vox,. XV 111. NO. a. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



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beef; one object being to sliuw the relative price Tlie person or persons making the inspection, 

 of such ipiality of beef to the cost of production. i will rc(]uire_of the respective owners nr occupants 

 For the best boar, not less than six months old $iO I of farms, answers to the following inquiries : 



Of the most valuable breed, and to be kept at Of how much land does your farm consist, ex- 

 least one year for use witliin the State. j elusive of wood land ? 



Notice of the intention to offer animals for the | Wh;t is the nature ofyonr soil — does it consist 



foregoing premiums must be given in writing t( 

 Kenjamin Guild, Esq., Boston, Recoiding Secreta 

 ry of the .Massachusetts Society for the Promotion 

 of Agriculture, on or before Monday, the seventh 

 day of October next, and the animals must be plac- 

 ed in the pens at Worcester, by nine o'clock, A. M. 

 on the said ninth day of October being the day of 

 tlie Cattle Show. 



They also propose the following premiums to be 

 a«-arded to competitors from any part of the Com- 

 monwealth who shall exhibit at the Cattle Show of 

 the Berkshire Agricultural Society, on Wednesday, 

 tlie second day of October next, at PiltsfieU, viz : 

 For the best team of working cattle from 

 any one town, consisting of not less 

 than 15 pairs $30 



For the second best 25 



For the third best 20 



For the best stock of neat cattle 



For the best yoke of working oxen 



For the best yoke of four year ohi oxen 



For the best yoke of three year old steers 



For ditto two year old ditto 



For ditto yearling ditto 



For the best milch cow not less than three years 



old 10 



For the best two year old lieifer 8 



For the best bull 10 



For the best bull calf 5 



For the best heifer calf 5 



For the best buck 7 



For the best five ewes 



For the best boar 6 



For the best sow 4 



The distribution of the amount on stock having 

 been thus subdivided at the suggestion of the trus- 

 tees of the Berkshire Agricultural Society, the com- 

 petitors will be expected to comply with the rules 



of sand, gravel, clay, loam or peat? 



If of a part or all of the above kinds, what do 

 you consider the best method of improving them .•' 



How many acres do you till, and how many cart- 

 loads of maniu'C (meaning by cartloads 30 bushels 

 at least,) do you generally put on an acre? 



Is your manure applied in its long, or green 

 state, or in compost ? 



Do yon spread and plough in your manure put 

 upon field.i to be |)lanted with corn or potatoes, or 

 [lilt it into the hills? 



What is your method of ploughing and cultivat- 

 ing green sward ? 



How many acres of upland do you mow, and 

 what is the average quantity of hay upon an acre ? 



How many acres of t^-rass land do you irrigate ; 

 at what season and how long do you allow the wa- 

 ter to flow your land, and what is the efl'ect ? 



Do you manure the land irrigated or any other 

 land you mow, how much to an acre, and what kind 

 of manure do you put on ? 



How many acres of low land, not suitable for the 

 plough, do you mow, and what is the quality and 

 quantity of the hay cut the present year? 



What is your method of reclaiming low, bog or 

 peat lands, and what has been your success? 



How many acres of corn have you planted the 

 present season ; what was yout mode of preparing 

 the ground and the seed, the kind and quantity of 

 manure used to an acre, the manner of applying it, 

 and the quantity of corn raised to an acre ? 



How many acres did you plant with potatoes the 



7 present year; what was your method pf planting, 



your manner of cultivating, and what the average 



quantity raised on an acre, and what kinds did you 



ant? 



What number of acres of other vegetables did 

 you plant, what kinds, and how many bushels of 

 produce had you to the acre, and to what use shall 



How many cartloads of manure do you take 

 from your hog styes in a year, and of what materials 

 is it made ? 



What number of hands is employed on your 

 farm, and what do you pay for labor ? 



Wliat is the number of your apple trees, and are 

 they of natural or grafted fruits ? 



Wliat number of fruit trees have you exclusive 

 of apple trees ? 



Have your trees been attacked by canker worms 

 or borers, and what is your method of destroying 

 them ? 



In the cultivation of your farm, do you allow the 

 use of ardent spirits ? 



'i he Trustees are desirous that these questions 

 should be answered with as much particularity as 

 possible. The applicant will not, however, be re- 

 quired to answer them under oath, but according 

 to the best of his knowledge and belief. 



The Trustees hope and believe that by the meth- 

 od proposed, many important facts may be elicited, 

 and the farming community enabled to derive much 

 useful information from the skill and e.xperience of 

 practical farmers. 



N. B. — Claims to be addressed to Benjamin 

 Guild, Esq., in Boston, before the first day of Octo- 

 ber next. 



(Form of the Application. ) 

 To Benjamin Guild, Esq., Boston : 



Sir : The subscriber, living in the town of 

 hereby makes known his intention of applying for 

 a premium for the best farm, and offers the same 

 for inspection. 



[Concluded next week.] 



Sugar Bed for Milch Cows. — An intelligent 

 gentleman from the eastward, assured us a few 

 days ago, that by giving his cows a peck of sugar 

 beets twice a day, cut up with their hay, h6 was 

 enabled to get just as rich milk and butter during 

 the winter as in summer, when the pasture was at 

 its best. Now as an acre of ground well manured, 

 planted in this root well attended, would yield beets 

 enough to keep ten cows from the 1st of November 

 till the 1st of May, should not every farmer make 



