The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-01-27
Agricultural.
orThe Cecil Wing.
SETingsiC Cattle slaOgg--spcecl
HS G. II. EEOiConsD, of Del.

IN October last, which was unfortunately
misplaced by the writer until u few weeks
ago, and We have not had time to rccur to
it until the present time, and now can barely
give synopsis Of it.
In point Of numbers and quality of cattle
it cxccllcd anything Of the kind ever held in
this country or in England. $500 were
seen at one view from the stand Western
bred Durhams beat their imported ancestors;
ofal! other stock the Dovons Of Dcvondalc were
the best. Among the cattle were bulls that had
been sold at from 81 coo to $1,000, oxen so
fat as to be ii-shapcd and ugly-ono which
orr correspondent saw weighed, went to over
5000 pounds and a COW was there from the
milk of whch, 2! lbs. butter had been made
per day: beating bys quarter Of a lb. the
celebrated Yellow Flower of Whc.tlsnd,
Delaware, the latter, however was COW Of
400 lbS-thc former Of Goo lbs.
The Premium Of $500 to the best herd Of
cattle was not awarded there being five
herds so nearly equal the judges could not
decide.
The :G;h, Or second day Of the Fair was
the day Of good eating, good toasting and
good speech making.
When Delaware was called the ever ready
c. p. IIolcomb Esq, Wee President from
that state responded, and have written cut
the following report CT lis remarks for Tie
Cecil Ii'aig.
Mr.. H. said that although Delaware was
the smallest in population, if not in size, She
was not behind her sister states in point Of
Agricultural Improvements, nor IN her zeal
for the cause Of Agricultural prosperity
which he said could be best promoted by
Agricultural Schools for the aid Of which
cur citizens had Fctiiion,d Congress in vain.
Finding aid from that quarter hopeless they
were looking to their own resources, in
which he was pretty sure they would sue
coed. Already thcy had AN Agricultural
Department and had procured the services Of
Mr.. IIaldcman as special Professor of Ayri-
cultural Chemistry in Delaware College. Mr.
II. spoke in Ithc highest terms Ct the future
prosperity Of that Institution and is Influence
On the great bu@iuc Of Agricul ucal-a bust
ness in which mere than six tcn;hs OF the
Whole population Of the Union were engaged,
and in which farmers had invested nearly
@i,G00o00, 0U0 nandS alone, besides @GOO,-
Geo, COO in livc stock, and that the annual
vegetable products ortarInS. fields and lorcs;s
now amount 10 $1,000 01O coo.
Mr.. llnlromb Stated tina. in additional to
i'c study Of agricultural chemistry in the
college, few public spirited gentleman con-
tcmpIatcd purchasing Farm in the vicinity
Of the Institution at Newark for the purpose
Of making . MoId Farm: @ueh a ono, only On
a small scale AS the Government should,
long since, have established ont Of the poo
pies treasury for the peoples benefit.
The toast which preceded that TO which
Mr.. II. responded had been given for Canada,
and called out a gentleman from Canada
West who said a great many good tlngs and
paid 4 high compliment to thc enterprise Of
thc Vest, as well as to The people of the en-
tire country, and especially to the present
Administration, that had lately conducted the
treaty, which he called the Rccjproc@y Treaty,
tliat had conferred such lasting benefits. on
the Cainias. In advcrting 10 that treaty Mr.
II. spoke as all Americans should speak.
lie said there was no reciprocity i'll III that
like 1.-The handle Of a jug" it was all on one
side; just such treaty as England always
rakcs-she having always an eye single to
the benefits Of her landed interests, and to
her whole people H. rcpudiatcd the idea Of
any reciprocity in the contract which com
PEELED us to receive all the produce Of British
America duty free; as we'll as the minerals in
the earth, the fishes Of the sea aud rivers, The
products Of their forests and Of their fields
everything, whether animal, vegetable or
mineral one item Of which Wheat, Che sur
plus Of which they this year estimate to
amount to lG coo, 600 bushels: an amount
much more than was ever exported from the
United States in any one year since the found
alton Of the Government, excepting 1871
and more than equal to onc.scvcnth Of the
whole crop Of the United States. The value
Of that wheat at the present price Of $500
per bushcl would amount to the enormous
sum Of -I322G 900 ,000-thc duty on which be-
fore the treaty took effect, of 90 per cent,
would be equal to 40 cents per bushcl, and
in the aggregate would amount to IS ,000,0 900
which is just that amount given as a boun
ty to the Canada farmers, without any equiv
alent-cqual TO the interest on $lOO, 900, 900,
on this one item.
Mr.. II, did ample justice to his subject; he
showed in no measured terms, how the Ag-
r.cultural interest had been treated by the
lords of the cotton plant at the South and
the lords of the loom at the North, and call
cd upon the BreadstuiI growers and stock
raiscrs Of the West to see 10 it that The same
protection be given to the Farmer as to Com
MERGE and Manufactures.
In all he said ON the subject Of that con-
tract, called the Compromise, there was one
Western man, at least, and he formerly a
violent Democrat, who concurrod-Gcn.
Sanders of kentucky, the father Of Maj.