NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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prosperity ot Agriculture ami Manufactures, 

 brought together, at an early hour, an immense 

 concourse ot' people. At half past ten o'clock, 

 A. M. the procession was formed anH escorted 

 to the Meeting House, where an appropriate 

 and well received Address was delivered by 

 TiTi's HuTCHiNso.N', Esq. a copy of which has 

 been requested for publication, by the Society. 

 The Society then adjourned, to meet at 4, P. M. 

 at which time the several examining committees 

 reported the award of premiums, as follows : 



To John Davis, of Springfield, for the best yoke of 



working oxen $12 



To David Trumbull, of Hartford, for the best 



milcli cow ff 



To Herschel Davis, of Springfield, for the best bull 10 

 To William Jarvis, of VVeathersfield, for the best 



bull calf 1 



To John Davis, of Springfield, for the best heifer 



calf 5 



To Ztfbina Curtis, of Windsor, for the best boar 5 



To William Jarvis, of WeathersCeld, lor the best 



ram 6 



To Ztbina Curtis, of Windsor, for the second best 4 

 To Henry \\ hite, of Windsor, for the best yoke of 



working three years old steers * C 



To Daniel Bovven, of Weathersfield, for 2d best 4 



To William Jarvis, Weathersfield, for the best 



breeding mare with lur colt 8 



To Simon Smith, of Hartford, for the best stud 



horse 8 



To Timothy Curtis, of Windsor, for tlie best saddle 



horse 5 



To Henry White, of Windsor, for the best sow and 



six pigs 6 



To Jones it Gregory, of Windsor, for the best ten 



sides of upper leather, and best ten calfskins 8 



To Joseph Parker, of Woodstock, for the best pair 



of boots 2 



To William Jarvis, of Weathersfield, for the best 



plough 4 



To Jonathan Williams, of Springfield, for the be?t 



piece of factory woollen cloth 7 



To the same for second best 5 



To Philemon Hazen, of Hartford, for the best crop 



of spring wlieat raised on one acre of land 7 



To Zebina Curtis, of Windsor, for the best crop of 



corn raised on one acre of land 7 



To Abel Barron, of Hartford, for the second best 5 



To Luther Spencer, of Weathersfield, for the best 



piece of household manufacturtd cloth 6 



To Charles M'Kensie, of Hartland, for 2d best do. 3 

 To Oliver Pierce, of Weathersfield, for the best 



piece of flannel 

 To Reuben Damon, of Hartford, for second best 

 To Moses Pollard, of Plymouth, for best 1000 lbs. 



of cheese 6 



The premium for the best 500 lbs. of cheese 

 was awarded to Mrs. Luther Taft, of Wood- 

 stock, but could not be paid at present on ac- 

 count of the want of evidence required by the 

 tegulations. 



The quantity of corn raised on one acre and 

 five rods of land by Gen. Curtis, was 118 bush- 

 els, 31 quarts, and one pint. 



The quantity raised on one acre by Abel 

 Barron, Esq. was 104 bushels and 11 quarts. 



Besides the animals on which premiums were 

 awarded, there were a great number of thrifty 

 cattle, horses, and swine exhibited, which indi- 

 cated that the oliject of the Society had been 

 already greatly obtained — that of exciting laud- 

 able emulation. Among the number of these 

 which deserve notice, was a cow, belonging to 

 Mr. William Johonnot, of Windsor, from which 

 one hundred and ninety-three pounds and ten 

 ounces of butter was made between the 29th 

 of April and 27th of September last, averaging 

 9 lbs. a week. The working oxen, cows, &ic. 

 of Mr. William Jarvis, not entered for premi- 

 VlDS, were very much admired. 



There were also exhibited, a variety' of in- 

 genious and useful manufactures, for which no 

 premiums were otTered, but which were re- 

 ported by the examining committee to be wor- 

 thy of premiums from the Society. 



Of the premiums awarded, the following were 

 generously returned into the funds of the Socie- 

 ty—by W'illiam Jarvis, Esq. ^,00; Gen. Ze- 

 bina Curtis, ^8,00 ; Mr. Timdlrurtis, jjSfi.OO. 



The following gentlemen were elected olfi- 

 cers of the Society for the year en'^uing — 



Zebina Curtis, President. — Jabez Pfoctor, Ti- 

 tus Hutchinson, Abel Barron, Fice Presidents. — 

 Nornian Williams, Secretary. — Job Lyman, Trea- 

 surer. — John A. Pratt, Collector. 



Trom the American (Vermont) Repertory. 



The Cluttenden County Society for promoting 

 Aj^riodture and Domestic .Manujactures., held its 

 lourlh annual meeting at Burlington, the 24th 

 of September. 



At an early hour in the mornina', a verj' con- 

 siderable number of fine cattle, &.c. were on the 

 ground designated for the exhibition, and by 10 

 o'clock the committees entered on the duties 

 severally assigned them. The day was exceed- 

 ingly fine, and the honest pride and exulting 

 satisfaction that marked the countenances of ev- 

 ery individual, seemed to distinguish this anni- 

 versary (rom an}' previous one, and to have en- 

 titled it peculiarhi to the distinctive and ap- 

 |iropriate appellation of the "-Farmers' Holi- 

 day." — The number of cattle, colts, sheep and 

 swine, was unusually large, and aiTorded une- 

 quivocal evidence of the increasing attention 

 which has recently been paid to the improve- 

 ment of the breed of these animals. The com- 

 mittees were engaged till about 1 o'clock, in 

 the performance of their respective duties, 

 when they closed their examinations and report- 

 ed thereon. The Society then moved in pro- 

 cession under the direction of the Marshals of 

 the day, to the Brick Church, where an appro- 

 priate pra3er was offered by President Haskell, 

 of the Universit}'. The Society was then fa- 

 voured with an address from Elkanah Watson, 

 Esq. of Albany, N. Y. the projector and founder 

 of the celebrated Agricultural Society in Berk- 

 shire, Mass. the (irst Society established upon 

 the plan now universally adopted by the numer- 

 ous societies throughout the countr}". 



From the Northampton Gazette. 



Cattle Show and Fair.~ The Hampshire, 



Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society will 

 hold their annual Cattle Show, Plowing Match, 

 and Exhibition of Manufactures in this town, on 

 the 23d and 24th inst. The Address, we under- 

 stand, will be delivered by John Mills, Esq. of 

 Southwick. It is confidently expected that the 

 Farmers and Mechanics will make vigorous ef- 

 forts to render this Cattle Show and Eair hon- 

 orable to themselves and the Society, and a 

 poiverful auxiliary to improvements in Agricul- 

 ture, Domestic Manufactures, and the Mechanic 

 Arts. Let not the ladies be deterred by senti- 

 ments of false modest}', from exhibiting their 

 various articles of Household Manufacture. — 

 The products of female industry and ingenuity, 

 heretofore exhibited, have done them much 

 honour; and upon their exertions will depend 

 much of the interest and utility of the annual 

 show. 



from the New York Statesman. 

 Explanatory. — In the article headed Horticul- 

 ture, in last evening's Statesman, [see last page] 

 it has been supposed we were not explicit in 

 stating, that the second crop of Mr. Parker'p 

 corn was raised Irom the seed of the (irst crop, 

 whicl- was the fact, and a fact too, which is be- 

 lieved to be unparalleled in the agricultural 

 history of this state. Mr. Parker has planted 

 seed from the second crop, for the purpose oi" 

 seeing what advances the third growth will 

 make. 



Froin the Wilmington Wntrhman. 



On the 5th of May last, 1 sowed half a bushel 

 of Millet seed on an acre and one quarter o) 

 ground, which 1 had manured for the purpose. 

 About the 28lb July following, when the heads 

 were jel'ow and the stalks and blades green, 

 1 had it cut. It jiroduced three tons of hay 

 which inj' horses eat with as much avidity as 

 they would the best njiland. It yielded 30 1-2 

 bushels of clean aeed, exclusive of what was 

 left in the sheaves, weighing 49 1-2 pounds per 

 bushel. When manufactured into flour it makes 

 a cake equally jialatable as buckwheat, and I 

 believe more wholesome. By not mowing it 

 till the seed are ripe nil the advantages deriva- 

 ble from the seed will accrue to tlie farmer, 

 and the hay will be equally good if not better 

 than if cut earlier. I think 1 sowed mine rather 

 too thin. I am informed, and from the experi- 

 ment I made, 1 believe correctly, that it will 

 jiroduce more and better of both hay and grain 

 if three pecks or one bushel of seed be sown to 

 the acre, according to the quantity or strength 

 of the ground. 



" This crop has a great advantage over most 

 others. It is sown and gathered at a time when 

 it does not interfere with other work. My crop 

 was cradled, shocked and bound the same as 

 wheat. It remained about five days in shock, 

 and was thrashed in one day by two men, as it 

 was hauled into the barn, so easv is it to thrash." 

 WILLIAM WAPxNER. 



Wilmington, Sept. II, 1822. 



Fiom Niles' Register. 

 Support of the Poor. — When last week we 

 spoke of the richly endowed hospitals and othei* 

 establishments for the relief of the poor in En- 

 gland, we reprobated those systems that made 

 paupers to fdl them; believing it far better to 

 provide employment by which persons may 

 maintain themselves in independence andcorafort 

 than to furnish means for affording them a beg- 

 garly and mean subsistence. A letter from a 

 gentleman resident at or near Williamsburg, O. 

 addressed to the editor, says — " perhaps it may 

 be gratifying to you to know that there is one 

 ' sciiuestcred nook' were the people are not op- 

 pressed with poor taxes. We have no preten- 

 sions to wealth here ; but, for the eighteen years 

 that 1 have resided in this place, 1 have not paid 

 or been charged one cent lor the support of the 

 poir. It is provided by the laws of our state, 

 that assessments shall be made in the various 

 town>hips, if necessary, for maintaining the poor 

 — and our township, at the last census, contain- 

 ed eleven hundred and seventy-seven persons." 

 There are not any paupers. 



Mrs. Judson, wife of a Missionary, has arrived 

 at Philadelphia frona India. 





