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3. Woman : The last created and fairest flower 

 that bloomed in Eden. 



4. James Barbour: The successful an;ricuku- 

 rist, the eloquent patriot, the upright man : — al- 

 though absent he cannot be forgotten. 



5. James M. Garnett : The virtuous and en- 

 lightened citizen and zealous promoter of the in- 

 terests of agriculture. His presence affords en- 

 couragement and satisfaction. 



JMr. Garnett responded to this (oast very briefly. 

 He complained of a deviation li-um the custom 

 observed in his early days. Then every body had 

 credit lor more or less of modesty, and rather than 

 put a man to the blush, a gentle hint was always 

 offered that he might retire belbre a compliment- 

 ary toast was given him. He confessed tiie awk- 

 wardness of this position under the new fiishion, 

 but thanked the society for the fl;Utering toast just 

 drank. He gave the following sentiment : 



Pasturage and tillage : The two breasts of the 

 state — may they never go dry from the misma- 

 nagement of the state milkers. 



6. Edmund Ruffin, editor of the Farmers' 

 Register and of the Southern Magazine — His 

 labors are unceasing to give lertility to our soil, 

 and purity to our political institutions. 



Mr. RufRn expressed his thanks to the society 

 for the notice they had taken of his efforts, and 

 offered the following toast : 



Marl banks and paper-money banks : All the 

 vast increase of riches offered to agriculture by 

 the former, will not furnish a sufficient supply lor 

 the legal and ordinary depredations committed by 

 the latter. 



7. Charles T. Botts, editor of the Southern 

 Planter : a young, but ardent soldier in the cause : 

 we give him tlie right hand of fellowship. 



Mr. Botts expressed his grateful sense of the 

 compliment paid him. He introduced, in a happy 

 manner, the following toast, alluding to the king- 

 dom where one man held despotic sway, and to 

 another kingdom where, he said, every man was 

 a monarch : 



The farmer: The monarch of the vegetable 

 kingdom. 



By Charles Burton. The memory of Chas. 

 Von Linneeus, the illustrious founder of modern 

 botany and classificator of all nature : Most truly 

 meriting the motto granted by hie sovereign — 

 " Deus creavit, Linnaeus disposuii," God created, 

 Linnaeus arranged. 



Mr. Lyons, on behalf of the society, read the 

 following toast : 



Our respected president, whose industry, en- 

 ergy and skill have caused the " desert to rejoice 

 and blossom as the rose." 



Parson Turner said he felt greatly flattered by 

 the kind compliment from the society through his 

 friend and fe'low member, Mr. Lyons, wTio he 

 felt sure would heartily make up any deficiency on 

 his (Parson T.'s) part. 



Mr. Lyons, with much good humor, said, in 

 substance, that it had been hie lot Irequently to be 

 called on to perform duiies which occasioned em- 

 barrassment, and in the dii^charge of which he 

 himself I'elt deficient— but he was not the least 

 embarrassed on the present occasion, because 

 there was no deficiency for him to supply. 



'I'he company broke up at an earlv hour, much 

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gratified with the proceedings of the day, and 

 animated witli a fi^rvent zeal in the cause of the 

 society. 



Premiums awarded by the jfgricuUural and Hor- 

 ticultural Society, on the 26lh of May. 



Nol. For the best horse or colt calculated to 

 produce stock for the draught or saddle, ^15. 

 Report of the committee, that none was ofiered 

 wortiiy a premium. 



No 2. For the best blood mare, of the same 

 description— premium, silver cup, value of SglO, 

 awarded to Ko. Carter Page. 



No 3. For the best jack, a premium of $15, 

 awarded to Wm. Jennings. 



No 4. For the best bull, for domestic pur- 

 poses, a premium of ^10, awarded to VV. B. Syd- 

 nor, upon his Durham bull Frolic. 



No 5. For the best milch cow, a premium of 

 ■SIO, awarded to Abraham Warwick, lor his Dur- 

 ham cow, Lady Ellersly. 



No 6. For the best yoke of oxen, a premium of 

 SIO. Committee reported that none were exhi- 

 bited worthy a premium, and recommend that this 

 premium be given to Mr. Colquitt's Durham cow, 

 Washington Belle, for reasons stated in their re- 

 port. 



No. 7. For the best boar, a premium of %\5, 

 awarded to the Rev. J. H. Turner, on his Berk- 

 shire boar President. Tiiis premium relinquished 

 10 the society. 



No. 8. For tlie best brood sow, a premium of 

 SIG, silver cup, awarded to J. M. Sublett, on his 

 Berkshire sow Suke, 



No. 9. For the liesf specimen of fruits, the pro- 

 duction of the exhibitor, a premium of ^10, 

 awarded to Mrs. E. A. Pettirolas. 



No. 10. For the best specimen of rare and beau- 

 tiful plants or flowers, the production of the exhi- 

 bitor, a premium of $10, awarded to New and 

 Heydecker. 



No. 11. For the best specimen of vegeial)Ies, a 

 premium of $15, awarded to Wm. H. Richard- 

 son. This premium relinquished to the society. 



No. 12. For the best cultivated market garden, 

 a premium of $15. Not awarded by the commit- 

 tee appointed. 



No. 13. For the best specimen of domestic 

 wine, the production of the exhibitor, silver cup, 

 value $10, awarded to Josiah Woodson. 



No. 14. For the best specin)en of domestic silk, 

 the production of the exhibitor, a premium of $10 

 silver cup, to J. P. Shermerhorn. 



No. 15. For the best specimen of butter, not 

 less than 5 ibs., the production of the exhitiitor, 

 $10, awarded to Mrs. Ro. A. Mayo and Mrs. 

 George Woodfin. $5 each. 



No, 16. For the best suit of clothes of Virginia 

 manufacture ; the premium to be given to the pro- 

 ducer of the materials of which the clothes were 

 made, a premium of $15, awarded to Thomas S. 

 Pleasants. 



No. 17. For the best specimen of agricultural 

 implements, ploughs, cutting machines, corn- 

 shellers, &c. $15, awarded to Gretter and Peake 

 on a plough, $5, relinquished— the exhibitors not 

 being patentees or manufacturers ; to C. T. Botts, 

 cutting machine $2.50, this premium relinquished 

 to the society ; to Jabez Parker, corn-Bheller, 

 $2.50; do, wheat machine and fan, $5. 



