THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



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Agricultaral ExMbitions for 1863. 



STATE FAIRS. 



rn'l Wheat Show Rochester, N. T., Sept. 8-10 



onal Horse Fair, H.irtlbrd, Conn., Sept. 8-10 



• Jersey Patterson, ^^Pf-^ ,\ 



'"^, ^' HuiHnd Sept. 8— 11 



^Sh^ ::::.uto? :::"::::"":.:.. -septis-is 



,,..'.. :::::::;:::. .Cleveland, I'^Kl^-ll 



id-i West .-.Kinsston, Sept.21— 25 



ot ■■.■■.■ Decatur,' • -••8«Pt' 28-0«'- ^ 



nfylvania; W Norri.town, ^'P%llr,Tl2l 



tt,pkv Louisville, Sept.io— ^u 



daEkst,' ....Montreal,.... Sept.15-18 



^„a . . Indianapolis, Sept. 28-Oct 3 



^'"^ :;.... Dubuque, «^l''-^t-ll 



ligan,' '.'.'.".'..'. Kalamazoo, Sept.23-2b 



COUNTY FAIRS. 



NEW YORK. 



Clean Sept 22-24 



Canton, Sept. 22-24 



Kingston, Sept. 22-24 



Watkins, Sept. 24-26 



Norwich, Sept 26— Oct. 1 



D.lhi, Sept. 29— Oct. 1 



Hempstead Oct. 1— 2 



Mexico,.... Sept. 22-24 



.hinkion;:::::;:::.:::saiem, S^.;^! 



i-inipr Ilion, aepi. z-s so 



;™2o' Oxfo;d, Sept. 21-22 



""^^' ....Buffalo Sept. 16-18 



'■;••• SepU22— 28 



r°^' .••:::::Rome,. .'.::...... sept. t-io 



„v' Abany, Sept. 29-30. Oct. 1-2 



-^li-'r Troy,. Sept. 7-11 



r„d ' Cortlandville, Sept. 22-24 



is, .'.' ".'."' '•'• Lowville, Sept. 9-11 



crhEnv Angelica, 



f"" Binghamton, Sept 8-10 



u^^ . . . .Auburn,. Sept. 29-Oct 1 



, ,La .' Saratoga Springs, Sept 1—4 



'X; . . . .Hudson, .....: Sept. 29-Oct 1 



u™„ ' .... Washington HoUow, . . . .Sept 22-24 



p,%'' :: Batavia, Sept 80-Oct. I 



Waterlown, Sept 29— 30 



Rochester, Sept 8-10 



.ans Albion Sept 17— 18 



.go ' ;.■ Oooperstown Sept 30-Oct 1 



„ ,5,' Canandaigua, 



*'» ♦ Ovid Sept 16— 18 



rrp' .■.■.Frenct; Mountain Sept 28— 25 



^ !.'.'. "..'.'.'.'.'.'.'■ PennYan, Sept 29-Oct 1 



' MASSACHUSETTS. 



-„p,,er Worcester, ... Sept 17—18 



sS;:::.. Great Barnngton,. ...Sept. 80-Oct 1 



.r.r,«Vi;rp Northampton, Oct 1— ^ 



X'bTe,';::::::..:....Barnstubre, get e- 7 



.,„, Taunton Oct b— U 



't^h'ir^ : Pitlsfleld, *^<='-„6-" 



^r"'^^' Andover, 8ept2n-00 



„uy- Greenfield, Sept 2i— 00 



^"'""'''^ Dedhara! ::::..: sc^t 24-00 



Bridgewater, Oct 1— 



OHIO. 



nabula, Jefferson, Sept 2-4 



,,„.. . ..Hamilton,.... <^ ci. o— » 



"«V New Lisbon Sept 28-25 



"">'"='"^' Cleveland Oct. 6- 9 



"U'!'^ c"lz ..8ept30-Oct2 



Xnd v.:v.v.v.iHtebV,ro.v.. i'^p\-j,-ii 



^,„„ ' ....Norwalk, ^"^P'- ^S "^ 



T°."' Vlvra Oct 6—9 



l'^'' : • : : : : : : -.PaineWine Sept SO-Oct 2 



honing;::::: Youngs.own, Oct 6-8 



Ki-"' ^Trfon :::::::::::s#. 28-25 



f"^"' Tr ™ : .■.■■.■.■...... . . . .Sept 30-Oct 2 



Zanesville, Sept 8—1^ 



Antwerp, ■ • • ■ Oct. 1— - 



Circleville Sept 30-Oct 2 



Mansfteld, Sept 29— Oct 1 



Akron,... Sept 30-Oct 2 



Tiffin, Sept80-Oct2 



INDIANA. 



Fayette, Connersvillc, Sept 



Harrison, Corydon, Sept 



Hendricks, Danvide, Sept 



Morgan, Centerton, Sept 



Posey, New Harmony, Oct. 



ILLINfOIS. 



DeKalb De Kalb Sept 



Winnebago, Rockfnrd Sept. 



Morgan, Jacksonville, Sept. 



Mercer, Millersburg, Sept 



La Salle, Ottawa, ; Sept 



Lee, Dixon, Oct 



Tazewell, Treraont, Oct 



Vermillion, Catlin, Sept 



UPPER CANADA. 



Durham, West New CasUe, Oct 



Lanark, Almonte, Sept 



Lanark, West, Perth, Sept 



Toronto Toronto, Oct 



Wentworth, Hamilton, Oct 



1— 4 



8—11 



15—17 



8—11 



6-9 



15—17 



16-18 



15—18 



22—24 



S— 11 



14r-16 



7— 9 



1— 4 



8- 9 

 16—00 

 17-18 



8— 6 

 18—14 



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,,1, Canton, 



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Warreii::::.':.": Sept 20— Oct 1 



Lebanon Sept 23-25 



A Talk about Wheat.— A few days since one of the best 

 wheat growers of Monroe county was in our oflBce, and 

 the following conversation took place : 

 " How will wheat turn out this season ? " 

 " Not as well as we expected. I have not yet threshed, 

 but those who have say the yield is poor and the quality 

 rather inferior. The weather has been so hot that the 

 grain in some instances has shrivelled." 

 " Has the midge done much damage?" 

 "There was plenty of midge sowed this season, but it 

 was ' sectional.' On low lands, where the wheat was late, 

 half the crop has been destroyed. But on the oak open- 

 ings little damage has been sustained." 



" What system of rotation do you adopt, in the oak 

 openings." 



" Sheep and wheat." 



" Two very good things to go together. But how do 

 you manage them?" 



"We sow wheat every third year. It is seeded down 

 with clover. Plaster is «own on the wheat in the spring, a 

 bushel per acre, about the time of sowing the clover seed. 

 It does not benefit the wheat, but insures a better catch 

 of clover." 



" Do you sow any timothy .' „,,,., • x ^ 



" Not on the wheat land. On land which we intend 

 to mow for some years we sow timothy and clover, but not 

 on the land I am speaking of" 



" Well after the wheat is off, what do you do ? 

 • "We do nothing. Let the clover grow till it is quite 

 larcre the next season, and then turn in sheep. They will 

 eat the leaves and tread down the clover stalks. These 

 make manure. The jjext year pasture as close as you 

 please, and after corn planting break up the land, 

 and fallow for wheat again." t wi, .i j *t, a 



" Do you plow more than once. In Wheatland they do 



°°" i know thev don't, but I do. After breaking it up, 

 we harrow and" cultivate to keep down the weeds, and 

 about this time. (August,) we cross plow and afterwards 

 harrow as needed. This is all that we do till the seed JS 



drilled in." .• j « a * 



" If the land is clear," he continued, vou need not 

 break up till later. But when I want to seed down again 

 I like to break early and cross plow." . « 



This system of growing clover and wheat, eating on 

 the clover on the land with sheep, keeps up the fertility of 

 the soil. In fact, he says there is danger of the land be- 

 coming too rich for wheat. 'And in that case he takes oflF 

 a crop of clover hay. . , , , ■. 



Formerly the system was simply to plow under a heavy 

 crop of clover in June or July, and thus grow a crop of 

 wheat every other year. Sheep and wheat he considers 

 much more profitable. 



Of course this system cannot be adopted on all the 

 land on the farm. 'There must be some portions left lor 

 jOct 1— 2 ' hay and other crops. 



.Oct 7— 9 



