NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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stand candidate for any premium, Lis sole pur- 

 pose being to aid in the improvement of our 

 breed of Sheep, and thereby to encourage the 

 agriculture and manufactures of his native State, 

 yet your Committee, apprehending that all ex- 

 ertions of this kind, so honorable to the indivi- 

 dual, and so advantageous to the community, 

 should receive some mark from our Society 

 of its sense of the benelit conferred on the 

 Commonivealth, they therefore recommend that 

 the Gold Medal of the Society, of the value of 

 tilly dollars, be presented to .Mr. Perkins, for 

 this distinguished and successful etTort to im- 

 prove the breed of Sheep in Massachusetts. 

 JOSIAH QUIiXCV, 

 N.\THl. INGERSOLL, 

 THOM.'^S WILLIAMS, 



Noddle's Island. 



No. III. — On Manufactures. ' 



Brighton, October 10, 1G22. 



The Committee on Manufactures award : 

 The first premium for Broadcloths, to James Shep- 

 herd & Co. of Northampton $30 

 The second premium for Broadcloths, to the Wol- 



cott Woollen Manufacturing Co. 20 



The first premium for Household CloUi, to Jona. 



Mann, of Worcester 12 



The second premium for do. to Stephen Buttrick, 



of Framing-ham * 8 



The first premium for superfine Cassimere, to the 



Wolcott Woollen Manufacturing Co. 15 



The second premium for do. fo James Shepherd & 



Co. of Northampton 10 



The first premium for Superfine Satinet, to Daniel 



Ellis A; Son, of Walpole 10 



The first premium for fine Flannel, to James How- 



orth, of Andover 10 



The first premium for Carpeting, to Sarah Patrick, 



of Worcester 15 



The second premium for do. to Adolphus Barthol- 

 omew 7 

 The first premium for Linen Cloth, to Anna R. 



Putnam, of Graftou 8 



The first premium for Diaper, to JTrs. Putnam 10 



The s, cond premium for do. to Susan Voung, of 



Newbury 5 



The first premium for Sewing Silk, to Lemuel 



Healey, of Dudley 5 



The second premium for do. to Caroline Bronsdon, 



of Milton 3 



The following gratuities are also awarded ; 

 To Clarissa Fay, of New Braintrce, for a very 



good specimen of fine Flannel 5 



A premium being withheld on account of a deficien- 

 cy in the number of yards, the Committee recommend 

 the gratuity in consideration of the excellence of the 

 fabric and the importance of the manufacture. — And 

 for the same reasons a gratuity of J5 



To Susan Warren, of Chelmsford, for a piece of 



Linen of household manufacture. 

 To George Johnson, of Salem, for a specimen of 



Duck by machinery of recent invention 10 



[This Duck is thought superior to any brought 

 to ihis market from Europe, and can be aflord- 

 ed at a price advantageous to the purchaser. — 

 Tlie character of the machinery employed, and 

 the quality of the article, atford a hope that 

 duck may become one of our staple articles. 

 To Gerry Fairbanks, of Boston, for fine Beaver 



Hals J20 



[Hats of the same quality are still imported. — 

 The committee have therefore recommended a 

 liberal gratuity in this case, as there is both 

 stock and skill enough in the country to put a 

 stop to the importation.] 



At former exhibitions the imitation Leghorn 

 Hats have been of a medium quality ; this year 

 there was one specimen from \ ormont perhaps 

 tiner than any ever imported. As it was manu- 



factured in another State, the committee arc 

 not authorized to do more than to commend the 

 excellence of the fabric. 



For other sjiecimens of Straw and Grass man- 

 ufacture, they recommend gratuities as follows : 

 To Ann Dalrymple, of Marlborough, for Straw 



Bonnets i?") 



To Meriam Haven, of Hopkinton, for do. 5 



To Sally &i Eliza Perry, of Broolcfield, for a Grass 



Hat 5 



To Betsy Bcnnet, of Framingham, for an imitation 



Leghorn Straw Ty 



To Susan Sherman, of Marlborough, for do. 3 



To INIary and Hannah Dobben, of Beverly, for 



Straw Bonnets 3 



Gratuities to the following persons are like- 

 wise recommended for their specimens of in- 

 genuitj' and industry : 



To Fanny Pierce, of New Braiutree, for a coun- 

 terpane and coverlet . 5 

 To Sally Penninian, of do. for a hearth rug 3 

 To Caroline Fiske, of Waltham, for a counterpane 3 

 To Susan Stearns, of Waltham, for a knit mantle 



of cotton yarn 2 



To Mehitable R. Dean, of Mansfield, for a hearlh 



rug 3 



To Priscilla Cotton, of Plymouth, for a hearth nig 3 

 To Samuel B. Pope, of Boston, for a specimen of 



men's boots 5 



To Ann Heath, of Roxbury, for a specimen of fine 



cotton hose 5 



To Rebecca Johnson, of Boston, for a hearth rng 3 



lo Sarah Glover, of Dorchester, for a cotton coun- 

 terpane 3 

 To Rhoda Holman, of Bolton, for a fabric of silk 



weed 2 



To Levi Sawyer, of Bolton, for woollen hose 2 



To a female of Boston, for very fme hose of merino 



wool 2 



To Sarah Moore, of Brighton, for fine down tippets 2 

 To Sarah, Polly and Hannah Lewis, for various 

 articles manufactured from Down, and for ^Irli- 

 ^fictal Fhit'frs $ 



To Nancy WTiecIcr, of '\\'orcester, for Fans manu- 

 factured from feathers 2 



Messrs. Barrett, Tileston & Co. of Staten Isl- 

 and, presented for inspection some verv hand- 

 some Woollen Table Cloths and Silk Han.iker 

 chiefs as specimens of their work in the art oi 

 Printing and Dying. These deserve mention 

 as highly creditable to the taste and skill of the 

 manufacturers. The Handkerchiefs exhibited 

 were originally striped and crossbared silks. 

 They were shop goods damaged ; the original 

 colors were extracted ; they were redyed and 

 printed as exhibited. 



With respect to the progress of our principal 

 woollen manufactures, the Committee think it 

 may be useful on this occasion to remark, that 

 ITannels of every degree of fineness required 

 for home consumpl.on may be manufactured 

 at reasonable priceii with the machinery and 

 skill now in the country. That our best cas^i- 

 mcres are substantial, well made and well fin- 

 ished, and approach nearer to those of first qual- 

 ity made in England, than our best broadcloths 

 do to the best of that country. 



That our best Broadcloths are improving pro- 

 gressively with the gain of experience, and fas- 

 ter as respects goodness and the style of finisli- 

 ng than fineness, and there is still room for im- 

 provement in the dying and dressmo-. 



There were no extra fine Broadcloths at the 

 exhibition. This may be accounted for with- 

 out discrediting the manufacturers, by advert- 

 ing to the fact that there is a full demand for 

 cloths of a medium quality, at prices which 

 give a larae profit ; the manufacturers are under 

 no inducement therefore to attempt extra fine 



cloths. However much it might gratify out- 

 pride lo see cloths of this description spread be- 

 ibrc the ])ublic at our annual exhibitions, it is 

 neither for the interest of the manufaclurer nov 

 of the country, that it should at present be grat- 

 ified. The best cloths shown at the hall this 

 year, were some pieces (Voni the Litchfield 

 Woollen Factory in Ciuinecticut, ofl'ercd not for 

 premium, but for exhibition; and these were 

 thought by the Committee deserving of an hon- 

 orable mention on ibis occasion. No Cotum 

 Cloths were exhibited ; and this among other 

 circumstances may be considered as proof that 

 they require no encouragement beyond that af- 

 Ibrded by the present good market. 



RICHARD SULLIVAN, 



WM. LAWRENCE, 



S- 



immtier. 



No. IV. — Inventions. 

 The Committee of the Massachusetts Society for the 

 promotion of Agriculture, to whom were refetrtd the 

 subject of Inventions, KEPOUT : 



That they have had the gratification of in- 

 specting a number of machines connected with 

 the facilitating manutacturcs and the labors of 

 agriculture, which have been deposited in the 

 society's room, but none coining tvitliin the ex- 

 act terms of their commission, except a Cast Iron 

 Roller, wh;ch was duly entered for premium by 

 .\aron Willard, Jr. of Boston. This roller is ap- 

 parently an improvement on the ordinary roller. 

 It consists of Iwo rollers moving upon one axis, 

 and thereby turns easier and makes less ridges. 

 But the owner not being present nor any person 

 in his behall. ihe Ccmrnittee have not been 

 able to make those inquires which are necessary 

 to enable ihera to award any premium. 



The next machine presented for their exami- 

 nation and entered fer premium, was a Vertical 

 Family Sp:nner, invented by John Brown, of 

 i rovideiice, and presented for promiiim by J. 

 It. Newell. It is apjiarentiy capable ol'sp.'uning 

 w.th from six to twelve sp,ndles, and it was 

 ^lated to your Ccnimttee that a girl of fifteen 

 years of age of common capacity, is capable of 

 tending it; that the thread may be guaged at 

 any number which may be wanted. The s.ze 

 IS very compact and takes up a less number of 

 s^piare feet on the fioor, than a common spinning 

 wheel. But the Committee had no certificate of 

 lis power or evidence of its being used in any 

 fimily and found to be by experiment capable of 

 facilitating domestic spinning. In their opinon 

 this is the only test of its real utility. They 

 think it a suiticiently simple and ingenious ma- 

 chine. But whether it will perform all tha' it 

 is promised, your Committee, arc for the rea- 

 son above stated, notable to decide; and the 

 machine not being within any of the sjieciried 

 objects of premium, your Committee do not 

 deem themselves just. fied in recommending, un- 

 der these circumstances, any specific premium. 



The machine winch most atlracted the atten- 

 tion of our Committee, was one presented by 

 Joseph Pope, Esq. of Boston, a gentleman long 

 known to the public by his inventions and me- 

 chanical ingenuity. This machine is patented ; 

 intended to work by hand, in its present model, 

 but easily capable of being enlarged and applied 

 to a horse power. 



The material to be threshed, passes through 

 oposite sets of surfaces placed transversely in a 

 frame. They are respectively moving rods ; 



