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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



OCT. 30, 18S9. 



ed by one whose person reminded him of another 

 sort of instrumentality, by whicli conquests scarcely | 

 less important had been achieved upon a ditferent , 

 element. In the sentiment he would now an- 

 nounce, he should have the pleasure of presenting 

 to the attention of tlie company an honored ijuest, 

 the gallant Captain Babbit, of the Navy. He then 

 gave 



The Xavy of the United States— In celebrating 

 this rural festival, may we not be unmindful, that if 

 seeds of wealth may successfully be sown on the 

 furrows of the tarlh, harvests of glory have been gar- 

 nered up from the billows ofthe ocean. 



This sentiment was received with hearty and 

 prolonged cheers, and was acknowledged by Capt. 

 Babbitt, but we regret, in so low a tone of Voice as 

 to have been too imperfectly heard to be reported. 



In allusion to the liberality of the Massachusetts i 

 Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, which 

 had united with the County Society in the offer of 

 premiums on this occasion, and to the Hon. Ji lin 

 Welles, one of the 'I'rustees of the State Society, 

 who had greatly enriched the Show by the gratui- 

 tous e.xhibltion of several beautiful animals from 

 his fine herd, the following sentiment was announ- 

 ced from the chair : 



The Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of 

 Agriculture— 'V\ioy not only send here their funds, 

 Z.S premiums io encourage the raising of good stock, 

 but their officers bring with them the best specimens 

 to show us what it is they mean to encourage. 



Mr Welles responded in a few remarks upon the 

 excellency of the Show, and gave the following 

 sentiment : 



The Agriculturists of TVorcester— Their splendid 

 Fair, and their Show, this day exhibited /lere— with 

 a due homage to the Fair elsewhere, and the Show 

 which beautifies the whole face of the country. 



Mr Codman, also one ofthe Board of Trustees 

 ofthe Massachusetts Society, gave an apt sentiment 

 highly complimentary to the County Society. 

 Mr John Lane Boylston, gave — 

 The City of Boston — May the iron links which 

 unite us in friendship, never be broken by discord. 

 Mr Colman, the Agricultural Commissioner, and 

 Mr Foster, the orator of the day, were happy in 

 their responses to personal complimentary allusions, 

 which called them out, but the haste in leaving the 

 table, occasioned by the announcement of the ex- 

 hibition ofthe great Sutton team, prevented obtain- 

 ing copies of their sentiments. Several other gen- 

 tlemen offered toasts, which we have not been able 

 to collect. 



His Excellency Governor Everett, who had been 

 invited to attend, accompanied his expression of re-, 

 gret that previous engagements denied him the 

 gratification, with the following sentiment: 



The County of M'orcester— Rich in the fertility 

 of her soil — richer in the character of her citizens : 

 her prosperity is essential to that of the Common- 

 wealth. 



The company retired from the table to inspect 

 the long train of seventyfour yokes of fine oxen, ex- 

 hibited by the rood farmers ofthe town of Sutton. 

 The interesting character of this, as indeed of ev- 

 ery other part of the Show, will be best seen, by 

 the reports ofthe appropriate committees. 



The committees have always been formed of 

 practical men, skilled and experienrcd in the man- 

 ufactures and stock assigned for their examination. 

 The chairman has been selected with reference to 

 the convenience and facility of presenting to the 

 Society, in the few hours allowed for the discharge 



of the duty, a report of the decisions. By the reg- 

 ulations ofthe trustees, ho is not permitted to vote 

 in awarding premiums or gratuities, except when 

 members stlnd equally divided. The reporting offi- 

 cers, this year, were prevented, by the unanimity 

 ofthe committees, from exercising the right of suf- 

 frage. . 



.The following abstract of the premiums awarded, 

 excepting those mentioned in the printed reports, 

 will furnish acceptable information to successful 

 competitors. — N'atioual Mgis. 



Ploughing with Double Teams. 

 Leonard Wheelock, Grafton, first premium $10 

 Reuben Wheelock, Sutton, second 7 



Artemas Ward, 3d, Worcester, third 5 



Stephen Marth, Sutton, fourth 3 



Milch Cows and Fat Cattle. 

 L. & E. Barnard, Worcester, fat ox, 2252 lbs. $2C 

 Jedediah fistabrook, Rutland, second premium K 

 I Gardner Wilson, Leicester, third K 



Jacob Stevens, Charlton, best milch cow 1! 



Elijah Darling, Princeton, second 1< 



Reuben Barton, Milbury, third * 



Wm. Eames, Worcester, fourth • 



$13 

 10 

 8 

 5 

 75 

 5 

 5 



Working Oxen. 

 Daniel Tenney, Sutton, first premium 

 Stephen Marsh, Sutton, second 

 David W. Carpenter, Charlton, third 

 Elbridge G. Wheelock, Milbury, fourth 

 74 yokes of oxen, Sutton, team 

 David Carpenter, Charlton, team 

 Simon Carpenter, Charlton, team 



Steers. 

 Abel Flagg and sons, Worcester, best 3 yrs old $8 

 Harvey Dodge, Sutton, second 6 



Reuben Wheelock, Sutton, third 4 



Elijah L. Case, Grafton, best 2 yrs old 6 



John McLallen, Sutton, second 4 



Lewis Abbott, Brookfield, third 3 



Alpheus Davis, Charlton, best yearling 5 



Horatio Gates, Worcester, second 3 



Other Mat Stock. 

 Nathan Brooks, Bolton, best bull 

 Orsemus Willard, Harvard, second 

 '1 homas W. Ward, Shrewsbury, third 

 Joseph Sawyer, Bolton, best bull calf 

 '1 imothy P. Moore, Worcester, second 

 Reuben Wilder, Westboro', third 

 Orsemus Wi'lard,Westboro', best yearling heifer 5 

 Adam Harrington, Shrewsbury, second 4 



Elijah L. Case, Grafton, third '-^ 



Jonas H. Allen, Shrewsbury, best 2 yr. old heifer 6 

 Ephraim Drury, Worcester, second 5 



Moses Gill, Princeton, third 3 



Asa Rice, West Boylston, best 3 yrs old heifer 8 

 Bentley Stockwell, Sutton, second C 



Peter Stockwell, Sutton, 2 yrs old 2 



Solomon Hathaway, Grafton, best heifer calf 5 

 Henry Snow, Shrewsbury, second 4 



John Whitney, Princeton, third 2 



State Society's Premiums. 

 Nathan Brooks, Princeton, best bull 

 Orsemus Willard, Harvard, ne.xt best 



Thomas W. Ward, Shrewsbury, mixed Merino 



ewes 

 HoUon Maynard, Northboro', best native ram 

 Daniel Tenney, Sutton, best native ewes 

 John Whitney, Princeton, best native wethers 



Swine. 

 Samuel A. Knox, Grafton, best Berkshire boar 

 Peter Fay, Southboro', next best 

 Shaker Society, Harvard, Berkshire boar 

 Eden Davis, Webster, " " 



Marvin Wesson, Templeton, Miller's breed 

 Harvey Dodge, Sutton, best weaned pigs 

 William Eaton, Worcester, next best 

 Eleazer Porter, " best sow 



Harvey Dodge, Sutton, next best 



Stale Society's Premiums. 

 James T. Clapp, Belchertown, Berkshire boar 

 Samuel A. Knox, Grafton " " 



Butter and Cheese. 

 Job Rainger, New Braintree, best Cheese less 



than one year old 

 Welcome Newhall, New Braintree, second 

 Lorenzo Converse, New Braintree, third 

 Alexander G. Rich, Warren, fourth 

 John Matthews, New Braintree, best old cheea 

 Job Rainger, New Braintree, second 

 Isaac Stone, Shrewsbury, best butter 

 Otis Longley, Boylston, second 

 Luther Chamberlain, Westboro', third 

 George N. Sibley, Grafton, fourth 



Flowers, Fiuits and Vegetables. 

 Flowers, Edmund F. Dixie, Worcester. 



Mrs A. D. Foster, 

 Apples, Leonard Harrington, Shrewsbury, 



Jonathan Nye, New Braintree. 

 Blood beets, Edmund F. Dixie, Worcester. 

 Sugar beets, Charles Warren, " 



Onions, Samuel A. Knox, Grafton. 

 Potatoes, Eden Davis, Webster. 

 Summer squashes, Bezaleel Taft, Uxbridge. 

 Citron pumpkin. Miss Everett, Worcester. 

 Winter squashes, J. Puffer, Leominster. 



Hiram Brown, Worcester. 

 Robert tlogerson, Uxbridge. 

 N. E. pumpkin, John D. Sargent, Leicester. 

 French pumpkin, Francis T. Merrick, Worce3t< 

 The premiums awarded to each are equal : tl 

 want of funds unfortunately rendered them triflii 

 in amount. 



.150 

 30 



Sheep. 

 Thomas W.Ward, Shrewsbury, best Merino ram $7 

 F. Strong and C. Hadwin, Worcester, best Meri- 

 no ewes * 

 William Thomson, Oakham, second 4 



CATTLE SHOW. 



The Bristol County Agricultural Society he 

 their annual Fair and Show in this town on We 

 nesday last. It was a great falling ofi" frc 

 previous years, and on the whole, rather a meag 

 aff'air. Few animals only were exhibited, or ai 

 thing else, to give interest to the occasion. The 

 were a great many people in town to witness tl 

 exhibition, who expressed much disappointment.- 

 We give below a list of all the premiums awarde 

 which are copied from the Reports of the vane 

 committees. — Taunton Dem. 



Ploughing Match. 



The whole number of teams entered for this pu 

 pose was twelve— eight of these were entered wit 

 in the time prescribed by the Society— four only 

 the eight ploughed ; to these premiums were awar 

 ed as follows : 



To Luther L. Short . ^' 



Oliver Dean m " 



