Vol. G.— No. 17 



NEW ENGLAND I ARM Eli. 



had grazed the p'ecedinor year, aud where most of 

 them had been yeaned : there they are kept dur- 

 inp' the winter. 



Sheep shoarintf commences the beginning: of 

 May, and is performed while the sheep are on 

 their summer joiirnev, in liir^e buildings. Those 

 which are place I upon the road, are capable of 

 containing- forty, fi'lv, and some sixty thousand 

 sheep. Tlio slie^-in? is preceded by a pompous 

 preparation, cond -fed in due form, and the inter- 

 val isconsirtered ; 'une of feasting and recreation. 

 One hundred and rv. enty five men are usually em- 

 ployed for shearin;: a thousand ewes, and two 

 liundred for a thousand wethers. Each sheep af- 

 fords four kinds of uool. more or less fine, accord- 

 ing to the parts of the animal whence it is taken. 

 Tke ewes prorluce the finest fleeces, and the weth- 

 ers the lieavipst ; three wether fleeces ordinarily 

 weigh on the averag" twenty-five pounds ; but it 

 will take five ewe fleeces to amount to the same 

 weight. i 



The journey which the flocks make in their per- ' 

 egrination is regulated by particular laws, and im- J 

 memorial customs. The sheep pass unmolested 

 over the pastures hcloneing to the villages and 

 the commons which lie in their road, and have a 

 right to feed on them. They arc not. however, 

 allowed to pass over cultivated lands; but the pro- 

 prietors of such lands are obliged to leave for ' 

 them a path, about forty toises (eighty-four yards) | 

 in breadth. When they traverse the commonable 

 pasture", they seldom travel more than two 

 leagues, or five and a half miles a day ; but when 

 they walk in close order over the cultivated fields, 

 often more than six varas, or near seventeen miles. 

 The whole of their journey is usually an extent of,' 

 one liundred and twenty, thirty or forty leagues, i 

 which thoy perform in thirty or thirty-five days. 

 The price paid for depnsturinT the lands, where 

 Uiey winter, is equally regulated by usage, and is 

 very low ; but it is not in the power of the landed 

 proprietors to make the smallest advanoe. 



The public opinion in Spain has long been 

 against the mesta, on account of the number of 

 peojile it employe, the extent of land it keeps un- 

 cultivated, tlie injury done to the pasture and cul- 

 tivated lands of inoividuals, and the tyranny of the 

 directors and shephf^rds. These have been griev- 

 ances from time immemorial. Government, yield- 

 ing to the pres3in~ solicitations of the people, in- 

 6tituted a committee to inquire into them about 

 the middle of the eighteenth century; but it did 

 no good, and it was not till the reTolution of 1810, 

 that the powers and piivileges of the mesta were , 

 greatly reduced. 



fine Dray Horses, being stock from the nolo 

 Horse Goliah, imported by the Hon. John Cotfiii. ' 



Ton premiums were awarded for the bust Bulls 

 Cows, (J.\en, Calves, Sheep and Swine. 



Tlic Show, both as regards the number and ex- 

 cellence of the Animals exiiibitod, fur exceeded 

 the expectations which the public had forinrd. 

 The Horses of the Draught breed exhibited by Mr 

 Vail of King's and Mr Hev\iett of Queen's Conn, 

 ty, were much admired, as v/as also the fine tvvo 

 years old Colt belonging to Mr. Conlitf, of Wood- 

 stock ; but none of the stoc'-: ap|3cared more to 

 attract the attention of the spectators than t!io 

 beautiful bull calves, belonging to Messrs. Ham- 

 mond of Kingsclear. 



Tliese were from the imported short horned 

 Durliam bull, Hanover, purclmsed by the Society 

 from Hugh Munro, Esq. of Bathurst, and after- 

 wards sold to Mr. Archelaus Hammond. Colonel 

 Miles' calf was rather larger than either of these, 

 but for beauty and valuable points they cannot 

 probably be surpassed in these colonies. 



Several superior animals were exhibited but not 

 entered for competition ; for these, the bull, heif- 

 er, ram, ewes, and lambs — boar and sow, belong- 

 ing to his Excellency Sif Howard Douglas, were 

 considered admirable specimens of their kinds, as 

 were also the two Ayrshire cov/s owned by the 

 secretary of the Central Society. 



The striking improvement in some species of 

 the stock, and the interest which the public ap- 

 peared to take in the exhibition give assurance 

 that our future Cattle Shows will be still more in- 

 teresting and highly promotive of the agncultural 

 interests of the province. 



R. SIMONDS, Secnktry. 



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Dearborn's jilal form balances, for weighing, art 

 said'to be the mo5t perfect ever invented The ha 

 lance is capable of sustaining ten tons, an I at the 

 same limo will weij^-h one or two pounds with pre 

 cisiou. wliic'.i care, aud under cover, it in ci Ic^ilat 

 ed the apparatus would last 20 yours, .(ir Dearborn 

 of Boston has rcndoreJ <;if'at service to cnechauicf 

 by his inventions, among whicli tliis is not the lea3t 

 valuable. 



Ta milm Tomato Kdchup.-^Yttr half a gallou, 

 ' take a gallon ofskinnod tomatoes, 4 lablespoonfuls 

 , of salt, 4 of black pepper, half a spoonful of alspice, 

 I 8 pods of red pepper, 3 tablespoonfuls of mustard ; 



grind them finely, and simmer them slowly in sharp 

 I vinegar, in a pewter ba.sin, 3 or 4 hours, strain it 

 j through a wire sieve, ami bottle it clo.^ely. Those 

 [ who like the article may add, ai'ter the ingredients 



are somewhat cool, 2 tablespoonfulsof the juice of 



garlic. 



American Maimfaclurcs. — It is; stated in the 

 Patterson Intelligencer that a wealthy English 

 gentleman is now erecting in the state of Now 

 York, a Cotton Factory of fifteen thousTind spin- 

 dles and four hundred power looms. He has like 

 wise given orders for his m-ichiuery to be made "' 

 the Patterson factory. 



From the SI John (N. B.) GazeUe. 



PROVINCIAL CATTLE SHOW. 



Pursuant to a Resolution of the New Brunswick 

 Agricultural and Emigrant Society, a Cattle Show 

 was held on the 9th ult. at the Race Course in 

 this Town. 



Tlie day was unfavorable, yet the E.-ihibition 

 was numerously and respectably attended. It was 

 honored with the presence of His Excellency Sir 

 Howard Douglas, who came from St John, for 

 the purpose of attending on this interesting occa- 

 sion, and expressed himself highly gratified with 

 the scene. 



Three premiums (amounting to $125, 00) were 

 awarded for the finest horses — Among the Stock 

 entered for Exhibition oivly weie *w» remarkably 



BRISTOL CATTLE SHOW. 



The annual meeting of the Bristol County Ag- 

 ricultural Society, and agricultural and manufac- 

 turers' Exhibition, took place in Taunton, the 30th 

 ult. The Ploughing Match was first in the order 

 of the Exhibition ; and at i) o'clock ten teams were 

 entered and engaged in an animated contest for 

 the premiums offered by the Society. It is praise 

 due to all in an unusual degree, to say, that the 

 work was done well. In some past years, the teams 

 may in some instances have executed their task 

 with more despatch; but it seemod, and very pro- 

 perly, the present year, to be in an especial man- 

 ner, an object to make perfect, as well as quick, 

 work. 



The show of Cattle was probably equal to the 

 former Exhibitions of the Society. The pens v.'ere 

 wholly filled and contained some animals which 

 would do credit to farmers in any part of the coun- 

 try. Of the Manufactures, there was a variety; 

 some of a superior quality and of a kind not before 

 exhibited; but we have no room for an enumera- 

 tion or description of them. 



The gentleman who had been designated to de- 

 liver the address having failed the Society, the 

 Rev. Otis Thompson read an address which had 

 been previously delivered on a like occasion. From 

 the meeting house the society proceeded to At- 

 wood's Hotel, and partook of a bountiful and well 

 served dinner. The premiums were declared and 

 officers chosen in the afternoon, of which a notice 

 will hereafter be made. — Taunton Rep. 



"lie wlio has a trauk, has an estaio.'' 



rniBiii.is. 

 I have seen the young man born to affluent for- 

 tune, who was early npprcTticed to a respectable 

 and scientific meelinnic, lo loarn ft'hat is generally 

 termed a trade. Although there v.'as no apparenc 

 need of such a step, as the father was an indepen- 

 dent man ; still the old mnn conceived that it was 

 necessary, and often made tlie observtition, that 

 "he who has a trade, has an estate." The young 

 man duly served Wm time, and became a complete 

 master of his trade ; and this son had the happiness 

 to contribute to the ease and support of his truly 

 respectable parent in his old age — (vvho had lost 

 through misfortune his immense property,) and 

 while performing this pleasing, sacred dutv, hi» 

 talents and industry raised him to an envinlile sit- 

 uation in life Tioy Budget. 



To make durable Candles. — To 10 ounces of 

 mutton tallow, add a quarter nf an oence of cam- 

 phor, 4 ounces of beesw.Tx, and 2 ounces of alumi 

 melt them all together, and make your candles.. 



It is said that Sir James Mackintosh has sold 

 his History of England (now finished) to Messrs. 

 Longman & Co. for si.\ thousand guineas. 



For tke HTiooping Cou^-h. — The following has 

 been recommended : — Dissolve a scruple of the 

 salt of tartar iu a gill of water, add ten grains 

 of cochineal finely powdered, and sweeten with 

 brown sugar. Give to an infant the fourth part of 

 a table' spoonful four times a day, aud from four 

 upwards a spoonful may be taken. 



In the London Weekly Review tlierc is a most 

 entertaining notice of the recently publislied His- 

 tory and Antiquities of London. In page 214 — 15, 

 there is a description of asuniptnous entertainment, 

 which is thus ushered in by an account of the 

 boiling of a cook: Richard Rose, cook to the Bish- 

 op of Rochester, according to his sentence, was 

 boiled to death in Smitiifield, in 15-31, for poisoniuor 

 sixteen persons with porridge, which he had pre- 

 pared for the destruction of his master, who for- 

 tunately escaped the intended mischief by the 

 want of appetite, which prevented him eating thnt 

 day.'' 



