VOL. XIII. NO. 30. 



AND GARDEN p:R'S JOURNAL. 



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01' the next jrreatest quuiitity, not loss than 

 one thousand $4 



fext flo. do. do. do. do. 3 



f'or the iari,fest (iiiantity of raw silk 5 



ifext do. do. do. (J\Ionis alba sinensis) 4 



ifext do. do. do. 3 



Jexl do. do. do. 2 



^ext do. do. do. 1 



'or the best s:iinj)le of sewing silk 5 



fext do. 4 



'or tlie best ptece of silk vesting, or of silk 

 and cotton vesting, made in this State, not 

 less than ten yards 5 



'or the best silk dress pattern, made in this 



State, not less than twelve yards 5 



L preiiiiiiin of ten dollars for the best barrel of 

 starch made in this State, from wheat 10 



PLOCGHIXG MATCH. 



NO DRIVERS ALLOWED. 



^irst Plough $9 ; Second do. $8 ; Third do. $7; 



Fourth do. .f 6 ; Fifth do. $5 ; Sixth do. .$4 ; 



Seventh do. $3 ; Eighth do. .¥2. 



The depth to be ploughed will not be less than 

 ve inches, and the breadth of the furrow not 

 lore than ten inches. 



The strictest regulations will bo adopted, to en- 

 ire the proper management of the cattle. They 

 ill not be permitted to be driven faster than their 

 Htural pace ; and these premiums will be ad- 

 idged for the best work w ith the least expense 

 f labor. 



It must be understood, that iir all cases, whether 

 lere be any competition, or not, it is at the dis- 

 -etion of the Conmiittecs to withhold a premium, 



in their o])iuion the object so offered, is not 

 3serving of it. 



Any attempts to obtain premiums by unfair 

 ractices will bo punislied by a Ibrfeiture of the 

 'emiuni, should it havr bri u awarded before a 

 iscovery, and will also preclude the offender 

 om being permitted to apply for premiums in 

 iture. Premiums to be demanded within six 

 lOiiths after they are awarded. 



JAMES RHODES, President. 



William W. Hoppin, Secretary. 



[From the Genesee Farmer.] 

 oar RAISING STOCK. 



I have witnessed with much pleasure, the ben- 



icial effects which have resulted from several 



)rrespondents of the Genesee Farmer, submitting 



the perusal of numerous readers an account 



' their peculiar method of management. From 



consideration of this circumstance, I am in- 

 iced to lay before you a plan I have adopted 

 r " Raising Calves," — a subject I have not hith- 

 toseen treated upon in your valuable journal. 



It was formerly tny practice, (and I doubt not 

 so of many others engaged in breeding stock,) 



let a calf run with a cow, or be fed with new 

 ilk, till it was three or four months old, by 

 hich time it frequently happened that the ex- 

 :nse of keeping was rendered equivalent to the 

 due of the animal. 



Last year being in possession of nearly a dozen 

 markably fine calves of the "Improved Durham 

 reed," the rearing of which I desired to be as 

 )od and economical as possible, I was induced- 

 try a variety of food. "The following plan 

 •oved most successful :_To mix with a small 

 lantity of milk, a portion of boiled potatoes and 

 le bran. When the animals were three or four 



mouths old I changed their diet to coarse bran, 

 boiled jiotatoes, and warm water ; and I think by 

 this method, I can now produce a nundjer of 

 calves equal in height of condition and synuuetry 

 of form, to any in this section of the coimtry. 



The object of the present counnunication is, to 

 intite the attention of those interested in lireeding 

 stock, to a consideration of the best and cheapest 

 means of « Raising Calves," — a subject well 

 worthy the attention of Dainjmen. It is a remark 

 frequently made by this class of farmers, that they 

 cannot rear good calves Without making a sacri- 

 fice of their butter and cheese ; now I conceive 

 that they are the men most favorably situated for 

 becoming successful breeders of stock ; for, by 

 judiciously crossing their native cattle with ap- 

 ]iroved specimens of Improved Durham, and be- 

 stowing a little attention on ^^Raising their Calces," 

 they would procure animals much better adapted 

 for the dairy, and capable of conunanding far 

 higher prices than those they have hitherto pos- 

 sessed. S. LOOK. 



Utica, Dec. 31, 1834. 



A GOOD EXAMPLE. 



We were the other day quietly jogiring along 

 in our wagon through one of the upper counties of 

 tlie State, when whom should we encounter but a 

 ))erson of high standing in one of the learned pro- 

 fessions, and formerly a member of Congress, very 

 industriously employed in driving a large four ox 

 team heavily loaded with leached ashes. This 

 was a pleasant sight to our optics, inasmuch as it 

 was not only an exceedingly pleasant change from 

 the severer duties of his profession, but also a 

 profitable and rational employment; and above 

 all, it was setting a noble example to the younger 

 members of the community, if they would but 

 follow it. Such examples go far, very far, in do- 

 ing away the silly stupid notion, tliat there is 

 nothing but manual drudgery in farming, and that 

 it is a low and vulgar calling. We noticed the 

 farm of this person, and could not but be highly 

 pleased with the changes which he has effected, 

 and which are still going on. Not many years 

 ago this land was a woithless common, bearing 

 nothing but moss, hardbacks, and lambkill. It is 

 now well fenced and well tilled. Twentyfive 

 acres are now turned by the plough, and the owner 

 busily engaged in adding materials to enrich and 

 improve. How much better would it be if more 

 of our professional men would thus fill up their 

 leisure hours and reap the satisfaction and reward 

 which such healthy and sinless employment af- 

 fords. Let a man thus labor to subdue and cid- 

 tivate some of the millions of waste acres that 

 now spread themselves over and deform our State, 

 we as a community would soon cease to " go to 

 New York to mill," and the individual hinjsclf 

 woidd at once become in reality and in very deed 

 a iiid)lic benefactor. With such an one, patriotism 

 will lie a word of immense meaning and not a 

 senseless phrase — a mere flourish of rhetoric. 

 He will feel, as he looks round upon his reclaimed 

 and renovated acres, that he has done at least one 

 good deed, and that he has a country, a home, a 

 resting place of his own, and his life and his life's 

 blood will be freely devoted for its prosperity and 

 defence. — Maine Farmer. 



To stain wood green. — Dissolve verdigris in 

 vinegar, and witli the liot solution brush over the 

 Wood till it be duly stained. — Yankee Farmer. 



Seed Wueat. — Extract from a letter: — "To 

 obtain good seed wheat, my father has for sever- 

 al years used a very coarse screen in his fanning 

 mills, which retains only the largest and best ker- 

 nels. ]?y this meatis all the foul stuff" passes oft', 

 and his seed is perfectly clean. The additional 

 expense of an extra screen is but a trifle." — Gen- 

 esee Farmer. 



Beer vs. Wine. — The Italian papers begin to 

 complain that the consumption of Reer is daily 

 increasing in Wine countries. At Padua, there 

 are three breweries fully employed ; not only men 

 but women are ibiid of this beverage, wliich is 

 dearer than Wine. 



Large Calf. — Mr George Hamiaford of Cape 

 Elizabeth, raised a bull calf of the common breed 

 last season, that weighed five hundred and forty 

 pounds when he was six and a half months 

 old. He liad only half the milk given by the 

 dam the first month — he ran with her afterwards, 

 and was fed with a small quantity of coru-stalkp. 

 — Yankee Farmer. 



Death by Charcoal. — On Sunday night of 

 last week, a man and wife, in Flushing, (L. I.) re- 

 tired to bed in a close room with a pan of burn- 

 ing eharcoal. Not rising at the usual time the 

 next morning they were several times called, but 

 no answer being given, about ten o'clock the door 

 was opened, when the woman was found quite 

 dead, and the man in a state of insensibility, and 

 he is still lying in a debilitated and feeble condition. 

 He stated that his wife died about four o'clock, 

 that he w as |)crfectly aware of the fact at the time 

 and that be expected nothing but death himself, 

 but he was utterly helpless and incapable of 

 speaking or moving. 



Habits of Hogs. — In Minorca, the hog is 

 converted into a beast of draught ; a cow, a 

 sow, and two young horses, have been seen there 

 yoked together. In some parts of Italy, swine 

 are employed in hunting fur truffles. A cord is 

 tied round the foot of the animal, and he is led 

 into the field where this plant is found, and wher- 

 ever he begins to dig, it is a sure sign of the plant 

 being immediately under. The hog possesses the 

 sense of smelling and taste in high perfection. 

 Hogs seem to have a great fear of wind ; on its 

 approach, they fly to their sty with great precipi- 

 tation ; and, before a storm, they frcqueniiy indi- 

 cate its coming by carrying straw in their mouth. 

 — English paper. 



Closer may always be sown upon small 

 GRAINS WITH PROFIT. — Wc sowcd clover upon 

 four acres of rye and two of barley last spring, 

 and notwithstanding the dry weather, it took well. 

 After pasturing the rye Ptul)ble some ten or four- 

 teen days, the autumn feed was sold for $12,50. 

 The barley ground has afforded an abundance of 

 fine feed. Say the six acres reipiired an abun- 

 dance of seed, at $6, and that the fall fceA wa.s 

 worth §18, there, will be a profit of iJ12, or $2 per 

 acre. But the clover lay will furnish at least 30 

 tons of vegetable food to the next season's crop, if 

 turned under the first of May, which will be no in- 

 considerable increase to the profits. These littles 

 will make uj) a handsome aggregate upon a farm in 

 a few years ; and there is no economy of this kind 

 which should be considered beneath a farmer's no- 

 tice. — Mbaiiy Cultivator. * 



