1847. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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For the best managed entire flock of sheep of not less than 



100, to be awarded at the annual meeting in 1848,.. .$30 

 Second best, $20 | Third best,.... $10 



The applicants for these premiums will be required to fur- 

 nish the iSociety with the following information, viz : — 



1st. The kind and quantity of food, and its value. 



2d. The quantity and quality of wool — this to be deter- 

 mined by its being submitted to the stapling of some respect- 

 able manufacturing establishment, whose certificate shall 

 acc(mipany the application for the premium. 



3d. The number of the increase. 



4tli. Kind of sheep, and the number of ewes, wethers, 

 and bucks. 



5th. The value of sheep when fattened, and the value of 

 lambs for the butcher. 



Comjyetition from persons not resident of the State. 

 Premiums of Plate, Medals, and Diplomas, will be award- 

 ed on — 

 The best bull of any breed, 3 years old. 



2 

 On the best cow, 3 years old. 

 heifer, 2 

 " " 1 year old. 



" yoke of working oxen. 

 " pair fat cattle. 

 " stallion. 

 •' brood mare. 

 " pair matched horses. 

 " buck, long or middle wooled. 

 " " fine wool. 



" pen of Merino and Saxony ewes, not less 

 than 5 each. 



B. P. Johnson, Sec'y. 

 Any information desired by persons who intend to com- 

 pete for premiums, will be furnished by the Secretary, on 

 application, and he solicits free and full inquiries from all 

 who are desirous of competing at the Fair, or of presenting 

 articles for exhibition. 



To Wool Growers. 



Numerous liberal minded persons, interested 

 in the wool business, having placed funds at our 

 disposal for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, 

 we shall, on the first day of October next, award 

 and pay the following premiums, viz : 



Ten gold medals, worth ten dollars each, for 

 the ten entire clips of most valuable fleeces for 

 clothing purposes. 



Ten gold medals, worth ten dollars each, for 

 the ten entire clips of most valuable fleeces for 

 combing or worsted purposes. 



Ten premiums, of ten dollars each, for the ten 

 best conditioned entire clips of Sa.xony wool. 



Ten premiums, of same amount, for the ten 

 best conditioned entire clips of Merino wool. 



Ten premiums, of same amount, for the ten 

 best conditioned entire clips of Merino grade wool. 



Ten premiums, of same amount, for the ten 

 best conditioned entire clips for combing fleeces. 



All wool growers throughout the United States 

 are invited to compete for them. 



All bales of wool designed for our care should 

 have the name of the owner or grower plainly 

 written or printed on them in full, together with 

 our address, as follows : Perkins & Brown, 

 Sjjringjield, Mass. 



All lots of wool intended to compete for the 

 premiums, sliould reach us by the first of August 

 next. Growers may receive premiums, if their 

 wool be put up and marked separately, even 

 though their wool come through the merchant or 



other wool dealer. Any farther contributions 

 from wool growers, or other public spirited per- 

 sons, will be expended in preparing the mcl h. 

 publishing a report, and in additional premiums. 

 All editors of periodicals throughout the United 

 States, friendly to agricultural pursuits, are re- 

 spectfully requested to publish. 



Perkins «fe Brown. 

 Springjleld, Mass., April, 1847. 



LARGE PREMIUM FOR A SINGLE FLEECE. 



To all enterprising Wool Growers throughout 

 the United States, very respectfully : — Being de- 

 sirous of improving my stock of sheep, and anx- 

 ious to not diminish the quantity while improving 

 the quality of the wool ; and consequently wish- 

 ing to ascertain where the really greatest produ- 

 cers of fine wool can be found, I cordially invite 

 your attention to the following notice : 1 will de- 

 posit at the wool depot of Perkins & Brown, at 

 Springfield, Massachusetts, a fleece of wool of 

 07ie yeafs growth, to be shorn from a two year 

 old ram, and with it fifty dollars, to be awarded 

 as a premium to any wool grower who will send 

 to said depot, by or before the first of ninth month 

 (September) next, a Reece positively of one yearns 

 growth, shorn from a txoo year old ram, which 

 shall equal the one deposited by myself in quali- 

 ty, and exceed it in quantity ybwr ounces net wool. 

 The amount of net wool to be ascertained by be- 

 ing submitted to the cleansing process by such 

 manufacturer as the conductors of the depot shall 

 agree with, and a list of the names of the com- 

 petitors published, with the weights of their re- 

 spective fleeces in net wool annexed. 



Wm. H. Ladd. 

 Richmond, Jefferson Co., O., 5th Mo., 11, '47. 

 P. S. The excess required should not have 

 been more than one ounce, had not the fleece 

 been materially diminished by cutting samples. 

 Should there be more than one entitled to the 

 premium, by fulfilling the foregoing provisions, 

 the premium will be awarded to the competitor 

 whose fleece (other things being equal) exceeds 

 by the greatest quantity. W. H. L. 



Transportation op Cattle and Sheep on 

 Railroads. — The Railroad Journal gives the 

 following important information derived from sta- 

 tistics of cattle and sheep sent to and consumed 

 in the London market, with the former loss in 

 driving now saved by the adoption of railway 

 conveyance : 



"It appears that the average loss of flesh in 

 driving cattle to London market, for a distance 

 equal to the railroad conveyance noticed, is 40 

 pounds each. The number conveyed was 220,- 

 000, and the consequent saving of flesh 8,800,- 

 000 lbs. The average loss of driving sheep as 

 compared with railway conveyance, is 8 pounds 

 each, equaling 10,000,000 lbs. of flesh, which at 

 8 cents per pound would amount to SI,. 504, 000. 

 The time saved is more than equal to the freight. 



