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Notices. 



Vol. VI. 



Agricultural Exhibition> 



The Exhibition of thu Philadelpliia Society for the 

 Encouragement of Agriculture, will be helii at the Ris- 

 ing Sun, on the Germantown rond, near Philadelphia, 

 on the 23th and 30th of this instant September. The 

 committee of arrangement would remark, "the pre- 

 mium for the best ox or steer raised in Pennsylvania," 

 will now embrace those that have been ftd there also. 

 The notice will now read, " For the best ox or steer 

 raised or fed in Pennsylvania," $10. 



All stock, &c., contributed, must remain on the 

 ground during the two days of exhibition ; and all stock 

 intended for sale, will be required to be registered in a 

 book provided by the committee of arrangement, at the 

 following rates: For each horse, $2 — for neat cattle, $1 

 —for hogs and sheep, 50 cents each. 



Trial of Ploughs and Ploughmen. 



At a stated meeting of the Philadelphia Society for 

 Pronjoting Agriculture, held on the first instant, the 

 committee of arrangement were authorized to offer the 

 premiums expressed in the following resolutions : 



Resolved, That a premium of Ten Dollar.=, or a medal 

 of that value, be awarded to the owner of the best 

 Plough, to be tested at the annual exhibition of the 

 Society, on tlie 29th and 30rh of September instant ; 

 and that a premium of Ten Dollars, or a medal of that 

 value, be awarded to the best Ploi'ohman, on the same 

 occasion. 



Resolved, That the Ploughs tried on the occasion, be 

 selected from those exhibited, whieli are to be new, or 

 used only preparatory to the exhibition. 



Resolved, That the owner of each Plough exhibited, 

 shall have the privilege of selecting his own plough- 

 man and horses. 



Resolved, That a premium of Five Dollars be award- 

 ed to the best Subsoil Plough, to be tested at the fore- 

 going trial. 



Competitors are requested to give notice of their in- 

 tention to compete, on or before the 2oth instant. 

 By order, P. R. Freas, 



Sec. Com. Arrangement. 



Horticultural Exhibition. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society propose to 

 bold its thirteenth Exhibition on the 22d,23d, and 24th 



of this month, at the Masonic Hall. The approaching 

 exhibition is expected to be unusually rich and splen- 

 did. Contributions in plants, fruits, flowers, and culi- 

 nary vegetables, are solicited by the committee. Pre- 

 miums for the fruits and vegetables to be competed for, 

 will be awarded at 9 o'clock A. M. on the second day 

 (23d,) and for the flowers and bouquets, at 11 o'clock 

 A. M., on the first day of the exhibition. 



We have been honoured by the presentation of an 

 Essay, written expressly for our work, by Dr. Darling- 

 ton of West-Chester, on a subject of the greatest inte- 

 rest to our readers. It is entitled, '• Catalogue of a 

 Farmer's //eriortam, or of such Plants as Agriculturists 

 ought to be acquainted with," and consists of the enu- 

 meration and familiar description of 150 varieties of 

 plants, both noxious and useful. It shall appear in our 

 next; and will Dr. Darlington accept our best thanks 

 for the valuable donation ? 



The amount of subscription for the Cabinet, is, by 

 the terms, payable in advance ; yet some of our siib- 

 .ocribers, owing to the difficulty of obtaining small bills 

 for transmission, and other causes, have not yet paid 

 for the 5th volume, which was closed two months ago. 

 We respectfully invite the attention of such to the sub- 

 ject; — an observance of the terms on their part, would 

 enable the publisliers to fulfil their own engagements 

 with pleasure to themselves, and, they trust, with ad- 

 vantage to their subscribers. The individual amount 

 is small, and all would doubtless wish it discharged. 

 The aggregate is important to the proprietors. The 

 fifth volume of the Cabinet may now be had, neatly 

 bound and lettered, price $1.25, by application at the 

 office — where also may be obtained complete sets from 

 the commencement, at five dollars, half bound, together 

 with all the .standard works on Agriculture, Botany, 

 and their relative branches ; Science and the Arts. 



Bokhara Clover. — In answer to numerous inqui- 

 ries, we have to state that a few papers of the seed of 

 this very rapid growing clover are yet for sale at $1 

 per packet. Apply to Mr. R. Buist, nursery-man and 

 florist, 12th street below Pine, Philad. 



The quantity of rain which fell during August (8th 

 month,) was nine inches and one hundred and two 

 thousandths of an inch 9.102 inches. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, 9th mo. 1, 1841. 



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