VOX.. XII. NO. 41. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



325 



Double Teams. 

 First Plough, $10 



Second Plough, 8 



Third Plough, 6 



Fourth Plough, 4 



Fifth Plough, 3 



Single Teams. 

 First Plough, $10 



Second Plough, 8 



Third Plough, 6 



Fourth Plough, 4 



Fifth Plough, 3 



fXT^It is understood that no person who lias ob- 

 taint'd a premium at any previous Ploughing .Match, 

 can contend for the same or less premium, with 

 the same Oxen. No person shall he a competitor 

 at the Ploughing Match after he has obtained the 

 Society's first premium. And no person shall 

 contend for either of the Society's premiums un- 

 less he is the owner of* the Oxen and Plough, and 

 acts as Ploughman himself or some person who 

 works on his Farm. Single Teams will plough 

 without a driver. 



(XJ^AII competitors in Ploughing, must enter 

 their names with the Secretary, before eight o'clock, 

 on the day of the Show. 



TRIAL OF WORKING OXEN, 



Will take place immediately after the services in 

 the Meeting-house, 

 (jy All Competitors in this trial must enter their 

 names with the Secretary, before 9 o'clock on the 

 day of the Show. 



LONG TEAM OF WORKING OXEN. 



Thirty Dollars will be awarded to the drivers of 

 a Long Team of not less than one hundred yoke 

 of Working Oxen. 



It is understood, that whenever merely from 

 want of competition, any of the claimants might 

 be considered entitled to the premium, under a 

 literal construction, yet if in the opinion ofthe judg- 

 es, the object so offered is not deserving of any 

 reward, the judges shall have a right to reject such 

 claim. No article or animal, on which, to any 

 owner one premium shall have been awarded, al- 

 though that premium may have been the lowest, 

 shall be considered a subject for any future pre- 

 mium ofthe Society, except it be forqualities dif- 

 ferent from those for which a premium has been 

 awarded — Milch Heifers will not be allowed to 

 take a premium as Milch Cows ; the same pair of 

 Steers will be allowed to receive but two premi- 

 ums. The proof of Agricultural Experiments, 

 and the manner in which they were conducted to 

 be offered at the Annual Meeting of the Trustees. 

 The Society have reserved fifty dollars to be award- 

 ed to such person as shall exhibit any article of 

 utility, for which no premium is offered above. 

 If any competitor for any of the Society's premi- 

 ums shall be discovered to have used any disin- 

 genuous measures, by which the objects of the So- 

 ciety have been defeated, such person shall not 

 only forfeit the premium which may have been 

 awarded to him, but be rendered incapable of be- 

 ing ever after a competitor for any of the Socie- 

 ty's premiums. Members of the Society who 

 shall have premiums awarded them, will be enti- 

 tled by a vote of the Trustees to an allowance of 

 ten per cent, in addition to the premiums mention- 

 ed in this bill. 



Benjamin F. Varnum, President. 



John Stacv, Secretary, 



From the Oi n see Fanner. 

 LARGE WHEAT CROP. 



At the annual meeting of the Agricultural So- 

 ciety of this county, (Monroe,) in October last, the 

 Society's first premium for the best acre of Wheat. 

 was awarded to Mr. Jirah Btaekmer of Wheatland, 

 the acre producing, according to the certificate 



presented to the Society, sixty eight and 43-b0'/is 

 bushels. The conditions on which the premium 

 was granted, not requiring a statement of the man- 

 ner of its culture, Mr. B. has, at our request fur- 

 nished the following : 



Mr. L. Tucker — Agreeable to the request which 

 I recently observed in the Genesee Farmer, [ give 

 you an account ofthe culture of an acre of wheat 

 for which the first premium was awarded by the 

 Monroe County Agricultural Society, in October 

 last. This acre was a part of a field containing 

 twenty-two acres, which had lain four years in 

 clover, and had been occupied as pasture. It bad 

 never received any barn manure, but had several 

 nines been sowed with plaster or gypsum. 



The acre which I selected, lay in a basin or 

 hollow, and the surface of the ground gradually 

 descended towards it in every direction ; and in 

 a time of heavy rains, or the snow going off in 

 the spring, it was generally flowed with water, 

 which made it very rich. The natural soil is a 

 sandy loam, with an excellent sub-soil. I had the 

 stones and other obstructions to the plough, re- 

 moved, and ditches cut to prevent the water from 

 running into it in a wet time and flowing it. In 

 the fore part of June, the field was ploughed deep 

 with a good team — in August it was harrowed 

 and cross ploughed quite deep ; and the fore part 

 of September it was again harrowed and plough- 

 ed very fine. On the 14th September it was sow- 

 ed with a little less than a bushel of seed to the 

 acre, one half white flint, and the other red chaff 

 mixed together. It was harvested the 25th of Ju- 

 ly when it was quite green, and the kernel but 

 just out ofthe milk. It stood the thickest on the 

 ground of any wheat I ever saw, and the straw 

 was large and very tall, yet so firm that it did not 

 lodge — the heads were unusually long and well 

 tilled, so that nine sheaves yielded a bushel. 



I would remark, that I am satisfied from expe- 

 rience and observation, that plaster is not only 

 highly beneficial to grass lands, but of great ser- 

 vice to grain crops, and I almost invariably fail 

 of a grain crop unless I plough deep. 



Yours, with respect, 



Jirah Blackmer. 



Wheatland, March 17, 1834. 



ON RENDERING TIMBER MORE DURABLE. 



We copy from the Rail Road Journal another 

 paragraph on the preservative quality of lime 

 when applied to timber in damp places. The wri- 

 ter is said to be " an Engineer of great experi- 

 ence." 



" I am induced to communicate a fact corrob- 

 orative of the opinion of your correspondent G. 

 that lime is a preserver of timber. Some fifteen 

 years ago, a friend of mine removed a decayed 

 mill trunk in order to replace it with a new one. 

 The trunk had been laid underground ; and when 

 it was covered with earth, a few scattered lumps 

 of lime were accidentally thrown upon it. On its 

 removal it was discovered that even/ part of the 

 wood which was in contact with lime was as perfect- 

 ly sound as when it was first laid ', whilst every oth- 

 er part was more or less decayed. Indeed those 

 pans exhibited a freshness and soundness which 

 was truly remarkable." 



It has been mentioned to us that some farmers 

 in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, have soaked the 

 lower parts of their posts in vats containing line 

 water, previous to their being set or" planted ; but 

 we have no further information on' the subject; 



and we shall he much obliged to any person in 

 that quarter or elsewhere who will send us a state- 

 ment of such experiments. — Genesee Farmer. 



WHEAT. 



Last spring we published some suggestions on 

 the late sowing of spring wheat, as a means of sa- 

 ving it from the ravages of a little yellow worm 

 which some incorrectly call the weevil. A num- 

 ber of our subscribers tried the experiment, and so 

 far as we have heard with entire success. A far- 

 mer in Orange County told us that he sowed one 

 acre of spring wheat ten days later than the rest in 

 the same field. The first sowed was seriously in- 

 jured, the last not at all. Several in other towns 

 made similar statements. 



It has been observed from the first appearance 

 of this insect, that the earliest winter wheat was 

 less injured by its attacks than any other. It is 

 evident therefore, that the time of laying the egg 

 is short. It is, probably, soon after the heads 

 make their appearance. Before they are defen- 

 ded by the leaf which encloses them, and when 

 they appear, most probably, the husk soon becomes 

 so hard that the insect cannot pierce it to de- 

 posit her eggs upon the kernel. We have then on- 

 ly to ascertain the time as exactly as we can, in 

 which the injury is done, and have our winter 

 wheat too forward, ami spring wheat not forward 

 enough, for the operations of the insect, and the 

 damage is avoided. At present sow your winter 

 wheat as early as you can, and sow your spring 

 wheat as late as you can, and give it time to ripen. 



It. Chron. 



HONEY BEES IMPORTANT SUGGESTION. 



A respectable farmer of this neighborhood, 

 called on us, a few days since, for the purpose of 

 inviting us to give publicity to a practice adopted 

 by him for preserving Bees through the winter, 

 which he considers as one of great utility ami im- 

 portance to farmers who produce their own honey. 

 Our informant states, that he has kept Bees for a 

 number of years, and after pursuing several expe- 

 dients for the preservation of his Bees through the 

 cold weather, he last fall placed his hives upon a 

 suitable bench in his cellar, which was perfectly 

 dry, and from which all light was excluded.- Upon 

 bringing the hives again into the open air, a few 

 days ago, the liees exhibited an unusual degree of 

 healthiness and activity, and there were but a very 

 small number of dead ones in any of the hives. 

 This experiment is in our informant's opinion, a 

 very successful one, and well worthy the attention 

 of those farmers who engage in this branch of rural 

 economy. It is at least deserving of a repetition. 

 — West Chester Herald. 



CURIOUS CASE OP FARRIERY. 



Some time ago a valuable mare, belonging to 

 Mr. C. Linny, of Baylin, was gored by a bull, and 

 the entrails protuded through the wound. As 

 there appeared no possible remedy, the animal 

 was left in the field to die — when a neighboring 

 man named Mo'ran undertook to cure her. After 

 returning the entrails and sewing up the wound,, 

 he procured a large piece of sheet-lead, placed it 

 over the spot, and afterwards drew the skin across 

 it and sewed it up. After an interval of some 

 days, be again ripped the skin open and removed 

 the lead, when the wound appeared completely 

 healed. The skin was a second time sewed up ; 

 and in less than a month after, the animal was 

 able to plough as well as ever. — English paper. 



