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About ten days previous to plowing, 1 sowed salt on the lot, at the 

 rate of one barrel to the acre; plowed beam deep. I then planted 

 three acres to potatoes again, of which the one on which I now claim 

 the premium is one. The others, I think, will yield nearly as well 

 as the one already dug. The potatoes on this acre are, to me, a new 

 species, for which I have never yet heard a name. They are a light 

 red, and of good size; they are excellent for table use, being preferred 

 by the family to all the other varieties that I raised last year, viz: — 

 Orange white, English do., Sardinia, round pink eye, June, black and 

 Rohan. In selecting seed potatoes, I took those that were of good 

 size and cut in two about three weeks before planting, in order to 

 have the cut part coat over so that it would retain its moisture when 

 in the ground. The ground was furrowed out with an instrument 

 which I term a tripod, into three feet squares; the rows running S. 

 W. by N. E., in order that they might have the more effect from the 

 sun; two pieces were planted in a hill. Many of the potatoes were 

 up when a frost came, and all of those were either killed, or pro- 

 duced but a few small ones to the hill. I think I could say with 

 safety, that that has caused a decrease on the acre of from twenty to 

 twenty-five bushels. They were hoed but once, and that much later 

 than it ought to have been done, in consequence of the wetness of the 

 ground; this took place when they were about ten inches in height. 

 The product from the acre was 419 bushels. 



E. V. W. Dox. 



ONTARIO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Third Annual Fair and Cattle Show of the Ontario County 

 Agricultural Society, took place at Canandaigua, on the 18th and 

 19th of October. The inclemency of the weather during the two 

 days, prevented many of the friends of the Society, from attending 

 this meeting, yet an unexpectedly large number was present, and an 

 increasing interest in its success and usefulness was manifested. The 

 spirit of competition which existed, controlled and chastened as it 

 was by harmony and good feeling, is not less favorable to the objects 

 and aims of the Society, than characteristic of the enlightened and 

 enterprising farmers of Ontario. 



The first day of the meeting was devoted to an exhibition of do- 

 mestic animals, and of these there was a much greater number than 

 has ever before been collected together within the county, on a simi- 

 lar occasion, and it may be added, they were generally of improved 

 stock, and in better condition. It was regretted at the first and 

 second annual meetings of the Society, that the number of good 

 horses exhibited was so limited; but on this occasion a large number 

 of superior animals was produced, affording evidence, that Ontario 

 may successfully compare in this respect with the most favored 

 counties in the State. 



