THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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of October, it was ready to cut by the 4th of July. 

 It wfts injured little, if any, by the midge, wliile 

 an adjoining lot of twelve acres of White Ken- 

 tucky wheat, sown at the same time, was so much 

 injured by the midge that Mr. Hodges did not cut it. 



No. 6 was a beautiful sample of Soules wheat, 

 growa by E. -S. Hatward, of Brighton^ Monroe 

 county, N". Y. 



For the one hundred dollar prize, for the best 20 

 bushels of Red Winte.r wheat, there was but one 

 competitor — E. A. Hebard, of Oanandaigua, N. 

 Y. The wheat of Mr. Hebard is known as the 

 "Amber or "White Mediterreanean." It was a 

 handsome sample, weighing 62 pounds per bushel. 

 It was harvested July 15th. 



For the best two bushels of White Winter wheat 

 there were seven competitors. Five of these were 

 two-bushel samples of the same wheat as that en- 

 tered far the twenty-bushel prizes. 



For the best two bushels of Red Winter wheat 

 there were three entries — one by Mr. Hebard, of 

 Oanandaigua, of the same wheat as his twenty- 

 bushel sample, one by Newoomb & Barnett, of 

 Ohio, and one by Harvey JERRELLSi of Perrinton, 

 N. Y., known as the Lambert or " Weevil Proof." 

 It was harvested July 11th, and yielded 22 bushels 

 per acre. 



There was but one entry of Spring wheat. This 

 was entered by T. W. Arnold, of Cortland, 111., 

 and the wheat forwarded by railroad, but it failed 

 to reach here till after the Fair closed. The com- 

 mittee made the following report : 



"Nos. 1 and 6, of 20 bushels of White Winter 

 wheat, the committee, taking all things into ac- 

 count, consider to be equal, and recommend that 

 the fii-st prize be equally divided between them. 



" To No. 4 they award the second piize. 



" The 20 bushels of Red Winter wheat, in the 

 absence of competition, and the quality exhibited 

 not being of superior excellence, they award the 

 second prize." 



In other words, the first prize of $150, for the 

 best 20 bushels of White Winter wheat, was di- 

 vided between Isaac H. Anderson, of West Flam- 

 boi-o', 0. W., and E. S. Hayward, of Brighton, 

 N Y. 



The second prize of $75 was awarded to Robert 

 Embury, of Penfield, N. Y. 



The second prize of $50, for tlie best 20 bushels 

 of Red Winter wheat, was awarded, in the absence 

 of oonipetitiou, to E. A. Hebard, of Oanandaigua, 

 N. Y. 



Tl:e prizes ($50 and $25) for the best 2 bushels 

 of White Winter wheat, were awarded to the same 



parties who took the prizes for the best and second 

 best twenty-bushel samples. 



The first prize of $40, for the best 2 bushels of 

 Red Winter wheat, was awarded to E. A. Hebard, 

 of Oanandaigua, N. Y., and the second prize of $20 

 to Harvey Jeerells, of Perrinton, N. Y. 



SUGAR AND MOLASSES. 



Sanford Howard, Esq., editor of the Boston 

 Cultivator^ writes from Ohicago, 111., nnder date 

 of June 30, as follows : 



"Among the various enterprises of which the 

 Great West has lately been the theater, few are of 

 more importance in reference to the welfare of the 

 people, than tlie production of a substitute for the su- 

 gar and molasses which was formerly obtained from 

 the South. The first trials of the Ciiinese sugar- 

 cane were made here in 1855, but it v;as not till 

 the following year tliat it was cultivated to a 

 suflicient extent to afford mucli of a test as to the 

 adaptation of the i)l:int to this section, or as to 

 its capal)ility for ]>n)ducing sirup or sugar. On 

 the breaking out of the war, the usual source of 

 supply for these articles was cut off by the obstruc- 

 tions whicn the rebels threw in the way of naviga- 

 ting the Mississippi river, and the general non-in- 

 tercourse wltli the lower country. WliateA'er 

 might have been done under ordinary circum- 

 stances, the people now felt the necessity of turn- 

 ing tiieir attention to the production of an article 

 which was regarded as indispensable. In reference 

 to tliis, it seems almost like a special providence' 

 that the Chinese sugar-cane should have been in- 

 troduced at the time it was. Its culture was en- 

 gaged in extensively in 1861, and with no better 

 facilities than those witli which every farm-house 

 is provided, a large quantity of sirup was produced 

 that year — the quality, of course, varying according 

 to the skill of the makers, and other causes, but 

 on the whole so good that it was nsed in the fam- 

 ilies of farmers in place of the southern molasses. 

 Last year, a still larger extent of land wasjilanted 

 with the Cflue, and the quantity of sirup increas- 

 ed — Illinois producing not less than 2,000,000 of 

 gallons, and Iowa 3,000,000. 



"Tlie capacity of the country to produce sirup to 

 any extent, has thus been demonstrated." 



The beet is also being fairly tested as a sugar 



producer. Some 400 acres of beets are now under 



cultivation within 100 miles of the city, for Mr. 



Beloiier, of the Chicago Sugar Refinery, and strong 



hopes are expressed of its success. 



To Prevent Flies from Teasing Horses. — 

 Take two or three small haudfuHs of walnut leaves, 

 upon which pour to or three quarts of soft cold 

 water; let it infuse one night, and pour the whole, 

 next morning, into a kettle, and let it boil for 15 

 minutes. When cold, it will be fit for use. No 

 more is required than to wet a sponge, and before 

 tlie horse goes out of the stable, let those parts 

 which are most irritated be smeared over with the 

 liquor. 



