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Annual Exhibition, JVew York. 



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Annual Exhibition, New York. 



The New York Stale Agricultural Society will hold 

 its Annual Exhibition at Saratoga Springs, on the 

 ]4th, 15th, and IGth of Ninth month next. Its premi 

 um list is certainly large and liberal, the amount ex- 

 ceeding, we believe, SlWOO. We have seen no strch list 

 in this country. From many others in the long list of 

 premiums, we select the following: 



For the best cultivated farm of not less 

 than fifty acres, exclusive of wood-land and 

 waste-land, regard being- had to the quantity 

 and quality of produce, the manner and ex- 

 pense of cultivation, and the actual profits — 

 they offer a 



First premium of $50. 



Second premium, $30. 



Third premium, $20. 



The persons making application for tlrese 

 premiums, must submit written answers to 

 the following questions: 



To all who furnish full answers to these 

 questions, premiums will be given consist- 

 ing of single volumes of the Transactions of 

 the State Society, or sets of these volumes, 

 according to the value of such reports. 



SOILS, &c. 



1. Of how much land does your farm con- 

 sist! and of how much wood, waste, and im- 

 proved land respectively? 



2. What is the nature of your soil and 

 subsoill Is there limestone in it? What 

 rocks are found in it? 



3. What do you consider the best mode 

 of improving the different kinds of soil on 

 your farm? Of clay soil, if you have it — 

 of sandy soil, and of gravelly soil? An- 

 swer separately. 



4. What depth do you plough ? What ef- 

 fect has deep ploughing had on various soils? 



5. Have you made any experiments to 

 test the difference in a succeeding crop, be- 

 tween shallow, common, or deep ploughing? 



6. Have you used the subsoil plough? and 

 what have been its effects on different toils 

 and crops? 



MANURES. 



7. How many loads of manure — 30 bush- 

 els per load — do you usually apply per acre? 

 How do you manage your manure? Is it 

 kept under cover? or are there cellars under 

 your barns or stables, for receiving it? 



8. What are your means, and what your 

 manner of making and collecting manure? 



9. How many loads of manure do you 

 manufacture annually? How many do you 

 apply ? 



10. How is your manure applied ; whe- 

 ther in its long or green state, or in com- 

 post? For what crops, or under what cir- 



cumstances, do you prefer using it, either in 

 a fresh or rotten state ? 



11. Could you not cheaply, essentially in- 

 crease your supply of manure by a little ex- 

 tra labour? 



12. Have you used lime, plaster, guano, 

 salt, or any substance, not in common use as 

 manure? In what manner were thev used 

 and with what results? 



TILLAGE CROPS. 



13. How many acres of land do you till ? 

 and with what crops are they occupied, and 

 how much for each crop? 



14. What is the amount of seed planted 



or sown for each crop — the time of sowing 



the mode of cultivating, and of harvesting • 



and the product per acre? 



15. What kind and quantity of manure 

 do you prefer for each, and at what times, 

 and in what manner do you apply it? 



16. How deep do you have manure co- 

 vered in the earth, for difierent crops and 

 different soils? 



17. Have your potatoes been afl'ected with 

 any peculiar defect or disease, and have you 

 been able to discover any clearly-proved 

 cause for it, or found any remedy? 



GRASS LANDS, &lc. 



18 What kind of grasses do you use? 

 How much seed of clover, or the various 

 kinds of grass do you sow to the acre ? At 

 what season of the year do you sow, — and 

 vi'hat is the manner of seeding? 



19. How many acres do you mow for hay, 

 and what is the average product? At what 

 stage do you cut grass, and what is your 

 mode of making hay? 



20. Is any of your mowing land unsuit- 

 able for the plough, and what is your mode 

 of managing such land ? 



21. Have you practised irrigating or wa- 

 tering meadows or other lands, and with 

 what effect? What is your particular mode 

 of irrigation, and how is it performed? 



22. Have you reclaimed any low, bog or 

 peat lands? What was the mode pursued, 

 the crops raised, and what the successs? 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



23. How many oxen, cows, young cattle, 

 and horses do you keep, and of what breeds 

 are they? 



24. Have you made any experiments to 

 show the relative value of difierent breeds 

 of cattle or other animals for particular pur- 

 poses, and with what results? 



25. What do you consider the best and 

 cheapest manner of wintering your cattle; 

 as to feed, watering and shelter? 



