Minke's Domestic Poultey Book. 



We have received from the publisher, Geo. "W. 

 Fisher, of this city. Miner's Kew Poultry Book. 

 Mr. Miner has allowed the poultry raisers to tell 

 their own story, and of the mass of articles fur- 

 nished for this work, most of them are i-eally 

 valuable, showing a disposition on the part of 

 the writers to treat the subject candidly and 

 fairly ; other articles show their authors ridicul- 

 ously ignorant of the subject of which they write. 

 On the whole, it is a book that every one who 

 has the least touch of the "chicken fever" should 

 read, as it is the only one on the subject up to 

 the times. We have no doubt the publisher will 

 reap a rich harvest. For price, Ac, see our ad- 

 vertising columns. 



For sale 



Speeckes in Congress bt J. R. Giddings. 



Published by Jewett & Co. : Boston, 

 by Dewey. 



The New York Cattle Market. — At a meeting 

 of the Farmer's Club, one of the subjects of dis- 

 cussion was "The Benefit of Railroads to Farmers ;" 

 and in this connection one of the members made 

 some intercfting statements respecting the sources 

 from which the Kew York market is supplied. 

 He said : 



• We have beeves in our market that started from the 

 •prairies within the weelc. They are delivered here from 

 the North Western prairies at an expense of $10 to $12 per 

 head, and yet the men vi'ho produce these cattle are the last 

 to see the benefit derived from railroads. It would be rare 

 to find a hundred head of cattle in New York, New Jersey, 

 Massachusetts, and Vermont niarketa at one time, but for 

 the droves that come from the West. 



Were it not for the railroads they could not be brous;ht 

 here. In winter they can not drive them because of the 

 expense and ditfleulty, wearing out the cattle from fatigue. 

 I}y the railroad they can come from Chiwigo, and be de- 

 livered from the cars in this city in good'condition, and 

 always within the week. It would take' from fifty to ninety 

 days to bring the cattle from the western parts of Ohio, 

 Kentucky, Illinois, or Arkansas on foot. A week ago the 

 speaker saw a curiosity at our cittle market. It was a'drove 

 of cattle from the Cherokee Nation, west of Arkansas. 

 These cattle were raised by the Indi.ins, and marked with 

 their hieroglyphics. They were bought t>y an Illinois 

 dro^n^r, and pastured upon the grand prairies of the West 

 one summer, and fed through the winter upon the abun- 

 dance of corn that grows in Southern Illinois. They were 

 this spring started upon their travels eastward, and were 

 finally butchered in New York. 



It would have been almost impossible to have brought 

 these cattle down here on foot, as ten miles a day is an or- 

 dinary journey, and even had they arrived here, they 

 would have been in such a condition as to be almost un- 

 saleable. It was his opinion, that but for the railroads, 

 New York would be in a state of starvation so as far as 

 meat is concerned. 



Standard Weights of Grain. — The standard 

 weights of the following grains are regulated by 

 law in the State of New York, as follows, to 

 which we append the common weight : 



Standard of weight Com. weight. 



Of Wheat, CO lbs. 



Of Kve 56 .. 



Of Barley, 48 .. 



Of Oats 82 .. - 



Of Indian Corn, 60 .. 



K to 6.''i lbs, 

 46 to 56 

 44 to 66 

 28 to 44 

 60 to 62 



Farmer Premiu.ms for 18.^3. — Below we give 

 the award of premiums for the present year : 



PKEMIUMS TO individuals. 



Ist. For the greatest number of subscribers 

 sent by one individual, .$30 in agricultural books, 

 Joseph Gillespie, Carbondale, Pa. 



2d. Emory Luce, Kingsville, Ohio, $20. 



3. Jason L. Sanford, San Francisco, Cal., $10. 



COUNTY PEEMUJMS. 



1st. To the county in which the greatest num- 

 ber of copies of the Farmer is taken, an Agricul- 

 tural Library worth $40, Erie County, Penn. 



2d. Library worth $25, Cayuga County, N. Y. 



2d. Out of the State, $25 to Ashtabul.^ County, 

 Ohio. 



Selections of books can be made by those enti- 

 tled to them, or the choice left to us. Those 

 entitled to premiums will please order. 



Lewis F. Allen's Sale of Short Horn and De- 

 von Cattle. — We call the attention of our read- 

 ers to Mr. Allen's sale of stock at Grand Island, 

 six miles below Buffalo, on the "Zth day of Sejv 

 tember next. 



A Good Cow. — J. P. Hart, McLean, Tompkins 

 county, N. Y., writes us that the past season he 

 had a cow that produced in nine months 851 lbs. 

 of butter, besides what was consumed by a fami- 

 ly of three, and "goers and comers." The sour 

 milk, with a very little provender, fatted a spring 

 pig that weighed, when dressed in November, 

 315 lbs. 



State Fairs for 1853. 



New York, at Saratoga, Sept. 20, 21, 22, 23 



Michigan, at Detroit, Sept. 27, 29, 80 



Vermont Sept. 13. 14, 15 



Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg Sei)t. 2T, 28, 29 



Kentueky, at Lexington, Sept. 18 to 16 



New Hampshire, Oct. 5. 6, 7 



M.'iryland, Oct. 25, 26, 27, 28 



Illinois, at Springfield, Oct. 11, 12,13,14 



Indiana, at Lafayette, Oct. 12, 18, 14 



Wisconsin, at Watertown, Oct. 4 to 7 



Virginia, at Kielimoud Nov. 1, 2, 3, 4 



Lower Canada Board of Agriculture, An- 

 nual Kxbihilion, Sept. 26, to 27 



IlppcrCanada Oct 5 to 7 



Southern Central Agricultural Society, 

 Augusta, Ga., Oct. 17 to 20 



Jstquirics anlr ^n£5uicr0. 



Wheat Soils in Michigan. — The critical inves- 

 tigation of the longest cultivated fields in the 

 wheat districts of Miclugan would reveal a state 

 of things not very dissimilar to that disclosed in 

 the following : 



About a year since. Dr. .T. IT. SAi.isnrnv, of New York, 

 fiirnislicd n"ic an analysis of tho soil of a ])ortioM of my 

 fiinu. which pniduccd mo that season a crop of wheat, 

 yielding about sixteen bushels per aero. This land, by an 



