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Lorillard Spencer, Westchester, N. Y., $175. 
No. 19. Cream Pot 5th, calved April, 1846. 
Lorillard Spencer, Westchester, N. Y., $140. 
No. 20. Cream Pot 6th, calved March, 1848. 
Phillip Burrowes, Staten Island, N. Y., $125. 
No. 21. Cream Pot 7th, calved April, 1848. H. 
&. J. Carpenter, Poughkecpsie, N. Y., $145. 
No. 22. Cream Pot 8th, calved March, 1850. 
J. C. Jackson, Astoria, N. Y., $50. 
No. 23. Cream Pot 9th, calved March, 1850. 
J. B. Holmes, Croton, N. Y., $70. 
No. 24. Seraphina 2d. calved March, 1845. 
S. B. Parsons, Flushing, N. Y., $105. 
25. Celeste 2d, calved March, 1848. J. Dick- 
inson, Fordham, N. Y., $185. 
No. 26,Daisv 1st, calved August, 1843. S. B. 
Parsons, Flushing, N. Y., $90. 
No. 27. Daisy 2d, calved April, 1850. S. B. 
Parsons, Flushing, N. Y., $50. 
No. 28. Fun, calved September, 1844. George 
Vail, Troy, N. Y., $170. 
No. 29. Violet 1st, calved April, 1847. J. C. 
Jackson, Astoria, N. Y., $100. 
No. 30. Violet 2d, calved April, 1850. 
Ellison, $55. 
No. 31. Bull calf, dropped March, 1850. J. B. 
Holmes, Croton, N. Y., $105. 
No. 32. Bull calf, dropped March, 1850. 
Margit, Long Island, N Y., $105. 
No. 33. Exeter, (imported,) calved June, 1848. 
L. F. Allen, Black Rock, N. Y., $500. 
No. 34. Seraphina 3d, calved May, 1850. J. 
C. Jackson, Astoria, N. Y., $65. 
No. 35. Bull calf, dropped by No. 20, Cream 
Pot 6th, August 25th, 1850. Phillip Burrowes, 
Staten Island, N. Y. 
The sale being finished, the company dis- 
persed, seemingly highly gratified at the pro- 
ceedings; though a few were somewhat dis- 
appointed that they had not been able to pur- 
chase within their limits. We understand an 
advance has been offered on several of the ani- 
mals since their sale. We hope this may be 
an encouragement for larger and better sales 
hereafter, and that they may be got up in differ- 
ent parts of the country; for it is quite an ad- 
vantage for the farmers to meet in this manner, 
to examine stock, and exchange ideas on various 
subjects connected with their calling. 
Mr. Miller, the auctioneer, acquitted himself ex- 
cellently well, and won the good opinion of all 
parties concerned. Having a taste for fine ani- 
mals, and keeping a few himself, on his own 
farm, we think he is all the better qualified 
for his business, and bespeak for him the favor 
of our friends, on similar occasions. 
SOWING- IN DRILLS. 
It has become quite a fashion with editors of 
the agricultural papers, to recommend sowing 
seed in drills; yet, with this abundance of kind 
feeling, no one undertakes to describe the 
modus operandi. 
Now, Messrs. editors, in your superabundance 
of human kindness, inform us how far the drills 
should be apart, how many seeds to the hole, 
the depth the seed should be placed, and all the 
etceteras of drilling, taking wheat and corn as 
the supposed bases of experiment. If not in 
time for the present month, it will do for the 
next year. J. B. 
Anapolis, Md., August 24^, 1850. 
From numerous experiments made in various 
countries, for more than one hundred years, the 
drill system of sowing wheat has proved more 
profitable in the minds of cultivators, than by 
sowing broadcast, as in the common way ; be- 
cause, the wheat plants receive much more 
nourishment from the ground and air, than when 
grown in a thick and close position. The oper- 
ation of sowing is usually performed by means 
of a machine called a " drill," which is con- 
structed in such a manner, as to distribute the 
seed with the greatest exactness, and at any re- 
quired distances apart, so that the precise quan- 
tity proposed, may be sown upon any field, and, 
at the same time, the seed equally distributed 
over all, and covered at a proper depth. But 
there is still a greater advantage that attends 
sowing by the drill — the regularity with which 
the seed is sown, allows the plants to be cleared 
of weeds, with little trouble, and at no great 
expense. 
The quantity of seed proper to be sown, of 
course, depends upon a variety of circumstances, 
as, for instance, the kind of seed, the season of 
sowing, and the situation and qualities of the 
land. As a general rule, if the ground is not 
thoroughly pulverised, which it ought to be for 
the business, wheat may be sown in drills, at 
seven to twelve inches asunder, and from three 
to six inches apart in the drills only one grain 
in a place; for, the coarser, stiffer, and rougher 
the earth, the greater the distance it should be 
sown apart. But, if the ground is veiy fine, 
warm, and loamy in its character, six to ten 
inches asunder is sufficient for the drills, and 
two and a half to five inches apart for the grains 
in the drills. The depth to which it should be 
covered may vary from half an inch to an inch. 
The eight-rowed yellow variety of Indian corn, 
when cultivated for its grain, may be sown in 
drills three feet asunder and six inches apart in 
the drills, one kernel in a place, and covered 
the same depth as above. 
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Field Crops in Otsego County. — Wheat, by 
George W. Deming, 33 bushels per acre; others 
30 and 25. Rye, by O. C. Chamberlain. 30 bush- 
els ; others 28 and 33. Buckwheat, by Gustavus 
White, 41 bushels ; others 30 and 29. Barley, 
by Wm. G. Norihrup, 57 bushels; others 38 and 
33. Oats, by Wm. Davison, 81 bushels; others 
87 and 86. Corn, by Abijan Barnum, 93 bush- 
els ; others 85, 84, and 75. Peas, by Jos. Che- 
ney, 32 bushels; others 25 and 18. — N. Y. Slate 
Transactions. 
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Cultivation of Broom Corn in Montgomery 
County. — The raising of this crop is on the 
increase along the valley, and brings from $20 
to $30 per acre on the field, when ready to cut. 
From 800 to 1,000 acres are now planted ; about 
one fourth of the brush is made up in the county, 
and the remainder out of it. 
