MONTHL-S: 



JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



VOL. II. JULY, 1846. NO. 1. 



THE N. Y. STATE CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR FOR 1846 



WILL BE HELD, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STATE SOCIETY, AT AUBURN, ON THE 

 15th, IGth AND 17th OF SEPTEMBER NEXT. 



We have not space at command for all the details. The list of Premiums does not appear to 

 vary materially from that which has for many years been offered, and with which the public is fa- 



mDiar. 



ON FARMS. 

 For the best cultivated fann of not less than 50 acres, exchisivc of woodland, regard being had to the quan- 

 tity of produce, the manner and expense of cultivarion, and the profits : 



First premium .$.50 ] Second do $30 | niird do $20 



The persons making application for these premiums must submit written answers to a series of questions, 

 printed copies of which may be obtained on application to J. B. Nott, Secretary. 



EXPERIMENTS AND ESSAYS. 



For the most satisfactory experiment of stall-feeding cattle, with a full detail of all the circumstances $20 



For the most s-atisfactory experiment in converting green crops or other vegetable matters into manure, 



with full details, &e 10 



For the most satisfactory experiment made for increasing manures in forming compost 10 



■' " " for top dressing grass 10 



f^^^-^ " " " subsoil plowing 10 



t^v-/ " " " eradicating Canada thistle 10 



"■"•^ " " " draining 10 



v»v/.^ " " " irrigation 10 



f*"^ " ** '• on the improvement of seed wheat, by culture and propagation.. 10 



FARM DWELLINGS, 

 For the best design, accompanied with plans and elevation, combining convenience, economy, and good 



taste : For best $15 | .Second be.'it $10 



Corai)clito'-s for the premiums on Experiments and Designs must forward their manuseiipts to the Sec- 

 retary, Albany, previous to the Ist of December, 1846, free of postage. 



Next on the list come the Premiums offered for Cattle, w-hich, by the trustees or Committee 

 foroffering Premiums, are c/fls«?^cf/ in the following order : 1. Durhams ; 2. Herefords ; 3. Dev- 

 ons ; 4. Ayrshires; 5. Crosses of Native and Improved ; 6. Native. — Then come other descrip- 

 tions of Cattle for which premiums in money, ($15 being the highest amount,) and Volumes of the 

 Transactions of the Agricultural Society of New-York are offered. These other cattle are icork- 

 ing-oxen, three year-old steers, two year-old, do., yearling steers, and fat cattle, and fat sheep. 



In Massachusetts it would seem that cattle are not valued according to the preceding classifi- 

 cation, but how far this difference in the estimation of the farmers of the two States is to be re- 

 ferred to corresponding differences of circumstances, such as pasturage and food, and the uses and 

 objects for which cattle are reared — as, for instance, more in one State and less in the other, for 

 the pail, the yoke, or the shambles — we cannot undertake to say. 



There, in Massachusetts, that ancient society suspended their exhibitions for a time, and appro- 

 priated their funds to the importation of Devons and Ayrshires. 



The next premiums on the list are for Houses — in the following order : Stallig.n'S — The 



beat one for all work, for blood, draught, three year-old stallions, geldings, matched horses, and 



mares. It ia to be presumed that the exhibitor for the premium for best gelding and matched 



horses, at least, ia required to be also the breeder of them -, for surely, there could be no great mar- 



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