COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. JQ 8 8 = z + E 6 85578X8 88 Awarded for horses. 360 250 323 375 . 116 124 310 330 310 165 175 95 4,750 408 110 85 100 234 124 12 23 180 19 250 41 136 175 128 225 240 205 105 482 100 93 300 236 550 715 60 105 250 210 175 43 5 65 D* 25 115 D* 210 20 165 62 600 300 62 D* 86 6 66 30 265 25 100 50 34 83 62 235 32 60 32 50 100 75 132 14 33 63 $175 $42 $42 $13 $13 $17 $125 $40 $68 $10 $175 225 686 38 142 139 300 D* 120 136 Awarded for speed. 8238.5R : FR. 88. | Awarded for sheep. 11 19 29 64 22 Awarded for swine. 8**8*5: 8:58.89 EIRE | Awarded for poultry. BassesTERE JasTenas E 888 Miscellaneous awards. D* 24 Oct. 1-4 9 Sept. 17-20 4 14 4 Sept. 10-13 Oct. 8-11 25 1. 00 27 Oct. 9-11 Sept. 19-21 Oct. 9-12 25 26 Oct. 2-4 2 Sept. 17-19 4 Sept. 17-19 12 Oct. 15-18 25 1.00 Oct. 8-11 50 25 25 50 2.00 10 25 25 15 25 1.00 15 50 1.00 1870 7 1873 11 1856 25 21 1852 20 1868 1852 1866 1873 17 10 5 6 50 40 18 20 1868 393 10 35 17 22 25 1.00 11 1852 14 33 D-Diploma. For date of county fairs throughout the State, see quarterly report for June, July, and August, page 46. Where no return of the number of shares and par value of stock is made, it is understood that the society does not issue stock. Comparative production cf Potatoes in twenty-two counties-Scale 300,000 bushels per inch. Comparative Hay product of twenty-two counties-70,000 tons per inch. disease among live stock, the value of the office of the Board as a scource of informa 6 Proceedings of January meeting, 14-91 Best method of inducing farmers to breed better stock, by Prof. J. Hamilton, 15-17 17-23 Discussion on sheep raising, 24-30 The bearings which a geological survey has upon the agricultural interests of the State, by Prof. J. P. Lesley, 30-47 Fruit growing as a scource of profit, by Dr. James Calder, 50-54 Best breed of sheep for profit, by E. Reeder, 54-64 Effect of present dog laws, by J. P. Barnes, 66-68 Discussion on sheep and dog laws, 68-76 Best varieties of fruit for Pennsylvania, by H. M. Engle, 76-78 Fruit, how best secured and preserved, by Professor D. Wilson, 78-81 when, where, and how to market, by D. H. Foresman, 81,82 Discussion on barn-yard manure, Discussion on keepihg fruit, . Barn-yard manure, the best and most economical method of manufacture, by Col. James Young, . 82-84 85-87 87-90 Proceedings of May meeting, 91-123 The higher industrial education, by Professor J. Hamilton, 135-146 Somerset county, West Pennsylvania (Mercer county) Agricultural Society, Experiments in wheat culture, by J. M. Heiges, Hog cholera in Bedford county, by C. B. Michener, Insects injurious to the cabbage plant, by J. Stauffer, "Ropy," or viscid milk, by Doctor H. Leffmann, Department or State Board of Agriculture, by C. L. Flint, Corn culture on Waushakum farin, by E. L. Sturtevant, Experiments on Eastern Experimental farin, by John T. Carter, Crop reports, 1878, PAGE. 209-229 209 210 211 213 215 216 217 219 220 221 223 223 224 227 228 229-231 232-236 236-242 242-244 245-252 252-256 257-260 260-263 263-271 272-273 276-277 278 282-283 280 281 |