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JNEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 12, 1827 



cheese, $8. Arnold Ellis, 2(1 do. SO. Robert | 

 Crandall, Exeter, 3.1 do. a vol. N. E. Farmer, &; 

 .91. Earl BaUer, 4th do. a vol. N. E. Farmer. 



Butler. William Smith, 1st premium, f S. For 

 five other specimens, 1 vol. N. E. Farmer, and S-l 

 each to Allen Ellis, Joseph Slociim,John Stratton, 

 Jesses Tourtellot, and Thomas B. Bowen. Earl 

 Baker, on cider, (there were but four competitors) 

 .$4. Edward Barnes on celery, $9. 



The committee speak in very high terms of the 

 specimens of the dairy. Premitim.s on agricultu- 

 .ral experiments, &c. will be awarded in December 

 ne.xt, by the standinn- committee. A specimen of 

 wine, from the native Fox grape,by Jam.ns Brown, 

 was highly approved. Specimens of valuable peat 

 from an inexhaustible source, in the vicinity of 

 Pawtuxot, were presented by the Dnck Pond fuel 

 association. 



Frederick Durfee. best heifer $6 



Bates Harris, Cranston, next do. a New England 

 Farmer and $1 



Abner Sprague, Cranston, next do. a New Eng- 

 land Farmer. 

 John Jenckes, Saiitlifield, best lieifcr calf $5 

 George Smith, Smithfield, for second and third 

 best. SJ and a vol. of New England Farmer. 

 Reuben Jenckes, Cumberland, best fatted ox $10 

 Thomas Matliewson, Glocester, next best $6 

 Isaac Field, Scitnatc, 3d do. a vol. and $1 

 Elisha Olney, Smithfield, best 3 y'r old steers $6 

 Thoroas Brayton, Cranston, next, a vol. and $1 



Robert Abell, of Johnston, for Wood Sciew^ 

 of superior workmanship. t- 



George Tillinghast of North Kingstown, for 

 Axes and Chissels, $! and a New Eng. Farmer. 



John Pettis, for best calf skins, N. E. Parmer. 



William Miller, second best -i 



John Temple, Providence, for best top roller 

 skins, one vol. New England Farmer. 



William Miller, second best 



Arnold Wilkinson, best steel 

 New England Farmer 



H. Grindshaw, for second best 

 i Samuel Smith, a steel slaie 



James and Samuel Wilbour, on spinning and 



ilaies, one 



vol. 



I Field, Scituate, best 2 year old steers, $5 , ,,-, t. , , v 



Samuel Budlong, Cranston, next best,a V0I.& $1 roping Bobbins, one vol. New England Farmer. 



No bull '«f foreign breed was entered. Sam'l Greene, on cotton lines, $0 Stanton Haz- 



Several bulls and other neat stock, possessing ard. $4, Wm. Greene, ^3 Stukely Whitman, 



excellent qualities, which had before receive' 



d [ and Richard Thornton, $3, for Furniture. 



The Committee say, Mr William Hamlin, of 



PLOuaH.^G MATCH.-The committee on the P/emiums were presented merely for exhibitionj 1 be ^^^^^^^^ „,anufactu'red 



:,loughing, report, that there were fifteen competi- Among them the fine short horned Bull b=^'°"S'°S ^;°;;;;"7g,Pe,j magnifying powers, and presum- 

 'ors. There was in their opinion, a general im- to Philip IMartm. ^ perfect and valuable Telescope 



T)rovemcnt in the style of the work and the man 

 Bgeinent of the teams, from that observed any 

 previous year. Tiiey award the following pre- 

 miums. 



To Joseph Sheldon, of Cranston, first premi- 

 um. .* 10.00. 



To Bartlett & Perry, tenants on the farm of 

 the late Thomas Arnold, the second premium 

 of .$8,00 



[This was the team, without a driver, for which 

 a great interest was c.vcited during tiie match. 

 They were the least worried of any team on the 

 ground. Mr. Edward Perry held the plough, and 

 received two dollars in addition.] 



To Bates Harris of Cranston, the third premi- 

 um, of $(),00. 



To Elisha Olney of Smithfield, the fourth pre- 

 mium, of .§4,00 



To the ploughmen and drivers to the above 

 learns, each $1,00 



■ To Allen Ellis. Elisha Whitakev, Wm. John- 

 son, Sterry Jenckes, Slieldon Knight, Christopher 

 Knight, Olney AVilliams and H. Smith, one Vol. 

 of the N. E. Farmer. [It will be seen that Crans- 

 ton, as nsual has carried off the palm in plough- 

 ing and working cattle.] 



Working Cattle. — The committee award to 

 Joseph Sheldon of Cranston, for best pair of 

 working cattle, a N. E. Farmer and ,f 1,00 



To Abner Sprague of Cranston, for the second 

 best, a N. E. Farmer, and $1,00 



To Bates Harris of Cranston, third do. do. do. 



Neat Stock. — Allen Ellis of Scituate, best na- 

 tive Bull, the 1st premium of $15,00 



Samuel G. Arnold of Providence, ne.xt best 

 do. $10,00 



Abnor Sprague of Cranston, next best do. 



$8,00 



Simon Whipple, Smithfield, best bull calf (an 

 animal of great beauty) $5,00. 



Nathaniel Mowry, Smithfield, next do. do. a N. 

 E. Farmer, and $1,00 



Duty Arnold, Warwick, next best, do. a New 

 England Farmer. 



Jonathan Brownell, Little Compton, best half 

 blood Bull, being half Ilolderness, $10 



. Simon Whipple best cow, .$10 



Nathaniel Mowry, Smithfield 2d- do. $8 



Nathaniel Bump, Providence, 3d do. $2 



Thomas R. Greene, Pawtuxet, 4th do. New 

 England Farmer 



cd to be the most perfect and valuable 1 elescope 



ever manufactured in the United States, for which 



To William Sprague of Cranston, on Calico $15 they have awarded a premium of $20. 



MILL MANUFACTURES. 



E. & J. Davis, N. Kingstown, on Broadcloth, 

 Jos. Cunliff, North Providence, Bed ticking .$3 

 [It is to be regretted that any premiums are of- 

 fered for Mill Manufactures, as the very few ar 

 tides exhibited may give rise abroad to an incor- 

 rect estimate of the importance and success of 

 Ibis branch of industry in R. I. The above speci- 

 mens, were the best of the kind, particularly the 

 bed ticking. Unless the manufacturers will come 

 forward more generally, the sum devoted to thip 

 department, may probably be much better applied 

 elsewhere.] 



SHEEP AND SWINE. 



To Allen Ellis for Merino Buck $10 



Thomas Buffum, the second anH third premium 



for Merino Bucks, .$G, and 1, and a vol. of Nev 



England Farmer. 



Allen Ellis, best boar, .$'0 



Calvin Dean, next best i'S 



John Pettis, next best, a vol. of New Englan 



Farmer. 



Allen Ellis, two pigs, $fi, for a litter of eight 



pigs, $1 and a vol. of New England Farmer. 

 A fine Spanish boar, presented last year to th' 



Society by Capt. Creighton, and a Tunisian ram. 



belonging to Capt. C. were exhibited for inspec- 

 tion. 



KORSES. 



The Committee on horses, report, that they arc 

 unanimously of opinion that the horse Yoiint' 

 Eclipse, owned by Edmund Brownell, is entitled 

 to the Society's premium of $.50. There were 

 several fine horses exhibited, and it would have 

 been gratifying to the Committee to have noticed 

 them in a manner suited to their several merits 



HOUSEHOLD MANUFACTURES. 



For Lace Veils, Handkerchiefs. &c. a premium 

 of one each was awarded to Eliza A. Rhodes, H. 

 Clark, Loisa Rhodes, Miss Cady, {a splendid Veil) 

 Mary H. A born, Louisa L. Olney, Sally H. Greene, 

 W. L Greene, Sarah Spooner, Lowry Carpenter. 

 Amey Greene, Eliza Holden, Hepzb.Ann Fcnner, 

 F. Weeden, Ann Eliza Hopkins, Elizabeth N. 

 Greene, J. A. Mason, Sophia Metcalf, Frances 

 Metcalf A premium of $1 each to ten scholars 

 of the Newport Lace School 



To Sally Peck, for Hearth Rug, $1, Rosanna 

 Greene, white Flannel. $5, Fanny V, helden, wool- 

 len Hose, $2, Joel Aldrich, Hearth Rug, $1, Pa- 

 tience Jenckes, woollen Coverlet. $2, Mary Ar- 

 nold, linen Diaper, .$'?, Isabella Waterman, Car- 

 peting, $fi. Richard W.Greene, pair Blankets, $2, 

 piece 3-4 mixed cloth, Edwanl Anthony, $5, card 

 cases, Mrs. ^S^eamans, .SI. Table Linen, William 

 Lippitt, $1, Flannel. W;iity Gardner, $5, stair 

 Carpetins, the same, $2, Naomi P. Holden, Yarn, 

 ,'fil, Eliza Bishop, Frogs and silk Buttons, $.3, JV/rs 

 C. Andrews, silk Indispensible and shell Racks, 

 ,f2, woollen Hose, Polly Stafford, $2, cord Indis- 

 pensible, 5arah Aldrich, $1, Hearth Rug, made by 

 a lady 70 years of age, $4 Card Racks and Box- 

 es, Miss Jlifetcalf, $2, straw Bonnet, Mary White, 

 $5, do, do. Jemima White, $5, Carpeting, Julia 

 Whfbple, $4. — R. I. American. 



FEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, OCT. 12, 1827. 



The editor of the New England Farmer lias 

 bees unable this week, from indisposition, to at- 

 but as your Committee had it in their power to j tend either of the Shows at Concord or Worces- 

 award but one premium, they can do no more than I ter. We cannot tlicrefors give a particular ac- 



express their regret that they could not ijive a 

 more decided mark of their approbation to each 

 competitor. C. Eldridge, for the Committee. 



SHOP manofactur-es. 

 The Committee awarded premiums to 

 Calvin Dean, Providence for the best Sffle 

 Leather, $4 



Nath'l Westcott, Providence 2d do. 3 



John Pettis, 'ohnston, best Belt Leather 4 



Calvin Dean, for Belt Leather, vol. New Eng- 

 land Farmer. 



couAt of these festivals till next week. 



VINE dresser's guide. 



We have t^is week received from the author in 

 New York, 50 copies of the .imericnn line Dres- 

 ner's Guide, hi/ .illphonse Ijovbnt, for sale at the 

 office of the New England Fanner, price 50 cents. 

 The author has given, in a small compass, a good 

 deal of information on the choice of soil, treatment 

 and diseases of Vines ; on preserving grapes, on 

 wine vessels, managing of wines, brandy, vintag- 

 ing, making raisins, confection of grapes, &,c. He 



