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VOLUME VII. ClIERAW. SOUTH-CAROLINA TUESDAY. JULY 5. 1842. NUAHJI5R 34
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TITK ORATION ON THK FOURTEENTH AXNI- j
VKKSARV OF TI1R ANRRIOEN INSTITUTE,
delivered bv Rev. John Overton Chotj.
les, at the Broadway Tabernocle, October,
1841.
[ Concluded from our last ]
It is one of the happiest signs of the
I lines, that many men of education and
wealth are turning their attention to husbandry:
they are making a wise choice
for their own happiness and that of nthers.
Let me quote from Lord Stanley,
at Liverpool, in relation to the magnitude
and v justness of agriculture, ns affording
r<?otn for investment. Speaking of drainii??r_
* I am aware." hesavj*. *'that the I
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process of draining is an expensive one,
whi?h requires an outlay of capital which,
if we were to take the total of oven a
single county in England, would strike
every man as something marvellous and
almost appaling; and yet lain satisfied of
this, that while no landlord cojjld expect
a tenant to engage in operations soextensivc
without his concurrence and assist,
a nee, and without his incuring the princi
pal burden of the original otjlJuv, I am
firmlv jvwsuaded of this, tliat there is no
hank in the whole country, no commercial
speculation, no investment, so safe, i
SO sure, so profitable, as that in which '
even borrowed capital mav he engaged. I
hv investing it under the ground of your
otrn toil"
[ should not he surpr'scd it here, as in
England, farming came to he a fashionable
pursuit, and almost every man here *
may afFord to he in the fashion. We
may get our small farms of fifty, eighty
and one hundred acres, and almost every
man may enjoy his l orn :stcad; nor need
we for this go or into the wilderness.
We can fin I good laud, at cheap prices,
n'mos* at our very doors. The opening
i.f that portion of New York and Brie
Railroad which is completed, placed nil
the facilities of a farm in the reach of
every man who env t- them. I wish I could
persuade you all to go look at the country
through which the route of that road
gp is hid. You would then he satisfied that
there are the same happy miracles of improvement
In he accomplished in the
southern ti *r of counties, which have
blessed and civilized our state on the line
of the Erie Canal. How strange that
any apaihv should exist among us in reference
to this vast important work which
brings aU the produce of the west to our
doors at all seasons?gives us access to
New Orleans in nine days?offers us a
western business cot only in spring and
autumn, but d uing tlie whole xetr. I am
sure that in ten years the line of that
road will exhibit an appearance ofculturc,
comfort and opulence, worthy of the great
highway to the comm Tciul emporium of
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our country.
I wish I CO.i!d sec in all our farmers a
disposition to mtgnify their c^ling; hut I
have been grieved in many a farm house,
to listen to lamentations over what they
term their "hard lot.'' I have heard the
residents upon a nohle farm, all paid for,
talk about drudgery, and never having
their work done, and few or no opportunities
for the children; and I have especially
been sorry to hear the females lament
over the hard fate of some promising
vouth of seventeen or eighteen, when remarkably
tilling up his duties, and training
himself for extensive usefulness anil
influence* They have made comparison
between his situation, coarsely clad and
working hard, and coming in fatigued,
with same cousin at college, or young
man who clerked it in a city store, till
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at length tliej boy has heroine rti-sansneu, :
and begged off from his true in happiness.
I am conversant with no truer scenes of
enjoyment than I have witnessed in Anierican
farm houss, and even log cabins,
where the father under the influence of
^ enlightened Christianity and sound views
^ of life, has gone with his family, as the
world has termed it, into the woods. The
land is his own, and he lias every inducement
to improve it; he finds a healthy
employment for himself and family, and
is never at a loss for materials to occupy
his mind. I do not think the physician
has more occasion for research than the
farmer; the proper food of vegetab'es and
animals will alone constitute a lasting
field of investigation. The daily journal
of a farmer is a source of much interest to
himself and others. The record of his labors,
the expressions of his hopes, the nature
ot his fears, the opinions of his neighbors,
the results ot his experiments, the !
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entire sum total of his onera'ions, wi!
prove a deep source of pleasure, to anv
thinking man. If tlie establishment ol
agricultural societies, and the cattle show*
of o ir country, should have tho cfFcct of
stimulating one farmer in every town tr
manage his land and stock upon the besl
principles of'husbandry, there would be a
wonderful and speedy alteration in the
products of the earth, because comparison
would force itself upon bis friends and
neighbors; and his example would be cer.
tainly beneficial, for prejudice itself wiil
give way to pr. fit.
I know an individual who, at a great
expense of money a .d travel, carried,
hundreds of miles, a pair of imported
R^rL-^r,,rQ^. i,;^ farmers around
were lar^e raisers of pork, and their swine
wore, without exception, of the g inuine
land pike and a li^ator hr cd, all leg and
snout; well, they crowded to see the new
pigs, admired their shape, did not like
their color, did not think they were 44 s
great, after all, ' and thought that one
hundred dollars invested in two
pigs was 44 quite ridiculous." The result,
however, was that the farmers were soon
witting lo help pay for the original outlay,
fur thev quickly become dissattisfied with
their own rail like breed; and I have
since seen, at the pijzgery of a flour mill
two miles off, more than fifty half blooded
Berkshires, and all though the township
they are getting a better article for pork
and hams.
The prejudices of the farmers to new
ways, fresh breeds, and book fanning,
are all destined tomve wav. I am sure
(hat a remark which that great man,
Do Witt Clinton, made in 1825, in relation
to American invention, that we
were 44 a people that had no stand still in
lis," is perfectly applicable to us a agriculturalists.
Our farmers have eyes,
they can all see, and they will learn. 1
am acquainted with a vicinity where a
root crop had never been raised as a principal
resource for cattle. An experiment
in 1Q3S, has now twenty rivals, all at
first slow to believe, hut quick to follow ;
mi.-lrJI tbplr vvorkino cattle this winter
o
will have cause for thanksgiving. In
that town a man has converted a soil,
marred by the salts of iron, into valuable
ground, by the free use of lime ; a course
to which lie was advised by a neighbor
who to??k the Cultivator. Arid here let
me say, that in 1S.J0, on a lost western
journey, I one day remarked to my
friend, that I thought I could give a pretty
shrewd guess, from observation as wc
went along, as to the fact whether the
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occupants of the farms took any agriculhiral
papers; in thirteen trials I made
hut one wrong guess. It is important
that the doings of this society, good agricultural
reports, hooks and periodicals,
he circulated among the farmers; beO
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cause improvements and the alterations
of established customs and habits are
very slowly admitted, and the farmer
oftentimes, from his retired position, unless
he is addicted to reading, is likely to
acquire very little knowledge of his art,
but that which is traditional and peculiar
to his vicinity. We should do much fur
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our state, il we coma pui mrui u piu?ical
into every farm house ; one that
would keep pace with the times, and af.
ford the earliest notice of every important
invention or discovery in rural life.
I never take up the Plotighboy, the New
York Farmer, and especially the Cultivator,
without an earnest wish that such
admirable pages of wisdom and experience,
and plain, roundabout common
sense, could be scattere I in every farm,
house in America, and its volumes placed
in every city habitation. I do not know
a more amusing or instructive set of volumes
than Duel's Cultivator. I almost
envy that great good man his claims upon
national gratitude.
I wish I could induce the father of every
family to give this work a place in his
house at Cliristmas, for the benefit of his
children ; tiie practical information which
'l"~ -..i t it, aiwl their ac
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quaintance with tilings of rural life, would
richly repay the expenditure, and this
knowledge would all come into useful
play.* I know a youth, the son of a
president of a city hank, a boy of eighteen,
who gravelv asked how long it took to
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bring a crop of wheat and harlev perfection,
and what animals were called neat
cattle, and yet this lad was deemed welleducated
and accomplished, in the circle
in which he moved.
We all know how much is done hy oral
instruction ; how often men are inore af.
fected by what they hear than what they
read ; and this has induced rne to wish
*1 am happy to state that Mr. A. B. Allen
*1? >/* * I rt a voted
nas commenced anouier (iciu'w"? -* ?
to agriculture. It. is published in New York,
and is called The American Farmer's Magazine,"
a monthly, at. two dollars a year. No
writer in our country brings more thorough
practical skill and a larger share of6cience to
the subject than Mr. Allen. His magazine
Will, I doubt, not, ha a standard authority
New York city ought to furnish it with a
large number of subscribers. Our merchants
depend so much upon the productions of the
soil, that their very business interests demand
that th? y should be acquainted with the farming
interests of the State and country, and
Mr. Allen will give such statistics as are a
tupiea to i?v" ucc<
I that suitable, and of course, well qualir
i tied men, could go though every portion
f ; of our state, and address the population
' j of every vicinity ?n the great subject of
' the improvements in husbandry, and urge
' J the cultivators of the soil to a generous
j rivalry- The man who went out upon
! this task should not go forth as the proud
scholar, or the refined gentleman, but as
l a plain, honest-hearted citizen, who had
an important subject to talk about, and
I valuable information to diffuse.
I believe that such an agency would be
productive of the happiest results. It
| wo lid do much to overcome prejudice;
ihe individual would drop the seed of suggestion
upon much good ground ; he
would acquire immense practical information.
There are a hundred things
which a wise man could do upon such a
tour that we can hardly hope to effect by
our publications. Improvements in fenI
cing, esjrecially in building, could be poinI
ted out and explained ; the abatement
and removal ofabsolute nuisances could
be judiciously hinted at and enforced in
good natured conversation, and the cultivation
of fruit recommended. I know a
gentleman who prides himself on having j
induced several farmers to get up wood
piles, where formerly daily fuel was only
to be obtained bv daily prayer and coaxing
and scolding, on the part of all the
women, to all the men in the establishment.
It is to he deplored, that in many parts
of the country the farm-houses makes so
little pretension to external beauty, and
that it is destitute of those attractions
which are always at the command of the
occupant.
How many abodes do we know that
are almost without gardens, and quite
without Howers. It is the part of wisdom
to make our habitations the home of as
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many joys ana pleasures as possioie, anu
there ought to be a thousand sweet attractions
in and around the sacred spot
we rail our homes.
This feeling is perfectly philosophical.
The fragrance of the rose that is plucked
nt the door of the cottage, is sweeter in
odour to the poor man, who has assiduously
reared it there amid difficulties and
discouragements, than if it were culled
from the M parterre" of the palace; and
the root which he has dug from his own
little garden is more grateful to his palate
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than it it were the purchased prouuci 01
j unknown hands; and this argument, if it
i ho true when applied to individuals, is
equally valid on the biond principle of
nations.
O, we greatly need something more of
the sweet and beautiful about our homes
I and cottages, that shall make childhood,
youth and age all cry out "there is no
place like home." In your summer rambles
away from the hot city, you go to
the farm houses of this and other states;
j now just think how differently your mem!
nry calls up various houses at which you
I have sojourned. You can think of spots
like paradise, and there are others that
you recollect, and there are only the capabilities
for improvement and fine opportunities
for the hands of industry and
good taste. How well we recnll to
mind the pretty white cottage, the
deep green blinds, the painted trellis, the
climing shrub, the neat garden fence, the
sweetly scented flowers, the entire air of
comfort, and how we long to enjoy the
bliss of quietness and repose.
I believe a garden spot exerts a salutary
influence, not only in early life, but in
the advanced periods of human existence.
"O, how much sweeter is it to me," said
! Madame De (ien)is, " to recall to my
mind the walks and sports of my childhood,
than the pomp and splendor of the
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palaces l nave since mummed. ah uiuc
courts, once so splendid and brilliant, are
now faded; the projects which were then
built with so much confidence are become
chimeras. The impenetrable future has
cheated alike the security of princes and
the ambition of courtiers. Ve-sailles is
drooping into ruins. I should look in
vain for the vestiges of the feehle grandeur
I once admired; but [ should find the
banks of the Loire as smilling as ever,
the meadows of St. Auhvn as full of violets
and lillies of the vnlley, and its trees
loftier and fairer. There are no vicissitudes
for the eternal beauties of nature;
and while, amid blood.sta'ned levnlutions,
palaces, columns, statues disappear, the
simple flowers of nature, regardless of the
storm, grow into beauty, and multiply for
ever."
Hannah Morn felicitated herself
through life on her attachment to the
garden, and declared to an American
friend, that in her eighty.third year the
love of flowers was the only natural pas.
l?,P? tn h??r winch had lost 11011 e of its
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force.
Iam unhappy when I see a farm without
a garden, and almost so in a house
without flowers. I believe all who possess
sensibility are fond of plants, and I also
believe that at some period or other of life
the prediction will break out. I think
nature indicates the garden as man's
proper placr; for the infant can hardly
walk before he is found planting a flower.
Every boy loves a garden?a garden
of his own; every sailor talk? ? his
garden ** ' ~a"?rs can show;
us rare ones. Napoleon nr d Siddon*,
Washington and Jefferson, in theirretire. j
ment from life's busy scenes are found J
in the garden.
As far as I have noticed, the greatest
admirers and most passionate cultivators
of flowers are females ond manufactures.
I was much pleased at the exhibition in
rsew Haven last week to observe that the i
choicest fruits nnd flowers came from the J
care of the ladies; and the minufacturiug 1
classes in England and Scotland, especi- |
ally in StafTordshre and Lancashire, and !
vicinity of Paisley, are enthusiastic florists
and derive much enjoyment from their
gardening societies; tliev regard gardening
as a relaxation. It is not undeserving
of a notice on this occasion, that a
I mechanic who lah-trs daily in our citv,
has a garden in Williamsburgh. where he
can show a finer collection of the flowers
than is possessed by most rich men, and
his dahlias are now adorning our agricul- ,
tural room at the Garden.
" Flowers, of all created things are the
most innocently simple, and most superbly
complex?playthings for childhood,
ornaments of the grave, and companions
of the cold corpse! Flowers, beloved by
the wandering idiot, and studied by the
deep thinking man of science! Flowers. '
that unceasingly expand to heaven their i
grateful, and to man their cheerful looks
?partners of human jov, soothers of human
sorrow; fit emblem of the victor's tri- I
umph, of the young bride's blushes; wel- <
come to the crowded halls, and graceful I
upon solitary graves. Flowers are, in I
the volume of nature, what the expression I
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viou is iuve is in ruvuiuuun. ?? n<n < <
desolate place would be a world without '
a flower! It would be a face without a
smile, a feast withoui a welcome. Are
not flowers the stars ot the earth? Are
not stars the flowers ol heaven? One
cannot look closely at the structure of a
flower without loving it. They One
are the emblems and manifestations of
God's love to the creation; and they are
the means and the ministrations of man's
love to his fellow creatures, for they first
awaken in his mind a sense of the beautiful
and good. The very inutility of
flowers is their excellence and great
beauty, for they lead us to thoughts of
generosity and moral beauty, detached
from and superior to selfishness; so that
they are pretty lessons in nature's books
of instructions, teaching man that he
liveth not by bread alone, but that ho hath
another than animal life."
I think it will appear to nil who have
visited our best herds and seen the state j
of the English cattle shows, that the time ;
has arrived when we should breed for our- |
selves; and, with our climate in New
York. Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky, so
favorable for our purpose, and perhaps
even for exportation, I know men who
think wh may not have to wait one hun
dred years to repay favors to our trioixis |
in England. Only lot us keep our high J (
blood pure, and bring up judicious selec- .
tions to the best pure blood bulls, and ! j
breed steadily toward the Durham, and I ; (
expect we shall have cattle that will re- j ^
fleet as much credit upon their breeders j |
as the inilk pots of Col. Jnques, or the I
short horns or alloys of Codings. One ;
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thing I am quite satisfied of, and tiiat is, i
that we have no further need of extensive ! '
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importation in short horns. I think their , ^
value cannot well bo overrated for milking j
qualities or for beef. If any are scopti- J
caJ on the latter point, I beg their particu- I
lar attention to a pair of steers which Mr. j ^
Townsend will exhibit next week for
competition, and which weigh 2.6151b*. ,
each.* I
In relation to the cattle, I have hardly
time to say much ; nor perhaps is this J ^
the best place, though something may he : ^
expected. It is well known, that for a ^
few years past much attention has been
directed to this subject, and very heavy
investments have been made in the irn- i ^
proved breeds. The best herds of Eng- j '
land have he,en inspected ; and we have )
now in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, j l1
Michigan, and Kentucky, some of the j!
choicest animals that have ever been ( ^
reared. Great praise is due to such men j
as Van Rcnsseiaer, Prentiss, Coming, j j
F I v.ociiKT Iti>mr>t t Puiip. (ilddiriL'S. I ?
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Whitney, Townsend, Poole, Rcnwick, [ ^
and Clay, who, at groat expense, have
brought among us the best blood of Eng. j c
land.
I trust that our farmers will avoid the ' c
grievous error of preferring a breed whose j
services may be obtained cheaply, rather
than selecting an animal of the highest j
merit. This, indeed, is to be 44penny I"
wise and pound foolish."
I yesterday had the pleasure to accom- j ^
pany Mr. A. B. Allen, of Buffalo, who 1
has just returned from an agricultural
tour in England, on board the packet a
ship Hendriek Hudson, from London, for ; ^
the purpose of inspecting the superior i '
stock selected by him for himself and his I a
friends. Several large previous importa- ^
lions had arrived by the packet ships Me- j
diator and Wellington. This consists of ! I
South Down sheep, the great York and I
Kennilworth breedsof pigs, shepherd dogs, j
Urna hr.rkincr fowls, which STC dlS- | ?
I lie liiiiiw .. .. _
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* These noble animals af'erwards received | ^
the silver cup at the Fair. They are returned ( 1
to New Haven, and will probably have an 1 c
addition o/ 500165. to tueir individual weight | n
when they are brought to the .narket. | f(
t'ugu'slied like (inlinli by liavihg an nd- j
di ional toe, English pheasants, &c. Of ,
cattle, .Mr. Alien has made 110 importa- ^
tion, principally on account of the disease ?
which is at present pervading all Kng* i r
land, and he was fearful of importing that t
wun mem, 10 me injury oi our present ! f
st??ck. lie however concurs with ine in j
the opinion, that New York, Ohio, and j ^
Kentucky, with the exception of one herd, j ,
may even now challenge all England in r
the breed of short horns; and this is the j ?
judgment, after having attended the Royal i ,
Agricultural Society's Exhibit on at Liv- ! ,
erpool, and the still liner one of Durham*, j.
long-wooled sheep, and horses, at Hull, j j
Yorkshire, and examining the celebrated [
herds of Earl Spencer, Mr. Bates, and ,
other eminent breeders. Mr. Allen thinliH .
very favorably of llerefords, but more so j ?
of some very large and improved South ^
Dcvons. The celebrated Ayrshires lie
greatly admires; but for the most deli, j
caje knife, and for a source of real profit ,
to the grazier, he thinks highly of the |
Scotch highlanders, as now raised by a | <
few choice breeders. These animals are ; v
of but medium size ; they are occasional j {
ly of dun color, more commonly black, [j
without horns, and very hardy and thrifty, i (
There can be no doubt that they would (
suit the climate of New England.
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JI any 01 you, gentlemen, wisn io in- ^
vestigate the history of the improved ^
breed of Durhams, I would advise you to ?
sousult 41 Cully on Live Stock," a work, <
[ have reason to believe, quite as much to ^
le depended on as the more recent treatise
[he Rev. Henry Berry. It may not bo ,
imiss to say, that we can trace back the ^
ihort horns for nearly two hundred years.
Sir H. Smythson then used to weigh out f
:'ood to his cattle, and his notes upon his j
lerd, as to the eye, horns, hoof, hide, all
ndicate the identity of this breed. It is ^
in interesting fact, and probably known (j
o very few, that wh'lc Lord Percy was
ingaged in this country during the Revoution,
his steward sent the celehrated (
lieni, one hy one, to the shambles. At j,
the return of Lord Percy he found the f
mtcher carrying off the very last cow, t
which he rescued from the knife, and thus j
preserved the breed. t
Mr. Allen thinks that in horses we are j,
far superior to England. There is no[hing
there equal to our American trotters.
Their cart horses carry more flesh, #
but have not the muscle of our heavy
Pennsylvania horses; nor are they as (
enduring in their work, or as strong at a ?
pull, and are much coarser in their con (
formation, with long hair below the knee, f
ind heavy fetlocks, that gather mud,
jive (hem disease, a nil hinder quck movenent.
Even our racers, he thinks, would ^
>eat England as weight carriers, at three t
?r four mile heats, but does not know, ^
iwing to their very fine training, and j j|
he soft springing turf on (he course, but j
he English horse might be quicker a few ^
leconds for a mile heat; but generally, |
hat ours have the most bottom or endu- I
nnce, he has not a doubt, lie thinks | fl
>ur climate greatly superior to that of ^
England for breeding these noble ani- jj
nals; and if we only pay close attention
o this department of husbandry, we may r,
tccorne large exporters, especially of p
oadsters. Our horses are already much y
alked about and enquired after abroad ; ' jt
ind Mr. Allen tells me he rode after some j
piite ordinary American horses that had j ^
leen taken to England, which we.ehigh- j
y prized, beating everything upon the
oad with perfect case. ^
The South Downs which [ saw yester- ^
lay 1 hardly know how to speak of; they
nusl be seen to be understood. You |
mve often heard travellers'stories about g(
English mutton ; well, let the incredulous ^
^o and look at these importations. Three u
?f them are brought out bv Mr. Allen tf
or the honorable Mr. Stevenson, late w
d mister at St. James; three for Bishop J jf
deade, of Virginia; five for Mr. Rotch, a)
if Butternuts, Otsego county, N. Y.? w
Jr. Stevenson has been abroad six years, (|
nd after visiting all the flocks of note, i
(refers the South Downs to all others; '
nd Dr. Meado and Mr. A' en con -ur p,
iillv in this opinion. I have heard it
loubted whether the South Downs are ^
dapted to our hard northern climate; to ^
his 1 would say, that they have been
bund to endure a Scotch winter even w
tetter than the Cheviots, at an elevation ()(
>f two thousand feet above the sea. ai
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These sheep were selected irum me Sj
elehrafeil stock of Jonas Webb, K-q., j,
f Bahraharn, Cambridge. who carried a|
ill*all the prizes this year at the show of j j(
he Royal Agricultural Society. These j n
niinals are of great size for Downs, of , p,
he most finished form, of a fleece nhout w
qual, I think, to three quarters blood e,
lerino, and as thick and close as felt.-? pj
['he bucks will shear from ten to eleven j,i
nd a half pounds per annum, and arc of cj
;rcat weight; those of Bishop Meade
nd Mr. Stevenson arc of two hundred
nd fortv-eicrht and two hundred and fil- n)
v-four pounds, though only eighteen , fl(
nonfhs old, while that of iVfr. Rotch, a ]a
imbofsix months, is one hundred and c<
ifty-ttvo pounds. Mr. Webb killed a p,
aether last Christmas which weighed, q
ressed, wilh the head on, two hundred. f?
'he sire of Mr. Rotch's buck, as the beat jc
earling in all England, took the prize of rt
hirtv Sovereigns from the Royal Agri. jr
uitural Society at Liverdool, and is now !
terely let to the Duke of Newcastle j j
ur the present teascn at oqo hundred
lovereigiii! The shepherd's dog I think
einnrkablv beautiful ; he is of a medium
nze, of shining black color, with long
ind g ossy Inir. The breed is so good
ind true, that they break themselves in,
o guard and drive sheep on th$ extensive .
angt-s of hill and down, without a *v
raining. He is almost as active as tlitf
greyhound, and very docile and intellirpnl
Tl.?, .1?^ ?
> .IV, MKIOUIIbllUII III lilies llltu Bg*
iculturai use would ix) of great service,
iml especially m driving flock* to city
ua.kels. The D.rking fowl* are of im
neiise size, til Ion weighing eight pound!*
jressed, and all sportsmen know the beauv
of the English cock pheasant. ( am
lappy to inform you that my friend Mr.
\llen will soon favor the public with an
rticle upon the history and pedigree of
South Downs, with, a scries of eugia/ings.
In relation to pig*r it is well known
hat Mr. Allen has long been one of the
nost extensive and successful birerfeM ;
lis learned article, which appeared n?
llbany, has been reprinted in London,
ind excites much attention. To examine
he breeds of England was ?>r?e great Direct
of his tour, and in the investigation
?f this matter lie travelled many hundreds
f m < les.
He still pronounces (he n?>rksl:iro the
iest, combining the finest qualities, and,
le thinks, yielding a sufficient size. He
iaw the best Chinese, the wild boar, the
ierrnan hoar, and all the crosses winch
iave been procured.
O r good friends in Kentucky, who
4 go the whole hog," regard the H?rlb<
ihires as only approximation* to bacon
(xcellence, and have always been asking
lorthern breeders to furnish tnem length*
englh. Well, I think Mr. Allen will
alisfy them now, he has a breed which
ic can easily lat to weigh fourteen luiiiIred
; he saw one exhibited in England,
>n<i, strange as it may sound, under lite
latronage of Queen Victoria, which he
neasured. From the tip of nose, over his
lead, to the tail, nine feet nine incites;
rout the tip of nose, along the side, io
he end of the rump, seven feet niqo
nehes; in height, four feet, girt rajn't
he breast seven feet seven inches. Tuts
s> the stock from which Mr. Alien has
hown ine specimens.
The details of the Agricultural So^fotv *
it Liverpool afford the ruoet interesting
iroof of the fresfc impetus which (he
muse of iriijjroved husbandry has received.
The best men in England, in all w Ik*
?f life, are becoming interested. N?*Uk*>
non may he seen in their gaiters r*c; I
tailed shoes, cuds turned up, examining
rattle and guiding ploughs. Young Nodemon,
leaving their habits of dissiptinn,
ate joining the masses of Ore people,
loing what they can to advance tiiu true
nterests of the land.
It is gratifying to know that Mr. Allen
as received the kindest attention from
ne gentlemen who are engaged in agrtulluro,
and has been treated with the
reatest confidence ; and it is to he hoped
lint the rcsul(9 of his tour may be speedy
laid before the public.
1 close by indulging myself and grabbing
my audience by quoting a passage
om a work which I strongly commend
ou to purchase. Read it, read it again ;
will do the young man more good than
e will get from any half dozen novels
lat have been published this year ; it is
loir ill's Rural Life in England ; | huvo
laced it, hy recommendation, in the
ands of several friends, and they have ail
con delighted with the work.
44 There is no class of men, if times am
ut tolerably good, that enjoy lhoms<dve*
i highly an farmers; they are lilt In
ings. Their concerns nre not huddltxl
p into a corner, as those of the town
adesmcn arc. In town, many a man
ho turns thousands per week is hemmed
i close hy buildings, and cut no figure
I all. A narrow shop, a contracted
arehouse, without an inch of room to
irn h;in on any hand, without n yard,
able, or outhouse of any dewr plion,
crhaps hoisted aloft, up three or four
sirs of dirty stiir*. is all the room that
ie wealthy tradesman can often blrsg
imseif with, and tnere day after dav,
mnlli sflnr mnnlh irour nOf^ Vfnr. K/? iv
> bo found, like a bat in the hole of a
nil, or a toad in the heart of a alone or
fan oak tree. Spring, and summer. ?u.|
ntuinn go round ; sunshihe ami /lowers
>rcnd over the world; the &weeU>?t
reezos blow, the sweetest waters, murmur
long the vales, hut they are all k*?t upon
im ; he is the doleful prisoner of Matt*,
ion, and so he lives and dies. Tho
irmer wotild not take the wealth of thy
**rlr\ nil eili-K tpflllS. ri is concer..M. how.
vcr small, spread thctuielve* 0111 in a
leasant amplitude both to his eye and
cart. Ilis house stands in its own spaions
solitude; his offices and outhouse*
and round extensively, without anv
tibborn and limiting contraction; lus
:res stretch over hill and dale:; there Ins
Dcks and herds aro f?bdng; there Ins
borers arc toiling?be is king and s*>!o
:>mmander there. He live-s among the
irest air and the most delicious quiet*
ftcn uihon T act* IIi/wa hdnllKv
tivaif IT IIVU * WW IMVW UVMHH T I I lit I U > %
ill grown sons of the soil going out of
>wn, I envy them the freshness and the
>pose of the snots to which they are go.
ig. Ample,old-fashioned kitchens, with
leir chimney corners of tho true. pro.
(Cting, beamed and seated construction,
ill remaining; blazing fires m >v;nUr?