1861. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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Woolen Goods. — Best pair woolen blank ;ts, $6; 2(1 do 4; 3d do, 

 2. Kest ten yards flannel, 6; 2d do, 4; 3d do. 2. Best 10 yards 

 woolen cloth, 10; 2d do, 8; 8d do. 3. Best 15 yards woofen carpet, 

 10; 2d do 8; 31 do, 3. Best hearth rug 5; 2o do, 4; 3d do 3; 4th 

 do. 2; 5th do, S. Sil. Med Best rag carpet, 15 yards, 5; 2d do, 4; 

 3d do, S. Sil Med. 



DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES NO. II. 



Best double carpet coverlet, $5; 2d do. 4; 3d do, 3; 4th do, 2; 

 6th do, 1. Best ten yards ke sey. 5; 2d do, 4; 3d do. 2. Best pair 

 woolen knit stockiuES. 2; 2d do, 1. Best pair woolen wove stock- 

 ings, 2; 2d do, 1. Best pair woolen fringe mittens, 2; 2d do, 1. 

 DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES NO. III. 



Best 10 yards linen, $8; 2d do, 6; 3d do, 4, Btst ten yards linen 

 diaper, 6; 2d do, 4; 3d do. 2. Best 15 yards tow cloth. 5; 2d do, 2, 



Best pair of cotton knit stockings, 2; 2d do, 1. Best pair cotton 

 wove stockings, 2; 2d do, 1. Best pair linen knit stockings, 2; 2d 

 do, 1. Best pair linen wove stockings, 2; 2d do, 1. Best pound 

 linen sewing thread, 2; 2d do, 1. 



Articles in each of these domestic classes to be manufactured 

 within the year— and in all cases the exhibitors must furnish evi- 

 dence that the articles are so manufactured. And no article man- 

 ufactured in factories, or out of the family, will be received in 

 either of the classes ot domestic goods. No, 1. 2. and 3. Exhibitors 

 must accompany their articles with a certificate of their manu- 

 facture in the family, Eud within the year 



Discretionary premiums will be awarded on articlesof merit not 

 included in the above lists, 



MANUFACTURES OTHER THAN DOMESTIC. 



Best piece of black broadcloth, not 1. ss than 2U yards. Diploma. 

 Be^t piece of blue do. Dip. Best piece of woolen carpet, mauufiic- 

 tory, not less than 20 yards. Dip. Best piece of satinet. 20 yards. 

 Dip. Best piece of cotton shirtiug. bl'jached. 20 yards. Di[i. Best 

 piece of cotton shirt ng. unbleached. 20 yards. Dip Best piece of 

 oil clo'h. 10 yards. Dip Best piece of prints, 20 yards Dip Best 

 piece of mousselia de laines, 20 yards, Dip. Best piece of black 

 broadcloth, from American wool, 20 yards. Dip. Best piece of blue 

 do do do. Dip. Best piece of blankets. Dip. Best piece of flannel. 

 Dip. Best piece of woolen shawls, from American wool. Dip. and 

 Sil. Medal. 



Competition open to the world. 



NEEDLE, SHELL, AND WAX WORK. 



Best ornamental needle-work, $3. Best ottoman cover, 3. Best 

 table cover, 3. Best group flowers, 3. Best variety of wor.'ited 

 work, 3. Best fancy chair work with needle, 3, Beet worked 

 cushion and back. 3. Best worked collar and handkerchief 3. 

 Best woolen shawl, 3. Best worked quilts, 3. Best white (juilts, 

 3, Best portfolios worked, 3. Best silk bonnets, 3. B« st straw 

 do, 3. Best lace capes, 3. Best lampstand mats. 3; 2d do. 2. Best 

 ornamental shell work, 3; 2d do, 2; Best specimen of wax flowers, 

 3; 2d do, 2. 



Discietionary premiums will be awarded for articles of merit 

 not included in the above list; and small silver medals, to the 

 number of twenty, may be awarded, and Transactions, Downing 

 or Thomas on Fruits, and Norton's Prize Essay. 

 FLOWERS. 



Professional List.— Greatest variety and quantity of flowers, 

 $5; 2d do, 3. Dahlias — Greatest variety, 5. Best 24 diss milar 

 blooms, 3; 2d do, 2, Best single dahlia, 2. Koics— Greate^t vari- 

 ety, 5. Best 24 dissimilar bloouis. 3; 2d do. 2. P/i/oxrs -Best ten 

 vaiietiej. 3. Best seedling. 2. Feri en at— Greatest variety. Silver 

 Med. Best 12 varieties. 2. Best seedling, 2. Gtriann j-lsttri — 

 Best collection, Sil. Medal; 2d do, 2, Panstcs-Best and greatest 

 variety, 3. Best 24 varieties. 2. 



AMATt.uR List— Greatest variety and quantity of flowers, Sil. 

 Med.; 2d do. 3 7JuA/t(is— Greatest variety, Sil. Med. Best 12 

 dissimilar blooms. 3 Best (3 varieties. 2. Best single varieiy, S, 

 Sil. Med. Koses— Greatest variety, Sil. Med.; 2d do, 2. Best six 

 dissimilar blooms. 3. P/i/oo?;;*- Be.st six varieties, 3. Best three 

 varieties, 2. Best seedling, 2 Fnifnas— Greatest variety, Sil. 

 Med. Best fcedliug. 2 Best six varieties. 3. Best 3 varieties, 2. 

 G'jiman .ds(ers— Best coll ctiou, S. Sil. Med. Pansies— Best and 

 greatest variety. Sil. Med Best 6 x varieties, 2. 



General List — Open to all Compeliturs. — Best collection of 

 green house plants, owned by one person, Sil. Med.; 2d do, 3. 

 Best floral design. Sil. Med.; 2d do, 3. Best floral ornament, Sil 

 Med.; 2d do, 3, Best hand boquet, flat, 3; 2d do, 2. Best hand 

 boquet, round. 3; 2d do. 2 Best basket boquet with handle, Sil. 

 Med. For the most beautitully arranged basktt of flowers, Sil. 

 Mod. Best floral exhibition by any Horticultural Society, Lou- 

 don's EncyclO|iedia of (Jardening. Best exhibition of dried speci- 

 mens of plants, Sil. Med. For newly discovered varieties of plants 

 SU. Med. 



FRUIT. 



Applks. — For the largest and best varieties of good tabic apples, 

 3 of each variety, named and labelled, grown by exhibitor. Dip. & 

 Hovcy's Colored Fruits; 2d do, 5; 3d do. Trans For best twelve 

 varieties of table apples. 6; 2d do. Trans and 2. For best fall 

 seodliug apple, for all purposes, with description of tree, history of 

 its origin, &c., one dozen specimens to be exhibited, 6. Best bas- 

 ket of standard fruits, Sil. Med. 



Fears. — For the largest number of varieties of good pears, named I 

 and labelled, Dip. and llovey's Colored Fruits; 2d do, 5; 3d do, • 

 Trars., For the largest and best collection of autumn pears, 

 named and labelled, Dip and 5; 2d do. Trans, and 2. Best cil- 

 lection of newly introduced pears, with a description, &c., Dip. & I 

 Hovey's Colored Fruits. / 



Peaches— Best six varieties, named and labelled. Dip. and 5; 

 2d do. 3. Best three varieties, named and labelled, 3; 2d do. Tr. 

 Best twelve peaches. 2; 2d do, Trans. Best seedling variety, sil 

 specimens, 3 



Plu.ms.— Best collection of plums, six specimens each variety, 

 Dip and 5; 2d do, 3. Best 4 varieties of good plums. 6 specimens 

 each, 3; 2d do, 2. Best 12 plums, choice variety. 2; 2d do. Trans. 



Nectarines.— Best and largest number of good varieties, six 

 specimens each, 5; 2d do, 2. Best 12 specimens of any good varietv 

 2; 2d do. Trans. ^ 



Quinces —Best 12 quinces of any variety, 3; 2d do, Trans. 



Grapes.- Best and most extensive collection of good native 

 grapes grown in the open air, 5; 2d do. 2. Best 3 varieties of 

 native or toreign grapes, grown under glass three bunches each 

 to be shown. 5; 2d do. 2. Best dish of native grapes. Trans. 



Watermelons —Best specimen of any variety. 3; 2d do, 2. Best 

 colli'Ction of watermelons. 3. 



RIu8Ki\iEi,ON9.— Best specimens of any variety. 3; 2d do, 2. Best 

 collection of muskmelons, 3 



Ckanberbies.- Best peck of domestic culture, 5; 2d do, 3. 



To be accompanied with a fulldescriptionof tht manner of cul- 

 tivation, nature of toil, &o. 



Any premiums may be withheld, in the discretion of the com- 

 mittee, if the samples exhibited are not worthy ot a premium. 



The finit eihibited for which premiums are awarded, to be at 

 the dispos.il of the committee. 



No jierson can receive but a Single premium on the same fruit. 



12voluinef of Downing, coinniou edition, and 12 of 'i houias' 

 Fnut Culturist. will be awarded by the committee iu their discre- 

 tion, for choice fruits not i uiiuurated. 



FOREIGN FRUITS. 



Forb^jst exhibition of cticii variety of fruit named in the above 

 list, h.v persons out i.f the State, Sm. Sil, Med. and 'lians.; 2a do. 

 Downing or Ihomas. 



Volumes of Downing or Thomas will b« awarded by the judges 

 in their discretion, for choice fruits not i numerated. 

 PAINTINGS, DRAWI>G.S, ETC- 



Best specimen of animal painting in oil by American artist, Dip 

 or Sil, Med. Do, do, in water colors. Dip. Best specimen of ani- 

 mal painting in oil. by foreign artisi. Dip. Do do, in water colors 

 Dip. Best specimen of cattle drawing. Dip Best drawing tif show 

 grounds for Society, Dip Best portrait of some animal of merit 

 of an improved breed, (the painting to be the property of the So- 

 ciety, on approval by executive committee,) J.2o. Best S| ecimeu 

 of paintings of fruit. Dip. Best daguerreotype of auj domestic 

 animal Uip. 



STOVES. 



Cooking. — Best cooking stove for wood fire, Sil. Med.; 2d do, S. 

 Sil. Med. Best cooking stove for coal. Sil. Med.; 2d do, S. S. Med. 

 Best cooking range for families. Sil Med.; 2d do, S. S. Med. 



Best furnace or other apparatus for warming houses economy 

 of construction and consumption of fuel, and security to premises 

 to be taken into consideration, Sil. Med. 



Best ornamental parlor stove, Sil. Med.; 2d do, S. S. Med. Best 

 hill stove, Sil. Med.; 2d do, S. S. Med. Best sample of hollow 

 ware, S. S. Med. 



SILVER WARE, CUTLERY, AND ERITTANNIA WARE. 



Best exhibition of silver ware, Sil. Med. Best exhibition of sil- 

 ver table cutlery, Sil. .\led. Best exhiliition of t.ible cutieiy, 

 American mauutacture, i?i . Med ; 2d do do. S. S Med. Best ex- 

 hibition pocket cutler}!. American manufacture. Sil. .\Ied.; 2d do 

 do, o. d Med. Best specimen of silver ware with agricultural de- 

 signs suitable for premiums, tSil, Med.; 2d do, S. S. Med. Best 

 specimen of argentine and brittannia ware, SiL Med.; 2d do, S- 

 SU. Med. 



MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 



Best iron gate for farm purposes, Dip. Best ornamental cast 

 iron vase on pedestal. Dip. Best water pipe, of water lime or oth- 

 er durable material other than iron or lead, Dip. Best sample 

 drain tile. Dip. Best drain tile or pipe draining machine, Dip, and 

 $10. Best quarter acre osier willow and the specimens of product 

 manufactured. $5. Be.st wire hurdle fence. Dip. Best water ram 

 or other hydraulic apparatus, Sil. .Med. Best wire fence for farm 

 purpo.^es, with full description, cost of construction, and evidence 

 of its adaptation to practical, beneficial, and economical uses, Sil, 

 Medal. 



DISCRETIONARY DEPARTMENT. 



For improvements in machinery useful to the farmer, and hav- 

 ing valuable properties, and not included under any head of any 

 of the regular premiums, dis^cretionary premiums will be awarded. 



Under this general head, premiums will be awarded upon arti- 

 cles of ingenui y. usefulness, and merit, which maybe exhibited, 

 which are not provided for in tho foregoing list of premiums ; and 

 they will he classed as follows : 



No. 1. Jlgriculiural impleinents, or machinery for agricultural 

 purposes not before named. 



No. 2. Machinery if metal composition for general uses. 



No. 3. Articles constructed of wood. 



No. 4. Jlrticlea manufactured of leather, India rubber, gutta 

 percha. 4'c., and not before named. 



No. 5. Jlrtic'es com/iosed of cloth, fur, ^'c , such as caps, hats^ 

 furs, umbrellas, ^-c .not before named. 



In these several Discretionary Divisions, Diplomas, Small Silver 

 -Medals, Norton's Prize Essay. Transactions, &c., will be .awarded 

 as the importance of the articles may demand. The Diploma is 

 in all cases evidence of superior merit. 



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