V»ii. C>. — No. 4 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Communicated liy Ihe Secretary for publication ii^ the 

 New England Farmer.] 



tUNBURY AGRICULTUKAI. .l.ND EMIGR.VKT SOCIETY- 



.i< a general mectini^ of ihe Sunbury .Igriculfiiral 



and Emigraiit Society, hdd at the Court- Hov^e 

 in Burton, on Monday, 18th June, 1827. 



Resolved that tlio Annual Cattle SIiow b« on 

 the 3(i October, at the Court-Housc in Burton j and 

 •liot the following; Premiums shall be given •.-i- 



For the Encouragement of the Breed of Hor^s, 



Cattle, Sheep, Sfc. 



For the best 2 j'ears old Stallion raised iji the 



County, to be kept for the three ne.Nt year^ as a 



covering horse £5 

 For the 2d best raised in the County do. £3 : 10. 

 For tlic best Dull, not less than two years ol^, and 



raised in the County, £3. 

 i'^r the second best do. do. £1 : 10. 

 For the finest Blilch Cow, now owned by any per- 

 son in the County, £3. 

 For the second do. do. £1 : 10. 

 For tlie best two or throe years old Heifer raised 



in the County, £1 : 10. 

 For tb'O best Bull Calf, from five to twelve months 



old, raised in the County, £1 : 10. 

 For the finest Raw, bred by any person in ilio 



County, £1. 

 For the second de. do. £0 : 15. 



For ihe encouragement of raising Field Crops. 

 For the greatest quantity of the best quality of 



Wheat raised or. one undivided acre .G3. 

 Por do. Indian Corn do. £3. 

 For do. Barley do. £3. 

 For do. Early Blue Potatoes do. .CI : iO. 

 For the greatest quantity of llie best quality of 



Red Clover Seed, not less than 50 lbs. raised by 



one person £1 : 10. 

 For the second do. do. do. £1. 

 For do. Timothy seed, not less than 5 bush, do £3. 

 For second do. do. do. £2. 



For the encouragement of Dairy Produce. 

 "For the greatest quantity of Butter of the best 



quality produced from 4 Cows, from the 1st of 



September to the 13th October, £4. 

 For the second do. £2. 

 For the third do. £1. 



For the encouragement of Domestic Manufacture. 

 For the best Woollen Cloth, fulled and dressed, 



not less than 20 yards £3. 

 For the second do. do. £1. 

 For the best Plaid Homespun, not less than 20 



yards, £1 : 10. 

 For the second do. do. do. £1. 

 For the best sample of Men's Half Hose, not less 



than 12 pairs, £1. 

 For the second do. do. £0 : 10. 

 For the best sample of Men's Mits, not less than 



12 pairs, £1. 

 For the second do. do. £0 : 10. 

 ^ Ploughing Match will 5? held on ihe ISth Octo- 



btr, and the following Premiums given. 

 To the best Ploughman, £3. 

 To the second best do. £2. 

 To the third best do. £1. 



RULES 



Of Competition for Prizes given by the Sunbury 

 Agricultural and Emigrant Society. 

 1. The decision of the Judges appointed to 

 award the Prizes to be final. 



2. The Owner of any Animal for which a pre- 

 mium is claimed, must give information in writing 

 to the Secretary, what breed the Animal is of, 

 and where bred. 



3. The quantity of Butter and Field Produce, 

 for which Premiums may be claimed, to bo proved 

 by affidavit of the Claimant. 



4. No Premium to be awarded to any person 

 who is not a Member of the Society, and no osvn- 

 er of an Animal for v.-hich any Premium may have 

 heretofore been awarded, will be entitled to any 

 Premium for the same Animal. 



5. To entitle tie Claimant to a Premium for a 

 Field Crop, he must give notice to the Secretary 

 at least ton days previous to reaping the same, 

 and afterwards give a description of the nature of 

 of the Land, the time and method of sowing &c. 



G. All claims for Domestic Manufactures and 

 Dairy produce, must be made to the Secretary on 

 or before the 13tli of October. 



7. Lots containing J of an Acre, each, will be 

 laid out for the Ploughing Match, and the Teams 

 arranged according to the date of their entry, 

 which must be four days previous to the day of 

 Cdrapetition. The furrow must bo 6 inches deep 

 and the Furrow slice not more than JO inches 

 wide. The excellency of the work and economy 

 of labour, and not the rapidity, shall be the crite- 

 rion in awarding the Premiums. 



8. Whenever merely from want of Competition, 

 any claimant may bo considered entitled to a pre- 

 mium, under a liberal construction, and yet in the 

 opinion of the Judges, the animal for which the 

 premium is claimed, is not superior to many others 

 in the County, not exhibited ; Ihe Judges shall 

 then have a right to reject such claim. 



COD FISHERY. 



The fishery of the great bank near the island of 

 Newfoundland is by far the most important of any 

 that has hitherto been discovered in the world, 

 and the resort of fish to this spot is beyond all im- 

 agination numerous. In the year 1791, there 

 were caught more than 750,000,000 pounds weight. 



This immense bank is a vast mountain in the 

 sea, more than 400 miles long, 150 miles broad, 

 and in depth of water from twenty to si.vty fath- 

 oms. It was first discovered in the reign of Hen- 

 ry VII. and in 1548 an act of parliament was pass- 

 ed by which all Englishmen were permitted to 

 traffic and fish on the coasts of Newfoundland and 

 the adjacent banks, without payment of any duty. 

 In 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert took possession of 

 the Island of Newfoundland in the name of Queen 

 Elizabeth ; and the first English company that as- 

 sociated to settle a colony there was incorporated 

 by a patent of King James T. in 1609. 



TURTLE. 

 The common, or Giant Turtle, is a native of 

 the West-Indies and South America. This am- 

 phibious animal attains a prodigious size ; being 

 sometimes three yards long, and six feet broad ; 

 weighing from 5 to 800 lbs. The female digs 

 numerous holes in the sand, where she annually 



belly, which is of a delicate white colour, resemb- 

 ling veal ; and the green fat possesses a peculiar 

 odour. The whole is very nutritious, and ofjt 

 soft gelatinous nature ; but, containing a large 

 portion of strong fat (which is exceedingly un- 

 wholesome when rancid or tainted,) it should nev- 

 er be eaten without salt, pepper, or other spice, 

 and ought to be carefully avoided in every form, 

 by convalescents, and those whose digestive pow- 

 ers are reduced. As the turtle, however, subsists 

 chiefly on vegetables, its flesh is uncommonly 

 palatable and wholesome, especially in a sailed 

 state : thus, it forms a considerable article of trade 

 in the West-India islands, where the natives con- 

 vert the upper shell of this animal into canoes, 

 troughs, bucklers, &c. [Dome.stic Encyclopedia.] 



LABURNUM, broad leaved. 

 This valuable exotic, introduced from the Alps, 

 into the Highlands of Scotland, and America, is 

 very hardy, and will thrive on poor shallow lands, 

 and in exposed situations : it is propagated by 

 seeds, which should be deposited in March, in a 

 a light and rather moist soil, where the tree is in- 

 tended to remain; and, in the succeeding month, 

 young shoots will appear. But, if sown in autumn, 

 the seeds do not germinate till the following 

 spring. 



The broad-leaved laburnum forms an agreeable 

 ornament for parks and gardens ; as it grows 

 rapidly, with a straight stem, and, in the course 

 of four years, is generally twelve feet high. Its 

 wood is frequently employed on the Continent 

 of Europe, and in the Highlands, for making 

 chairs, tables, and other articles of household fur- 

 niture, which are said to resemble tlje finest ma- 

 hoo-any. Suckow remarks, that a decoction of 

 the fresh branches and leaves of this tree, impart- 

 ed an excellent dark-brown colour to cloth prepa- 

 red in a-Eolution of green vitriol. 



CHOLERA. MORBUS. 

 The season has now arrived, in which this dis- 

 order can be produced in its greatest perfection. 

 Its provocatives can now be had in great abun- 

 dance, and very cheap. If any one wishes for in- 

 formation ao to the most sure way to produce this 

 disorder we would inform them, that eating green 

 apples, hard peaches, and hard pears, together 

 with an abundance of green corn, particularly if 

 it is but little boiled, will produce it to your heart's 

 content. [Providence paper.] 



Drought. — The Norristown, Pen. Herald, ot 

 Wednesday, says, — Our corn, potatoes, grass and 

 vegetation is completely parched up — cattle are 

 said to be sufi'ering for want of grass and water — 

 corn, from present appearances, will not yield 

 more than from one to five bushels per acre, and 

 potatoes not so much. Many farmers are com- 

 pelled to haul their grain 15 or 20 miles to get it 

 manufactured into flouri 



Our countryman Mr. William C. Woodbridge, 

 author of a series of Geographical Works ex- 



..„^„^, ..„..,„ ^ „ , .. ..^..^ „.,,. „......„.., tensively used in this country, has recently been 



deposits more than 1000 eggs, on which she ! elected a corresponding Member of the Geogra- 

 broods during the night. The young, however, ' phipal Society of Paris, on the nomination of the 

 are chiefly hatched by the sun, and frequently ; distinguished Geographer Baron Humboldt. We 

 become a pray to ravenous birds. understand the respected Baron highly approves 



Turtles are taken, either by turning them on the plan adopted by Mr. Woodbridge in his School 

 their backs, when on land ; or, by hunting them books, and that an edition of the School Geogra- 

 in boats, and killing them by a kind of spear, phy has already been published in England, and is 

 similar to that employed for taking whales. — likely to obtain an extensive circulation in tha.' 

 Their flesh is highly esteemed, particularly the kingdom. — Connecticut Courant. 



