No. 10. 



remiums. 



327 



Premiums 



Proposed by the Philadelphia Society for Promoting 



Agriculture, for the Exhibition to be held on Wed- 

 nesday and Thursday, the 12th and 13th October, 

 1642. at the Rising Sun, Gerniantovvn road. 

 A public sale of stock will also be held on the second 



day of exhibition. 



Horses. 



For the best thorough-bred Stud Horse $12 00 



For next best do. do. 6 00 



For the best Stud Horse adapted to the field and 



road 10 00 



Tor the next best do. do. do 5 00 



For the best thorough-bred Brood Mare 10 00 



For the next best do. do 5 00 



For the best Mare adapted to the field and road 10 00 



For the next best do. do. do 5 00 



For the best Horse Colt between 2 and 4 years 



old 8 00 



For the next best do. do. do. ... 4 00 



For the best Filley or Mare Colt do. . . . 8 00 



Foi the next best do. do. . . . 4 00 



For the best Horse Colt between 1 and 2 yrs. old 4 00 



For the next best do. do. do 2 00 



For the best Filley or Mare Colt do 4 00 



For the next best do. do. do 2 00 



Neat Cattle over Two Years old. 



For the best Durham Bull over 3 years old 12 00 



For the next best do. do." 6 00 



For the best do. between 2 and 3 years old 10 00 



For the next best do. do 5 00 



For the best Bull of Devon blood 8 00 



For the next best do. do 4 00 



For the best Ayrshire Bull 8 00 



For the next best do. do 4 00 



For the be.st Alderney Bull 8 00 



For the next best do. do 4 00 



For the best Durham Cow over 4 years old 10 00 



For the next best do. do. do 5 00 



For the best do. between 2 and 4 years old 10 00 



For the next best do. do. do 5 00 



For the best Cow of Devon blood 8 00 



For the next best do. do 4 00 



For the best Ayrshire Cow 8 00 



For the next best do. do 4 00 



For the best .\lderney Cow 8 00 



For the next best do 4 00 



For the best Cow of mixed blood 6 00 



For the next best do. do 3 00 



For the best yoke of working Oxen, reference 



being had to their performance 10 00 



For the next best do 5 00 



For the best Ox or Steer 10 00 



For the next best do. do 5 00 



Neat Cattle dnder Two Years old. 



For the best Durham Bull between 1 and 2 yrs. old 8 00 



For the next best do. do 4 00 



For the best Bull of other improved breed 6 00 



For the next best do. do 3 00 



For the best Durham Bull Calf between 4 mos. 



and 1 year old 6 00 



For the next best do. do. do 3 00 



For the best Durham Heifer between 1 and 2 yrs. 



old 6 00 



For the next best do. do. do 3 00 



For the beet Heifer of other improved breed do. 4 00 



For the next best do. do. do. 2 00 

 For the best Bull Calf of improved breed between 



4 mos. and 1 year old 4 00 



For the next best do. do. do 2 00 



For the best Durham Heifer Calf between 4 mos. 



and 1 year old 6 00 



For the next best do. do. do. 3 00 



For the best Heifer of improved breed do 4 00 



For the next best do. do. do 2 00 



For the best Steer between 1 and 2 years old . . . 4 00 



For the next best do. do 2 00 



Sheep. 



For the best Bakewell or Leicester Buck 4 00 



For the next best do. do. do 2 00 



For the 4 best Bakewell or Leicester Ewes .... 4 00 



For the 4 next do. do. do 2 00 



For the best Southdown Buck 4 00 



For the next best do. do 2 00 



For the 4 best do. Ewes 4 00 



For the 4 next best do. do J 2 00 



For the 4 best Lambs of any breed 4 00 



For the best Merino Ram 3 00 



For tlie 4 best Merino Ewes 4 00 



Hoos. 



For the best Berkshire Boar 4 00 



For the next best do 2 00 



For the best Berkshire Sow 4 00 



For the next best do 2 00 



For the best Boar of other breed 4 00 



For the next best do. do 2 00 



For the best Sow of other breed 4 00 



For the next best do. do 2 00 



For the best litter of Pigs of any breed not less 



than 6 in number 4 00 



No animal that has previously taken the Society's 



first premium, will be allowed to compete in the same 

 class. 



Agricultitral Implements, &c. 



For the best Plough $5 00 



For the next best do 2 00 



For the best Drilling Machine 4 00 



For the next best do 2 00 



For the best grain or grass Sowing do 4 00 



For the next best do do. do 2 00 



For the best Mowing or Reaping Machine 6 00 



For the next best do. do. do 3 00 



For the best Straw and Hay Cutter 4 00 



For the next best do. do 2 00 



For the best Root or Vegetable Cutter 4 00 



For the next best do. do 2 01) 



For the best Corn Sheller 6 00 



For the next best do 3 00 



For the best display of Agricultural Implements 8 00 



For the next best do. do. do 4 00 



For the best display of Agricultural Produce, such 



as grain, butter, plants, &c. &c 6 00 



For the next best do. do. do 3 00 



Any newly-invented Agricultural apparatus will be 

 entitled to appropriate premiums. 



Special Premiums 



For such animals as have received the first premiums 

 of this or any other agricultural society, accompanied 

 with a certificate or satisfactory evidence thereof. 



For the best Bull of any breed $20 00 



For the best Cow of any breed 20 00 



Stock entered for these premiums cannot compete for 

 others. 



The Judges are authorized to withhold premiums 

 where the object is not entitled to distinction; and 

 where but one of a class is exhibited, they will award 

 such premium as they think it merits. Those persona 

 who intend bringing animals for competition, must in- 

 form tlie Committee of Arrangement before 10 o'clock 

 on the first day of the exhibition. 



Ample evidence will be required as regards the pedi- 

 gree, age and character, of all stock entered for pre- 

 miums. 



Competition is open to the whole Union. 



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

 ground during the two days of exhibition. 



Pork raising in 1842.— That you may form some idea 

 of the profit of my farming operations in this country, 

 Illinois, I will give you the result of my pork specula- 

 tion. I purchased ten pigs a year old for fifteen dollars 

 the lot. By feeding them with 200 bushels of corn I 

 made them weigh 200 lbs. apiece, or 2,000 lbs. altoge- 

 ther. I carried seven of these to market, requiring two 

 days with my team, and sold them at 1^ cts. per pound, 

 store pay, so that the seven hogs produced twenty-one 

 dollars in goods, equal to about ten dollars in money. 

 I think the three I have, remaining unsold, would pro- 

 bably produce five dollars, and thus reimburse me for 

 the first purchase of the hogs. Thus the time devoted 

 to them, the expense of going to market, and the 200 

 bushels of corn, are the gain or loss of the transaction. 

 -JV. r. Tribune. 



