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G. B. Smith, 1 Esq., Baltimore, Md. ; James Pedder, 2 Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa.; P. Sather, 3 Esq., Broker, 164 Nassau- 

 street, New-York. I shall also visit Stonington, Ct. ; 

 Providence and Boston. 



At Albany I shall not only see you, gentlemen, but, I 

 trust, many good friends. Returning, I shall visit Utica, 

 Rochester, and at Buffalo, sans ceremonie, I shall invite 

 myself to partake of the hospitality of A. B. Allen, Esq. 



I hope to be able to give some information about mat- 

 ters and things in the West, to those of my agricultural 

 brethren with whom I may chance to meet, and I expect 

 to gather a great fund of useful information for my own 

 use, and that of others, at some future time. Among 

 other things, I intend to satisfy myself whether it is yet 

 time to form a "National Agricultural Society." 



I intend to take the journey at that season of the year 

 when I can witness and compare the growth of crops 

 between different sections, and see the improved stock to 

 the best advantage, and I hope I shall have occasion to 

 speak highly of every portion of the route. I remain 

 with much respect, 



Solon Robinson, [Post-master.] 



Lake C. H., la., April 2, 1841. 



Berkshire Hogs 



[Chicago Union Agriculturist, 1:36; May, 1841] 



[April 2, 1841] 

 Berkshire Hogs. — Experience is an excellent teacher 

 — as I have been taught a little I will impart it to others 



1 Gideon B. Smith, Baltimore, Maryland. Contributor to Farm- 

 ers' Register. Editor of the Silk Journal, Baltimore. 



2 James Pedder, born July 29, 1775, in Newport, Isle of Wight, 

 England; died August 27, 1859. From 1840 to 1843, editor of 

 Farmers' Cabinet, published in Philadelphia; about 1844 became 

 corresponding editor of the Boston Cultivator and in 1848, resident 

 editor, which position he held until his death. See Dictionary of 

 American Biography, 14:387-88. 



8 Peter Sather, uncle of an immigrant who died in Lake County 

 and was buried near Cedar Lake. Ball, Lake County, from 183& 

 to 1872, 210-12. 



