1848. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



103 



STOVES. 

 Best cooking stove for wood fire Silyer medal 



2d best 5 



Best cooking stoye for coal Silver medal 



2d best 5 



Best parlor stove, Silver medal 



2d best 5 



Best apparatus for warming dwellings and public buildings, 



Silver medal 

 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 

 Best iron gate for farm purposes Silver medal 



do ornamental cast iron vase on pedestal " 



do water pipe of water lime, &c. " 



do sample drain tile " 



do drain tile or pipe draining machine Dip. and 10 



do quarter of acre osier willow and the specimen of pro- 

 duct manufactured 5 

 Best wire hurdle fence Silver med. 

 Best water ram or other hydraulic apparatus " 



For improvements in machinery useful to the farmer and 

 having valuable properties, discretionary premiums will be 

 awarded. 



DISCRETIONARY PREMIUMS, 

 Will be awarded for articles of merit exhibited by Me- 

 chanics, in nil the various brandies — and it is hoped that a 

 general exhibition will be made. 



Plate will be substituted for money preminms in all cases, 

 at the request of the whmer. 



GRAIN. 



Best sample Indian com, 5 

 bushels. 5 ; 2d do 3 



Best sample winter wheat 



not less than 6 bushels, 

 2d best 

 Best sample spring wheat 



5 bushels. 5 ; 2d do 

 Best sample rye, 5 bushels. 

 2d best 



Best sample oats, 5 bush. 

 2d best 



Best sample barley. 5 bu. 

 2d best 



TO BREEDERS. 

 To the breeders of the best bull over three years old in Durham, 



Hereford. Devon, and Ayrshire classes, each a Diploma 



« FOREIGN STOCK 



Cattle. 

 Best bull over 3 years of | Best cow over 3 years, dip. & 25 



Best sample buckwheat. 1 



bushel 3 ; 2d do 

 Best sample flax seed, 1 bu. 

 2d best 

 Best sample hops, not less 



than 25 lbs. .5 ; 2d do 

 Best sample timothy seed, 



1 bushel 3 ; 2d do 



any breed 

 2d best 15 ; 3d do 

 Best bull 2 years old, 

 2d best 10 ; 3d do 

 Best bull 1 year old 

 2d best 5 ; 3d do 

 Best bull calf 

 2d best 



dip & 25 I 2d do 15 ; 3d do 10 



10 I Best heifer 2 years dip. & 16 



dip & 15 I 2d best 10 ; 3d do 5 



5 Best 1 year old heifer dip & 10 



dip & 10 I 3d best 5 ; 2d do 3 



3 I Best heifer calf dip &. 5 



dip & 5 2d best 3 



Horses. 

 Best stallion over 3 years I Best brood mare dip. Sc 25 



diploma & 25 2d best 15 ; 3d do 8 



2d do 15 ; 3d do 8 ; 4th, Youatt | 4th best Youatt 



SHEEP.— Lo7i?-i«ooZerf. 

 dip. & 10 I Best pen 5 buck lambs dip. &10 

 dip. & 10 I do pen 5 ewe lambs dip. &. 10 

 Miitdle-wpoled. 



dip & 10 I Best pen 5 buck Iambs dip & 10 

 dip & 10 I do pen 5 ewe lambs dip & 10 

 Merhios and th'ir grades. 



dip & 10 I Best pen 5 buck lambs dip & 10 

 dip &. 10 I do pen 5 ewe lambs, dip & 10 

 Saxons and their grades. 



dip & 5 I Best pen 5 buck lambs dip & 10 

 dip & 10 I do pen 5 ewe lambs dip & 10 



Best buck, 

 do pen 5 ewes 



Best buck 

 do pen 5 ewes 



Best buck 

 do pen 5 ewes 



Best buck 

 do pen 5 ewes 



PREMIUMS OPEN TO ALL.— Co^ie, 



Best bull over 3 years old, 

 do bull 2 years old. 

 do bull 1 year old, 

 do bull calf. 



Best stallion 



p. 1 Best cow over 3 years old. 

 p. I do heifer 2 years old. 



dip. I 

 dip- I 



Best long wooled buck, 

 do middle-wooled buck, 

 do Merino buck, 

 do Saxon buck, 

 do pen 5 ewes, long wool. 



dip 

 di. 



do 1 year old, 

 do heifer calf. 

 Horses. 

 dip. I Best brood mare 



Sheep. 

 dip. I Best pen 5 ewes, mid. wool, 

 dip. I do pen 5 ewes, Merinos, 



dip. I do pen 5 ewes, Saxons, 

 dip. do pen 5 buck lambs, aip. 

 dip. 1 do pen 5 ewe lambs, dip. 



No animals can compete for the premiums in this class, 

 unless entered on the morning of the 12th of September by 

 10 A. M. This class is open to prize animals who have 

 heretofore taken the first premiums of the Society ; and 

 animals can be entered for this class, which are also entered 

 in other classes for competition. 



Cl5= Diplomas and Medals are Awa«dkd bt the Sbciett as 



SVIDENCE ONLY Or SUPERIOR MERIT. 



Agricultural Geology. 



BY. J. HALL. 



Niagara Group — Geodiferious Lime Rock 

 and Calciferous Slate, of Eaton. Lockport 

 Limestone, and Rochester Shale, of the Annual 

 Reports of the Fourth District. 



This group consists of two distinct members, 

 a shale and limestone, which, possessing many 

 features in common, are recognized as the pro- 

 ducts of one period; during which, however, 

 there was an important change in the lithological 

 products, and a less one in the organic forms. — 

 The shale continues a very uniform deposit 

 throughout the whole extent of the district, while 

 the liiTiestone, from a thin, dark-colored con- 

 cretionary mass, becomes an extensive and con- 

 spicuous rock constantly increasing in thickness 

 in a westerly direction, even far beyond the limits 

 of the State. The Cataract of Niagara is pro- 

 duced by the passage of the river over this lime 

 stone and shale ; and from being a well known 

 and extremely interesting point, as well as ex- 

 hibiting the greatest natural development of these 

 rocks within the limits of the State, this name is 

 adopted for its designation. 



The meinbers of this group are : 1. Argil- 

 aceous, or (in many localities) argillo-calcareoua 

 shale. 2. Limestone, presenting several differ- 

 ent varieties. 



Niagara Shale. — The lower part of the 

 Niagara group exhibits a great development of 

 dark, bluish shale, which on exposure gradually 

 changes to grey or ashen color, and forms a 

 bluish or greyish marly clay. In this state, it is 

 undistinguishable from the ordinary clays ; and 

 its outcropping edges, where long weathered, are 

 often considered as claybeds. This character is 

 well exhibited at Lockport, on the northern slope 

 of the terrace where the canal and railroad have 

 been excavated ; and also at numerous localities 

 in Wayne and Monroe counties. The depth of 

 tint in the clay differs according to degree of ex- 

 posure, the outer portions becoming of the usual 

 yellowish-brown color of the ordinary soils. 



When freshly excavated, the mass is tough, 

 and breaks irregularly, some portions only ex- 

 hibiting a slight tendency to slaty structure. — 

 After weathering for a short time, it cracks in 

 all directions, and soon falls into innumerable 

 angular fragments, when the disintegration goes 

 on till it forms the soft clay. This change seems 

 due to the intimate mixture and decomposition 

 of iron pyrites in the rock ; and its presence is 

 also indicated by the production of sulphate of 

 alumina, on dect»m position in favorable situa- 

 tions, and upon calcination. In color, aspect, 

 manner of weathering, and other properties, it 

 closely resembles the shale of the upper part of 

 the Hamilton group in the Fourth District. — 

 Neither are micaceous, and both are slightly 

 calcareous, probably from the great eunouut of 



