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(gHtor's SaHc. 



state Fairs for 1857. 



Ohio, Cincinnati, September 15- 18. 



CiiuaJa E:i8t, Montreal, September 16 — 18. 



lilin.iis, Peoria, September 2 1—26. 



Pennsylvania, Sept 29 to Oct. 2. 



Wisconsin, Janesville, Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. 



New Jersey, New Brunswick, Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. 



Gn.tda West,.... Brantford, Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. 



Vermont, Montpelier, Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. 



Uni:rd States, Louiiville, Ky., October 1—6. 



Indiana, Indianapolis, October 4 — 10. 



New V'ork, Buffalo, October 6—9. 



1 .^^^^ Muscatine, October 6—9. 



M■(lli.'^n, Detroit, 



New Hampshire, ConcorJ, October 7— 9. 



Kentucky, Henderson, October 12 — 16. 



Connecticut, Bridgeport, October 13—16. 



E.Kt Tennessee, Knoxville, October 20—23. 



M,»R*ac .ufietts, Boston, October 20— 24. 



Mtrylmd, Baltimore, October 21—25. 



Wen Tennessee, Jackson, October 27— 30. 



Aliiara% Montgomery, October 27 — 30. 



Virginia, October 28—31. 



Premiums for Short Essays. 

 Several of our correspondents have acceded to our re- 

 quest to name subjects for short essays. "We give them 

 below, and offer a book or books, of the value of one dol- 

 lar, for the best essay on any of the following subjects : 



For the best answer to the question, " Why do so few 

 Farmers write for Agricultural Papers ? " 



For the best answer to the question, " Why is Farming 

 considered by many a Degrading Vocation ? " 

 On the Advantages of Agricultural Schools. 

 On the best time for Cutting the various Grasses for 

 Fodder. 



On the best time for Cutting the various kinds of Grain. 

 On the best time to Cut Timber for Building and Fenc- 

 ing Purposes. 



On the Propriety of Agricultural Societies offering Pre- 

 niiuD^s to Practical Farmers for the Best Essays on vari- 

 ous Agricultural Subjects. 



On the Benefits to be derived from Competition for the 

 Premiums offered for Short Essays by the Genesee Farmer. 

 For the best essay detailing Experiments in the use of 

 Muck applied Unmixed to the Soil. 



On the use of Muck in Composts, and as Litter for Sta- 

 bles and Yards. 



On the best method of Seeding Land to Timothy or 

 Herd's Grass. 



On the Management of Calves. 

 On the best means of Escaping Injury from Drouth. 

 On the JIanagement of Barn-yard Fowls. 

 For the best answer to the question, " Should Farmers' 

 "Wives be Educated ? " 



For the best answer to the question, " Is it Proper for 

 Ladies to assist in the Garden ? " 



On the Cultivation of the Chinese Sugar Cane. 

 On the Management of Dwarf Fruit Trees. 

 On the Cultivation and Management of Tobactro. 

 For the best answer to the question, " How can Fathers 

 render Farm Life Attractive to their Sons ? " 



For the best answer to the question, " Is it desiraljle to 

 Plant Fruit Trees in the Highway ? " 



For the best answer to the question, " How much Edu- 

 cation, and what kind, do Farmers need ? " 



For the best answer to the question, " Is the Raising of 

 Barley to be converted into Beer a Proper Employmnt for 

 Temperance Men ? " 



For the best answer to the question, " How can Setting 

 Hens be taught to forsake the lazy habit ? " 



The essays should n^l exceed one page of the Geiiesee 

 Farmer — say eight pages of foolscip — and must be re- 

 ceived on or before the first of September, so that they 

 can appear in tlie October number. "We shall be glad if 

 our readers will furnish us more subjects. 



Molasses from the Chinese Sugar Cane. — Mr. 

 Isaac H. Couv\in, of Newark, Wayne Co., has shown ua 

 a sample of molasses made last year from the Chinese su- 

 gar cane. It is a very superior article, of agreeable fla- 

 vor, and well calculated to supersede ordinary syrup. Mr. 

 C. had but twenty-seven hills of sugar cane. It was 

 planted the first of June, and cut about the first of Octo- 

 ber, before it was ripe. He pressed the stalks between a 

 pair of rollers, such as blacksmiths use in bending tire. 

 The juice was strained, a little milk added, and then boiled 

 down, and the scum removed as it arose to the surface. 

 From three to five quarts of juice gave one of molasses. 



National Trial of Reapers and Mowers. — A great 

 Trial of Reaping and Mowing Machines will be held the 

 latter part of this month near Syracuse, N. Y., under the 

 auspices of the U. S. Ag. Society. We learn from President 

 Wilder that 24 machines had been entered up to Jui;e 

 4th. The precise time of the trial will be announced as 

 soon as it can be ascertained when the crops will be ready 

 for harvest. The crowded state of our columns forbids 

 farther notice ; full particulars can be obtained by ad- 

 dressing H. S. Olcott, Mount "V^ernon, N. Y. 



Economy of Mowing Machines. — The editor of the 

 Aericultural Department of the New York Observer, says 

 that last season he made a fair test of the relative economy 

 of cutting hay with the scythe and with the mowing ma- 

 chine. Having marked off parallel strips of standing grass 

 of the same dimensions, a driver and team, with one of 

 Hallenback's mowers, commenced in one, while six good 

 mowers made their best efforts on the other. The machine 

 finished its acre some minutes first. That cut by the mow- 

 ing machine was beautifully and uniformly spread. It re- 

 quired two persons to spread that cut by hand as fast a« 



mowed. 



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More Good Stock for the West. — We learn from 

 our English exchanges that the Illinois Cattle Importing 

 Association have recently made extensive purchases of cat- 

 tle, sheep and pigs from some of the most celebrated 

 breeders of Great Britain. They were shipped at Liver- 

 pool for Philadelphia on the 20th of May, and we hope to 

 hear of their safe arrival in a few days. The Liverpool 

 Daily Post speaks of this shipment as " the most valuable 

 exportation of breeding stock ever sent from Liverpool." 

 It consists of 32 head of Short-horn cattle, 3 horses, 25 

 sheep, and 35 pigs. It is said that the cost of these 95 

 animals, including freight and forage to Philadelphia, will 

 not be less than $40,000. . ., . ,; 



