74 



NEW ENGLAND FARMRU 



SEPTEMBER IT, 1S3*. 



For the next best, less than 300 lbs. and 

 not less than 50 lbs. - - " -0 00 



For the best, less than 100 lbs. and not 

 less than 50 lbs. - - - ■ " /'^ «« 



For tlie next best, less than 100 lbs. and 

 not less than 50 lbs. - - - !» «'» 



For the best lot of Cheese, not less than 

 one year old, and not less in quantity than 



300 lbs. ^^"'' 



For the next best, not less than one year 

 old, and not less in quantity than 300 lbs. 30 00 



For the best Cheese, less tlian one year 

 old, and not less in (luantity than 300 lbs. 50 00 

 For the next best, of not less quantity, M 00 

 The claimant fur the several premiums on But- 

 ter to be exhibited in the month of December next, 

 must state, in writing, the following particulars, 

 viz. : the number of cows kept on his farm ; the 

 mode of keeping; the treatment of the milk and 

 cream before churning ; the mode of churning, 

 winter and summer ; the measures adopted to ex- 

 press the butter-milk ; the quantity and sort of 

 salt employed ; whether saltpetre, or any other 

 substances have been used in the process ; the 

 best time for churning and keeping butter in hot 

 weather, and the best mode of preserving it, m 

 and through the summer and winter, and in what 

 vessels. 



The claimants for the several premiums on 

 Cheese, must state the mode of making the same, 

 and the following particulars, viz. : the number 

 of cows kept ; wliether the Cheese is made from 

 the proceeds of one, two, or more milkings ; 

 whether any addition is made of cream ; the quan- 

 tity and sort of salt used, and the quantity of ren- 

 net ; the mode of pressure, and the treatment of 

 the Cheese afterwards. 



Farmers in the several States are invited to 

 compete for these premiums. 



Claims for the premiums on Bulter and Cheese 

 must be made in writing, addressed to Benjajiin 

 Guii-n, Esq. Boston, post paid, on or bef)re the 

 2d of December next ; and the parcels deposited 

 before Wednesday the 3d, at a place to be desig- 

 nated hereafter by the Trustees, on which day, at 

 10 o'clock, before noon, the Committee will pro- 

 ceed to examine the lots offered for premium, and 

 none will be admitted after that hour. 



The premiums will be awarded at the same 

 place on Thursday the 4th. 



Each lot must be marked with the initials of 

 the owner's name, and the place of manufacture 

 It is particularly recommended to the competi- 

 tors, that the Butter be put up in the nicest man- 

 ner. 



And to take notice, that there will be a public 

 auction after tlie examination by the Coinmittec, 

 and those who desire to sell will have an oppor- 

 tunity without any charge for auctioneer's fees, 

 but the government duty must be paid by the 

 owners of the butter and cheese. The Commit- 

 tee will be at liberty to withhold from the auction 

 sale, any parcels, either of butter or cheese, which 

 thev may have reason to su;ipose, from the ordi- 

 nary quality of the same, or other circumstances, 

 may have been sent merely for sale. 



Mr. Edmund T. Hastings, No. 37, Commer- 

 cial street, has very lil)erally offered the use of his 

 spacious apartments, lijr those gentlemen compe- 

 titors who wish their biUter and cheese sent to 

 Boston, before the public hall is prepared to re- 

 ceive them. 



The best cuHivaltd Farms. 



For the best cultivated farm, - 8150 00 



For the ne.xt best cultivated farm, 100 00 



The farm to consist of not less than 70 acres, 



exclusive of woodland. The owner or tenant, to 



entitle himself to either of the premiums, must 



state in writing, the nature and quality of the soil ; 



the proportions suitable for tillage, mowing, and 



pasturing, respectively, and especially the quantity 



of irrigated meadow or low land, which is never 



tilled or ploughed, with as much particularity as 



he is able. 



The number of acres planted the present year 

 with corn, potatoes, and other vegetables. 



The number sowed with winter and spring 

 grains, and other vegetables, specifying the seve- 

 ral kinds, and the number of acres planted or 

 sown with each. 



The quantity and kind of manure used for each 

 crop, and the times and manner of applying it. 

 The quantity and quality of each crop. 



The number of acres mowed the present year, 

 what proportion upland, what meadow or land 

 that had never been ploughed, the kind of grass 

 and quantity of hay, according to the best of his 

 knowledge, judgment, and belief. liis manner 

 of dressing and manuring his meadow or mow- 

 inu, and laying down his tilled land to grass, the 

 kinds of grass seed, the quantity of each, the time 

 of year it is sown, and whether with oats, barley 

 or other grain, or alone. 



The number of acres of pasture— what pro- 

 portion, is in natural grass, and what proportion 

 has been ploughed, and with what kinds of grass 

 seed, and what quantity per acre, it was laid 

 down : and whether it was sown with grain, and 

 what grain, or alone, and at what time. 



The number of apple trees on the farm ; the 

 proportion grafted ; whether planted in orchards 

 or partly by the fences against the road ; the 

 quantity of winter apples gathered and cider 

 made ; treatment of trees, and manner of making 

 cider. 



The form and dimensions of barn, sheds, and 

 barnyard, and manner of collecting and making 

 manure. 



The number of oxen, cows, and young stock, 

 horses, and sheep, kept on the farm through tlie 

 year, and the quantity of butter and cheese made, 

 distinguishing; the new milk from the other 

 cheese, and the breed of cows, whether foreign, 

 I mixed, or native. 



The number of swine and the quantity of pork 

 I made. 



The labor employed in carrying on the farm, 

 and the quantity of ardent spirits consumed. 



As it is deemed important to ascertain the best 

 rotationof crops, it is expected that the applicants 

 for these premiums will state the kind of crop, if 

 not able to state the quantity, raised on the sever- 

 al and respective pieces of tillage, mowing, and 

 pasture land described in their statements, for two 

 years next preceding the present one. 



The manner of feeding his stock in winter sea- 

 son ; whether he gives his milch cows, or oxen, 

 grain or roots of any kind, and the kind and quan- 

 tity- 



His treatment of calves he intends to raise ; 



whctlier ho lets them continue to suck, or weans 

 them soon after born ; how soon ; what food he 



i gives them, and how long he continues to feed 



I them. 



If it be a sheep farm, the manner he treat* 

 his sheep in the winter; wliether they are housed, 

 or left out in the yard, the food given them, and 

 the time tliey generally lamb. 



The Trustees think, that the utility of this pre- 

 mium materially depends on the particulars above 

 mentioned being slated, with as much exactness 

 as the nature of the business will admit ; they do 

 not, however, expect that the mowing, pasture, or 

 tillage land, should be actually surveyed, or the 

 hay "weighed ; but only that the applicant should 

 ascertaiii the quantities with as great accuracy as 

 he can without, and state them according to his 

 best judgment and belief. They think it proper 

 further to observe, that, while they expect a sub- 

 stantial compliance with the terms above speci- 

 fied, an omission, or want of exactness in some 

 of the less important particulars, will not pre- 

 clude an applicant from the premium, if, on the 

 whole, his farm shall appear to be so well culti- 

 vated, as otherwise to entitle him to it. 



The whole statement to be sworn to by the 

 applicant. The Trustees to be at liberty, in all 

 cases, before they award the premium, to visit, by 

 a committee, or such other persons as they may 

 appoint, the farms of tiie applicants, if they deem 

 it expedient. 



N.' B. Claims to be addressed to Btiijcmin 

 Guild, Efq. in Boston, (post i)aid) before the 

 first daij of Novemljer next; and the evidence to 

 support them to be sent as above, on or bcjorc the 

 first day of January, 1835. 



Vegdahk and Grain Crops. 

 For the greatest quantity of Carrots on an acre, 

 not less than GOO bushels, - - f 20 00 



For the ureatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, not less than 300 bushels, - 10 00 



For the greatest quantity of Potatoes on 

 an acre, not less than 500 bushels, - 20 00 



For the greatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, not less than 250 bushels, - 10 00 



For the greatest quantity of common 

 Beets on an acre, not less than GOO bushels, 20 00 



For the greatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, no^ less than 300 bushels, - 10 CO 



For the greatest quantity of jWong-fnF(/r^ 

 zri, or Scarcity Root, on an acre, not less 

 than 600 bushels, - - - - 20 00 



For the greatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, not less than 300 bushels, - 10 00 



For the greatest quantity of Sugar Beets 

 on an acre, not less than GOO bushels, 20 00 



For the greatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, not le'ssthan 300 bushels, - 10 CO' 



For the greatest quantity of Parsnips on 

 auacre, not less than 400 bushels, - 20 00 ' 



For the greatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, not less than 200 bushels, - 10 00 



For the greatest quantity of Ruta Baga 

 on an acre, not less than GOO bushels, 20 00 



For the greatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, not less than 300 bushels, 10 00 



For the greatest quantity of common 

 Turnips on an acre, not less than (iOO bush- 



els, , ,20 00 



For the greatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, not less than 300 bushels, - 10 00 



For the greatest quantitv of Onions on an 

 acre, not less than GOO bushels, - 20 00 



For the greatest quantity of ditto on half 

 an acre, not less than 300 bushels, - 10 00 



