The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-01-24

WINTER MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD.
We copy from the Journal Of the lith
inst. the proceedings in part OF the inter
Meeting of the State Board. which closed
It's session on the 18th
The Exhibition Before the State Board OF
Agriculture.
Promiueut because OF lis noFeitE, among
.bs ar-icIes exhibited, are the dressed meats.
And If these not less prominent was the beef
erb;bited bv George Davidson OF Wayne
county. This was from the haii-blood Dur
ham steer. which took the premium at our
last State Fair. Its weight when alive was
1850 mounds; net weight OF carcass l4s',
rouph taIlow 400 and hide 1872. ms makes
the tare but 453 including the hide-the
smallest. rronortionally, we remember OF;
ba;r, loss tban one-fifh Of the gross weight
OF the auality Of the beef, little more
GOD be eaid than that il took the first pre-
I'm, yesterday. Its marbled appearance
,ha q; ;nteruingling with the lean-gaFe
rrornise Of its tenderness ana deEeious TiaFor'
and we are assured by those who ate 81 IT,
that il meltediaway IN the mouth as butter
or the winter Burre pear.
NJ. Calvin Fletcher, jr Of MaFf'', cafse
close up TO this Durham, and took the second
premium with beef worthy the table q the
President Of the United States
But Old Wayne is never SATISFIED WIN ner
triurnphs. but in Mutton and veal carried
away all the premiums, and feiuetah'iy con,
eentcd that Mr.. ). d. Baker, OF Marion, should
take the first premium Tor FORK All 'iiese
meats were worthy specimens Of the stock
croy,ipo az our State The Turkeys. Geese,
Ducks and Chickens, were fit representatives,
Of their respective classes, and were spread
over the tables in great numbers.
The Butter exhibited, net only sustained
but added to the reputation OF our butter
makers Scarcely any but yellow butter
was seen: and that Of fnc flavor ana taste
fully done up 1t is self evident propo-
.it;op now. that our State is TO be butter
making one, second to no other. IA no orc
agricultural product has the State made more
satisfactory progress. NJ
Among the specimens, was one OF NAY
Butter, exhibited and made by Mrs. iat'er-
son, Of Jacksonville. NO premium was
offered for this kind, but none was more de-
serving 1t was sweet, finn, ana a hch sei,
low color, put up with crushed sugar ana
saltpeter, in addition to the usual SAT-.
OF the Teoetables, we noticed potatoes,
Irish and sweet, beans, hominy, tnrnips,
sonashes, onions eabbages, &c. They were
III Eoou IItS'iN "b"'t' $50" 2
mems Of their kinds. .,
ga, ,1,ujts and Pfeserrcs were III consider
able numbers. The first OF those is rapiuly
becoming an article of general use, but there
is much complaint of failure to keep. ms
arises from inexperience and defective cans.
Different fruits and vegetables require dilef-
ent modes of heating, and the fastening o.
cans are various, and some defective. III
cans are the best, soldered; but wide motthed
glass bottes obtain the preference.
Ofthe Seeds, all the small grains were . II
exhibition The wheat samples were good
and corn was on the tables in all rs colors
and size of ears
~, Fruits were excellent, and some from
Syracuse, New York, could find no place
along side Of our own. rs usual, the Lake
carried off the first premium from the ONO
the contest being between Gen Orr OF La
norte. and Mr.. Todd of Madison. Mr.. Jo-
sephus Clark ofDearborn, exhibited the hnest
Eastern Burre PAIR.
A few articles were on exhibition for which
no premium was offered and the Board de-
termined not to give premiums to miscellane-
Gus articles. but appointed committee 70
examine their merits.
OF these were feather bonncts, mufts, Nc,
well and tastefully made; table cloth OF
creditable make, and good home made iiannci'
But in this list was a shirt and collar made
by little girl, twelve years old, daughter OF
Doctor Brown, Of Charlottesville. 80 ex-
cellent was the make i'm the stitching, hem
ming, and gathers, that had it been made by
one double her years. it would haNea Wei
deserved premium. And yet her domestic
training allows but two hours in the day to
such pursuits, showing how rapid an advance
ment may be made in SO early life, by an
education which is calculated TO fix the at
tention. How many hours are wasted and
how much of bad habits is acquired by over
,asking children.