No. 12. 



Editorial JVotices, 



379 



POULTRY. 



For the best pair of fowls of improved 



breed, $2 



For the next best do. do. 1 



For the best pair of capons, 2 



For the next best do. 1 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



For the best ploiiq-h, the merits thereof 



to be decided by trial, $10 



For the next best do. 5 



For the best Drill Machine, 4 



For the next best do. 2 



For the best Straw or Hay Cutter, 4 



For the next best do. 2 



For the best Corn Sheller, 4 



For the next best do. 2 



For the best display of Agricultural Im- 

 plements, 8 

 For the next best do. do. 4 

 The ploughs intended for trial, must be at 

 the Exhibition during the whole time. Pre- 

 miums will be awarded to the best plough- 

 men : 



For the best, $5 



For the next best, 3 



AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 



For the best 5 lbs. of fresh butter, a silver 



butter knife, value, $5 



For the next best do. 3 



For the best firkin or jar of salted or pre- 

 served butter, not less than 20 lbs., a 

 silver butter knife, value, 5 



For the next best do. 3 



For the best sample bushel of wheat, 3 



For the next best do. do. 1 



For the best do. do. rye, 2 



For the next best do. do. 1 



For the best do. do. of corn in ears, 2 



For the next best do. do. 1 



For the best do. do. of oats, 2 



For the next best do. do. 1 



For the best do. do. of potatoes, 2 



For the next best do. do. 1 



For the best display of Agricultural pro- 

 duce generally, 4 

 For the next best do. do. 2 

 A statement of the mode and manner of 

 making and preserving the different kinds 

 of butter, will be required of competitors. 

 The preserved or salted butter must have 

 been put up at least two months previous to 

 the Exhibition. 



A PLOUGHING MATCH, 



For the trial of ploughs and ploughing, 

 will take place on Friday, the 24th of Octo- 

 ber, at 10 o'clock. 



Premiums will be paid in money or Agri- 

 cultural publications, as may be preferred. 



The judges are authorised to withhold 



premiums where the object is not entitled 

 to distinction ; and where but one of a class 

 is exhibited, they will award such premi- 

 um as they think it merits. Those persons 

 who intend bringing animals for competition, 

 must inform the Committee of Arrangement 

 before 10 o'clock on the first day of the Ex- 

 hibition. 



Competition is open to the whole Union. 

 All stock, &c., contributed, must remain 

 on the ground during the two days of Exhi- 

 bition. 



John Lardner, 

 Isaac W. Roberts, 

 Dennis Kelly, 

 Owen Sheridan, 

 C. S. Smith, 

 George Blight, 

 John S. Haines, 

 Isaac Newton, 

 Dr. a. L. Elwyn, 

 Committee of Arrangement. 



July 2nd, 1845. 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



and 

 AMSRICAXT HHRS-BOOK. 



Philadelphia, Seventh Month, 1845. 



Calling at Dr. Brinkle's, in Chesnut street, about 

 the middle of last month, it was a matter of no small 

 interest to witness the skill and success with which 

 he managed his strawberry p/anta^ion, in a yard per- 

 haps barely twenty feet square. The Doctor's plants 

 are all seedlings; and in obtaining them he is very 

 nice and curious in his crossings. He has pots and 

 bo.xes with considerably more than a hundred varie- 

 ties; some of ihem both for size and flavor, equalling 

 any strawberry we have ever seen or tasted. Others 

 were as remarkable for their extraordinary productive- 

 ness. Of the male and female character of the straw- 

 berry plant, the Doctor has not the shadow of a doubt. 



Among the various articles enumerated as making 

 up the cargo of the fine ship Thomas P. Cope, which 

 sailed from this port on the 25th ult. for Liverpool, we 

 were gratified to notice wool, leather and window 

 glass. 



The following premiums will be awarded by the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, at its stated meet- 

 ing on the 19th of next month, viz: 

 For the best Peaches, half a peck, $3. 

 " " next best do. do. $2. 



" " best Pears, do. $3. 



" " next best do. do. $2. 



" " best Plums, 2 dozens, $2. 



" " next best do. do. $1. 



•' " best Figs, 1 dozen, $2. 



The Autumnal Exhibition will be held as usual at 

 the Museum building in Ninth street, on the 34th, 25th 

 and 26th of Ninth month nest. 



