IBS*.] Encouragement of Agriculture in America. 



long want; and next stability, because 

 separately those first forms are easily 

 convertible into oppositely vicious in- 

 stitutions : llie kingaloue becomes the 

 lord, mere nobility a faction, and 

 democracy all crowd and confusion ; 

 and, moreover, the very kind of each 

 of these conditions is often changed 

 for a new one ; while, in a government 

 moderately composed and united, 

 such vicissitudes rarely happen with- 

 out great depravity on the part of the 

 leading men. For these is no cause 

 of change where each one is firmly 

 placed in his station, and has no pre- 

 cipice beneath him to seduce his fall. 



Just about to close my paper bag, 

 the definition of a government, witji 

 which the subject starts, catches my 

 eye : it is in ilsclf so determinate of 

 my last observation, that I cannot 

 resist the pleasure of its insertion. 



Est igitur, inquit Africaniis, respublica 

 res popiili ; popiiliis auteni iion oinnis 



homiuuni castiis qiioquo modo cougregatus, 

 sed ceetus niultitudinis. Juris consensu ct 

 utilitatis communioue sociatiis. 



A commonwealth, then, (said Afri- 

 canus,) is the common weal or afl'air 

 of a people ; by a people, however, I 

 do not understand every concourse of 

 men in any manner assembled toge- 

 ther, but a body associated on an 

 admission of right and communion of 

 interest. G. L. S. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIK, 



AS better ideas of the actual policy 

 and stateof society in the United 

 States may be formed from a docu- 

 ment like the following, than from the 

 cursory and superficial observations of 

 tourists, I doubt not but you will 

 give it circulation in your important 

 worki 



Annual Exldliition of the New-York County 

 Ai^ricultural Society, held on the 28</i and 

 ^9thof October, lii23. 

 For an acre of Fotaloes, best in qua- 

 lity for winter u^e 

 Best half acre of Blood Beets . 

 Best half acre of Parsnips . 

 Best half acre of (;elciy 

 Best halfacre of White Onions 

 Best lialf acre of Savoy Cabbage 

 Best half acre of Cauliflowers . 



Best quarter acre of SlrawI)C'rrlfs 

 Best plantation of Currants, to be set 

 out this year, not less than a quar- 

 ter of an acre 

 To the person who shall furnish from 

 an a(;reof{,'ronn<l, the ;;reate.st quan- 

 tity of food and of the hest quality 

 tor Milk Cows 



Si 5 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



15 



To entitle to a premium, the culture and 

 the produce must be above mediocrity. 



Premiums open to the State at large. 

 Horses. 



For the best stud Horse 



For the second best do. . . 



For the third best do. 



For the hest Brood Mare and Colt 



For the second best do. 



Placed in the hands of the Committee 

 for discretionary premiums 

 Fat Cattle. 



For the best yoke of fat Oxen or 

 Steers 



Bulls and Cows, Ifc. 



For the best Bull 



For the second hest do. . . 



For the best Milk Cow . . 



For the second best do. 



And three discretionary premiums of 

 So each for young Stock 

 Sheep. 



For the best Buck in reference to 

 rearing stock for the butcher's 

 stall 



For the best 6 Ewes with like refer- 

 ence 



To the best feeder of the best pen of 6 

 fat Wethers 



To do. do. 6 fat Ewes 

 Swime. 



For }he best Boar under 12 months 

 old 



To the best feeder of the best pen of 4 

 Pigs from one litter and under 12 

 months old .... 

 Implements of Husbandry. 



Placed in the hands of the Committee 

 for discretionary premiums 



Domestic Manufactures. 



For the hest piece of Broad Cloth, 

 not less than '20 yards, and 7-4 wide, 

 manufactured from native wool 



For the next best do. do. . 



For the best piece of Cassimere, not 

 less than HO yards, 3-4 wide, made 

 from native wool 



For the best piece of Flannel, not less 

 than 25 yards, and 7-8 wide, made 

 from native wool 



For the best two pieces of Satinet, not 

 less than 20 yards each, and 3-4 

 wide 



For the best 20 pieces of American 

 Cotton Good?, not less than oOO 

 yards, taking into view quality and 

 variety .,'... 



For the best piece of Linen Shirting, 

 not less than 25 yards, 7-8 wide 



For the second best do. from a differ- 

 ent niiinufacturer 



For the third do. do. 



For the best specimen of Lwen 

 Thread, not less than 5lbs. 



For the (inest and most elegant speci- 

 men of a Lady's Ciiass Hal, in iniila- 

 tiou of Leghorn 



540 



20 

 15 

 20 



10 



10 



10 



30 



15 



10 



10 



30 



15 



10 



20 

 For 



