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ISEW ENGLAND FARiMER. 



ed by agricultural societies, the immense good ^ 

 it may do even in this incidental bratich ot'its 

 objects, presents its importance in a point of 

 view that must still more forcibly arrest our at- 

 tention. 



Here an enchanting picture might be drawn 

 of the happiness which will intermingle itself 

 with the little hardships of the tasks to be per- 

 formed by the young gentlemen that shall till 

 8uch a college ; tasks which, notwithstamling the 

 sternness of their aspect, as pourtrayed in this 

 treatise, will, by habit, ha\e every repulsive 

 feature obliterated, and become attractive by 

 the group of pleasures that will, on a more in- 

 timate acquaintance, be found playing around 

 them ; but enouj^h has already been said to 

 give an idea of what the agriculture! College is 

 intended to be, and what may be expected I'rom 

 it. I shall take leave of the subject by recom- 

 mending it to the serious consideration of the 

 legislature, confident that, if it be deliberately 

 examined, there will be a unanimous disposition 

 to give it a being, and a si(y>^ocf commensurate 

 with the importance of the purposes intended 

 to be effected by it. 



BRIGHTON CATTLE SHOW 



Rules and Regulutiuns to be observed at the Ccttlc 

 Shoa:, Exinhilion of .Mamifacturcs, Ploiigliing 

 Alatclt, and Public Sale of Animals and .Manu- 

 factures, at Brighton, on Wedaesdatj the 9th, 

 'and niiirsday the lOtk of October, l»''i2. 



1. — As the Names of the Conimitloos for 

 awarding Premiums will be published, all per- 

 sons having business will attend their own Ani- 

 mals or Articles, at 9 o'clock each day, as it is 

 intended that the Committees should commence 

 their examination, punctually, at that hour ; 

 and at 1 o'clock, on Wednesday, the 9th Oct. a 

 procession vvill be formed iu the spaceuay be- 

 tween the Pens, by the Marshals, and \vill pro- 

 ceed to the Meeting House, where Prayers will 

 be offered, and an Address delivered by the 

 Hon. Timothy Pickeri.no. 



U. — All Stock, entered tor Premium, must be 

 put in the Pens at 8, A. M. according to the 

 number.^ on their Tickets, as furnished by the 

 Clerk, and under the direction of the Marshals. 



III.— Gentlemen who have fine Aniinids, not 

 intended to be oflered tor Premiums, will grati- 

 ly the Society by exhibiting them in their 

 Field, where Pens will be allotted to them, 

 subject to the same rules with tho.-e who con- 

 tend tor Premiums. 



IV. — No Animal can be removed from the 

 Pens but by permission of a Marshal or Trustee. 



V. — The avenue between t!ie ranges of the 

 Pens, is intended exclusively for the Trustees, 

 Cominiitees. Members of the Societij, and invited 

 persons ; it is therefore requested and expected, 

 that no other person enter the .=ame, but at the 

 invitation of one of the Trustees; but the Field 

 will be free to all. 



VI. — All Articles, under the head fif " Do- 

 mestic Manufacture,"' it mu'<t be carefully notic- 

 ed, are to be deposited in the Society's Rooms, 

 on Monday the 7th, to be examined by the 

 Committee, on Tuesday the 8th, being the day 

 before the ('attle Sho-^. Persons offering them, 

 will hand to the Secretary, the necessary Cer- 

 tificates of the growth of the Wool and Flax, 

 and of the Manufacture, being within the State 

 of Mussuchusctts, as th?y are not permitted 



themselves to be present at the examination by 

 the Committee ; but they are expected after- 

 wards to see to their own goods, which are not 

 allowed to be removed from the Hall, until af- 

 ter the public sale on the 10th. 



VII. — All persons offering Articles under the 

 head of " Inventions,'''' will place them in the 

 Lower Hall, as directed by the person who will 

 be there to receive them, on Tuesday the 8th, 

 and on Thursday the lOth, at 9 A. M. they will 

 attend the Committee, furnished with evidence 

 of their usefidness, &.c. agreeably to the pre- 

 mium list. 



^'iII. — Those persons offering Working Oxen, 

 (having regularly entered them.) will arrange 

 them in the Society's Field, under the direction 

 of a Marshal, and must thereafter be under the 

 direction of the Committee for that purpose. 



IX. — Those persons, who have entered 

 Ploughs for the Match, will have them in the 

 fiehl designated for that purpose, and be ready 

 to start at 9 A. M. of the 10th. 



X. — The following Gentlemen being appoint- 

 ed Marshals, Col. Lusher. Gay, Maj. Wheeler, 

 W. TiLKSTo.N, and G. W. Beale, Escfrs. it is ex- 

 pected that every person having business at the 

 Show, will follow their directions, as also those 

 of the Trustees of the Society, so that proper 

 order and resularify may be supported. 



XI. — .\s the Chairm.n of each Committee 

 will ])repare their own Rules and Regulations, 

 it is expected and required, that all persons 

 having business with either Committee, will 

 govern themselves accordingly. 



XII. — The Premiums will be awarded on the 

 10th, at 4, P. M. in the Meeting House; and 

 the Treasurer will immediately at'ter, in the 

 Society's Hall, pay all premiums awarded to 

 persons living more than ten miles from Boston ; 

 and all others are requested to call on him with- 

 in ten da\s. 



Xlil. — The examination of Animals, will be 

 on Wednesday the 91h, and tlie trial of Working 

 Oxen, the Ploughing l\Iatch, the examination 

 of Inventions, and the sale of Animals and Manu- 

 factures, will be on the 10th of October. 



Xl\'.- — .\11 Fat Animals must be weighed be- 

 fore entering the Pens, at the expense of their 

 owners. 



XV. — Animals to be sold at Public Auction on 

 the 2d day of the Show, (agreeably to notice iii 

 the Hand Bill for Premiums,) must be entered, 

 and a description of the same given the Secre- 

 tary on the 9th, to enable them to enter the 

 proper Pens, on the morning of the 10th; the 

 sale whereof, will commence in regular onler 

 at half after 11 o'clock, precisely. An Auction- 

 eer will attend to the sale, free of charge to the 

 owners, who must be responsible for the deliv- 

 ery of their own Animals, in conformity to th" 

 conditions of the sale. The sale of Manufac- 

 tures will commence in the Hall, at 12 o'clock. 

 Proprietors of Goods will have a list prepared 

 to hand to the Auctioneer; they are also ex- 

 pected to collect their own monies ; it being 

 fully understood, that the Auctioneer is only to 

 bid off ihQ same, free of any expense; and the 

 sale will commence with the first entry, and pro- 

 ceed on regularly. 



XVI. — Any Members of the Society who have 

 not received their Certilicates, will find a per- 

 son attending for that purpose, at their Office in 

 the Agricultural Hall, who will deliver them, 

 on payment of Five Dollars, Uie sum agreed 



upon instead of all annual assessments. The 

 same person will also, on application in season, 

 furnish Tickets I'or the Dinner. 



X\ll.— The Hall will be opened, on Wed- 

 nesday the 9th, between the hours of 9 and 12, 

 for the sole purpose of giving Ladies an op- 

 portunity of viewing the Manufactured Articles. 

 Some of the Trustees will be there to wait up- 

 on them. 



GORHAM Parso.\s,\ 

 John- Prixce, f Committee 

 P. C. Brooks, ? of 



S. G. Perkins, ) Arrangemetits. 

 September, 1322. 



Facts a.nd observatio.ns rei„\tinc to 

 AGRICULTURE & DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



10 .make salt butter fresh. 

 Put four pounds of salt butter into a churn, 

 with four quarts of new milk, and a small por- 

 tion of arnatto ; churn them together, and in 

 about an hour, take out the butter, and treat it 

 exactly like fresh butter, by washing it in wa- 

 ter, and adding the customary quantity of salt. 

 Firkin butter, brought in autumn, and churned 

 over again in winter or spring, will be greatly 

 enhanced in value ; at least so says the Domes- 

 tic Encyclopedia. 



AXIOMS I.\ Hl'SB.\NDRy. 



The following maxims are bv Thomas Coop- 

 er, Esc|. M. D. 



1. Two crops of grain should not succeed 

 each other; they should be separated by pota- 

 toes, clover, grass, turni])s, beets or carrots, for 

 stall feeding. 



2. Good agriculture requires no naked fa! 

 lows : fallow crops [any hoed crops] that com- 

 pel }ou to keep the ground clean while theV 

 are growing, answer the purpose. 



3. Manure once in four years. 



CURING TAINTED MEAT. 



Meat which has been kept too long in sum 

 mer may be deprived of its bad smell by pui- 

 ting it in water, and throwing into the pot. 

 when beginning to boil, a shovel full of livi 

 coals, destitute of smoke ; after a tew minute- 

 have elapsed the water must be changed, whei>. 

 the operation, if necessary, may be repeated. 



preserving meat. 

 Meat surrounded by chaix;oal will keep for 

 months. 



BED EUGS. 



The last American edition of Willich's Do- 

 mestic Encyclopedia contains fho following re- 

 cij)es against those nauseous insects : 



Take of the highest rectified spirit of wine, 

 half a pint ; newly distilled spirit of turpentine, I 

 half a pint; mix them together, and crunibb^ 

 into it an ounce of camphor, which will dissolve 

 in a few minutes ; shake the whole well togeth- 

 er, and with a piece of sponge or brush dipped 

 into it, anoint the bed or furniture in which 

 those vermin harbor and breed, and it will, in- 

 fallibly, destroy both them and their nits. — 

 Should any bug or bugs happen to appear after 

 once using it, the application must be repeated, 

 and at the same time some of the mixture pour- 

 ed into the joints and holes of the bedstead and 

 head-board. Bedsteads that have much wood 

 work require to be taken down bcl'ore thoy can 

 be thoroughly cleansed of these vermin ; but 



