512 
RURAL HOURS. 
made goods, and rather more than the value of the cotton man- 
ufactures, $3,800,000. The dairy produce is very valuable, 
$10,400,000. 
It will be seen that there are a large number of horses in this 
0 
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 si.x. 
Wednesday, 21st. — 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 
Second best do 
31i 
do. 
$3 
00 
Best acre of Rye, 
. 33i 
do. 
do. 
$3 
00 
Best do. Buckwheat, . . 
. 29i 
do. 
$3 
00 
Best do. Barley, .... 
. 41 
do. 
do. 
$3 
00 
Best do. Oats, • 
71 
do. 
$3 
00 
Second best do. 
. 61 
do. 
$2 
00 
Tliird best do. 
do. 
$1 
00 
Best acre of Maize 
. 107 
do. 
do. 
$4 
00 
Second best do 
. 91 
do. 
$3 
00 
Third best do. 
. 77J 
do. 
do. 
$2 
00 
Best half acre of Potatoes, . . 
. 167 
do. 
$4 
00 
Second best do. do. . . . 
. 92 
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. 
$3 
00 
Best ton rods of Mangel-Wurzel, . 
. 81 
do. 
do. 
$3 
00 
Best specimen of Apples, . . . 
$3 
00 
Second best do. do. . . . 
$2 
00 
Third best 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 just now 
they are capped with snow. Some birds are much more careful 
