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NEW ENGLAP^JD FARMER. 



If arch -Si. laS/.. 



For the best piece of woollcii Flannel, V"-8 wide \ 

 30 yards at least. ^ 



For the best do. cotton and woollen do do 5 



For the best piece of woollen Clloth, fulled and 

 dressed 3-4 wide, and Itl yards long at least, 5 

 All to have been manufactured in tliis State and 

 within the last year, and a certificate thereof re 

 <iuired. 



For the best specimen of Cider, not less than one 

 barrel, made in I82(i, miinufactured by the 

 person who shall e.xhibit the same and from 

 apples grown on his own farm 10 



For the second best barrel, I? 



The person obtaining the first preniuim shall be 

 entitled to a further sum of 3 dollars as a compen 

 sation for the premium barrel of Cider, which will 

 he retained and used, at tlje anniversary dinner. 

 For the best specimen of bottle Cider, not less 



tkan 12 bottles — same conditions, 10 



For the next best do 8 



Premiums for the best Cider will be offered at 

 the fair succeeding this Persons claiming a pre- 

 mium must state in writinnr their process of mak- 

 ing and managing their cider, and the kind of ap- 

 ples used. 



WILL MA.NUFACTUKES. 



For the best piece of Broadcloth, 7-8 wide, and 

 14 yards long; at least, 8 



Fer the best do of Plains 30 yards at least, G 



For the best do. of Kerseymere, 3-4 wide, and 

 20 yards at least, 6 



For the best do of Satinet, 3-4 wide, and 20 

 yards at least, 6 



For the beit do of Bedticking, at least 28 yards, 3 



For the best bale or box bleached cotton shirt- 

 ings, do over No. 2.'> lf< pieces, 15 



For the best bale or box brown do. from 12 to 

 20, 15 



For the best piece of woollen Flannels, 28 yards 

 at least, 5 



For the best do. of cotton and woollen do do 5 



For the best case of Calico, 15 



All lo have been manufactured within the last 



year, and in mills owned by citizens of this State. 



FOR BREEDI.NO FISH IN FRESH WATER. 



Per the most successful experiment in breed- 

 ing- and fntteninji Fish in fresh water ponds, 

 for market 10 



For the most successful e-xperiments in breed- 

 ing sea fish in fresh ponds 15 

 Many kinds of salt-water Fish, it is well known, 



increase rapidly in fresh water. 



PLOUUHING MATCH. 



adjudged lor the best work with least e.>ipense froui your aaparagiis beu, as many roots aaj 



of labour. .fill your hot-beds, and set them in rows that j 



All persons engaged in the plougliirig match < admit the hoe between, and from one to tbi 



must own the plough and cattle which thny enter. 

 It must be understood, that in all cases, wheth- 

 er tliere be any competition or not, it is at the 



inches asunder in the rows, (roots of four yd 

 old, and that have never been cut, answer bai 

 cover with your frame, and when you pick fori 



crction of the Committees to withhold a premium, icut within the ground " 



if in their opinion the object so ofl'ered is not de 

 serving of reward. 



Any attempts to obtain premiums by unfair prac- : plant them, by \«i]ich a good crop is obtained 

 tices will be punished by a forfeiture of the premi- 

 um, should it have been awarded before a discove- 

 ry, and will also proclude the offender from being 

 permitted to apply for premiums in future 



In the cultivation of Carolina potatoes, it is bm 

 to start them ii.' a hot bed, and afterwards traDi 



INDIAN CORN FOR FODDER. 

 A cultivator, « ho the last season, was succesr 

 Pre- I ffil in raisinj Indian corn for fodder, sown breiul 



miums not demanded within six months after they ^cast, solicits further information on this subject 

 are awarded, will be considered as given to pro- 1 He wishes in i.articular to know what has b«er 



mote the objects of the Society. 



For the Standing Committee, 



JAMES RHODES. 



found the most eligible mode of cutting, drying, ,, 

 and securing a crop of this kind, and whether thcil 

 i scythe, sickle or cradle is to be preferred for cut- 



fit 

 cepl 



ilijii 

 seJtt 



--^s ting. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1827. 



It would also be a favor to inform what quauti 

 ty of seed on an acre, when the corn is sovMi 

 broad c.nst, is most likely to produce the best 

 suit. The gentleman to whom we allude thini 

 that three bushels is the proper allowance of sei 



:ipilii 

 lilt" 



HOT BEDS. 

 Hot-beds are things not merely of luxury, as 3„t agriculturists differ on this subject 

 has been asserted, but of reil utility, especially 

 to farmers and gardeners, who send their produc- 

 tions to market. Plants which are brought to ma- 



PEAS. 

 When peas ar^ sown in autumn or early in sprii 

 turity in the open nir, may often be rendered fit they are liable to be eaten by mice. To prevg 

 for the table a month earlier in consequence of this, an English writer recommends soaking t| 

 being sown, and forwarded during the earlier peas for a day or two in train oil. before you gwj 

 stages of their existence in hot beds. them, which (he says) will encourage tlieir veget-j 



The most plain and simple directions for ir.ak- ation, and render them so obnoxious to mice thttl* 

 ing hot beds, which we remember to have seen, they will not eat them. It is recommended in alll 

 are the following from Mr Butler's Farmer's Man- tliose sorts wliich grow high, to have only 1 rowjn 

 ual. a place, and then leave a bed 10 or 12 feet wi^i 



" Mark out your bed, to the size of the frame for onions, carrots, or any crops which do not gro<r 

 you design to cover it, which is generally six feet' tall. The advantages are that the peas will nolbt 

 in length, and three in breadth, covered with dra\yn up so much ; will be stronger — will flowft 

 glass set in sashes of 12 panes each, of 7 by 9 nearer the ground — and in wet weather can te 

 glass. These sashes are hung with hinges upon mo-e easily gathered without wetting yourself. — 

 the back side, to admit of their being raised up, " But (says a writei in the Repertory of Arts,) in- 

 and let down in front, at pleasure. The front side stead of sowing peas in straight rows, if you will 

 of the sashes to incline from the back side about form the ground into circles of three feet diameter, 

 six inches. The frame, or box, is tight upon all with a space of two feet between each circle, in a 

 four of its sides, and generally, about 12 inches row thirty feet long, you will have six circles of 

 high in front, and eighteen inches on the back peas, each nine feet, — in all fifty -four feet of peas, 

 side. instead of thirty on the same extent of L'round. 



"Diw your bed thus marked off, and cover it uitli " If you want more than one row of circles, leave 

 litter from your horse -stable ; stamp down your n bed of ten or twelve feet before you begin ano- 

 several layers, until your bed is raised to the ther. 



height you wish, then cover the bed with a layer " For the very tall sorts, four feet circles will 

 of rich earth, from 6 to 12 inches thick, and set afford more room for the roots to grow iu, and care 

 on your frame, in 8 or 10 days, it will generally must be tnken, by'applying some slender twigs to 

 be ready for planting, if the weather is mild. If prevent the circles from joining each other." 

 the fermentation is too powerful, and the heat too Dr An.lcrson snys that lime is the best manure 

 ai;tive, give it air by raising the lights in your fpt land intended to be sown with peas, 

 frame, until you hate obtained a right tempera- 

 ture ; (which you may determine by placing your 



5 Volumes of the N. E. Farmer to be disposed 

 of at the discretion of the Committee, among those 

 who do not obtain cash premiums. 



In each case if there be no driver, both sums to 

 be awarded to the Ploughman. 



The depth to be ploughed will not be less than 

 five inches and the breadth of the furrow not 

 more than twelve inches. 



The strictest regulation will be adopted to en- 

 sure the proper management of the cattle. They 

 will not be permitted to be driven faster than 

 their natural pace ; and these premiums will be 



Loudon, in giving directions for the field cul- 

 ture of this valuable vegetable, says " the quaiiti- 

 hand upon the bed, or even thrusting your hand . ty of seed must be different in different cases and 

 into it.) You may then plant your early cucum- circumstances, and according to the time and man- 



bers, radishe.'!, sallads, &c. ; those plants will i 



ner in which the seed is put into the ground ; but 



come forward, and may be transplanted into otlvcr in general it may be from two and a half to three 

 hot-beds, not so pow-erful, or promiscuously, iuto bushels, the earliest sowings have the largest pro- 

 the garden, and covered with other small frame.«, portion of seed. The most common mode of sow- 

 of 1, 2, or 4 panes of glass, according to circum- ing pease is broadcast; but the advantages of 

 stances, and the remainder may stand for use. — the row culture ini a crop so parly committed to 

 These plants may be brought to perfection, gen- , the soil must be obvious. The beat farmers there- 

 crally, about one month earlier than in open fore always sow pense either after the plough, the 

 ground. j seed brinu- deposited commonly in every second or 



"Asparagus may be forced in hot beds to advan- third furrow, or if the land is in a pulverized state, 

 ^age, in the following manner. Draw, or dig | by drawing drills with a machine or by ribbing. — 



