AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



PUI!!.ISHED BY JOSEPH BRECK & CO., NO. 52 NORTH M.IRKET STREET, (Agbicultobai. Warbhousb.) 



VOL. X'VIH.J 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 2'J, 1840. 



[NO. 43. 



N, E . FARMER, 



LISr OF PREMIUMS 

 Proposed bt/ the Plymouth Co. .'Ic^riculturnl Society. 

 Cattle Show to be held at Bridgewater, on Wed- 

 nesday, October 7, 1840. 



Improvements. 



To the porsou who shall on the first day of 

 September, 1840, have tlie largest quantity 

 of land in the best state of preparation for 

 Englisli rnowinof, which was swamp land or 

 fresh riieadow June 1st, 183!), .$'25 



Sectmd premium for the same objnot, l.> 



Third " " .... 10 



To the person who shall in the summer of 

 1840, cultivate the greatest number of Chi- 

 nese mulberry trees, and feed not less than 

 1000 silk worms, 10 



Second premium for the same object, 5 



To every person in ilie county who shall build 

 before September, 1840, one hundred rods 

 of good stone wall, !) 



For every additional hundred rods, 12 



And in the same proportion for fractional parts 

 of a hundred rods, after two hundred have 

 been built. 

 To the porsnn wlio shall collect tlie gjrealest 

 quantity of any kind of material, (excepting 

 manure from stock,) which in the opinion ot 

 the committee shall more than pay the cost 

 of collecting and spreading on his farm be- 

 tween the first day of September last, and 

 the first (lay of September next, not less 

 than 400 loads, 40 cubic feet considered a 

 load, 20 



A second premium for the same object, not 



less than 300 loads, 15 



A third not less than 2.50 loads, 12 



A fourth not less than 200 loads, 10 



The committee are authorised to distribute 8 vols. 



N. E. Farmer and 8 vols. Yankee Farmer. 



N. B. — Claims to be made on or before tlifi first 

 day of September, 1840, to Morrill Allkn, Pem- 

 broke. 



Claimants, to entitle themselves to the above 

 offered premiums, must make a particular statement 

 in writing, of their several operations. 



Produce. 



For the greatest quantity of wheat, raised on 

 not less than one acre of land, nor less than 

 twenty bushels, $12 



For the next greatest quantity, do 8 



For do do do do 4 



For the best crop of Indian corn raised on one 

 acre, not less than CO bushels, (75 lbs. in 

 the ear considered a bushel,) not to be har- 

 vested before the 15th of October, 1840, 12 

 Next best crop, 8 

 Next best do 5 

 For the greatest quantity of barley on an acre, 



not less than 30 bushi'ls, 8 



Second premium do 5 



For the best crop of Rohan potatoes on not 

 ■ less than half an acre of land, nor less than 

 400 bushels, 5 



For the best crop of potatoes of any kind, on 

 not less than one acre of land, and not less 

 than 500 bushels to the acre, 10 



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

 bushels, (,5G lbs. to be considered a bushel 

 of every kind of root except onions,) 7 



For the best crop of oats on not less than two 

 acres, and not less than 50 tushols to the 

 acre, 7 



For the next best on one acre 4 



For the greatest number of bushels of rye rais- 

 ed on an acre, and not less than .30 bushels, 

 For the next best do do 5 



For the greatest quantity of white beans rais- 

 ed on an acre, not loss than 15 bushels, G 

 For the next do do, not less than G buslicls on 



half an acre, 4 



For the greatest quantity of carrots, raised on 

 not less than one acre of land, and not less 

 than three hundred bushels, 8 



For the next greatest quantity on half an acre, 4 

 For the greatest quantity of onions on not loss 

 than a quarter of an acre of land, and not 

 less than 75 bushels, 5 



For the greatest quantity of sugar beets, 

 raised on not less than a quarter of an acre 

 of land, 5 



If the sugar should bo extracted fromthe beots 

 and a satisfactory account of the processes ' 

 given, the premium will be trebled. 

 For the greatest quantity of common turnips 



on an acre, not less than 300 busliels, 5 



For the best crop of ruta baga turnip.^ not less 

 than 400 bushels to the acre, 5 



Committee authorised to distribute 8 vols. N. E. 

 Farmer, and 8 of Yankee Farmer, as additions to 

 the above offered premiums, or as gratuities to un- 

 successful claimants, accordini; to their judgment 

 of merit. 



P. S. — It will be. required of claimants of the 

 above premiums, to stale in writing the condition 

 of the land at the lime the course of cultivation for 

 the approaching season may commence, and the 

 several operations in that cultivation ; and the a- 

 mount of produce must be attested by the owner 

 and one laborer. 



A certificate of the measurement of the land by 

 some respectable surveyor, will bo reipiired. Claims 

 to be made on or before October 7, 1840, but the 

 evidence of the amount of crops need not be pro- 

 duced until the 10th of November bext. Commu- 

 nications to be made to Anthony Collamore, 

 Pembroke, Chairman of Committee on Produce. 



M. B. — Without a strict compliance with the 

 above conditions, the committee have determined 

 not to award the premiuuis. 



Stock. 



For the best fat ox, $8 



Next best do 6 



Next best do 4 



For the best milch cow, 8 



Next best do 5 



Next best do 3 



For the best heifer, not less than one, nor more 



than throe years old, 4 



For the second best do do 2 



For the best bull, not less than 12 months old, 8 

 For the second best do do 6 



For the best bull calf, not less than five inos. 



old, nor more than twelve, 4 



For the second best d(k do 3 



For the best heifer calf, do do 3 



For the second best do do 2 



Committee aullmrised to distribute 4 vols. N. E. 

 Farmer and 4 of Yankee Farmer. 



Cattle not to bo removed from the pens before 1 

 o'clock, P. M. Claimants for premiums on stock, 

 are required to exhibit to the committee, evidence 

 of the mode of roaring and treating animals offered 

 for pwjmium. The com iiittee will please strictly 

 enforce this requisition and award no premium for 

 a milch cow, unless the quantity of milk and butter 

 produced for at loiistton days iu each of the months 

 of June and September, be accurately slated. 



Animals must have been kept in the county six 

 montliB to entitle them to premiums. 



'Claims for stock of every sort and entries for the 

 ploughing match, to be made on or before October 

 5th, 1840, to Aeram Washburn, 2d, Bridgewater. 



Ploughing Match. 

 T!ii ploughing match will commence at o'clock, 



A. M. on the day of exhibition. 



1st premium, $8 



2d do 6 



3d do • 4 



4th do 3- 



5th do 2 



The work to be performed with one yoke of oxen. 

 Committee are authorised to distribute three vols. 



N. E. Farmer and three of Yankee Farmer. 



Working Oxeh and Steers. 



For the best yoke of working oxen, raised 

 and trained in the county, $10 



For the best yoke which were in the posses- 

 sion of the owner six months before the ex- 

 hiliition, 8 



For the- second best do do 5 



For the best yoke of steers, not less than two 

 nor more than four years old, 5 



For the second best do 3 



Committee are authorised to distribute two vol- 



um«s N. E. Farmer and two of Yankee Farmer. 



Articles of the Dairy. 

 For the best butter, not less than .50 lbs., $5 



Next best do, not less than 25 lbs. 3 



Next best do do 2 



For the best cheese, not less than 200 lbs. 5 



Next best do, not less than 100 lbs. 3 



Next best do do 2 



Committee are authorised to distribute 3 vols. 

 N. E. Farmer and 2 of Yankee Farmer. 

 Fruits and Vegetables. 

 The Committee on Fruits and Vegetables are 



