VOL,. \IX aiO. 41. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



325 



No animal for which to any owner one premium 

 shall have been awarded, shall be considered a 

 subject for any further premium of the Society, ex- 

 cept it be for qualities different from those for 

 which tlje former premium was awarded. 



Persons intending to offer any species of stock 

 for a premium, must give notice thereof, eitlier by 

 letter, post paid, or by personal application, to the 

 Secretary, on or before the ."jth of October next, 

 the day preceding the Show, at 9 o'clock in the 

 evening, requesting him to enter his application, 

 so that tickets for the pens may be ready by 6 o'- 

 clock the next morning. The difficulty of making 

 arrangements for the proper accommodation of the 

 different species of stock, without such previous no- 

 tice, renders a strict enforcement of this rule indis- 

 pensable ; and no person will be considered as a 

 competitor, who shall not have made such applica- 

 tion for entry on or before the time above specified. 

 The owners of working oxen or cattle exhibited in 

 the yoke, are requested to bring a chain to each 

 yoke to secure them to posts. 



In all cases where the age of animals is men- 

 tioned, the applicant must tile his own certificate, 

 or that of some otlier respectable individual, who 

 personally knows the fact, that they are of the age 

 for which they are entered, and also that they are 

 the product of the State. 



Butter and Cheese. 

 For the best cheese, all from the same dairy, not 



less in quantity than 100 lbs., $8 



For the next do. not of the same dairy C 



For the next do do 4 



For the best butter, not less than 25 lbs. 15 



Next best do do 13 



Next best do do 10 



Next best do do 7 



Next best do do C 



Next best do do 5 



Next best do do 2 



The butter to be exhibited in kegs with covers, 

 and without ornament or any mark whatever ; — 

 method of making to be given, stating the kind of 

 salt used and quantity per pound. 



Household Manufactures. 

 For the best piece of. carpeting, 4-4 wide, and 

 not less than fifteen yards $6 

 Next best do 4 

 Next best do 3 

 For the best lot of woollen knit hose, at 

 least three pair 2 

 I'or the best flax or hemp knit hose 2 

 For the best cotton do 2 

 For the best worsted do 2 

 For the best silk do 3 

 For the best piece of woollen flannel, 7-8 

 wide, thirty yards at least 5 

 Next do 3 

 For the best bed made from peat-bog moss 4 

 For the best linen or tow diaper, 4 quar- 

 ters wide and not less than 20 yards in length 4 



For the best linen or tow diaper, 3-4 wide, 



and not less than 20 yards in length 3 



For the best cow-hide boots, not less than 



two pairs 4 



For the best calf-skin boots, not less than 



two pairs 4 



For the best brogans, not less than two pairs 2 

 All to have been manufactured in this State, 



within the last year, and a certificate thereof re- 

 quired. 



Slwp .Manufactures. 



For the host plough $3 



For the best dozen scythes 3 



For the best dozen axes 3 



For the host dozen hoes 3 



For the best cast steel shovels 3 



For the best dozen rakes 3 



J\>r any newly invented agricultural imple- 

 ments, superior to any designed for the same- 

 uses, a reward (not exceeding twenty dollars 

 in all) according to the importance of the in- 

 vention 20 

 Kvery article of manufacture, offered for pre- 

 mium, must be entered and delivered to the person 

 appointed to receive tliem, before 9 o'clock, A. M., 

 on the day of the fair. The goods must not be re- 

 moved until 5 o'clock of the day of exhibition, un- 

 less by permission of tlie Committee of Arrange- 

 ments. 



Ploughing Match. 

 (No Drivers allowed.) 



First plough 

 Second do 

 Third do 

 Fourth do 

 Fifth do 

 Sixth do 

 Seventh do 

 Eighth do 



$9 

 8 

 7 

 G 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 2 



The depth to be ploughed will not be less than 

 five inches, and the breadth of the furrow not more 

 than ten inches. 



The strictest regulations will be adopted, to in- 

 sure the proper management of the cattle. They 

 will not be permitted to be driven faster than their 

 natural pace ; and these premiums will be adjudged 

 for the best work with the least expense of labor. 



It must bd understood, that in all cases where 

 there be any competition or not, it is at the discre- 

 tion of the committees to withhold a premium, if, 

 in their opinion, the object so offered is not de- 

 serving of it. 



Any attempts to obtain premiums by unfair prac- 

 tices, will be punished by a forfeiture of the pre- 

 mium, should it have been awarded before a dis. 

 covery, and will also preclude the offender from 

 being permitted to apply for premiums in future. 

 Premiums to be demanded within six months after 

 they are awarded. 



Competitors for premiums of every description 

 will be held to a rigid compliance with the forego- 

 ing rules, as well as such other rules and regula- 

 tions as shall be adopted by the respective Com- 

 mittees on Premiums, hereafter to be appointed, 

 and the Committee of Arrangements for the occa- 

 sion. 



In cases where, for want of comjietition, the 

 claimants upon a literal construction of these pro- 

 posals might be entitled to premiums, the Trustees 

 shall be at liberty to reject the claim, unless the 

 animal or manufactured article is of a superior 

 quality and value. 



No owner of any number of premium animals 

 will be entitled to more than one allowance for 

 travel. 



The sum of fifty dollars is reserved, and will be 

 distributed in gratuities to persons who shall exhi- 

 bit articles of skill and utility deserving encour- 

 agement, and for which no particular premium is 

 offered. JAMES RHODES, President. I 



Wm. W. Hoppin, Sec'ry. 



ENGRAFTING. 

 In conversation, a few days since, with a gentle- 

 mali who has much practical acquaintance with 

 Bftting scions, we learned from iiim that in cleft 

 grafting it is very important to make your split or 

 cleft in the stock before you shape the wedge on 

 the scion, which should bo mcehj fitted to the cleft, 

 and the inner bark of the scion and stock slinuld 

 be u'ade to come together frotn top to bottom of 

 the split. If they touch a short distance only, the 

 scion may live, but it will not grow well. The 

 growth is nearly in proportion to the extent of 

 space over which the two inner barks are brought 

 together. This gentleman objects to the use of 

 rosin or any other similar substance in his engraft- 

 ing wax ; such substances burn or heat too much: 

 two parts of bees' wax and one of tallow make his 

 wax. While this is in a melted state, he dips 

 cheap tape into it, and then winds in balls. With 

 this tape thus greased he binds in his scions; with 

 his composition he fills the cleft in the centre of 

 the stock, and all places whore the air or water 

 could gain admission. When a stock is large, he 

 binds around it a wide strip of woollen cloth, so 

 that it shall extend about an inch above the stock 

 and form a dish or cup, which he fills with earth. 

 He never puts his scions in water. When a scion 

 has been cut off at the top, he puts wax upon the 

 top. — Ed. 



EWES AND LAMBS. 

 Farmers sometimes experience a difficulty in 

 making ewes own their lambs ; and oftener per- 

 haps when cases of twin lambs occur than at other 

 times. When sheep are as valuable as at present, 

 those who desire to rear all their lambs, may find a 

 benefit in sprinkling a little fine salt over the dis- 

 owned lamb. This will usually attract the mother, 

 and when once the operation of licking has been 

 performed, there is usually but little danger of de- 

 sertion. A friend assures us he has practiced this 

 method with decided success ;. and no injury to the 

 lambs need be apprehended from the application. 

 Sheep, when about to lamb, should bo moved and 

 disturbed as little as possible, as all such distur- 

 bances, especially with young or wild ewes, great- 

 ly increases the probability of their forsakmg their 

 young. Ewes in the spring of the year should be 

 kept by themselves, and fed with grain or roots in 

 such a manner as to make them less fearful, as 

 well as to keep them in good heart — Selected. 



Hydrangea. — It may not be generally known to 

 many of our readers that this flower, which is usu- 

 ally of a pink color, may be made to come out a 

 beautiful rich blue, by the sim|)!e means of filling 

 the pot or box with the swamp or bog earth. Com- 

 mon garden loam produces the pink. The discov- 

 ery of producing the blue was accidentally made 

 by a friend of ours, by whom it was sometime 

 since communicated to us. We have repeated the 

 experiment this season with good success, and now 

 name the fact, that the lovers of variety may take 

 advantage of it. The plant should be shifted very 

 early in the spring U'alchtower. 



Success seems to be that which forms the dis- 

 tinction between confidence and conceit. Nelson, 

 when young, was piqued at not being noticed in a 

 newspaper which detailed an action wherein he 

 had assisted: "But never mind," said he, "I will 

 one day have a gazette of my own." — Lacon. 



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