MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



it, except that of lack and a long purse, in getting possession of the best of these. Such horses 

 have been exhibited on some occasions, by professional horse-dealers taking the premium ; and 

 being sold under the prestige of that, have very soon after proved unsound. 



When they have been bred and reared by the farmer, who exhibits them, they are living wit- 

 nesses of his having paid attention for a length of time to that branch of rural economy ; but even 

 that is not to be indiscriminately encouraged, as not being economical in all cases. 



Sh£EP. — This animal of so much real importance, as connected with individual profit and na- 

 tional independence, comes next on the list; and the premiums are offered for the best long- 

 wooled, middle-wooled, (which includes the " South-Down, Norfolk, Dorset, Native, &c.") Merinoes 

 acd their grades, and Saxons and their grades. Next come the premiums for 



SWINE. 



Best boar, over 10 months $10. I Best sow $10. 



Second best Colman's Tour. Second beet Colman's Tour. 



Third best Diploma. | Third best Diploma. 



Best lot of pigs under 10 months, not less than lour in number. -Colman's Tour. Second best.. Diploma. 



In awarding premiums on hogs, reference will be had not merely to size or present condition, but to that 

 proportion between bone and meat which promises the (rreatest value from the least amount of feed. 



Except that with his $10, the winner of the first prize could buy two sets of Colman's Re- 

 port, the "second best" would in this, as in all other like cases, get the better prize of the two. 

 If he could not have both, where is the father of true spirit and discernment who would not pre- 

 fer to give his son the book rather than the money 7 



Then follow the premiums for best Poultry : $3 each for best lot of dorJcinf^/s, black Po- 

 lands, large fowls, ducks, geese, and lot of " best and greatest variety of bani-door fowls, owned 

 by the exhibitor." 



Next, and more useful than any that precedes, is the following : 



FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



Best plow* Silver medal. 



Second do Diploma. 



Third do Vol. Transactions. 



Best subsoil plow Silver medal. 



Second do Diploma. 



Thiiddo Vol. Trans. 



Best farm wagon Silver medal. 



Second do Diploma. 



Third do Vol. Trans. 



Best haiTOW Silver medal. 



Best cultivator Silver medal. 



Best fanning mill Silver medal 



Second do Diploma. 



Third do Vol Trans. 



Best horse power Silver medal. 



Second do Diploma. 



Third do Vol Trans. 



Best corn-stalk cutter Silver medal. 



Second do Diploma. 



Third do Vol. Trans. 



Beet threshing machine Silver medal. 



Second do Diploma. 



'llird do Vol Trans. 



Best drill barrow Diploma. 



Beat straw cutter Silver medal 



Second beet straw cutter Diploma. 



Third do Vol Trans. 



Best corn and cob crusher |10. 



Second do Diploma. 



Third do Vol. Trans. 



Best clover machine $10. 



Second do Diploma. 



Thii-d do Vol. Trans. 



Best flax and hemp dresser $10. 



Second do Diploma. 



Third do Vol Trans. 



Best horse-cart Diploma 



Best ox-cart do. 



Best horse-rake do. 



Best ox-yoke do. 



Best farm-harness do. 



Best saddle do. 



Best grain-ci-adle do. 



Best six handrakes do. 



Best six hay-forks do. 



Best six grass-scythes do. 



Best six cradle-scythes do. 



Best six dung-forks do. 



Best six axes do. 



Best six hoes do. 



Best hay rigging $5 



• The trial of plows will take place on Tuesday, September 15th. 



For the best and most numerous collection of agricultural implements $10 



Also, for the best and most numerous collection of af.'i;cultural implements manufactured in the State of 

 New- York, by or under the supervision of the exhibitor Silver medal. 



The Plowing-Match, which always proves a very interesting point in the e.xhibilion, is thu« 



provided for and regulated. 



PLOWINO-MATCH. 



First premium $1.5 I Third premium $10 



Second do 12 | Fourth do Colman's Tour. 



Fifth premium Vol. Transactions. 



For boys under eighteen years of age . 

 First premium $10 1 Second $5 | Third Vol. Transactions. 



One-fourth of an acre will be required to be plowed within on hour and a quarter, with tificeu minutes 

 for rest— the furrow-slice to be not over 12 inches wide, nor less than 8 inches in depth. The plowman to 

 drive his own team, imd the (brrow-slice to remain as lelt by the plow. 



Butter. — On this part of the exhibition the trustees appear to have bestowed particular care, 

 properly deeming it a branch of economy deserving in this State peculiar attention. Steamboate 

 and railroad facilities have given it great extension since 1839, when the dairy products of th« 

 State were valued at ten and a half millions of dollars. 

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