THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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CONTENTS OF "fHIS NUMBER. 



Vheat Culture in Western 

 New York, 39T 



few York State F.iir, 3U3 



)isciissinii3 at the New 

 York stiite Fair 306 



^he Interiiiitioiial Wheat 

 Show, 312 



lostof Uay, . 312 



Un<ler<Iraiiiing Meadows, 812 



Su:;ar anil Molasses, 318 



To Prevent Flies Irotn 



Teasing Horses, 213 



Stock and FarminorinKy., 814 

 Pi.kling Wlicat to Pre- 

 vent Smut, 314 



HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



lorticultnre at the State I Horticultural Notes, 317 



Fair, 315 | Blue Glass for Seed Beds, 31T 



editor's table. 



fates on the Weather, 322 



Ireat Provificial Fair,:... 321 

 'he Fanner who does not » 



take an A g. Paper, 322 



''o Farmers' Sons 3'23 



'rizo Essays, 324 



Damasre from the Frost of 



Aug. at the West, 325 



N. Y.Caltle Market, 324 



New Posiage Law, 324 



The Markeis, 824 



The Wool Market, 824 



THE GREAT PROVINCIAL FAIR. 



THE GENESEE FARMER FOR 1864. 



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The Eighteenth Annual Fair of the Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation of Canada West was held at Kingston, Sept. 22-26. 



Usu.tlly the Exhibiiions in Canada West are in many 

 respects eCiUal to any on the continent, and in the show 

 of wheat and mutton sheep, superior to anything in the 

 United States. This year the exhibition was not as good 

 as usual. The show of wheat, which is usually to us one 

 of the most interesting features of the Fair, was not 

 equal to last year. Still there was a fine display. The 

 total entries for wheat and other grain amounted to 512 ! 

 At our own State Fair they were not a hundred. 



New York must bestir herself. Look at the list of en- 

 tries, at the Canada Fair as compared with the New York 



State Fair at Utica : 



N. T. 

 Canada. State, 



Entries of Horses, 381 227 



Entries of Cattle, 401 165 



Entries of Sheep, 484 | 



Entries of Pigs, Iii6 V 267 



Entries of Poultry 189 ) 



Entries of Wheat and Grain, S12"| 



Entries of Poot and Field Crops 2S5 ! ^g^ 



Entries of Horlicullural products, vegetables, plants f 



and flowers, 582 J 



Entries of AgriouUural I nplements 149 1 g^g 



Entries of A"}!rieultural Iniplements, for hand, 107 ) 



Entries in Arts Departmeni and Miscellaneous, 1 ,142 616 



Total entries, 4,338 2,064 



The fact is, the active, enterprising young men who 

 usually do so much towards making our Fairs interesting 

 are gone into the army. Farmers are very busy, help is 

 scarce, and they have not time to exhibit. 



The above figures are quite complementary to Canadian 

 farmers. Thetr Fair was not as good as usual, but it was 

 nevertheless one that they may well feel proud of. 



The show of horses was excellent, especially for road- 

 sters and carriage horses. 



Of cattle, there was a fine display— the Ayrshires being 

 most numerous, and the Shorthorn next. Herefords are 

 attracting more notice in Canada, and there were some 

 splendid animals on the grounds. There were fifty-four en- 

 tries of Galloways. This hardv, black Bace of cattle has 

 obtained a firm foot hold in the Province and is rapidly 

 spreading. 



The show of sheep, as usual, was magnificent. There 

 were two hundred and forty nine entries of Leicesters, 

 Cotswolds and other long wooled sheep. South Downs 

 were not so numerous. There were but forty-seven en- 

 tries. • We suspect that the large sheep, which fatten 

 more rapidly are more profitable than the South 

 Down. The mutton is decidely inferior to the latter, and 

 in the London market sells for one cent a pound less than 

 the Soatli Down. In New York, where many of the 

 fat Canadian sheep are sold, there is no difference in 

 price, and consequently the large Leicesters and Cots- 

 wolds are the most profitable breed. How long this will 

 continue is a matter of uncertainty. The majority of 

 people prefer quantity to quality, and it is certain that 

 Cotswold mutton can be produced cheaper than South 

 Down. 



There was but a small show of pigs, but there were 

 many pens of excellent Yorkshire and otber large breeds, 

 as well as of Suflolks, Improved Berksbires and other 

 small breeds. 



