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Blonroe County Ag^coltural Society. 



Fair to be held in Rochester, on Thursday and 

 Friday, Oct. 15 and 16. 



At a meeting of the Monroe Co. Ag. Society, 

 held on the 11th of August, 1846, it was voted 

 to hold the next Annual Fair and Cattle Show in 

 Rochester, on the 15th and 16th days of October 

 ensuing. 



The Awarding Committees on the Premium 

 List* were appointed as follows : 



CATTLE. 

 Class L — Thorougk-hred Durhams, Ilerefurds, Divons, 

 and Ai/rshires. — Thos, Weddle, Rocbesler ; Allen Frost, 

 Brighton ; Gideon Ramsdell, Perrinton. 



Class I!. — Native or Grade ; Bulls. Steers, and Fat Cat- 

 <^.— Samuel Miller, renficld ; Thos. U. Uy.xlt, Rochester; 

 John Row, Riga. 



Class III. — Nalwe or Grade ; Working Oxen, Milch 

 Cows, and He'fcrs — Welh Springer, Henrietta; Wm. R. 

 Booth, Gates ; Sylvonter Tracy. Pen'-icld. 



STUD AND MATCHED HORSES. 

 Gen. Theron Brown, Wheatland ; Oliver Culver, Brigh- 

 ton ; Henry Paddock, Fenfield. 



MARES AND COLTS. 

 Jirah Blackmir, Wheatland ; Joseph Christopher, Brigh- 

 ton ; Joseph S. Hmford, Riga. 



SHEEP. — L(mg or Coarse Wooled. 

 Mattathias Garritt, Gates ; Gen. R. Harmon, Wheatland; 

 Wm. C. Cornell, Henrietta. 



SHEEP.— F/wf Wooled. 

 Ashbel A. IToemer, Riga ; Romania Hart, Brighton ; Ca- 

 leb K. Hobbie, ironHequoit ; Mr. Robinson, Chili ; Robert 

 Staples, Sweden. 



SWLNE. 

 S. P. Gould, Brighton ; Elihu Kirby, Henrilta : Mills 

 l.andon, Ogden. 



FIELD CROPS. 

 John H. Robinson, Henriett<» ; F. P. Root, Sweden ; C. 

 F. Crosman, Brighton. 



BUTTER AND CHEESE. 

 Alfred Fitch, Riga ; H. N. Langworthy, Irondeqiioit ; 

 F.li.sha Larmon, Wheatland. 



HONEY AND SUGAR. 

 Geo. C. Latta, Greece ; Oliver Harroun, Ogden ; Asa 

 .\dams, Riga. 



HORTICULTURAL. 

 L. B. Langworthy, Rochester ; Asa Rowe, Sweden ; J. 

 W. BLseell, Brighton. 



NON ENUMERATED ARTICLES. 

 Geo. L. Beckwith, Henrietta ; Hall Colby, Greece ; B. 

 Wing, Irondequoit. 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 

 Wm. Otis, Gates ; Rosvvell Hart, Brighton : B. F. Smith, 

 Rochester. 



PLOWING IMATCH. 

 Elisha Harmon, Wheatland ; John H. Robinson, Henri- 

 etta ; Dennis Church, Riga. 



LADIES DEPARTMENT. 

 James H. Watts, D. D. T. Moore, Rochester ; H. S. Pot- 

 tor, Pittsford. 



Ladies. — Mrs. F. P. Root, Sweden ; Mrs. H. S. Potter, 

 Pittsford ; Mrs. Dr. Hrowii, Rochester. 

 COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR FAIR. 

 Jas. P. Fogg, D. D. T. Moore, Jas. H. Watts, Wm. Buell, 

 J. W. Bisseli, Nathaniel Hayward. 



* The Premium List was published in the May number 

 of the Farmer. In addition to the List then published, the 

 Society, at its recent meeting, determined to oflcr the samo 

 premiums on Fruits and Vegetables as were oftered last year, 

 as follows : 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



For the best 12 v^aricties of apples, 3 of each, $;? 00 



Second best, do., vol. Transaciions. 



Third beet, do., two vols. Genesee Farmer. 



For the best dozen pears, plums, peaches, and quinces, 1 00 



For the best new seedling apnle, pear, and peach, 



each, T vol. Transactions. 



For the best sample of grapes ripened in the open air, 2 00 



Second best, do. , vol. Transa<tion8. 



Third best, do.. two vols. Genesee Fanner. 



For the best two each, of musk melons, water melons, 



pumpkins, squashes, and egg plants, I OO 



For the best two heads each, of caulillower and broooli, 1 00 



Best six each, of beets, carrots, parsneps, turneps, sal- 

 sify, celery, cabbages, onions, and tomatoes, each 

 kind, - 1 00 



Washing Clothes. 



Mr. Editor ; — I read in your paper a desire 

 to hear from the liadies — farmer's wives, I mean. 

 I have lately found a new v/ay of Washing, which 

 I think is a great help, although I never saw it in 

 print. It consists in using turpentine. 



My mode of using it is, to take the men's week 

 shirts Sunday evening, and put them into cold 

 water to soak until morning, when I place them 

 in a chaldron kettle, with a good suds, and add 

 the turpentine, and set them a boiling till after 

 breakfast, say one hour. I tlien take them into 

 a barrel and pound them hard ; rub them on a 

 wash-board, soap them, and lay them by till their 

 time comes to boil again, and spread them on the 

 grass. I use two table-spoons full of turpentine 

 to three or four pails of water. Mary P. 



Bafavia, June 21, 1846, 



The Editor is indebted to Mrs. Samuel Da- 

 vidson of Greece, for the following recipe : 



Take 2 gallons soft soap ; a like quantity of 

 rain water ; 2 lbs. sal. soda, and 1 tea-cup full 

 spirit of turpentine : beat tliem well together. — 

 For suds use 1 tea-cup full of the above com- 

 pound to a pailful of rain-water, and boil from 15 

 to 25 minutes, when it is ready for use. This 

 preparation is said to save half the ordinary labor 

 of washing clothes. 



Western New York Agiicultural School. 



The Proprietors of this Institution have pleas- 

 ure in announcing to its friends and the public that ita sec- 

 ond term will commence, under the mjst favorable auspices, 

 on the 2i)th of September next. The year is divided into 

 four quarters of 11 weeks each, but no extra charge will be 

 made to permanent pupils staying a year, for board and tui- 

 tion during vacations, if they remain at the School. 



The studies persued are Chemistry with the practical 

 analysis of soils, fertilizers, &c.; Geology, Botany, Com- 

 parative Anatomy with dissections. Physiology, Natural 

 History, Book Keeping, Surveying, Practical Farming and 

 Gardening, beside the study of the Languages and Mathe- 

 matics, as usually taught in colleges. The* undersigned 

 have secured the services of Mr. R. K. Sanford, of Fulton, 

 a gentleman of high mathematical and literary attainments, 

 to aid them in the I^iterary Departments of the School. — 

 They have also a Priinury Department for giving lessons in 

 all branches of a good English Education. Wh;itever pur- 

 suit the student may wish to follow in after life, it is the 

 purp>oso of those having charge of this Institution, to qualify 

 him for its duties, to tli? extent of a thorough, practical ed- 

 ucaiion, embracing a liberal range of the Natural Scienoes. 



When the weather is suitable for out door work, pupils 

 will labor from one to two hours a day. receive instruction 

 in rural affairs. Strict attention will pe paid to their morals. 

 They will board in the family of the Principal, and attend 

 church with the same. 



Terms $2-5 a quarter, or $100 per annum including 

 board, washing, tuition, lights, and firewood. 

 DANIEL LEE, 

 RAWSON HARMON, Jr. 



Wheatland, Aug. &'>, 184C. 



