NEW ENGL.AND FARMER, 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



PUBLISHED BY GEORGE C. BARRETT, NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STREET, (Agricultural Warehoose.)-T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



VOL. XIII. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 183.5. 



NO. 4T. 



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CATTLE SHOW, 



EXHIBITION OF MANUFACTURES. 



AND 



PLOUGHING MATCH, 



At WoiicESiEK, Miss 1835. 



The Trustees of the Worcester County .Agricul- 

 tural Society propose to tlicir fellow citizens, a 

 Cattle Show, Ploughing Match, and Exhibition 

 of Mamifactures, at Worcester, on Wednesday, 

 the 1th day of October next, at 9 o'clock, A. M., 

 and they have the pleasure of offering the fol- 

 lowing liberal pkemiu.ms. 



FOR STOCK. 



For the best Bui], not less than 1 year old, $12 

 For the next best, - . . . 3 



For the next best, - - . . 6 



For the best Bull Calf, from 4 to 12 months 



old, ---... (- 



For the next best, - - . , 4 



For the next best, - . . . 2 



For the best Milch Cow, not less than 4 

 years old, and from the stock of not less 

 than 5 Cows, owned and kept together 

 from 1st of June to the 1st of October, 15 



For the next best, whether kept with others 



or alone, - . . . _ -jq 



For the next best, do. do. 8 



For the next best, do. do'. 6 



For the best 1 year old Heifer, . - 5 



For the next best, - - . . 4 



For the next best, - - . . 2 



For the best 2 years old Heifer, - - g 



For the next best, - - . . 5 



For the next best, .... 3 



For the best 3 years old Heifer, with or with- 

 out a calf, - - . . _ g 

 For the next best, - - - . g 

 For the next best, .... 4 

 For the best Heilfer calf, from 4 to 12 months- 



o'fJ- ----.. 5 



For the next best, - . . . 4 



For the next best, - . . . 9 



For the best pair of Working Oxen, not less 

 than 4 years old—regard beinL' had to the 

 strength, equality of match, and docility 

 of the cattle, as well as to their size and 

 appearance, - - . . . i-o 



For the next best, - - - - 10 



For the next best, - - - . o 



For the next best, - - - . 5 



For tbe best pair of 3 years old Steers, 



broken to the yoke, - ... 3 



J'or the next best, - - do. 6 



^or the next best, . . ^^ . 



Tor the best pair of 2 years old Steers,' 

 "or the next best, ... 



•"or the next best, ... 



I^or tiie best pair of yearling Steers, 

 ' or the next best, - . 



'or the best 0.x, fitted to slaughter, regird 



being had to the mode and expense of 

 fatting, --.... 

 For the next best, .... 



For the next best, - . . . 



For the best Merino Ram, regard being had 



to both fleece and" size, - . . 



For the best Merino Ewes, not less than 4 in 



number, ..... 



For the next best, .... 



For the best lot of mixed Merino Sheep, not 

 less than 5 in number, either Ewes or 

 Wethers, regard being had to the quality 

 of fleece for the grade, . . - 



For the best native Ram, 

 For the best native Ewes, not less than 4 in 



number, - . . . . 



For the two best native Wethers, 

 For the best Ram of the Dishley breed. 

 For the 2 best Ewes of the Dishley breed, 



each, --.... 



For the best Boar, not less than 5 months old 

 nor more than 2 years and 6 months old, 

 with an assurance that he shall be kept 6 

 months for further service 

 For the next best, .... 



For the best breeding Sow, not less than 1 

 year old which shall have had at least one 

 litter of pigs, and must be kept for breeding 

 another year, ..... 

 Fur the next best, - . . . 



For the best weaned pigs, not less than 2 in 



number, -.-... 

 For the next best, --..._ 

 The unsatisfactory mode of determining the 

 relative excellences of Milch Cows, by mere in- 

 spection of them in the Pens, or from recollection 

 of verbal representations made to the Committee, 

 at the moment of exanjinatiou, has determined the 

 Trustees, in offering the above liberal premiums, 

 to require of the claimants, at tlie time of entry, 

 to file their certificate in writing, of the product 

 of milk and butter made from tiie Cow from the 

 10th to the 20th of June, and from the 10th to 

 the 20th of September — ascertained in such a 

 manner as may be entirely satisfactory; also, 

 stating the time of the cow's calving, the quality 

 of the calf, and if the cow has had any other 

 keeping than by pasture, of what kind, and in 

 what quantity it has been. And no person shall 

 be considered by the Committee of Judges, a com- 

 petitor for either of the above premiums for cows, 

 who has not strictly complied with this rule. It 

 is desirable also, although it is not made requisite 

 to obtain a premium, that if the cow is from a 

 dairy stock, the certificate should contain a state- 

 ment of the number and breed of the cows kept 

 together, and of the produce in veal, butter, and 

 cheese, and of the number of Swine kept as con- 

 nected with the dairy, through the season, to the 

 time of the Show. 



None of the animals will be entitled to Premium 

 unless they arc wholly the product of the County, 

 excepting that with a view to encourage the in- 

 troduction of improved Stock, the Trustees will 



pay the premiums which may be awarded for 

 Bidls, Rams, and Boars, brought into the County 

 upon receiving satisfactory security that they shall 

 be kept for use within the County at least one 

 year next after. 



In awarding the Premiums upon all Stock, re- • 

 gard will be had to the manner and expense of 

 raising and k(eping. And the owner will here- 

 quired to give a satisfactory account thereof to the 

 a|>propriate Commiftf'e, on the d.ay of Exhibition, 

 — as it is the intention of the Trustees to encour- 

 age that Stock, which not only may appear best at 

 the Show, but which, in reference to the cost, is 

 most i)rofitable to the Farmer. 



The Triistees, w ith a view to the most liberal 

 encouragement of the Citizens of the County, 

 who live remote from the place of Exhibition, 

 propose to pay at the rate of eight cents per mile 

 for travel, to the owners of such animals as obtain 

 premiums and which are brought or driven more 

 than TE,\ miles, computing from the place from 

 vv.'iichthe animals come to the place of the show. 

 Also, to unsuccessful competitors the like sum, 

 when from the report it shall appear, that the an- 

 mals exhibited were of such excellence as to claim 

 the special notice of the Committee ; and that in 

 their opinion, the owners merit such an imdemnity 

 for an expense which has given credit to tbe 

 Show. 



No animal for which to any owner one Pre- 

 mhnn shall have been awarded, shall be consider- 

 ed a subject for any further premium of the 

 Society, except it be for qualities different 

 from those for which the former premium was 

 awarded. 



Persons intending to offer any species of stock 

 for a premium must give notice thereof, either by 

 letter jost paid, or by personal application, to the 

 Recording Secretary, on or before the 6th October 

 next, the day preceding the Show, at 9 o'clock in 

 the evenijig, requestiug him to enter his application, 

 so that the tickets for the pens may be ready by 8 

 o'clock, tlie next morning. The difficulty of 

 making arrangements for the proper accommoda- 

 tions of the difl'crent species of Stock, without 

 such jircvious notice, renders a strict enforcement 

 of this rule indisj ensable ; and no person will be 

 considered as a competitor who shall not have 

 made such application for entry, on or before the 

 time above specified. The owners of Working 

 Oxen, or Cattle exhibited in the yoke, are request- 

 ed to bring a chain to each yoke to secure them to 

 posts. 



In all cases where the age of animals is men- 

 tioned, the applicant must file his own certificate, 

 or that of some resjiectable individual, who per- 

 sonally knows the fact, that they are of the age for 

 which they are entered, and also that they are the 

 product of the County. 



DOMESTIC AND HOUSEHOLD MANUFACTURES. 



For the best Carpeting not less than 20 yards 

 in length, $12 



For the next best Carpeting not less than 20 

 yards in length, ... g 



