Agricultural Fair. 



Vol. VIII. 



ble results : and the recent efforts of govern- 

 ment, through its consuls and foreign agents, 

 to collect seeds from foreign countries, could 

 not be too much applauded. 



The American Farmer is the actual ten- 

 ant of the soil — his house is his sanctuary — ■ 

 he sits in the Legislature to enact laws, 

 and in the jury box to administer justice: 

 aware of the benefits of Christianity, he sup- 

 ports religion from motives of pure piety, 

 and worships the Lord of Hosts according 

 to the dictates of his conscience. 



He is bountifully supplied with the pro- 

 ductions of nature. 



The quantity of Bread stuffs raised in the 

 U. States in 1842, reached to 700,000,000 

 bushels, which is sufficient to allow 39 bush- 

 els to every man, woman and child in the 

 country ; and is it wonderful then, that the 

 yeomen are considered the bone and muscle 

 of the country ! 



The orator then briefly commented on the 

 fact of so many parents and guardians press- 

 ing their youth into professions already 

 crowded, where few excel and many utterly 

 fail, instead of selecting the profession of 

 Agriculture, which in this country, will al- 

 ways be respected. An American farmer, 

 Washington, led the Revolutionary armies 

 to victory, and insured the blessings of li- 

 berty and independence ! And, in our late 

 struo-o-le with England, another American 

 farmer, Major General Jacob Brown, was ac- 

 tively engaged in the contest. Congress and 

 the State Legislatures have always been 

 filled with planters and farmers, who con- 

 sidered it no reproach that they " lived by 

 the sweat of the brow." 



The orator then proceeded to make a few 

 suggestions for practical farming, concerning 

 a judicious rotation of crops adapted to our 

 climate, especially roots ; a greater atten- 

 tion to soiling, irrigation, proper selection 

 of seeds ; the preservation and economical 

 use of manure; the introduction more gene- 

 rally of labour saving machinery; gardening 

 and raising fruit, adding words of praise for 

 what had been done in ensuring the best 

 breeds of cattle. 



Pennsylvania contains nearly thirty mil- 

 lions of acres. According to the census of 

 1840, she had a population of one million 

 seven hundred and odd thousands, which is 

 nineteen acres and a fraction for each inha- 

 bitant. In 1842, she raised, of grains of all 

 kinds, upwards of sixty millions of bushels; 

 of hay, upwards of two millions and a quar- 

 ter of tons ; of flax and hemp, nearly three 

 thousand three hundred tons; of tobacco, 

 four hundred and eighty thousand pounds ; of 

 silk, upwards of twenty-one thousand pounds; 

 of sugar, nearly three millions and a halfl 



of pounds; and of wines, nearly eighteen 

 thousand gallons. 



In the Wheat crop, Pennsylvania ranked 

 the third state in the Union ; Ohio raised 

 twenty-five millions and a quarter of bush- 

 els; and New York upwards of eleven rail- 

 lions of bushels, while we raised ten millions 

 eight hundred thousand bushels. 



In the Indian Corn crop, (the great staple 

 of the United States) Pennsylvania stands 

 only the twelfth state in the scale of pro- 

 duction. We raised thirteen and a half 

 millions of bushels, whereas Tennessee pro- 

 duced nearly fifty six millions of bushels ; 

 and Kentucky raised nearly fifty millions of 

 bushels. 



But Tennessee or Kentucky that year 

 did not produce half the quantity of wheat 

 that was raised by Pennsylvania. The en- 

 tire wheat crop of the United States in 

 1842, was rising one hundred and two mil- 

 lions and a quarter of bushels, of which 

 Pennsylvania raised more than a tenth. So 

 that, while the Pennsylvania farmer can find 

 nothing in the national statistics of which 

 he ought to be ashamed, he perceives much 

 in the industry of other States to excite 

 his ambition. 



With a congratulation to his auditors on 

 our general prosperity, and an earnest exhor- 

 tation to preserve the integrity of the Go- 

 vernment — to maintain peace without, and 

 industry, sobriety, economy and indepen- 

 dence within ; adding a beautiful picture of 

 the future destiny of our country, he brought 

 his address to a close. 



At the close of the Address, J. Gowen again came 

 forward, and on behalf of the respective committees, 

 announced the following 



Premiums. 



For the best thorough-bred stud-horse, 

 to Dennis Kelly's Slingo, Jr., first pre- 

 mium, $12 



For the next best do., to Dr. George 

 McClellan's Bloody Nathan, 6 



For the best stud-horse adapted to the 

 road, to Charles Lloyd's Ploughboy, 

 first premium, 10 



For the next best do., to John F. Park- 

 er's Busiris, Jr. 5 



For the best thorough-bred brood mare, 

 to Dennis Kelly's Smilax, first pre- 

 mium, 10 



For the next best do., to Dennis Kelly's 

 Lady Slipper, 5 



For the best mare adapted, to the field 

 and the road, Hugh Rogers' Fanny, 

 second premium, 5 



For the best horse colt, between two 

 and four years old, to Dr. G. McClel- 

 lan's John M. Clayton, 8 



