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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



recent anniversary being the first mnier the 

 new arrangement, it was not to be expected 

 that the exercises and exhibitions could be di- 

 vided between the two days with so much con- 

 venience and satisfaction to the public, as can 

 be done hereafter with the aid of experience. 

 These complaints will doubtless be obviated at 

 the next anniversary. 



The exercises of the morning were followed 

 by dinner served up for the Society on the 

 lower floor of the Court House, under the di- 

 rection of Col. Burley, in his usual style of ele- 

 gance and abundance. The beautiful and ap- 

 propriate decorations given tor the occasion to 

 this spacious room attracted crowds of admiring 

 visiters, and gave an acceptable pledge of the 

 welcome, which the Society will ever find 

 among the citizens of Exeter. 



Among the most prominent articles of manu- 

 facture were the specimens of Carpeting offer- 

 ed by Mr. Theodore Moses and Miss Martha 

 Oilman, of Exeter, and Mr. Kent, of Chester. 

 The lilliug in that of Mr. Moses was wholly of 

 woollen rags; the beauty of the piece attracted 

 much praise. The hearth rug olTered by Miss 

 Sophia Smith of Exeter, was much admired, 

 and was highly creditable to her taste and in- 

 dustry. A pair of Morocco Shoes were exhi- 

 bited by Mr. Lewis Wentworth of Exeter, made 

 from the skin of a sheep, ivliich ti'ns living ten. 

 hours and thirteen minutes before their exhibi- 

 tion in the Court House. They appeared to be 

 well and skilfully manufactured. A beautiful 

 grass indispensable, and a handsome basket, 

 made of musk-melon seeds, were exhibited by a 

 young lady of Portsmouth ; and a neat silk purse, 

 knit by Mrs. Brown of Kensington, -^-ho has been 

 blind s:ienti/-seven years. Twenty apples, exhi- 

 bited by Capt. Nathaniel Paul, oi" New Market, 

 weighed 21 1-4 pounds; they were natural 

 fruit from one tree, and of good flavor. Two 

 apples were exhibited by that skilful horticul- 

 turist, Nathaniel Adams, Esq. of Portsmouth, 

 being the first and second growth of a tree in 

 his garden. The apple of the first growth was 

 of a large size, and that of the second weighed 

 more than six ounces. Some apples, in tine 

 preservation, the growth of 1820, were exhibi- 

 ted by Rev. Isaac Hurd, of Exeter. 



Gen. Samuel M. Richardson was chosen Pre- 

 sident, and Gen. Elias H. Derby, V. President. 

 The thanks of the Society were unanimously 

 voted to the Hon. Nathaniel Oilman, (who had 

 held the olnce of President the three last years) 

 for his faithful, assiduous and valuable services. 

 The Rev. Joel Abbot was appointed Orator for 

 the next anniversary, and Nathaniel A. Haven, 

 Jr. Esq. of Portsmouth, was chosen for 1821, 

 who will deliver the Address at the next anni- 

 versary, in case of a failure on the part of Mr. 

 Abbot. 



The second day was devoted to the exhibi- 

 tion of cattle, the trial of the strength of the 

 working oxen, the auctions, and the reports of 

 the diltcrcnt examining committees. A very 

 interesting report was read before the Society 

 in the morning, by Ichabod Bartlett, Esq. Chair- 

 man of the Committee on butter., cheese, wine and 

 cider. This report will be published at length. 

 Among the animals, most worthy of notice, 

 was a tine imported cow, owned and exhibited 

 by Col. Joshua VV. Pierce, of Portsmouth, very 

 remarkable for extraordinary size and beauty. 

 Jlnr girth wot over seven feet; her weight 



probably exceeded tifteen hundred pounds ; and 

 all the distinguishing marks of a good cow were 

 seen in full perfection in this beautiful animal. 

 The bull of Gen. Derby, of the Holslen and 

 English breed, and the" bull of the Whidden 

 breed owned by Captain Nathaniel Oilman, of 

 Exeter, well entitled their owners to the pre- 

 miums which they received. The yoke of fal 

 oxen (weighing 2"200 lbs. each,) the cow and 

 heifers, of the improved short horned breed, 

 exhibited by Capt. Nathaniel Oilman, the tine 

 bull of Mr. John Thompson, of Stratham, a yoke 

 of uncommonly large two year old bulls, of Seth 

 U. Shackford, Esq. of New Market, the large 

 calf of John Moulton, of Exeter, the bull call 

 of Mr. Wells, of Hamptonfalls, remarkable for 

 its rapid growth and fine shape, and a yoke of 

 Steers of Henry Butler, Esq. of Nottingham, 

 were very much admired. A team of several 

 yokes of strong and beautiful working oxen, 

 from Kensington, gave interest to the exhibi- 

 tion, and reflected great credit upon that town, 

 distinguished as it has long been for its excellent 

 farmers. The sow and pigs exhibited by Col. 

 Walker, of Exeter ; the swine by John Gordon, 

 of Exeter; and the quarter blooded sow of the 

 Cobbet breed, owned by Col. Chadwick ; and 

 the boar of the same breed of William Lane, of 

 Exeter, remarkable for the shortness of its legs 

 and snout, and its depth and thickness, were 

 much commended by the committee. Several 

 excellent Colts were exhibited; and the Stud 

 Horse of Jonathan Clark, Esq. of Northwood, 

 was pronounced worthy of premium. 



In the trial of streng'th, the yoke of working 

 oxen, (five vears old.) drew the load, which 

 weighed upwards of sixty three hu7idred, up 

 Spring street, with apparent ease. They were 

 immediately put upon the drafts facing the load, 

 and managed it well. The yoke of working 

 oxen, owned by Mr. Samuel French, of Not- 

 tingham, drew up the same load, and exhibited 

 uncommon strength and good training. The 

 load was drawn up by the oxen of Samuel Dear- 

 born, and Dearborn Blake, Esq'rs. of Kensing- 

 ton. 



This part of the exhibition was followed by 

 a trial of the strength of the purse, on the floor 

 of the Court House. The butter of Bradbury 

 Robinson, of Greenland, which obtained the first 

 premium, was purchased at 47 cents per pound, 

 for that warm and steady friend to the agricul- 

 tural interest, Capt. Morris of the U. S. Navy ; 

 and the lot of Biley L. Thing, of Brentwood, 

 which obtained the second premium, was sold 

 for 42 cents a pound, to James Rundlett, Esq. 

 of Portsmouth. 



Abridged from the Acw Hampshire Patriot. 



THE FARMER. 



BOSTON .—SATURDAY, .NOV. 2, 1822. 



ON SAVING AND MAKING THE MOST OF MANIRE. 



{Continued from page 87.) 

 In our former observations on this subject, we pro- 

 tested against the uncleanly, unthrifty and unhealthy 

 practice of permitting decaying vegetable or animal 

 substances to waste away on any part of a farmer's 

 lands or tenements, without the application of earth, 

 peat, or some similar matter to absorb the steam, efflu- 

 via, or gaseous products of putrefaction. Those pro- 

 ducts, we observed, though exceedingly noxious, as 

 well as offensive to man and beast, are healthy and 



nouiishing to plants. The farmer, therefore, wlio i 

 rests the rank vapors which emanate from decayii 

 animal and vegetable matter, and instead of perm 

 ting them to pass into, and contaminate the aJr '. 

 breathes, troasures up the invisible particles, wi 

 which they are laden, and applies them to feed usel 

 vegetables, causes the air to be healthy, and his plai 

 lo be thrifty by the same means. " If we consider t 

 subject of manure, we shall perceive one of the m< 

 striking beauties and benefits of divine ordination, a 

 of that wisdom, with wliich we are blessed in a the 

 sand ways, without knowing it. This very siibstanc 

 had it been useless, must have accumulated in heaj 

 intolerably noisome, and perpetually pestilential ; h 

 by the blessing of providence, it is every man's intep 

 to remove those otherwise increasing mountains of fill 

 and by decomposition, in various ways, in a great m« 

 sure concealed from us, it gives increase to our fielt 

 and adds to tlie means of industry, and the reward| 

 the husbandman."* 



Those who cultivate the ground do not always i, 

 the wise and provident part supposed by Lord Erski 

 in the sentence just quoted. On the contrary, farm 

 too often suffer manure to accumulate and waste 

 heaps, generating effluvia " intolerably noisome, a 

 perpetually pestilential," without fear of fever or fa 

 ine, both of which are courted by such conduct. 

 only dung is allowed to waste its richness on the t 

 ed air, but straw, and other litter is suffered to ^-r 

 mouldy and consume by what is sometimes called 

 dry-rot, (both of which might be prevented, or tl 

 bed effects obviated, by covering or mixing them ^\ 

 a suitable quantity of earth) but dead animals, 

 contents of privies, the emptyings of sinks, spoiled i 

 visions, the refuse of the dairy, the pantry, and 

 cellar, are allowed to mingle their odors in nauseat 

 and deleterious profusion. Sometimes the highwa; 

 rendered very delectable in consequence of a di 

 horse, sheep, dog or cat undergoing the process of i 

 composition in a situation most correctly calculated 

 the accommodation of passengers, and to afford 

 farmer and his family the full fruition of their fr 

 ranee. Some farmi.Ts hang dead lambs, cats, dogs, i I 

 in the forks of apple trees or other trees, or throw th 

 on hovels or stumps at some elevation from the grou 

 to give the pestilential emanations a good chanci 

 diffuse themselves, without coming in contact with 

 earth, which might convert them from poison for n 

 and animals into food for vegetables. If, howe\ 

 such animal remains are deposited in a barn yard of 

 a manure heap, (which seldoms happens among g 

 old fashioned farmers) they are suffered to lie and 

 on the surface, offending the senses and injuring 

 health perhaps of a whole village. Practices of ' 

 kind are reproved by Sir Humphrey Uavy, who ; 

 " Horses, dogs, sheep, deer, and other quadrupeds 1 

 have died accidentally, or of diseases, after their si I 

 are separated, are often suffered to remain exposed 

 the air, or immersed in water, till they are destro. 

 by birds or beasts of prey, or entirely decomposed; ; 

 in this case most of their organizable matter is lost fi 

 the land in which they lie, and a considerable port 

 of it employed in giving out noxious gases to the 

 raosphere. I 



" By covering dead animals with five or six til I 

 their bulk of soil, mixed with one part of lime, i j 

 suffering them to remain for a few months, their deci j 

 position would impregnate the soil with soluble ir 

 ters, so as to render it an excellent manure ; and 



* Extract from a speech of Lord Erikine, delinrta 

 one of the annual Sheep-shcarinss, at Holkham, • 



England. 



