A N D H O R T I C U L T U K A L REGISTER. 



1'Ui:'..ISHH;D IIV JOSEPH IUJECK & CO., no uJ north JIARKET STKEET, (Agricultubal Warehouse.) 



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BOSTON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 18:3Si. 



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AGRICULTURAL. 



iVOllCESTER AGRICULIURAL SOCIETY. 



Commillte on Fat dilUc and Milch Coics. 



John L. Koy Istoii, Princeton, C'hrtirin:in: .ToaPi)'' 

 •^stabroiik, Royalston ; Daniel Tcniiey, Sutton ; Jo- 

 ej'h'Siiivycr, liolton ; Siilein Towne, Charlton ; .lo.. 

 iah GlR.-ison, Now Braintrei;; LarUin Ainmidown, 

 Jouthbriiljfe. 



Tilt; Committee on Fut Cattle ami Milch Cows 

 especlfuliy report: 



It'tlie mani station of ivpnltli and prosperity is 

 ver gratifying,'-, it is pociiliarly so when witnessed 

 n an occasion like the present. It brinj^s with it 

 heart burninj^s to contemplate the pcssossioR of 

 rhat forms the elements of the husbandman's 

 .ealth, for its very possession contributes to the 

 eneral comfort and independence of the whole 

 omruuiv.ty. His granaries may run over with ful- 

 ess : his stall.s may be crowded with their tenants, 

 nd his fields may teem with nature's richest pro- 

 ucts ; and yet there is such a consciousness that 

 hese are the rewards of industry, that the heart 

 lust be cold indeed which docs not rejoice in such 

 lanifestations of thrift. 



Here is no hoarding- — here is no evidence of 

 oavy premiums wrung from the distresses of the 

 nfortu.iate. Here may he thirty, or even sixty 

 3ld return for the seed cast into the earth; but it 

 i the usury, only, which nature and a beneficent 

 'rovidence pay to him who lets the changing sea- 

 on he his broker, and looks not to Wall street to 

 now the value of his stock. 



It has been the privilege of your coniiiiitLee to 

 xamine and enjoy tlie exhibition of a portion only 

 f those specimens of agriculiural weahh which 

 lave been this day collected here. Hut they do 

 lot derogate from the importance of any other part 

 'f the e.Tchibition, when they claim for it a high 

 ank. Our county may not vie with the fortilo val- 

 eys of the west in the production of grain cro])S ; 

 lut ive need not fear competition with any part of 

 iiir country in the character of the herds that graze 

 ipon the herbage of our pastures. Our dairies, too, 

 ell of the qualities of the animals that supply them, 

 it the same time that they bear witness to the neat 

 lousewifery and domestic thrift that makes our far- 

 ners not only independent citizens abroad, but hap- 

 )y husbandmen at home. In the general feeling 

 )f eongratulatiou at the truly magnificent e.xliibition 

 jf the day, your committee -would gladly avoid the 

 nvidiousness of distinction wjicre all are so worthy 

 jf commendation. Hut their duty requires it, and 

 hey proceed, therefore, to particularize tlie aiiimale 

 which they have examined. 



And with great propriety, the first ox which they 

 name is Columbus — not the Genoese navigator, but 

 ;be admiral of iJie Princeton herds. Unfortunate- 

 ly for his owner, in the way of premiums, this was 

 not his fir.st voyage to this port — but, fortunately 

 Tor the society, Col Whiiney life too much public 

 jspirit to iesitate, on that account, from offering 



him for exhibition. Though Columbus could not, 

 therefore, claim much on the score of being a dis- 

 coverer; he was certainly as g-rcf(< in his lino, as 

 ever his Genoese namesake was of old. 



Ne.xt in the order of pens, was an ox of Lewis 

 and Ebenezor Barnard, of Worcester. Alliiough it 

 is not by any means odd tor the Messrs Barnard 

 to have fat oxen, or to olfer them to grace our ex- 

 hibitions, they certainly brought an odd one into 

 the pons, and as he weighed 2'-^.5".i lbs. ntthe age of 

 7 years, your coiiim;ttee thought it would not be 

 easy to match him, and have awarded to him the 

 society's first premium of $'2i>. The ox was wholly 

 fatte.ned upon grass, and had been worked until 

 March lust. 



Jodeditili Estabrook, of Rutland, offered a pair 

 of oxen, weighing together oirt^Olus; to one of 

 which, being his yellow ox, the coiiiiiiitlee have 

 awarded the second premium of §1.^, The age of 

 this ox was 6 years, and his weight 1!)60 lbs. He 

 has 'been fattened upon grass, except two bushels of 

 corn and ten bushels of jiotatoes, and has not been 

 worked during the last season. 



Gardner Wilson, of Leicester, offered a pair of 

 oxen, weighing 3960 lbs., which were so near equal 

 that although the committee were satisfied that the 

 third premium should fall to one of them, it was 

 not a little diflicult to distinguish to which it should 

 be assigned. The committee, however, awarded 

 the third premium of $10 to Mr Wilson, for his red 

 ox, weighing 2lo0 lbs. 



The animal was -ivlioUy fatted on grass, and is 

 five years old, and was constantly worked until the 

 last spring. 



James Adams, of Rutland, offered a fat ox iveigb- 

 ing 2115 lbs. He was a beautiful animal, but as 

 he was not raised in the county, he was not enti- 

 tled to the privileges of citizenship, and, of course, 

 could not be voted for by your committee. He did 

 great credit to Vermont, the land of his birtli, and 

 showed that ' out west' is not the only place to look 

 for fat things. 



Mr Hollovray Bailey, of Northboro', offered a 

 pair of oxen, six years old, weighing 3005 lbs., 

 which -were of an excellent quality. They were 

 fattened entirely upon grass, and h,avebeen worked 

 during the last hay season. They deserved and 

 received the especial notice and conmiendation of 

 the committee, as well as of others who examined 

 them. 



Mr John Rich, of Sutton, offered a pair of oxen, 

 twelve years old, weighing 378S lbs., and if the 

 committee could state the amount o'f work done by 

 these oxen before being placed at grosi for fatten- 

 ing, and the high condition in which they now are, 

 they would but add new testimony of the value to 

 the farmers of such stock as has been this day ex- 

 hibited. 



The Messrs Barnards did not seem content with 

 e.xlii biting the best ox on this occasion: but, ns if 

 deten.iined to embarrass the committee by offering 

 others .of excellent quality, presented a pair of oxen 

 for prem.ium, weighing 3014 lbs., 8 years old, which 

 were worked until last March, and were wholly fat- 

 tened on grass ; but aa all the good cattle could 



not have premiums, the committee are obliged to 

 pass to the oxen of Francis Davis, of Holdcn. The 

 pair otTored by hiin weighed 3127 lbs. at thj age of 

 5 years, and were worked until June last, and have 

 been fattened im grass until within ton days past. 

 They were a handsome pair, and, in any ordinary 

 exhibition, might have deserved something more 

 than high cprnmendation. 



The committee are unanimous in their recom- 

 mendations, that the usual fees for travel should be 

 allowed for the several fat cattle exhibited this day, 

 as they all come fairly within the qualities required 

 by the society to entitle their owners to such al- 

 lowance. 



There were five cows dffered for premium. 



Jacob Stevens, of Charlton, offered a cow, which 

 has been kept with five others, with no extra feed 

 beyond what the pasture supplied. The quantity 

 of milk which she yielded in ten days in June, was 

 180 quarts, and i,-i September 150 quarts, from which 

 was made 17 lbs. 11 oz. of butter in the ten days in 

 June, and for the same space of time in September, 

 14 1-2 lbs. of butter; and for this cow the commit- 

 tee award to Mr Stevens the first pn'mium of $15. 



The second premium your committee have award- 

 ed to Elijah Darling, of Princeton, for a cow kept 

 by herself, nnd fed upon ordinary keeping : she was 

 a fine animal, and it was stated to the committee 

 that she produced 221 1-2 lljs. of butter during the 

 past suirinif-', which, with the quantity of milk used 

 in his family, furnished by the same cow, proves 

 her to have been a remarkable animal. 



The third premium was assigned by your com- 

 mittee to Reuben Barton, of .Millbury, for his cow, 

 eight years old, which pro.luced 13 1-2 lbs. of but- 

 ter in one week in June, and 8 lbs. of butter during 

 the first week in September; making the quantity 

 of 130 lbs. during the season, besides furnishing 

 milk for the consunqrtion of the owner's family — 

 and, also, for sale, to the amount of eight dollars. 



The fourth premium was awarded to William 

 Eames, of Worcester, for his four years old cow. 



There was a cow exhibited by Noah Allen, of 

 Shrewsbury, that was of a very high quality in all 

 respects; but as no more than four premiums could 

 be awarded, the committee must content themselves 

 with thus noticing this fine animal. 



Fourteen cows were offered for exhibition. 



Jacob W. Watson, of Princeton, placed in the 

 pens a valuable cow, with her calf eight days old 

 by her side, which the committee Examined with 

 much pleasure. 



Wm. Eames, of Worcester, exhibited a cow of 

 the Ayrcshire breed, six years old, which, though 

 a foreigner, showed real yankee thrift. 



Thomas W. Ward, of Shrew.sbury, exhibited two 

 milch cows of an excellent quality. 



And Orsemus Willard, of Harvard, also exhibit- 

 ed an imported cow of 'a fine quality. Although 

 she bears the name of " Lady Blue," the committee 

 were better jileased with her domestic qualities 

 than her learning, if her name was derived from 

 that quality which stamps the sex with the epithet 

 which she -wears. 



