AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



HlIBLISUnn RY JOSEPH BllECK & CO., NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (Agricultural Warehouse.)— T. G. FESSENnEN, EDITOR. 



VOI<. XV. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1836. 



NO. 81, 



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MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 

 AGRICULrTURE, 



PREMIUM LIST 1836. 



The Trustees of tlie Massachusetts Society for 

 promoting Agriculture liclieve that the interest of 

 agriculture will he hetter promoted by appropriat- 

 ing all the money at their disposal for premiums, 

 for the encouragement of well conducted farms, 

 rotation of crops, and other agricultural experi- 

 ments, the operation of the dairy, the importation 

 of new breeds of stock, remarkable for the quan- 

 tity and quality of their milk, and their readiness 

 to fatten, and a more thorough field culture of 

 grain and vegetable crops, than by distributing any 

 portion of it to the objects usually exhibited at the 

 Cattle Show, in Brighton ; and hope that they 

 shall be justified in omitting the show for the pres- 

 ent year. They flatter themselves the omission 

 will not in any degree relax the energies of Agri- 

 culturists, but awaken their attention, and stimu- 

 late them to raising fine cattle for labor, and for 

 the dairy, and the general improvement of other 

 animals, that cattle shows in future may exhibit a 

 greater degree of excellence than in fortner years, 

 in the selection and preference for the best stocks. 



In conformity with these views, the Trustees 

 have concluded not to have a Cattle Show, at 

 Brighton, this autumn, but propose to have au ex- 

 hibition of Butter and Clieese, at a place to be 

 designated hereafter by the Trustees, on Wednes- 

 day the seventh day of Decemher next, and to of- 

 fer the following premiums. 



For Butter and Cheese exhibited, without regard to 

 the place of Manufacture. 



For the best lot in tubs, pots, or firkins, 



not less than 300 lbs. $100 00 



For the next best, not less than 300 lbs. 50 00 

 For the best, less than 300 lbs. and not less 



than 100 lbs. 30 00 



For the next best, less than 300 lbs, and not 



less than 50 lbs. 20 00 



For the best let of Cheese, not less than one 

 year old, and not less in quantity than 

 300 lbs. 50 00 



For the next best, not less than one year 

 old, and not less in quantity, than 300 

 lbs. 30 00 



For the best Cheese, less than one year old, 



and not less in quantity than 300 lbs. 50 00 



For the next best, of not less quantity, 30 00 



The claimant for the several premiums on But- 

 ter to be exhibited in the month of December 

 next, must state, in writing, the following particu- 

 lars, viz : the number of cows kept on his farm ; 

 the mode of keeping ; the treatment of the milk 

 and cream before churning ; the mode of churn- 

 ing, winter and summer : the method adopted to 

 express the butter-milk ; the quantity and sort of 

 salt employed : whether saltpetre or any other 

 substances have been used in the process ; the 



best time for churning and keeping butter in hot 

 weather, and the best mode of preservinjr it, in and 

 through the summer and winter, and in what ves- 

 sels. 



The claimants for the several premiums on 

 Cheese, must state the mode of making the same, 

 and the following particulars, viz : the number of 

 cows kept ; whether the Cheese is made from the 

 proceeds of one, two or more milkings ; whether 

 any addition is made of cream; the quantity and 

 sort of salt used, and the quantify of rennet ; the 

 mode of pressure, and the treatment of the Cheese 

 afterwards. 



Farmers in the several States are invited to 

 compete for these premiums. 



Claims for the premiums on Butter and Cheese 

 must be made in writing, addressed to Benjamin 

 Guild, Esq. Boston, post paid, on or lefore the 

 5th of December next ; and the parcels deposited 

 before Wednesday the 7th, at a place to be desig- 

 nated hereafter by the Trustees, on which day at 

 10 o'clock, before noon, the Committee will pro- 

 ceed to examine the lots offered for premium, and 

 none will be admitted after that hour. 



The premiums will be awarded at the same 

 place on Thursday the 8th. 



It is particularly recommended to the competi- 

 tors, thai the Butter be put up in the nicest man- 

 ner. 



Each lot must be numbered but not marked, 

 and any public or known mark must be complete- 

 ly concealed, nor must the competitors be pres- 

 ent ; in default of either of these requisitions, the 

 claimant will not be entitled to premium. 



It is particularly recommended to the compet- 

 itors, that the Butter be put up in the nicest man- 

 ner. 



And to take notice that there will he a public 

 auction after the examination by the Committee, 

 and those who desire to sell will have an opjior- 

 tunity without any cliarge for auctioneer's fees, but 

 the government duty must be paid by the owner 

 of the butter and cheese. And after the premium 

 has been awarded, all the articles subinitted must 

 be taken care of by their respective owners, the 

 Committee having no further control or responsi- 

 bility in regard to them. The Committee will be 

 at liberty to withhold from the auction sale, any 

 parcels either of butter or cheese, which they may 

 have reason to suppose, from the oidinary quality 

 of the same, or other circumstances, may have 

 been sent merely for sale. 



THE BEST CULTIVATED FARMS. 



For the best cultivated farm, $150 00 



For the next best cultivated farm, JOO 00 



The farm to consist of not less than 70 acres, 

 exclusive of woodland. The owner or tenant, to 

 entitle himself to either of the premiums, must 

 state in writing, the nature and quality of the soil ; 

 the proportions suitable for tillage, mowing, and 

 pasturing, respectively, and especially the quantity 

 of irrigated meadow or low land, which is never 

 tilled or ploughed, with as much particularity as 

 lie is able. 



The number of acres [)lanted the present year 

 with corn, potatoes, and other vegetables. 



The number sowed with winter and spring 

 graiii-i, anil oilier vogelables, specifying the several 

 kinds, and the number of acres pl;mted or sown 

 with each. 



The quantity and kind of Manure used for each 

 crop, and the times and manner of applying it. 

 The quantity and quality of each crop. 



The number of acres mowed the present year, 

 what proportion ujiland, what meadow or land that 

 had never been ploughed, the kind of grass, and 

 quantity of hay, according to the best of his 

 knowledge, judgment and belief. His manner of 

 dressing and manuring his meadow or mowing, 

 and laying down his tilled land to grass, the kinds 

 of grass seed, the quantity of each, the time of year 

 it is sown, and whether with oats, barley, or other 

 grain, or alone. 



The form of the barnyard, and manner of col- 

 lecting and making manure. 



The number of oxen, cows, and young stock, 

 horses, and sheep, kept on the farm through the 

 year, and the quantity of butter and cheese made, 

 distinguishing the new milk from the other cheese, 

 and the breed of cows, whether foreign, mixed, or 

 native. 



The number of swine kept and the quantity o*" 

 pork made. 



The labor employed in carrying on [he farm 

 and the quantity of ardent spirits (if any) con- 

 sumed. 



As it is deemed important to ascertain the best 

 rotation of crops, it is desired that the apjjlicants 

 for those premiums will state the kind of crop, if 

 not able to state the quantity raised on the several 

 and respective pieces of tillage, and mowing land 

 described in their statements, for the year next 

 preceding the present one. 



The manner of feeding his stock in winter sea- 

 son ; whether he gives his milch cows or oxen 

 grain or roots of any kind, and the kind and quan- 

 tity. 



His treatment of calves he intends to raise ; 

 whether he lets them continue to suck, or weans 

 them soon after calved — how soon — what food 

 he gives them, and how long he continues to feed 

 them. 



If it be a sheep farm, the manner he treats his, 

 sheep in the winter; whether they are housed or 

 lefi out in the yard, the food given them and the 

 time they generally lamb. 



The Trustees think, that the utility of this pre- 

 mium materially depends on the particulars above 

 mentioned being stated, with as much exactness 

 as the nattn-e of the business will admit; they do 

 not, however, expect that the mowing, pasture,^ 

 or tillage land, should be actually surveyed, or tl)^ 

 hay weighed ; hut only that the ajiplicant should 

 ascertain the qu.ntities with as great accuracy aa 

 he can without, and state them according to his. 

 best judgment and belief. They think it propei;'. 

 to observe, that while they expect a substantial 

 compliance with the terms above specified ^ e?^ 



