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Suggestions for Agricultural Societies, 
in judging of this, quantity produced, form, 
constitution, size, and mutton qualities of the 
animal should be taken into consideration. 
Class 2d. The South Devon, as their 
mutton is superior for the table, their wool 
easily manufactured in a domestic way, and 
sufficiently fine for all family purposes, 
besides being an active hardy sheep. 
Class 3d. Should embrace all the long- 
woolled varieties, such as the Bakewell or 
Leicester, Lincoln, Cotswold, and New 
Oxford. 
Class 4th. Any native bred sheep that 
shall possess the best combinations of wool 
and mutton, size, thrift and constitution for 
the particular locality where bred. 
Swine, we think, ought to be divided into 
two classes. 
Class 1st. Any breed that it could be 
shown would fat 250 to 300 lbs. or more at 
the age of 9 or 10 months ; or 600 to 700 
lbs. at 18 or 20 months age. 
Class 2d. Any breed that would attain 
half the weights of the above or more, at the 
same ages; of course, quality of meat, fine¬ 
ness of point, and easiness of keep in the 
animal exhibited would rule the judgments 
given, after the ages and weights were ascer¬ 
tained. The reasons for dividing these 
animals are, that larger and smaller are 
wanted for different purposes, and the 
smaller class can be grown up mostly on 
the grasses and coarse herbage, while the 
larger ones would require heavier food, such 
as grain mixed with vegetables. 
In Dairy products there should be only 
one class for butter, but cheese may with 
propriety be divided into two or three, such 
as cream cheese for the first, new milk for 
the second, and perhaps we may suggest, 
skim-milk for the third, as it is a kind that 
may be produced in certain localities, where 
the milk could not be applied to any other 
purpose so profitably. 
The domestic Fowls have always been 
entirely overlooked, but how largely do they 
contribute to the food of our tables; we 
would therefore suggest, that premiums be 
awarded to them, for they are by no means 
a small matter in agricultural products. In 
these we would recommend three classes at 
least. 
Class 1st. The Bucks County fowl of 
Pennsylvania, the Malay, the Spanish, the 
Dorking, the Java, and any other large sizes. 
Class 2d. The Poland and other medium 
sizes. 
Class 3d. Bantams, &c. Fertility in pro¬ 
ducing eggs, delicacy of meat, hardiness of 
the bird, easiness of keep, and good shape, 
should be the rules of preference. 
Fat animals of any kind, such as cattle, 
sheep and swine, might perhaps with pro¬ 
priety, be limited only to diplomas; for 
their meat, in consequence of their being 
prize animals, would generally bring enough 
extra to pay for the trouble and expense of 
exhibition. 
All grains, grasses, and roots, ought to 
be classified by themselves, for every one 
knows, that certain kinds of wheat, corn, 
barley, peas, beans, roots and grasses, suit 
different soils and climates ; it would be a 
great error, therefore, to judge one against 
the other. For instance, w r e will suppose 
that the state societies of Virginia and Ohio, 
offer but one premium on corn. Now the 
mountainous and lake regions of these states 
require an entirely different grain for their 
respective soils and climates, than suits the 
rich alluvions of the lower Potomac and 
James rivers, and the wide bottoms of the 
Sciota and Miami. 
We make no suggestions about articles of 
domestic manufacture, as they will come in 
as a matter of course, and to these we would 
add sweetmeats, jellies, and other knick- 
knacks, for the purpose of more particularly 
interesting the ladies. These things have a 
due share of attention with the societies at 
the south, and certainly it would be a great 
privilege to be placed on such a committee. 
Where ladies would be the best judges, they 
ought to form the committees exclusively. 
Every thing shown for premiums ought to 
be on tiie ground a sufficient time previous 
to the day of exhibition, to give the different 
committees an opportunity of carefully ar¬ 
ranging, examining, and making their awards. 
After which, large cards should be hung up 
over them, proclaiming their awards, so that 
all could look at them, and at once know for 
themselves, without further questioning, 
which they were. 
We now come to a very important sug¬ 
gestion—it has been asserted that commit¬ 
tees as heretofore formed, were little better 
than secret conclaves, whose reasons for 
their decisions were just as impenetrable as 
those of the Venetian Senate or Spanish In¬ 
quisition ; and very many have consequently 
declined exhibiting, till they can publicly 
know by what principles their animals or 
manufactures are judged. For these reasons 
we would respectfully suggest, that on the 
second day of the exhibition, the chairman 
of each committee mount the rostrum, the 
animal or manufactured article be brought 
