1847 



GENESEE FARMER. 



19a 



Soils and Timber. 



I HAVE remarked that a lime on flinty soil is 

 most congenial for winter wheat. I wish to ask 

 some of the correspondents of the Genesee Far- 

 mer to state the reasons why a hemlock soil 

 will not also produce winter wheat, as well as 

 spring grain? Or I will ask why the natural 

 timber in some places is beech, maple and hem- 

 lock, while in others beech and maple? — and 

 again in others, handsomely sprinkled with oak 

 and whitewood, — again, pine and oak, — and 

 again, all oak, even in the same town? Also, 

 the most profitable agricultural products the far- 

 mer may cultivate on these various soils? 



Yours, &;c., Wm, Brown. 



East Pembroke, N. Y., 1847. 



Hall at Wyoming. 



The above cut represents the front elevation 

 ©f a dwelling, in the castellated style, to be erec- 

 ted the ensuing summer at Wyoming, near Bos- 

 ton. It measures 75 by 36 feet. The walls are 

 rough stone, and the flat roof is covered with 

 bricks, one inch thick, laid in cement. The 

 gothic doorway opens into a hall 32 by 10 feet. 

 On the left of the hall is a drawing-room .32 by 

 22 feet, 16 feet high. On the right, are a libra- 

 ry, dining-room, and two bed rooms ; above are 

 eight spacious bed-rooms. The location of this 

 mansion is well adapted to the style of its archi- 

 tecture, being on high ground, fronting a lawn 

 of five acres in extent, and overlooking one of 

 the most beautiful lakes in New England. 



Wyoming is seven miles north of Boston, and 

 was about a year since laid out in lots for orna- 

 mental cottages and villas. It comprehends a 

 great variety of scenery — hill, dale, open lawn, 

 dense forest, extensive lake, murmuring brooks, 

 and cascades rushing down romantic glens — well } 

 deserving a name so immortalized by the poet 

 Campbell. ! 



The building now presented to the notice of! 

 our readers was designed by William Bailey j 

 Long, author of " Views of Highland Cottages," 

 which work is for sale at the store of Messrs. 

 Clark and Austin, No. 205 Broadway, New York. 

 Anier. AgrkuUurist. 



The Wheat Crop, in We^ern New York, 

 yields much better than was anticipated. The 

 weather, for three or four weeks past, has been 

 •very favorable for wheat. 



Agricultural Fairs for 1847. 



N. Y. State Ag. Society. — The next Annua] Exhibit^sr 

 of this Society will be held at Saratoga Springs, on the 

 14th, 15ih, and IGth days of September next. Hon. Sila.s 

 Wright in to deliver the Address, [for list of Judges, an>:! 

 other information, see page 194.] 



[Ij= Those who intend to compete for premiums shouk' 

 remember that all animals and articles must be ready for 

 examination on the Jirsl day of the Exhibition — that is, or. 

 Tuesday, (he fourteenth of September. The first day wil' 

 be devoted exclusively to the examination by the judges ol 

 the animals and articles exhibited, and no persons will be 

 admitted within tlie enclosure on that day, except the offi- 

 cers of the society, judges, and exhibitors. 



Erie County.— The F'air is to be held at Buffalo, on th."- 

 22d and 2:5d days of September. Address by O. Allek, 

 Esq., President of the Society. We notice that there are 

 seventeen classes of premiums offered by this Society, em- 

 bracing all descriptions of live stock, field crops, dairy pro- 

 duce, implements, fruits, tkc. 



Senkc A CocNTY. — The Annual Fair is to be held at O vj(i . 

 on the 14ih and 15th of October. We are indebted to the 

 President, J. Delafielp, Esq., for a pamphlet cont.ainiBi 

 the list of premiums, which are numerous and liberal. 



Yates County. — Annual Fair to be held in Pen Yan or. 

 the 1st of October. The list of premiums is very extensive 

 embracing all branches of agriculture, horticulture, &;c. — 

 The Address will be delivered by Dr. Daniel Lee, Edito- 

 Genesee Farmer. 



Oneida County. — The 7th .Vnnual Fair and Show oT 

 this Society is to be held at New Hartford, on the 23d and 

 24th of September next. The Secretary, James Rkes, Esq., 

 has favored us with a pamphlet containing rules, prcraiuia 

 list, &c. The list is extensive and liberal. 



Wyoming County. — The Show and Fair is to be held a: 

 Warsaw, September 29lh and 3(tth. We have not received 

 the premium list. 



Jefferson County.— The Annual Fair is to be held a; 

 Watertown, September9th and 10th. Address by Dr. Dan- 

 iel Lee. 



Cayuga County. — The Annual Fair will be held at Al- 

 bum, on the 6th and 7th days of October next. The ad- 

 dress is to be delivered by B. P. Johnson, Esq., on th? 

 first day of the exhibition. 



Genesee County. — The eighth annnal Show and Fai- 

 ls appointed to be held at Staiford, October 7th and 8tlu — 

 The Society has offered premiums amounting to upwards ot 

 $500, on 2-00 enumerated articles. 



Ontario Cou.nty. — We are indebted to Oliver Phelp?, 

 Esq.. for a copy of the Premium List, &c., for lb'47. The 

 Cattle Show and Fair is to be held at Canandaigua, on thp 

 12th and IStli days of October. As usual the premiums are 

 liberal and extensive. No speaker yet selected. 



LiviNGfeTON County. — The Annual Fair (and Meeting for 

 the election of Officers,) is to be held at Genesco, on the 

 28th of September. The Secretar>', B. F. Angel, Ef"<|,, 

 has our thanks for a copy of the Premium List, &c. 



Orleans County. — The Society is to hold its next F d* 

 at Albion, on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st. 

 Arad Thomas, Esq., of Albion, has been designated te 

 deliver the annual address. For these particulars we a-? 

 indebted to H. J. Sickles, Esq., P. M. at Albion. 



Saratoga County. — Show to be held at the village ;f 

 Dallston Spa, on the 8th of September next. 



QU' The Societies in Monroe, Onondaga and Wayae 

 countie-i have not yet designated the time, &c., of holding 

 their Exhibitions. From other counties we have no infor- 

 mation. Secretaries of the Societies not mentioned above 

 will oblige us by forwarding Premium Lists, &;c., a-s early 



as practicable. M. 



FAIRS IN OTHER STATES AND CANADA. 



Caledonia County, Vt. — Fair to be held at St. Johr.i- 

 bury Plain, October 7th. 



Rutland ('ounty. Vt.— The Exhibition will be hcW if. 

 Rutland, on the 29th and 30th of September. 



Worcester County, Mass. — This Society holJs its an- 

 nual Exhibition on the 23d of September next, at Worcester. 



Canada West. — The Provutcial Agriculture/ Association 

 is to bold its next Exhibition in tlie City of Hamilton, or 

 the 6th and 7th days of OcUjber, 



