The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-10

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Pisnghing and spading Matches.
Yesterday was gala day, indeed for the farmer and
agrcuturss The ploughing and spading matches came
of at Flushing before vast crowds who had collected
enjoy the festivities connected with the occasion There
in attendance from early hour, steamboats,
convey the various groups who locked to witness the
up the liver, in itself delightful The forest Of
chianey ops-ths vast magnitude of mighty Empo-
religious sdicss-ths battalion Of ships that lined the
whsrves together with the general character of the
scenery all along the river to Flushing all called forth
witness these most interesting proceedings On arriving
about loh O'Clock the first object that attracted the
the attention Of tho crowds who left In tho
first boat was line Of yoked oxen drawn up In rank
and le and ofcered by their different drivers
land feeling of impulse. which irresistible it
impossible deny the pleasure Of ride which the
Rome heads Of europe might feel proud
Of Accordingly several rushed TO the wagons; and had
in rank and his upon the ground with his army duly
odicered they could not have marched with so much
drill than did the thirty team Of oxen that gracsd
this exhibition yesterday and drew single wagon in
hs sy s
from Governors Island, which in attendance, and
then amid the roaring Of cannon which fred grand
whole moved Of to the plough ground was said that
Is s oy e: I0mmss AZ wnsn the cattle
through Broadway with ATTY team Of oxen, towards
ar y ss i will S,w 70 the
The entries for the ploughing match were as follow -
Thomas Halliday, Flushing one team Of horses VIM.
Gowannus one team of oxen Joseph Fitzgerald Flush
ing, one team of oxen Joseph swannall Shrewsbury.
mules Philip Eyerts Nushing one team. of oxen and
best Asa Num- Orange, EssexCo. j., one team Of
Oxen LIST best John Brewster, New Jersey, one team
of horses, Sd best.
The rules 70 govern the match ate, Were Is follow To
horr o5 ons-eghth Of an acre Of gresn sward silver
~u vs On xs Second hs.t silver medal Third best
d;ndsoma ~
hs signal or tho start was riven little after twelve
o'clock when the scene was truly anmsting some two
of the comnetitors after q few digs with the plough
share in the hard swad-which the intense heat OF the
weather rendered extremely unit for the trial-gsvs
superior poughing by the mules and also by the sxen
Of Mr. Num- New jersey were manifested the silver
cup was awarded to Mr.. Mum
THE spApING MATCH
The crowds in the corner of the feld where this &C.
who came forward to see the amusements The follow
ing was the rule =
wide. silver CUP value g. Second best silver medal
Third best diploma
to the ground but the extrems hSrdne.s Of he
soil scared them away The following entered =
I ja%es sr 5sn'sl' ''r':A'. ,.........
Joseph Fitzgerald, .,.......
,, Bernard Kelly. a. : c..:
work was tho best performed az far m he
had gone the committee pronounced in his favor for
Fitzrersid showed Superior skill in the operaon and
both the latter mentioned men have had long connexion
with the leading nurseries both in Dublin ana on LONG
Island and elsewhere for some years in this citv
Bren had just gone to the ground with few yoke of
intention to Join in the contest when he rst entered
The winner is a .Tipperary man. full six feet with
draw horse His success was calculated upon from the
start as he seemed to shovel up the hand glade with AZ
Mr. Ms1cs here delivered an address Of some lenxth.
He said
FeIlow-citizens-The American Institute sends me
to salute the farmers and gardeners of this beautiful
Island this occasion where the skill the ply steal
DO its fortunate inhabitants have been exhibited to
an admring crowd and am instructed to enforce, if
find language adequate the that to the two
famous the plough and the SPADE the world
is indebted for That spite all the false
glory given by less intelligent in former ages,
the splendor Of military arms, notwithstanding was
well said by one our English friends the weapons of
glance the sun beams from their polished steel,
and even scoundrel has rich ornaments upon
its breech, and spear is marked with religious en-
bems-yet the time has come when the humble plough
and spade have caught hold of the sense and affection Of
the brightest and best of the civilized world In.
struments of good man has now learned your most
precious superiority those destroying Implements
Of war, which kill only body, but Gnisa their
work by enhroning despos and enslaving the people
Mines OF gold, says modern sense hurtiul 10 land
just mind And now, when the old world is SUFFERING
short crops-ts potato crop ruined-looks to farms
for ooahow glorious our destiny 10 feed the millions
dap For here his gracious hand first planted that
admir- gram Here, with the heat, and the thunder,
and Of our peculiar climate, that noble plant
rises VI heads loaded with its innumerabe grains
This yes believed, has produced with unususlef
fort five hundred millions OF bushelsor bushei
for each Of half the human race And Europe to pay
the last says dollar and more bushel
receive for the corn of a sumner which we can spare
without the smallest Inconvenience, from hundred
to one hundred aud fifty millions OF dollars And let me
say here about that American grain, that when
in England remarke" that was inferior in nurimsn to
English wheat the reply was, "W ashington brought
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