No. 7. 



Potatoes — New J9gricnltttral Society. 



29,7 



Thompson, No. 30 North Fourth street, and 

 No. 77 Chesnut street, Philadelphia. 



Rohan's Potatoes and Tree Corn. 



John Dunlap, Esq., proprietor of Effingham 

 Farm, Bensalem Townsliip, Backs county, 

 Penn., has furnished us with the following 

 statement as the result of his experience in 

 the cultivation of those articles the past sea- 

 son. He planted one Rohan potato cut into 

 twelve setts, in hills, three feet apart each 

 way. The produce was fifty-four potatoes, 

 weighing sixty-four pounds, and measuring 

 one and a half bushels. 



The quantity of tree com planted was one 

 hundred and twenty grains in sixty hills, five 

 feet apart each way — produce three and a 

 half bushels of good sound, well formed ears 

 of uniform growth. Mr. Dunlap has been 

 particular in his experiments, and gives it as 

 his opinion that the article known as the 

 Chinese Tree Corn is a valuable acquisition 

 to this section of country. He intends to 

 plant ten acres the coming season, to give it 

 a fair trial, on a more extended scale as a 

 field crop. 



He does not think highly of the Rohan po- 

 tato, as an article for the table ; but gives his 

 opinion that from its great yield it will be 

 very extensively cultivated as a food for 

 stock. 



We give below the notice for an Agricul- 

 tural Convention, to be hold en in Harrisburg, 

 taken from the Keystone, published in that 

 ^place. We cannot forbear the expression of 

 our hope that this effort to form a State So- 

 ciety will be successful. We hope the 

 numerous friends to agricultural improve- 

 ment will move in this matter with an energy 

 and spirit becoming its importance. 



Agricnltnral Convention. 



The friends of agriculture, throughout the 

 several counties of the State of Pennsylvania, 

 are invited to appoint delegates to meet in 

 convention, in Harrisburg, on Wednesday, 

 the 19th day of February next, for the pur- 

 pose of forming a State Agricultural Society, 

 and for the transaction of such other business 

 as may advance the cause of agriculture. 



Many. 



Berkshire Plga. 



Stock of this valuable breed of hogs can be 

 obtained from Mr. Ralph Davis, of Radnor 

 Township, Delaware county, Penn. Mr. 

 Davis has been to much pains and considera- 

 ble expense to obtain the right kind of stock, 

 and purchasers may depend upon obtaining 

 the real Berkshire breed. 



New Agricultural Society. 



It will be seen by the proceedings of the 

 meeting in Bustleton, that the enterprizing 

 friends of agricultural improvement in the 

 iiO th-eastern section of Philadelphia county 

 are on the alert, and doing sometliing likely 

 to tell upon the success of the good cause. 

 We have the pleasure of knowing several 

 of the gentlemen whose names we find in 

 the list of officers. The work is in good 

 hands — may great benefit result from their 

 exertions. We hope to have the satisfaction 

 of reporting the formation of similar associa- 

 tions in every county of the Keystone State. 



At a large and respectable meeting, held 

 on Thursday, the 16th inst., at 2 o'clock, 

 P. M., at the house of Benjamin Snyder, in 

 Bustleton, for the purpose of establishing an 

 Agricultural Society, for the promotion of 

 agricultural interests, Franklin Comly was 

 called to the Chair, and John Bavington ap- 

 pointed Secretary. 



The meeting being called to order, a con- 

 stitution was laid before the meeting for ap- 

 proval, which was unanimously adopted. 



On motion, a Committee of seven was ap- 

 pointed by the Chairman to nominate officers 

 for said society — whereupon the following 

 gentlemen were appointed, viz : — John Fox, 

 Jacob Snyder, James Thornton, John S. Van- 

 sant, James Veree, Jacob Shearer, .Tames 

 Holmes. 



On motion, the meeting adjourned for fif- 

 teen minutes, and the Committee reported 

 the following : 



President — Franklin Comly. 



Vice Presidents — James Thornton, Jacob 

 Shearer, James Holmes, Jacob Snyder. 



Treasurer. — Jacob Shallcross. 



Recording Secretary. — folin Bavington. 



Corresponding Secretary. — Ralph Ed- 

 dowes. 



Executive Committee. — John S. Vansant, 

 Byberry; .Tohn Fox, Oxford; John Veree, 

 Lower Dublin ; Jacob Shearer, Moreland. 



On motion, the officers were elected viva 



