The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-11-20

ESTABLISHMENT Of oar society ty whose means par
Of them perhaps hes been saved from me KNIFE N
inst premium was awarded 10 a bail owned ny MI
Henry iawrehce. OF Fairhedi and the second ~ q
bull owned ~ Mr.. David BIN.
There only one premium provided Tor heheis :
which was given 70 thar owned by Nathan BRIDGE ESD
of Dres'er.
The Cores were six ia number; and that Of q. a.
Rogers Esq OF Augusta drew the only pfize alott'
70 this object This was fed with nothing PHI
hay or Vrass; and while fed cHy on nay, mas gwen
daily 20 quarts Of milk Two other cows deserve no
tee. First hatof Mr.. Levi Fairbanks yielded more
than the preceding COW. but It had extra ieedlAs.-
The second COW To DC spoken OF belonged 90 Thomas
Little ESQ Of Windham; being Of the WestbTook lor
Gordon) breed and far surpassed ~ nvals III siAe-
No precise account however was gwen OF It's MIX OF
its butter and its calf was only Of size IA com
mon proportions with ITSELF no conclusion couiu DC
drawn from that quarter,
The company present appeared ~ take much inter
in the Working Cattle which If they seemed me
while Al rest shone more while performing their as
Twelve yoke of working cattle were entered besides
steers. The trial was made separately ny means oil
drag and cart each loaded with stone the former
weighing in the uhoIe two toni three hundred and
the latter in the 1goe three TONS fourteen hundreds
The wheels OF the latter were inches in breadth and
the assigned straight, and over tuli some
what ruuGh. The first prize was adudsed 10 MI Oy'
Ri Smith, of Readhed, whose cattle measured SIX iee
eleven inches and were six years old; and drew the
loaded cart twenty rods in one minute and tour sec
| onds The second prize given 10 Mr.. John as
sal Davis (son of John Davis, Esq OF Augusta whose
cattle measured seven feet half inch were seven
years old aad drew the loaded cart over the course
in ffty-seven seconds.
The next object OF consideration was Sheep Of
which seen entries were made The first premium
for sheep with merno wool was adjVdsed to Mr.. =
Rollins the second, having reference 10 general ex
cellence and quality OF mutton, was given % Mr. "
liam But the Committee added, that Mr..
j. ;. l.. Davis (anOtiVr of Mr. Davis OF Augusta
exhibited beautiful flock, that had they Thought
themselves at liberty consult size, ard WOOL tney
would have given him the first premium
Of bears, there were four FIVE entries, but the
premium given that OF John Pitts, Esq OF Bel
grade.
The UegetaJls productions come under notice.
The premium for Wheat was adudged to Benja-
min Butman, Esq. Of Dixncnt whose crop is said 10
have amounted 10 thrtysix bushels and eight quarts
PR acre the bushel from average Of twelve bush
~. weighing sixty pounds
The premium or Corn, fell to the share Of Capt Jo-
seph Mussey, Of Secrsmont, IN Hancock county, who
raised hundred and two bushels and half Of corn
weighing average fftyslX pounds and one hall
per bushe besides a cart load Of French ttrnips-al
on acre.
For Swedish Turnips John Pitts, ESQ. Of Belgrade
received the prize having applied thirty loads OF
green manure and three bushels Of pasef per acre
and harvesting crop of 576 bushels, weighing on an
average So pounds
LuWdiu Didht I-Sq. VI OAlOAu COUNTY idiSCu FiN
bushels of Po.atoes in hills, and had the premium
having employed ten loads Of common barn dung, anc
two bushels of plaster.
Mr. Daniel Heard, Of Hallowell. exhibited some
beautiful white or silver Onions.-Samuel Carr, Esq
Of the same place. produced an Apple which measured
is inches in circumference weighed 81 ounces averdu
pbis fair and fine, and made part of crop Of IL
bushels from the same tree.
Gov. KING, Gen. CHANDLER, and the Hon
Mr.. HOLMES, were appointed a Committee IN
search of the best Threshilg .udchines"