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Agricultural Fair. 



Vol. VIII. 



For the next best, to Aaron Clement, 

 for Young Rowan, by Leander, %2 



For the best steer between one and two 

 years old, to I. W. Roberts, for Bona- 

 parte, 4 



For the next best, to Isaac Newton, for 

 a Devon steer, 2 



SHEEP AND SWINE. 



To Alexander Johnson, of Lower Me- 



rion, for his Southdown buck, the 



first premium of 4 



To T. M. Smith, of Tinicum, Delaware 



county, for the next best ditto, 2 



For the best Southdown buck lamb, to 



John Johnson, 2 



For the four best Southdown ewes, to 



the same gentleman, 4 



For the four next best do., to the same 



gentleman, 2 



For the four best Southdown lambs, to 



the same gentleman, 2 



For the four next best ditto, to the same 



gentleman, 1 



For the best Leicester buck, to Aaron 



Johnson, 4 



For the four best Leicester lambs, to the 



same gentleman, 2 



For the four best Bakewell ewes, to John 



Johnson, 4 



For throe fine Southdown ewes, to Lewis 



Willard, a complimentary premium of 2 

 For the best Berkshire boar, to Elijah 



Thompson, 4 



For the best sow, Berkshire and Ches- 

 ter county cross, to Lewis Willard, 4 

 For the next best, to the same, 2 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 

 PRODUCE, &LC. 



For the best display of Agricultural im- 

 plements, to Landreth & Munns, the 

 first premium of $8 



For the next best, to Edwin Chandler, 4 

 For the best Corn-sheller, to Landreth 

 &L Munns, for a patent machine of Mr. 

 Manning, of Trenton, N. J., 4 



For the next best, to Edwin Chandler, 2 

 For the best Straw-cutter, to Jesse Ar- 



ney, of Wilmington, Delaware, 4 



For the next best, to Edwin Chandler, 2 



The Committee award a complimentary 

 premium of .^2 to John Bamborough, of 

 Mount Joy, for an improved Grain Fan, 

 which they recommend. 



They also award a similar premium to 

 John W. Henry, for his portable Steaming 

 Apparatus. 



They likewise pass a complimentary no- 

 tice upon a Threshing Machine, by Pearson 

 & Gregg, of Wilmington, Del. 



For the best wheat, (Mediterranean) to 

 Edward French, of New Jersey, a 

 premium of <$3 



For the next best, (white) to William 

 Dilks, of Delaware county, 1 



For the best Rye, to Ephraim Holbert, 2 



For the best Oats, to Samuel S. Richie, 

 of Germantown, 2 



For the best display of agricultural pro- 

 ducts, to Samuel S. Richie, 4 



For the next best, to Isaac Newton, 2 



For a basket of fine white Ruta-baga 

 turnips, to William Howell, a compli- 

 mentary premium of 1 



The seed for these premium turnips was 

 obtained from Landreth & Munns. The 

 Committee also notice some fine specimens 

 of produce from the Olney Farm of Mr. 

 Samuel C. Ford. 



The following notice of the Ploughing Match, we 

 copy from the United States Gazette. 



The Ploughing match came off according 

 to notice, before a large number of specta- 

 tors, mostly agriculturists, who were much 

 interested, and watched with eagerness the 

 performances of the competitors. The num- 

 ber of ploughs entered for trial, were ten ; 

 comprising all the varieties which are al- 

 ready celebrated for excellence, and some 

 hitherto unknown. 



The field for the trial lay a short distance 

 east of Thompson's Hotel, and the distance 

 to be ploughed by each competitor, — about 

 one-sixteenth of an acre for each — having 

 been fixed by the judges, the lines were run 

 by the ploughmen ; marking by a light fur- 

 row, the distance to be ploughed; the order 

 of arrangement being as follows : 



No. 1. Plough — J. H. Pawling maker and 

 owner, of Lower Merion, Montgomery coun- 

 ty; drawn by two grey horses: — Thomas 

 Haley, of Delaware county, ploughman. 



No. 2. Plough— John Hunter, of Block- 

 ley, owner, Messrs. Shallcross & Franklin, 

 makers; drawn by dark grey horses: — An- 

 drew Haugh, ploughman. 



No. 3. The Garrett Plough— Messrs. C. 

 Garrett &, Sons, owners and makers, of Up- 

 per Darby; drawn by brown horses: — Philip 

 Garrett, of Upper Darby, ploughman. 



No. 4. Plougli — Mahlon Smith, maker and 

 owner, of Plumstead township, Bucks co. ; 

 drawn by grey and chesnut horses : — Jona- 

 than Smith, ploughman. 



No. 5. J. S. Eastman's " Cleazy" Plough, 

 of Baltimore; drawn by bay and grey horses: 

 — Richard Clevenger, ploughman. 



No. 6. TJie Prouty Plough, No. 5, owned 

 by Mr. Howell ; drawn by grey and black 

 horses : — John Edinger, ploughman. 



