PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 319 



February 4, 1861. 

 Present, 15 members. Wm. S. Carpenter in the chair. 



PREMIUM FARM CROPS. 



Judge Meigs sent in the following memorandum of some pre- 

 mium farm crops forty years ago : 



At the fair at Ballston, Saratoga county, October, 1819, the pre- 

 miums for the best farm were given to Mr. Earl Stimson, whose 

 crops were as follows, viz : 



Indian corn, 104| bushels per acre $10 



Barley, 60| bushels per acre 5 



Spring wheat, 26 bushels and 6 quarts per acre _ . 3 



Potatoes, 714 bushels per acre 6 



Beans, 40 bushels per acre _ 5 



Grass, 3 tuns 3 cwt. per acre 4 



Poultry, 250 fowls 3 



Garden, 1 acre and 50 rods 5 



One cabbage, 33i lbs 



Total $41 



SEEDLING APPLES. 



The Rev. Wm. Weaver, of Fordham, exhibited some very fine 

 looking apples for a name. 



The Chairman stated that they resemble the golden reinnette, 

 an English apple, and are like the golden pippin, a sweet apple 

 grown in this country. 



KEEPING APPLES IN OAT BRAN. 



Mr. Weaver stated that these apples were kept in their present 

 fine condition by packing them separately in oat bran. 



HONOLULU SQUASH. 



Mr. Weever presented seeds of the Honolulu squash for distri- 

 bution. He considers it a valuable squash, and wants farmers 

 to have the benefit of it. 



The Chairman stated that this squash is excellent for pies, but 

 rather too moist to eat as a vegetable. 



APPLES THE ESOPUS SPITZENBERG. 



Robert L. Pell. — This apple originated in Ulster county, N, Y., 

 and the apples now grown there are superior to those grown in 

 any other locality. 



