612 
RURAL HOURS. 
made sfoods, and rather more than the value of the cotton man- 
ufactures, $3,800,000. The dahy produce is very valuable, 
$10,400,000. 
It will be seen that there are a large number of horses in this 
county ; and nearly a hog for every human being, babies and all. 
One house in fourteen, among those built that year, was of stone 
or brick. The proportion in the State generally, was one in six. 
Wednesday, 2lst. — The following are the premiums allotted by 
the County Agricultural Society for the best crops, at the last 
harvest : 
Best acre of Wheat, .... 
. 32 bushels, . . . . 
$4 00 
31A 
do 
do. 
$3 00 
Best acre of Rye, .... 
. . 334 
do 
. do. 
|3 00 
Best do. Buckwheat, . . 
. 29i 
do. ... . 
. do. 
|3 00 
Best do. Barley, .... 
. 41 
do 
. do. 
$3 00 
71 
do 
. do. 
$3 00 
61 
do. . . . . 
. do. 
$2 00 
. 51 
do 
, do. 
$1 00 
. . 107 
do 
. do. 
$4 00 
. 91 
do 
. do. 
$3 00 
Third best do 
. . m 
do 
. do. 
$2 00 
Best half acre of Potatoes, . . 
. 167 
do 
do. 
$4 00 
Second best do. do. . . 
. . 92 
do 
. do. 
$3 00 
Best half acre Marrowfat Peas, 
. 28i 
do 
do. 
|3 00 
Best ten rods of Carrots, . . 
. . 73i 
do 
. do. 
$4 00 
Second best do. do. . . . 
. 45 
do 
. do. 
$3 00 
Best ten rods of Mangel-Wurzel, 
. . 81 
do 
. do. 
$3 00 
. do. 
$2 00 
Third best do. do. . . . 
do. 
$1 00 
Thursday, 22d. — Quite 
mild again. Cloudy. 
Soft, 
bluish 
haze on the hills. 
Walked about the village this afternoon, looking at last sum- 
mer's birds' nests. Many are still left in the trees, and jus-t now 
they are capped with snow. Some birds are much more careful 
