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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



Aug. 



herd of that eminent breeder, Mr. Bates. He is the 

 only bull in America, got by Mr. Bates' crack prize 

 bull, Duke of Northumberland, (1940,) the best Mr. 

 Bates ever bred. Mr. Bates, has but one more left, 

 got by the same bull ; and Duke of Northumberland 

 is now dead. Mr. Bates repeatedly told me that 3d 

 Duke of Cambridge was more like his sire than any 

 bull ever got by him. Breeders desiring the blood of 

 Mr. Bates, can no where else in this country pro- 

 cure it with such high characteristics of style, quali- 

 ty, symmetry and substance. 



From the various expression of approval received 

 I select the following. The writer, Lewis F. Allen, 

 Esq., is well known as an extensive breeder of short- 

 horns and as a judge. No person in the United 

 States, has had a more intimate knowledge of the 

 short-horns in our country for the last twenty-five 

 years. He is author of the American Herd Book: — 



u Since I saw him, I have thought much on your 

 bull, 3d Duke of Cambridge, and in comparing "him 

 in my mind with all the bulls I have ever seen, I am 

 more and more impressed with his superior value to 

 any thing yet brought into the United States. In 

 short, he fills my mind entirely with all the qualities 

 which a perfect short-horn should possess; and I 

 don't know but the heifers are quitehis equals in style, 

 quality, See. I hope you will have all the success 

 both in their increase, and in the sale of their pro- 

 duce, which you deserve, for our country has never 

 before, within my knowledge, received such an ac- 

 quisition in the stock line "as in these cattle. You 

 deserve much for your enterprise, and Stevens a great 

 deal for his judgment in selecting such animals. — 

 They far exceed my anticipations; although I am 

 free to say, I anticipated much from Stevens' selec- 

 tions, with all England for a field to choose in." 



This opinion was entirely unsolicited on the part 

 of Col. Sherwood or myself, and wholly voluntary on 

 the part of Mr. Allen. 



Steps have been taken to have a portrait of the 3d 

 Duke of Cambridge engraved for publication in the 

 Genesee Farmer for September or October, and of 

 Princess 2d in some future number. 



These animals are now at Col. Sherwood's, Auburn 

 N. Y. where they may be seen. It is now design- 

 ed to show them at Syracuse at the great cattle show 

 of the State Society, in September next. Col. Sher- 

 wood and myself invite the attention of breeders and 

 amateurs to them. A. Stevens. — JYeiv York. 



Culture or Grapes in Ohio. — It is stated in 

 tho report of the Agricultural Society for the county 

 of Hamilton, O., that not less than five hundred 

 bushels of Catawba and Isabella grapes, were sold 

 at Cincinnati, during last season, for "table use." 

 The price is three to four dollars per bushel. But 

 the quantity sold for the table is said to have been 

 inconsiderable, compared with the quantity used in 

 the manufacture of wine. The grape culture is 

 profitably carried on in the vicinity of Cincinnati, on 

 the roughest hill-sides, which are of but little value 

 for the ordinary purposes of agriculture. 



Gold Fish in Hudson River. — About ten years 

 ago a few gold fish were thrown into Matteavvan 

 Creek, which empties into tho Hudson near New- 

 burgh, and have so multiplied as to fairly stock the 

 creek and river in that vicinity. These fish, origi- 

 nally from China, are rare in this country. 



BLACK SKINNED BARLEY 



Last winter, while on the Atlantic, I promised my 

 fellow-passenger, P. Barry, Esq., that I would send 

 to the Genesee Farmer an account of the discovery, 

 &.C., of the Cheltenham Six-rowed Black-skinned 

 Barley. Various circumstances have prevented my 

 doing so until now. I have a beautiful sample now 

 in ear, which I intend to take to the State Fair. I 

 transplanted some, but owing to the dry weather it 

 did not succeed as well as it would otherwise have 

 done; still, from that the promised yield will be lar- 

 ger than the commonality of barley. 



Mr. Vaughan, a tobacconist of Cheltenham, Eng- 

 land, having by accident discovered three grains of 

 this extraordinary barley, he planted it in January, 

 1843, and its produce was 3,610 corns or grains. — 

 Mr. Churchill, of the Plough Hotel, of that place, hav- 

 ing been favored with a few T grains, planted them in 

 December 1 843, '44, and '45. The Black Barley, not- 

 withstanding the severe frosts and cold winds, and 

 the extreme drought in part of 1844, flourished and 

 yielded a very extraordinary crop. Mr. C. was in- 

 duced to drill several acres on the 14th of February, 

 1846, allowing five pecks to the acre, which he reap- 

 ed on the 4th of July. Its produce was 52 bushels 

 and 2 pecks per acre; weight, 55 J lbs. per bushel — 

 when hummelled, 58 lbs. The same land was sown 

 with whitestone turnips on the 10th July, which were 

 large, and fit for the table by the 2d September. Mr. 

 C. drilled in Jan. and February, 1847, several acres, 

 allowing six pecks to the acre; the produce averaged 

 63 bushels to the acre, and weighed 57£ lbs. to the 

 bushel, before hummeling.* Mr. C. drilled, in Oc- 

 tober 1847, several acres with and without vetches. 

 He mowed the barley and vetches when in ear, for 

 his cattle and working horses, during April and 

 May; the produce averaged 12 tons, 2 cwt. (27,104 

 lbs.) per acre, and from its superiority of feed, was 

 a saving of 3 lbs. of beans to each horse per day. — 

 That planted without vetches was harvested on the 

 10th July, and the land sown with whitestone tur- 

 nips and fit for sale in September. A small portion 

 of barley was mown in May; the stubble was let re- 

 main for a second crop, and was reaped on the 23d 

 August, producing 37 bushels and 2 pecks to the acre. 



Mr. Churchill malted 100 bushels and found the 

 vat cast more than any other barley.f When the 

 barley is ground and mixed with wheaten flour, it 

 produces good sweet bread. 



It is recommended to be sown in October or No- 

 vember, for green food in the spring, either with or 

 without vetches, and not later than February for har- 

 vesting or seed, allowing to good lands about 84 lbs. 

 to the acre, and for middling land, 100 lbs. It is bet- 

 ter drilled or dibbled. The straw is very strong, fine 

 and fit for plaiting; all sorts of cattle are very fond 

 of it when cut into chaff". So hardy is the plant that 

 a gentleman in Wolverhampton raised a few corns in 

 his hot-house, and during the severe cold ordered it 

 to be transplanted into the open ground, where it 

 came to great perfection. 



Mr. C. says it does better on poor than on highly 

 manured lands. I sowed late in March and April. — 

 I put the grains six inches apart, and found they 

 were much too close. W. M. Beauchamp. — Skan- 

 eate les,JY. Y., July, 1849. 



"An acquaintance of mine planted one peck, and reaped the 

 sarao season from tho same. 46 bushels. 



t 1 do not recommend it for distillation, or in any ottser way 

 that may augment the curse of drunkenness. 



