▼OI-. -Will. NO. 47. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



891 



PLYMOUTH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 The followingf is a list of premiums awarded by 

 the Committee on Maiuitactures, Oct. l(j, 1839: 

 To Martin Shaw, E.Bridsrewater, calf boots, $i 50 

 Nicholas Vella, do kip do 1 00 



Dr Calvin Pratt, S. do castor oil, 1 00 



Darius Wentworth, Bridgewater, wlwte 



leather, 100 



Mrs Abigail Alden, do cloth, 3 00 



' Ichabod Dunbar, Plymouth, do 1 00 



' Mercy Sturtevant, Halifax, flannel, 2 50 

 ' John Wood, do 2d best do 2 00 



' Betsey Durdiam, Plymouth, 3d do do 1 50 

 ' Deborah Porter, E. Bridgewater, 4th 



do do 1 00 



John Clapp, 24 yds G. flannel, 1 00 



Mrs Susannah f^orbes, Bridgewater, C. 



and .M. do 1 00 



' Alden Thou)psoii, Halifax, flannel, 75 



' Leruiah Hay ward, Bridgewater, do .50 



' Lucy Cusliing, Hinghain, I pr. R. 



blankets, 2 00 



' Alfred Woo<l, Middleboro', 1 pr. R. 



blankets, 1 00 



' Elizabeth Clark, do best carpeting, 4 50 

 ' Mercy Sturtevant, Halifax, 2d best do 3 50 

 ' Maria McLaughlin, do 3d best do -i 00 

 ' Sally Sampson, Duxbury, 4th dodo 2 50 

 ' Lurana Forbes, Bridgewater, 5th do do 2 00 

 ' Harriet F. Snell, E do 6th do do J 00 

 ' Adam Thompson, Halifax, stair car- 

 peting, 2 .50 

 ' Lydia Dean, Middleboro', 2d best do 1 50 

 ' Htinnah McLaughlin, E. Bridgewater, 



stair carpet, 1 00 



' Esther B. Pratt, Middleboro', best 



hearth rug, 3 50 



Miss Betsey Robbins, Plymouth, 2d dodo 2 .50 

 ' Phcebe Thomas, Middleboro', 3d best 



heartli rug, 2 00 



Mrs D. L. Cushman, Plympton,4th do do 1 50 

 ' Lucy Marcy, Plymouth, 5th do do 1 00 

 Miss Roena P. Forbes, Bridgewater, best 



W. hose, 1 00 



' Elizabeth S. Adams, Marshfield, 2d 



do do 50 



' Elizabeth Bates, Bridgewater, best pr. 



worsted do I 00 



' Elizabeth B. Sylvester, Hanover, 2d 



do do 50 



Wm. Eames, Duxbury, woollen socks, 1 00 



Miss Susan Lincoln, Hingham, cotton liose, 1 00 

 '■ Sophronia Reed, Middleboro', 2d best 



do 75 



' D. S. Cushman, Plympton, 3d do do 50 

 ' D. S. Cushman, do best pr linen do 1 00 

 Mrs Eph. H. Sprague, Bridgewater, 2d do- 

 do 50 

 Miss Amelia Hyde, do 1 pr silk do I 00 

 ' Hannah Hersey, Hingham, coverlet, 1 50 

 Mrs Eliza Sampson, Middleboro', 2d best 



do I 00 



Miss Jonah Bishee; Rochester, best quilt, J 00 

 Mrs Betsey Turner, do 2d do do .50 



' Fanny Shaw, .Middleboro', counter- 

 pane, t 00 

 Miss Rebecca Dunham, P'vmpton, 2d best 



do ' .50 



' Harriet Howard, W. Bridgewater, di- 

 aper, 2 00 

 Mrs Hannah Fuller, Halifax, 2d best do I 00 

 ' Nabby Phillips, Hanson, linen table 



spread, 75 



Miss D. Leonard, Warcham, linen gloves, 25 

 Mrs Nelson Wood, Middleboro', pr worst- 

 ed drawers, 50 

 ' Mary Dunham do be.tt worettd 



yarn, 1 00 

 Merry Wood, Halifax, 2d dodo 75 

 W. Eames, Duxbury, factory yarn, 1 00 

 Mrs Deborah Jome, Pembroke, lot worst- 

 ed do .'>0 



$75 75 

 MORTON EDDY, Chairman. 



REPORT ON STOCK. 



The Committee take pleasure in saying, that on 

 no former occasion have they witnessed better spe- 

 cimens of stock than have been exhibited tins day 

 for premiums The pens have been well filled 

 with prime fat oxen, excellent milch cows, and 

 beautiful young stock. The committee regret that 

 they have not more premiums to award, finding so 

 many competitors whose merits and claims are so 

 nearly equal ; but being under the necessity of 

 cutting our garments according to our cloth, we 

 have" cut and distributed as follows: 



Ist premium of $C to Hon. Daniel Webster, for 

 the best fat ox. 



2d do of $5 to " " " for 



the next best ox, driven from his firm in Marsh- 

 field. 



3d do of $4 to Samuel F. Sanger, of Bridgewa- 

 ter, for the next best. 



4th do of $8 to Jarvis BurriH, fur the Best niilch 



5th do of $5 to Sidney Packard, E. Bridgewater, 

 for the next best. 



Gth do of $3, to Seth Pratt, of Bridgewater, for 

 the next best. 



7th do of $4 to George Bates, Bridgewater, for 

 the best heifer. 



8th do of .f2 to James Stetson-, W. Bridgewater, 

 for the next best. 



9th do of $8 to Martin Swift, Bridgewater; for- 

 the best bull. 



10th do of $6 to Reuben Thompson, Plympton, 

 for the next best. 



11th do of •<i4 to Calvin Williams, for the- best 

 bull calf 



12th, do of $3 to Zepheniah Keith, Bridgewatef, 

 for the next best do. 



1 3th do of $3 to ('ol. A. Washburn, for the best 

 heifer calf. 



14th do of $2 to Seth Pratt, for the next best do. 



The committee recommend the following gratui- 

 tie:i to unsuccessful claimants : 



1 vol. N. E. Farmer to Capt. Salmon Howard, ; 

 W. Bridgewater. 



1 do do to Galen Howard, of do. j 



1 do do to Isaac Wilbur, Bridgewater. ! 



1 do do to Ephraim Shell. W. Bridgewater. i 



Also, 1 vol. Yankee Farmer to Jacob Robinson, ' 

 Bridgewater. j 



1 do do to Joseph Carver, of do. 



1 do do ti) William Gardner, of do. 



1 do do to Betsey Gilbert, of do. 

 All which is re.speclfully submitted. 



A. W. OLDHAM, ) Committee 



SALMON HOWARD, \ on 

 JOHNTILDEN, ) Slock. 



Bridgewater, Oct. IGlh, 1839. 



i ploughing : scvrn appeared at the appointed time 

 : and performed their work very much to the salis- 

 I faction of your committee. After much delibera- 

 tion, your commillec have unanimously agreed on 

 I the following awards : 



They award the first premiuni of .$8 to Abrani 

 Washburn, 2d — work performed in 22 minutes. 

 I The second of *() to the ploughman of the alms- 

 house of the town of Bridgewater — Silas Robbins, 

 superintendent — work performed in 19 1-2 uiiuutes. 



The third do of .'$4 to Willard Wood — work per- 

 formed in 22 minutes. 



The fourth do of $2 to Adin Alger — work per- 

 formed in 18 minutes. 



They also award to Cornelius Holmes one vol- 

 ume of the New England Parmer — work performed 

 in 20 minutes. 



To Newton Mitchell one volume of the Yankee 

 Farmer — work performed in 21 minutes. 



To Philander Wood one volume of the Yankee 

 Farmer — work performed in 24 minutes. 



The ploughs used were all of cast iron and of 

 very good quality. The con>mittee were of opin- 

 ion that the one manufactured by Prouty & Mears, 

 called the Centre Draft plough, was preferable to 

 any other. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



ABRAM WASHBURN 2d, 



Chairman. 



REPORT O.N p-RODUCr:. 



The Committee on Produce award the following 

 premiums : 

 To Galen Howard, West Bridgewater, best crop of 



wheat — 1st premium )5;12 00 



■ Abram Washburn, Bridgewater, wheat 8 00 

 ' Albert G. Pratt, Middleboro' — wheat 4 00 



' Daniel Goddard, Plymouth, best crop of 



Indian corn 12 00 



' Abrani Washburn 2d, Bridgewater, 2d best 



do 8 00 



' Joseph Kingman, W. do buckwheat 4 00 



' 'I'homas Frazor, Duxbury, gratuity for 



oats, 4 00 



' Dion Bryant, Bridgewater, oats, 2d pre. 4 00 

 ' Nathan Whitman, E. do sugar beets 4 00 



' Galen Howard, W. do earrots, 4 00 



.«64 00 

 Gratuities of New England Farmer to Galeu 



Howard, William Bourn, Hanson , Daniel 



Goddard, Paul Revere, Henry Alden. 



Of Yankee Farmer — 1 vol each — to Aritas Fobey, 



Paul Hathaway, Thomas Howard, jr., Thomas Fra - 



zor, A. J. Pickens. 



Coarse Bre.\d. Our friend Doctor Holmes, of 

 the Maine Farmer, s.ays we in Maine eat too much 

 fine flour bread for the liealth of the body or of the 

 pocket. People in western New York, where the 

 Genesee flour comes from, do not, on the aver-ige, 

 consume so much fine flour as wo do in this State. 

 The Dr. is right in this. Graham was not wrong 

 when he advised the eating of coarse bread. We 

 ought to raise more buckwheat for flitters, and par- 

 take more generally of good old-fashioned brown or 

 rye and Indian bread. This is necessary for the 

 health both of the body corporate and the body cor- 

 poiai. — Maine Cultivator. 



PLOUGHING MATCH. j Ashcs Sprinkled rouud apple trces is Said to kccp 



The Committea had eight teams entered for i them in a flourishing condition. 



