1839] 



FARMERS' REGISTER, 



287 



years, since which spotted faces have been most 

 sought after, chiefly, perhaps, from their having 

 been predominant in the stock of that eminent im- 

 prover of the Herelbrd breed, the late Mr. Benja- 

 min Tomi<ins. There has, however, iaiely been 

 propagated a notion, that the largest h'ames ac- 

 company the (ormer color, and it has consequently 

 become more in vogue again. How lar such a 

 notion is well founded, the production oi" the most 

 valuable oxen will best determine. 



Mr. Ked ward's herd (the whole of which were 

 sold in the most reserved and honorable manner) 

 amounted to 74 head, which averaged — including 

 21 young calves which were sold separately from 

 the cows — about £26; the cows and heifers ave- 

 raging a little more than £30. Three cows, with 

 calves, averaged £80, and a bull calf, ten months 

 old, £80. The company was very numerous and 

 respectable, and the arrangement admirable. The 

 principal part of the stock was bouglit, too, by 

 •county men. I am, sir, yours, &c. 



E. F. Welles, 



Hereford, February 10, 1839. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF 

 "CHUCKATUCK AGRICULTURAL CLUB." 



Communicated for the Farmers' Register. 



In pursuance of adjournment the "club" met 

 on Wednesday 9lh day of January, A. D. 1839. 

 at the Masonic Hall in Chuckatuck, at 10 o'clock 

 A. M. 



Dr. Crawley Finney, the president, took the 

 chair, and called the meeting to order. 



Mr. Day, chairman of the committee to corres- 

 pond with breeders oi' improved stock, &c., and 

 reported that the committee had discharged that 

 duty and proceeded to read a letter from Caleb 

 N. Eement, esq. of Albany, New York, on the 

 the subject, which was ordered to be filed. 



Mr. Harrell, ofifed the following preamble 

 and resolutions. 



Believing that competition in agricultural, as 

 well as in the other pursuits of life, is highly con- 

 ducive to both improvement and profit, and with 

 the view to the attainment^ of those two valuable 

 objects — 



1st. Be it Resolved, That as many of the mem- 

 bers of this society as conveniently can, will se- 

 lect from their best lands any number of acres, 

 from one to ten, and cultivate the same the pre- 

 sent year in corn, each party, to select his own 

 kind of seed, and to manure and cultivate his land 

 in any mode that he may think best, so as to make 

 the largest crop, that the land cultivated may be 

 ■capable of producing ; each crop, when ripe, to be 

 accurately measured ; and the ([uantity made, kind 

 of seed used, and the particular mode and manner 

 o[' manuring and cultivating, and the expense of 

 the manure, all reported to the regular meeting of 

 this society, in November next. 



_ 2nd. Resolved, That in order to ascertain the 

 •difi'erence between the production of our richest 

 lands when highly manured and cultivated, and 

 our poorest when similarly manured and culti- 

 vated — each member of this society who shall 

 enter the lists of competition under the above re- 

 solution, will also take a like number of acres of 

 liis poorest land and munuie and cultivate the 



same in like manner as the first, and make h like 

 report 1o this society, at its regular meeting in 

 November next. 



3rd. Resolved, That as many of the members 

 of this society as conveniently can, will cultivate 

 the present year, any number of acres of land 

 (but not less than a quarter of an acre) in ruta 

 baga turnips — the land to be manured and pre- 

 pared, and the seed to be sown either broadcast 

 or in drills, at the option of each party — the crop 

 when ripe to be judged or measured, and the 

 quantity made, mode and manner of cultivation, 

 and manuring all reported to this society, at its 

 meeting in November next. 



The preamble and resolutions were then suc- 

 cessively adopted by the meeting. 



On motion of ]Mr. it was resolved. That 



it IS the opinion of this society, that industry, en- 

 terprise and skill, are eminently essential to the 

 attainment of great success in almost every un- 

 dertaking in lile — and particularlj' in the great 

 business of agriculture — on the prosperity of 

 which mainly depends the success of almost every 

 other occupation. Therelbre, 



Resolved further, that the members of this so- 

 ciety will give increased attention and diligence to 

 the improvement of tlieir lands and slock, the de- 

 velopements of science, and to any and every thing 

 that may have a tendency to advance their inter- 

 est in a pecuniary, moral and social point of view. 



Mr. otlijred the following resolution: 



Resolved, That a conmiittee of five be appointed, 

 whose duty it shall he forthioith to memorialize 

 the general assembly of Virginia on the subject of 

 agriculture, and to ask such aid and assistance in 

 behalf of the same, as to the wisdom ol" the as- 

 sembly may seem just and due to the great and 

 paramount (though neglected) interest of the state. 

 This resolutoin was unanimously adopted ; and 

 Doct. John French, John Crocker, John C; 

 Crump, Dr. Crawley Finney, and Robert Law- 

 rence, esqs., appointed the committee to carry ths 

 same into immediate execution. 



The meeting then adjourned — 



On Thursday, the 1 Ith day of March, its regu- 

 lar day, the club met again and fixed on the Ibl- 

 lowing premiums for the present year, to be 

 awarded at the regular meeting in November 

 next, to wit: For the best crop ui the aggregate, 

 twenty dollars ; lor the best pen of hogs to bs 

 raised the present year, ten dollars ; the best mikh 

 cow and calf, five dollars ; the best yoke of oxen, 

 five dollars ; and for the cheapest and best con- 

 structed manure cart, five dollars. 



CuA\yLEY FiNKEY, PresH. 

 Joshua M. Harrell, Sec'y. 



May 4th, 1839. 



MEMORIAL TO TtlH LEGISLATURE. 



Your memorialists have been charged with the 

 duty by the "Chuckatuck Agricultural Club" of 

 Nansemond county, of presenting to your hono- 

 rable body a petition, soliciting your attention to 

 the great and paramount interest of agriculture. 



In the discharge of this duty, your memorialists 

 beg leave to express a decided conviction that it 

 is essential to the best interest of the state that 

 speedy and efficient measures be adopted to elicit 

 and encourage eflbrls to improve and fertilize the 

 soil of the state. In the judgment of your memo- 



