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GENESEE FARMER. 



Oct. 



Gen. Harmon's Merino Buck, "King of Vermont." 



Above we give an engraving of a Merino 

 Buck, owned by Geri. R. Harmon, of Wheat- 

 land, in this county. Gen. H. has quite a flock 

 of Spanish Merinos — among them many fine 

 Paular bucks. They are well worthy an exami- 

 nation by those wishing to improve their stock, 

 without the trouble and expense of importing 

 from abroad. 



Gen. Harmon writes us as follows relative to 

 the animal represented by the engraving : — 



King of Vermont was got by the celebrated 

 buck "Fortune," owned by S. W. Jewett, 

 Esq., of Weybridge, Vermont; his dam was a 

 pure blood Merino, owned by the same. The 

 accompanying drawing was taken when he was 

 nine months old. When thirteen months old 

 King of Vermont sheared 7mic poiitids of clean 

 washed wool. His weight at that time, with the 

 fleece on, was 94 pounds ; at the next shearing 

 his weight was 126 lbs., and he sheared 9 lbs. 

 and 2 ounces of well washed wool. King of 

 Vermont has proved himself an excellent stock 

 getter, as the superior stock of lambs I have got 

 by him will show. 



Reports from almost every section of the 

 Union, speak of the fine promise of the corn 

 crop. A much greater quantity has been plant- 

 ed this season than any previous year, and the 

 harvest must be immense — altogether beyond 

 comparison with any former crop. 



Fair of the State Agricultural Society. 



A LACK of room prevents our offering any ex- 

 tended comments on the leading features of the 

 recent Fair at Saratoga. Last year $4,400 was 

 taken for tickets and membership at Auburn ; 

 , this year, the receipts were -^700 less. As a 

 I whole, the exhibition was meagre. There was 

 I a good display of horses. The Vermont stallion, 

 "Black Hawk," was much admired. The Mor- 

 gan Horse and his stock attracted much atten- 

 tion. There was a fair show of Devon Cattle ; 

 a few fine Durhams and scarcely a half dozen. 

 { Herefords. In Sheep and Swine, we have nev- 

 \ er seen so few competitors at any preceding 

 I State Fair. In Dairy Products the display was 

 ! poorer still. The mechanics of Troy and AI- 

 j bany added largely to the interest of the occa- 

 Isioii by a splendid exhibition of Stoves, Carria- 

 ges, Harnesses, Trunks, Glass Ware, and Agri- 

 cultural Implements. There were several ma- 

 chines for drilling wheat and other seed, some of 

 which, M'e doubt not, will come into general use. 

 The operation of a "hydraulic ram," carried 

 conviction to every mind that it is truly a valua- 

 ble machine. We saw many things worthy of 

 notice which we cannot even name in this num- 

 ber of the Farmer. Senator Dix was very hap- 

 py in his brief eulogy of the lamented Silas 

 Wright. There were a number of gentlemen 

 of distinction from other States. Among them 



