No. 1. 



Premiums of the Ag. Society of Newcastle co., Del. 



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Premiums offered by the Agricultural 

 Society of Newcastle County, 



At the Fall Exhibition, Cattle Show and 

 Ploughing Match, to be held at Wil- 

 mington, on Wednesday and Thursday, 

 llth and 12th of September, 1844. 



HORSES. 



For the best thorough-bred stud-horse, $10 

 do. next best do. do. do. Youatt 

 ' on the Horse. 



For the best stud-horse for field and 



road, S5 



For the best pair of carriage horses, Turf 

 Register, 1 year. 



For the best saddle-horse, certificate of merit 

 do. do. pair of work horses, ^5 



do. next best do. ' certificate of merit 



For the best thorough-bred mare, $5 



do. do. mare for field and road, Youatt 



on the Horse. 



For the best horse colt, from two to three 

 years old. Farmer's Cabinet, 1 year. 



For the best horse-colt, one to two years 

 old, certificate of merit. 



For the best mare colt, from two to three 

 years old. Farmer's Cabinet 1 year. 



For the best mare colt, one to two years old, 

 certificate of merit. 



For the best colt under 1 year old, certifi- 

 cate of merit. 



CATTLE. 



For the best bull, ^o 



do. second best do. Youatt on Cattle. 



do. third best do. Farmer's Cabinet 1 

 year. 

 Por the best cow, 85 



do. second best do., the latest improved 

 churn. 

 For the third best do., superior butter tub. 

 For the best pair of fat cattle, $'5 



do. do. fat steer, 3 



do. do. lot of grass fed steers, not 

 less than six in number, 10 



For the best lot of fat heifers, do. do. .5 



do. do. bull calf, from one to two years 

 old, Youatt on Cattle. 

 For the best bull calf under 1 year old. 



Farmer's Cabinet 1 year. 

 For the best heifer calf, from two to three 



years old, Colman's Reports. 

 For the best heifer calf, from one to two 



years old, Youatt on Cattle. 

 For the best heifer calf, under one year old, 



Cultivator 1 year. 

 For the best lot of store calves, not less than 



six in number, Colman's Reports. 

 For the best pair of working oxen, $10 



do. second best do. 5 



do. third best, Colman's Reports. 



For the best pair four year old steers, Youatt 



on Cattle. 

 For the best and best broke pair of steers, 

 3 years old, Farmer's Cabinet 1 year. 



SHEEP. 



For the best Long-woolled buck, Blacklock's 

 Treatise on sheep. 



For the next best Long-woolled buck, certifi- 

 cate of merit. 



For the four best Long-woolled ewes, Farm- 

 er's Cabinet 2 years. 



For the four next best Long-woolled ewes, 

 certificate of merit. 



For the best Short-woolled buck, Treatise 

 on sheep. 



For the next best Short-woolled buck, certi- 

 ficate of merit. 



For the four best Short-woolled ewes. New 

 England Farnier, 1 vol. 



For the four next best Short-woolled ewes, 

 certificate of merit. 



For the four best lambs of any breed, 2 vols. 

 Cultivator. 



For the four next nest lambs of any breed, 

 certificate of merit. 



HOGS. 



For the best boar over 1 year old. Farmer's 

 Encyclopsedia. 



For the second-best boar over 1 year old,. 

 Farmer's Cabinet 1 year. 



For the best boar under 1 year old, Ameri- 

 can Farmer 1 year. 



For the best sow over one year old, Farmer's 

 Ecyclopsedia. 



For the best sow under one year old, Farm- 

 er's Cabinet one year. 



For the next best sdw under one year old, 

 American Farmer 1 year. 



For the best litter of pigs, not less than five, 

 Colman's European work. 



For the next be.st litter of pigs, not less than 

 five, American Farmer. 



FARMS. 



For the best farm, having regard to pro- 

 duct, to economy in the w^orkmg, and to ar- 

 rangements of barns, shedding, &c., also to 

 neatness in its management. Premium, a 

 survey of the farm, designatmg each enclo- 

 sure, enumerating the contents of each, also 

 locating handsomely on the plot, the differ- 

 ent buildings. 



COMPOST MANURE. 



To the person who shall make the most 

 satisfactory, and in the judgment of the 

 committee, the most useful experiment m 

 composting manure, not less than 100 loads 

 of 40 cubic feet, before October 1st, 1844. 



