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Heview of the Weather— Agricultural Exhibition^ 



Vol. IV. 



Review of tUe Weather for July, 1839. 



Thus far we have had a most delightful 

 summer. A healthful atmosphere, and a 

 fruitful season for every thmgpleasant to the 

 eve, and delightful to the taste. The first 

 nine days of the month just closed, were 

 moderately cool,^ and the question was fre- 

 auentlv asked, " Are we to have no hot wea- 

 ther this summer 1" On the 10th the mer- 

 cury ran up to 90, when the exclamation was 

 heard, " O, how terribly hot it is !" From 

 that date we had frequent showers durmg 

 the niffht, succeeded by hot sunny days, with 

 raerc.rry ranging from 80 to 90. The warm- 

 est davs, by our thermometer, were the 2^d 

 and 27th, when it rose to 91 and 93. Uut 

 the acrcrregate heat of the month was quite 

 moderate in comparison with the correspond- 

 ing month of last year, when the mercury 

 ranged during eighteen days, from 90 to 97 | below, 

 in the shade, and in no instance was it so i 

 low as 80 at 2 o'clock. The average of the 

 whole month, at mid-day, was 90; and the 

 averatre of every twenty-four hours during 

 the m°onth was 81. Whereas, the average 

 of the month just passed was, at sunrise, m\ 

 at 2 o'clock, 85; at 10 P. M. 69; and the 

 whole month was 74; being a difference of 

 seven deo-rees more in July 1838, than 1839. 

 More or less rain fell on eighteen different 

 days, principally during the night. The quan- 

 tity during the month was two and a halt 

 inches. The wind was exceedingly variable. 

 There were but two days when it blew from 

 the same quarter the whole day. A more 

 fruitful season has not occurred, perhaps, tor 

 twenty years. Our markets aboimd with 

 every luxury of the season.— [7. S. Gazette. 



Agricultural Exliil)itioii. 



The Philadelphia Society for Promoting 

 Agriculture having resolved to hold an Exhi- 

 bition and Sale of live stock, agricultural im- 

 plements, &c. this season, the committee ot 

 arrangement have selected Parrot's Tavern, 

 Rising Sun Village, on the Germantown turn- 

 pike, as a convenient and suitable location. 

 The Exhibition will take place on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, the 22d and 23d of October 

 next, and the Sale on Wednesday the 23d, 

 conducted by Mr. Charles J. Wolbert, a 

 member of the society. 



The following premiums will be awarded, 

 subject to the rules and restrictions named 



The Army Worm, 



A letter from our correspondent at Quincy, 

 111., advises us, is making great ravages m 

 that section of the country. We can neither 

 rrive the history of this new enemy, nor pre- 

 scribe a mode of destroying them. They are 

 in a measure unknown east of the Alleghany 

 mountains. Yet, while penning this notice, 

 our friend Robt. White, jr., of Shrewsbury, 

 N J has called upon us, and informs that the 

 army worm appeared in his neighborhood last 

 season, and that this seasoa its ravages have 

 been alarming. When it enters a field it 

 sweeps vegetation almost clean, eating the 

 leaves and even the beards of wheat, without 

 disturbing the grain, and divesting the corn 

 wholly of its foliage. Every attempt to check 

 its progress, as trenches, &c. had proved abor- 

 tive. — Cultivator. 



In business, the keeping close to the mat- 

 ter procureth despatch ; and true despatch is 

 a rich thing. 



HORSES. 



For the best stud horse, ^^^ Jjj 



For the 2d best do , j^y 



For the 3d best do ' ^ 



For the best brood mare ^ ^^ 



FortheMbest do .^ 



For the 3d best do •• •• „ ,^ 



For the best colt between 2 and 3 years old 6 00 



For the 2d best do. do. do 4w 



For the best do. under 2 years old ... • 5uu 



For the 2d best do. do. •* " 



In judcring of horses, particular regard will 

 be had to their adaptation to general use on 

 I the farm and road ; combining strength, speed, 

 symmetry, and beauty of form and action. 



NEAT CATTLE. 



OVER TWO YEA.R3 OLD. 



For the best imported bull, Durham $tO 00 



For the 2d best do. do. ..•• ••> "" 



For the best do. of other breed 10^0 



For the 2d best do. do. -J"" 



For the best do. cow, Durham 10 ^0 



For the 2d best do. do. ,,•••••■ \ :i nn 



For the best do. do. of other breed 10 00 



For the 2a best do. do. do -S"^ 



For the best native bull, Durham, i'^'^ 



For the id best 

 For the best 

 For the 2d best 



For the best 

 for the 2d best 

 For the best 

 For the 2d best 



do. do. 500 



do. of other breed 10 00 



do. do 5 00 



do. cow, Durham 10 00 



do. do. 5 00 



do. do. of other breed 10 00 



do. do. do 5 00 



BETWEEN ONE AND TWO YBAR9 OLD. 



For the b'>st bull, Durham. 



For ihe 2d best do ■ 



For the best bull of other breed 



For the 2il best do. di>. 



For the best heifer, Durham. . . 



For the 2d best do. , ••• ,. „„ 



For the best heifer of other breed <; ^;; 



For the 2a best do do 



UNDER ONE YEAR OLD. 



$6 00 

 .4 00 

 .6 00 

 .4 00 

 00 



,.4 00 



.400 



For the best bull call", Durham,. . • 

 For the 2d best do. do. .-• 

 For the best do. of other breed 

 For the 2a best do. do. 



For the best heifer calf, Durham.. 

 For the 2a best do. do. 



for the best do. 

 For the 2d best do. 



9^00 



3 00 



5 00 



3 00 



.■;(« 



3 00 



of other breed 5 <^ 



do. ^00 



