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animal so valuable, and so necessary in producing staple commodi- 

 ties for a country, should be subject to ridicule, seems to have arisen 

 from a false taste. 



In this country, swine have been well reared, and for a long series 

 of years fattened to a greater weight than known in other countries; 

 and the flesh too, as pork, better than any other, from the fact of be- 

 ing fattened with Indian corn, the best food known for feeding the 

 animal. The proof is in our late commerce with England, showing 

 that prejudice has fled, and that American pork and haras are really 

 to be tolerated, inasmuch as they have been found to be more firm, 

 and as the English call it, " better fed," than their own Irish or Eng- 

 lish pork. 



It is left for the committee to investigate and make known what 

 breeds are found to be best, whether from Yankee land, the Middle, 

 Western or Southern States, for the profit of the farmer, as there is 

 no longer need to call on Europe or any other country for ameliora- 

 tion of our breeds of swine. 



These instructions were not acted on by the committees to the ex- 

 tent intended by the agricultural board, as returns only of premiums 

 were sent in, without giving reasons for granting the various awards, 

 or on whom conferred, as was the intent and wish of the agricultu- 

 ral board; it therefore becomes necessary on the part of the special 

 committee, to give descriptions of the animals, as well as to whom 

 they belonged, not only in justice to them, but to the community at 

 large. We commence with the useful and fanciful animal, the 



Horse. 



There were many varieties of the horse on the ground which gave 

 high interest to the scene. The^r^^ premium of the silver cup was 

 awarded to Mr. Robert L. Stevens, of Hoboken, N. J., for his horse 

 Tornado, by American Eclipse, dam, Polly Hopkins,. by Sir Archy; 

 a thorough bred stallion of great beauty, possessing most of the re- 

 quisites sought for, and required in the blood horse; thus much 

 is said as a passing notice of this horse, but something more is due 

 to Mr. Stevens, the owner of him, inasmuch as that gentleman to 

 carry out an object of improvement, sent the dam, Polly Hopkins, to 

 England, (where Tornado was foaled,) in order to meet the 

 best stallion in that country, and she returned per packet, with 

 her foal by her side. This fact is worthy of record, and shows 

 that we have men in our community, who without regard to expense, 



