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Transactions op the Wisconsin State Agricul- 

 tural Society, for 1851. — We are indebted to 

 Albert C. Ingham, Esq., Secretary of the Wiscon- 

 sin State Agricultural Society, for a copy of its 

 Ti-ansactions for 1851. It is a well filled volume 

 of 336 pages, and alike creditable to the Secretary, 

 under whose directions, we presume, it was 

 brought into existence, to the Society and State 

 whence it emanates. Wisconsin has great Agri- 

 cultural resources ; and its citizens appreciate 

 them, and proceed at once to their rapid and suc- 

 cessful development. This is aa it should be ; for 

 we do not doubt that the wise suggestions of Dr. 

 Lathrop, in his Annual Address before the State 

 Society, in behalf of education in general and a 

 University in particular, will be responded to by 

 the people of that young and promising common- 

 wealth. To avoid the deterioration of their soil, 

 they must early adoj^t a better system of tillage 

 and husbandry than is pursued in older States. 



The Horticulturist. — It will be seen by the 

 Prospectus in our columns, that the Hortimlturist, 

 heretofore edited by the lamented Downing, has 

 been purchased by J. Vick, Jr., one of the editors 

 of the Farmer, and is to be published in Roches- 

 ter, edited by V. Barry. Those who have read 

 the Ilorticultural Department of the Genesee Far- 

 mer will need no guarantee that Mr. Barry is 

 eminently fitted for the post he has assumed, at 

 the almost unanimous request of the Horticultu- 

 rists of the country. Those of our readers who 

 are turning their attention to the cultivation of 

 Fruits and Flowers, or to beautifying their homes, 

 would mal e a profitable investment in subscribing 

 for the Horticulturist. The subscription price is 

 reduced to $2 per year ; an edition with Colored 

 Plates is also to be published, at .$•!. 



Peas, and Pork M.vking. — A friend, from St. 

 Johusbury, Vt., writes us that the article on Peas 

 and Pork Making, in the Se[)tembor number, dif- 

 fered somewhat from his exjierience ; that he had 

 boiled peas once or twice for his hogs, but they 

 would not eat them. Corn and peas are worth 

 ll.OO per bush., and pork $S.00per hundred nett, 

 and thinks that at these relative prices it does not 

 pay to feed hogs, except for home consumption. — 

 He thinks that farmers in New 1-ngland should 

 commence faeding their cattle with hay, corn and 

 roots in February, and have them fit for sale in 

 April or May, when beef is liighest. Can fat full 

 grown animals on good hay alone, but growing 



animals require a little grain, or they wilFnot fat- 

 ten. In either ease, he thinks it good economy to 

 feed a little grain. 



Our friend mistook our meaning in supjiosing 

 us to recommend "boiling peas" for hogs. What 

 we said was, that it was advisable to "soak them 

 from 12 to 24 hours in cold water before feeding 

 them to hogs." They are in consequence of soak- 

 ing, more easy of maatication, and fewer pass 

 through the animal undigested than when fed 

 dry and hard. We know that hogs do not like 

 "boiled peas," but they manifest no disrelish for 

 them when soaked. 



Trial of Implements at Geneva, N. Y., July, 

 1852. — ^Tlie following is a list of the Premiums 

 awarded by the N. Y. State Agricultural Society 

 to the successful competitors, at the trial of Imple- 

 ments, at Geneva, in July hist. We should have 

 given it last month, but preferred waiting for the 

 official refiort. Here it is from the Journal of the 

 Society. 



Grain Heapers.— 1st, T. D. Burrall, Geneva, Burrall's 

 P.eaper, Dip. and |oO. 2(1, J. 11. Mnnny, Wadhani's Grove, 

 Illinois, Manny's Convertible Reaper, for grain or grass, 30. 

 Sd, Seymour A Morgan, llroekport, 'ill. 



Maii-iiii/ Jfiic/iines. — Ist, .1. II. Manny, Wadliam's Grove, 

 Illinois, Dip. and .t.j(). 2d, Howard & Co., Euffaly, Ketch- 

 urn's Mowini; Macliine. 30. 



Grain. IJrtUs.—lM. P. Seymour, East Bloomfield, N. T., 

 Dip. and 25. 2d, Bickford & Huffman, Macedon, N. Y., 

 15. 8d, S. K. Tracy, Newark, N. Y., In. 



Horse Power on the Lever Principle. — Isl, J. A. Pitts, 

 BuiTalo, Dip. and 25. 2d, Eddy, Dyer & Co., Union Vil- 

 lage, Wash. Co., N. Y., 15. 



Horse Po\eer, endless chain principle. — Ist, Emery & 

 Co., Albany, Dip. and 25. 2d, E. W. Badger, Fly Creek, 

 N. Y., 15. 



Iron Horse Poirer. — 1st, B. 11. Wakely, MeLesn, Tomp- 

 kins Co., Dip. and 25. 2d, Eddy, Dyer & Co., Union Vil- 

 lage, N. Y., 15. 3d, J. A. Pitts, Buffiilo, 10. 



Thrrshinff ilacJimes, iciih cleaniny apparatufi. — Isl, 

 J. A. Pitts, Buffalo, Dip. and 10. 2d, Hall & Thompson, 

 Rochester, 8. 



Threshing Machines, tcithout cleaning apparntits. — 

 Eddy, Dyer & Co., Union Village, N. Y., Dip. and 10. 



Seed Planters. — Joshua Woodward, Haverhill, N. II., 

 Dip. and 10. 



Cultivator, general purposes. — 1st, S. R. Tracy, New- 

 ark, Wayne Co., Dip. and 10. 2d, Henry Howe, Canan- 

 daigua, 8. 



Broadcast Svieer. — Pierpont Seymour, East Bloomfield, 

 Dip. and 10. 



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Australian Wheat. — Several of our friends Lave 

 requested some of our Australian Wheat, &c. — 

 We had none in our possession at the time and 

 were unable to procure any till the period of 

 sowing was gone by. Another year, however, 

 we shall procure a quantity in season, and shall be 

 happy to send some to any who desire it. Some 

 fanners who have triea it in this section, think it 

 does not ripen early enough here, requinug a 

 warmer climate than Western N. Y. The Multi- 

 caul Rye has been sent to all who asked for it. 



