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of "eight years and older," thei-e was a large and 

 interesting competition. The first prize of $200 

 was awarded to "Jupiter," owned by D. B. Ricn, of 

 New York. He was by Long Island Black Hawk ; 

 " weighs nearly 1200 lbs. ; has a handsome body, 

 large, coarse bead, and rather gouty legs." The 

 second premium of $100 was awarded to "Path- 

 finder," bred and owned by Linslex Brothers, of 

 "West Meriden, Ct. ; and the third, of $50, to "Maine 

 Messenger," owned by JohnAVtmax, of Bangor, Me. 



In the class of stallions "four years old and under 

 five, there Avas a spirited competition. The first 

 prize was awarded to "Billy," by "Ethan Allen," 

 and owned by Dan Pfifer, of New York; the 

 second to "Seth Sprague," by "Ethan Allen," 

 owned by George Wesson?, of Worcester, Mass. ; 

 and the third to "Naugatuck," owned by J. H. 

 Bennett, of New Boston, Ct. ; and the fourth to 

 " Imperial Black Hawk," owned by 0. M. Lewis, 

 of New Britain, Ct. " Billy " trotted a mile on 

 the half-mile track in 2.59. "Hickory Jack," by 

 "Ethan Allen," owned by A. Carpenter, of Prov- 

 idence, R. I., did quite as well. 



In the class of three-year old stallions, the first 

 prize was awarded to Joseph Hooker, of Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. ; the second to Mr. Hale, of Meriden, Ct. ; 

 the third to R. S. Denny, of Clappville, Mass., and 

 the fourth to Jos. Burnett, of Southboro', Mass. 



In the class of " Breeding Mares," Count de 

 Beeesei, of Virginia, took the first prize of $100 

 for an English " tborough-bred;" C. W. Bathgate 

 the secund, and John Brooks, of Princeton, Mass., 

 the third. ' 



There was a class of saddle horses, in which 

 Prof. W. S. Clark, of Amherst, took the first prize 

 for " Othello," said to have been of the Bulrush 

 Morgan family. 



A novel feature was the class of " "Walking Hor- 

 les." The gait of most of the horses was such 

 ;hat it was difficult to say whether it was a walk or 

 m amble. 



Lem is B. Brown, of New York, exhibited a four- 

 n-hand team of old horses, one of which was 35 

 rears old, and the four aggregating a total age of 

 07 years! They did a mile in from 3.15 to 3.30, 

 'four persons in the wagon, without showing a 

 ign of fatigue." 



A team of four horses, owned by Simeon Leland, 

 >f the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, received the 



i.st prize of $100 for "pleasure driving." They 

 lid not compare in style, beauty or action with Mr. 

 iKOWN's "ancient and honorables," which were 

 ;ot ofiered for premium. 



A "string-truck team" of three horses, owned 

 by S. C. Herring, of New York, attracted much 

 attention for their thorough discipline and good 

 appearance generally. They weiglied from 1,400 

 to 1,500 lbs. each. 



COTTON-SEED CAKE. 



In the Qenesee Farmer for May, we alluded to 

 the great value of cotton-seed cake as a food for 

 stock, and especially in reference to the liigh per- 

 centage of nitrogen and phosphate it contained, 

 and consequently of tlie high value of the manure 

 obtained from animals eating this cake. It was 

 then estimated that the manure from a ton of de- 

 corticated or husked cottonseed cake was worth 

 $27.86, while that from linseed oil cake was Avorth 

 $19.72, and from Indian corn only $G.C5. 



Dr. "Voelcker, chemist to the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England, as the result of several analyses, 

 sums up the value of cotton-seed cake, as compared 

 with linseed cake, as follows : 



"1st. The proportion of oil in all tlie specimens 

 is higher tlian in the best linseed cake, in which it 

 is rarely more than 12 per cent., and 10 per cent. 

 may be taken as an average. As a supplier of food, 

 cotton cake is, therefore, superior to linseed cake. 

 2d. The amount of oil in the several specimens dif- 

 fers to the extent of 5^ per cent.; say, J 3.50 to 

 19.19. 3d. Decorticated cake contains a very high 

 and much larger percentage of flesh-forming mat- 

 ters than linseed cake, and is therefore proper to 

 give to young stock and milch cows. The dung, 

 also, is very valuable. 4th. In comparison with 

 linseed, there is much less mucilage and other res- 

 piratory matter in cotton cake. This is compensa- 

 ted by the larger amount of oil. 5th. The propor- 

 tion of indigestible woody fiber in decorticated 

 cotton cake is very small, and not larger than in 

 the best linseed cake. 6th, and lastly. It may be 

 observed that the ash of cotton cake is rich in bony 

 materials, and amounts to about the same quantity 

 as is contained in other oily cakes." 



Cotton-seed cake can be obtained at cheaper rates 

 than the linseed cake, and we recommend pur read- 

 ers, with considerable confidence, to give it a trial. 



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Large Crop of Rye. — Mr. Orville Bailey, of 

 Livonia, Livingston Co., N. Y., informs us that h© 

 raised this season from one acre and twenty-two- 

 hundredths, 78 bushels and 47 lbs. of rye, or a little 

 over sixty-four and a half bushels per acre. It was 

 grown on land that had been a meadow for twenty 

 years. Three years ago it was broken up and 

 planted with corn. The next year it was prepared 

 for a crop of tobacco, but was not planted. The 

 rye was sown enrly in August, and was eaten off 

 by sheep during the winter. In fact, the intention 

 had been to raise the rye simply for winter pasture. 

 The land has never been manured. 



