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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2. 



CATTLE SHOW AND FAIK 



or THE N. I. STATE ACBICl'LTURAL SOCIETY — TO BE 

 HELD AT SrBACUSE, SEPT. 29 AND 30, l&Jl. 



The New York Sinio Agricultural Society will hold 

 a Cattle Show and Fair at Syracuse, on the 29th and 

 30th clnynof Sept., 1841, at which time the following 

 Prizes will be awarded. The Premiums otTered, arc- 

 numerous rather than large, the Society preferring to 

 make their appeal to the emulation and public spirit of 

 our farming population, rather than to that avarice 

 which can alone be called into action by the induce- 

 ment of laige rewards. 



List of Preminmsa 



ON C.\TTLK. 

 L BtTLLS — Of any breed — 3 years old and over. 



For the best 820 I For the third best 99 



For the second best,. . • . 12 ] For the fourth best, Diploma, 

 11. BULLS — Of any breed, over 2 and under 3 years old. 



For the best <f20 I Forthe third best, ®S 



For tlic second beet 12 | For the I0';rth best, Diploma. 



ni. BCLL9 — Of any breeds under 2 iteara old. 



For the heat,. • $12 I For the third lieet ®5 



For the eecond best, .«•. 81 Forthe fourth best, Diploma. 

 IT. COWS — Of any improved breed, ^yeara old and uptcards. 



For the best ©20 1 For the tliird best $s 



For the second beit,.. • • 12 1 For the fourth best, Diploma. 

 V. IIEIFEHS — Of any improved breed, 2 years old and over. 



For the best, ©12 I For the third best, ©o 



For the second best,. . • • e ] For the fourth best, Diploma. 

 VL HEIFERS — Of any improved breed, under 2 years old. 



For the best ftIO [ For the second best, .... $5 



For the third best, Diploma. 



Vn. COWS — Cross between the native and improved breeds. 



For the best, 812 I For the third best 86 



For the second best,, • • 9 [ For tlie fourth best. Diploma. 



VIII. HEIFERS — Cross letKeen the native and improved 

 breeds. 



For the best, . 810 



For the second best,. . . 8 



For tlio third best ®5 



For the fourth best. Diploma. 



IX. COWS— Native breeds. 



Forthel)est, 810 1 For the third best 85 



For the second best, ... . B J For tho fourth l>est. Diploma. 



The greatest combination of those points or proper- 

 ties which indicate milking qualities and an aptitude 

 to take on flesh on the more valuable parts, together 

 with general beauty of form, (size in itself not being 

 considered a criterion of excellence,) will be the con- 

 eiderations which will govern the viewing committee 

 in awarding premiums in the above classes. 



ON HORSES. 



. . ©20 I For tlio best breeding 



12 I _ Mare and Colt, . T'.".? | *20 



For the best Stnllton, 



For the second best,. 



For the third best 8 1 For tlie second best,. 



For the fourth best, Diploma. \ For the tliird best a 



For the fourth best, Diploma. 



A variety of horses possessing size, strength, and 

 endurance for field labor, combined with that action 

 which qualifies for the carriage or saddle — in short, 

 the horse of all work, is probably the most prolitable 

 class which our farmers can now engage in rearing, 

 and to such therefore, will the preference of the Socie- 

 ty be given. 



SWINE— Oner W months old. 



For the best Boar, ©10 



For the second best 8 



For the third best, 5 



For the fourth best. Diploma. 



Best breeding Sow,. ... 810 

 For the second best,.. . . 8 



For the tliird best 5 



For the fourth best, Diploma. 



In awarding premiums on hogs, reference will not 

 be had exclusively to size or to present condition, but 

 to that form and that proportion of bone and oflal to 

 more valuable parts, which promises the greatest value 

 from the least amount of feed. 



SHEEP- 



For the best Buck,... 



.1. LONO WooLEn. 



. 810 I Best pen of 3 Ewes ©10 



For the second best,.. . . 5 For the second best,.. , , 5 



For the third best, Diploma. \ For the third best, Diploma. 



II. Middle Wooled. 



For the best Buck ©lO I Best icn of 3 Ewes 810 



For the second best,.. . . 5 For the second best ^ 



For the third host, Diploma. \ For the third best. Diploma. 

 HI. Fine Wooled. 



For the best Buck,. ...,•$ in | H.^Bt pcnof 3F,wes §10 



For the second best 6 For the second best,. .. . ."i 



For the third best, I>()j/wna. j For the third best. Diploma. 



^ The term " long wooled" is designed to include the 

 Leieesters, Lincolns, Cotswolils, and nil the English 

 varieties of sheep which furnish the quality of wool 

 suitable for combing — the" middle wooled" the South 

 Down, Norfolk, Dorset, Chevoit, native, &c. — the 

 " fine wooled" the Spanish and Saxon vatietiee of the 

 Mwino and wrae of their ctossee, 



FARM IMPLE.MEXTS. 



For the best Plough,. . . §30 

 For the second best,. . ■ . 20 

 For the third best, Diploma. 

 For the best Uarrmc,, . . 8 



For the second best 5 



For the third best, Diploma. 

 For tiie be.st Cultivator, . . 8 

 For the HPCond best, ... . 5 

 For Ihe tiiird best. Diploma. 

 For the beat DrtV/BarroiT, 8 

 For tlic second be-st,.. . . S 

 For the third I«»3t, Diploma. 



Best Thrashing Machine, §20 

 For the second best, . . • . 10 

 For the third best, Diploma. 

 For the best f/orse Rake, 8 



For the second best 5 



For the third best. Diploma. 

 BcBl Fanning' ]\Jitl,. ... 8 

 For the second best,. ... 5 

 For the third best, Diploma. 

 For Uiohc-^t ^traic Cutter, S 



For the second best 5 



For tlie third best, Diploma. 



Discretionary premiums will also be awarded to 

 manufacturers of the best sub-soil and side-hill ploughs, 

 hocp, shovels, spades, forks, rakes, and other farming 

 utensils. 



The economy and durability, as well as the excel- 

 lence, in other respects, of farming implements, will 

 be taken into consideration. 



Discrctionar)' premiums will be awarded for the best 

 enmples and best varieties of winter and spring wheat, 

 corn, rye, barley, oats, pens, beans, buckwheat, hemp, 

 fiax, broom corn, maple, and beet root sugar, &,c. &c. 



Also, potatoes, turnips, sugar beets, mangel wurlzel, 

 carrots, pumpkins, and horticultural products gene- 

 rally. 



Also, fruits of all kinds, and flowers. 



The varieties, when different from thos» in common 

 nee, should be properly explained, tho method of cul- 

 tme, &c. 



Prizes to be Awarded in Albany. 



The following premiums will be awarded at the an- 

 nual meeting of the Society, on the 3d Wednesday 

 of January, 1842 : 



BUTTER ANn CHEESE. 

 For the best sample of 



Butter, not less than 



100 pouuds, _ 



For the second best,. ... 12 



For the third best, 8 



For the fourth best,. ... 5 

 For the (ifih best. Diploma. 



JJ20 



iS«20 



Best acre of Wteat 320 



For the second best. Diploma. 



Best acre of Barley $13 



For the second best. Diploma. 

 For the best acre of Rye, .«t 15 

 For the second best, Diploma. 

 For the best acre of Oule. .fl.. 

 For the second hesl, Diploma. 

 Best acre of /n(ftan Corn, $15 

 For the second best. Diploma. 



For the best sample of 

 Clieese, not less than S ^20 

 100 pounds. 

 For the second best, .... 12 



For the third best 6 



For the fourth best,. ... 5 

 For the fifth best. Diploma. 

 FIELD CROPS. 



Best acre of Potatoes... . ©15 

 For the second best, Diploma. 

 Best acre of Su^ar Beds, S'lo 

 For tlie second best. Diploma. 

 Best acre of Rata Eaga, ,51.5 

 For the second best. Diploma. 

 Best acre of Carrots,, . . .^15 

 For the second best. Diploma. 

 For the best acre ot Pcas,^\5 

 For the second best, Diploma. 



The rides and regulations which will govern the 

 Society in awarding their Premiums, will be published 

 in our next. 



The prizes will be paid in plate or cash, at the op- 

 tion of the winner. Should not the Society obtain a 

 Diploma in season, some Agricultural Work or Print, 

 may be substituted for their Diploma. 



Complementary Colors. 



It has been long known that some colors when ar- 

 ranged together, are much more pleasing than the ar- 

 rangement of other colors ; or, that there are concord- 

 ant and discordant colors as well as concordant and 

 discordant sounds. The late Baron Cuvier took this 

 notice of the subject in liis "Biographical Memoir of 

 Count Ruraford." 



" He determined by physical experiments, the rules 

 that render the opposition of colors ngiceable. When 

 one looks steadily for some time at a spot of a certain 

 color on a white ground, it appears bordered with a 

 different color, which however is always the same 

 with relation to that of the spot. This is what is 

 called THE COMPLEMENTARY COLOR ; and 

 the same two colors are always complementary to each 

 other. It is by arranging them that harmony is pro- 

 duced, and the eye flattered in the most agreeable man- 

 ner. Count Rumford who did every thing by meth- 

 od, disposed according to this rule, the colors of his 

 furniture, and the pleasing effect of the loliolc leas 

 rcmarlicd hy all who entered his aparlmcnts." 



In a recent number of the Gardener's Chronicle, 

 this subject is discussed at sonic length, and theEssoy 

 of Chevreul (ivho has lately examined it with much 

 attention) is referrrd to, for several particulars. In 

 this way, the editor soys, "complementary colors 

 always suit each other. Now the complementary col- 

 or of red is green ; of orange, sky blue ; of yellow, 



violet ; of indigo, orange-yellow ; and consequently, 

 blue and orange colored flowers, yellows and violets, 

 may be placed together ; while red and rose colored 

 flowers will hsnnonize with their own green leaves. 

 White suits blues and oranges, and better still reda 

 and roecs ; but it tarnishes yellows and violets. In 

 all cases however, when colors do not agree, the pla- 

 ciig white between them, restores the effect." 



To tlie lovers of beautiful flowers who may wish 

 to arrange them with the finest effect, these notices 

 may be interesting and useful ; and the following suc- 

 cession of colors is recommended, where the flowers 

 are placed in lines ; viz : 



" White, reddish-scarlet, white, rose-lilac, yellow, 

 violet or purple, orange, while, reddish-scarlet, pur- 

 ple tinged with green, roBC-lilac, yellow, violet or 

 purple, orange, white, red-bcarlet, deep purple, rose- 

 lilac, white, yellow, violet or purple, orange, white, 

 &c." 



" To produce the best effect in patches of seven ar- 

 rang«d thus — 



we may have 1. Six orange with a purple or violet 

 centre. 2. Six purple or violet with a yellow centre. 

 3. Six yellow with a purple or violet centre. 4. Six 

 scarlet with a white centre. 5. Six white with a 

 scarlet centre. 6. Six rose with a white centre. 7. 

 Six blackish green purple with an orange centre. 

 These seven patches forming a straight border, may 

 then be repeated in on inverted order which would 

 give 13 patches ; and there should be a patch of 

 seven whites at each end. If the border is circular, 

 without any central point of view, the foregoing ar- 

 rangement should be repeated ad infinitum willaout 

 inverting the order after the 7th patch. 



" Another advantageous disposition wotdd he tha 

 following : 



white * ' pink white " * orange 



pink , yel.low , white orange, vio*Iet , while 

 white * " rose white " * orange 



violet * • yellow scarlet ' * v.hile 



yellow „ wh.ite » violet white, yel.low , scarlet 



violet " * yellow scarlet * • whits 



blue-purple • * whito 



white , pi,nk , blue-purpla 

 blue purple * * white." f 



From the Magazine of Horticulture. 



The Yellows iu Peach Trees. 



I hove noticed occasional useful remarks on tha best 

 varieties and the culture of fruit trees, in your valua- 

 ble Magazine ; but I have not, as yet, seen any re- 

 marks upon the disease called the yellotcs, which af- 

 fects the peach tree, or reasons assigned for its preva- 

 lence. If the cause could be found out, it might lead 

 to a cure, which would render a lasting benefit to our 

 country. However valuable meet other fruits are, 

 none are equal to the peach in delicious flavor and 

 healthiness, and I should therefore be iileased to see 

 this subject carefully investigated, and the experience 

 of some of your intelligent correspondents communi- 

 cated through your pages. 



And as I have, for about thirty years, occasionally 

 had my attention dr.Twn to this subject, I am willing 

 to ihrow in my mite of experience. I am fully satis- 

 tied that the complaint ex'sts. Some persons say that 

 the worm at the root is the cause of the yellows. I 

 acknowledge that any disorder thot destroys the trees 

 will cause the leaves to turn y^ow ; but the com- 

 plaint I call the yellows will kill a whole orchard, 

 without any visible wounds, on or before the third or 

 fourth full crop, 1 think where any neighborhood 

 abounds with peach orchards, it will beneorly inipoB- 

 eible to keep clear of the disease. 



On planting out young peach trees on the site of a 

 peach nursery, two years after the nursery was a- 

 moved, and altnotigh tli« ground waein other resptcti 



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