1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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usual reserve stock. It is probable that France 

 and England will continue, as last year, to trade 

 mutually with each other in wheat, according as 

 the market fluctuates. If the price falls here be- 

 low that in France, the latter will be buyers in 

 our market, and vice versa. 



With regard to the Baltic and Northern coun- 

 tries, with the exception of Russia, the stocks of 

 old wheat are exhausted. Not only had the mer- 

 chants the stimulus of high prices to induce them 

 to ship to the utmost, but the insecurity, and the 

 uncertainty as to what course the war would take, 

 induced them to export to the last quarter to 

 England and France, as the only countries where 

 it would both be safe, and obtain remunerating 

 prices. The crops in those countries are good, 

 and we shall probably get an average quantity 

 from thence, if no untoward events cause a 

 blockade of the Baltic ports. 



We now come to the United States of America ; 

 and if the accounts of the maize crop — and wheat 

 also, in some parts of the Union — be correct, their 

 prices will probably be too high this season to 

 allow of their shipping more at any rate than the 

 usual quantity this season. It is stated in the 

 American papers, that the corn crop (maize) is 

 at least one-fourth deficient, which amounts to 

 125,000,000 bushels, or 15,625,000 quarters.* 

 And, with regard to wheat, in some of the "West- 

 ern States, where the largest quanity is raised, 

 the crop is very deficient — in many cases amount- 

 ing to a total failure. To what extent this may 

 be the case, it is impossible to say ; but, ttiking 

 the deficiency in both crops into account, it must 

 necessarily have its effect upon the price ; and, 

 unless our prices are higlier than theirs, it will 

 materially affect the export of wheat from the 

 States, and also, probably, draw off a consider- 

 able portion of the supplies from Canada, where 

 the crop is represented to be excellent. 



Under these circumstances, I estima tte sup- 

 plies for the next year as follows : — 



Quarters. 



The Northern ports 1,750,000 



Mediterranean 500,000 



Black Sea do 300,000 



rnited States 800,000 



Canada 400,000 



LADY JANE. 



The following beautiful verses, on a favorite Horse, were writ- 

 ten by the late Mrs, Frances S. Osgood : 



0, saw ye e'er creature so queenly, so fine. 

 As this dainty, aerial darling of mine ? 

 With a toss of her mane, that is glossy as jet, 

 With a dance and a prance, and a frolic curvet, 

 She is off ! She is stepping superbly away 1 

 Her dark, speaking eye full of pride and of play. 

 0, she spurns the dull earth with a graceful disdain, 

 My fearless, my peerless, my loved Lady Jane 1 



Her silken ears lifted when danger is nigh. 

 How kindles the light in her resolute eye ! 

 How stately she paces, as if to the sound 

 Of a proud, martial melody playing around, 

 Now pauses at once, 'mid a light caracole, 

 To turn her mild glance on me beaming with soul ', 

 Now fleet as a fairy, she speeds o'er the plain. 

 My darling, my treasure, my own Lady Jane ! 



Give her rein ! let her go ! Like a shaft from the bow. 

 Like a bird on the wing, she is speeding, I trow — 

 Light of heart, lithe of limb, with a spirit all fire, 

 Yet swayed and subdued by my idlest desire — 

 Though daring, yet docile, and sportive but true. 

 Her nature's the noblest that ever I knew. 

 How she flings back her head, in her dainty disdain ! 

 My beauty 1 my graceful, my gay Lady Jane ! 



3,7&u,« 



This may probably be made up to four mil- 

 lions, from the quarters that do not come under 



the sections above given; but I cannot, by any — ,- v , °,- ,„ „ „.f k,. TKJa 



possibility, see where' we can increase that quan- they are^phu.ed_wh_ere^theyjhotdd not^be. JThi^s 



For the New England Farmer. 



FAIR PREMIUMS. 



Mr. Editor : — During the course of twelve or 

 fifteen years of experience and personal observa- 

 tion in regard to the distribution of " premiums " 

 at our annual " Fairs," something has, in regard 

 to merits and demerits, been learned. In going 

 over a board of judges on premiums, of course 

 we must expect that there will ()e about as many 

 different ideas in regard to the articles to be 

 judged as there are men to judge. Of course it 

 will be understood that men acting as committees 

 on premiums, will exercise their judgment in the 

 most judicious manner possible. And yet each 

 one will have his own peculiar way of thinking in 

 the matter to be judged, and will do so in most 

 cases conscientiously. There may be cases in 

 point where men have showed a disposition to 

 vary from this rule, but as a general thing I 

 ^»-i''>vp. tliat an honest judgment is given, though 

 it may err muLy ^:.r^aa fj-om a want of informa- 

 tion on the subject in poincT^ amul. , ^_^a "«oni- 

 mittees" occupy wrong positions — that is to say, 



tity, 

 peace 



unless "a sudden transition from war to is not done by any influence of their own in 

 should restore our Northern trade to its getting the PO-tion as comnn tee men but m^^^^^ 



nf>r>ii<»riime(l clianneis. iiowever, vviin i.iijb «. uau- ——"-o - -o ... .. . ' i.:„^„ 



?Uy :Skd toTe abundant crop,' we shall be^ble in that P^f /^Vd tfl^ o^^t^f ' ' """' 



' - - ■ • ' '' ' exceptions 



we need not fear that prices will materially flue- , o , , . . j , , ^^^^ 



rarlo°ugUout t. J.caso„.-M„.. Lai £,,- ^^ J^^ tT,;ut'«ror Ij^l/^^n,,.. 



awarded at our late " State Fair at New Haven, 

 my attention was called to some points whu-li I 

 have thought wortliy of note. . Tli.' awarding 

 committee on agricultural implements and ma- 

 chines, seem to have lost sight of one important 

 point ; that is, the awanl of premiums appeared, 

 in most cases, to have been given to exlubitors 

 and dealers in fiirm implomentR and machines. 



press. 



*Xhe corn (or maize) crop of last year was 5(50,000,000 

 bushels. 



Happy to Hear it. — Mrs. Frances D. Gage, 

 of St. Louis, delivered the Address before the 

 Washington County Agricultural Society, at its 



late annual show. This is said to be the first in- . .,.♦!„ ^r.^ 



stance of the kind on record. Wish wo had been | Now every man must see at oneo ^th;tt_^^tl>e p^rc- 

 there to listen to her. 



Imiums properly ])clong to tlie invcntore, im- 



