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V WILLIAM D. COOKE, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. A FAMILY NEWSPAPER NEUTRAL IN POLITICS. TERMS, TWO DOLLARS FEE OCX 3ttatefa.to all n imzte of Eftc Souti), literature, true attmt, riculture, tt&0,Qe MatMz, &c. VOL. Ill NO. 49. RALEIGH, KORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1854. WHOLE NO. 152 ft 4 ADDRESS OF E. G. READE, ESU-, Before the Granville (Jounly Agricultural So ckt'at its first Annual Fair, at Henderson, Oclolxr bth, 1854. Mo PmcsinKST- xh Gekti.vmex; ' - ' My position is an embarrassing one. I am not a practical farmer as you are practical farm vrs: Yet I have to speak to you of fanning in terests. I appear before you, therefore, with the' saiini misgivings' with which a pupil lisps his lesxii) Ix'fore his masters. I cannot speak to yU of deep plowing and its advantages of the rotation of crops ami the ap plca'ioii of fertilizers; of draining and irrigat ing; of seed-time and harvest, and many other things which observation and practice teach. But there is a subjeclj, upon which I have a.few thoughts, which 1 hoe you may find interest Mivg: I mean tlie superiority of the agricultural and mechanical over every other interest and occupation. ' I do. not approach the subject as does the demagogue, who praises you without heart when he-need your avor. I shall not treat it with the viewrof prejudicing you against other inter ests and occupations. But I take it up for the purpose of raising it from the depressed and false position which it occupies, to the elevated aud true position, to which it is eniitlt-d. If to evt-ry youtli who is preparing to entre the race of life with spirit, energy and talent ; it were whispered with the first dawning of his ambition, aud repeated with epery day's prog ress, that suth paits as Ids are not to be wasted at the bar ; "that the study and practice of the law were lit ho w ise suited to his extraordinary capacity; that to be a lawyer, would be the same to bury himself aud be unknown ; to be poor and a drudge, and to lose ; cast in society that only suih as had no capacity for any tiling else were lawyers; that if he looked for distinc tion, or even expected to be respected, he must eschew the bar ; who would be a lawyer? If every one who is regarded as a dunce, were told that the only place that suited him was the bar ; what would be the character and standing of tjie legal prote.ssiun Or, it the other professions were held in like repute, who would enter the profes-ious) ; ' , . Ami is not all this true of agriculture ? What county, what neighborhood, what parent : is" it, that -does not sort oiit the youths of the county,, the neighborhood, the family, as their tobacco is sorted the prime, the middle and the refuse I The prime is dressed and cared, for, and put up for sl.ovv and to get a name for h.- faulty , the middle is throw n upon the market the .com munity to take the chances; whilst only the " refuse is put . upon the farm as a fanner-rto improve it, jut as the refuse of the crop is thrown out for the same purpose. And then, when the) speak of-him, 'he is "only a farmer," or, " only a common tanner," or, to be very dese'rip tiv, " only a clod-knocker? Is it any wonder that agriculture is dtpres.-ed t The, wonder should rather be that it exists at all. Probablj the best solution of the puzzle, -is, that coiiiniu niiies'and parents are often times mistaken in their estimate of youths, and find that he who . was sehcted as prime and dressed for show, has more pertnes's than prudence, more forwardness than di-crelion, more pretence than worth; w hilst he who was thought to be inferior and tit only foi the farm, has .-hown himself to be the man of sense and worth. E ther this is so or 4?se there i that in the professions which debas es that which is uoble, and that, in the pur-uu-of i'g icu.ture and . mechanics w hich ennobles that, wheh is base : for we find laggards at the bar, quacks in 'medicine, and time-servers and hangers-on m politics ; and we hud spirit, ener gy; talent and worth in the pursuit of agricul ture and mechanics. - - . This being the ' depressed and false position which your pursuit occupies beneath almost all Other pursuits in public estimation ; I propose to assign to it 's true position, w hich I havd al ready stated to be superior to all others. , L It is so iti conscience independence. The best thoy-ght with which a professional man can console himself, is that he is a necessary evil. The learned and irtuous Judge, who spends his life in nn honest effort to make men do right,, is still obliged to feel that he, himself, is a bufden upon ociet : and that he is re garded the less so only because of the greater amount of evil which lie prevents. S if is with the lawyer so it is with the doctor: but so it is not with the farmer. Every thought, of his mind, every strain of his muscles, is for the pros perity of the country. He is no supported by, ' but he supports the, country. Othe-s clamour - and show off in crowds; he, rests himself and reigns' at home. Others live in the popular breeze ; he lives in the breath of heavem Oth ers cring and bow to power; he, only bows the knee to heaven. II. is so as a profitable investment.: To prove this it might be sufficient to remind you that the world is supported by agriculture and mechanics. The necessaries and luxuries of all classes are supplied by them; and even the vices of the world feed upon them. But! de sign to be more particular and to contrast the profits of agriculture with the profits of other pursuits. The standard of profit is money. The value of money is six per cent, per annum. The cap italist who realizes six per cent, is said to realize - all that his capital is worth. To ascertain whethr er agriculture is profitable, therefore, it will be fair to compare it with capital invested at inter est : especially as an opinion prevails, that capi - tal invested in agriculture does not yield, -d. er icent. I will put the case fairlv : let A. have a .capital of $10,000. and 1. a capital of $10,000 . let A. invest his capital at interest, and , his capital in agriculture. The larger profit, at the end of a time., will show which is the ni re pro fitable investment. But there is a great error, common, in considering the experiment : the in terest upon the capital is counted at its whole product- $600 per year and only the char profit of the farm is counted 'after suportifig the farmer and family. Now, J to try the experi ment fairly, the' capitalist mut support himself and family out of the interest, and jnly count ' what remains as profit, if the farr er is to sup port himself and family upon the farb, and on- ' ly count the. clear profit.' And if ii takjs the whole interest to support the capitalist, then his capital is standing s ill and yielding nothing clear, just as the farm is standing stiff and yield ; ing nothing clear, if it only supports the farmer :- and family. And if it takes half the interest to support, the capitalist then his capital is only yielding three per cent., and is no better thau a farm yielding three percent. When, therefore, the farmer is disposed to complain, or others Ctmplain at or fr him, that his farm only yields three per cent, while his capital is yielding six, it ought to be remembered that he is living up on his farm, and is not living upon his capital, and that it cost something to live. I coincide that there is a sort of farming that does not yield mHch close profit. It is farming upon the poorest land, because a great deal of it can be bought for a little money ; it is culti vating a arge fields instead of improving a small one ; it is making something for market and giv ing a fourth as a half of it to get it there. But even this sort of farming enables a man to live, and some even thrive at it. Indeed much the larger poition of our community have practiced it. If this sort of tanning, however, will enable a man to live, and there is any improved system w hich will nable these farmers to make G per cent upon the capital invested, then they will be even with the capitalist, and have as much clear profit as he. And if the improved system will enable them to increase their profits be yond 6 per cent, then, to the extent they do increase it, will they be superior to the capitalist. I propose to show the profitableness of farm ing, by comparing this unimproved, with the improved system farming on rich land instead of a larger one ; hav ing a good market instead of a. bad one. But then I am met with the dif ficulty that there is more poor land than rich ; aud that every one cannot buy rich, and some must buy poor land. This is conceded. But then if you have 5,000 to buy. a farm, there fs no necessity that you should give it for 1000 acres because it is poor. Better give half the money for half the land, and then you will have 500 acres of rich, instead of 1000 acres of poor land. And, if you want to make 100 barrels of corn, there is no propriety in rultivating 50 acres to do it, if the same can be made on, 10 acres. And, there is no propriety in giving 50 cents a bushel, to get ymr wheat to market, if a way can le provided by which it can be car ried for 14 cents. But the question r mains : can these farmers who have been standing Miil, merely living up on their farms' increase, the products of their farms G pc tent., so as to put them upon an equality with the capitalist, who lends his mo ney at 6 per cent. ? If your land yields 10 bushels of wheat per acre, and you make it yield 1 I bushels, the in crease is 10 per cent., and is equal to' lending money at lu per cent. It you increase the yield to 12 bushels, it is 20 per cent.;- 13 bush els is 30 per cent. : 15 bushels is 50 per cent. ; 20 bushels is 100 per cent., and is equal to lending money at 20, 30, 50, 100 per cent. Again : If your wheat is worth in the market Si. 00, and you improve the quality, so that it is worth 81,10, the increase is 10 per cent., and is equal to lending money at 10 per cent. Again: If your wheat is worth &1,00 in m'aiket, and it cost 50 cents to get it there, leaving but 50 cents nett, and a way is provided by which you can get it there for 25 cents, leaving 75 cents nett, there is an increase of 50 percent., and is equal to lending money at 50 per cent. So that by increasing the yield from 10 to 11, and improv ing the quality from $1,00 to $1,10, and reduc ing the freight 25 cents, you have an increased profit of 70 per cent, equal to lending money at 70 pei cent. Or, if you increase the yield but ne-half bushel, aud the quality hut 5 cents, aud reduce the -freight but 12 1-2 cents, you will have an increased profit of 35 per cent., equal to lending money at. 35 per cent. Can it be difficult to produce these results? Let us s e: As in even thing else, so in farm ing, they are littles that make the profits. If A. mak s 10 bushels to the acre, and B. makes 9, B. sees b it little advantage that A has over him in this ; but it is an advantage of 10 per cent. Ami if A. gets 1,00 in the market, and B. gets 90 cents, B. sees but little advantage in this, but it is an advantage of 10 per cent. And if A. .pays 40 cents to get his to market, and B. pays 50 cents, B. sees but little advantage in this,, but it is an advantage of 20 per cent. And when the two tens and the twenty are put together, they make a difference of 40 per cent. Now if one cqitalist lends his money, without interest, aud another lends his at 40 per cent., it will ieadily be supposed that the one will stand still or fail, and the other will soon be rich : and yet the difference between them, is precisely the same as the difference between farmers, A. and B. But it is not alone the quantity raised upon a farm that makes farming profitable; it is the value of what is made over the cost of making it. in connection with the quantity. For exam ple : if it cost GO cei.ts a bushel to raise wheat, and you get only 60 cents for your wheat, then itjmatters not at all whether you make 100 Bushels or 1000, the clear profit will be the same, and wiil be nothing. But if you can raise wheat i t 60 cents, and sell it at 70 cents, then the profit is 10 cents, aud the greater the quantity, the greater the profit. Again: If it cost 60 cents to raise wheat, and 40 tents to get it to market, making $1.00, and you get but $1,00 for it, then whether you; have much or little, theie is no profit. But if it cost 60 cents to raise if, and 30 cents to get it to mat ket, making.90 cents, and you get $1,00 for it, then the profit is 10 cents. From these con siderations, it will be seen that there are, mainly, three ways of increasing the profits of farming : 1st. To lessen the cost of raising. 2d. 3d. 1st. To improve the quality. To lessen the freight to market. As to the cost of raising : If you have two acres that will produce 10 bushels of wheat per acre, and it takes 2 bushels to seed them, and 2 days to plow them, (which is equal to 2 bushels more,) and 2 days to harvest them, (which is equal to 2 bushels more,) then the seed, the plowing and harvesting, are equal to 6 bushels; and if you make 20 bushels, are equal to 30 per cent, of the crop. Now sup pose you take the price of one acre, and put it upon the other in improvement, and make the other acre produce 20 bushels; with 1 bushel seed, 1 day's plowing, and 1 day's harvesting; aH'equal to 3 bushels instead of 6, and only 15 per cent, of what you will make, instead of 30 percent. Then there is a clear saving of 15 per cent, in the cost of raising. So that reduc ing the size of your farm, is one way of lessen ing the cost of raising. (The foregoing calcula tions are only intended to approximate correct ness so as to illustrate the principle.) Again : You may lessen the cost of raising by availing yourself of the improvements in tools and ma chinery. What an improvement is the scythe and cradle over the bid reap hook ! What a labor and time-saver it is ! And although the scythe and cradle is all that is necessary for the small farmer, yet, for the large farmer, what an improvement is the "Reaper" over the scythe and cradle ! And what an improvement is the Threshing-machine over the old hickory-flail ! and the improved fan, over the sheet, with a man at each end not to mention many other things which save time and labor, and thereby lessen the cost of raising, and thereby increase the profits of farming. - Bat the advantage which this gives the far mer in the market, is not the only, nor indeed, is it the great advantage. The time saved from profitless toil in the farm, gives him rest makes him feel less like a slave more like a free man gives him an opportunity of improving his mind, training his children, and enjoying his family and friends. The farmer with this leisure to enjoy life, does not think of cutting down his shade-trees, and otherwise making his dwelling naked and forbidding, lest its comforts should detain him from his toil in the field. But he plants shade trees and fruit trees turfs his yard, flowers, his garden, gravels his walks, paints his house, curtains his windows, carpets his floors, dupes his daughters, visits his neigh bors, enterta'ns his friends, and, what with mu sic, inyrth aud piety, regards his home as the happiest place in the world. 2nd. As to improving the quality of the produce : One man s wheat is diseased and faulty ; an other's is healthy and sound ; and the differ ence in the price is coriesponding. One gets $10 for his labor, another gets $5 ; and yet their fences gain, and one labors as the other. One raises a colt and sells him for $100, another sells his for $50 ; and yet the cost of raising was the same, lie who would raise good grain, must- look to his seed its kind, its preparation, the quantity sown, the time of sowing, the prepara tion of the ground, the tillage, the harvesting and the curing. He who raises and keeps ani mals, must "know that the best consume no more than the worst : that the slub and rotund berkshire, consume no more than the long-lean-land-pibe, the symetrical and yielding devon milcher, than the awkward and stingy native - the spirited,handsome and docile charger, than the dull raw-bone, and vicious carthorse. In deed, so universal is this rule, in regard to all animals, that I doubt whether the tidy, healthy, lively, haudsoine, industrious, inteligent, virtu ous, pious " Farmer's-dauglitev" God bless the " Farmer's-daughter !" is any more expensive, i i it.-r .r tuan the tawav, artiueiai out i cannot draw the picture of the opposite, because there is an original before me to sit for it. 3d. As to lessening the freight to market : If it cost 60 cents to raise wheat, and you get $1,00 in the market, then the profit is 40 cents a lushel, bating the freight. If the freight is 40 cents, then the whole profit is consumed. If the freight is 50 cents, then it cannot be sold in the market at all. because the cost of raising and freight are $1,10, and the market price but $1,00. In order, therefore, to realize a profit, the freight must be reduced. ir the treight is reduced 10 cents below 40 cents, then the profit is 10 cents, equal to 10 per cent., aud equal to lending money at 10 per cent. But this is not all. There will be the same saving in freight upon your lime, plaster, guano, iron, salt, sugar, coffee, and every species of merchandise in re turn. But,I need not labor this proposition before you. Every one who hears me is a witness to its truth. .Not many years ago you gave 50 cents a bushel to get your wheat to market, when you could get it there at all. Now you pay 14 cents, and can get it there at any time, The grain which was in your barn yesterday, is in market to-day. The goods which you order to-day, will be here to-morrow, and at a cost in freight so trifling as hardly to be felt. Does your business call you from home to an. 'til day s 13y to morrow s dawn vou win nave travelled over such space as is not occupied by the mightiest empires of Europe. And still, at the same speed, traveling onward and onward, until amazement itself is lost m the va-stnessand spl ndour of a country you can call your own Europe is your ninth day neighbor ! lo China can hardly be called a a journey ; or the circum ference of the globe a voyage. . 1. 1 .! What is it that has brought aoout this change i Evidently the improvement ot ways and the success ot mechanics. I stand in view of one of these improved way's a vast avenue. exteudtng from the seaboard far into the interi or of the country, and still to be extended. A- long which courses the mighty engine, driven by a power which kuows ho obstacle, and at a speed which knows no tarrying. Scarcely yet is lost the rumbling of its pawer as it pased you this morning ; even now it is proudly and terribly dashingover the territory of a neighboring State; anil before the evening the breath of its nostrils will challenge the leviathon of the ocean. And soon it wiil be back again, unharmed by its con flict with time and space, and lavi-bly scattering among you, as trophies of its victory, the richest products of every clime and country. And alongside is the still greater wonder the lightning's pathway ! the tamed, trained, edu cated lightning! speaking our language, bearing our messages, oledieiil to our w iils, sen ing our ends, annihilating lime and space. On, on, yj mighty engine! make haste ye lightning messengers! This vast country de mands voiir greatest powers your utmost speed. But the improvement ot ways, is not of indi vidual enterprize. It is for every one to choose whether he will cultivate a large field or a small one; whether he will raise one quality of grain as another: but whether he will have an ;m proed way of getting to market is not of his choosing. For this there must be concert of ac tion. The whole State must operate. ot o i ly the State, but Slates, must co-operate. Y -t every individual should feel and act as if the res ponsibility were his own : for there is nothing eal in the idea of a community or State only a it is composed of individuals. Nor should the fact that you have a way provided for you, make you the les interested in providing a way for others. Eve-y one must have a way. The who'e State must be traversed by improvements. 'They must go everywhere from the seaboard up into, all among and over the mountaius. Arousing their slumbering but mighty energies; developing their mines ; distributing their mine rals ; opening their healthful fountains, and of fering their tracing clime to visitors ; enabling us to kno each other, and each other's it terest, and to hel each other, making us neighbors; bringing remote sections of the State toget her; so thatthe sturdy mountaineer nay leave, hia home n the morning, and lay his strong hand on ''old ocean's wave" in the evening, and bathe his brawny limbs, and compare its reckless mighti ness with the stain majesty, of his own moun tains. The fact ought not to be concealed at home, that, with undeveloped resources, supposed to be almost, if not quite, equal to ny, North Car olina is every where spoken against as the poor est State in the Union. It is true that as an equivalent for this;she ha always had the char acter of being the, most honest ; but we are taught to pray against poverty " lest we be poor and steal." If there be truth in what is said acrainst us, it may be, therefore, thaft there is danger of our becoming so poor as to loose our character for honesty. But those who know us best have placed along-side with our character for hones ty another virtue modesty which prevents us from blazoning our worth. But in order that there may be no se'mblence of truth in what is. said against us, let us arouse ourselves; "shake off the dew drops that glitter on our garment ;" wake up the sleeping energies ot our people ; stay the tide of emigration ; develop our hidden resources; send out giant arms with iron mus cles and steel nerves, and bring them to market; and make our State what she deserves to be one of the first States in the Union. I hope it will not be thought foreign to the occasion for me to say to you, that having real ized the great advantages w hich result from im provements, you will, through your representa tions manifest a liberal spirit, and not only sup- port, nut urge every improvement wuieu may be proposed when ever it is needed. III. It is so in pleasurable enjoyment. The professional man lives in the crowd, nis home is amid the strifes and storms of the world. fiEven his hours of seclusion have often to be spent in preparation for the coming fray. When he is thought of, it is, probably, in the unpleas ant connection with some successful effort to maintain right. But the farmer lives at hucid lives in his family, rises with the day and con secrates ; early greets the "dewy morn ;" walks forth amid his herd, which receive him as their lord ; look out upon his teeming fields, his green meadow, the ripling stream, the shady grove alive with native songsters ; breathes the pure air fresh from the hills and rich with perfumes; eats his healthful morning meal ; goes forth to labor when there is need ; and returns again to his well furnished, comfortable mansion, to rest to read, to meditate, to enjoy his family and friends, and to be glad. But the farmer s own engagement is not the only advantage to be considered,: that of his family is as important. And where else should they be but-in the retirement of the farm-house ? Where else does the wife appear the queen she is, but in the management of the domestic cir cle planning her garden, growing her fruit, tending her dairy, clothing her family, educat ing her children, dispensing hospitality and charity ? " She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hand to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with double garments. She maketh herself cover ings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and pur ple. Her husband is known in the gates, when lie sittith among the elders of the land. Bier children rise up and call her blessed ; her hus band also and he praiseth her. Many daught ers have done virtuously ; but thou excellest them all." And where else shall sons and daughters be reared but in the innocence of the country nurse ry ? Where else can be found such innocent amusement such healthful and invigorating ex ercises such profitable employments ? Where else can be found such simplicity and sincerity of manners, such kindness, such affect'on, such cheerfulnes, such beauty, as every evening gath er aound the farmer's fire-side? And what scene on earth surpasses that which is described by the Scottish bard in his "Cotter's Saturday night : " " The cheerfu' supper done, wi1 serious face, They round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns oer wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' bible, once his fathers pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haflets wearing thin an' bare : Those strains that once did sweet in zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care; And Met us worship God,' he says with solemn air. "Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King The saint, the fathers and the husband prays. Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays : No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear; Together hymning their Creator's praise In such society, yet still more clear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. ', From scenes like these the 'country's grandeur springs That makes her loved at home, revered abroad :' And aris in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind." And although it is not now, yet soon the pur suit of agriculture will be superior to all others in " honorable distinction." So soon as the improvements which are now beginning shall become common so soon as leisure is afforded the farmer to improve his mind; and his profits are such as to enable him to educate his family ; so that the farm-house shall be the seat of learning as it is now the seat of virtue, he will no longer be "only a farm er," or " only a common farmer : " but he will be a " country gentleman " the " distinguished citizen." And then of others it will be said he is only a doctor," or " nothing but a lawyer." I conclude, therefore, that the pursuit of Ag riculture and mechanics is superior to all others. I. In conscious independence. II. As a profitable investment. III. In pleasurable enjoyment. I should do injustice to my feelings, Mr. President, if I did not praise you for the splen did show, at this your first " Industrial Exhibi t on." Heretofore you have had nothing to bt mulate you to excellency ; yet your specimens of stock, produce and machinery, might be put upon the best Fair ground without suffering by comparison. And the handiwork of the ladies would take premiums any where. And I verily believe the ladies-themselves would be carried away captives. But tell me, Mr. President, are these only your best specimens, or does the country abound in them ? And have you any to spare ! Well done, people of Granville ! You have, set the country a noble example 1 May you reap a rich reward for your industry here, and rent forever hereafter. A LIST OF PREMIUMS Awarded at tlie second Annual Fair of the North Carolina State Agricultural Society, held in Raleigh, October 11th, 18th, 19th and 20th, 1854. Thoroughbreds. Stallion, Regent, 14 years old, T. H. Miles, Halifax. 1st premium. $10 Stallion, 4 years old, P. C. Cameron, Orange, 2d premium, 5 Bay Colt, 2 years old, D. McDaniel, Nash, 1st premium, 5 Colt, " lotii'g Regent, 1 year old, Mas ter J. Davis, Granville, dip. Bay Filly, "Dolly Regent," 2 years old, W. H. Hughes, Granville, 1st premium, 5 Black I illy, " Anna Isabella," 2 years did Josiah Turner, Hillsboro', dip. Stallions. Bay Stallion, "Orange Bov," 1 years old, J. B. Leathers, Orange, 1st premium, 10 Gray Stallion, " Jno. Randolph, 4 years old, Sol. O'Bryant, Roxboro', 2d pre. 5 Brood Mares, Fillies and Colts. Brood Mare, 5 years old, A. S. William son, Caswell, 1st premium, 10 brood Mare, J. J. Bobbitt, Granville, 2d premium, 5 Brood Mare, 1. A. lancey, Roxboro , 'dip. do do P. C. Cameron, Orange, dip. do do W. A. Eaton, Granville, dip. Bay Filly, 3 years old, Fenner Young, WTake, 1st premium, 5 Bay Filly, 3 years old, J. B. Leathers, Orange, 2d premium, dip. Filly, 3 years old, Wm. E. Wyche, Gran ville, dip. Filly, 2 years old, C. Olives, Chatham, 1st premium, 5 Filly, 2 years old, T. J. Moss, Northamp ton, dip. Filly, 2 years old, Jos. Dixon, Alamance, dip. Colt. 1 months old, Alex. Dixon, Orange, 1st premium, 5 Colt, 6 months old, R. B. Allen, Gran ville, dip. Colt, 6 months old, V. Washington, Granville, dip. Bay Colt, 1 year old, Marcus Erwin, Or ange, dip. Match Horses. One pair Horses, H. L. Hazell, Graham, 1st premium, 10 Qne pair Gray Horses, R. M. Young, Granville, 2d premium, 5 Single Harness Horses. Buggy Horse, 5 years old, W. Barford, Oxford, 1st premium, 5 Buggy Horse, (Bay,) 6 years old, J. L. Jones, Granville, dip. Bugy Horse, (Sorrel,) WT. H. Hughes, Granville, dip. Saddle Horses. Saddle Horse, J. W. Lewis, Milton, 1st premium, 5 Saddle Horse, S. G. Hayes, Granville, dip. JaeTcs and Jennets. Jack, 8 years old, Rufus Jones, Wake, 1st premium, 10 Jack, 8 years old, D. McDaniel, Nash, 2d premium, 5 Jack, 3 years old, S. H. Cannady, Gran ville, 3d premium, 5 Jennet, 6 years old, S. O'Bryant, Rox boro', 1st premium, 10 Jennet, 2 years old, Sol. O'Bryant, Rox boro', 2d premium, 5 Mules. Mule, 2 years old, J. R. Mason, North ampton4 1st premium,. 5 Mule, 27 months old, J. M. Brewer, For estville, 1 dip. Durham's and Grades. Durham Bull, 5 years old, J. Hutchins, Raleigh, 1st premium, 10 Durham Grade, 18 months old, Wm. Russell, Caswell, 1st premium, 5 Durham Grade, 18 months old, Wm. Russell, Caswell, 2d p-emiutn, dip. Milch Cow, " Dutchess," 7 years old, Mrs. E. L. Taylor, Raleigh, 1st premium, 10 Milch Cow, "Kentucky," 5 years old, W. T. Dortch, Wayne, 2d premium, 5 Heifer, (grade,) 3 years old, D. McDaniel, Nash, 1st premium, 5 Heifer, (grade,) 18 months old, Wm. Russell, Caswell, dip. Hoifer, (grade,) 5 months old, William Russeil, Caswell, premium, 5 Devons a?id Grades. Devon Cow. 9 years old, S. Smith, Ra leigh, 1st premium, $10 N. &. S. Devon Cow, 5 years old, D. Mc Daniel, Nash, 2d premium, 5 Heifer, 2 years old, D. McDaniel, Nash, 1st premium, 5 Heifer, 15 months old, Dr. Wm. R. Holt, Davidson, 2d premium, dip. Calf, 12 months old, Dr. Wm. R. Holt, Davidson, 1st, premium, 5 Calf. 12 months old, D. Wm. R. Holt, Davidson, 2d, premium, dip. Bull, T. W. Battle, Edgecombe, 1st pre mium, 10 Bull, 2 years old, D. McDaniel, Nash, 1st premium, 5 Bull, 2 years old, T. VV. Battle, iSdge combe, 2d premium, dip. Bull, (Devon and Durham,) 3 years old, Wm. Russell, Caswell, 1st premium, 5 Bull, (Devon,) 3 years old, D. McDaniel, Nash, 2d premium, dip Second grade Bull, 6 months old, T. W. Battle, Edgecombe, 1st premium, 5 One Bull Calf, 15 months old, Dr. Wmi R. Holt, Davidson, 1st premium, 5 One Bull Calf, 1 year old, Dr. W.' R. Holt, Davidson, 2d premium, dip. Ayreshires, Alderney's, dec. 1 Ayreshire Cow, 5 years old, D. Mc Daniel, Nash, 1st premium, 10 Native Cattle. Heifer, 16 months old, T. P. Devereux, Raleigh, 1st premium, 5 Cow, "Mag," 5 years old, Mrs. E. L. Taylor, Raleigh, 1st premium, 5 Black and White Cow, 4 years 61L T. P. Devereux, Raleigh, 2d premium, dip. Bull, 4 years old, W. M. Jones, Raleigh, 1st. premium, 5 Working ' Oxen. One Yoke Working Oxen, 5 and 6 years old, Wm.- Russell, Caswell, l&pramtuin " 5 Two Yokes Working Oxen, 4 and 7 y's old, Mrs. E. P. Jones, Wake, dip. One Yoke Working Oxen, 6 years old, Seth Jones, Wake, dip. Fat Cattle. 1 Yoke Devon Oxen, vears old, Dr. W. R. Holt, Davidson, 1st rf - ' 10 Milch Cows. 1 Devon and Durham Cow, 5 years old, D. McDaniel, Nash, 1st premium, 10 Durham Cow, " Bettie Bliss," 4 years old, Mrs. E. L. Taylor, Raleigh, 2d premium, 5 1 Cow, " Nicy," 3 years old, D. McDan iel Nash, dip. Sheep. 1 Pen Lambs, R. A. Jenkins, Williams boro, 1st premium, 5 Pen of Lambs, Seth Jones,. Wake, dip. 1 Buck, 3 years old, H. McLean, Cum berland, 1st premium, 5 1 Buck, 18 months old, J. A. Jenkins, Williamsboro, 2d premium, dip. Swine. Chester Boar, 2 years old, Jere. Nixon, Raleigh, 1st premium, 5 Chester Boar, 7 mo's old, P. Mitchell, Warren, 1st premium, ' 5 Native Boar, 2 1-2 years old, J. J. Can nady, Wayne, 1st premium, 5 3 China Pigs, 3 mo's old, H. McLean, Cumberland, 1st premium, 5 Suffolk Sow, 6 mo's old, T. D. Meares, Brunswick, 1st premium, 5 Sow and Pigs over 2 years old, W. H. Williams, Franklin, 1st premium, 5 Sow and Pigs under 2 years old, J. Mosa, Raleigh, 1st premium, 5 Large Hog, VV. 11. VV ilhams. Franklin, ' 3 Large Hog, L. D. Howell, Wayne, . 3 Poultry. 4 Coops Brahma Pootras, J.C.Partridge, Raleigh, 1st premium, 3 1 no liun Shanghaes, . W hitaker, jr. Raleigh, 1st premium, 3 Ino White Shanghaes, W. Whitaker, jr. Raleigh, 1st premium, 3 G.-ay Shanghaes, A. Alden, Cumberland, 1st premium, 3 Black Shanghaes, J. C. Partridge, Ra leigh, 1st premium, 3 Black Shanghaes, Mrs. Jere. Nixon, Ra leigh, 2d premium, Farmer's Journal. Trio Game Fowls, J. H. Avent, Nash, 1st premium, 3 3 Coops Game Fowls, J. J. Williamson, Raleigh, 2d premium, Farmer's Journal. 1 Coop Hong Kong Geese, J. A. Bul lock, Granville, 1st premium, ' 3 1 Wild Turkey Cock, Wm. Crudup, ' Granville, 1st premium, 3 1 Coop Golden Seabrights, J. C. Part ridge, Raleigh, 1st premium, 3 1 Coop Silver Seabrights, J. C. Part ridge, Raleigh, 1st premium, 3 1 Coop Golden Hamburgs, J. C. Part ridge, Raleigh, 1st premium, 3 1 Coop Siberian Bantams, J. C. Part ride, R leigh, 1st, premium, 3 1 Coop Bantams, Masters John H. and William Jones, Raleigh, Fanner's Jour. Trio Ducks, W. H. Scott, Raleigh, 1st premium, . 3 1 Pair Ducks, E. Hall, Raleigh, 2d pre mium, Farmer's Journal. 1 Coop Buff Shaghaes, J. C. Partridge, Raleigh, 2d premium, Farmer's Journal. 3 Hoang Ho Fowls, Geo. Whiting, Ra leigh, 1st. premium, 3 Lot of Speckled Dorkings, D. McDaniel, Nash, 1st premium, 3 1 Pair Turkeys, (Cross,) Mrs. Josiah Crudup, Granville, 3 2 Coops Cochin Chinas, Mrs. S. S. Roys 1 Coop Cochin Chinas, J. C. Palmer, Raleigh, Parmer's Jour, ter, Granville, 1st premium, 3 1 Coop Capon Chickens, Jas. F. Taylor, Raleigh, 3 1 Pair Poland Ducks, Mrs. J. B. G. Roul hac, Raleigh, 3 For largest and best variety of Poultry, J. C. Partridge, Raleigh, 5 Agricultural Productions. Indian Corn, R. H. Smith, Halifax, pre. 2 Black Peas, " " ' 2 Iverson's Rescue Grass, E. Hall, Wake, premium, 2 Sample White Wheat, W. R. Holt, Da vidson, premium, - 2 6 Pumpkins, Jas. Kirkpatrick, Wake, premium, 2 12 White Sugar Beets, Jas. Kirkpatrick, Wake, premium, 2 1 Bag Rough Rice, W. H. Burgwyn, pre. 2 1 Lot Turnips, J. A, McMannen, pre. 2 1 Bbl. Irish Potatoes, Dr. Geo. Field, Warren, premium, 2 Agricultural Implements. 3 Tooth Guage Plow, Ch. H. Drury, Baltimore, premium, 5 3 Steel Point Cultivators, Borum & McLean, Norfolk, 5 1 Subsoil Plow, W. B. Williams k Co., Warren. 5 1 Cotton Plow, do 5 1 Single Horse Plow, and plowing, K. , Wain wright & Co., Oxford, 5 1 Peekskill Double Plow, C. H. Rich mond, Milton, 5 1 Double Imp. H. Side Plow, and Plow ing, Mott, Lewis & Wilson, Richmond, 5 2 Cast Expanding Cultivators, Mott, Le wis & Wilson, Richmond, 1 Jumping Coulter Plow, R. A. Jenkins, Granville, 1 Field Roller, C. H. Drury, Baltimore, dip. dip. 5 5 5 5 1 Shifting Harrow, Sinclair fc Co., 1 Clod Roller Serrated, M 1 Brace's Grain Cradle, " u u u 1 No. 19 12 Plow, Seth Marsh, Norfolk, dip. 1 No 20 two-horse Plow, Seth Marsh, Norfolk, 1 No 1 Plow and Cultivator, J. H. Gooch, Granville, Farm and Pleasure Vehicles. 1 Two-horse Waggon, G. W. Simpson, Caswell, 1 Close Carriage, Pier & Brannin, Fay etteville, Dibble fe Brothers, of Kinston, exhibited a Tery fine Carriage and Buggy which came in too late for competition. Hand Power Machitu-y. 1 Rockaway Wheat Fan, J, Montgomery fe Co., Baltimore, ' 1 Gilbert's Wheat Fan, C. Burne v dip. dip. dip. 125 1 Motts Irarrovet-T Wheat Fan. MaL Lewis & Wilson, Richmond,. tit?.. j dip. 1 iiaproYea propeiier straw; Cutter, K. Sinclair, 1 Straw, Cutfr, Stafford. Clark Dixok Alamance, ' - :: 5 1 Single Spout Corn Sheller. Mott Lewi - fe Wilson, Richmond,' : - i , 5 1 Double Spout Corn Sheller. Mott. i Lewis fe Wilson, Baltirnore, .,' j, dip. 1 x-aieni jnura, Ji. . uayiora, Ujttord, 5 2 Hominy Mills, Borum & McLean, Nor folk, dip. 1 Sausage Stuffer, Borum & McLean, . Norfolk, I dip. 1 Garden Engine, J. Woltering, Wake, , 5 1 Farm Gate, C. II. Richmond, Miltoni ' 5 4 Bench Planes, W. H. Morning, John ston, j dip. 1 Spout Double Sheller, R. Sinclair, .... & Co., Baltimore, dip, 1 Merriraans Hay and Cotton Press R. " Sinclair, Baltimore, 10 1 Smut Machine, J. McMannin, South Lowell, . 5 1 Circular Saw, A. C. Lee, Raleigh, 3 1 Sausage Cutter, J. M. Towles,Ral. j 3 1 Tobacco Press, 0. H. Richmond, Milton, 10 Horse and Steam Power Machinery. 1 Sweep Horse Power, R. Sinclair & Co. Baltimore, ' i 10 1 do do C. H. Drury, d dip Light horse Powers and Thrashing Machines, exhibited by Messrs. Sta7ord, Clark kCo., Ala mance, David Dixon, Alamance, and James H. Gooch, Granville, being considered of equal mer it, are awarded a Diploma. I 1 Threshing. Machine, Sinclair it Co., Baltimore, 10 1 Wheat Drill, . do do 10 Corn and Cob Crusher, A. M. Rocwell, Tarbaro', 5 Best Cotton Gin, (Parkhurst's Patent Cylinder,) L. W. Abbott, Agent, Conn. 10 1 Grist Mill, R. Sinclair & Co. Bait. 10 1 Corn Sheller, C. H. Drury, Bait. 5 1 Corn Planter, Sinclair & Co., Bait. 5 1 Shingle Machine, Wessel is Eiser, Wilmington, , dip. Dr. T. D. Hogg exhibited a model of aBeard ly's Plaining Machine, which he is about put ting in operation in this City. j , For the greatestrcollection of useful machines and implements made at any one factoty in the Statee, the premium of $20 is awarded to John Stafford, of Alamance. . j Saddlery, Harness and Leather. 1 Man's Saddle,rC. Marable, Williams- 1 Man's Saddle, Hardy Harriss, Hender son, dip. boro , 1 Set Buggy Wake, Harness, George Fisher, 1 i 1 Set Double Harness, Hardy Harries, Henderson, j dip. 1 Lot Leather, W. F. Hillard, Franklin, 5 1 Side Skirting Leather, Gunn & Bow, 1 Caswell, : di. 1 Side Sole Leather, O. L. Evans, St. ' Lawrence, dip. Cabinet Work. 6 Parlor Chairs, H.J. Brown, Raleigh, 2.50 1 Dressing Bureau,' W. H.. Morning, Smithfield, 5 1 Dressing Bureau, H. J. Brown, Ral eigh, j dip. 1 Shower Bath, H..W. Howze, Raleigh, 2.60 Boots, Shoes and Hats, j 2 Gents Straw Hats, Miss Amanda Lewis, Granville, ; 3 1 Navy Capt's. Cap, W. R. Dail, Ports'h. dip .6 Plantation W. Hate, W. R. Dail, Portsmouth, ' 1 -"-S. 3 Gents Hats, W. B. Dail, Portsmouth, 3 " 1 pair Pink Gaiters, Mrs. A. Thacker, Williamsboro', - j ( dip. 1 pair childs Opera Boots, C. B. Moore, Raleigh, j dip. 8 Wool Hats, C. B. Andrews, Chatham, 3 1 Childs Hat, Mrs. A. Walsh, Raleigh, dip. Childrens Palm Leaf and Straw Hats, Mrs. W. H. Morning, Smithfield, f 3 1 Childs Hat, Cornelia Lawrence, Ox ford, " " dip. 6 Wool Hats, W. B. Dail, Portsmouth, dip. 1 Pine Bur Hat, Mrs. Mary Bryan, - Henderson, i dip. 1 pair Alligaior Shoes, T. S. D. McDow ell, i dip. 2 pair Gaiters, Mrs. T. A. Mosley, (Jran- rille, dip. 2 pair Walking Shoes, J. F. Taylor, F. Jour. Hardware, Stoneware, e. Lot of purified Stone Ware, Wj W. Craven, Moflats Mills, : 3 Lot of Hones, P. S. Benbow, Lindley's Store, , j dip- Lot of Augers, ,M. F. C! Iddingsk ML Vernon Springs, j " 3 1 Turpentine Still, Cap, Arm and Worm, Jos. Woltering, Raleigh, j 10 1 Case of Hardware, &c, J. Woltering, Raleigh, j 5 Lot of Smith's Tools, Stafford, Clark & Dixon, "Snow Camp, '' dip. Sash Lock, (Arnold's,) Wm. Cole, ag I Raleigh, i dip. 1 Rat Trap, Albert Johnson, Raleigh, dip. 1 Oak Barrel, W. M. Chauncey, A?eras boro', dip. 1 Oak Barrel, R. S. Perry, Raleigh, t dip: 7 Guns and Pistols, J.. 8. Baker, Fay ettevillc, , : - ;. ,5 1 Rifle, James Brandfel, Salem, dip. Lot of Tools, lu & W. E. Whitfield, Whitehall, -( 3 Flour! f 1 1 Bbl Flour, W. F. Collins, Wake, 'pre. 5 1 Bbl Flour, Jas. BrendeL Salem, 2d pre. dip. " ' Tobacco. j Smoking Tobacco, Lash fc Bro. Salem, 1st premium, ' 3 Cigars, Lash fc Bro. Salem, 1st pre. ? 5 Chewing Tobacco, Y; A E. P. Jones, ' YanceyTille, 1st premium, I 5 Chewing looacco, vv. cs 4. u fong, Yanceyville, za premium, Dairy, Ham Hooey, ice. dip. a Two Casks of . Caswell Co. Cheese, Will. RusselL CaswelL 1st premium. 1 Firkin Butter, Will. RusselL CaswelL . lst-Dremiuro. 3 : 1 Jar Fresh Butter, Mrs. LovUEdii ' ' 2st pjremunnWi l'x .0-5 l Jar Fresh Butter, Mrt.W.0. Gregory, , 2j prtaiitim,i--' - dip. m Hi . I
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