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THENEWGENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 1. 



Agricultural Fair at RocUi^ster. 



TO BE Meld o!« wEDNEsnAt, 7th October, 1840. 

 At a meeting of the Executive Comniitlee of the 

 Genesee Agriciillurnl Society, held nt the Arcade 

 House, Rochester, the 28th of July, it was 



Resolved, That the Annual Fair of the Society be 

 held at Rochester, on the first Wednesday in Octobey 

 being the second day of the great Annual Fair of the 

 Mechanic's Association of Western New York. 



It was further 



Resolved, That premiums be awarded for the fol- 

 lowing enumerated articles: the amount of each pre- 

 mium to be decided nt a future meeting of the Com- 

 mittee, when some estimate can be made respecting 

 the funds of the Society. 



ANIM.\LS.— HORSES. 



1. For the beet Stallion, 



2. Second best do., 



3. Beet breeding Mare, 



4. Second best do., 



CATTLE. 



5. Best imported Bull, 



6. Beet improved native bred do^, 



7. Best imported Cow, 



8. Best improved native bred do., 



9. Best yearling Bull, 



10. Second best do., 



11. Best yearling Heifer, 



12. Second best do., 

 ]?. Best Bull Calf, 



14. Second beet do., 



15. Best yoke of 0.\en, 



16. Second best do., 



17. Best yoke of 3 year old Steers, 



18. Best yoke of 2 year old do., 



SWINE. 



19. Beat Boar, showing the most thorough 



breeding, and uniting the most valuable 

 qualities, 



20. Second beet do., 



21. Beet breeding Sow, 



22. Second best do., 



23. Best 3 pigs, not more than 7 months old, 

 34. Second beet do. do. 



SHEEP. 



25. Best Buck, uniting the most desirable quali- 



ties both for the fleece and for the carcase, 



26. Best do. for the carcase only, 



27. Best do. for fleece only, * 



28. Best 3 or more Ewes, as in 25, 



29. Best 3 do. as in 26, 



30. Best 3 do. as in 27, 



FIELD CROPS. 



31. Best acre of Corn, 



32. Best acre of Potatoes, 



33. Best i acre of Ruta Bngn, 



34. Best i acre of Mangel Wurlzel, 

 S.'i. Best i acre of Sugar Beets, 



30. Best I acre of Carrots, 



DOMESTIC ARTS. 



37. Best pound of reeled raw Silk, 



S(i. Best pound of sewing Silk, 



39. JSest 5 pounds of Cocoons, 



40. Best specimen of domestic manufactured 



Silk, 



41. Best Silk hose or stockings, 



42. Best JO yards domestic Flannel, 



43. Beet 10 yards domestic I'uUod Cloth, 

 4 J. Beet 2 Palm Leaf Hate, 



45. Beet 2 Straw or Leghorn Hals, 



4t). Best 25 lbs. of Maple Sugar, 



47. Beet 10 lbs. of Beet Sugar, 



4d. Second best do. 



4.'). Beet 25 lbs of Honey, 



CO. Best 2o lbs of Butter, 



51. Second best do., 



52. Best Cheeee, of not lees than 201b6., 



53. Second best do., 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



54. Best Plough, shape and manufacture, 

 5.^. Second best do., 



56. Beet Harrow, 



57. Best Cultivator,! 



58. Best Planting ftlachine or Drill, 

 .59. Best Ilorsc Rake, 



60. Best Thrashing Machine and Horse Power, 



61. Best Fanning Mdl, 



HORTICULTURE. 



(4 Fl'ND RAISED BV AMATEDRS AND GARDENERS.) 



A premium will be awarded for each of the I'ollow- 

 ing articles: — 



The beet 2 heads of Cauliflower, Broccoli and Cab- 

 bage — 6 each of Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, 

 Salsify, Onions, Celery, Tomatoes — 3 each of Pump- 

 kins, Squashes, Muskmelons, Watermelons, and 

 Eggplants. 



Best dozen each, Apples, Peachee, Pears, Plums, 

 and Quinces, 



Beet specimens of Grapes, ripened in the open air. 



Best 2 boquets of cut Flowers. 



Best assortment of Double Dahlias, 



Best dozen do. 



DiscTctiunanj Premiums will be awarded for such 

 articles not enumerated, as the committees may deem 

 deserving, according to the funds of the Society. 



Explanations. — No person will be entitled to a pre- 

 mium, who is not a member of the Society. 



All onimals exhibited for premiums, must be owned 

 and kept in Western New York. 



The articles of domestic arte must be manufactured 

 or produced in this country, this year, by the person 

 or the family by whom they are exhibited. 



No premium will be awarded for articles which are 

 not deemed worthy, or where there is no competition. 



Persons competing for the field crops, must mea- 

 sure, or weigh, a few rows or square rods of an aver- 

 age growth, in the presence of two disinterested indi- 

 viduals, whcse aflidavit, in wriiing, shall be given 

 to the committee at the Fair. A statement of the 

 mode of culture, kind of soil, &c. for each crop, is to 

 be given for publication. 



Ploughing Match. — If suitable arrangementscan be 

 made, there will be a Ploughing Match at the time of 

 the Fair; notice of which will be given hereafter. 



A Fair for the Sale and Exchange of Stock, will 

 be held on Thursday, the day following the E.'chibi- 

 tion, if deemed expedient by those most interested. 



An Address will be delivered; and suitable arrange- 

 ments made for euch a Fair and E.xhibition, as 

 will do honor to the fai mere of Western New York, 

 and be worthy of the high reputation of "Old Gene- 

 see;" while at the same time, it cannot fail to exert a 

 most powerful influence for the promotion of agricul- 

 tural improvement. 



(Further particulars tcill be given hereafter. J 



h. B. Langvvortht, President. 



H. M. Ward, Secrctnrij. 



To the Friends of the Gen. Ag. Soc. 



Owing to the preseuie of farming business during 

 the past month, but little has been done by way of ob. 

 taining the signature of members for the Society, and 

 only a few of the Circulars have been returned. The 

 E,\eeutive Coinmittc therefore request the friends of 

 the cause, to retain the papers another month, and 

 make an efiort to obtain as many names as possible, in 

 time to report them to the Secretary, by the lOth of 

 Scptemlier next. 



All Post Masters in this and adjoining counties, 

 have received the Circidars, and they are respectfully 

 solicted to give this subject their attention, or place the 

 papers in the hands of some suitable person who will 

 attend to it. 



A Meeting of the Executive Committee 



Of the Genesee Agricultural Society, will be held 

 at the Arcade House, Rochester, on Saturday, the 12th 

 of September, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to appoint com- 

 mittees, and make arrangements for the coming Fair. 

 A full attendance is very desirable. 



New Agricnltnral Societies. 



The embarrassed state of the countrj', and the low 

 prices of ordinary farm productions, seem to have a 

 tendency to awaken the minds of the farming commu- 

 nity to the necessity of a more varied system of hus- 

 bandry, and of bestowing more attention to domestic 

 arts and manufactures. For this purpose they see the 

 importance of forming Agricultural Societies, and of 

 encouraging emulation by exhibitions and the awarding 

 of premiums. It is with much pleasure that we have 

 seen notices of the formation of several new county so- 

 cieties within a short time post. Among them is one 

 in Ontario County; but we hove been so much from 

 home thot we have not learned the particulars concern- 

 ing it. 



Tlie ■ Gaicsee County Asricultural Society was 

 formed at Alexander, early in July; and a constitution 

 of the usual form for a County Society was adopted. — 

 Mr. T. C. Peters of Darien was appointed President, 

 and C. P. Turner, Esq., of Batavia, Secretary. Se- 

 ven Vice Presidents and twenty-four managers (one 

 from each town) were also appointed. It was resolved 

 to hold an Exhibition and Fair at Batavia on the 14th 

 day of October. A list of articles for which premiums 

 will be awarded was published. We^regret that the 

 proceedings of this Society did not meet our eye in 

 time for us to make room for them in our columns this 

 month. We will give a more full account of this and 

 the Ontario Societies in our next. 



An Appeal from the Publishers to the Readers 

 of the New Genesee Farmer. 



We dislike to occupy our columns with our own af- 

 fairs to the exclusion of other matters; but justice to 

 ourselves and our readers, requires that we should oc- 

 casionally moke known our wishes and intentions. — 

 When we commenced the publication of this paper, 

 we were conscious that it was a great and arduous un- 

 dertaking; but under a fiUI conviction that such a pa- 

 per was needed, and encouraged by the friends of the 

 cause, we determins_d to engage in the business. — 

 Aware of the prejudice and opposition which had 

 been excited ngojnst the paper, we expected, ae a mat- 

 ter of course, to have to wait some months before the 

 public could rightly judge of our lnbore,and confidence 

 be established. Many of our friends at a distance in- 

 formed us that their neighbors declined subscribing, 

 because they were afraid we could not succeed, and 

 they wished to wait till they were eatiefied the paper 

 would be sustained. Others thought we could not ob- 

 tain the aid of writers and correepouents of sufficient 

 talent to make the paper respectable, useful, and in- 

 teresting. These were natural excuses, and we did 

 not comp'ain; but now we have been eight months 

 before the public — now, what say these fearful ones ? 

 Hove we not fully redeemed our pledges, ond main- 

 tained what we ateumed ? Cannot the paper be sus- 

 tained, and have we not obtained the assistance of a 

 large number of the most talented ond practical writers 

 in this or any other country 7 Is not the paper ae res- 

 pectable, as useful, and as interesting as ite predeces- 

 sor, or any similar paper in existence ! Is it not bet- 

 ter calculated to advance the interests of agriculture 

 generally, during these times of pressing economy, 

 than any other publication ! If these questions are 

 answered in the alfirnintivc, as they already have been 

 by hundreds of our readers, is it not the duty of each 

 of them to do something on their part to ossist us 

 and extend our sjihore of ueofuluess ? It is ti ue 



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