1848. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



229 



The Statk Faik. — Lant Call! — As lliis number of the 

 Farmer v.ill reach most of our Western New York readers 

 several days previous to the commencement of llie Grand 

 8how at Bulialo— to be held on the 5th, Gth and 7lh of this 

 month — we again call attention to it, and give some ad- 

 ditional pariiculars. We are informed that preparations 

 are being made on the most extensive scale for the accom- 

 modation of the Society, exhibitors and visilors. The 

 oflicers and many active members of the Society, aided by 

 numerous enterprising citizens of Buffalo, are zealously 

 laboring to arrange the Show Ground, buildings, tenis, 

 &c., in the best manner. We hope that every Western 

 New York Farmer, who can consisiently do so, will attend 

 the Fair. Our friends should remember that they are ex- 

 pected to reader tins the best exiuhitioii ever keld in the State. 

 Thousands of strangers from all secliuns of the country, 

 will be present, and expect to see a grand exhibition. Let 

 them not he disappointed — !iut rather surprised at the ex- 

 tent, beauty and variety of the Exhibition, in every de- 

 partment. 



The Annual Address is to be delivered by the Hon. John 

 O. Spencer. It is announced that addresses wjll also be 

 delivered at the meetings to be held during the Fair, by 

 Prof. Norton, of Yale College, Dr. Lee, A. IL Stevens, 

 M. D., of New York, Rev. J. O, Choules, of Riiode Island, 

 and other distinguished gentlemen. 



Regulations for the Fair. — All members of the Society, 

 and all wlio may become members at the lime of the Fair, 

 by the payment of $1, will be furnished with Badges which 

 will admit the person and his wife and children under 21 

 years of age, to the exhibiiinn at all times during the Fair. 

 Tickets to admit a single person 12.j cents. 



All exhibitors af the Fair, must become members of the 

 Society, and have their articles entered at the Business 

 Office, before taking them into I he enclosure. 



All those who intend to compete for the premiums at the 

 Fair, should have their animals and articles on the grounds 

 uHihoutfail, on Monday, the \fh Sepfem'>er, so that they may 

 be arranged and in readiness for examination by the Judges 

 on Tuesday niorrdng. This regulaiion must be strictly ad- 

 iiered to. 



No premiums will be paid on animals or articles taken away 

 before the close of the Fair. 



No animals or ariicles entered for exhib\tiou will be al- 

 lowed to be removed from the grounds, except by permis- 

 sion of the President, until tne close of the Fair. 



Meetings during the week of the Show. — Meetings will be 

 held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday eve- 

 aingsof the Fair, at not less l\v3.n four d'^fferertt jdacei in the 

 city, where Addresses will be delivered, and free conver- 

 sation on the subject of Agriculture, Pomology, &,c. be had. 



Address. — The Annual Address will bo delivered under 

 the Large Tent, at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. 



A Profitable Speech. — A correspondent of the Farmer's 

 Cabinet, says that after hearing an excellent speech from 

 Dr. Darlington, before the Philadelphia Agricultural 

 Society, on the proper use and care of implements, he was 

 induced to make such useful repairs, provide a tool-house, 

 and keep his implements in so much better order than be- 

 fore, " he calculates his savings in wear of tools, since the 

 delivery of that speech, has not been less than $ .50 per an- 

 num ; while the time gained by having everything in its 

 place, was worth as much more" — adding $100 a year to 

 his income. 



Unbranning Machine.— Mr. L. A. Spaulding. an exten- 

 sive miller at Lockpurt, N. Y. has erected one of Mr. S. 

 Bentz's Unbranning Machines, and it has operated with 

 great satisfaction. There is a gain of twelve and a half 

 per cejit of fine flour. It is stated that an appa.-atus for a 

 mill of eight run of stones will not cost mure than 500 dol- 

 lars, exclusive of the patent right. 



Important Discoverv. — The New Orleans Delta says: 

 Mr. Davison, formerly an associate of Dr. i.ardner, inscien- 

 lidc research, has made a very valuable discovery. It is a 

 mode or an apparatus by which meat can be cured at all 

 seasons and in all climates. By this process any person 

 can cure meat thoroughly in three hours in the warmest 

 weather. Some three or four hundred barrels of beef thus 

 I'.ured have lately been shipped from Houston, (Texas) for 

 New York, and some specimens of the same are now in the 

 .\ew Orleans market. This will prove a valuable discov- 

 ery for the South, and will render her entirely independent 

 of the North and West, for her supply of salt meat. 



A Good Suggestion. — We find the following (addressed 

 to the officers of the Livingston County Ag. Society,) in 



laic number of the Livingston Republican — and copy it 

 for the purpose of calling attention to the subject. We 

 think the suggestion a good one. Could some effectual plan 

 be adopted to furnish accurate data of all the staple produc- 

 tions of the Stale, for publication in the Transactions of 

 the State Ag. Society, a very desirable object would be 

 accomplished, and a vast amount of important information 

 be placed before the community : — 



The writer would like to see some system adopted by 

 our State Agricultural Society and County Societies, to as- 

 certain what number of acres of land in the Slate is an- 

 nually sowed to wheat, and the annual product of the 

 same. Tiie writer is aware that it would he equally de- 

 sirable 10 know the quantity of other products within the 

 State, but for the purpose of introducing the system, I 

 now propose only one article, and the way to arrive at it 

 with the least trouble to all farmers, and wiih as much 

 certainty as the case will admit of without much trouble 

 and expense : — Let the Trustees of each school district as- 

 certain from those growing wheal within the district, the 

 number of acres sown, the quantity of wheat sown to the 

 acre, the number of acres destroyed by frost, or any other 

 cause, and the product in bushels, and report the same to 

 the Agricultural Committee of their towns, who will make 

 their report to the County Society. 1 believe the farmers 

 generally get their wheat thrashed out before the society 

 meets in February, at which time the County Society can 

 make up the statement of the product for the past year. 

 The usi^fulnoss of being able to calculate the probable sur- 

 plus, will fully justify the labor necessary to produce the 

 result. Farmer S." 



Preserving Indian Meal during Summer, and is 

 Warm Climates. — A friend who has satisfactorily tested 

 the matter, informs us that tha following recommendation 

 is correct. We copy it from the Patent Office Pteport : 



" The following simple expedient has been published as 

 from good authority, and has moreover been attested as 

 likewise applicable to rye. It was communicated to the 

 New York Farmers' Club, by a gentleman who had been 

 for twenty-five years in ihe ship store business. He says 

 that he formerly found much ilifficulty in furnishing corn 

 meal that would keep sweet on long voyages, and in warm 

 climates. On mentioning the difficulty to Zenas Coffin, 

 Fsq. one of the oldest whaleman of Nantucket, he was in- 

 forme.i bv him that there was no difficulty in keeping corn 

 meal sweet for a three year voyage, by pulling a beach 

 stone, the size of a large paving stone, in the centre of a 

 hogshead of meal and hooped tight, and for a barrel, a stone 

 four or five inches in diameter and made tight. Experi- 

 ments were then made in regard to meal to Rio Grande and 

 other southern ports, by sending the meal with the stone 

 and also without the stone, and on the return of the ship, 

 it was found that the meal with the stone in the centre of 

 the cask kept sweet, while Ihe meal without it was spoiled 

 — sour. It is necessary to have the cask water-tight. The 

 same gentleman likewise stated that corn meal in tight 

 rum puncheons when sent to the West Indies will keep 

 sweet, while in a common flour barrel it will spoil." 



Agricultural Fairs to be held this Fall. — We give 

 below the time and place designated for holding Fairs the 

 present fall. Our list is comparatively incomplete, as we 

 have received no definite information from many of the 

 County Societies in this State : — 



New York State, Buffalo, Sept. 5, fi and 7. 



American Institute, N. Y. City, Oct. 3, (3 weeks.) 



Fulton County, Johnstown, Oct. 4 and 5. 



Jeffers-on " Watertown, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Orleans " Albion, Sept. 2S and 29. 



Oneida " Clinton, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Ontario " Canandaigua, Oct. 10 and II. 



Oswego, " Pulaski, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Otsego " Cooperstown, Sept. 28 and 29. 



Monroe " Rocliester. Oct. 4 and 5. 



Rensselaer " Troy, Sept. 20 and 21. 



Saratoga " Ballston Spa., Sept. 26 and 27. 



Seneca ' ' Seneca Falls, Oct. 5 and 6. 



Wyoming " Warsaw, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Yates " Penn Yan, Sept. 29 and 30. 



Windsor Co., Vt., No. Springfield, Oct. 4 and 5. 



Prov. Ass'n, C. W., Cobourg, Oct. 3, 4, 5 and 6. 



Mahoning Co., Ohio, Canfield, Oct. 3 and 4. 



