No. 7. 



Jlgricultural Exhibition. 



209 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Agricultural Exhibitions. 



Messrs. Editors. — Your correspondent Z. 

 in his rejoinder, sets out with charging me 

 with untruth : but. judging of intentions by 

 acts. I am free to submit to your readers, 

 whether his article in your November num- 

 ber, does not carry with it evidence of the 

 design to injure the Agricultural Society, 

 'ugning the motives of the committee 

 of judges. It may be admitted, that 

 last exhibition there were fewer 

 the ground than at the meeting of 1541, and 

 fewer sheep exhibited : but the true causes 

 of this falling off, were the terrible drought 

 of the season and the dust on the 

 which deterred many from travelling and 

 driving tat sheep and cattle to the exhibi- 

 tion ; as also the destruction of the I 

 over the Schuylkill, at the falls : that re- 

 spectable farmer and regular contributor. 

 Isaac W. Roberts. Esqr.. of Lower Alerion. 

 made an effort to bring a few of his young 

 stock by the upper bridge, which he re- 

 pented before he reached the ground; while 

 his large cattle had to be left at home. And 

 then, the day of exhibition was unfortunately 

 fixed for the day after the general elections 

 of this State : consequently, many farmers 

 at a distance who attended them, could not 

 arrive in time the next morning, when the 

 exhibition opened: and these causes were 

 understood and spoken of on the ground at 

 the time, to account for some of the - 

 being empty. I have already stated, that 

 the cause of Judge Longstreth's removing 

 his cattle from the ground, was not in con- 

 sequence of their being held exceptionable, 

 for they were awarded premiums. Z. com- 

 plains that I did him injustice in making 

 him say. that there were cattle, on which 

 the Society had heretofore lavished their 

 premiums in the most extravagant manner: 

 I am free to confess that I did, in chief, ac- 

 cuse him of censuring the Societv for 

 lavishing their premiums on some cattle 

 most extravagantly: but how I did him in- 

 justice in this. I am at a loss to know. He 

 also asserts, that the owner of Leander 

 caused him to be removed from the ground 

 immediately on the publication of the award 

 of the second premium, declaring that he 

 considered his bull disgraced by it — thus 

 breaking through the rules of the S 

 himself being one of the rramers of these 

 rules. Now, I know this to be untrue, as I 

 am authorized by the owner to sav: tor the 

 bull was not removed on the coc?.sion. until 

 taken home with the other cattle, late on 

 the evening of the last dav or" the exhibi- 

 tion. 



But I must not forget to say a word to Z. 

 on his judgment on cattle ; on this, 

 take not, he will feel more sensitive than on 

 any other point that I have touched upon, 

 ms to take great credit to himself, 

 because he always held the Prince of Wales 

 superior to Colostra, inasmuch as the judges 

 so dec — every boy who attended 



the exhibition when these two superior bulls 

 were exhibited, took either - -tra or 



Prince of V. - . . ] they could not be 

 wrong, both being so near peritenon: but 

 he ventures on an untried one — a bull that 

 did not come to the ground, heralded as the 

 ■'best br " — •■ splei 

 out character, as he was -without pedigree,"' 



-'/..■ ehrea Mere then - r — ue on 



the judgment of Z. and I propose that the 

 n shall be left to any set of the 

 judges — even to those who pleased him the 

 - : and if they will say that the bull of 

 his choice is the best, or even third or fcurth- 

 rate to another on the ground of the same 

 age and at the same time. I will purchase 

 it and make him a present of it. Or. if 

 he does not like this. :e another 



mode of deciding — they sav. everv thing is 

 worth only what it will bring — now. the 

 young bull which took the first premium at 

 the exhibition, is held by his owner at not 

 less than $1000; whether he can sel 



" " -.1 cannot tell, but I am sure he is 

 worth more to him than that sum. for his 

 calves this season, will likely cover that 

 amount; but the bull which was judged in- 

 ferior to him, being awarded the second pre- 

 mium, sold on the ground, at private sale, 

 for. I think, something like §400; while Z.'s 

 favourite could have been purchased of his 

 owner the same day — and can. even yet, if 

 not sold — at something like -540 ! So much 

 for Z.'s judgment in c Culley. 



Our intelligent correspondents. " Z." and "Culler." 

 will excuse the liberty which we have felt obliged to 

 esercise. — as an editorial privilege — that of curtailing 

 a little redundancy. We hope they will admit that 

 their articles are not weakened by it: but we are con- 

 strained to propose that the subject shall now be drop- 

 ped. It would, indeed, be refreshing, were they to ex. 

 ercise their abilities on a topic on which all were 

 asreed.— Er. 



Cire for Corns. — Take a small piece of 

 tlannel that has never been washed ; wrap, 

 or sow it around the toe : — one thickness 

 will be sufficient. Wet the flannel where 

 the corn is. night and morning, with fine 

 sweet oil. Renew the flannel weekly, and 

 at the same I : the corn, and it wdl 



soon disappear. — Leeds Intelligencer. 



