THE GENESEE FARMER. 



forks. He had also one of Wheeler, Mkliok & 

 Co. '3. They are both excellent forks, and save a 

 great deal of liard labor. In tlie barn, in excellent 

 order, was a tool shop, and the skill with which 

 Mr. Laoet nsed the tools showed that it would not 

 be difficult for him to repair almost any implement 

 or machine used on the farm. A mowing-machine 

 was at work cntting a heavy crop of clover; and 

 one of Joseph "William's reapers, which cuts a six 

 foot swath, was in the barn ready for operation. 

 Mr. Laoet ahd Mr. McVean both speak in the 

 highest terms of this machine. Mr. Williams 

 builds them in the most substantial manner, and 

 they give entire satisfaction. Mr. MoVkan thinks 

 they will supersede all others. 



Mr. Laokt's wheat is excellent. It is all after 

 Bnramer-fallow. One 50-acre field of Mediterra- 

 jnean is truly magnificent — and very even. 



" Very even." Of how few fields can this be 

 eaid ! When Mr. Cornell returned last year from 

 a visit to Europe, we asked hira what feature in 

 English agriculture struck him most forcibly. He 

 answered, " the evenness of the crops?'' There are 

 few better tests of good agriculture than this. 

 A ''spotted" field of wheat presents a very nn- 

 Biglitly appear.ance, and is decidedly uni)rofitable. 



We now approach the "Wadsworth Land." 

 "You may know it," says Mr. MoV., "by the 

 number of trees left scattered all over the fields." 

 They add greatly to the beauty of the landscape, 

 but in grain fields must be injurious and incon- 

 Tenient. But the country is beautiful beyond ex- 

 pre>;sion. There is probably no better or richer 

 farming land on the continent. Here is a 100-acre 

 I field of wheat, as heavy as it can stand, and there 

 another so heavy that it can not stand. It 

 is in many places as flat as if it had been rolled. 

 However, the wheat is so far advanced that it will 

 ripen. 



WINTER BAKI.EY. 



Mr. MoKixziE i.'* cutting with a reaper a 25-acre 

 field of winter barley, and binding it up in sheaves 

 like wheat. The sheaves almost cover the ground ! 

 It is the heaviest crop of barley we have ever 

 seen. Mr. MoVean estimates it at 70 bushels per 

 acre! A heavy crop of clover was turned under, 

 and the land afterwards harrowed and cultivated 

 in tlie.same manner as for wheat. 



Winter barley is quite a -common crop in this 

 section. Tt is sown at the same time as winter 

 whe.it, and needs tlie same cultivation. It is or- 

 <iinari'.y of much better quality than spring barley, 

 and brings a higher price. At anything like last 



year's prices, it is more profitable than winter 

 wheat. 



THE FARM OF MR. SAOKETT. 



This beautiful farm is in the town of Avon. It 

 comprises TOO acres of the choicest land, and is in 

 the higliest state of cultivation. Mr. S. keeps a 

 very large stock of cattle and sheep, and makes 

 great quantities of manure. We saw 60 head of 

 cattle in one field — many of them nearly thorough- 

 bred Shorthorns, and all of them in excellent con- 

 dition, 



Mr. Saokett, for some years past, has been in the 

 habit of raising a great many lambs for the butcher. 

 He crosses his Spanish Merino ewes with a Leicester 

 ram. The lambs come in March and April, and 

 are sold to the butclier in July, August and Sep- 

 tember. He has this year already sold quite a 

 number at $3.50 per head, and was offered $3.25 

 for the whole, to be taken as wanted, 



Mr, Sackktt's wheat is magnificent. He sum- 

 mer fallows, generally, but where the land is rich 

 enough he takes a spring crop before sowing 

 wheat. He has one field of 120 acres in Corn, 

 oats, peas, beans, i>(>tatoes, &c. Passing the beans, 

 we asked Mr. MoVean how they should be culti- 

 vated. 



"There is nothing more to be done than to keep 

 out the weeds. I tell my men that I do not want 

 them to think anything about the beans. I want 

 them to think of it as a summer-fallow for the 

 wheat crop, and suffer nothing to grow!" 



On one field of 70 acres Mr. S. has a splendid crop 

 of wheat, and it was also in wlieat l.ast year. 

 Wheat after wheat! The land had been pastured 

 three or four years, and was then plowed up and 

 summer-fallowed. The wheat was very heavy, 

 and the land very clean. If land is rich and clean, 

 wheat can be raised after wheat just as well as 

 after barley or oats. 



"How do you apply your manure? " 



"Well, I make a good deal of it, and spread it 

 on the clover fields at any time when it is most con- 

 venient. I formtrly thought that manure should 

 be plowed under, but have come to the conclusion 

 that there is less loss by spreading it on the eurfaco 

 tlian is generally supposed." 



— But we must turn our faces homeward. We 

 pass near the great grass farm of Mr, Mn.TOX 

 BuDLoxo, who has 337 head of cattle that are said 

 to be well worth seeing, bat we have not time to 

 call. We also pass a number of neat farm houses, 

 where there are indications of a taste for horti- 

 culture, and Mr. McVkan remarks: "They are 



