No. 3. 



Editorial Notices. 



101 



No. 7. The Iron Plough, imported from 

 Ireland, and owned by Col. John Price We- 

 therill; drawn by beautiful bay horses: — Ed- 

 ward McCloskay, ploughman. 



No. 8. Jos. Dickinson's Plough, of Ches- 

 nut Ilill, made and owned by him ; drawn 

 by brown and grey horses: — Cadwalader 

 Biddle, ploughman. 



No. 9. J. B. Moore's Plough, of Wilming- 

 ton, Del., made and owned by him ; drawn 

 by bay and brown horses: — John Smith, 

 ploughman. 



No. 10. The Prouty Plough, (No. ^) en- 

 tered by John Newlove, of Newcastle, Del.; 

 drawn by black horses: — John Newlove, 

 ploughman. 



Having been arranged according to order, 

 tlie signal to start was given about half past 

 twelve o'clock, and the ploughs were set in 

 motion — the ploughmen striving their utmost 

 to furrow the earth in the m^ost skilful man- 

 ner. All the work was done in splendid 

 style, and most of the furrows were as 

 straight as an arrow, the earth being turned 

 over evenly, and broken so as entirely to 

 hide the grass — the land side of the furrow 

 being cut as clear and smooth, as if chan- 

 nelled out carefully with a spade. 



The trial lasted about thirty minutes, and 

 after a trial of a Subsoil plough, the inven- 

 tion of Mr. Eastman, of Baltimore, and an 

 improved plough, the invention of Commo- 

 dore Barron, the committee, after delibera- 

 tion, and an inspection and comparison of 

 the work performed, announced the folloW' 

 ing premiums: 



For the best plough, to Mahlon Smith, 

 of Bucks county, for his plough, the 

 first premium of 



For the second best do., to J. B. Moore, 

 of Wilmington, Del., the second pre- 

 mium of 



For his excellence and skill in plough- 

 ing, to Jonathan Smith, the first pre- 

 mium of 



For excellence and skill in ploughing, 

 next in merit, to Andrew Haugh, the 

 second premium of 



$10 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



AND 



A3raz;RICAXT HERS-BOOK. 



Philadelphia, Tenth Month, 1843. 



Our agricultural friends of New Castlo county, held 

 their Annual Exhibition at Wilmington, Delaware, 

 on the 13th and 14th of last month. It was a gala day 

 for the farmers, and a bustling one for the town. The 

 various articles exhibited did credit, as we are in- 

 formed, both to the Society and the producers. The 

 dinner was got up in fine style, and the Address from 

 Dr. Darlington, was such as was anticipated by all 



who know the man. We heard it described as doing 

 full credit to the subject, and giving proof of the good 

 taste and judgment of those who decided upon the 

 orator. 



The manufactured articles gave evidence of very 

 respectable proficiency, and were calculated to make 

 the heart of " little Delaware" beat quick, and swell 

 with an honest pride, when she glanced her eye over 

 that rich display of the industry and handiwork of 

 her children. Labour and skill constitute the true 

 foundation of prosperity. The mills and the manu- 

 factures of Brandywine, have long been pointed to, as 

 among the most effective in the Union ; and if we do 

 not make wrong calculations in respect to the spirit 

 of improvement and emulation that is abroad througlj 

 this State, the period is not far distant, when the citi- 

 zen of Delaware shall point to his own broad and lux- 

 uriant pastures, with as much complacency, as does 

 now, his neighbour of Lancaster or Chester. 



Farmers had been invited to exhibit their working 

 oxen in a long train; and in the morning of the 13th, 

 seventy-five yoke, attached to a carriage, laden with 

 the implements of husbandry, and the results of their 

 use, were driven through the town, showing to the 

 citizens an extent and strength of team, they had 

 never seen before. 



The Ploughing match was an exciting affair. The 

 ground selected for the purpose, was on the farm of 

 Chauncey P. Holcomb, Esq., two or three miles from 

 Wilmington. Sixteen ploughs entered the lists. The 

 lands, containing the eighth of an acre each, had been 

 previously laid out and staked, and a couple of fur- 

 rows thrown up as a beginning. Forty minutes time 

 were allowed for completing the task, the competitors 

 being urged to the greatest care in its performance: 

 the ground to be well broken up and pulverized, and 

 the furrow six inches in depth, to be carefully laid, so 

 as effectually to bury the sod. "At the signal for 

 starting, the teams dashed forward like greyhounds 

 from the slip," says a writer in the Pennsylvania In- 

 quirer, in whom we recognize an old acquaintance. 

 C. P. Holcomb's four-ox team was the only one in at- 

 tendance— the rest being all horses— and it performed 

 the task in a workmanlike manner, in twenty-one and 

 a half minutes! "outwalking every horse team on the 

 ground, by perhaps a couple of minutes." 



" The first premium— a premium plough— was award- 

 ed to John Newlove, who ploughed with C. P. Hol- 

 comb's Prouty plough. 



"The second premium- a premium harrow — was 

 awarded to John W. Andrews: — ploughman, Richard 

 Fountain. 



" The third premium— 'Youatt on Cattle'— to James 

 B. Moore: — Richard Carter, ploughman. 



"The fourth premium— certificate of merit — to F. 

 Sawdon :— ploughman, Thomas Sawdon." 



It is quite amusing to observe what a fever the 

 South Western Farmer and one of its correspondents 

 have worked themselves into, in relation to a very in- 

 teresting article on the Influence of Climate on the 

 Fruitfulness of Plants, as published in the eleventh 

 number of our last volume. It would seem as if they 

 had not read and moralized upon some of the adven- 

 tures of the Knight of La Mancha, to much profit. 



We have understood that Joseph Cope, of Marshall - 

 ton, Chester county, Pa., has Sout/id(ncn Bucks for sale. 



