1847. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



213 



Fair of the State Agricultural Socitey. 



OiTR fnen.-is will bear in mind that the Fair is 

 to be held on the 14th, 15th and 16th of this 

 month, at Saratoga Springs. Notwithstanding 

 the location, we hope Western New York will 

 be well represented. We annex such informa- 

 tion relative to the arrangements as we have ob- 

 '.ained since last month : — 



gj^ The Railroad Companies hfitween Buffilo and Sara- 

 toga will convey passengers to and from Saratoga at one 

 HaIk the usual fare. Stock, Implements, &c., will be 

 forwarded free of charge. Persons wishing to send stock, 

 Arc. from this section should apply to Wm. Wilev, Ksq., 

 at the Railroad Office in Rochester. A freight train for 

 the transportation of Stock and Implements will leave Ro- 

 chester at .5 o'clock, A. M., Sept. 11th. Every thing in- 

 tended for this train must be at the Depot as early as 8 P. 

 BI. of the previous day — Friday, the lOlh. 



O' The Rail Roads from Saratoga to Schenectady and 

 Troy, are un iergoinga thorough repair, and the board have 

 assurances that tliey will afford every facility which can be 

 expected from thorn in the transportation of stock as well 

 as visiiors to the Fair. 



[HP Persens intending to send stock and articles for F.x- 

 hibiiion by the Albany & Schenectady Rail Road are desir- 

 ed to communicate with C. L. Lynde Esq. Superintendent 

 at the office of the company Albany. Articles shonld be 

 directed to his care, with plain and ful' directions. Those 

 intending to send by way of Troy, will direct to the care 

 of Jonathan Edwards, Esq., President Troy &. Greenbush 

 Rail Road. Greenbush, and with full directions. All arti- 

 cles left to the care of either of the gentlemen above nam- 

 ed, will be foru nrded without delay. 



(O' Those wlio intend to compete for premiums should 

 remembe? that all animals and articles must be ready for 

 examination on the first day of the Exhibition — that is, on 

 Tuesday, the fuurtemth of September. The first day will 

 be devoted exclusively to the examination by the judges of 

 tko animals and articles exhibited, and no persons will be 

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

 cers of the society, judges, and exhibitors. 



O' Judges appointed for the Fair are desired to be pres- 

 ent at Saratoga on Monday the 13th. 



0° The proprietors of the Hotels, (fcc, at Saratoga, 

 have agreed to charge only their usual rates for board du- 

 ring the State Fair — from 75 cents to $2 00 per day. 



Agricultural Fairs for 1847. 



Agricultural Fairs are to be held, this Fall, 

 as follows. From other Societies we have not 

 received information. 



New York State, Saratoga Springs, Sept. 14, 1.5, 16. 



Cayuga County, Auburn, Oct. ^i, 7. 



Erie " Buffalo. Sept. 22, 23. 



Genesee " Stafford. Oct. 7, 8. 



Jefferson " Watertown, Sept. 9. 10. 



Livingstm " Geneseo. Sept. 28. 



Monroe " Rochester, Sept. 22, 23. 



Ontario " Canandaigua, Oct. 12, 13. 



Oneida " New Hartford, Sept. 23, 24. 



Orleans •' Albion, Sep. 3), Oct. 1. 



Seneca " Ovid, Oct. 14, 15. 



Saratoga " Ballston Spii, Sept. 8. 



Wayne " Lyons, Oct. 6. 7. 



Wyoming " Warsaw, Sept. 23, 30. 



Yates '• Penn Yan, Oct. 1. 



Vernon Ceator, Vernon Center, Oct. G. 



FAIRS IN OTHER STATES AND CANADA. 

 Caledonia County, Vt., St. Johnsbufc-g Plain, Oct. 7. 

 Rutland " '• Rutland, Sept. 29,30. 



Worcester " Mass. Worcester, Sept. 2i. 



Provincial Ag. Assoc'n, Hamilton, C. W., Oct. 6, 7. 



Winter-killed Wkat, &c. 



Mr. Editor : — As this is a subject of great 

 importance, suffer me to give you a kw thoughts 

 on it, in addition to those offered by " W. S." in 

 the June number of the Fartner. 



Tn all parts of the country which I have visited, 

 this calamity has befallen the farmer and his crop. 

 In some places I have seen acres with scarcely a 

 root alive, and what few have stood the frost are 

 so blighted and stunted by the heaving of the 

 main roots out of the ground, as to look sickly, 

 and stand a fine chance for receiving the seeds 

 of parasitic plants, [ru.st and mildew.] As far as 

 my observation extends, one-fourth of the present 

 year's crop has been destroyed, or greatly in- 

 jured, by this cause. I agree with your corres- 

 pondent that " if a thorough system of draining 

 was adopted, and all the superabundant water 

 drawn off, very little winter-killed wheat would 

 be seen." But a_ method which I have practiced 

 to some extent nearly eradicates the evil: this is to 

 plow the ground deep, and put it into small lands, 

 leaving the dead furrows deep, and then cleaning 

 them out thoroughly with a shovel and plow. 



This, at first thought, would seem to be an im- 

 mense deal of work ; but it is not. Let tke fur- 

 rows run towards the main ditch, or natural water 

 course, then the loose earth plowed out, and last- 

 ly go through with a long crooked handled shovel, 

 and clean them thoroughly out. A man can 

 clean from four to six^ acres in a day, and do his 

 work well. Many farmers have tried landing up 

 for wheat, and have not paid any attention to 

 cleaning out the water courses, and have failed, 

 and had their wheat killed as bad as ever. 



I have raised excellent wheat on land that was 

 naturally covered with water three-fourths of the 

 year. I think that it is of great importance on 

 such lands that wheat should be sown very early 

 in the season — as soon as the last week in Au- 

 gust or first of September, so that it may get a 

 good root, and grow deep in the soil. I suppose, 

 too, that if wheat gets up thick and covers the 

 ground, it will protect the soil sufiicient to keep 

 it from heaving with the frosts of spring. If this 

 method of putting in wheat be adopted, together 

 with feeding the crop with manures adapted to it,. 

 — such as gypsum, linie, ashes, and other ingre- 

 dients of the crop — we shall hear much less of 

 our wheat being winter-killed. 



Yours, as ever, F. W. L. 



Greece, Monroe Co., 1847. 



MoKROE County Fair. — Our friends in this section will 

 not forget that they are expected to attend the Fair, on the 

 22d and 23d of this month, and to bring whatever they may 

 have that will add interest to the exhibition. The Cattle 

 Show will be on the 22d. The exhibition of Fruits, Veg- 

 etables, Butter and Cheese, together with all articles under 

 the head of " Ladies' Department," will be held in connec- 

 tion with the Horticultural Society, in Minerva Hall, on 

 t1ie23.. [For Premium Lis', &c., see Rofhester weekly 

 papers, and show bills.] 



