Vol, C— No. 15. 



NEW ENGLAND FAilMEK. 



and () Heifers of the approved Uui'ham breed, and I (?loquent and lenrne' address was delivered by 

 seven full blooded Dishley Rams. These are to! Z. Barton Stout, Esc. of Richmond, which will be 

 be sold in the city by public auction on the 2uth ; jirosented to the puldic in a piiinphlct form. 



inst.; and as a loss on the price is invariably incur- 

 red, the difference is made good from the provin- i 

 cial funds. Before us lies the list of prizes which i 

 are to be paid at the cattle-show to be held at Prc- 

 dericton on the !Hh inst. embracing stock, fruits, j 

 and domestic manufactures, — a sum was sot apart [ 

 at a lai.? "eneral meeting: for the importation of a | 

 numbei of new implements — and, on the failure ofj 

 the wheat crop, we notice a strong recommenda- 1 

 tioii to the farming classes to resort to oatmeal I ' 

 'J'hese are all the tokens of a fresher spirit — but j 

 in addition to these we would mainly instance the i 

 enlistment of the Press in this great cause. We j 

 receive no journals now from the sister Province ' 

 in which a part is not appropriated to the instruc- 1 

 tion of the farmer. VVe regard all these signs, like 

 the brightness of a natal star, as revelations of fu- j 

 ture benefit. It is by the pursuit of this course, j 

 so happily commenced, that the advocates of these 

 Provinces will prove to tlie Ministry our capability 

 of supplying the West India possesions with bread 

 corn, and thus induce thein to add flour and wheat 

 to the list of prohibited articles. Could we only 

 accomplish this point, and we know tiie resources 

 are in the country, there would remain no barrier 

 to our prosperity ; and that progress which is al- 

 ready so evident, would receive an impetus, that, 

 like the power of gravity, would speed us on with 

 an ever accelerating motion. A coiiulry that can 

 raise maize and the grape, and be uncongenial to 

 the cereal tribes, which perfect in Lapland and 

 Archangel! — we laugh the man to scorn who can 

 make tlie assertion, and would recommend not an 

 answer but a strait-jacket, as the reward of such 

 ignorant presumption. 



ONTARIO CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR. 



The first Cattle Show and Fair, of the Ontario 

 Jigricultural Society, under its second formation, 

 was held in Canandaigua, N. Y. on tlio 2d inst. — 

 The mildness of the day, together with the lively 

 excitement created in the breasts of our worthy 

 yeomanry, by the re-organization of this favorite 

 institution, caused a very respectable and numer- 

 ous assemblage of our citizetis, from difi'erent parts 

 of the county. 



From the very short notice of tho e.\istence of 

 '.he Society, it was not to be expected that this 

 exhibition of domestic articles, would be equal, in 

 point of variety, beauty and number, to those of 

 former years, when the society had become sys- 

 tematized, and when sufficient notice of the pre- 

 miums offered was given, to enable the enterpris- 

 ing farmer and manufacturer to become a success- 

 ful competitor. The exhibition, however, was 

 such as to convince the friends of the soeiety, of 

 its future usefulness and importance ; and as the 

 funds in the treasury are sufficiently ample, to 

 ■warrant a more general and valuable list of pre 

 miums for the next year, the farmer may most 

 confidently expect a full and flattering reward for 

 his industry and perseverance ; and the mechanic, 

 for the efforts of his genius, in devising means to 

 lessen the labor of the farm«r. 



On the close of the examination by the several 

 committees, of the different animals and articles 

 offered for premiums, the members of the socieSy, 

 many ladies of our own and the neighbourinof 

 towns, together with a numerous concourse of 

 citizens, repaired to the' Town House, where an 



The society made clioice of the following per- 

 E011.S-, as officers for the ensuing year : — 

 John Gieig. President, 

 Thomas D. Burrall, First Vice-president, 

 Z. Barton Stout, Second do. do. 



Thomas Beals, Treasurer, 

 Francis Granger, Secretary. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTKE. 



Bloomjield — Bani Bradley, 



Richmond — Joseph Garlinr;houso. 



Bristol — Richmond Simmons, 



A/'aples — Ephraim W. Cleveland, 



Gorham — Lemuel Morse, 



Farmington — John Lapham, 



Manchester — Addison N. Buck. 



Seneca — Robert C. Nicholas, 



Phelps — David McNeil, 



Hopewell — Joel S. Hart, 



Canandaigua — Henry M. Mead, 



Victor — Darius I. Lewis. 

 The society after discharging the duties of the 

 day adjourned, and partook of a dinner at Blos- 

 som's Hotel. 



The following memorial was presented by Z. 

 Barton Stout, Esq. and adopted by a unanimous 

 vote of the society : 



To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Rep- 

 resentatives of the United States, in Congress 

 assembled: The Memorial of the Ontario Ag- 

 ricultural Society, 



Respectfully represents, 



That your memorialists are, many of them, en- 

 gaged in the growing of wool ; for whicti article, 

 they have, latterly, scarcely been able to obtain a 

 market, or remunerating price. That, after hav 

 ing for many years attended, Tvith great care and 

 expense, to the obtaining of the finest wooled 

 breeds of sheep, and the multiplication of their 

 flocks; they now find them, greatly depreciated 

 in value. That they attribute this depreciation to 

 the insufficiency of the laws, intended to protect 

 our woollen manufacture; and the inadequacy of 

 the duties on foreign wool. 



Your memorialists view the interests of agricul- 

 ture, manufactures, and commerce, as in.separably 

 blended, and dependent on one another. The ex- 

 tensive establishment of manupir.tures, creates I 

 the best and most stable demand, for all the pro- ' 



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necessary for the interests of those concerned, 

 and the welfiin; of our common country. 



Canandaigua, Ont. co. JV. Y. Ort. 2d. 1327. 



MERRIMACK AGUICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The fourth annual Cattle Show and Exhibition 

 of Domestic Manufactures, for .Merrimack County, 

 was attended ut Boicnwcn on Thursday and Friday 

 last. The weather was very favoralde, consider- 

 ing the season of t!ie year, and the concourse ol 

 people unusually numerous. Every facility was 

 ofterod, for a pleasant e.vhibitioii.by the hoapilable 

 inhabitiints ofBoscawcn — and seldowi, if ever, have 

 our citizens been more gratified on a similar occa- 

 sion. The show of neat cattle and stock of various 

 kinds was generally good, and exceeded that of 

 former years. The fancy articles, and aiiicles ge- 

 nerally of domestic manufacture, as well as tlic 

 specimens of vegetable productions, have been sel- 

 dom pxceeded, even in older and more extended 

 Societio.'^. Wo have not now time to particularize, 

 and it is the less necessary, as the Reports of the 

 different awarding Committees will hereafter be 

 published. We can, without arrogance we believe, 

 give credit to our County of Morrimac k, for as much 

 spirit and liberality in the support of agricultural 

 associations, and in the encouraging and reward 

 ing the spirit of improveuieiit, which is happilv 

 abroad in the land, as to any other county in t!io 

 State. More we would iiot presume to cl;iim, and 

 less it would be fastidio'isness in us to refuse. 



At 1 o'clock the S-)cieiy formed in processior 

 and proceeded to the Meeting House, where aftei 

 prayer by the venoriible I)r Wood, (himself a pat 

 tern of all good works and good husbandry) an Ad- 

 dress was delivered by the Hon, Matthew Harvey, 

 President of the Society. The address was a plain, 

 practical, and unassuming performance, aimed at 

 the instruction, rather than the momentary grati- 

 fic.Ttion and amusement of tlie audience. The con 

 eluding prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr Price. 

 of the West Society iu Boscawcn. After the ex- 

 ercises in the Meeting House, the Society repair- 

 ed to IMr West's Inn, where a good and substan- 

 tia! entertainment wns provided for them. At the 

 close of the dinner a number of appropriate senti- 

 ments were given, under tiie inspiration of a choice 

 supply of the spirit of old orchard. 



We are not able, at this time, to give a list of 

 the premiums awarded, nor to furnish any account 

 of the Ploughing Match on Friday. 

 The following Officers were elected for the er 



uing year 



ducts of the soil. Agriculture and manufactures, Boswkll Stevens, of Pembroke, President 

 therefore, must flourish or decline together. When ] John Farmer, Boscawcn, Vice President, 

 mutually flourishing, they are inexhaustible sour- [John Whipple, Hopkinlon, Secretary, 

 ces of national wealth; and increase both the ] Samuel C. Bartlett, Sa/ts6ury, Treasurer, 

 ability and inclination of our fellow citizens for 

 foreign commerce. 



Your memorialists believe, that if adequate pro- 

 tection to oui manufactures and wool growers, 

 should not be granted, that many of the former 

 must be ruined, in their business ; and the latter 

 be compelled to sacrifice their fine Merino and 

 Saxon flocks, to the knife of the butcher. The 

 avil to our country, of such results, cannot be toO' 

 earnestly deprecated. 



Your meaiorialists, therefore, respectfully pray, 

 that your honorable bodies will give this impor- 

 tant subjtst early consideration, and extend such 

 remedies, in the alteration and increase of duties 

 on foreign cloths ; and the increase of duties on 



DIRECTORS. 



George Kent, Concord. 



Richard Greenough, Canterbury. 



Ebenezer Dustin, Hopkinton. 



James Patterson, Dunbarton. 



Daniel George, Warner. 



Josiah Babcock, Andover. — Concord Register 



Peaches. — Hon. Benjamin Vaughan, of Haliow- 

 ell, has put into the market this year, ten bushels 

 of very fine peaches, raised on trees growing in. 

 his celebrated garden. Though we know of gen- 

 tlemen in this State, who have succeeded in rais- 

 ing a few peaches for private use, these, we be- 



lieve, are the first raised in Maine that have beeri. 

 foreign wool, as you, in your wisdom, shall deem |sold in market.— GariiJwcr biteL 



