No. 12. 



The late Frost— the Wheat Crop. 



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offered, are considered ; yet it should be re- 

 membered that the sale was positive, and 

 that there was no underbidding-, or buying- in. 



COWS. 



Flora— 8 years old, J. B. Nott, Guil- 

 derland, $215 



Moss Rose — 8 y'rs, J. W. Wheeler, 

 Hyde Park, 140 



Catharine— 6 yr's, M. Bates, N. York, 105 



Snow Ball — 11 years, E. H. Smith, 

 Smithtown, L. I. 110 



Melissa — 8 years, W. S. Packer, 



Brooklyn, 120 



Cora — 4 years, Dr. J. McNaughton, 

 Albany, 125 



Daisy— 7 years, " " " 105 



Diana — 6 y'rs, J. W. Bishop, Berk- 

 shire CO. Mass. 155 



Charlotte— 5 y'rs, do. do. 190 



Ada — 4 y'rs, R. H. Green, Winslow, 

 Me. 170 



Appolonia — 10 y'rs, J. P. Brayton, 

 Bethlehem, 160 



Louisa — 5 y'rs, R. H. Green, Wins- 

 low, Me. 150 



Splendor— 11 y'rs, W. S. Packer, 



Brooklyn, 190 



Jenny — 4 y'rs, Edward H. Smith, 105 



Aurora — 10 y'rs, J. B. Nott, Guilder- 

 land, 145 



Miss Smith— 8 y'rs, P. W. Tuthill, 80 



HEIFERS AND HEIFER CALVES. 



Caty — 11 months, W. S. Packer, 



Brooklyn, $100 



Comely— 4 months, Wm. Kelly, 



Rhinebeck, ' 70 



Nun— 3 years, " " 110 



Meg— 1 year, " " 65 



Nell— 3 y'rs, M. Bates, N. York, 225 



Betty — 6 months, Wm. Kelly, 



Rhinebeck, 55 



Rover — 1 year, V, P. Douw, Albany, 70 



Calf, 2 weeks, J. H. Prentice, Brook- 

 lyn, 50 



Calf, 2 months, W. S. Packer, 45 



Burley — 1 year, V. P. Douw, Al- 

 bany, 80 



PejTgv — 3 years, J. P. Brayton, 



Bethlehem, 200 



Peg-ffy 2nd— 4 months, V. P. Douw, 

 Albany, 110 



Ramble — 1 year, W. S. Packer, 



Brooklyn, 75 



Jilt— 10 months, Wm. Kelly, Rhine- 

 beck, 60 



Calf, 1 month, J. P. Walker, 77 50 



BULLS AND BULL CALVES. 



Calf, 1 month, W. S. Packer, Brook- 

 lyn, $ 40 



Blaize — 4 months, R. H. Green, 



Winslow, Me. $55 



Tyro— 5 months, J. B. Nott, Guil- 



derland, 55 



Tecumseh — 1 year, W. S. Packer, 



Brooklyn, 200 



Calf, 2 weeks, J. P. Walker, 30 



Calf, 1 month, W. Kelly, 75 



Duke — 6 months. Gen. Kimball, 



Newfane, Vt. 200 



Calf, 3 days, J. P. Walker, 25 



Timour — 11 months, M. J. Hayes, 



Montreal, 80 



Fairfax— 5 years, W. S. Packer, 205 



$4,622.50 



41 animals, averaging $112.75 



Of the other 9 animals on the catalogue, 

 4 (Matilda, Sally, Judy and Esterville) were 

 reserved by Mr. Prentice, agreeably to the 

 terms of his advertisement; 1 (Caroline) 

 was withdrawn for want of a bid ; 1 cow. 

 (Duchess) and a calf died ; another (Dora) 

 was sick ; and O'Connell, by a vote of the 

 company, unsolicited by Mr. P., was with- 

 drawn. — Cultivator. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 The late Frost— The Wheat Crop. 



Much has been said in the papers of the 

 eflects of the frost which occurred in this 

 section of the country, on the night of the 

 31st ult. Perhaps it would not be uninter- 

 esting to the readers of the Cabinet to have, 

 in a few words, a sketch of what has fallen 

 under my own observation in this neigh- 

 bourhood. 



The day preceding the night on which the 

 frost happened, was cold and rather windy, 

 but the wind falling near night, frost was ex- 

 pected, and some of the more tender things 

 in our gardens, such as beans, &c., were 

 covered by our more careful neighbours. As 

 was expected, there was a frost, and a heavy 

 one; at what point the thermometer stood 

 at sunrise, I am not certain, but believe it 

 was about 30°; one of our neighbours, who 

 lives on the banks of the Brandy wine report- 

 ed his at that temperature. The tenderer 

 plants in the gardens, which were left unco- 

 vered, were cut down to the ground, in the 

 low lands ; beans, one of the easiest affected, 

 suffered the cnost : potatoes, also in many 

 places shared the same fate. The twigs of 

 the locust trees and black walnuts were also 

 observed to be killed, and the grape vines 

 also lost their early twigs and fruit. 



I mention these things to give an idea of 

 the strength of the cold. The corn tields 

 in the low lands, along the course of our 

 small streams, were also severely handled. 



