THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



743 



REPORTS OF JUDGES 



AND 



AWARDS OF PREMIUMS, 



AT THE 



SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION 



OP THE 



Virginia State Agricultural Society, 



HELD IN 



PETERSBURG, VA, 



ON THE 



2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5tli November, 1858. 



BRANCH I. 



Premiums for Experiments. 



The Judges, on the subject of Experiments, 

 regret to have to report that only one paper has 

 been handed in — that of Mr. Norvell, of Lunen- 

 burg — on the subject of Continuous Cropping. 



While Mr. 'Norvell's report is an interesting 

 one, and on an important subject, yet they do not 

 deem his experiment conclusive, not having been 

 carried through a sufficient number of years to 

 entitle it to a premium under the regulations of 

 the Society. 



BRANCH II. 



Premiums for Written Communications. 

 Several Essays have been submitted to the 

 Committee on this Branch, upon which — for want 

 of sufficient time for the due consideration of 

 them — no report has been rendered. They with- 

 hold to a future time the rendering of a report, 

 when their awards will be made known. 



BRANCH III. 

 Class 1st. 

 Best Crops of Different Farms. 



86. To Wm. D. West, of Elizabeth City, 

 for the best product of Sweet Potatoes on 

 live acres of land in a body, being an ag- 

 gregate yield of 1987^ bushels, produc- 

 ing -$1,412 86, a premium of $30 00 



88. To Leonard Chamberlain, of Hen- 

 rico, for the best product of Irish Potatoes 

 on two acres of land, in a body, yielding 

 236 bushels per acre, a premium of 20 00 



Several Bales of Cotton, very neatly put 

 up, were exhibited by Messrs. Needham 

 Price, John R. Dunn, and Wells Draughan, 

 of N. C. 



Class 2nd. 



92. To Tilghman Foster, for the best 

 Sample of English Shipping Leaf To- 

 bacco, 20 00 



93. To A. S. Clarke, for the second best, 10 00 



BRANCH IV. 

 Class 1st. 

 Thoroughbred Horses. 

 98. To John Minor Botts, for his tho- 



roughbred Stallion, "Revenue," a Certifi- 

 cate of Continued Superiority in lieu of 

 the first premium, that honor having been 

 twice awarded him at previous Exhibi- 

 tions of the Society. 



99. To John L. White, for his thorough- 

 bred Imported Stallion, " Fly-by-Night," 



as the second best, a premium of $20 00 



100. To T. D. Watson, for his thorough- 

 bred horse " Mohegan," a Certificate op Merit. 



101. To Wm. C. Scott, for the best Brood 

 Mare, (Pauline,) 20 00 



102. To Paschal Buford, for the second 



best, 10 00 



103. To J. D. Watson, for the third best, 

 (Mary,) a Certificate of Merit. 



104. To Wm. O. Goode, for "Phantom," 

 the best entire Colt foaled since 1st Janu- 

 ary, 1855, 10 00 



106. To O. P. Hare, for the best entire 



Colt foaled since 1st January, 1857, 7 50 



107. To R. N. Neblett,for the best Filly 

 foaled since 1st January, 1855, 10 00 



108. To J. Eubank, for the best Filly 

 foaled since 1st January, 1856, 10 00 



109. To J. Eubank, for the best Filly 

 foaled since 1st January, 1857, 7 50 



Class 2nd. 

 Horse of General Utility. 



111. To Philip St. George Cocke, for the 

 best Stallion for useful and elegant pur- 

 poses combined, " Cleveland," 40 00 



112. To Leonard Mongan, for the second 



best, " Orphan Boy," 20 00 



113. To John C. Griffin, for the third 



best, " Young Madison," a Certificate of Merit. 



114. To W. C. Archer, for the best Brood 

 Mare, "Mo! ley," 20 00 



115. To J. W. Dyer, for the second best, 

 "Sally," ' 10 00 



116. To G. S. A> re, for the third best, 

 "Fannie," Certificate of Merit. 



117. To G. W. Mowry, for the best en- 

 tire Colt foaled since 1st January, 1855, 

 "Jim Wiley," 10 00 



118. To R. A. Willis, for the best entire 

 Colt foaled since 1st January, 1856, 

 "Young America," 10 00 



119. To Baker Mann, for the best entire 

 Colt foaled since 1st January, 1857, "Ti- 

 conderoga," 7 50 



120. To John P. Branch, for the best 

 Filly foaled since 1st January, 1855, "Alice 

 Wood," 10 00 



121. To J. Eubank, for the best Filly 

 foaled since 1st January, 1856, "Ellen 

 Carter," 10 00 



122. To W. C. Archer, for the best Filly 

 foaled since 1st January, 1857, "Lady of 



the Lake," 7 50 



124. To Isaac Stone, for the best pair 

 matched Horses, " Clipper and Jim." 25 00 



125. To John P. Branch, for the second 



best, 10 00 



126. W. P. Cullen, for the best single 

 Harness Horse, Mare or Gelding, "Gray 

 Ea^le ," 15 00 



