The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-10-24

ton. The importation has been pro-
gressively diminishing for some years.
Those of the Committee more particu-
larly conversant with the subject, and
whose experience may justify the ex-
preston of an opinion, entertain no
doubt that the manufacture of middling
and fine cloth may be considered not less
firmly established among US than that of
cottons, and that, under equal advantage
es of capital and good management, it
will not be less profitable. 1t is credit
able to our Woollen Manufacturers, that
the finishing is now in no degree inferi-
our to that of the English. The fixing
of the blue dye, one of the greatest diff
ficulties in the art, is now well UNDER
stood. The blue is made as permanent
as any other colour. There is the same
variety in the shades as in the English
cloths, and there is no want of brilliancy
The Committee upon the Ploughing
Match
REPORTED,
That a piece of green sward land
was divided into lots of quarter of an
acre each, that there were several
competitors, viz :--Silas Dudley, one
pair of cattle, himself both ploughman
and dryer, time employed, 43 minutes.
Lewis Lilley, one pair Of cattle, himself
ploughman and driver, 53A minutes
Joseph Curtis, two pair of cattle, with
Nelson Marvel, ploughman, and -
Moulton, driver-55 minutes. Samuel
Ward, one pair of cattle, Clark Jenney,
ploughman, and Elias Sawyer, driver
81 minutes. Aaron D. Williams, two
pair of cattle, David Morrison, plough
man, and Abijah Seaver, driver-64
minutes. Jonas L. Sibley, one pair of
cattle Samuel Sibley, ploughman, Jerry
L. Bachelor, driver-44 1-2 minutes.
And Darius Putnam, one pair of cattle,
himself ploughman and driver, SO min
utes. Places being assigned by lot
That the work in general was very ex-
= cellent. and that they have found great
difficulty in awarding the premiums
They consider the ploughing of Messrs
Curtis and Williams, as rather the best;
but being bound by their rules and reg
ulations to consider not only the excel
lence of the work, but the economy of
labour as well as the time employed,
and considering that both Messrs Curtis
and Williams, each had two yoke of
oxen and driver, and that Mr.. Dudley
had only one yoke of oxen and no driv-
er; and also considering the excellence
of his cattle, and his peculiar skill of
managing them, together with the good
ness of his labour, they have been in
duced to award
To Mr.. Silas Dudley, of Sutton, the first
premium, 90 dollars as owner of the plough,
10 dollars as ploughman, and dollars as
driver.
To Mr. Curtis, of Roxbury, the Cd premium,
IL dollars, as owner of the plough. To Mel
son Marvel, dollars as ploughman. To
bIoulton, 3 dollars as driver.
To Mr.. Aaron d. Williams, the Sd premium,
dollars as owner of the plough. To David
Morrison, a dollars, as ploughman. To Abijah
Seaver, dollars, as driver.
The Committee on Working Oren,
awarded as follows =
To Darius Putnam, of Sutton, the 1st pre-
MUM.
To Silas Dudley, of Sutton, the Cd do.
To David Smith, jr. of Waltham, the Sd do.
To John Atkins, of Natick, half the 9TH do.
ST. so.
To Jonas L. sibley, of Sutton, the other
hafof the 4th do. 81: so.
To Jonathan Davis, of Oxford, the 9Th do.
$1,000.
The fourth premium was divided from
the general circumstances of equality in
the minds of the Committee The 9Th
premium was richly merited by Mr. Da-
Wis, for his Steers only years old, which
discovered no want of power in the usu-
al movements of load and Wagon
weighing nearly so hundred.
The second premium which was awarded
to Silas Dudley, and would under other cir
Cumstances have been we'll deserved, could
not consistently with the rules of the Society
be paid, as the same cattle had received a
premium of the Society at an exhibition in
preceding year. This fact was unknown at
the time. This regulation is important in the
view of the Trustees in producing more ex-
tensive and beneficial competition. 1t has
been provided for in their advertisement of
premiums, and as they thought was fully UNI
derstood by the publick.
Commonwealth Of Massachusetts.