AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



'tlHLISHCD nV JOSEPH BRKCK & CO., NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (AoRicui.TUBAt Wafehouse.) — T. G. FESSF.NOEN, EDITOR. 



VOI... XV. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1837. 



NO. 2T. 



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PLYMOUTH Cl>, AGRICUIiTURAC EIXIIIBITIOIV, 



^t Bridgewater, IVednesdayj Oct. 11, 1837. 



LIST OF PREMIUMS. 



Improvements and Manure. 



1 For the best oullivated Farm, not less 



than thirty-five acres, .$30 00 



2 Second do do do 20 00 



N. B. — Chuniants, in addition to an ac- 

 curate stateinnte concerninc; tlie qualities 

 of the soil, the manner of cuhivaling the 

 different crop.s, the whole expense of nian- 

 a<i\u<: the Farm and the income from it, 

 will be required to shew, as correctly as 

 practicable, what crops and what aniitials 

 give the greatest clear profit. 



3 To the person who shall have converted 

 the greatest quantity of swampy land or 

 fresh meadow into English mowing, 

 since 183C, which shall he in the best 

 condition on the first of Oct. 1837, 15 00 



4 A second premium for the same object, 10 00 



N. B. — Claimants must slate in writing 

 the condition of the land when the im- 

 provements commenced, the kind of soil 

 and depth, the produce of each year, and 

 a pariicular account of their proceeding.s. 



5 To the person who shall cultivate the 

 greatest number of Chinese Mulberry 

 trees, either ti-om seed or cuttings, which 

 shall be in the most flourishing condi- 

 tion the first day of Sept. 1837, 10 00 



C For the next gi<-atest number, 5 00 



7 To the person who shall make (he most 

 extensive preparation for a Nur.sery of 

 White Mulberry Trees, by sowing the 



seed in the spring of 1837, 8 00 



8 A second premium for the same object, 6 00 



9 A third do do do 4 00 



10 To the i)erson who shall build the 

 greatest quantity of good stone wall, not 

 less than 200 rods, before September, 

 1837, and improve his farm judiciously 



in other re.spects, 30 00 



11 For the next do not less than 1-50 



rods, 20 GO 



12 For the next do not less than 100 



rods, 10 00 



13 To the per.son who shall make the 

 greatest quantity of the most valuable 

 compost manure, not less than .500 loads, 



40 cubic feet considered a load, 30 00 



14 .\ 2d prem. for not less than 400 loads, 25 00 



15 A 3d do do 350 '''do 20 00 



16 A 4th do do 300 do 15 00 



17 A 5th do do 250 do 10 00 

 Committee authorized to distribute 10 volumes 



New England Farmer, and 10 volumes Complete 

 Farmer. 



N. B. — Claims to be made on or before Sep- 

 tember 1, 1837, to MORRILL ALLEN, of Pem- 



broke. Cl.iimants to entitle themselves to the 

 above offered premiums must make a particular 

 statement, in writing, of their several operations. 



Produce. 



1 For the greatest quantity of Wheat rais- 

 ed on not less than one acre of land, 



nor less than twenty bushels, ' $15 00 



2 For the next greatest quantity do 10 00 



3 For the best crop of Indian corn, raised 

 on one acre, not less than 90 bushels, 

 (75 lbs. in the ear considered a bushel) 

 not to be harvested before the 15th Oct. 



1837, 15 00 



4 Next best crop, not less than 80 bushels, 8 00 



5 Next best crop, not less than 75 bushels, 6 00 



6 Next best crop, not less than 60 bushels, 4 00 



7 Fi;r the best crop of Potatoes, on not 

 less thin one acre of land, and not less 



than 500 bushels to the acie, 10 00 



8 For the next best, do. not less than 400 

 bushels, (.56 lbs. to be considered a hush- 

 el of every kind of root except onions,) 9 00 



9 For the best cro|i of Oats on not less 

 than two acres, and not less than fifty 

 bushels to the acre, 8 00 



10 For the next best do do 5 00 



11 For the greatest number of bushels of 

 Rye, raised on an acre, and not less than 



30 bushels, 8 00 



12 For the next best do do 6 00 



13 For the greatest quantity of White 

 Beans, raised on an acre, not less than 



15 bushels, - 8 00 



14 For the next do. do. not less than 12 

 bushels, 6 00 



15 For the grcat?.st quantity of Carrots 

 raised on not les.s than one acre of land, 



and not less than 300 bushels, 10 00 



16 For the next greatest ([uantity on half 



an acre, 5 00 



17 For the greatest quantity of Onions on 

 not less than a quarter of an acre of 



land, and not less than 75 bushels, 5 00 



18 For the greatest quantity of Sweet Po- 

 tatoes raised on not less than twenty 

 square rods of huid, the claimant ma- 

 king a satisfactory^ stateinent of the cul- 

 tivation, I ■ 5 00 



19 For the greatest quantity of cotnmon 

 'J'urnips on an acre, not less than 300 

 bushels, 5 00 



20 F'or the best croplof Ruta Baga or any 

 other sort of eastern Turnips, not le.ss 



than 400 bushels to the acre, 6 00 



The Committee on Produce are authorized to 

 distril)ute ten volumes, N. E. Farmer and ten vol- 

 umes Complete Farinc(r, as additions to the above 

 ofl'criil premiuuis, or as gratuities to unsuccess- 

 ful claimants, according to their jinlgment of 

 merit. 



N. B. — It will be required of claimants of the 

 above premiums, to state in writing, the condition 

 of the land at the time the course of cultivation, 



for the approaching season, may commence, end 

 the several operations in that cultivation ; the 

 amount of produce must be attested by the owner 

 and one laborer. A certificate of the measure- 

 ment of the land by some respectable surveyor 

 will be required. Claims to be made on or be- 

 fore O'-tober lllh, 1837, but the evidence of the 

 amount of crops need not be produced until the 

 10th of Novembt-r next. Communications to be 

 made to PASCHAL BASSETT, of Bridgewater, 

 Chairman of the Committee on Produce. 



Slock. 



1 For the best fat Ox, 



2 Next do do 



3 Next do do 



4 Next do do 



5 For the best mih h Cow, 



6 Next do do 



7 Next do do 



8 For the best Heifer, not less than one, 

 nor more than three years old, 



9 For the second best do do 



10 For the best Bull, not less than twelve 

 mouths old, 



11 For the second best do do 



12 For the best I5ull Calf, not less than 5 

 months old, nor more than twevle, 



13 For the secoi;d best do do 



14 For the best Heifer Calf do 



15 For the second best do do 

 Committee authorized to distribute five vols. 



N. E. Farmer, and five vols. Complete Farmer. 



Cattle not to be removed from the pens before 

 1 o'clock, P. M. 



N. B. — Claims for stock of every sort, and en- 

 tries for the Ploughing Match, to be made on or 

 before the day preceding the Exhibition, to 

 ABRAM WASHBURN of Bridgeware!-, Chairman 

 of the Comnjittee of Arrangements. Claims en- 

 tered witli any of the Connuiltees by letters not 

 post paid, will not be considered. Animals must 

 liave been kept in the County five months to en- 

 title them to premiums. 



Ploughing Match. 

 The Ploughing Match will commence at 9 o'clock 



A. M. on the day of Exhibition 

 1st Premium, 

 2d, do 

 3d, do 

 4tb do 



The work to be performed with one yoke of 

 oxen. 



The Committee on Ploughing are authorized to 

 distribute five volumes Complete Farmer. 



Working Oxen and Steers. 



1 For the best yoke of Working Oxen, f S 00 



2 For the second best do 6 00 



3 For the best do. raised and trained in 



the County, 10 CO 



4 For the best yoke of Steers, not less . 

 than 2, nor more than 4 yrs. old, 6 00 



5 For the second best do 4 00 



$10 00 

 8 00 

 5 00 

 3 00 



