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Reports to the Jlgricul tural Society. 



Vol. hi. \ 



enabled to offer larger and more numerous 

 premiums. 



Assuredly, annual exhibitions and sales 

 •will be held so long as the farmers of Penn- 

 sylvania and the adjoining states, with their 

 present liberal spirit, furnish the means and 

 motives. 



In conclusion, the committee recommend 

 the obtaining of a permanent location, where 

 suitable stabling, sheds, pens, &c. can be 

 had or provided, and such arrangements 

 made as will exhibit animals to advantage. 



Preparations should at the same time be 

 made and inducements offered to bring for- 

 ward implements of agriculture and produc- 

 tions of the soil, which on the present occa- 

 sion have not received an attention corres- 

 ponding with their importance to the farm- 

 ers. 



The committee of arrangement have to 

 regret that the premiums were so small, and 

 would earnestly recommend the early adop- 

 tion of measures for obtaining from the legis- 

 lature of Pennsylvania the re-enactment of 

 the law of 30th March 1821, when the en- 

 largement of their funds would enable the 

 Society to be much more useful to the agri- 

 cultural community. 



Thomas Rotch, Chairman. 

 K. Smith, 



N. BiDDLE, 



James Thornton, 

 Geo. W. Roberts, 

 James Gowen, 

 John Fox, 

 RoBT. A. Parrish, 

 Algn. S. Roberts, Secretary. 



Report of the Comniiitee on Neat Cattle. 



The Committee on Neat Cattle, in making 

 up their report, could not but regret that the 

 limited number of premiums offered pre- 

 vented them from giving to many more of 

 the owners of the superior animals on the 

 ground some substantial token of their ap- 

 probation, as in many instances it was diffi- 

 cult to decide on the claims of the different 

 competitors. Of the many Avho were neces- 

 sarily excluded from premiums, the follow- 

 ing deserve particular notice. 



1. Mr. Canby's 2 year old imported Dur- 

 ham bull. Maxwell, and cow Dulcebella, 

 both beautiful, but excluded from a premium 

 by reason of their not belonging to the 

 state. 



2. Mr. John Barney's red bull Defiance, 

 sent with several other cattle besides those 

 which obtained premiums, were deserving 



of much praise for their fine forms and 

 sizes. 



3. Mr. Penn Gaskill's bull Llewellyn, 

 (W'hitaker's stock) was worthy of high 

 praise and greatly admired. 



4. Mr. Wolbert's stock excited general 

 admiration for their fine forms, size, and ex- 

 cellent order, the cows exhibited every mark 

 of deep milkers, a quality which they are 

 known to possess. 



5. Mr. Joshua Longstreth also exhibited 

 a beautiful imported Durham cow, possess- 

 ing many fine points, and attracted great 

 and deserved notice. 



C. Mr. James Gowen exhibited a beauti- 

 ful heifer calf from thorough bred Durham 

 stock. 



7. Mr. Thomas Rotch exhibited several 

 specimens of excellent stock, besides those 

 which obtained premiums. 



8. The committee have great pleasure in 

 expressing their high sense of the skill and 

 judgment shown by Mr. I. W. Roberts in 

 the selection of his stock, and the excellent 

 condition in which they appeared. 



9. Mr. Frederick Haines, of Marietta, 

 Lancaster county, is entitled to great praise 

 for his fine stock, besides the young animal 

 which was rewarded, and the thanks of the 

 Society for his zeal in promoting its object 

 by bringing his stock so great a distance. 



10. In addition to the foregoing, the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen exhibited some fine ani- 

 mals which added greatly to the interest of 

 the fair. 



Mr. Wm. Warner Roberts brought a fine 

 bull of mixed blood ; Mr. S. Ott a half- 

 blood Durham bull calf of great beauty; 

 Mr. S. Jones a halt'-blood of much promise ; 

 Mr. John Supplee, a bull of the Alderney 

 and Holstein breeds of great size. 



11. Mr. Kenderton Smith, Mr. Oven- 

 shien, Mr. Sharp, Mr. Morris, Mr. P. H. 

 Coulter, Mr. Purcel, Mr. Hclmbold, and 

 Mr. Comfort, broui^ht specimens oi well 

 kept farm stock of different degrees of 

 mixed blood. 



The committee on cattle award the fol- 

 lowing premiums : 



For the best imported bull above 1 year 

 old, the premium of $10 is awarded to C. 

 J. Wolbert, for his white bull Colostra, of 

 2 years old, of the improved Durham blood. 



For the second best imported bull, the 

 premium of $5 is awarded to Thomas 

 Rotch, for his bull Bruce, of 2 years old. 



For the best native bull above 1 year old, 

 the premium of SIO is awarded to John 

 Barney, for his bull Defiance 2d. 



For the second best native bull abave 1 



