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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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ami •rrt'iit'-si variety Pannes. I'r. \. Thompson, Lure 



12 variet80d Pansies, Dr. II. Wendell, Albany, 2. 



List open to all competitors. — Beat collection of 



Gri 'lants, Ellwanger & Hurry, silver medal. 



Bi 9t I i ral Desi a, Mrs. C. B. Sedgwick, Syracuse, medal. 



2d, Mrs. W. Newcomb, 8. 

 Best Floral Ornament, Mrs. Prof. Jackson, silver medal. 2d, 



Mrs !'.. T. T. Martin, 3. 



Hand Boquet, flat, lames Wilson, Albany, :s. 2d, 



Herman Wendell, 2. 



ground, J. Wilson, 3. 2d, Mrs. White, 2. 

 Basket Boquet, with handle, Dr. A. Thompson, 3. 

 Tor the most beautifully arranged Basket of Flowers, Dr. 



II. Wendell, Albany, dip. 

 To Aurora Horticultural Society for best exhibition, Hovey's 



Colored Fruits. 



FRUIT. 



Apples. — Greatest and best variety. Benjamin Hodpe, Buf- 

 falo. !>:;>. and Hovey's Colored Fruits. 2d, A. Bryant, 

 . $5. 



Bi st 12 varieties table apples, B. Hodge, 5. 2d, A. Bry- 

 ant, traas. and 2. 



Best 6 winter apples, B. Hodge, 3. 2d, A. Bryant, tram. 

 and -. 



Pears. — Greatest number of varieties of good pears. John 

 . Cayuga Bridge, Dip. and Hovey's Colored Fruits. 

 2d, B. Hodge, 5. 3d, J. W. P. Allen. Oswego, trans. 



1 I collection of first-rate autumn pears, John Morse, dip. 

 and 5. 2d. J. W. P. Allen, trans, and 2. 



Best eoliection of newly in-troduced pears, Dr. H. Wen- 

 cell, Dip. and Hovey's Colored Fruits. 



Peaches. — Best 12 varictiss, John Morse, dip. and 5. 2d, 

 J. M. Whitney, 2. 



Best 6 varieties, Ellwanger & Barry, 3. 2d, H. G. Dick- 

 inson, Lyons, 2. 



Best 12 Peaches, B. R. Norton. Syracuse, [Crawford's 

 Early.] 2. 2d, Abram Vail. Waterloo, trans. 



Plums. — Best collection 31 varieties, Dr. H. Wendell, dip. 

 and 5. 2d, fifty varieties, Isaac Dennison, Albany, 3. 



Best 6 var. Ellwanger & Barry, 3. 2d, C. S. Wilson, 2. 



Best 12 plums, choice varieties, R. Wool worth, Syracuse, 

 2. 2d, H. G. Dickinson, trans. 



Nectarines. — Best and greatest number, John C. Hastings, 

 Clinton, Oneida Co., 3. 



Grapes. — Best and most extensive varieties native grapes 

 grown in open air; John C. Hastings, Clinton, 5. 2d, Dan- 

 iel Ayers, Amsterdam, 2. , 



Best three varieties grown under glass, W. R. Coppock, 

 Buffalo, 5. 2d. John C. Hastings, Clinton, 2. 



Best dish of native grapes, (Isabella,) Rufus Cossett, 

 Onondaga, trans. 



Disc. Best grown and matured specimens. [Muscat and 

 Black Hamburg",] Downing's and Am. Fruit Cult. 



Three specimens of grapes, Joseph E. BloomSeld, Mexico, 

 Oswego co.. American Fruit Culturist. 



Two bottles of white and red champaigne wine, B. Poppe, 

 Syracuse, Downing. 



Specimen of port wine from native grapes, Charles A. 

 Pcabody, Columbus, Georgia, diploma. 



Melon*. — Cost specimens of water melons, H. N. Lang- 

 worthy, Rochester, $3. 



Best specimens musk-melons, II. N. Langworthy, 3- 



Quinces. — Best 12 Quinces, Ellwanger &, Barry, 3. 2d, 

 Lewis Eaton. Buffalo, 2. 



FOREIGN FRUITS. 



Apples. — Best exhibition pf apples, E. Harkness, Peoria, 

 111.. Dip. and Trans. 2d, James Dougall, Amherstburgh, 

 ('. W., American Fruit Culturist. 



Pears. — Best exhibition. F. H. Elliott. Cleveland, Ohio, 

 dip. and trans. 2d, James Dougall. C. W., Am. Fruit Cult. 



Grafts. — Best exhibition, James Dougall, dip. and trans. 

 Disc. Dr. J. A. Kennicott, Elm Grove, 111., for a fine exhi- 

 bition of western apples, Downing's Fruits. 

 Mr. Overman, < lanton, Illinois, for a tine display of apples, 



Downing's Fruits. Arid ?ame for an exhibition of pears, 



American Fruit Culturist. 

 F. R. Elliott, Ohio, fine display new western apples, F. Cul. 

 J. Gallup, Cleveland, fine exhibition fruit, Downing. 

 J. C. Holmes. Detroit, Mich., fine exhibition of apples, Am. 



Fruit Culturist. 



A full list of the varie ies exhibited will be given hereafter. 

 VEGETABLES. 

 Best 12 earrots, C. F. Crosman, Rochester, $3. 



12 table beets, do. 2. 



12 onions, N. Culver, Vrcadia, Wayne co., 3. 

 12 Tomatoes, I '. F. < irosman, '■'.. 

 .'■ heads of c ibbage, Y < !ul\ er, 3. 

 et potatoes, do. 3. 



2 purple • C. I'. < Irosman, 3. 



half peck Lima beans, Jason W.Seward, Rochester, 3. 

 bunch double parsley, (', I'. Crosman, :<. 

 three squashes. do. 3. 



Largest pumpkin, II. N. Langworth •, :;. 



■I com, V < lulver, 3. 

 seedling potato, Hamilton Morrison, 

 and greatest variety of I by exhibitor, C. 



F. ( !rosraan, 5. 



Disc, half peek Lim I'. Fogg, Rochester. 3. 



Three .si; nasi ies, Lewis Baton, BuSo] 



do. t '. F. < Irosra in, 2. 



Large pumpkin, N. < Julver, 2. 

 Sweet corn, ( '. !•'. ( 'rosm in. j. 

 Table potatoes, Richard Ch sney Syracuse. 2. 

 Seedling potatoes, Luman Shi , ,3. 



GRAIN, FLOUR AND Wool,. 



Best sample of winter wheat, one banc', (white Blue- 

 stem,) Timothy Judson, Portland, Chan. co. 



Second, Hamilton Murray, Oswego, 3. 



Best sample o*:s, one barrel. E. R. Dix. Vernon, 5. 



Best barrel flour. Oviatt & Stem 



Second, Win. II. Hanford, Honeoye Fi 



Best fleece fine wool, J. G. Strean, Washington, Pa., dip. 



John Holbert, Chemung, two butti trans. 



[We omit non-enumerated articles, and fancy and I 

 work, &c, for want of space. — Ed.] 



[Cp It is not improbable that inaccuracies have occurred 

 in the names of persons in the foregoing list, which has 

 been copied from entries in the Secretary's books. J. is re- 

 quested that all errors discovered be reported to the Si c ■ - 

 tary of the Society without delay, that they i 

 rected before the final publication of the awards in the 

 Transactions of the Society. 



All information in relation to premiums may be obtained 

 from the Secretary, who will give prompt attention to all 

 inquiries. B. P. JOHNSON, 



Ag. Rooms, Sept., 1849. Secretary. 



OXEN Vs. HORSES. 



Edward Stabler, Esq., of Montgomery county, 

 Maryland, writes to the editor of the Plow, Loom and 

 Anvil, that in 1822 or '23 he commenced the substi- 

 tution of oxen for horses on his farm. He began in 

 midsummer to break up a field for wheat. For a day 

 or two the oxen suffered greatly with the heat, in the 

 middle of the day, but by rising early, and n 

 two or three hours at noon, and feeding; on dry I 

 he was able to plow nearly as much* with a yoke of 

 oxen as with a pair of horses, and the work was quite 

 as well done. The horses consumed about, one bushel 

 of grain per day and the oxen none. He found the 

 result, after a thorough trial, so much in favor of 

 oxen, that he has ever since continued their use. 

 For many years there was not a furrow plowed on 

 his farm except by oxen. He observes that oxen, if 

 properly broken, quite as readily, if not mori 

 take to and keep the furrow, as horses. His rule is 

 to keep two yoke of oxen on the farm to one pair of 

 horses. lie well remarks, that — "to judge of the 

 capabilities of the ox, by the badly-used, housi 

 over-tasked, and half-fed animals we sometimes see 

 in the yoke, is doing him great injustice. Treat the 

 horse in the same unfeeling manner, and where would 

 be his high mettle and noble spirit ? He would 

 speedily arrive at a premature old age, valuless to 

 his owner, and a cast-off to Iced the carrion crows. 

 That the ox can better stand this harsh usage, is 

 certainly no valid or sufficient reason, that he should 

 be subjected to it. Use him with equal care and hu- 

 manity, and he will just as certainly, and with more 

 profit, repay it to his owner.'' — Cultivator. 



