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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



FEBRUARY 4, 1S35. 



PAWTUXET, H. I. CATTLE SHOW. 



CM\e Show, Exhibition of Manufactures, Ploughing 

 Match, and Public Sale of Animab and Manufac- 

 tures, at Pawtuxet, R. I. on Wednesda}-, Sept. 30, 

 1835. 



The Standing Committee of the Rhode-Island 

 Society for the Encoiiraf?ement of Domestic In- 

 dustry offer the following Premiums : 



FOR STOCK.* 



For the best Bull, to be kept in the State one 

 year after the fair, not to exceed three years 

 l)f age ^^° 



For the next best, same conditions 6 



For the best Bull Calf 5 



For the next best ^ 



For the next best 

 For the next best 



For the best cows, kept in the country, not less 

 than three in nund)er, which shall have yield- 

 ed the greatest quantity of milk in any thirty 

 days previous to the 25th of September — a 

 certificate thereof, duly sworn to, will be re- 

 iiuired. and the cows must be exhibited at 

 tlie lair 

 I'or the best cows, not exceeding two in num- 

 ber, same conditions ° 

 For the best cow, same conditions 5 

 I'or the best two years old heifer, having had a 



calf, same conditions 6 



For the next best do. do. do. 4 



For the best heifer yearling 4 



For the next best 



For tlic best pair of working cattle, to have 

 l,ecn owned in this State at least three months, 

 not exceeding six years old C 



I^or the next best 4 



For the next best 2 



I'or the best pair three years old steers C 



For tlie ue.xt best 



For the next best ^ 



For the best pair two years old steers 5 



For the next best 4 



o 



I'or the next best 



I'or the best South Down Sheep, if in tlie opin- 

 ion of tlie Committee it is worthy of a pre- 

 mium, the same to be kept in this State at 

 least one year succeeding the fair 15 



F'or the best Boar, to be kept in this State until 



the 1st of April, 1830 ^ 



\ext best do. do. do. '1 



Next best do. do. do. 



For the best Pigs, not less than two in numV>er, 

 and not less than four nor more than eight 

 months old, to have been raised in the Slate 4 

 For tlic next best 



For the best Stud Horse, not less than three 

 years old, owned in this State and having 

 been wholly kept for m.ircs in the State the 

 season previous, and to be kept for mares the 

 year succeeding the fair "" 



I'or the best brood mare, owned in this State, 

 and colt by a horse that may be deemed of 

 the best blood ^ 



For the next best, same condition (' 



FOR GRAIN, VEGETABLE CROPS, AND AGRICDLTUR- 

 AL EXPERIJIENTS. 



To the person who shall raise the greatest quan- 

 tity of Indian Coin on not less than four 

 acres in one piece of ground, and not less 

 tlia'n eighty bushels to the acre $15 



To the person who shall raise the greatest 

 quantity of corn on not less tlian one acre 

 of land, and not less than one hundred 

 bushels 10 



To the person who shall raise the next greatest 

 quantity, and not less than eighty bushels on 

 one acre " 



To the person who shall raise the greatest 

 quantity of Rye on two acres, not less than 

 thirty bushels per acre 5 



Next greatest quantity of rye on two acres 3 



To the person who shall raise the greatest quan- 

 tity of Wheat on two acres of land 5 

 To the person who sh.all raise the greatest quan- 

 tity of Onions in proportion to the land cul- 

 tivated ^ 

 Next greatest quantity •> 

 To the person who shall raise the greatest quan- 

 tity of Potatoes, not less than three hundred 

 and fifty bushels on an acre of land 10 

 To' the person who shall raise the next greatest 



quantity, not less than three hundred bushels 6 

 To the person who shall raise or introduce into 

 the State, Potatoes of a quality superior to 

 any heretofore raised or introduced 10 



To the person who shall raise the greatest quan- 

 tity of Beets on not less than a quarter of an 

 acre of ground 3 



To the person who shall raise the greatest quan- 

 tity of Carrots on not less th.an one acre 8 

 To tiig person who shall raise the greatest quan- 

 tity of Parsnips on not less than a quarter of 

 an acre "^ 

 To the 'person who shall introduce any Grass 

 not before cultivated in this State, and prove 

 by actual experiment, tested by satisfactory 

 evidence, its superiority to any other grass 

 now cultivated 10 

 To the person who shall by actual experiment 

 jirove the best season and mode of laying 

 down land to grass, whether Spring, Summer 

 or Fall seeding be preferable, and whether 

 with or w ithout grain on different soils 8 

 To the person who shall take up in the season 

 on his own farm the greatest quantity of good 

 Honey, and shall at the same time exhibit 

 superior skill in the management of Bees 5 

 For the best barrel of Cider made in 1834 6 



4th. The quantity of seed used, and if pota- 

 toes, the sort. 



5tli. The time and manner of sowing, wecd- 

 iiHT, and harvesting the crop, and the amount of 

 the product, ascertained by actual measurement, 

 after the whole produce for which a premium is 

 claimed, is harvested, and the entire expense of 

 cultivation. 



The statement of crops must also be accom- 

 panied by a certificate taken under oath of two 

 respectable persons who assisted in measuring i 

 them, as well as a certificate of a surveyor of the 

 measurement of the land, together with a plat of 

 the same. 



FOR SHOP MANUFACTURES. 



For the best side of Sole Leather, with a wrh- 

 ten statement duly certified of the mode and 

 and time of tanning i "i 



4 

 4 

 2 

 1 



* No slock from distilleries or breweries will be enti- 

 tled 10 any premium. No animal on which a premium 

 has heretofore been awarded shall be entitled to a second 

 premium, except it be for an entirety disliuct premium, 

 and for qualilics different from those for wliicli the 

 former premium W8a awarded. 



Should the Society retain the barrel for which 

 the premium is awarded, they will pay in addi- 

 tion to the premium, four dollars. 



Persons claiming a premium, must state in 

 writing the process of making and managing 

 their cider, and the kind of apples used. 



Competitors for the above premiums must fur- 

 nish the Secretary, on or before tlie 1st of Dccem- 

 lier, 183,5, with written statements, certified by 

 disinterested and respectable jwrsons, as to the 

 following particulars ; 



1st. The state and quality of the laud in the 

 spring of 1835. 



2(i. The product and general state of cultiva- 

 tion, and the quantity of manure employed on it 

 in the year preceding. 



8d. The quantity of manure used the present 

 1 season. 



For the best Belt Leather 

 For the best white oak Hogshead 

 For the best white oak Barrel 

 For the best woollen Hat 



Three dollars also for each of the follo%ving 

 implements : 

 Best cast iron Plough, Best Ox Harrow, 

 " Corn Sheller, " Vegetable Cutter, 



" Straw Cutter, " Horse Harrow. 



Three dollars also to each of the following, 

 not less than twelve in number : 

 Hoes, Axes, Scythes, 



Cast Steel Shovels, Bakes. 



Implements of husbandry and articles of .shof 

 manufacture of superior excellence, not particu- 

 larly enumerated, may receive premiums at th* 

 discretion of the exafl^ing committee. 



BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



For the best Cheese, all from the same dairy, 



not less in quantity than one hundred pounds $i 

 For the next do. ' 



For the next do. 



For ihe best Butter, not less than forty pounds li 

 Ne,\t best . ■ 



Next best ' 



Next best 

 Next best 

 Next best 

 Next best 



HOUSEHOLD MANUFACTURES. 



For the best piece of carpeting, 4-4 wide and 

 not less than fifteen yards $ 



Next best do. 



Next best do. 



For the best lot of woollen knit hose, at least 

 three pairs 



For the best flax or hemp knit hose 



For the best cotton do. 



For the best worsted do. 



For the best silk do. 



For the best piece of woollen flannel, 7-8 wide, 

 thirty yards at least 



Next do. , . , ■ c^ 



All to have been manufactured m this &ta 

 within the last two years, and a certificate there 

 required. 



MULBERRY TREES AND RAW SILK. 



To any person who may within the present sea- 

 son have raised on one piece of land the 

 largest number of thrifty mulberry trees, not 

 less than 1000, a certificate thereof bemg 

 required 



