VOI,. XV. NO. 15. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



117 



Emily T. Bigelow of Marlboro,' gratuity 



on do 1 00 



John Hartwell of Littleton, do do 100 



George Warren of Franiingham, do do 1 00 



BOOTS AND SHOES. 



Silas Cuttler of Burlington — best ladies' 



Kid Shoes C 00 



LEATHER. 



Benj. Dix of Littleton — best Harness 6 00 



Do do do do Neats 6 00 



Isaac Brooks of Lincoln, do Calf-skins 5 00 



INVENTIONS. 



Sanford Adams of Concord — Wooden 



Pump $10 00 



Amory Davidson of Littleton — Washing 



Machine 5 00 



PLOUGHING — DOUBLE TEAMS. 



Nathan Pratt of Acton — 1st prem. glO 00 



Abner B. Lane of Bedford — 2d do 8 00 



Francis S. Bemis of Lincoln — 3d do 6 00 



Elijah Wood of Concord — 4th do 4 00 



SINGLE TEAMS. 



Wm. Buckminster of Framingham — 



1st prem. $10 00 



Elish Hager of Lincoln — 2d prem. 8 00 



Asa Melvin of Concord — 3d do 6 00 



Asa Hartwell of Carlisle — 4th do 4 00 



(From the Worcea-fer Palladium.} 

 CATTLE SHOW. 

 The Worcester County Agricultural Society 

 held its annual fair in this town last Wednesday. 

 For the particulars of the exhibition the reader is 

 referred to the reports of the several committees, 

 all of which v.e publish to-day. The weather 

 was very inclement ; but the jiens were well filled 

 with cattle of great excellence. The ploughing 

 match, it is said, was superior to any preceding 

 one; and the exhibition of manufactured articles 

 a very good one, though not equalling in variety 

 those of some former years. The Address by 

 James G. Carter, Esq. of Lancaster, was appro- 

 priate to the occasion, exhibiting in a lucid and 

 forcible manner many prominent |)oinls of the 

 science of political economy, in its ai)plication to 

 the avocations of society. After the exercises in 

 the church, the Society dined together at the 

 Worcester House. Several gentlemen of distinc- 

 tion from abroad honored the table with their 

 presence — Among whom was his Excellency 

 Gov. Hill of New Flampshire, a native of Worces- 

 ter County. 



In regard to one of the reports we are request- 

 ed to make the following statement ; 



The Report of the Committee on Ploughing 

 with Double Teams, was committed to the Trus- 

 tees for amendment, upon the suggestion that one 

 of the teams to which a premium was awarded, 

 had won a higher premium on a former Show; 

 which, by the Rules of the Society, precludes the 

 owner from receiving another premium fur the 

 same team, except for excelling in a higher de- 

 gree. 



Committees at the Cattle Show and Exhibition 

 of Manufactures, Worcester, 1836. 



Ploughing with Double Teams. — Clough R. 

 Miles, Milbury, Chairman ; Silas Allen, Shrews- 

 bury, Marble, Sutton. 



Ploughing with Single Teams Seth Lee, Barre, 



Chairman ; Alpheus Merrifield, Worcester, Aaron 

 Goodale, West Boylston. 



Milch Corns atid Fat Cattle. — Abijah Bigelow, 

 Worcester, Chairman ; Seth Caldwell, Barre ; 

 Seth Wyman, Shrewsbury, Thos. Chamberlain, 

 Worcester, David Lee, Barre. 



Working Oxen. — William S. Lincoln, Milbu- 

 ry, Chairman ; DanielTeniiey, Sutton, Levi Good- 

 ale, West Boylstou, Joel Pratt, Jr., Sterling, Eh. 

 enezer L. Barnard, Worcester. 



Steers under 4 years old. — John Whitney, 

 Princeton, Chairman ; Ephraim Mower, Worces- 

 ter, Rufus Hastings, Sterling, Royal T. Marble, 

 Sutton, Joshua Harrington, Grafton. 



Ml other J\teat Stock. — Thomas Kinnicutt, Wor- 

 cester, Chairman ; Lewis liarnaid, Worcester, 

 Henry Sprague, Barre, Jerome Gardner, Har- 

 vard. 



Sheep. — Gardner Ruggles, Hard wick. Chair, 

 man ; Jacob W. Watson, Princeton, Samuel 

 Bannister, Worcester, Chenery Abbott, Holden. 



Swine. — William Lincoln, Worcester, Chair- 

 man ; Jacob W. Watson Princeton, Daniel Hey- 

 wood, Abiel Jaques, Israel Whitney, and Joseph 

 Pratt, Worcester. 



Butter and Cheese. — Waldo Flint, Leicester, 

 Chairman ; Samuel B. Thomas, Worcester, Jo- 

 seph Bowman, New Braintree, Samuel Bannister, 

 Worcester. 



Manufactures. — Charles C. P.Hastings, Men ■ 

 don. Chairman ; Joseph Davis, Northl)oroiigh, 

 Eli Warren, Upton, Simon H. Allen, Shrewsbury, 

 Francis Carruth, North Brookfield, Jere. AVhcel- 

 ock, Uxbridge. 



[The Reports, &c! will be published next 

 week.] 



AGRICt[£.TURK. 



Mr Holmes: — It would seem that a great 

 number of agricultural writers have appeared in 

 your columns, professing great zeal in the cause 

 of skilful husbandry. Every intelligent man in 

 our State acknowledge.-? the excellency of agricul- 

 ture — its benign influence in promoting the best 

 interest of the peo]ile — its benign influence on 

 the i)ermanency of our free institutions, &c. Not 

 a person will raise his voice against scientific ag- 

 riculture, but how few there are to be found who 

 are willing to use any exertions whatever in the 

 cause. 1 mentioned the subject of party politics, 

 in my last communication — a subject which is 

 ill suited to yom- paper, and which belongs to our 

 political papers to discuss. 



It is thought that men always have some mo- 

 tives in view when they act, or refrain from act- 

 ing. 'J'hat a class of men so intelligent and vir- 

 tuous as the fiirmers of Maine, should be so inac- 

 tive, and so listless on a subject, which, although 

 not immediately connected with anything like par- 

 ty politics, yet involving principles which every 

 intelligent politician must know will undoubtedly 

 decide the fate of this Republic, for centures to 

 come, is strange enough. The name of the Chief 

 iilagistrate of the Nation, was once named by a 

 gentleman who wrote a short communication a 

 year or two ago. I have not aught to say in your 

 paper, with respect to the President, further tlian 

 just to state that he is not only a firm supporter 

 of agriculture as a politician, but what is better 

 still, he is a skillful practical agriculturist himself 

 I would also observe of the present Chief Megis- 

 trate of our State, though not a practical agricul- 



turist by profession, yet I think his Messages to 

 our Legislature, at least so far as agriculture is 

 concerned, do much credit to his excellency. It 

 is well known that the most distinguished patri- 

 ots and statesmen that our country has' |)roducen 

 have been mostly practical farmers. Agriculture 

 indeed is so p0[)ular a branch of industry that no 

 politician can be found who has hardihood enough 

 to give his voice against it, either for political ef- 

 fect, or with a view to oppose the best interests of 

 the State. 



One subject, if I mistake not, mentioned by the 

 Governor in hisanmial Message, was Hemp. This 

 article it is well known is necessary in the con- 

 struction of vessels, both of war and commerce 

 and 1 think it would be good policy for our far- 

 mers to try a few more experiments on the cul- 

 ture of this fibre, rather then depend wholly on 

 foreign nations for a supply of this articte. Flax, 

 I think, will yield a greater income, per acre, than 

 Indian corn, in cold seasons. If report is correct, 

 flax is very profitably raised in Ireland. Our far- 

 mers do not try experiments enough. 



I believe that the raising of wheat will never 

 make the farmers of Maine wealthy. Rye will, J 

 believe, succeed very well on well cultivated up- 

 land. Some have declaimed much on the subject 

 of '' going to New York to mill," but I believe 

 those who will candidly consider the subject, will 

 be willing to purchase flom- of the New Yorker, 

 if they can buy it cheaper than they can raise the 

 same at home. In New York, it is said, and I 

 will just mention Rhode Island, their farmers 

 grow wealthy by keeping milch cows of a superi- 

 or quality, and why not our farmers in this State 

 also become wealthy, if they will follow the same 

 or a better track ? Our grazing lands are vari- 

 valed for excellence. Our climate is not only 

 healthy but well calculated for the safe keeping 

 of butter and cheese. No country is better adapt- 

 ed to wool growing, and root crops succeed ad- 

 mirably well. — Maine Farmer. 



SEED CORN. 



Ma Holmes: — Much is said and written of 

 late on the choice of seed corn — some preferring 

 eight, some ten, and some twelve rowed — some 

 a large and some a small cob. When I select my 

 seed corn I attend but little to the number of rows 

 or the size of the cob, but to what the cob con-- 

 tains. 



When we [leel the trees of the forest where the 

 bark is the principal object we choose the largest 

 trees because the bark is the thickest, the trees 

 longest, and still if small trees have as thick a bark 

 as large ones it is very evident that we obtain more 

 bark in proportion to the bulk of timber than we 

 should from large trees. So with corn — the bark 

 or coating being the sole object, it behoves us to 

 obtain those ears that are best coated. When i 

 select my seed corn whether taken from the field 

 or the heap, I take the largest, ripest and best fill- 

 ed to appearance — but when I come to shelling, 

 which 1 always do by hand, it is subject to a more 

 minute selection. When I have shelled about one 

 fourth part from the top end of the ear, which 

 part I always exclude from my seed, I can judge 

 whether it is well coated or not, or whether the 

 kernels are deep and of good length and well set, 

 and if I find the coating thin or shallow, I at once 

 exclude it without any regard to the number of 

 rows or size of the cob. 



