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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



itlr. IVcfl''8 Stock of Short Horned Cattle, 



TO BX SOLD ON THE SIXTH AND StVKNTH OF SKFTEM- 

 Btn NfcXT, NEAR CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



The ottcntion of lUe rtaiiera of this pnper, in the 

 West and South, is invited to thd notice of a sale of 

 cattle inserted in anotbcr column. Mr. NefT has for 

 a number of yeara given hia particular otteiition to 

 the raising of improved cattle, and hae apared no 

 expense in procuring the very finest animals to breed 

 from. His herd has now become so numerous that 

 hfi has determined to sell off the whole or the 

 greater port, in order that he may begin anew. Tiie 

 writer of this had the pleasure of viewing these cattle 

 a few days since, end he does not hesitate to prononme 

 them the finest collection to be found at any one 

 place in the United States. If any of the cuttle-loving 

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

 country previoua to the sale, they miist not fail to 

 ICTGo and see. 



On orriving at the Queen City of the West, first 

 call on Mr. AlIl ck, iho editor of the Western Farmer 

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

 his excellent paper, subscribe for it at once, and in it 

 you will tind a complete list with pedigrees of Mr. 

 Neir's cattle, and numerous fine portraits of animals, 

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

 of stock, and if not too busy he will offer to accom- 

 pany you to Mr. Nelf 's farm. If so, happy are you; 

 and with old Kentucky in the harness, you start off 

 1,1'ht cheerily down Western Row, and on a good 

 turn.iike road over the Cheviot Hills till you come ti 

 the Seven Mile House; then turning in at a gateway 

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

 ject that arrests your attention is a number of splendid 

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

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

 one is Louisiana; that beautiful white creature of 

 Bimller size is ClitTord; the other, red and white, 

 U Virginia, and the roan is Georgia. These four 

 are all too perfect and beautiful for description. Then 

 go into another field, and there yoii see Rosalie, 

 Indiana, Belle-Creole, and some half a dozen other 

 thorough bred hcilers about two years old; and he 

 must ha a nice judge who discovers defects in any of 

 them. 



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

 a dozen or so more, ' Gems' of the first water. Then 

 follow your Cicerone to the ttables, and you see Cin- 

 ciiinatus, a beautiful lar^ro white two year old hull; 

 and Young Prince, a promising eon of Prince Wil- 

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

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

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

 Promise?" But hark! Is that thunder 7 Oh no; it 

 ia only the voice of old Brutue. Pass out that door; 

 see here comes, with all the prideand dignity imagin- 

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

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

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

 phia in 1838. He is in riuher high flesh and weighs 

 alwut 2700 pounds. See how kind and gentle he is! 

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

 noble head and neck; his splendid brisket and broad 

 straight back! Taking liiin all in all, did you ever 

 ■ee a more perfect animal of his kind! But here 

 comes another, who disputes the palm of excellence 

 with him. This is Prince William, 4 years old, roan; 

 also imijorted by Mr. Whituker. Jle is not in so high 

 flesh, nor so large, hut some consider him superior to 

 Brutus. If be had on more fiesh he would nearly 

 e.iual him in weight, and probably excel him in activ- 

 ity. See with what a s^tately majestic step he morch- 

 ea back to his apartment! 



Here comes the boy with the c>ws. Walk this 

 "vay and stand by the ga'e, eo aa to view t'lem as they 

 I I>o IR4 Isii^h at lint i>ld-fotbtoiie'd looking 



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

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

 is often the case, is o very superior breeder. Her 

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

 some of the moat beautil'ul animals in the herd; for 

 instance Victoria, Louisiana, Sibella and Great 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 hcT poor enough Uyr usefulness. There are lour 

 other fine imported cows, Btossim, Profitable, Straw- 

 berry and Laily Caiherinc — six in all, from which 

 the rest of the herd were mostly produced, and some 

 of the younger onee are nitre beautiful than their pa- 

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

 eldest daughter, and one of wdiich she may well be 

 proud. She is nplly named Victoria, for like her 

 Royal namesake her greatest defect is, that there iano 

 more of her — both are rather too short! 



Now look at those 'Swill Boys' in the barn- 

 yard. That long thrifty looking Porker is an Irish 

 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 inS<rm you that they arc a hardy and valu- 

 able breed of ho;;s, although not more profitable than 

 some others. These black and spotted ones you at 

 once know are Berkshires. They are generally con- 

 sidered the perfection of the swine family now-a-days. 

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

 in m sling, so that her feet cunnot touch the ground. 

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

 broken by being run over with a wagon a few days 

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

 mined to make an ell'jrt to save her — hope he may 

 succeed. 



I fear I shall detain you too long, and yet 

 I cannot leave without taking you through this thrifty 

 vineya'-d. Look at these Ca'.awba, Isabella and 

 Schuylkill grape vines^ how obundanily they Lear, 

 and with very little attention. They are more sure 

 to ripen and less liable to mildew or blight than in 

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

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

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

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

 with furry quadrupeds. Walk up this way through 

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

 Raspberries. They are of good size and pleasant fla- 

 vor, but itot so delicious as the Antwerp. Their great 

 advantage is their habit of bearing plentifully all 

 through the feasou. 



1 find 1 must close this gossiping epistle, and have 

 not time to speak of Mr. Mahards splendid lot of 

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

 theless, and per'aapa I may notice them hereafter, to- 

 gether with some other sights seen in Ohio. 



Cincinnati, July 20, 1841. M. B. B. 



not heavy; in others, as in the southern court] 

 very poor — some fields not worth harvesting, 

 central parts, fields of all qualities may be seel 

 being very good, others o( medium quality, a 

 scarcely worth cutting. The difference bein| 

 ly attributable to the soil, and the cul 

 Taking the whole State together, I was dieapj 

 in the wheat crop, and am confident the yield # 

 be as great aa the papers have of late reprek 

 My opinion is that Ohio cannot bo set down fog 

 than two-thirds of an average crop. 



Indian Corn is the next staple crop of Ohit 

 almost the only crop of some parts of the Slat 

 has suffered materially this season from the CQ( 

 and the drouth in some parts; but in other 

 looks very fine, and the whole state must yiel 

 mcnse crop; although perhaps not quite as 

 that of the past year. The immense corn fieli 

 valley of the Sciola, and along other streams 

 tral and southern Ohio present to '.he eye of tl 

 eler a very beautiful and luxuriant appearance 

 atTord striking evidence of the wonderful ferlili 

 thesoil. While sitting at an elevated window! 

 " Nifl House" in this city, (the thermometerl 

 in the shade) I was shown a field of ICO acres, ii 

 valley below, that had been planted with corn 40 

 in succession, without any apparent diminution 

 productiveness. I should judge the stalks now 

 10 or 12 feet high, and as thick as they can ( 

 givins; the whole valley the appearance of a i 

 young Ibrest. 



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

 lands it is pretty fair. Much of the hay in this- 

 is not cut till after the wheat. Clover is much 

 in some of me best wheat counties, but not as g> 

 ally throughout the state as I should think it D 

 be with advantage. The Clorcr Seed crop it 

 very promising — owing to the drouth having ch( 

 the second growth. 



Oats are much raised, and are generally fair, tht 

 not uniformly so. 



Barley is but little raised, and is very light. 

 Potatoes, in some parte, have suffered from drot 

 but I iliink the crop gencially will not fall mucU 

 low an average. 



In conclusion, it is evident that the Buckeye i 

 will sustaiir her high rank for producing the nece 

 ies of life, although the aggregate yield ol lelicat 

 be considerably leas than for the past two years. 

 M. B. 



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The Crops iu Ohio. 



Columbus, July'iG, 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 IVicnd, therefjre, from this 

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

 tion to the crops. And as this is a topic particularly 

 interesting to the readers of an agricultural paper, I 

 will give it my first attention. I have now spent two 

 weeks in traveling over the Slate, during the height 

 of harvest, and having taken particular pains to inform 

 myselfon the subject, I feel confident that my views 

 will not be found erroneous, although they may differ 

 from some of the published statements. 



'Ihe Wheat Crop is very uneven; in son© plac's, 

 99 atoftj the lake cfmiltties, it ie generally fair, altheiusfa 



Canada Thistles, &c. 



Aid TO Agriculture." — The Legislature li' 

 law appropriating $8,000 to promote I 

 culture, by encouraging the formation of County 

 cieiies, and enabling those societies to excite emuli 

 among the Farmers by distributing premiums. ' 

 is all well enough; but we can point out a wa*- 

 which the State authorities might still more effect 

 ly promote the welfare of the agriculturists. 



03° Let immediate orders be issued by the C 

 Commissioners, for destroying the Canada Th 

 and other noxinus weeds that abound along the C 

 ale, on the ground controlled by the State. E 

 within the limits of the city of Rochester, there 

 thistles enough on the Canal and feeder, to eeeii 

 Western New Yuik. Every man who has forn 

 garden, or who rea'ly wishes to "promote Agri 

 ture," should aid in calling attention to the correcl 

 of this nuisance, which annually catises more inj 

 to land by sowing them with foul weeds, than ear 

 compensated by ten times the $8300 now annui 

 appropriii.^i fcr " piomoting rg.iculture." 



ROtH ESTER 



