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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



MAY 1, 18 



prerniimis, and which are bronjjht or driven more 

 than fifteen miles, compiitinfj from the place from 

 which ttie anmials come, to the place of the Show : 

 also to unsuccessful compelitors and owners of cat- 

 tle offiTPd for exhibition, the like sum, when it 

 shall appear from the report of the committee, that 

 in their opinion, the owners merit such an indem- 

 nity for an expense which has n;iven credit to the 

 Siiow ; but no owner of any number of premiimi 

 animals will be entitled to more than one allow- 

 ance for travel, at eight cents per mile. 



Entry of Jlnimals. 

 Persons intending to ofTer any species of stock, 

 for either of the before mentioned premiums, must 

 give notice cither by Itaer, postage paid, or by 

 persona! application, to John W. Lincoln, at 

 Worcester, on or before the 9th day of October 

 next, at 9 o'clock, A. i\I., stating the kind of stock, 

 au'e, breed, where raised, by whom owned, and ac- 

 companied by a certificate that a premium has been 

 awarded for the animal by an incorporated Agri- 

 cultural Society within this Commonwealth, and 

 requesting him to enter his application, so that 

 tickets for the pens may be ready by 8 o'clock of 

 the next morning, and the several committees be 

 furnished with a statement of the animals, to which 

 their attention will be required. The difficulty of 

 making proper arrangements for the accommoda- 

 tion of the different species of stock, without such 

 previous notice, renders a strict enforcement of 

 this rule indispensable, and no person will be con- 

 sidered as a competitor, who shall not have made 

 such application for entry on, or before the time 

 specified. 



Owners of animals of superior excellence, which 

 have not been olfered for premium at any show of 

 any incorpornted Agricultural Society, either the 

 present or past year, may enter such animals for 

 exhibition at the time before mentioned, furnishing 

 the information necessary to enable the Committee 

 to judge of the character of the Stock. 



P.tRM Implements. 



For the best Plow, $50 



Second best, ' 30 



For the best Subsoil Plow, J2 



Second best, g 

 For the best Cart or Wagon on improved 



principles, 20 



For the best Drill Barrow, 10 



Second best, 7 



For the best Harrow, ]0 



Second best, 7 



For the best Fanning Mill, ]0 



Second best, 7 



For the best Threshing Machine, 10 



Second best, 7 



For the best Straw Cutter, 10 



Second best, 7 



For the best Vegetable Cutter, 6 



Second best, 4 



For the best improved Ox Yoke, .5 



Second best, g 



For the best Horse Rake, g 



Second best, 5 



For the best half dozen Hand Rakes, 4 



For the best Grain Cradles, 4 



For the best half dozen Dung Forks, 5 



For the best half dozen Hay Forks, 5 



For the best half dozen Grass Scythes, 5 



For the best half dozen Cradle do. 5 



For the best half dozen Scythe Snaiths, 5 



For the best half dozen Shovels, 4 



For the best half dozen Hoes, 3 



General Rules. 

 Articles not presenting any new and valuable 

 improvement, will not be entitled to premium. 

 Should there be presented any Agricultural Imple- 

 ment, other than those above menlinned, which in 

 the opinion of the committee is entitled to particu- 

 lar commendation, they will be authorized to award 

 a suitable gratuity, therefor. Implements and ma- 

 chines must be tested as far as may be practicable, 

 in the presence of, and under the direction of the 

 Committee, should they deem it necessary. The 

 plows will bo subjected to a full and thorough 

 trial, and in any manner the Committee may think 



expedient. Tlie plows offered in competition for 1 .^i.V^^""'', 'n".'"j'"-' "" 7Y ".' "■-""""'J''' 

 ,L n u 1 r J , ^ , ; "iiums shall be discovered to have used anv d 



the premiums, will be delivered to them for tna, „„„, , ,, , "="»"/" 



1 ;Ii ,„ii k„ k 1 «r J J L r. L , ;• g'"i"o"s measures, by which the objects of thi 



winch will be had on Wednesday, the 9th day of j ^1= . 



October next, at such place in the town of Wor- 



It is understood that whenever merely 

 want of competition, any of the claimants inii 

 considered entitled to the premium, under a li^ 

 construction, yet, if in the opinion of the Jul 

 the object so offered is not deserving of any 

 ward, the judges shall have a right to reject 

 claims. Persons to whom premiums shal 

 awarded, may, at their option, have an artic 

 plate, with suitable inscriptions, in lieu 

 money. 



In cases where pecuniary premiums are off 

 the Trustees may, having regard to the cir 

 stances of the competitors, award either the I 

 ety's gold or silver medals, in lieu of the peci 

 ry premium annexed to the several articles. 



If any competitor for any of the Society's 



cestcr, as shall be hereafter designated for that 

 purpose, and will be continued, without any agency 

 therein by the owners, until the Committee have 

 satisfied themselves of the relative merits of the 

 several plows offered. 



The Trustees are desirous of rendering the Ex- 

 hibition of Agricultural Tools not only interesting, 

 but useful, both to those who may have occasion 

 to use them, and those who manufacture the instru- 

 ments. They hope that the agriculturist will find 

 in tho Exhibition Hall, every implement which he 

 may have occasion to purchase, of the most im- 

 proved construction, manufactured in the best man- 

 ner, and having thereon the name of the maker, 

 that the public may know where such tools can be 

 obtained. 



They also wish to include in the Exhibition such 

 Mechanics' Tools as a farmer has frequent occa- 

 sion to use, such as Planes, Chisels, Gimlets, Saws, 

 Adzes, Axes, Bitt Stocks and Bitts, Angers, 

 Wrenchrs, Hammers, Squares, &c., and for those 

 which in the opinion of the Committee are deserv- 

 ing a premium, they are authorized to award a gra- 

 tuity. For the purpose of providing for the pay- 

 ment of the gratuities before mentioned, the sum 

 of f 50 has been reserved. But no tool or imple- 

 ment will be considered as entitled to a premium 

 unless manufactured within the United States. 



All tools and implements must be delivered at 

 the Town Hall, in Worcester, to the person au- 

 thorized to receive them, before 9 o'clock, A. JI., 

 oa. Ilie 9th day of October next, that they may be 

 seasonably entered on the books, and arranged for 

 the examination qf the appropriate Cominitiee. 

 Those who may find it more convenient to send 

 them at an earlier time, may forward them to the 

 care of John W. Lincoln, at Worcester, who 

 will take charge of them, see that they are prop, 

 erly entered on the books, and exhibited in the 

 hall. 



It is requested that every farmer who may have 

 in possession any implement not in common use, 

 which he uses on his farm, in his dairy, or in his 

 workshop, and which he considers better than is used 

 by his neighbor, will exhibit it on this occasion, for 

 the informntion of the agricultural community. 



The Trustees of the Massachusetts Society for 

 the Promotion of Agriculture, will seasonably make 

 appoiiitrient of the several committees, who will be 

 selected from those persons in different parts of 

 the State who are considered as particularly skilled 

 in the subjects to which their attention will be re- 

 quested. 



by which the obje 

 ciety have been defeated, such person shal 

 only forfeit the premiums which may have 

 awarded to him, but be ren;lered incapable of 

 ing ever after a competitor for any of the Soci 

 premiums. 



The Treasurer will pay all premiums awai 

 on demand. 



All premiums not demanded within six mc 

 after they shall have been awarded, shall be det 

 to have bee.i generously given to aid the funi 

 the Society. 



By order of the Trustees : 



JOSIAH QUINCY, Jr.,") 

 JOHN C. WARREN, 1 ^ 

 JOHN A. LOWELL, p""™ 

 H. CODMAN, ] 



^pril, 1S44. 



For the New England Farmer. 



CLOSE PLANTING OF CORN. 



Mr Breck — \ have sometimes thought tli 

 farmers would communicate the results of un 

 cessful experiments, through the medium of 

 agricultural journals, they would confer as gre 

 benefit upon the public as they do by relating t 

 successful experiments. In accordance with 

 above opinion, I will attempt to give the resuJ 

 close planting of Indian corn the past sea 

 though at the risk of being somewhat tedious. 



In the spring of 1841, in consequence of the 

 moval of an old fence, I had a strip of pas 

 land fifteen rods in length, and two rods in wi 

 added to a field. It wa.s plowed up and plat, 

 with potatoes, and yielded a fair crop. In [ 

 spring of 1842, there were carted upon it :' 

 cartloads of good stable manure, and detj 

 plowed ; after laying a few days, it was harrow 

 and four more loads of good compost manure m' 

 of swamp muck, stable dung, lime, and asi' 

 were spread, and again plowed and harion 

 Abont the 10th of May, drills were made b; 

 kind of horse-rake, wiih the teeth just three 

 apart; three kernels of the "Brown corn" w 

 dropped in the drills, at the distance of two fe 

 in a few days the corn came up, and grew rapid 

 during the season, the ground was merely sera 

 over with the hoe three or four times, but no h 

 made. In October, when fully ripened, thee 

 was harvested, and produced over thirty buslielf 

 large sound ears, ami two bushels of small ea 

 and I think it would, when dry enough for 

 market, have shelled out 15 bushels, or at the r 

 of 75 bushels to the acre. 



I intended to have sown it last spring, with 



