NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



• PUBLISHED BY THOMAS W. SHEPARD, ROGK RS' BUILDINGS, CONGRESS STREET, (FOUK'l'H 1HK)II 1 KOiM 8TATE STUE1:T.) 



No. 35. 



Voh. I. 



BOSTOiN, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1823. 



CATTLE SHOW, 



xi.ibition of Mauufactures, Ploughing Match. 

 and Public Sale of Animals and Manuflictures, 

 at Brighton, Mass. on Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day, the 15th and ICth of October, 1823, to 

 commence at 9 o'clock, A. M. on each day. 



The Trustees of the Massachusetts Society for 

 he Promotion of Agriculture, encouraged by 

 he patronage of the Legislature of this State, 

 utend to offer in Premiums, not only the sum 

 jranted by the Government for that purpose, 

 )ut also the whole amount of the income of 

 heir own funds. They, therofore, announce to 

 he public, their wish to have a Cattle Show, 

 ind Exhibition of Manufactures, &c. S;c. at 

 Brighton, on Wednesday and Thursday, the Idth 

 nd \6th of October, 1823; and they offer the 

 "oUowing Premiums : 



FOR STOCK, 

 "or the best Bull, raised in Massachusetts, above 



one year old 

 •"or the next best do. do. 

 Tor the next best do. do. 



'"or the best Bull Calf, from 5 to 12 months old 

 ■^or the next best do. do. 

 ■"or the next best do. do. 

 '■"or the best Cow, not less than three years old 

 '"or the next best do. do. 

 ■"or the next best do. do. 

 "or the best Heifer, from one to three years old, 



with or without calf 

 ^r the next best do. do. 

 "or the next best do. do. 

 "or the best Ox, fitted for slaughter, regard to te 



had to the mode and expense of fatting 

 "or the next best do. do. 

 "or the next best do. do. 

 "or the best pair of Working Oxen 

 'or the next best do. do. 

 "or the next best do. do. 

 'or the next best do. do. 

 'or the next best do. do. 

 'or the best pair of Spayed Heifers, not less than 



one year old 

 "or the best Spayed Sows, not less than four in 



number, and not less than five months old 

 The claimant to be entitled to either of these 

 wo last premiums, must state, m writing, the 

 node of operation and treatmeat, in a manner 

 jatisfactory to the Trustees. 

 For the best Merino Wethers, not less than six in 



number, having respect to form and fleece 

 For the next best do. do. do. 

 For the best Native Wethers, not less than six in 



number do. 

 For the next best do. do. do. 

 For the best Merino Ram, do. 

 For the next best do. 

 For the best Merino Ewes, not less than five in 



number, do. 

 For the next best do. do. do. 

 For the best Boar, nst exceeding two years old 

 For the next best do. do. 

 For the next best do. do. 

 For the best Sow 

 For the next best do. 

 •' For the next best do. 

 For the best Pigs, not less than two in number, nor 



less than four months old, nor more than eight 

 For the next best do. do. 



None of the above animals will be entitled 

 to premiums, unless they are wholly bred in the 

 State of Massachusetts. 



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For the best Ram which shall be imported into 

 this State, after this advertisement, and before 

 the 15th day of October next, of the improved 

 Leicester breed of long wooUed sheep 

 or a gold medal of that value, at the option of 

 the importer. 

 For the next best do. do. 



For the best Ewe of the same breed, imported un- 

 der the same terms, and for the like superior 

 qualities 

 For the next best do. do. 



To the person who shall import into this State, 

 from Europe, a male and female Goat, of the 

 pure Cashmere breed 



Tiie persons claiming these premiums to en- 

 gage to keep the imported animals within the 

 State. 



No animal, for which to any owner one pre- 

 mium shall have been awarded, shall be consid- 

 ered a subject for aiiy future premium of the 

 Society, except it be for an entirely distinct 

 premium, and for qualities different from those 

 for which the former premium was awarded. 



Any of the above Stock, when raised and 

 still owned at the time of the exhibition, by the 

 person who raised them, will entitle the claim- 

 ant to an allowance of ten percent, in addition. 

 But Sheep, to be entitled to any of the above 

 premiums, must be raised by the person enter- 

 ing them. 

 FOR AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS. 



To the person who shall raise the greatest quantity 

 of Indian Corn on an acre, not less than sev- 

 enty bushels 

 To the person who shall make the most satisfacto- 

 ry experiment, to ascertain the best mode of rais- 

 ing Indian Corn, whether in hills or rows, not 

 less than half an acre being employed in each 

 mode, in the same field, the quantity and qual- 

 ity both of laud and manui-e to be equal vnid 

 uniform in each mode ; all to receive a cultiva- 

 tion requisite to produce a good crop 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of Vegetables, grain, peas and beans except- 

 ed, for winter consumption, of the stock on his 

 own farm, and not for sale, in proportion to the 

 size of the farm and stock kept, hai ing regard 

 to the respective value of said vegetables as 

 food, stating the expense of raising the same, 

 and the best mode of preserving the same 

 through the winter 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quantity 



of winter Wheat on an acre 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quantity 



of spring ^Vheat on an acre 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of Barley on an acre, not less than forty-five 

 bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest crop of 

 Millet on an acre, cut and cured for hay, the 

 claimant giving evidence of the time of sowing, 

 the quantity of seed sown, and the quantity of 

 hay produced 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of Carrots on an acre, not less than six hun- 

 dred bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quantily 

 of Potatoes on an acre, not less than five hun- 

 dred bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of common Beets oa an acre, not less than six 

 hundred bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the r.'eat 'st quantity 

 of Parsnips on an acre, not less •'- i.i four hun- 

 dred bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of "^langel ^Vurtzel on an acre, not less than 

 six hundred bushels 



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To the person who shall raise the greatest quantity 

 of Ruta Baga on an acre, not less than six hun- 

 dred bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quantity 

 of Turnips on an acre, not less than six hundred 

 bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of common Turnips, alter any other crop in 

 the same season, btingnot less than four hun- 

 dred and fifty bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quantity 

 of Onions on an acre, not less than six hundred 

 bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of Cabbages on an acre, not less than 25 tons 

 weight, free from earth when weighed 

 To the person who shall give satisfactory evidence 

 on ' Soiling Cattle," not less than six in number, 

 and through the whole season, together wish a 

 particular account of the food given, and how- 

 cultivated 

 To the person -who shall make the experiment of 

 turning in green crops as a manure, on a tract 

 not less th.-^ii one acre, and pro^ e its utility and 

 cheapness, giving a particular account of the 

 process and its result 

 To the person who shall, by actual experiment, 

 prove the best season and modes of laying 

 down lands to grass, whether spring, summer or 

 fall seeding be preferable, and with or without 

 grain on different soils 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of dry Peas on an acre, not less than thirty 

 bushels 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quanti- 

 ty of dry Beans on an acre, not less than thirty 

 bushels 

 To the person who shall give proof of having pro- 

 duced the largest quantity of dressed Flax, rais- 

 ed on half an acre, not less than two hundred 

 and fifty po\nids 

 To tlie person who shall take up in the season, on 

 his own farm, the greatest quantity of good 

 Honey, ani shall at the same time exhibit supe- 

 nor skill in the management of Bees 

 For the best Cheese, not less than one year old, 

 and not less in quantity than one hundred pounds 

 For the next best do. do. 

 For the best Cheese less than one year old 

 For the next best do. do. 



To the person who shall prove to the satisfaction 

 of the Trustees, that his mode of rearing, feed- 

 ing and fattening neat cattle is best 

 For the best Butter, not less than fifty pounds 

 For the next best do. do. 

 For the next best do. do. 

 For the next best do. do. 



For the greatest quantity of Butter and Cheese, 

 made between the 15th of May, and the 1st of 

 October, from not less than four Cows, the quali- 

 ty of the Butter and Cheese, and the number of 

 Cows to be taken into consideration, and spe- 

 cimens to be exhibited at the Show, of not less 

 than twenty pounds of each, and the mode of 

 feeding, if any thing besides pasture was used 

 To the person who shall prove by satisfactory ex- 

 periments, to the satisfaction of the Trustees, 

 the utility and comparative value of the cobs of 

 Indian Corn, when used with or without the 

 grain itself, ground or broken 

 For the best specimen of Cider, not less than one 

 barrel, made in 1822, manulactured by the per- 

 son who shall exhibit the same, and fiom apples 

 grown on his own farm 

 For the second best barrel 



[These premiums will be continued in 

 ture years. Persons claiming them must state, 

 in writing, their process of making and manag- 

 ing their Cider, and the kind of apples used.] 

 For the best specimen of Currant Wine, not less 

 thau one gallon, exhibited by any person who 



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