Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-20

/ with IN e rank iced now before them. Writers
alluded to suggest remedy neither have ever
seen or heard Of any. Should the disease spread
a. seems very probable we inclined 10 think il
would be e1pedient for every farmer to put hi,
cattle in the warmes and driesl stable possible and
feed them until the grass is deadened soon as he
sees any symptom Of the disease appear in any OF
them. Bleeding with rather scant dry food would
probably be useful
Can any one give us any information thai can be
relied on urrn this ma'reri
OHIO AND BROOKE COUNTY AGRICULTU.
! RAJ EXHlBTrlON-held at Wtllsburgh, Wedpes.
day October llIh, lS43.
The ground selected for the Of the Society
was a meadow adjoining The upper end Of the town.
where suitable arrangements were nude by the De.
putty Marshal, Z 3 FEATHER. Esq
| The busIT ess Of the day commenced with the
pluughing match in which much interest taken.
The several viewing Committees then proceeded
TO the examination OF the varous ANIMALS, &c, pre-.
scented to them. While the committees were thus
engaged the attention Of the large concourse of the
bUne and snew OF the country was drawn To the fine
| specimens OF high bred stock, and improved impe.
mems Oh the ground. Perhaps nothing attract ed
more attention Than the TRIAL OF pou hs by the Com.
miiIee on Implements.
After The Committees had finished their eIamina
lions, the society assembled nl Stand erected OI
the purpose TO hear address from DR. X Richard
son, r. Ofesspr ofChemsIry IA Belheny college. After
lac closed, motion OF Jesse Edsug on. Esq uire,
was
RESOLVED. That Prof Richardson be requested 10
furnish cupy OF his very Interesting aud Insrucuhg
address Tor publication.
The committees then reported follows:
ON HORSES.
The undersigned committee on Horses respectfully
report: That after careful examination of tn stock
offered, DO award follows
For The best stallion: Of The opinion there
offered entitled premium.
Fer the second best. award the premium to
sorrel Stallion, years old, entered by MIR HuIchn-
For the best blood mare. we award the premium
to large brown mare, ycars old, entered by John
Waddle. Esq.
For the second best, to sors mare years old, en-.
tered by Mr. James M'Lure.
For The best colt, between , and 3 years old, we
give the premium To chestnut sorrel Nurse. entered
by Samuel Orr.
For Ihe second best TO gray horse entered by Mr..
Cable. JESSE EDGINGTUS.
JOHS J. JACOB
TALBOT HAnMoSD,
JoHN MERRYMAN.
REPORT ON CATTLE AND AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENTS.
The committee sta eep examined a lot Of merino
bucks belonging To J. EdgInginn, and ouad some Of
them possess every requisite TO iuT'a aud fine
ness which is desirable IA sheep Of that class, We
there fore awa:d 10 him the first premium
We also examined a lot Of bucks owned by Tai
| bot Hammond, whose form aad fneness was excel
lent, but varied shade from being as fine as the
first lot examined AID VI course We award ~ him
the second premium.
We examined back, the properly Of Joseph Mr.
GET the WOOL Of which excellent, but the
animal was 50 defective in form that no Judiciou'
| sheep raiser would use him a stock buck.
We likewise examined lot Of ewes, Of j. Edg.
ton, which were Of excellent quality, so far as Ia,
WOOL was concerned, but Their plight 10 flesh wa
not Of the first order, award To himth first pre-
MUM ewes. We examined lot Of ewes of }
Morgan, Of which very fine but the 10
all together not sufficiently ~ 10 enIIle them 10
/ premium.
| The committee on Agricultural Implements " il
nessed The p,OUghIug match between Mr. Sweeney
/ Lever Hornet und B. WOOdcOck's Self Snarpener
after which they were each uied with special rele
ence TO The relative amount Of power required Il
move them through sod ground. The depth plough
cd by each was essentially the same, but IN widH
Of lurrOw the Sell Sharpener beat the Lever Horne
/ sumo two or three inches. Perhaps the Lever Hot
mel could have been So as 10 have carried Wild
lurrUw as the other. but that event the DRAFT re
quIred 10 move the plough would have been greater
ard the result would have been that u tO1k some
/ what more power to move the Lever Hornet than
| did The Oihsr. The committee Were Of the opinion
/ that the Self SharpeneT laid the burrows smOohe
than the other from this consideration, together Will
the acts the committee believe that II requires les
JrsH than the other, they award the premium 10 4
| WOodcock's Self ShaTpensr; al the snme time Ihel
consider the difference between the two plough
small, and that b, Oh worthy Of pvbc patronage
| NATH'L p. ATKINSON,
JOHN ATKINSON,
WILLIAM SrUARr
The undersigned part Of the committee on Ag
| ficutural Implements, examined farm wagon be
I longing 10 Nathaniel r Atkinson. and consider ,
| worthy Of premium. JOHN A1KiVsON,
WILLIAM STUART.