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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JVWE 3, 1835. 



For the next best Carpeting, not less than 20 



yards in length, - - - - 



For the best Flannel, not less than 7-8ths 



wide, and 20 yards in length, - 

 For the next best, - - - - 



For the best Wove Coverlet, not less than 24 



yards wide, - - - - . " 



For the next best Wove Coverlet, not less 



than 2i yards wide, - - - 



For the best Linen or Tow Diaper, 5 quar- 

 ters wide, and not less than 20 yards in 

 length, - - - " ' 



For the best Linen or Tow Diaper, 4 quar- 

 ters wide, and not loss than 20 yards iu 

 length, - - - " ' 



For the best Woolen half Stockings for men, 



not less than two pairs, . - - 



For the next best, . - - - 



For the finest Grass Bonnet, manufactured 

 from fowl-meadow or other indigenous 

 grass, - " " " ■ 



For the best Straw Bonnet, 

 For tlic best Palm Leaf Hat, 

 For the best Butter, not less than 20 lbs.. 

 For the next best, - - - - 



For the next best, - - - " 



For the next best, - - - - 



The Butter must be exhihited in boxes or 

 tubs, and the owner must certify the quantity 

 made in his Dairy, and the number of Cows 

 kept between the first day of June and the 

 first day of October. 



For the best lot of Cheese, not less than 100 

 pounds, of the manufacture of the same 

 person, - - " " ' 



For the next best, - - - - 

 For the next best, - - . - 

 For the next best, - - - - 



For the best lot of Old Cheese, not less than 

 100 lbs., of the manufiicture of the same 

 person, - - - " " 



For the next best, - - - " 



For the best Sole Leather, not less than 100 



pounds, - - - " * 



For the best manufactured Calf Skins, not 



less than 12 in number, - 

 For the best manufactured Morocco Leather 

 of Goat Skius, not less than 6 in number, 

 The specimens of Leather must be accom- 

 panied with a certificate of the time and 

 manner of tanning. 

 For the best Cow Hide Boots, not less than 6 



pairs, - - - " ' 



For the best Calf Skin Boots, not less thaii 6 



pairs, .-•--- 



For the best Calf Skin Shoes, for men's 



wear not less than G pairs. 

 For the best Brogaiis, not less than 12 pairs, 

 A minute and accurate account of the ex- 

 pense of manufacturing said Boots, Shoes, 

 and Brogaus, must be (exhibited. 

 For the best kind of Potatoes, not less than 1 

 bushel, (the Potatoes to be left with the 



Society,) ' ' " " ' 



T)ie premium to be awarded at such time, 

 and after such experiments upon the Po- 

 tatoes, as the Trustees shall direct. 

 For the best barrel of Ci.icr, (tlie cider to 

 be drank at the; dinner, if the Society choose, 

 A certificate of tiic maimer of making tiio 

 cider will be required. Tlie cider must bo 

 pure, and without the addition of spiritous 

 liquor of any kind. 



Fvery article of manufacture, offered for pre- 

 mium, must be entered, and delivered to the per- 

 son appointed to receive them, before 11 o'clock, 

 A. M., the day preceding the Exhibition. And 

 all manufactures, when presented, must have a 

 private mark ; and any public or known mark 

 nmst be completely concealed so as not to be 

 known to the Committee ; nor must the proprie- 

 tors be present when they are examined ; and 

 the goods nmst not be removed until 5 o'clock of 

 the day of Exhibition, unless by permission of 

 the Committee of Arrangements ; in defauh of 

 either of which requisitions, the article will not 

 be entitled to consideration or Premium. 



PLOUGHING MATCH. 



The Trustees also propose to unite with the 

 Cattle Show a Ploughing Match, on the same 

 day, and to give Premiums to the owners and 

 Ploughmen of the Ploughs, which shall be ad- 

 jndged by a competent Committee of practical 

 farmers, to have performed the work in the best 

 manner, upon a plat of ground not exeeeding 

 one-fourth of an acre, as follows : 

 First Plough, best work, with two yokes of 



Oxen, $10 



Second Plough, do. do. 6 



Third Plough, do. do. 4 



As the Trustees believe, that, with one pair of 

 well trained Oxen and a skilful Ploughman, the 

 work, for every useful purpose, on a good soil, 

 may be sufficiency performed, they have thought 

 proper to discontinue the Premiums to Ploughmen 

 and Drivers, who do their -work at great addition- 

 al expense of labor ; and they, therefore, also 

 offer for the best work with one yoke of Oxen, 

 driven by the Ploughman, 



First Plough, 

 Ploughman, 

 Second Plough, 

 Ploughman, 

 Third Plough, 

 Ploughman 



$S 

 4 

 6 

 3 

 5 

 o 



Fourth Plough, 

 Ploughman, 

 Fifth Plough, and 

 Ploughman, 



As the great object of this part of the Exhibi- 

 tion is to excite emulation iu the constructwn and 

 use of the most important Instrument of Agricul- 

 ture, the Plough, the competitors hi the Ploughing 

 Match must not only own their respective Ploughs 

 and Oxen, but the Pioughs must he those generally 

 used on their farms— and the Ploughmen, if he 

 be not the owner, must be a man employed on 

 the owner's fltrm. Those persons who design to 

 become competitors must give notice in writing to 

 the Recording Secretary, before the 28th of Sep- 

 tember next, that suitable ground may bo obtamcd, 

 the proper number of lots measured and marked 

 out, and the requisite arrangements made for the 

 occasion. The Ploughs must bo on the ground 

 designated, ready to start together precisely at 9 

 o'clock, A.M., as this will be the first public busi- 

 ness of the day attended to. Such arrangements 

 will be ma<le," that the Cattle engaged m the 

 Ploughing Match, and which may also be entered 

 for jiremiums as AVorking Oxen, may have op- 

 portunity to be well refreshed before they are sub- 

 jected to examination and trial. Cattle which 

 have heretofore obtained a premiun; in the Plough- 

 ing Match will not be entitled again to a i)ro- 

 mium, unless for excelling in a higher degree. 



Competitors for premiums of every description 

 will be UM ton rigid compliance with the fore- 

 going rul ;s, as well as such other rules and regu- 



lations as shall be adopted by the respective Com- 

 mittees of Premiums, hereafter to be appointed, and 

 the Committee of Arrangements for the occasion. 

 In cases where, for want of competition, the 

 claimants upon a literal construction of these pro- 

 posals might be entitled to premiums, the Trustees 

 shall be at liberty to reject the claims, unless the 

 animal, or manufactured article is of a superior 

 quality and value. 



No owner of any number of premium animals 

 will be entitled to more than one allowance for 

 travel. 



The sum of fifty dollars is reserved, and will 

 be distributed in gratuities to persons who shall 

 exhibit articles of skill and utility deserving en- 

 couragement, and for which no particular premi- 

 um is offered. 



For premiums awarded, there will be discount- 

 ed 25 per cent in the jiayment of those persons 

 who at the time, are not members of the Society ; 

 and no ]iremium will be awarded for any animal 

 to any person which at the time, is not the owner; 

 nor for manufactured articles, unless they are 

 manufactured in the county — and no premium 

 will be paid to any person who is not qn inhabi- 

 tant of the county. Premiums will be paid in 30 

 days after they are awarded ; but if not demand- 

 ed in four months, they will be considered relin- 

 quished, and the amount will be added to the funds 

 of the Society. 



The foregoing proposals for premiums, with 

 the rules accompanying the same, being reported, 

 are accepted by the Trustees, and thereupon it is 

 ordered, that the respective Committees which 

 may be appointed to award the premiums, re- 

 quire a strict conformity thereto, and that they 

 report no person as entitled to any premium who 

 has not complied with the rules in relation to eri- 

 tries, and furnished certificates of the age of ani- 

 mals, their planner of keeping and product, or the 

 mode of making and preserving manufactured ar- 

 ticles, by themrcspectively exhibited, inallcasesiu 

 which such certifieates are required by the foregoing 

 rules. The Trustees will seasonably appoint skilful 

 men from different ])arts of the county, to adjudge 

 the premiums. LEVI LINCOLN, President. 

 CuAKLES G. Prentiss, Rec. Secr'y. 



SII-K ■WORMS. 



The cgskept open in a warm room will hatch 

 themselves at about the time the mulberry tree 

 shoots its leaves. If the young worms happen to 

 come out too soon, they may be kept alive a few 

 days upon lettuce. As soon as they begin to , 

 hatch ap|ily to them the tender mulberry leaves. 

 They will soon attach themselves to the Icav. s 

 and begin to eat ; when they have eaten or ex- 

 tracted the moisture from the first leaves fresh 

 ones must be added ; when the old leaves become 

 thick, take off" the top laying with the worms and 

 remove the others ; do this eight or ten times 

 ihiring the first three weeks; then spread the 

 worml on shelves, allowing about a square 

 inch of space to each worm. Continue to feed 

 them until thev wind iht-W balls, which will bo 

 from fortv to sixty days. They are perfectly harm- 

 less. Prepare somT dry bushes and spread o\ vr 

 the worms or set tliem up near them when they 

 begin to wind ;. ,ift<r they have ceased winding m 

 two or three days pick oft" the cocoons and strip 

 off the loose tow— the balls must bo reeled or 

 baked in a few days to prevent their eating out. 



