Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, December 16, 1840, Image 1
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Abridged from the Carolina Planter. (
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE AGRICTLTU- 1
RAL SOCIETY. J
November 23d, 1840.
The Society convened this evening in
the Hall of the House of Representatives. '
On motion. The Hon. \V. B Scabrook
took the Chair. ^
The Vice President was requested to *
appoint the committees; and announce "
them on to-morrow evening. ^
B. R. Carroll; Esq. submitted a series
of resolutions, which were ordered for con- (
sideration on to-morrow.
Nov. 24, 1840. 1
The Vice President named the follow
ing Committees. '
ON HORSES.
Col. W. Hampton, J. H. Adams, P.
M. Butler, J. G. G uignard Th. Stark. (
ON HULKS.
B. F. Davis, E. G. Palmer, P. Elkins, (
George Leightner, D. Ecnlcy. '
ON CATTLE.
B. F. Taylor, J. B. Davis. R. F. W.
Alston, W. Washington, W. T. ElLrbe. <
ON HOliS,
Ed, Meuns, Dr. W. S. Reynolds. J. J.
Myers, A. Young, R W. Gibbcs, W. A Is- ,
ton.
ON SHKEP.
J. C. Singleton, E. T. TIerriot, Dr.
Thos. Smith, James Wright, B II. Carrol.
on cotton. '
Gen. Geo. M'Duffie, J. II. IlRmmoned, t
W. J. Taylor, W. K. Davis, Ch. R. Carrol,
W. M. Murray. > 1"
on corn. '
Col. Jonathan Davis, son, B T Elmore, '
C Booktcr, W F Percival, B B Cook.
on wheat. 1'
J H Means, W J Alston, Jacob Fcastcr, '
W K Clowney, I). Douglas. 'J
on o.vrs. r|
Dr A B Arnold, James Gillespie, John 11
N Williani3, John M'Quccn. *
on rice. r
Dan'l E Hugcr, Chan. Dunkin, R F W *
Alston, E T Hcrriot J B Grimlmll. J1
E G Palmer. Esq, moved I lie following I
Resolution, which was adopted: c
M Resolved, That a committee of nine '
he appointed to ascertain the amount of
0 the Cotton Crop of 1840, and that they report
the same to the Society at its present
meeting.
1
The Chairman named the following '
Gentleman :
E G Palmer, J II Hammoncd, W J AI- 1
ston, .T M Felder, R J Gage, John Jenk- v
ins, C R Carroll, J M'Qucen, Dr J Doug- 1
lass. 1
Mr Carroll's Resolutions were tlicn *
considered and the following adopted.
Resolved, That to attain the great ends
for which this Society was created, the
establishment of an Agricultural Society
in every parish and district of the State is '
highly expedient and necessary. 1
Resolved, That it shall be the special
duty of the members, at as early period as 1
possible, to convene the planters of their
neighborhood, or to embrace the first op- 1
portunity of a public meeting of the people,
in order that the private and general ad- 1
vantages of local associatious for promoting
the interests of hushandry may be 1
fully discussed^ and thoroughly understood,
and the foregoing resolution thereby car- '
ried into effect. The districts and parishes *
unrepresented in this Society, shall be in- 1
vited by the President, in any form he <
might deem proper, to unite in furthering i '<
the object in view. f
Resolved, That the Legislature be res- ?
pectfully invited to employ a competent
person to effect an Agricultural Survey of
the State in the manner that task has recently
been performed in Massachusetts, 1
and that a committee be appointed to me- f
moralize them on the subject. i
[The Chair nominated the following
committee : Dr. Gibbes, Gen. Means, B.
B. Taylor.]
Resolved, That the district and parish r
Societies be iuvited to present to this So- *
ciety, at its next annuual meeting, an cs. c
say or memoir on the subjects to which
? tbeir notice may respectively be drawn t
by the President, whose business it shall c
be to designate the topics on which infor- 1
mation is desired." s
Nov. 27, 1?40. f
The Committee on Horses report that [
they award the premium for " the best \
Mare" to Col. Hampton's bay mare, t
41 Bay Maria," by old Eclipse. f
For the 2d, to Col. Hampton's imp, b. *
m. "Emily," by Emilius. (
For the best yearling Colt, to Col* t
S.M
c iTkrmi
n?ingnga?? i nw ?wem j ?.
Hampton's c. c. out of Dclphinc, by Plenpo.
P. M.BUTLER,
Acting Chairman.
" The Committoe on Cattle, to whom
rvas referred the examination oi Stock,
ind distribution of premiums, respectfully
'eport,
That thev have considered the charac- ?
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;ers ana respective mum? vi j
iVere submitted for exhibition, as iodows : j
Tuo Durham Cows, and a half bred |
[leifor, bred by B F Taylor, Esq ; an im- j
>orted Devon Cow, and three Durham J
Cows, bred by Col. W. Hampton; an im>ortcd
Durham Bull, and an Ayshire Heifu,
owned by Col. W. Hampton; a grade
Devon Cow and Heifer bred by Dr, James
D. Davis; a Durham Cow, bred by Col.
iV Hampton, and a 7-8 Durham, and 1-8
recswater Cow, from Kentucky, owned j
DrW Gibbes; a yearling Tuscan Bull, |
bred by Dr Gibbes,) owned by C M'Cul- j
och, Esq. a yearling 1-2 Tuscan 1-2;
Durham Bull, bred and owned by Dr 11 ,
IV Gibbes; two Cows, a two year old I lei- i
for and a Calf, owned by Mr Alexander!
Drown ; a Cow and Heifer, owned by Mr i
iladden ; a part Devon Bull, nine months j
)ld, bred by Dr J B Davis, and owned by j
tlr R Waddell ; an Ayrshire Heifer Calf, J
1 months old, bred by J. C. Singleton, f
Esq. # j
The following are the awards of the
committee:
To Col W Hampton, for the finest thorough
bred Durham Bull.
To B F Taylor, Esq, for the best thor- i
Dugh bred Durham Cow.
To Col W Hampton, for the 2d best j
Cow, (Durham.) j
To Col VV Hampton, for the best Ileifer.
[imported Ayrshire,) under three years old. i
To Dr J B Davis, for the best Ileifer, ;
Durham and Devon.) under two years!
>!d.
To C M'Cullough, for the best yearling
Bull. (Tuscan.)
To I)r II 11 Toland, for the best Bull ^
Calf (Durham and Devon.) under 9j*nonths
I>ld.
To R Waddell, for the best Heifer Calf,
mder 9 months old.
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Chairman.
The Committee on Flogs to whom were j
cferred the distribution of the premiums I
0 the best specimens, report,
That they scrutinized the merits ofthe
oil owing specimens. A Woburn Hear, j
.8 months old, bred and owned by Wm
) Haskell, Esq ; a Berkshire I]oar, (im- (
iorte-1 from Bement of Albany.) owned j
>y J. C. Singleton, Esq; a Berkshire!
Soar, (of Bement stock ) owned by B E
fay lor, Esq ; two Berkshire Sows, (of Be.
nent's stock,) owned bv Dr R W Gibbes: I
1 nnip rS Rr*rk*iSirr? Piors. n>rr>d !:v Dr R \V
L p..,. . . v ^ ,
iibbes ) owned bv K Means, Esq; a pair '
>f Berkshire Pigs. (of Lossing'snnd Judge
Spencer's s'ock ) owned bv ))r. (iibbes; .
l Chinese Sow, bred and owned by A.;
5rown, Esq : a Chinese Pig, bred and own- j
:d by A Brown, Esq; a Chinese Sow,,
>rcd and owned bv R. E. Russell, Esq.
They awarded the following premiums : !
' To YV E Haskell, Esq, for the best Boar. j
To I)r R W (iibbes, for the best Sow. j
To E Means, Esq, for the best pair of
Pigs.
The Committee, in considering the 1
nerits of the respective kinds of stock, 1
verc influenced in their decision by the
>reed which they thought best adapted for i
he improvement of the Stock of the counrv.
E. MEANS.
Chairman, j
ThoCommittee of the State Agricult- {
iral Society on Sheep: report, that they
lave awarded.
To Col Wade Hampton, the premium
or the best Rain.
To Benjamin F Taylor, Esq, the premum
for the second best Ram.
To Col Wade Ilamplon, the premium
'or the best Ewe.
v., ....^?r I nmKc lifinniT l>oon rvKiiiit^d
i <U f'Ull Ul liUlllUO I1UI lllg uvvi> (
he Committee award no premium.
The committee noticed, with interest, 1
i broad tail Ram, exhibted by John C j
Singleton, Esq, more particularly, from i
he fact that the second best Ram, was a j
;ross of that breed with the Marino, and j
md would see:n to hold out strong exneeO
i
atii ns ofimprovement from a cross of that j
>tock with others.
EDW. THOS HERRIOT.
For the Committee. j
The Committee on Mules, unanimous- I
v award the premium to John S Chappel, !
or the best Mule, two years old, by the I
mported Jack, Knight of Malta.
E. G. PALMER.
On motion, the Reports were adopted.
E G Palmer, Esq, made the following
eport on the Cotton crop of 1*40, which
vas ordered to be published with the pro- |
'.eemngs.
The Committee appointed to ascertain (
he amount of the Cotton crop of the State
)fSouth Carolina, for the year 1840, bog
eave to report, that they have given to the j
ubjert the closest investigation, and that j
rom the number of persons from every
>ortion of the State, now assembled at this
) ace. they have enjoyed peculiar advanages
for arriving at the most accurate inbrniation.
Your committee have been j
struck with the coincidence of the views
)f these of whom they have enquired, as
o the failure of the present crop?and be
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i jiw ^ gr??
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lievc that if they were disposed to arrive
at the most accurate conclusions on the
subject, that they would estimate the failure
of the uplands crop of the Slate of
South Carolina, for the year 1840, at fiveeigths
of the crop of 1839, which amounted
to 301,539 bales, and which would
make the present crop 188, 480 bales. |
Rut believing that the safer course would
be to under, rather than over-estimate*the
failure, with a view to give greater confidence
in the future reports of this Society,
they have concluded to fix the present
crop at about 200,030 bales. Your committee
regret that they have not been able
to procure as ample information, in relation
to the Santee and Sea-Island cottons,
as they could desire, but believe that the
failure will be very nearly one half of the j
crop of 1830.
EDWARD G.rALMER,
Chairman.
The following resolution was offered
bv Dr Gibbes:
*
Resolved, That the premiums of the
Society are open for the competition of citizens
of the State who are not members
of the Society.
After some discussion, Col. Allston
moved that the following words be added
to the resolution:
"By their paying an entrance foe of
one year's subscription to the Society,"?
which was agreed to, and the resolution adopted
as amended.
The hour of seven havin * arrived, Col
O '
BT Watts delivered the Anniversary OraUon
of Gen. M'Duffie, before the SocieI
tyResolved,
That the Secretary be requested
to have the a ldres3 printed in pamphlet
form.
Resolved, That three Stewards be ap- (
pointed to prepare a dinner or barbecue
for the Society, at its next meeting.
The Society then proceeded to the election
of officers, when the following was
the result:
W B SEABQOOK, President.
Col W BROOKS, )
COL W K CLOWNEY; }
Col J GREGG, ) Vice
Chan B F DITNKfN, \ Pres's
r en r i?cpf F,' (
VJ Oil U \ * k U Jl 4 4) ^
B It CARROL, Esq., Corresponding
Secretary.
Dr. It W GIBBES, Recording Secrcturv.
Col J II IIAMMO.VD, Anniversary Orator.
The Society then adjourned.
RW GIBBES,
Secretary.
From the Northern Farmer.
obstacles to the diffusion of agri- j
cultural science.
Messrs Editors : An opinion prevails
to a "mat extent anion" fanners, that
n n '
success in agricultural pursuits depends
more on the number of acres cultivated,
than 011 the science and skill of the cultivator;
more on tiie amount of labor bestowed,
tlmn on the skill with which it is
applied.
This opinion might have been just, fifty
year.i ago, in some sections of INew l^ng-1
land (so far as respected the immediate
profiisof cultivation,) when the lands were
new and unexhausted of tliose principles
of fertility, which had been accumulating
for thousands of years, by the decomposition
of vegetable matter ; but such opinions
now, in their effects, must be ruinous
to the country, as they form the most insurmountable
obstacle to the diffusion of
such knowledge and practical skill, as
would enable us to restore to its original
fertility, the lands which our fathers have
exhausted by such injudicious husbandry.
It is not at all surprising that the farmer
who has been brought up under the influence
of such opinions, should still pursue
the course which his father pursued, with
such apparent success. True, he is unsuccessful,
is falling in debt, and perhaps
his farm is mortgaged; hut he attributes
his want of success, to unfavorable seasons,
misfortune, or other circumstances beyond
his control; without once stopping to reflect,
that the entire different condition of
I1145 C,rm rn/mirna nn onil.'i II V dlfthrCnt
course of cultivation. Prejudices, in favor
of old modes and old principles, shut out
all enquiry from this whole class of farmers.
Ask them, why they do not subscribe
for some one of the agricultural
papers, which arc read with so much eagerness,
by our most intelligent and successful
farmers, and thev will toll you
that their knowledge on these subjects is
already more extensive than their power
I to execute; that they possess all the skill
necessary, but that they have not the
moans of commanding the labor requisite
to make the improvements they wish.
Another important obstacle to the diffusion
of correct knowledge on agriculturo
o
al subjects, is the prevailing taste, among
farmers, as well as all other classes, for
local politics. Many of our farmers have
so much of the carc of the Commonwealth
upon their hands, that they are compelled
to neglect their own private affairs. This
is, no doubt, what is understood to be
patriotism, iu these days; but it is most
certainly bad husbandry. Ask one of
these politicians to subscribe for an agricultural
paper, and he will tell you, he is
taking, one, two, and perhaps three political
newspapers, for which he pays; and
perhaps, has two or three others sent to
him without pay. This is almost sure to
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KDNESDAY, DECEMBER
be the case with such prominent politician s of
as have neglected their own affairs, for so
the public good; or, what is precisely the pl<
same thing, for the^ooi of office-seekers, cu
This class, therefore, have neither taste dii
nor time, for improving either their farms wi
or their understanding, they me full of so
business and bustle, in settling the affairs ta!
of the nation, till some revolution of the bl<
political wheel devests them of all their pr
consequence; and then, it is too late for If
them to learn first principles, or attend to th
the more humble business of agriculture, gr
Neither of these classes can be prevail- in?
ed on to subscribe for, or read agricultur- Tl
al papers; for the one class is too wise al- dii
ready to profit by them, and the other too bl<
busy to attend to the humble science which of
Jthey teach. on
i Another obstacle to the more general mi
diffusion of this important science, is that, en
that class of our citizens, who patronize ta;
agricultural publications, and who really co
believe in their great utility in promoting bo
the best interests of the country, are too th
sparing of their influence and of their pens so
on this subject. i til
Every intelligent farmer who reads an of
agricultural publication, should feel inter- ca
est sufficient to induce him to communi- ve
rate something, once a year at least, on te
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this subject for publication; and he might of
also, if he would exert his influence on v
others, (and such individuals always pos- N
scss influence) furnish without much trou- at
blc to himself, one additional subscriber th
to such a paper, annually. In this way te
much might be added to the value of these th
publications, and their benefits be much pe
more widely extended. pr
The obstacles, however, of which I have pr
spoken, can never be removed, till a spir- si
it of inquiry shall be awakened among
farnieis, till they shall believe it necessary
to read and examine, as well as to labor;
nor until they are convinced that science ' E
is as necessary to success, in the pursuits
of agric ulture, as in any other business of
life. Agricola.
Portsinon:h, Nov. 22, 1833.
Tin: CATTLE SHOW. !a
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The exhibition of Stock tor the 1're- "
miums of the State Agricultural Society ?
of South Carolina was held in the yard of c
the rear of the Siate House on Wodnes- 'J
day last. For a commencement, we had ! .
quite a respectable show and the spirit .
which prevailed was quite cheering to the
friends of the Society. As we have here- '
tofore failed in our attempts to get up
Agricultural Societies, some doubt axisted rr
n
as to whether our present etl'ort would be ^
successful, but the most lukewarm and &
skeptical arc now convinced that our Society
will "go ahead." The spirit which *
existed on the occasoin of this our first a
exhibition is an earnest of future success,
and now we are confident that our people
will be zeelous in the good cuuse- Some vv
very fine specimens of Cattle we here pre- a'
scnted, and the few Hogs which were ex- s'
lubited attracted much notice. Thconor- ;
mous Boar of tho Woburn Stock bred by 1
Mr. Haskell, was an object of much at. ,
tention, and the beautiful form of of thx^
Berkshire Pigs gave much satisfaction.?
Several fine Chinese and Guinea Sows .
were exhibited but that species is not pop- !l<
ular in consequence of their being bad ,r
breeders a nil not attaining the size which ?
is characteristic of the others. By a reference
to the reports of the Committees n
on Premiums in the proceedings of the
society the kind of Slock, the names of the
owners will be seen. 11
We regret there were so few of the w
Cattle of pure blood and hope noxt year tc
see a larger number.
w
By a resolution of Society all persons'
contending for premiums will be required "
to present waiting pedigree in a of the ani- J
m ils exhibited.
It has also been de'erm'ne J that persons
who are not members may contend for
premiums by paying a fee of one year's
subscription to the society.
From The N. V. Journal of Commerce. ,r
Bananas.
While taking a walk in Brooklyn one af- sj
ternoon last summer we went over the
garden and spacious hot-houses of Mr. ^
Perry. Among all the varieties of exotic n
plants a ndshrubs nothing stood so grandly jt
luxuriant as the banana tree for whose ^
accommodation a hot-house of unusual \
dimensions had been prepared. Yester- Vj
day we were complimented by the owner t(
with a cluster composed of three bananas
of delicious flavor and more
-t ,i
noble in their appearance tnan mose _
grown in the tropics. The present was r
accompanied by the sollowing note: ^
Dear Sir : when at mv place during the ^
summer you may remember to have seen jj
conspicious from its heighth and foliage, y
tlie Banana Tree at th^time just giving g
signs of forth coming fruit. The accoin- .i
panying fruit ripened on the tree, and was
plucked yesterday. i beg you to accept
and try the flavour thereof. The plant jj
from which the fruit was gathered is a- ^
bout twenty-six feet high and the leaves I
about four feet wvic and twelve feet long !
each. The bananas weigh half a pouod p(
each and number fily-two. r(
| Very respectfully. d
i j. a. perry. a
To David IIale, Esq.
Brooklyn Novembe 24,1840. ^
vegetabLTsmattehTIn soils, b
i Few farmers arc aware of the quantity q
ttf.
nre. is4o.
vegetable matter contained in common a
ils,within the depth to wiiich it is usually bl
jwed, or six inches. It has been cal- u
lated that every acre of ground exclu- ti
tig stones containes 800 tons of soil,
thin a depth of six inches. Common :I
contain from 8 to 12 percent of vege.
ble matter, part soluble and part insolu- l*
2, but of course all available when the
oper agents are applied to render it so. p
we take the medium often per cent as
e quantity it will be seen every acre of
ound contains in the surface depth of six
ches 80 tons of vegetable matter.?
le fertility of soils is not so much depentig
on the whole quantity of the vegeta- ^
3 matter it contains as on the proportion
soluble matter it affords as it is this last ^
ily that is immediately available. We C
ay extend this computation to the min? k
?1 mnnnrps ffiilfs of limp. Az.C... a soil COD- b
ins. If on anallysis, a soil is found to 11
ntain two or three per cent of the car- 8
mate of lime we may be assured that ?
e farther application of lime on such a t|
il will not without other aid render fer- (
e. If a soil should be found to phosphate ]j
lime we may feel certain that the appli- v
.tion of plaster or bone dust would be of
iry little use as where tons of any ma- e
rial are already present the application v
a bushel or two extra can produce but a
iry little efFect. Thealluvail soil of the a
ile or of carbonate of liine but they v
ound in other matters that give them \f
e gratest fertility. It cannot be too of- p
n impressed on the mind of the farmer v
at no one ingredient in a soil can give or v
irpetuate fertility. There must be the <]
esence of many; and the better they are j
oportioned, the more beneficial the re- j
lit. v
Cultivator. J
h
WoBURN* Hoos. 4
Extract from a letter from Dr. Samuel D. \
Martin, of Kentucky, to the Editor of f
Southern Cultivator dated s
Colbyvillc, Ky. Aug. 19, 1940. li
Tne Woburn hogs are of great length, c
rge sound in the body, legs of medium *
ngth, (the hind legs generally a little I r
nger than fore legs,) well tapered to the *
)ot?stand well and straight upon the a
>ot. The head is small for the size of
ic hog, with small ears, generally erect, <
tough many of them have their ears to
roop a little. The prevailing color is
>otted with white and black ; many are ,
rown and black. They come early to
mturitv. fVittpn ensilv. travel well, are
roductivein pigs if not kept too fat? |
entle and well disposed, nor disposed to i
e restless, or to get out of enclosures
here they are put. I have never known
Woburn sow to eat her pigs. j
I could give you a great number of exaordinary
weights; but whore great
eights have been obtained, it has generlly
been by extra keep and attention, and j
jch instances are calculated to deceive r
lose who read them. The heaviest hog J
have had of this breed was a boar thai (
>ok the premium at Lexington, in 19137,
lat weighed 500 lbs. at fifteen months ,
Id. He had three months extra keep, t
lc died at sixteen months old, and I be- '
eve would have weighed 600 lbs., hav- {
ig gained about 100 lbs. a month for the t
.st two months of his life. 1 have known (
ut one sow killed, and she weighed nett (
icat, 464 lbs. i
I killed last fall about fifteen thousand (
eight of pork, most of which were pigs t
oin six to eight months old. Two that J
ere pigged the 23 J of April, were killed
n the 12th.of December, and weighed ,
37 and 224 lbs. nett meat. Those two |
ere from a litter often, that the sow had
lised, eight of which had been selected t
>r breeders. My June pigs, killed at the \
ime time, averaged 124 lb?. Thess are r
ot given as extraordinary weights, but as
nnples of what this stock will do in thi l
ands of any body that will take proper j
ire of them. Their bodies to the ap- t
car to be perfectly round, but m?asure- j
lent shews they are rather deepest from
le back to the breast. I
Besides the Woburn, I have the Berk- }
lire, (black and white) the Neapolitan, j
ic Lancashire, the Irish, and have had j
lost of the popular breeds. I have made <
lany experiments to test the relative va i
le of the different breeds, some of which j
ave been detailed in the Franklin Farmer, j
ly experiments have not been sufficiently j
araied and exact to prove all that I wished j
> know concerning them but as far ss j
icy have gone, they have decidedly i
l favor of the Woburn. I have also proosed
in the Franklin Farmer, making a
nore thorough test of the different hogs. "
.11 experiment was lately made in Jessa- i
line county, Ky. by Isaac and William j
Barclay. They fed for thirty days, a J
17 - i ' _ u?i. -u:? i
r ouurii auu u oerKsiure u<mi * i
terkshire gained fifty-seven pounds, and 1
ic Woburn one hundred and seven
ounds. ,
I have Berkshires of Haws' and Loss- j
lg's importation, a description of which \
as been published in many agricultural ]
apers.
I sent last year on order to England for
>ur of the best hogs that could be procujd
and my agent sent me the White i
lerkshire, the Neapolitan, the Lancashire, ]
nd the big white China. My white im
roved Berkshire was purchased at a price
lat would have purchased half a dozen
lack Berkshires. He has all the good '
ualities of the best of the black ones, and j ^
NUMBER 4. '
size, and soffness of feeling, which the
lack ones lack. His value must depend
pon his breeding, and I am willing for
:ne and experience to test this matter.*
Yours, very respectfully,
SAMUEL D. MARTIN.
Wo would state, for the benefit of breeders id
south, that Dr. M trlin, who is one of the
lost distinguished breeders in Kentucky, will
ave this fall a supp'v of Wolmrn and Berkshire
'gs, (from his black and white.)
From the Carolina Planter.
the premium boar.
Columbia, November 25, 1840.
The boar, Sam, for which the premium of
le Sou'h Carolina Agricultural Society wfs
warded to-day to Mr. William E. Haekelt of
>t. Matthews Parish, is of the very sc. >rc?t
tut deservedly celnbraded Bedford stock.?*
)f the origin of this unequalled stock little is
nown. Tradition says that it was made
y the Duke of Bedford, by a cross between
>e VVoburn and China Hogs, and that the
tock now in America sprung from a pair of
igs which that nobleman sent as a preset.t to
r?m. Washington, but which never fulfilled
leir destination. The stock now in feouth
Carolina, is all from a pair of pigs of a
itter which took the premium in PennsyU
ania a few years ago.
The boar, Sam, is one of a litter of
ightpigs. He is now 18 months and one
reek old. He was well kept until he was
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the stock of the plantation. He
/as for a long time on poor fare, as no
dea was entertaine J of showing him for *
iremium. He was driven from pasture
rhen fourteen months old, and found to
zeigh 230. lbs. He was fed on trial 7
lays, and gained in that time 30 lbs. Such
ncrease was thought dangerous to his
lealth, and his daily allowance of food
vas diminished. He gained regularly 20
bs. for many weeks in succession, until
ie was 17 months old, when he weighed
tl5 lbs. after which he could not be coneniently
weighed. If this hog had been
ed last winter when it would have been
afe to do so he would have been much
arger. His sister at 5 months old weighid
156 lbs. The proprietors of this stock
vill engage to furnish a few pair of pigs
jext spring at $30 per pair, the prices at
vhich they have in all instances been
told.
For further particulars apply at the
)ffice of the Caroliua Planter.
R.
[The above hogs are bred "in and in"
md therefore somewhat objectionable.?
It would especially be an objection to
procuring a pair from the same litter with
i view of continuing the in and breeding.
Gaz.]
national gallery of manafactubes
dec.
Patent Office, November 20,1840.
Notice is given that the Hall in the
lew Patent Office for the exhibition of
nanufactures is now completed. The
iall is spacious, being 273 feet long,
>3 feet wide, 30 feet high, and fire-proof.
Agents, whose names are annexed, will
eceive and forward, free of expense, aricles
which may be deposited with them,
rhese articles will be classified and aranged
for exhibition, and the name and
iddress of the manufacturer (with the priIfkftn
douirDft\ Will hp f?fl rpfiillv affix.
/CO nucil UUK/U UVI y Vf >/v
id. Few, it is presumed, will neglect to
mprove the opportunity now presented of
contributing their choicest specimens to
he National Galleet cf American
Manufactures, where thousands who
visit the seat of Government will witness
with pleasure the progress of the arts in
:hese United States.
If fairs in limited sections of our counry
have excited interest, what must be
he attractions of a national exhibition eniched
by daily additions.
The agriculturist may be gratified to
earn that commodious rooms are provided
*cr the exhibi' ion of agricultural implenents,
and, also, for the reception of seeds
for exhibition or distribution.
The Commissioner of Patents being authorized
to collect agricultural statistics,
ivails himself of this opportunity to solicit
information of the condition and character
of crops in the several sections of the
country. These data will aid him presening,
with his annexed report, the aggregate
amount of products of the soil, and
t is hrmorl that, the Public mav be guarded
in some measure from the evils of monopoly,
by showing how the scarcity in one
portion of the land may be supplied from
the surplus in another.
Names o f agents who xcxU receive and
forward packagesfor the Patent Office.
?Collectors of the Customs at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, Portland, Maine,
Burlington, Vermont, Providence, Rhode
[sland, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond,
Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans,
Detroit, Buffalo, Cleaveland.
Surveyors of the Customs.?Hartford,
Conn., St. Louis, Pittsburg Cir.cinntti,
Louisville, R. H. Eddy, Boston, Massachjsetts,
David Gardner, (custom-house)
New York.
HENRY L. ELLSWORTH,
Commissioner of Patents.
Editors are very respectfully requested
to give the above an insertion in their papers.
London states the average product of
wheat in England, at from 24 to 32 bushels
to the acre. The average product in *
Flanders is said lobe 32 bushels to the
acre, and in Scotland from 32 to 40.