No. 92. J 375 



OSWEGO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This Society, of which Wm. Ingell, Esq., of Vohiey, is presi- 

 dent, paid out, at its annual Fair at Mexico, in October, 1842, about 

 $200 in preiniums on farms, farm produce, domestic animals, imple- 

 ments, silk, butter, cheese, &c. From the statements furnished, the 

 following facts are gleaned: 



Wheat. — The first premium for Spring Wheat was awarded to 

 Calvin Goodwin of Mexico, who raised fifty-eight bushels on two 

 acres and 64 rods of land. The second premium was awarded to C. 

 G. Chillingworth, who raised 84 i bushels on three acres and 28 rods 

 of land. 



Indian Corn. — The first premium on this crop was awarded to 

 Wra. Ingell of Volney, it being the same crop on which he received 

 the second premium of the State Society. For amount of crop, 

 manner of culture, &c., see the report of the State Society, in the 

 preceding part of this volume. 



Potatoes. — K. E. Sanford received the first premium on potatoes, 

 338 bushels per acre. 



RuTA Bagas. — First premium to Martin Wiltse — 500 bushels per 

 acre. Second premium to K. E. Sanford — 435 bushels per acre. 



Carrots. — First premium to N. Farnham — 684 bushels per acre. 



Mr. Severance's Farm Report. 



Having entered my farm, on which I reside, for a premium, and 

 the viewing committee having; awarded me the first premium on 

 farms, it becomes necessary, agreeably to the rules and regulations of 

 your Society, for me to answer a variety of queries touching the 

 management, productions and profits of the farm. I exceedingly re- 

 gret that, owing to circumstances beyond my control, it is out of my 

 power to give the particular information sought. In explanation, 

 here, permit me to remark, that I have other lands adjacent to and cul- 

 tivated by the same laborers as those employed on the premium 

 farm; the lands occupied and improved the same as our farm, the 

 produce collected and deposited in barns and granaries together; con- 

 sequently the few answ^ers I am enabled to give must be very gene- 

 ral, and I fear unsatisfactory, and were I enabled to give answers to 

 all the various interrogatories, I have not the vanity to believe that 

 any very valuable information would be elicited; for it is well known 

 to you, sir, that I am not a scientific man; that the little agricultural 

 knowledge I possess, has been obtained by experience and observa- 

 tion, with very limited opportunities for acquiring know^ledge from 

 books; and I wish here frankly to state, that though, through the 

 kindness and liberality of the committee, the first premium was 

 awarded me, I think it was more owing to the modesty of others in 

 not entering their farms, than of any particular merit in mine. Our 

 farm is rather light and sandy, but by a course of management, it has 

 become tolerably productive. 



W^e endeavor to make the most of our manure, drawing it on to the 



