IS-2 



THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 2. 



I^ivingston Couuty Fair and Cattle Show. 



CAt Ucncseo, UcUibcr 2id, IBIIJ 



The Secreiary informB us that, allhouyh the dny 

 WBfl stormy, and ibo roads muddy, the exhibition woe 

 8uch 09 to iiial'C it a meeting of great interest. Tlic 

 display of stock was unusually large and fair. Tlie 

 nuirierouB pens and ample grounds set apart for the ex- 

 hibition were at on early hour filled, and the commit- 

 tee for that purpose had to construct a ronge of new 

 pens to contain the incoming throngs of cattle, aheep 

 and swiuc. A great many very noble specimens of 

 stock were exhibited. A fine pen of I loldernoss own- 

 ed by Mr. Skinner of this town ; a Teeswater of Mr. 

 Kemp of Groveland ; several Dcvons and a great 

 many Durhams from several towns were exhibited. 

 The improved yhort Horn Durham breed seemed 

 most in favor. There was also a tine show of Swine; 

 of the Berkshire, Leiceslers, and Byiield breeds and 

 crops. 



The Butter exhibited wos very abundant and of 

 matchless quality. Some very beautiful specimens of 

 Needle Work. Domestic Cloth and Carpeting were 

 aico exhibited and excited much admiration. 



Upon the whole, the exhibition, considering that it 

 was the first of the kind, was highly creditable to the 

 county. And if the Society follow up this first etlbri 

 with becoming zeal the next exhibition, which will 

 embrace a greater range of articles, will show that 

 Livingston will not be more famous for the fertility of 

 her vallies than for the richness and variety of her pro- 

 ductions. 



The following Premiums were awarded : 

 Ist best Bull 2 years old end over, $15, David M. 



Smith, Avon. 

 2d best Bull do $i, F,. A. r,e Roy, Caledonia. 

 3d best Bull do $b, Holloway Long, York. 

 Best Yearling Bull $i, David Brooks, Avon. 

 2d best Yearling Bull $',, John R. Murray. Mount 



Morris. 

 Best Bull Coif .fS, D.miel II. Fitzhugh, Groveland. 

 Best Pen not less than 3 Calves $5, Thomas Tyler, 



Genesco. 

 2d best Pen not less than 3 Calves $4, David Brooks, 



Avon. 

 Best Cow $10, David Brooks, Avon. 

 2d best Cow ^:>, Thomas Newbokl, Caledonia.! 

 Bejt Heiler 2 years old .$.">, Isaac Casey, York. 

 2J best Heifer 2 years old $3, Uoswell Stocking. 



York. 

 Best pair Working Oxen $10, Roswell Root, York. 

 2d best poir Working Oxen $8, Allen Ayroult, Gen 



cseo. 



^'York"'^ ^ "''" "''' ^'"'^" *■'"' ^"""«"'y Long, 



Best pair 2 year old do $.5, George Root, York. 



Best tatallion$10, David Brooks, Avon. 



2d best do $5, Robert Whaley, Avon 



Best brood Mare $S, Pdl Teed, Leicester. 



2d beet do $4, Reuben Squicr, Geneseo. 



Best Spring Colt $5, Pell Tee.l, Leicester. 



2d boit do $3, Reuben Squier, Geneseo. 



Besi pair Matched Horses $10, William A. MiUa, jr. 



Mount Mums. 

 2d best pair Matched Horses $.5, Ja's. S. Wadsworth, 



Geneseo. 

 Best long Wool Buck $G, Mr. Oliphant Mt. Morris. 

 M best do $4, Thomas Parsons, York. 

 3d best do $2, Richard Peck, Lima. 

 Beit fine Wool Buck $G, Roswell Root, York. 

 M best do $4, Charles Cole, Gen^sco. 

 3d best do $2, Reuben Squier, Geneseo. 

 Bo.t len not lees than 5 long Wool Ewes $5, Allen 



Ayrault, Geneseo. 

 2d beat do do William Squier, Geneseo. 



Coft! Gelfeo.''"" ^ '^"" '^'"" ^^"''^^ ^'^- Charles 

 2d best do |3, Reuben Sqnier, Geneseo. 

 B :at Boar $8, N. Hathaway, Geneseo 

 2J best Boar ,$.■-,, T. Tyler, ^' "do 



Geneseoi'"' '*""' *"*' ""'"""" ^- Wadsworth, 

 2d best breeding Sow $5, Sullivan Drew, York 

 Bos Pouah.$.^ K. G. Holliday, Spar.o!' ""'• 

 ^d best Plou-li $3, none offered. 

 u, Sf. I'u" Of B""" $4, David Bro-As, Avon 

 U«« a-ilbs. Roll do $2, Mr. S. A, Hooper" York. 



Best 50 lbs. Cheese $3, Thomas Tyler, Geneseo. 

 Best pair fat Oxen $10, William A. Mills, Mount 



Morris. 

 1 Divan, 3 Ottomans, needle work, $2 50, Mrs. 



Campbell Harris, York. 



1 worked Chnir and 1 Screen, needle wuik, $2 50, 

 Mrs. John Young, Geneseo. 



Plaid Flannel $3, Mrs O. D. Lake, Mt. Morris. 



Black and White Flannel $2. do 



Moscow stripe J'lonnel 3, and Full Cloth 2 — $5, Mrs. 

 Esther Harris, Y'ork. 



2J best fulled Cloth $1, Lyman Turner, Geneseo. 



Stocking Yarn $1, Mrs. Cornelius Shepard, Gen- 

 eseo. 



Skeins Silk$l, Mrs. McVcan, York. 



2 pieces Carpeting $1, Pell Teed, Leicester. 

 Entry ;and Stair Carpeting $4, Mrs. G. Nowlen, 



Geneseo. 

 Specimens of Glass .$2, Mt. Morris Factory. 

 Best fine Wool Lamb $3, Charles Colt, Geneseo. 

 Best Leicestershire Lr.mb $2, William Squier, do. 

 2d best do do .$1. Richard Peck, Lima. 



Best Yeorling Colt $1, Jonathan Miller. 

 Best 2 year old Colt $2, Ribcrt Wiialey, Avon. 

 Best improved Fanning Mill$l, Pell Teed, Leicester. 

 Improved Clevis $1, E. G. Holliday, Sparta. 



Immediately alter the reports of the eonimittees 

 were read and the foregoing premiums were declared, 

 the Society pro.eeded to the choice of otticers for the 

 enduing j'ear. 



The liillowing officers were elected : — 

 JAMES S. WADSWORTH, President. 



Edwahp a. Le Rov, ) 



RuKL L. Blake, > Vice Presidents. 



Paul Goddard, ) 



C. H. Brvan, Recording Secretary. 



Felix Tracv, Currcepoiuling Secretary, 



Allen Ayrault, Treoeurer. 



MANAOEns. 



Holloway Long, York. Jerediah Horsford, Leicester. 

 William A. Mills, jr., Mt. Morris. William Scott, 

 Sparla Harvey S. Tyler, Springwoter. John Hen 

 dersiin, Conesus. Augustus Gibbs, Livonia. Asubel 

 H. Warner, Lima. D. H. Fii/.luigh, Groveland. Ira 

 .Merrill, Avon. Charles Colt, Geneseo. 



Niagara Co., Fair and Cattle Show, 



At LuckjiuTl, Vn. 2-id, 1841. 



The following account of this exhibition from the 

 pen of our old friend "Niagara," accompanies the 

 list of premiums published in the Lockport poper. 

 We are happy to learn thot this fine county is also 

 waking up to a sense of her true interests. 



Although this was the first attempt at ony thing of 

 the kind ever witnessed in this county, and though 

 the roads weie exceedingly muddy in consequence of 

 recent rains; yet the gothering of the entcrp ioing 

 larmersand others of the county was very numerous, 

 even beyond the expectation of any. The day «as 

 favorable, for the season of the year, and the multi- 

 tude were apparently never in better spirits. As 

 such a meeting was a novelty with us, many attended 

 merely as " lookers on," yet words, oetions and looks, 

 bespoke unusual gratification and pleasure, and this 

 ' farmer's holiday" was pronounced by more than 

 one, proud day for Niagara. Political and feetarinn 

 distinctions were apparently unknown or forgotten, 

 and an expression of kindly, fellow feeling was uni- 

 formly monifeat. The show of animals, although not 

 as nnmeroiis ns in some of the eastern and middle 

 counties of the state, was very respectable, not only 

 in number, but in grode and oppeoronce, ond nfford- 

 ed the most gratifying evidences of im|iiovement, and 

 that our farmers and herdemen are not asleep, or indif- 

 ferent on the subject of cattle husbandry. 



The cattle exhibited were nearly all of them crose- 

 oH between the Sbnrt Horn, Devonshire ond the no- 

 live breeds. Although the frosty nights, rainy days, 

 and muddy roads, hnd rendered their appearance less 

 sleek and beautiful than it otherwise would have been, 

 yet we venture the opinion that many of them would 

 not suficr in comparison wiih the best aniniala in some 

 of the older counties. There were several calves ol 

 improved breeds which excited much attention, some 

 live or six yoke of working oxen were preheated, ol 

 the most stately and beautiful appearance, and were 

 much admired. 



The number of horses, &c., on the ground was 

 very salisfoctory, and better poirs of matched icnrh- 

 ing horses, such as the farmer wants, can hardly be 

 linind. 



Of the swine exhibited, some were specimens ol 

 very good Bcrkshirce, Chinas, &c., but the show was 

 not very numerous, nor as good ns may be expected 

 in future years. Enough was to b? rccn ho^Yever, to 



convince the observer that our pork makers were dis- 

 poeed to improve their breeds of porkers. 



The dillcrent varieties of sheep, were ecvcioI of 

 them represented. The Merino, Sa.\on, Bakewell 

 ond South Down were by no means indifferent epe- 

 cimcns of these varieties, some of which attracted 

 much notice. One buck introduced by Mr. Hess, of 

 Somerset, was very much admired on account of the 

 fineness of the wool and size o( the carcase. A full 

 blood South Down Buck exhibited by Mr. J. Wit. 

 beck, of Cambria, presented o good combination of 

 the most desirable qualities for the farmer, viz : a su- 

 I erior quality, and a fair quantity of wool, with a size 

 of carcase onda nobleness of form showing a strong 

 and vigorous constitution. There were others per- 

 haps equally deserving, which 1 did not porticulorly 

 notice. 



The show of vegetoblc products, such as beets, car- 

 rots, pumpkins, squashes, &c., wese such as to prove 

 that the soil and cultivation of Niogora, (some parte 

 01 least,) are not surpassed ony where. A sugar beet 

 exhibited by Mr. E W. Smi h, raised on as hard and 

 clay soil as can be found, weigiied 22j pounds, show- 

 ing what mov be done by cultivation. Several speci* 

 mens of cauliflower, olbo raised on the some ground, 

 were most splendid. Whcaifield andCambiio fur- 

 nished pumpkins weighing 40 pounds and upwards. 

 Squosbce large enough to fill a half bushel measutc, 

 were exhibited by Mr. Alwoter, of Lockport. 



The specimens of wheat and corn, oats ond polo, 

 toes, were admirable. As line somiihs of wheat as 

 can be found in the world, were exhibiied ; corn and 

 oats at the rote of 90 bushels |)er acre, and potatoes at 

 the rate of 400 bushels per acre, and that too, with- 

 out any reference to an ogricultuaal exliioitiun, give 

 some evidence at least, that our bolder county eon 

 tains the soil, and the cultivators thereof, which will 

 not sufler in comparison with many others much more 

 celebrated. Notwithstanding great credit is due to 

 our yeomanry, to our breeders of cattle, horses, sheep 

 and swine, yet, a meed of praise not a whit less, is 

 due to the " ladies of the farm hoUbC," niony of whom 

 graced our numerous assemblage, not only wiih their 

 piesencc but with the work of their hands. The ex- 

 hibition of carpets, flannels, woolen yarn, sioekinge, 

 socks, &c. &c., were all respcctoble, ond some of 

 them very much admired. But in the article of but- 

 ter, there were many samples of superior exc Hence. 

 One of the viewing ctunmittee remarked to me, that 

 he hod served in the same capacity 14 years, in the 

 eastern counties, ond thot ftc ntvtr had seen so tnant/f 

 a^ pt'ifixt 8ani[ les of butter, — a fact redecting much 

 credit upon this bra eh of household manufactures. 



When we coiibider that this was the first cflbrt of 

 the kind ever attempted by us: that our society woa 

 nor organized till near the last of June, — thot tLe list 

 of premiums was not made known till the middle of 

 July, so that ifo stock, or vegetable could ha\e been 

 raised, or cultivated in relcreiice to such premiums. — 

 what may we not expect when our society shall have 

 attained years of maturity and e.xperienee. 



Yonre. &c., NIAGARA. 



LorJqiort, October 25, 1841. 



' V. Presidents. 



The election of ofTiccrs (or the ensuing ycor, which 

 took place on the day of the Fnii, resulted os follows : 

 WM. A. TOWNSEND, President. 

 DAVIS HURD, 

 JOHN GOULD, Jr. 

 Wm. Par.50ns, Secretary. 

 Wm. O. Brown-, Treasurer. 



Execctive Committee. 



Camhria — Thomas Comstock, D. W. Ciapeey, 

 H. McNeil. 



llAiiTLinu — C. H. Skceic, Abiter Kitridgc, Harry 

 Harrington. 



LocKi'ORT — Joel McCoIluiii, Jacob Gaunt, Rivera 

 Stevens. 



Lewiston — Asahcl Lyon, Rufus Spaulding, Eli 

 PInyter. 



Niaoara — Paikhutst Whitney, C. H. Witmer, 

 Eliphalel Gillct. 



Nkwkane — James Wisner, Peter McCollum, T. 

 W. Merritt. 



Porter — J. C. S. Ransom, J. Clopsoddlc, Jacob 

 Most. 



PExnLEroN — John Baker, George Hawley, Aaron 

 Parsons. 



RovALTON — Wm. Freeman, Eiostus Hurd, W. 

 Carpenter. 



Somerset — M. S. Dougloss, Pclcr Hess, J. W. 

 Bnbcock. 



Wilson — Daniel Dwight, Daniel Holmes, Morgan 

 Johnson. 



WHrATFiELD— N. M.Word, J.S^veeney, H. Miller. 



