298 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



for $65 per acre, and we know farms liere that 

 could be bought for less money, one acre of which 

 is worth any two acres on this larm. This speaks 

 well for the profits of cheese-making, and for the 

 skill and intelligence of Herkimer farmers. 



We do not advocate the exclusive devotion of 

 the farm to the dairy, in this wheat-growing section. 

 We should keep a dairy that we may make manure, 

 and thus enrich our land for the production of 

 wheat. This is what is done on many of the best 

 English farms. We were once on such a farm in 

 Shropshire. It contained 268 acres. There were 

 raised each year about forty acres of wheat, 40 of 

 barley and oats, and 40 of turnips. Over 200 sheep 

 were kept, 12 head of young cattle, and a dairy of 

 40 cows. Besides this, 10 or 12 head of cattle 

 were fattened every winter. This is a heavy stock 

 for such a farm. The land was no better than the 

 average of Western IsTew York. It was highly pro- 

 ductive, and had been made so simply by judicious 

 c'dtivatiou. It was a rented farm, and on asking 

 tlie occupant, as we walked along the road, how 

 much money he made from his cows last year, he 

 replied, " Times are very hard." He then walked 

 along into the centre of a field, Avhere there was no 

 chance of any one overhearing him, and then 

 remarked, " I made fifteen pounds ($75) from each 

 cow, besides the pigs." The reason for his cautious 

 manner, was from fear that his landlord might hear 

 how much money he was making, and raise the 

 re«t. 



Here a\ ? have an income of $3,000 a year from a 

 dairy on a grain farm, and where it scarcely inter- 

 fered with the cultivation of wheat, barley, etc. 

 Such results can not be attained at once, but judi- 

 cious cultivation, good feeding, the use of oilcake 

 or cotton-seed cake, and careful saving and appli- 

 cation of manures, will enable us to approximate 

 closely to it in a few years. 



We throw out these thoughts for the purpose of 

 calling the attention of our readers to the subject, 

 and hope some of our experienced correspondents 

 will favor us with their views. 



Cheese foe England. — It is said that the cheese 

 made on the Western Reserve, Ohio, has this sea- 

 son, for the first time, been purchased principally 

 by dealers in New York for the purpose of shipping 

 it t'l Erifilntid. The price of Cheshire cheese in 

 tlio London market ranges, according to the last 

 Atarh Lane Biipress^ from 16 to 19^ cents per lb.. 

 Double Gloucester, new, from 14J to 15^ cents 

 per lb. 



AGRICTJLTUKAL EXHIBITIONS. 



New Jersey State Fair. — The first Fair of tlie 

 season was that of the New Jersey State Agricul- 

 tural Society, which was held at Elizabeth, Si-it. 

 4 — 7. The attendance was larger than at any tif 

 the five previous exhibitions of this Society. There 

 were no cattle allowed to enter from fear of tlie 

 disease. Horses were the main attraction of the 

 exhibition. There were some good sheep and pigs. 

 J. C. Tatlor exhibited a few of his renowned 

 South Downs. There was but one collection of 

 fiowers exhibited, and that consisted principally of 

 asters. Ellwanger & Barky, of this city, showed 

 a collection of 117 varieties of pears, and took the 

 first prize. 



The Illinois State Fair was held at Jackson- 

 ville Sept. 10 — 15, and we learn was decidedly th( 

 best ever held in the State — in fact, our informani 

 states " the show of cattle was the finest ever mad< 

 in the United States." Full particulars have not ye 

 reached us, and we must defer any further notict 

 till next month. 



The Springfield Horse Snow. — The fourth hi 

 ennial " National Horse Show " was held at Spring 

 field, Mass., Sept. 4 — 7. There were from ten t 

 fifteen thousand persons present for two or thre 

 days. There were 433 for premiums, and 184 fo 

 exhibition or sale, making the whole number o 

 horses on the ground 617. Sanfoed Howard, o 

 the Boston Cultivator^ says, "Among them wer 

 many good ones, but comparing this with the fin 

 ' National ' exhibition here — which, by the way, : 

 claimed by the United States Agricultural Societ 

 as their first exhibition — our impression is that tL 

 average standard of excellence would be in favc 

 of the first show" — which was held in 1853. 



The same writer states that under the head c 

 thorough-breds there were only nine horses showi 

 It was stated in the programme, that in awardin 

 the premiums in this class, speed would be consic 

 ered, but it was not stated whether the horses wei 

 to trot, pace, or run. They were " put through, 

 however, at the latter gait— Comet, a four-year ol 

 chestnut horse, owned by Alexandee Bathgatj 

 of Fordham, N.Y., ran the mile in 2.06^, and Nai 

 cissus, a three-year old filly owned by Heney Booti 

 of West Farms, N.Y. in 2.05, both beating their coa 

 petitors, and the former receiving the prize of $20 

 offered for stallions, and the latter that of $10 

 offered for mares. 



Under the head of stallions for general use, ther 

 were several classes, according to age. In the clas 



