The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-04-23
CATTLE SHOW
Ploughing Match,
Exhibition of Manufactures,
ut WORCESTER, Mass. 1923.
lContinued from our last.l
Domestick Manufactures.

Domestick Manufactures.
To the person or Corporation, who shall
exhibit the best single set Of Machine
Cards, $40
The best superine Broadcloth, dyed in
the wool. not less than quarters wide,
exclusive Of the list, and 90 yards in
length, Is
The best superfne Cashmere, dyed in
the wool, not less than 3quarters wide,
and go yards in length, 10
The best Carpeting, quarters wide, and
net less than 80 yards in length, 10
The best Carpeting, 8 quarters wide, and
not less than 80 yards in length, 10
The best sole Leather, not less than
100 lbs. 10
The best manufactured CalfSl1ins, not
less than 10 in number, 10
The best manufactured Morocco Leather,
of Goat Skins, not less than in num-
Der, 8
The specimens of Leather must be accom-
parted with certificate of the time and man
ner of tanning.
To the person who shall exhibit, of
Household Manufacture,
The best Woollen Cloth, not less than
three quarters wide, and 90 yards in
length, 8
The next best. of any description, other
than Flannel, 5
For the next best, 3
The best Flannel, not less than 7-8ths
wide, and 90 yards in length 10
The next best, S
The best Shifting Cloth, Of linen warp,
and tow or cotton filling, 7-8ths wide,
and 90 yards in length, and bleached, S
The next best, 3
The best Wove Woollen Coverlid, not
less than IL yards wide, a
The best Linen or Tow Diaper, FIVE
quarters wide, and not less than 90
yards in length, 6
The best Linen or Tow Diaper, four quar-
tiers wide, and not less than 90 yards
in length, )
The best Woollen Half Stockings, for
men. not less than 2 pairs,
The best specimen of Sewing Silk, of as
sorted colours, and not less than
pound in quantity, S
The best Butter, not less than so lbs.
The next best,
The best lot Of Cheese, not less than
100 lbs. of the manufacture of the
same person, 10
The next best, S
1.-THE specimens Of Butler and Cheese must be
accompanied acath a particular account Of the
manner IN lpltich the same Gcds made and
preseTred-dnd The oicner must certify The
quantity made in has dairy, from, the number
Of Coacs Kept between the first day Of June,
and the first day Of OCTOBER.
Every article of manufacture offered fol
Premium, must be entered with the Recording
Secretary, and delivered to the person APP
pointed to receive them, before II o'clock in
the forenoon of the day preceding the Exhibit
tion. And all manufactures, when presented,
must have private mark, and any publick
or known mark must be completely conceal
ed, so as not to be seen or known by the Com
mittee-nor must the Proprietors be present
when they are examined; and the goods must
not be removed until o'clock of the day OF
Exhibition, unless by permission OF the Com
mittee Of Arrangements default of either
OF w.neh acquisitions, the articles will not be
entitled to consideration or premium.
Ploughing Match.
The Trustees also propose to unite with the
Cattle Show, PLouGrNG MATCH, on The same
day, and to give Premiums to the owners and
ploughmen Of the four Ploughs, which shall
be adjudged by competent Committee, TO
have performed the best york Nth The least er-
pense Of labour, upon plot of ground not ex-
ceeding one fourth Of an acre, with Plough
drawn by one or more yoke of Oxen. In the
three first cases, if there be no driver, both
sumo for ploughman and driver to be awarded
to the ploughman.
First Plough, $40 Third Plough, So
Ploughman, S Ploughman,
Driver. 3 Driver,
Second Plough, Fourth Plough, q
Ploushman, 4 Ploughnan, 2
Driver, 9
As the great object of this part Of
the Exhibition is 10 excite emulation in
the use and construction of the most an
portant instrument Of Agricalture, the
ID ntcit Tia itnra In thn pLnnnck.