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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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bicton, and of Doctor John Barneif. I hope they 

 will (livor the public, ihroiigh the columns ofyour 

 useful paper, with an account of llieir tnanafxe- 

 nient. cropr^, &c. Tiiere are other iarnis in the 

 same neio;iil)orlun)d which deserve honorable no- 

 tice and niinuie description ; in particular, those 

 ol INlr. Ri^'by Hopkins, INIajor Wni. Caulk, Mr. 

 Joseph Harrison, and Mr. Stephen Harrison, im- 

 proved, principally, by the use of shdl-limc. 



CORNPLANTER. 



From tlie Lexington Gazttlc. 

 AGRICULTURAL SHOW AKD FAIR OF THE AG- 

 RICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ROCKBRIDGE. 



October Uth, 1838. 



The society upon being called to order, by the 

 president, — Professor Geo. D. Ar.msrong, of 

 Washington College, delivered the annual ad- 

 dress. 



The premiums were awarded as follows: 



For the best stud colt under 4 and over 2 years 

 old, to Jno. McKamy of Augusta. 



For the best brood mare, to James Johnson. 



For the best filly, to Saml. McD. Reid. 



For the best bull, to A. T. Barclay. 



For the best milch cow, to William Moffat. 



For the best heiler, to Thos. Wilson. 



For the best bull callj to Thomas Wilson. 



For the best boar — A premium was awarded to 

 two of equal merit, viz. : to Thomas Wilson and 

 A. T. Barclay. 



For the two best rams, to Jno. Jordan and A. 

 T. Barclay. 



For the two best ewes, to Jno. Jordan and A. 

 T. Barclay. 



For the handsomest and best counterpane, to 

 Mrs. R. Grigsby. 



For the best piece of sheeting, to Miss Johnston. 



For the best piece of table linen, to Miss E. 

 Finley. 



For the best pair of blankets, to Mrs. Jno. 

 Jordan. 



For the best man's saddle, to Jno. T. Figgat. 



For the best specimen of ploughing, to Wm. 

 Moffett. 



The committee recommend to the directors, to 

 award premiums for counterpanes to Miss Grigs- 

 by and Miss Finley — for hearth-rug, to Miss 

 Christian — for a piece of flannel, to Miss Alexan- 

 der — lor a cheese, to Miss Grigsby. 



On motion of Samuel Mel). Reid, it was re- 

 solved. That hereafter, no premium will be award- 

 ed to any person who shall not have been a mem- 

 ber ol society more than six months previous to 

 the awarding of such premium. 



On motion of C. P. Dorman, it was resolved, 

 That the president and directors of the Rockbridge 

 Agricultural Society, prepare, and address a me- 

 morial, to the general assembly of Virginia, on 

 behalf of this society, asking its incorporation, and 

 praying the aid of the state to the cause of agri- 

 culture, and agricultural societies. 



On motion of John F. Caruthers, it was re- 

 solved that the corresponding secretary communi- 

 cate the foregoing resolution, to the several agri- 

 cultural societies of Virginia, and solicit their im- 

 mediate and active co-operation. 



On motion of C. P. Dorman, it was unanimous- 



ly resolved. That the thanks of this society are 

 due to Proliissor Geo. D. Armstrong, lor the 

 able and appropriate address this day delivered by 

 him, and that a committee be appointed to com- 

 inuiiicaic our sense of its merit, with a request that 

 a copy be I'urnished for publication. 



Committee appointed by the president under 

 the foregoing resolution — C. P. Dorman and A. 

 T. Barclay. 



The society then proceeded to the election of of- 

 ficers ibr the ensuing year, when 



Maj. John Alexander was elected president. 

 Thos. Wilson, vice president. 

 J. T. L. Preston, corresponding secretary. 

 A. T. Barclay, recording sec'ry. 

 Henry B. Jones, j^ 

 Matthew White, & > Treasurers. 

 Robt. McCluer, ) 

 And Jos. Cloyd, Wm. Moflir, R. R. Barton, 

 Alfred Leyburn, Saml. McD. Reid, Jno. F. Ca- 

 ruthers, C. P. Dorman, Saml. Wilson, Jonathan 

 Brooks, Wm. Houston, and Wm. Inglis, Di- 

 rectors. 



Resolved, That the next annual meeting of this 

 society be held on the 3d Thursday of October 

 next, at Fancy Hill. 



Adjourned, 

 Saml. Willson, Pres't. 

 Teste, 

 A. T. Barclay, Sec'ry. 



From the Salem Observer. 

 THE SNOW OWL. 



Taking a stroll among the market wagons that 

 crowded our streets, on Wednesday, laden with 

 poultry and other agricultural products, we noticed 

 in one of them, a living specimen of the snow 

 owl, which was captured in Topsfield. Every 

 season, between the months of November and 

 February, several of these beautiful birds are seen 

 hovering around — always exciting a considerable 

 degree of interest; their movements are generally 

 so closely watched, that not a few of them are 

 taken by the lovers of the chase and others. 



They are inhabitants of the coldest and most 

 dreary regions in the northern hemisphere, being 

 constantly found in Iceland, Norway, Lapland, 

 and the country adjoining Hudson's Bay. In the 

 Atlantic states they are merely a winter visiter, 

 and in their migrations wander along the sea 

 coast as I'ar as Florida, sometimes stretching inte- 

 riorly, as they are met with in Ohio and Tennes- 

 see, and have been seen in the vicinity of the 

 Red and Arkansas rivers. In Massachusetts and 

 Maine they are more abundant than in any other 

 part of the United States. 



To protect this bird from the external cold to 

 which ir is exposed, especially in its native haunts, 

 nature has bountifully provided it with a complete 

 encasement of the most soft, warm, and elastic 

 plumage beneath the outer covering of feathers, 

 and so closely matted together that it is difficult to 

 penetrate to the skin. 



Its short and curved bill is nearly hid by the 

 mass of feathers that cover the face; the feet are 

 covered with a long, thick hair-like plumage, re- 

 sembling very much those of a dog, the claws, 

 which are curved, black and sharp, only being vi- 



