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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



TKE GKEAT INTEBNATIOWAL WHEAT SHOW. 



Wb would again call the attention of our readers to 

 the International Wheat Show to be held in this city 

 September 8th, 9th and 10th. Competition is open to the 

 world. The following premiums are offered : 

 For the best 20 bushels of White Winter Wlient.. |15() OO 



For the second best 20 bushels of ■White Winter Wheat,.'. 75 00 



For the best 20 busheta of Red Winter Wheat, 100 00 



For the second best 20 bushels of Red W^inlwr Wheat,."..' ". 50 00 

 For.the best 2 bushels of White Winter Wheat, ... 50 00 



For the second best 2 bushels of White Winter Wheat,. .'. 25 00 



For the best 2 bushels of Rpd Winter Wheat, 40 00 



For the second best 2 bushels of Red Winter Wheat,. .... 20 Oi» 



For the best 2 bushels of Spring Whoat, oo 00 



For the second best 2 bushels of Spring Wheat,.!.'.*.'.'.'".'.' \o 00 

 " Competitors for these prizes will be required to furnish 

 samples of the wheat in the ear and with the straw at- 

 t.iched, (say fifty ears of wheat and straw;) also to fur- 

 ^u u* """'tten statement of the nature of the soil on 

 which the wheat grew; method of cultivation; time of 

 sowing; quantity of seed sown; manures, (if any used ) 

 and mode and time of apnlication ; also the time o"f ripen- 

 ing and harvesting, and the yield per acre, with such 

 other particulars as may be deemed of practie.1l impor- 

 tance ; also, the name by which the variety is known in 

 the locality where it was grown. 



"The wheat must be one variety, pure and unmixed, 

 ftie prize to be awarded to the actual grower o<" the 

 wheat, and the wheat which takes the prize is to become 

 the property of the Societv. 



"The Prize Wheat wiU'be sold at public auction on 

 the grounds the last day of the exhibition ; and at the 

 same time any exhibitor can offer his wheat for sale by 

 paying the usual percentage. This will afford an e.xcel- 

 lent opportunity for obtaining a change of seed. 



"Farmers from a distance, who camiot attend the ex- 

 hibition, cau enter their wheat on the payment of one 

 dollar. The wheat can. be sent, to the care of the Presi- 

 dent of the Society, Joseph Haijris, Rochester N Y 

 Ihe freight should be prepaid, and care must be taken to 

 so mark the wheat that it can readily be ascertained from 

 whoni it was sent. Send in good season, and write full 

 particulars, by mail." 



Letter frcm Joh.v JoaxsTOx.— In reply to a request to 

 act as one of the. judges at the International Wheat Show 

 to be held in thiscitySeptemberS— 10, John JoBHsxox.of 

 Seneca county, writes as follows : 



" It would certainly have given me great pleasure to 

 serve on the Committee at your Great Wheat Show but 

 I am .sorry to say that I am not able to perform that duty 

 I was taken unwell in Julv of la.st year, and continu^'d 

 very poorly for over ten months. I hare no disease now 

 but I am still very feeble. I think I have yained some 

 strength of late, but am still weak, and altogether unable 

 to serve as a judge. I assure you I would have been verv 

 happy to have assisted in that capacity in ray much lovpcl 

 occupation, but age and inhrmities are fast using me up. 



I am atraid Senecii county cannot be represented in the 

 show, as I have seen no wheat of prime qualitv this sea- 

 sou. Our wheat was too late in ripening to be'of the best 

 quality. Whenever our wheat is not ripe, or nearly 

 so by the 10th to the 14th of July, we seldom have "a 

 prime sample. We also had excessive rains about the 

 time wheat was nearly rinc, which alwavs materially hurts 

 the sample and lessens the weight. There will be little 

 wheat in this county that will weigh sixty pounds to the 

 bushel this season. My neighbor on the south, a Dutch- 

 man-, had some Soules wheat right on the bank of the 

 lake, which is a good sample, but it is mixed with other 

 wheat and would not do to compete for a premium. I 

 lost my crop, thirteen acres, entirely, by the so-called 

 Hes.<iun fly. Cause, too early 'Kovii.tj. Wishing you a 

 Tery successful show, I am, respectfully yours, 



JOHK JonNSTOK. 



P. S.— Corn looks splendid in general. Oats and barley 

 were good, but many of the oats are vet uncut, and some 

 of the barley not yet got in. They both must be much 

 daiuafsed by the rains. 



Fair op thr Rotal Agricultural Societt. 

 The great annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultu 

 Society was held this year at Worcester. The show of Sht 

 horns and Herfords was excellent. The first prize 

 £25 for the best Shorthorn bull above three and not exce 

 ing six years, was awarded to J.\cob Wilson, of Morpjj 

 He is described as a "grand and massive animal, hea\ 

 and deeper, however, a good deal, in the forequarters tl 

 behind, where he is light." He is descended from Fan 

 blood, and farther babk from blood to which Booth 

 sorted with his most successful results. Lady Em 

 PiGOT was very succes.sful. She took the first prize in 

 class of cows over three years ; and in the heifer cl 

 she also took the first prize with a heifer described by 

 Agricultural Gazette as "one of the finest animals in 1 

 yard, as true and cylindrical a barrel as was ever carr- 

 on four legs; beautifully fine head and good every wher 

 In the class of heifer calves the first prize was taken 

 " a wonderfully fine specimen of the Sfeorthorn bn 

 bred by Mr. Mackintosh, from one of the impor 

 American bulls, out of Lady Oxford Fifth ; both Bot 

 and Bates contributing to her pedigree." 



There was a fine show of sheep ; the Shropshires 

 pecially being well represented, and attracting mores 

 »ore attention. 



Among the pigs the Berkshires were especially fine, 

 the classes for pigs of " any color," it is worthy of rem* : 

 that none but white pigs were entered. We infer fr. 

 this that white pigs in England, as here, are mostpopul 



Wool.— We have just been to two of the princi] 

 wool establishments in this city. MDdng is doing. 

 of the proprietors has gone a fishing, and the other 

 probably enjoying himself in his garden. They made 

 much money last year that they can afford to take thin 

 easy. On the other hand, the farmers are in no hurry 

 sell. Last year those who held on to their wool rcalii 

 10 to 20 cents per pound more than if they had sold soi 

 after clipping. They are determined this year to get t 

 full money value of their wool. >'ow and then a farm 

 brings a small clip to market, and sells it for what tl 

 dealers are willing to pay. Prices here range from if, 

 .55 cents— the latter for wool of extra quality. In Ne 

 York sales hare recently been made of domestic wool 

 from 65 to 72 cents per pound, and one would think froi 

 these figures that prices should be higher than tbev are hei 

 We understand that several American dealers ate i 

 Canada buying wool. We do not know what they pa^ 

 but " washed Canadian " is quoted in New York at fi 

 cents. In Canada money this would be about 47 cents. 



Down on Agricultural Papers.— It would seem tha 

 the United States Government and the Canadian Govern 

 ment are both opposed to the circulation of Anicricai 

 agricultural pajiers in Canada. Hitherto the postage 01 

 the Genfuee Farmer sent to Canada was three cents 1 

 year. By the new law it is twelve ceafs. This kc han 

 to prepay. On the other hand, Canadian agricultura 

 papers are "Post Free;" but the Canadian subscribei 

 to an American agricultural paper has to pay one cent 

 postage on each number. In other words, we have to paj 

 the United States Government twelve cents a year post- 

 age; and our subscribers in Canada have to pay twelve 

 cents a year ia addition. TSvenly-fonr cents postage on 

 a fifty cent paper ! 



