums not demanded within six months 



NEW ENGLAND FAUMEK. 



Feb. •,', lri«>7 



ance with this rule relative to entries as well as' petite, the breeding sows ought not to be stinti 

 the other rules prescribed. i in provision when their yeaning time approacl 



Besides such animals as may have been offered and especially should be allowed plentiful draug 

 for Premiums, any others that are considered by of wiirni comfortable wash, as tliey arc not unfl 

 them as possessing fine qualities will be admitted quently impelled to this practice from a deficiei 

 for sale. ■ And for all Animals or Manufactures, of liquid; though tliere are some which, inau 

 that are intend- ed to be sold, notice must be given ', every care, never fail to destroy their tender pn 

 to the Secretary, before" 10 o'clock of the 17th. — , eny, and therefore such sows as are addictecj 



i this vice ought by no means to be kept as br0 

 ers. — [Bannister's Husbandry,] 



J. PRINCE, i 



G. PARSONS, f 

 E. H. DERBY, ] 



Committee, 



after they shall havebeen awarded, shall be deem- 1 Auctioneers wW be provided by the Trustees, 

 ed as having been generotisly given to aid the By order "f the Trustees, 

 funds of the Society. . I vSlfcI '\ 

 Ploughing Match. 1 

 On the 17th day of October,Premiums will be 

 given to the owners and ploughmen of three 

 Ploughs, drawn by two yoke of o.xen, and to the 

 owners and ploughmen of three plouglis drawn 

 by one yoke of oxen, which shall be adjudged by 

 a competent Cominittee, to have performed the 

 best tcork, with the least expense of labow; not ex- 

 ceeding half an acre to each plough. And that , . ■ , • t r u i,i,„, ;„ ' " • ' " 



entries may bo made of the names of the com- ; town informs^ us that^ by l^^eping India Rubber in i„g,edients in four ounces of proof spirit to evi 



IIM'- 





Janunrt/ 1827. 



NEW tINGLANlFFARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY FE B. 2, 1827. 



To dissolve India Rubber. — A friend in Charles- 



German Method of making Elm and Maple 

 resemble Mahogany. 

 Having very smoothly planed whatever boal 

 of the elm or maple tree are intended to be u^i 

 for the purpose of appearing like mahogany, wi 

 them well with a little aquafortis diluted in c 

 mon water. Then'take a few drachms of dragol 

 blood, according to the quantity which may 1 "' 

 wanted in the whole, with half as much alki 

 root, and a quarter as much aloes, and digest thi 



F«i 



petitors until the morning of the 17th. Prefer- ! warm neats-foot oil for two or three days, it will ^i^,,^hm of the dragon's blood. As soon as the boaA 

 ence will be aiven to tho..e who enter first; but if, l^ecome completely dissolved. A composition ol . ^^^ dry, varnish them over with tins tinclure.jl 

 on callinn- the list at the hour appointed, precise- ' InJia Rubber and neats-foot oil would probably ^^^^,,^ „,. ^ ^p^,,^^ ^^ ^^j^ painter's brush ; 



ly, those first named do nut appear, the next in or- 



de'r will be preferred. There will be t^vo Commit- , at"'" 'his wet weather 

 tees of three persons each — one to be the judges 

 of the ploughing by double teams, the other of the 

 ploughing by single teams — the latter to have as 



' render boots impervious to the water, — a desider- 



To train Oxen to the Draught. 

 Put a large broad strap round their necks : 



signed to them a part of the field distinct from ten one end ol a cord to it, and the other to a 



that of the double teams. ^^'S<= 1°^ "f^ ^^°<"> \ "«""" '*■ V 1° ^"^ r ^" 



Premiums as follows,{being the same for the bout as he fe-eas ,u t,.e pasture, for three or four 



,uble and single teams.) days before he ..put to the yoke, by which his 



double 



docility is m\ich forwaded. [Transactions of the 

 Society of Arts.] 



they will, it is said, ever after so wear the appeti 

 ance of mahogany, as to deceive the eye of any a 

 different observer. — [Family Receipt-Book.] i 



•Substitute for Mahogany. 

 It has been contrived to render any species 

 wood of a close grain, so nearly to resemble m " 

 hogany in the texture, density and polish that tl 

 most accurate judges are incapable of distinguis 

 ing between this happy imitation, and the nati 

 produce. The first operation as now practised 

 I France, isto plane the surface so as to render j}-' 

 perfectly smooth ; the wood is then to be rubbwP 



m 



I A Composition for colouring and preserving Gales, 



I Poles, Barns, Roots, and Timber generally, from 1 .,,,■,.,■. • , , ■ u ■.. r .i 



,, ,.r ,, With diluted nitrous aciO. which prepares It for ti 



the If eat her. . ■ i i .i . i i- j t e. 



I materials subsequently to ne applied. Atterwar 

 Melt 12 07.. of resiii in an iron po: or kettle, add , ^^^ „jj„^p ^^j ^ j,^,f ^^ ,ira;^,on's blood, dissolv 

 I 3 gallons of train oil, and 3 or 4 rolls of brimstone; ' ;„ ^ pi„t of spirits of wine, and one third of th 

 ^,,_. _ I when they are melted and become thin, add as ; q^3^„^,tY of carbonate of soda, are to be mixed t 



In each case, if there be no driver, both sums to much Spanish brown or red or yellow ochre (or ; gg^^^,^ ^^^i filtered, and the liquid, in thi- th 

 be awarded to the ploughman. 1 any other colour you like, ground fine as "sual ! ^^^j^^ j^ to ^^ rubbed, or rather laid, upon tl 



The persons intending to contend for these Pri- ' ^'th oil,) as will give the whole the shade wanted. , ^^^^^^ ^.jjjj ^ ^^f-^ ^^,^^^^_ T,„g p^^cess is repeat, 

 zos mu6t<rive lotice i'n writin.r to J. Winship, Then lay it on with a brush as hot and as thin as ^^jtj, very little alterKtion, and in a short iuterv 

 Esq. of Brighton. The competitors will also be you can. Some days after the first coat is dried, ft„rwards, the wood possesses the external a 

 considered as agreeing to follow such rules and lay on a second. ' pearancc of mahogany. When this applicatii 



regulations as may be adopted by the Coramittoes It is well attested that tins will preserve plank ^^^ ^^^^^ properly made, the surface will resemb 

 on the subject. The ploughs to be ready to st-rt for years, and prevent the weather from driving j ^^ artificial mirror ; but if the polish becomes )e 



at 9 o'clock, A. M. 



through brick work. [Domestic Encyclopedia] 



Q^/^AU persons having articles or animals to 

 offer at the Show, will please take notice, that 

 such alterations have been made in the arrange- 

 ment, as to bring the whole into one day — there- 

 fore 



All Jl/a)!u/ac<u?-f5 and Implements mustbebro't 



Pickling Pork. 

 The following is the method formerly practised 

 for baconing, or pickling pork, by the famous buc- 

 aniers of America. First, they cut the flesh into 

 long pieces about an inch and a half thick ; and, 

 toVhe Ha'n7and"entere'd on "Jtfonrfa7the"l5tn^ to be i after sprinkling it with salt, and suffering it to re- 

 examined on Tuesday the IGth. '"^'" '" that state for 24 hours, these slices were 

 Also Butter, Cheese, Honey, Cider, and Currant next dried in stoves till they acquired a bony hard- 

 Wine on same day, for entry and e.xamination. "ess, and a deep brown colour.— Pork, treated in 

 All entries of Animals for the Pens, or as Work- this manner, if packed in casks, may be preserved 

 lug Cattle, must be entered before Tuesday even- for upwards of a whole year ; and when soaked in 

 in-T the lOth, so as to be arranged by 9 o'clock in luke-warm water, becomes plump, and has a rosy 

 the morniag of Wednesday the 17th for public ex- appearance. It likewise possesses a grateful fla- 

 amination ^'or under the various forms of cookery, and is rel- 

 will commence on 'shed by the most delicate palate.— Ibid. 



brilliant, by rubbing it with a little cold drawn li 

 seed oil, the wood will be restored to its formi 

 brilliancy. [Ibid.] 



Tanning with Oak Leaves. 

 The saw-dust and even the leaves of the 05 

 though inferior to the bark, have been found usi 

 ful in tanning. It appears from numerous esper 

 ments, made by the Rev. Mr Swayne, of Puchli 

 Church, near Bristol, and recorded Id the lOl 

 vol. of the Transactions of the .Society for the Ei 

 couragement ofi^-ts, Sfc. that half a peck of oa 

 leaves contains nearly as much astringent matte 

 as one pound of bark. [Ibid] 



The Ploughing Matches 

 ff'ednesday mcirning, at J past 9 o'clock precisely. 



Trial of Working Oxen at 11 o'clock precisely. 



The Public Sales of Manufactures and Animals 

 at 12 o'clock. 



The applicants will be held to a rigid compli- 



Souis Devouring their Offspring. 

 So voracious is the suine that it is no uncom- 

 mon circumstance for the sows to devour their 

 own offspring. To counteract this unnatural ap- 



Railway. — The PtocUliiidge Star of tlie 25th ul 

 saysthn Railway Meeting, which was to be held Ih; 

 day at Canaan, bill fair to be oue of the largfst ev . 

 held in the country. It adrls that the cilizcns o( Nev 

 York will not wait the tartly movemenfs ofa Massachi 

 setts Legislature ; luit will take a bold step towari 

 the erection ofa Uail Road from Hudson River to t)i 

 rich MarMe Mciuilaius la West Stockbridge. 



