No. 4. 



Report on Philadelphia Agricultural Society. 



131 



The committee award the first premiiiin 

 tlr the best ploughman, to Joseph C. Bidille, 

 o\' .Montgomery county, and 



'I'lic second best premium to David Yetter, 

 ot' Lower Merion. 



The committee recommend a compliment- 

 arv preminm of .*!3 to the lad George Jack- 

 -OM. whose work was very creditable. The 

 committee refer with pleasure to t!ie work 

 performed by all the competitors. The 

 riloiighs of Joseph Dickinson, Chesnut-IIill 

 — ot S. I. Roberts, of Montgomery county — 

 of Mr. Conard, of Montgomery county, and 

 two iron ploughs, merit especial attention. 

 The admirable order observed by the nu- 

 morous spectators, is entitled to the highest 

 commendation. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 

 Isaac W. Roberts, 

 Samuel William.s, 

 John Lardner, 

 Owen Sheridan, 



Cominillce. 



Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Nov. 3rd, 1845. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet : 



Dear Sir, — When the proceedings of the 

 late .Annual E.xhibition of "The Philadelphia 

 Society for promoting Agriculture" shall be 

 read by your numerous subscribers, it may 

 create surprise that I, who hitherto have 

 taken so active a part in the transactions of 

 the Society, and competed so successfully 

 for premiums, should on this occasion be 

 t'iiind inactive, and that my cattle were in 

 vocative. 

 To prevent inferences as to the probability 

 ot' my having becom.e tired or relaxed in the 

 ciiod caii.se, I beg leave to inform my agri- 

 cultural friends at a distance, that it was 

 owing solely to severe indisposition, which 

 confined me to the house, that I did not oc- 

 cupy at the late Exhibition, the same promi- 

 nent position I had the iionour of enjoying 

 for years on similar occasions. I iiad intend- 

 ed to show some splendid cows, heifers, and 

 cilves, but a severe attack of a complaint 

 th.it has annoyed me for some time back, 

 rendered my personal attention wholly out 

 of the question, and being short in compe- 

 tent help at the time, led to the withholding 

 so valuable a herd, fearing some accident 

 might befal them. My agricultural friends 

 ;n:iv rest satisfied that I am abated nothing 

 in zeal in the pursuits of agriculture — that 

 I appreciate most highly Agricultural Socie- 

 ties and Agricultural Exhibitions — that I 

 shall as heretofore promote them to the best 

 of my influences and abilities, and that as to 

 cattle, I never at any former period was bet- 



ter prepared for a display tlian I am at this 

 present time; as many enlightened gentle- 

 men from a distance who lately visited me 

 can fully corroborate. 



Very respectfully. 



Your obedient servant, 



James Gowen. 



Report on Fhiiadelphia Agricultural 

 Ji^xhibition. 



After the remarks and prpmiums, &:c., on page 127, 

 wrre in type, the following was handed for publica- 

 tion. — Ed. 



To the Philadelphia Society for promoting 

 Agriculture: — 



The Committee of Arrangement appointed 

 for the Exhibition held at the Lamb Tavern 

 on the 22n(], 28rd, and 24th of October last, 

 beg leave to report, that in pursuance of no- 

 tice to that efiect, tlie Exhibition was held at 

 the time and on the grounds appropriated for 

 that purpose, at the place above mentioned. 

 It was m most respects highly creditable to 

 the breeders and contributors to the Exhibi- 

 tion, and the large number of visitors who 

 must have amounted to several thousand, 

 appeared to be much gratified with the dis- 

 play. Every thing passed oft" in the most 

 satisfactory manner. Although there was 

 a spirited competition for the various prizes, 

 yet it appeared that all were satisfied with, 

 and cheerfully submitted to the decision of 

 the several committees who distributed them. 

 The display of horses, the committee regret 

 to say, was not so good as they had expected, 

 nor were they so numerous as they should 

 have been, when the number of valuable 

 horses in this vicinity is considered. Some 

 of those exhibited, however, were superior 

 animals and attracted much attention. There 

 were very few brood mares shown, and the 

 horse colts between one and two years old, 

 were pronounced by the Judges not to be 

 worthy of notice. 



Of cattle there was quite a creditable dis- 

 play; there were upon the ground seve- 

 ral of the valuable animals that had previ- 

 ously taken the highest premiums, and were 

 therefore disqualified as competitors for the 

 prizes. This the committee was much grati- 

 fied to see, as these fine animals add greatly 

 to the interest of the Exhibition, as objects 

 of attraction and curiosity. The committee 

 regret to have to notice the absence of many 

 superior animals belonging to members of 

 the Society, which have added much to the 

 interest of former exhibitions. 



Of sheep and swine, there were very 

 superior specimens; the Judges in their 



