No. II. 



Ax\D GARDENER'S JOUR.NAL. 



l7l 



No 13. A line lierkehire sow and two pige, own- 

 ed hy Mr. Gibson of Albniiv. 



N>> I-l. Amulier tine Berkshire eownnd four piss, 

 owned liy tbe enmc. 



No 20. A splendid breeding 60W of the Cerlisbire 

 nnd Cheshire, owned by Mr. Fo.x of Albnny. 



MACHINKS. Ac. 



Threshing — Istprrni. to .Inhn A Pilte of Albnny: 

 2d. lo Mr, Sialliird of Syracuse; the diploma to Mr. 

 Bostwick. 



Straw Cutter — Istprcm. to Jtr. Hiivoy, Worcester; 

 2d, to J^ Swndish, F.shkill: 3d, to Bolts nnd Burfoot, 

 Richmond, Vn.; 4th, to II. Sinclair & Co., Bolti- 

 more. 



Horse Rakes — 2d prem. to I. Dorner, Cnetleto.^; 

 3d, to Lewis Siimons. 



Fanning MilLi — 1st prem. to J. E. Grnnt, of 

 Scha»hticoke: 2d, to Phincns W. Dickie, ol Phelps; 

 3d, to J I. Bullock, Guilderbind. 



HiiiToics— Ist prem. to Mnrciia Adams, Monroe; 

 2ii, to Cluistoplior Proctor of Betlilchem; 3d, to D. 

 Culey of Bethlehem. 



Cidlivdtors — Iptprcm. to J. H.Koon?, Rensselaer; 

 2d, to Bnggle?, NiMirse & Mason, Worcester; 3d, 

 to Elinkim Elmer, Delia. 



CornCntshcrs — 1st prem, O. Hussey; 2d, Rcbt. 

 Sinclair: 3d. James Murray. 



Corn S/;cMei-s— A diploma to J. A. Whitford, Sa- 

 ratoca Sprint's. 



Hiiy and Cntton Press — A premium to W. S. 

 Jaekf, of Caiekill. 



Thcrninmdcr Ckurn — A premium to Mr. Crowell, 

 of Lime R»ck, Ci. 



Self arting Cltecse Press — A premium to Collins 

 and Stone. 



Hues — A diploma to H Clark of Rensselaer. 



Pumps — A diploma to Augustus Thayer, Chat- 

 ham. 



Horse-Sliocs — A diploma to Hemy Burden, of 

 Troy. 



Probands — A discretionary premium or silver mej. 

 nl to Daniel Caley of Bethleiiem. 



We understand that a very superior Ayrshire Bull, 

 Cow, nnd Calf, recently iinjjorted, were exhibited aw 

 the Fair, by the Hon. A. Van Bergen, of Cnxpocki?. 

 Had not the several comniiticrs been misinformed ns 

 to the breed of these anima's, they would have receiv- 

 ed premiums beyond all qui'stiou. We are glad to 

 learn that they have bceri purchased by our fellow citi- 

 zen, Joel Ri'dib>ne, esq.; and we congratnlate the 

 farjners of Albany county upon this vnlunble addition 

 to the already numerous herds of imported cattle in 

 our vicinity. 



Among the horticultural e.tbibitions was a case of 

 Fruit fom the garden of A. T. Van Slyke, esq., of 

 Coxsackie, Greene co., containing six splendid bunch. 

 es of foreign Ginpcs, the Black ilaiiilmrg, and eight 

 very large Peaches, taken from a seedling tree of two 

 years' growth, the largest measuring nine and a quar- 

 ter inches, and the smallest eignt inches in circum- 

 ference. 



Jones' Patent S!lk Reel. — Amongst the results of 

 inventive genius exhibited at the Fair of the Agricul- 

 tural -ociety, there was none with the simplicity, 

 compactness nnd bcauiil'ul operniion of which we 

 were better pleased, than the Silk Heel of Messrs. 

 A. B. ife W. U. Jones, of Manchester Conn. The 

 whole machine does not exceed a cubic foot in size, 

 and is novel both in its construction nnd mcdo of com- 

 municating motion, having for this purpose neither 

 geering, belting nor banding, and hence is not liable 

 to get out of order. It winds the silk from the co- 

 coons upon small barrels, and runs two threads at n 

 time, which cross each other between the first nnd 

 eecnnd guides, precisely like the PieJmonteee Reel 



When dry. the silk can be slipped olVfrom the bar- 

 rels in small circular siteins which will preserve their 

 shape to be packed and transported any distance, and 

 can at pleasure bo unwound with as much fncility as 

 yarn is taken from the ball, and without any liability 

 of breaking or losing the end. It thus virtually per- 

 forms the two-fold operation of reeli-ngand spooling at 

 the same time, as it is iloubled and thrown immediate- 

 ly from the barrels in sma'l circular skeins. Another 

 recommendation of this reel is the expedition and con- 

 sequent cheapness with which it tee's. A mere chdd, 

 whose services may be had for si.x cents per day, can 

 easily turn it. The cost of a machine we understood 

 was twelve dollars. 



Exlrnorilijiary Crop of Field Peas. 

 On the 2yin ol April lost, I sowed lour acres of the 

 short pod English peas, on grouitd that was used for 

 eorn two years previous. Tho ground was not ma- 



nured. The ground wos plowed onco, end borrowed 

 twice. The soil was black and mucky. The quan- 

 tity of seed sown on the aero, was three btishcls. In 

 August tbcy were harvested. I threshed and meas- 

 ured the quantity grown on one acre, which was an 

 average of the whole, and-found they measured 88^ 

 bushels, of an excellent quality. 



D.WID WASSON. 

 Leicester, Vw. Co., Oct. ■), 1842. 



South Benwirit, Mi:. ( 

 Oct 13, 1«.12. 5 

 Mk. II. Coi.MiN, Sin: — There lias recently 

 come into my possession an old account book, in 

 which, I lind the weight of cnttio, slanghtered, Nov. 

 1790 — nenrly 50 years since. I will give you nn ab- 

 stract, that you may publish it in your paper,if you see 

 fit, in contrast with the weight of a cow and heifer, 

 slaughtered in December last, belonging to Hon. 

 Charles N. Cogswell. 



PERKINS OX 



HATCH OX. 

 Nov. 17tlO. 

 Qunrlcrs, Til 'bs 



No 

 Cluartcrs, 



litlO, 



Hide & Till. 





lUideital KB 



IIU-SEV- COW. 



Nov. ITt;tl. 

 lljs'Ouiirterd, (il Ih, 



illidc*. tal SI 



Quarter.^, 

 Iliiie & Tiiliow, 



JOSIIUV EMUUY'.S OXEN. 



Mou. C. N. Cogswell's Cow, Dec. 1811, 772 lbs. 

 Hon. C. N. Cogswell's Yearling Heifer, 



Dec- 1841. 5G2 " 



Hon. C. N. Cogswell's two years old 



Heifer; live weight, 1174 " 



The slaughtered heifer was nhcut twenty months 

 old. Your Friend, 



CriAS. E. NO RTO iV. 



Fur ike Ncio Genesee Fanner. 

 Mowiaig Lautl-»aii ExperimeKt. 



Mr. H. CoLJiiN — DiarSir : — There is no princi- 

 ple better setilcd, or thot receives more fully the ns- 

 sent of mankind, than the axio.m, that *' Experience 

 is the best teacher of Wisdom.'' Tiie most beautiful 

 theory in philosophy, morals, politics, or agriculture, 

 oUentiines proves, in practice, to be a mere illnsion of 

 the brain — incapable of any practical utility. As in 

 the question proposed to 4he Philosopher, "Why 

 white sheep cat so much more grass than black ones ?'' 

 the proloundest scholars have often mistaken some 

 of the most common circumetances and operations of 

 every day life. But the theory deduced from close 

 observation and experience, and from the actual 0|)er- 

 ations of nature, can hnrdiy be mistaken, or cs the 

 Poet ve y pleasantly expresses it : 



"Tlinsevory object of creation, 

 BI y furnish hints for oliservation ; 

 A ml from the most ininiM.e : nd nic.in. 

 All inquiring intnU can wisdom glean." 



Having recently noticed the result of an experi- 

 ment in forming, which, althuugh it may be quite 

 common in some parts, we had never tried or seen 

 before, and which resulted quite satisfactorily to us — 

 somewhat to our disappointment — 1 thought it 

 might be useful to the numerous readers of your wide- 

 ly circulated and very popular paper to have an ac- 

 count of it. 



My father is somewhat of an experimenting nnd ob- 

 serving farmer, as you have remarked in your pere- 

 grinations in our country ns Agriculiurnl Commis- 

 sioner of Mass. ; an ofTice which the farming interest 

 of the old Bay State ought to have continued and sus- 

 tained. He had a piece of mowing land near his 

 house, of loamy soil, which, having been mowed for 

 several years, had become turf-bound, and did not 

 produce a good crop. 



The crop of grass in 1841 wos not more tbon half a 

 tonpcrncre. Soon after it was mowed, obont the 

 lirst of August, (1841 .) he turned it over very careful- 

 ly, with one of Ruggica, Nonrso & Mason's best 

 ploughs. Il was then rotted, harrowed, nnd manured 

 with about 2l) loads to the acre of well prcpnrcJ con> 

 post manure, then harrowed again — seeded down 

 with a large quantity of clover and herds gr.ass seed — 

 harrowed ngnin, and completed by rolling. The gra?8 

 seed coipo up well, but was put back somewhat by lie 

 drynrsii of the weather. The winter was uncom- 

 monly desiruciivo to clover, and m'st of it was killid 

 out. In the sping, (18(2,) itlooked rather poorly for 

 some time, the season being cold nnd dry. But en 

 the cominenccn.ent of the worm and rainy weather, 

 it grew amazingly ; and on the latter part of July, he 

 cut, at least two tons to the acre, of clean herds gra s 

 with a mere sprinkling of clover, the clover having 

 been mostly killed out by winter, ns 1 said before ; a 

 quantity more than twice as much ns ho would havo 

 cut, had he not plowed it. 



After the first crop was cut, the weather continued 

 wnrm nnd moist, nnd he has just cut the second crop 

 of at least a ton to the acre, making not less than thrco 

 tons 10 the ncre, this senson. 



The experiment has succeeded beyond our most 

 sanguine expectations. We supposed we should 

 nearly lose the glass the first scnsnn, but hoped to 

 gain by it afterwards. But instead of that, there has 

 been a gain the first season of mote than 200 per cent, 

 in the quantity of grnse. 



Hay being one of the most profitable crops we 

 can raise in this section of the couiniy, il is a great de- 

 sideratum to he able to lay down lands to grass with- 

 out being compelled to cultivate them with corn, po- 

 tatoes, oats, &c. , for three or four yeors, thus losing 

 the crop of grass for that time. I think that en level, 

 loamy lands, this kind of agriculture may be practiced 

 with success and profit. 



The crops generally, in these pans, are uncommon- 

 ly large. The first crop of grass was about an nver- 

 nge one. Rye was good, nnd corn has ripened well 

 and is good. Oats were very large, and the second 

 crop of grass. 1 have never teen so large before. 

 The continued rains of August and the first hnlf of 

 Sept., have made our pastures excellent nnd fall feed 

 abundant. 



Notwithstanding the vetos of the Bank and Tariff 

 Bills, a good Providence has continued to smile upon 

 us, and our barns nnd granaries are full to overflow- 

 ing. And now our grealsst trouble is, our crops are 

 80 abundant that prices have fallen very low. Not 

 even the final passage of the TaritT Bill, which in- 

 cresses the price of most things the farmer uses, but 

 gives him not a cent more for his produce, nnd di- 

 minishes the foreign market for his grain, can save us 

 from low prices when there is an abuniant harvest. 

 Verily, man is ungrulefnl, but God is ever good I 



We are highly pleased with the "New Genesee 

 Farmer," under the management of its new Yankee 

 Editor. May long life, good health and abundant 

 prosperity attend his efforts to promote the best inter- 

 ests of that large and most important class of our fel- 

 low citizens — the Farmers of the United States. 



H. w. c. 



Bernardston, Franklin, Co., Mass., Oa. 1, ISii. 



P. S. An exppriment of irrigating land on a scala 

 somewhat extensive is being tried in this town, whiuli 

 seems to promise valuable results, and of which I will 

 give yon some account hereafter if desired. 



We are very much obliged to our good friend for 

 the above account, nnd heartily reciprocate nil his good 

 wishes nnd kind regards to him and his. LikeO. T., 

 we ask for more. Thi« ia not half enough. — Ed. 



