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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



NOVEMBER 3, 18S6. 



few— that soil where, unless so clayey as to of- 

 fer great difficulty to cultivation, only rye, pota- 

 toes" anil buckwheat, can be made to grow, and 

 wlie're sainfoin and the greater part of the crops 

 of rominerce cannot succeed — where, however, 

 trees of all descriptions, and especially of the resi- 

 nous kinds, the wood-pine, the sea pine, the larch, 

 the northern pine, and the chesnut, thrive better 

 than in the best land — all these soils are wuliout 

 the calcareous principle, and all the ini|>rovuig 

 manures in which it is found, would gi«e to these 

 the qualities of, and nourish the growths peculiar 

 to, calcareous soils. 



But there, more than elsewhere, it is especially 

 necessary to avoid too much haste. Liming upon 

 a large scale ought not to be done, until after hav- 

 ing succeeded in small experiments on many dif- 

 ferent parts of the ground designed to be improv- 

 ed. 



(From Uie Worcester Palladinm.) 

 •WORCESTER COUNTY AGlBIClII.TtJBAIi 

 SOCIETY. 

 Reports of the Cotiimittees at the Exhibition, Octo- 

 ber 5, 1836. 

 (Concluded.) 

 ON STKFRS. 



Ihe Committee apimintcd to examine all Steers 

 under four years old, have attended to that duty, 

 and ask leave to report : 



Your committee, prior to making the examina- 

 tion, were of the opinion, that the severity of the 

 weather the last winter, and the scarcity of fodder 

 for our stocks of cattle, would have made, (or 

 rather have had a tendency to make) this part of 

 the exhibition rather small ;— but your committee 

 on goini; upon the ground where the animals were 

 to be exhibited, were happily disappointed. The 

 inclemency of the weather on this, the Farmer's 

 Holiday, being such that your committee were 

 under the necessity of making a more hasty exam- 

 ination than they would have done under more 

 favorable circumstances. But 1 am directed to 

 proceed to the duty assigned to the Committee. 



Your Committee had reference to the book of 

 entry, and found tliat there were eleven i)airs of 

 three year old steers entereil for premium ; of two 

 year old there were seven ; and of one year old 

 six; all of which, with the exception of two pairs 

 of the one year old, were brought upon the ground 

 assigned by the committee for the purpose for 

 which they were entered. One of those pairs was 

 entered by Jonas A. Allen of Shrewsbury, and 

 were found chained to a post, — no one appearing 

 to bring them on the ground assigned ; the other, 

 a pair belonging to Asa Rice of West Boylston, 

 that were in the pens. 



Your committee have directed me to say that 

 the exhibition of 3 years old and that of 2 years 

 old steers, has not at any former show been equal 

 to the present, (notwithstanding the circumstances 

 befor ■ alluded to ;) those of one year old appeared 

 well ; — And your committee after examining the 

 whole, came to a quite a different conclusion from 

 that of the woman who was so unfortunate as to 

 lose a son that was rather small of his age. After 

 wiping the tear that was falling from her eye, she 

 remarked that she believed they ought not to 

 mourn, for had he lived to have grown up she 

 really thought he would never have been any 

 larger. It is the opinion of the committee that 

 most (if not all) of those fine young cattle, with 

 proper attention, will become first rate animals. 



The three year old steers were jiresented as 

 follows : 

 One pair by Adam Harrington of Shrewsbury, 

 ilo Joliii Newton of .Milhury, 

 do Marshall Pratt of Oxford, 

 do Lemuel Smith of Spencer, _ 

 do Simeon Biiit of Worcester, 

 do Royal Keith of Grafton, 

 do Simon Carpenter of Charlton, 

 do Reuben Carpenter of Charlton, 

 do Reuben Sibley of Sutton, 

 do Jonas L. Sibley of Sutton, and 

 do Abram Wheelock of Milbury. 



The two years old were presented by — 

 William P. Harrington of Gr.afton, 

 Waldo Putnam of Sutton, 

 Asa Rice of West Boylston, 

 David Carpenter of Charlton, 

 Elijah L. Case of Grafton, 

 Simon Carpenter of Charlton, and 

 Benjamin Woodbury of Sutton. 



The steers of one year old were presented by — 

 Timothy H. Merriam of Grafton, 

 Jonas H. Allen of Shrewsbury, 

 Jacob W. Watson of Princeton, 

 Simon Carpenter of Charlton, and 

 Reuben Wheelock of Sutton. 

 And your committee now recommend that the 

 Society's premiums for this fine lot of steers be 

 awarded as follows : — 



To Lemuel Smith of Spencer, for the best pair of 

 three year old, S8; and in awarding this pre- 

 mium to Mr Smith, the committee recommend 

 that he should avail himself of the first oppor- 

 tunity to become a member of the Society. 

 The second premium of $6, to Adam Harrington 



of Shrewsbury ; and 

 The third premium of $4, to Royal Keith of Graf- 

 tun. 

 For two years old — the first jiremium of $6, to 



David Carpenter of Charlton ; 

 The second |iieinium of $4, to William B. Har- 

 rington of Grafton; and 

 The third premium of $3, to Elijah L. Case of 

 Grafton. 



For those of one year old — 

 The first premium of $5, to Reuben Wheelock of 



Sutton ; and 

 The second premium of $3, to Timothy H. Mer- 

 riam of Grafton. 



Your committee had their attention called to a 

 yearling steer that was presented by the President 

 of the Society fi>r exhibition only. The steer, they 

 gay, is a first rate animal in regard to size and ap- 

 pearance, and that the owner is entitled to the 

 thanks of the society. This animal shews plainly 

 that he has taken great paii.s to improve the breed 

 of cattle in this county. 



There were presented by Salmon Hathaway of 

 Grafton, one pair of Steer Calves, 7 months old, 

 for which your committee found there was no 

 premium oflTered by the Trustees; hut your com- 

 mittee were highly pleased with them, and ven- 

 ture to recommend that a gratuity of $2, be grant- 

 ed to that gentleman. 



All which is respectfully submitted, 



JOHN WHITNEY, Chairman. 



SHEF.P. 



The Committee appointed to examine and award 

 premiums on sheep, have attended the duty as- 

 signed them and report: — 



That a greater number of sheep were offered 

 than usual and all of superior quality. 



That Mr Benj. N. Childs is entitled to the first 

 premium of 9 dollars, for his four excellent Meri- 

 no Ewes. 



That they award to Stephen Marsh, Jr. the pre- 

 mium for the requisite number of mixed sheep, 5 

 dollars. 



'I bat they award to Stephen Marsh, Jr. the pre- 

 mium of 5 dollars, for the best native Ram. 



That they award to John Whitney the premi- 

 um of 4 dollars for the requisite number of native 

 Ewes. 



That Mr John F. Clark is entitled to the premi- 

 um of 3 dollars for the two best native wethers, 

 and the tlianks of the society for general 'appear- 

 ance of the remainder of his flock. 



That Mr Seth Wyman is entitled to the premi- 

 um of 5 dollars for the best Dishley Ram. 



That a number of native Rams were exhibited 

 of superior quality and would be entitled to pre- 

 mium in most cases, but as the society had but one 

 premium to award, they were compelled to par- 

 ticularize. 



The above premiums are awarded with much 

 difiidence, feeling as the committee sensibly do, a 

 great want of confidence in their own judgment. 

 Per order, 



G. RUGGLES, Chairman. 



BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



The Committee on Butter and Cheese respect- 

 fully report : — 



'J'bat there were presented to them for premi- 

 um Ten Lots of Butter, amounting in all to 291 lbs. 

 It was agreed by the Committee that each mem- 

 ber should proceed, in the first place to select from 

 the whole, four lots, which should be, in his opin- 

 ion, best entitled to the Society's iiremiums, and, 

 on com|iaring notes it was found that each one, 

 without consultation with the others, had selected 

 the same lots. Where all were so good, the com- 

 miltee found it somewhat difficult to decide which 

 were entitled to the preference among the lots 

 thus selected ; but after a fiill and thorough exam- 

 ination, finally agreed, unanimously, to recommend 

 as follows ; — 

 To George Denny of Westborough, lor Box 



of 22 lbs. the first premium of $7 



To Samuel Sawyer, 2rl. of Sterling, for Box 



of 20 lbs. the .second premium of '5 



To Walter Bigelow of Worcester, for two 

 Boxes of 20 and 30 lbs, the third premi- 

 um of '* 

 To James Campbell of Worcester, for Box 



of 25 lbs. the fourth premium of 3 



There were other lots of excellent Butter — 

 such as would do credit to any farm, and to any 

 dairy-woman in the country. There were two in 

 particular, which wouhl probably have stood a fair 

 chance for premium had less salt been used, and 

 what was used, bettor worked in. Two of the 

 lots were not accompanied by the certificates re- 

 quired by the rules of the Society, n fact which the 

 committee take occasion to notice, not because it 

 was material in the present instance, but that com- 

 l)etitors may be reminded, that the rules of the 

 Society must be strictly complied with in order to 

 obtain a premium. 



The exhibition of Cheese was highly gratify- 

 ing — the amount presented for premium being 

 large, and the quality, as it seemed to the com- 

 mittee, unusually good. There were twenty- 



