124 



THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 



Mr. XeflPs Stock of Short Homed Cattle, 



TO BS SOLD OS THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH OF SEPTEM- 

 BER NEXT, NEAR CISCT.INATI, OHIO. 



The B'.tcniioii of ibe reailcrs of this paper, in tbe 

 West and Siuiih, is invited to the notice of a sale of 

 cattle in^erte J in anotber column. Mr. NcfT has for 

 a number of years given bis particular attention to 

 the laising of improved cattle, and baa spared no 

 expense in procuring the very finest animals to breed 

 from. II. 3 herd has now become so numerous that 

 he has determined to sell off the whole or tbe 

 greater part, in order that he may begin anew. The 

 writer of this had tbe pleasure of viewing these cattle 

 n few days since, and he does not hesitate to pronounce 

 them the finest collection to be found at any one 

 place in tbe United States. If any of the cattle-loving 

 readers of the Farmer cnance to be in that part of the 

 country previous to the sale, they must not fail to 

 ■lnj"Cfo ani! see. 



On arriving at the Queen City of the West, first 

 call on Mr. Aill ck, the editor of tbe Western Farmer 

 & Gardener, and if you are not already a reader of 

 bis clc'.'Ucnt paper, subscribe for it at once, and in it 

 vou will lind a complete list with pedigrees of Mr. 

 NelV'e cattle, and numerous fine portrniis of animals, 

 engraved by Mr. Foster. Mr. Afllcck is a good judge 

 of s'.oclv, and if not too busy he will offer to accom- 

 pany you to Mr. Neff's form. If so, hnppy are you; 

 and with old Kentucky in tbe harness, you start off 

 right cheerily down Western Row, and on a good 

 turnpike road over the Cheviot Ililla till you come to 

 the Seven Mile House; then turning in at a gateway 

 you enter the premises of Mr. Neff, and the firm ob- 

 ject that arrests your attmuion is a number of splendid 

 two-year old heifers in a small pasture in front of the 

 house. That very la.-ge and handsome red and white 

 one is L')ui3iana; that beautiful white creature of 

 smaller size is Clifford; tbe other, red and white, 

 it Vir''inia, and the roan is Georgia. These four 

 are all too perfect and beautiful lor description. Then 

 go into another field, and there you see Rosalia, 

 Indiana, ]!olle-Cre&le, and some half a dozen other 

 thorough bred heifers about two years old; and he 

 must bo a nico jud^e who discovers delects in any of 

 them. 



But pass on to the yearlings, and there yon will find 

 B dozen or so more, ' Gema' of the first water. Then 

 follow your Cicerone to the etnbles, and you see Cm- 

 cinnatus, a beautiful large white two year old bull; 

 and Young Prince, a promiting son of Piince Wil- 

 liam and Lady Catherine, with a number of other two- 

 year old and yearling bulls. Now take a look at that 

 long row of beautiful calves. Are they not " Buds of 

 Promise?" Bat hark! Is that thunder ? Oh no; it 

 it only the voice of old Brutns. Pass out that door; 

 see here comes, with all the pride and dignity imngin 

 able. What an enormous size, and yet how beauti- 

 ful he is! Brutus is 7 years old, roan; was purchased 

 at Mr. Whitaker's sale of imported cattle at Philadel- 

 phia in 183d. He is in rather high flesh and weighs 

 about 'J7I)I) pounds. See how kind and gentle he is! 

 Feel of his soft sleek sides; observe his fine limbs, 

 noble bead and neck; his splendid brisket and broad 

 Btraight back! Taking him all in all, did you ever 

 ■oa a more perfect animal of hia kind? But hero 

 comes another, who disputes the pdin of excellence 

 with him. This ia Prince William', 4 yenrsold, roan: 

 also imported by Mr. Whitakcr. He is not in so high 

 ficsh, nor so large, but some consider him superior to 

 Brutus. If he had on more flesh be would nearly 

 equal him in weigl)t,and probably excel him in activ- 

 ity. See with what a stately majestic step he march- 

 es back to his opartinentl 



Here comes tbe boy with the cows. Walk thib 

 •vay and stond by the ga'e, so as to view them os they 

 t Da aot laujjfh at that old-ftiihioRed lookinj; 



dame in the lead; it is true she is not handsome, but 

 she is an imported cow of the finest pedigree, and, as 

 ia often the case, is a very superior breeder. Her 

 name is Ruth, she is 10 years old, and tbe mother of 

 some of the moat beautiful animals in the herd; for 

 instance Victoria, Louisiana, Sibella and G.-^eat Wes- 

 tern. That fine large fat looking red and white 

 cow, is also imported; she is properly named Beauty; 

 and the only objection to her is, the difficulty of keep- 

 ing her poor enough for usefulness. There are four 

 other fine imported cows, Blossnn, Profitable, Straw- 

 berry and Lady Catherine — six in all, from which 

 the rest of the herd were mostly produced, and some 

 of the younger ones are more beautiful than their pa- 

 rents. See that smallish roan cow : that is Ruth's 

 eldest daughter, and one of which she may well be 

 proud. She is aptly named Victoria, for like her 

 Royal namesake her greatest defect is, that there is no 

 more of her — both are rather too short! 



Now looii at those 'Swill Boys' in the bain- 

 yurd. That long thrifty looking Porker is an Iiiah 

 Grazier. Yonder are more ol them; how thin their 

 coats are! They look as though they would freeze to 

 death in winter; bnt if you ask Mr. Affleck he will 

 probably inform you that they are a hardy and valu- 

 oble breed of hogs, although not more profiioble than 

 eome others. These black and spotted ones you at 

 once know are Bcikshiies. They ore generally con- 

 sidered the perfection of tbe swine family now.a-daye. 

 Here, under this shed, is a fine Berkshire sow, hung 

 in a sling, so that her feel cannot touch the ground. 

 See; her hind leg is bound up with splinters; it was 

 broken by being run over with a wagon a few days 

 since, and being a valuable animal, Mr. Neff deter- 

 mined to make an efl'ort to save her — hope be may 

 succeed. 



I fear I shall detain you too long, and yet 

 I cannot leave without taking you through this thriliy 

 vincya^'d. Look at these Catawba, Isabella and 

 Schuylkill grape vines: how abundantly they bear, 

 and with very little attention. They ore more sure 

 to ripen and less liable to mildew or blight than in 

 New York State. There, in that inclosuro is a pair 

 of Deer, but they appear to be ont of their proper ele- 

 ment. This small building at the bottom of the gar- 

 den is the boys Rabbit house, and it ia well stocked 

 with furry quadrnpeds. Walk up this way through 

 the garden, and pick some of these Ohio ever-bearing 

 Rospberries. They ore of good size and pleasant fla- 

 vor, but not so delicious as the Antwerp. Their great 

 advantage is their habit of bearing plentifully all 

 through the season. 



I find I must close this gossiping epistle, and have 

 not time to speak of Mr. Mahards splendid lot ef 

 Berkshire pics, but you must go and see them never- 

 theless, and perhaps I may notice them hereafter, to- 

 gether with some other sights seen in Ohio. 



Cincinnati, J«/y 20, 184). M. B. B. 



Em 



not heavy; in others, aa in the sonthern counties, it #' 

 very poor — some fields not worth harvesting. In d i'-'"'' 



central parts, fields of nil qualities may be seen — soli if* 

 being very good, others of medium quality, and othe t'"^^ 

 scarcely worth cutting. The difference being mai i"* 

 ly attributable to the soil, end the cultivatioiui P 

 Taking the whole State together, I was dieoppoin 

 in the wheat crop, and am confident the yield will 

 be as great as the popers have of late rcpreseni 

 My opinion ia that Ohio connot be set down for m 

 than two-tltirda of an average crop. 



Indian Com is the next staple crop of Ohio, 

 almost the only crop of some parts of the Stale. 



iek' 



ifiitbC 



has Bufi'ered materially this season from the cntworn >*' 



113,^4 i 

 tlTb 



at 

 ijinii 



Uilll 



is; 

 ,IW 



and the drouth in some parts; but in other parta 

 looks very fine, and the whole state must yield an il 

 mense crop; although perhaps not quite ae large 

 thatof the past year. The immense corn fields in ti KUl"' 

 valley of the Scioto, and along other etrenms in cei H'^ 

 iral and Bouihern Ohio present to the eye of the lim »' 

 eler a very beautiful and luxuriant appearance, ani 

 afford striking evidence of the wonderful fertility tl 

 the soil. While silting at on elevated window in lb 

 " Niel House" in this city, (the thermometer at 9 

 in the shade) I was shown a field of 160 acres, in tb 

 valley below, that had been planted with corn 40 yeai 

 in succession, without any apparent diminution of V 

 productiveness. I should judge the stalks nowstan 

 10 or 12 feet high, and aa thick as they con gron 

 giving the whole valley the appearance of a deni 

 young forest. 



Grass, on dry lands was very light; but on moil 

 lands it is pretty fair. Much of the hay in this slat, if,] 

 is not cut till after the wheat. Clover is much use 

 in some of tne best wheat counties, but not os genet 

 ally throughout the stole as I should think it migb 

 be with odvantage. The Cloter Seed crop ie no 

 very promising — owing to the drouth having checkc 

 the second growth. 



Oats arc much raised, and are generally fair, ihouglf n 

 not uniforinly so. 



Barley is bnt Utile raised, and is very light. ♦ 



Potatoes, in some parts, have suffered from droughl 

 but I think the crop geneioUy will not fall much be 

 low on average. 



In conclusion, it is evident that the Bvrkeye Stat 

 will sustain her high rank for producing the ncecsssr 

 ies of life, although the aggregate yield ol iclieat mut 

 be considerobly less than for the past two years. 



M. B. B. 



The Crops in Ohio. 



Columbus, July -ie, 1841. 



Ohio claims the honor of producing the greatest 

 quantity of Wheat, and may perhaps justly be consid- 

 ered the most impoitant agricultural State in the Un- 

 ion. When we meet a friend, therefore, from this 

 State, the first question that arises is usually in rela- 

 tion to tbe crops. And as this ia a topic particularly 

 inlcrcBting to the readers of an agricultural paper, I 

 will give it my first attention. I have uowspcuttwo 

 weeks in traveling over the State, during the height 

 of harvest, and having taken particular pains to inform 

 myself on the subject, I feel confident that my views 

 will not be found erroneous, although ihey may differ 

 from some of the published statements. 



M he Wheat Crop ie very uneven; in some pieces, 

 (13 along tlie lake counties, il is generally (iiir, oIiTiongli 



Canada Thistles, &c. 



"Aid TO Agkicultcre." — The Legislature latelj 

 passed a law appropriating $8,000 to promote Agri. 

 culture, by encouraging the formation of County So. 

 cieties, and enabling those societies to excite emulatiooi 

 among the Farmers by distributing premiums. Tbi« 

 is all well enough; but we can point out a way in 

 which the State authorities might still more effectuaU 

 ly promote the welfare of the agriculturists. 



[n? Let immediote orders be issued by tbe Canal 

 Commissioners, for destroying the Canada ThistU 

 and other noxious weeds that abound olong the Can 

 lis, on the ground controlled by the State. Even 

 within the limits of the city of Rochester, there art 

 thistles enough on the Cnnal and feeder, to seed all 

 Western New Y^ork. Evfrymonwho has farm or 

 garden, or who rea'ly wishes to " promote Agricul. 

 lure," should aid in calling attention to the correction 

 of this nuisance, which annually causes more injury 

 to land by sowing them with foul weeds, than can b» 

 compensated by ten times the §8000 now annually 

 appropriated for " promoting agriculture." 



ROCHnSTER 



