1838] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



417 



3d. 

 4th. 

 5th. 

 6th. 



7th. 



3d. The next best, regardless of blood. 



4ih. The bes colt under 3 years, considering 

 blood, (brm and size. 



5th. The next best, regardless of blood. 



6th. Fur the best mule under 3 years. 



7ih. For the next best. 



8th. The best jack. 



9th. The next best. 



lOlh. The best thorough bred bull, over 1 year. 



llih. 'I'lie next best, pot thorough bred. 



12th. 'J'he best calf under 1 year old. 



13th, The best coivover 2 years. 



14th. 'i'he next best. 



15th. The best pair of oxen. 



16th. The next best. 



17th. The best ram, considering fleece. 



ISth. The next best. 



19th. The best ewe. 



20th. The next best. 



21st. The heaviest hog under 12 months. 



22d. The next best. 



Articles. 



1st. For the best double-turning plough. 



2d. The best single do. 

 The best large wagon. 

 The best two-horse do. 

 The best ox cart. 

 The best tumbrel do. 

 The best corn sheller. 



8th. The best tanned side sole leather. 



9th. The best tanned side of upper leather. 



10th. The best pair of boots. 



11th. The best pair of shoes. 



12th. The best saddle. 



13th. The best set of wagon gear. 



14th. The best piece of winter negro cloth, over 

 20 yards. 



loth. The best summer do. 



16th. The best pair yarn stockings. 



17ih. The next best cotton do. 



18ih. The best piece of winter homespun, 10 

 yards. 



19th. The best domestic xiarpeting, over 10 yds. 



20th. The best pair of domesiic blankets. 



2Ist. The best pound of sewing silk. 



22d. The best acre of corn. 



23d. The best acre of wheat. 



Each article to be raised or manufactured by 

 the exhibiter, or some member of his lamily. 



On motion of Mr. Thomas E. Jeter, it was re- 

 solved, that four persons in each county be ap- 

 pointed to endeavor lo induce all those iiivorabie 

 to the objects of the society, to join it; and the 

 following individuals were appointed. 



Nottoway. j^melia. 



E. G. Booth, Dr. Wm. J. Cheatham, 



S. Carter, John T. Jeter, 



Col. T. H. Epes, Dr. Philip T. Southall, 



Wm. R. Mills, Peier Burton. 



On motion of Mr. E. G. Booth, it was resolv- 

 ed, that the secretary furnish an accouRt of the 

 proceedings of this meeting for publication in the 

 Farmers' Register. 



The following officers were then unanimously 

 elected for the year 1839. Col. Thos. VV. Web- 

 eter, president, E. G. Booth, vice-president, S. 

 Carter, recording secretary, Col. T. H. Epes, cor- 

 responding secretary, Thos. E. Jeter, treasurer. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



James Joxes, President. 

 S. Carter, Secretary. 

 Vol. VI.— 53 



l-AUGE LEAVES OF TIXE NATIVE IMULHEKUY 



(niouus uunuA.) 



At page 27.'), some reinaiks were made on the usual 

 delusive manner of comparinj^ tlie size of the leaves 

 of the Chinese muibf rry with other lands. We there 

 stated that the leaves of the youn;^ native mulberry 

 (inorus rubra) were sometimes found of very large 

 sizes, though the same trees, in their more mature state, 

 would bringleaves of but ordinary size. The correct- 

 ness of the sizes there stated rested upon memory 

 only; and lest there should be some error, we have 

 since sought an opportunity to test the facts by other 

 and careful measurements. This opportunity was af- 

 forded a few days ago, in finding a young shoot 

 with very large leaves, on Coggin's Point farm. It 

 grows on one of the steep hill-sides which inclose a 

 deep and narrow ravine. The land is covered with its 

 original forest growth, and the young mulberry tree is 

 over-shadowed by the neighboring large trees. The 

 soil is not very rich, but is highly calcareous, being in 

 fact the out-cropping of a bed of weak sandy marl. 

 If cleared and cultivated, this part of the ground, 

 while in its best condition, might bring five barrels of 

 corn to the acre. It is evident that these were not the 

 most favorable circumstances to produce the most ra- 

 pid and luxuriant growth of a young tree so situated; 

 and that if it had been on the richest soil, v/ell culti- 

 vated, and not affected by the shade or growth of 

 neighboring and larger trees — or, in other words, if it 

 had been nursed as carefully as the Chinese mulberry 

 usually is — that the growth would have been ranker, 

 and probably the leaves would have been larger than 

 the actual sizes, which will be stated below, and of 

 which the actual specimens are preserved, of the four 

 largest leaves measured. 



No, 1, was 14:i inches long, measuring from the junc- 

 tion with the stem, to the upper point of the leaf, 

 and 9| inches wide. Measuring by the longest 

 straight line, which was on one side of the stem, the 

 length was 14| inches. 

 No. 2— Length from stem, 12J inches 



* Length by longest straight hne, 12g 

 Width, 9h 



No. 3 — Length, (longest straight line) 13g 



Width, ' 9g 



No. 4 — Length, (from stem) 13^ 



Width, 94 



None of these leaves were lobed, (or cut out,) but 

 were compact in form, and regularly rounded in gene- 

 ral outline, except that the apex, or extreme upper 

 point, of each was very narrow, and was from an inch 

 to an inch and a-half long. 



Of some of the Jeaves of each of the plants grown 

 from seeds of the morus muUicaulis, (described page 

 316,) we have made /(/c-simi/c representatives, by ink- 

 ing carefully the leaf, and taking the impression under 

 the printing press. Of these copies the sizes of some 

 of the largest are as follow: 



Seven lobed leaves from different plants, measured — 

 Length 8^ inches. Width, 7\ inches 



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