MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EMILY JOURNAL. 
PROFIT OF KEEPING DUCKS. 
Eds. Rural N. Y.:— Being a reader of 
the Rural, and therein noticing your will- ( 
ingness to receive communications from ag- t 
riculturalists, ruralists and perhaps poultry- j 
ists, I thought I would give you a little of 1 
my experience in raising ducks and the s 
profits thereof. I have raised more or less 1 
of them for seven years, and not until last ( 
year, (1850,) did I resolve to satisfy myself I 
as to their profitableness. Many think them ] 
mischievous and great consumers, render- i 
ing no adequate profit in return; but from ; 
my test I must believe otherwise. 1 
Last year I had 11, four drakes, (but by ] 
the by I believe drakes are usually called < 
ducks, though not egg layers,) and 10 1 
ducks. They commenced laying eggs the 1 
18th of March, laying from 3 to 10 daily> 1 
until in July —in all 705 eggs, or 58f doz. 
These 14 ducks were picked five times, and 
when their feathers became full grown 
(which takes from six to eight weeks,) were ; 
killed, dressed and sold in Geneva, at 62|- 
cents per pair. They gave four pounds of 
feathers. 
I kept no accurate account of the amount 
of corn fed them, for I gave them nothing 
else, but I will say six bushels. I fed them 
regularly at night, to induce them to come 
up from their mud and water haunts to 
their pen, where they were shut in and 
kept until they laid their eggs the next 
morning. They received no other atten¬ 
tion, more than to give them water in their 
pen, and occasionally a hearty laugh with 
my boys, as they let them out in the morn¬ 
ing, at their hasty manner of flapping o( 
wings, quacking and waddling one after 
the other down to the water. 
Now for the figures: 
I sold in Geneva 30 doz. eggs at Is. pr doz. $3,75 
“ 15 “ lOcts. “ 1,50 
“ to a neighbor 5 “ Is. “ 0,03 
Used for setting, 5 “ Is. “ 0,63 
“ in the family 3| “ Is. “ 0,47 
4 lbs. feathers at 4s. per pound.2,00 
14 sold when dressed at 5s. per pair.4,38 
Amount.$13,36 
Deducting six bush, of corn at 4s. per bush. 3,00 
Profit.$10,36 
From the five dozen eggs, set under hens, 
were hatched 51 ducks, of which number 
I raised 35. Some of these were picked 
twice and some three times, as I did not 
kill them all at the same time. In this way 
I reduced the flock of 35 to 6 only, having 
concluded to not winter over any more.— 
But a ravenous sow devoured 4 of them in 
one night; soon after the deep snow came, 
so that only two were left to winter. In 
February, I bought a drake, and in a few 
days, I think the 25th, they commenced 
laying eggs and continued until the 17th of 
July—laying in all 240 eggs, or 10 dozen 
per duck. Sold 16 dozen in Geneva, at 
12-^ cents per dozen. Have set two dozen, 
and used the remainder in the familv.— 
From the one dozen set under a hen in May, 
I have raised to near full growth 7 ducks, 
and expect another brood from the other 
dozen, set under a duck, in a few days. 
Thus I have given you the result of my 
test, and must believe the raising of ducks 
profitable, and that, too, above any other 
fowl the farmer can raise. All need proper 
care, in order to acquire a proper result of 
profit. 
I have had a little experience in the rais¬ 
ing of hens. Last year I sold hens eggs 
enough to amount to $20,55 from 22 hens, 
and have concluded, all circumstances con¬ 
sidered, that they are not nor can be as 
profitable as ducks. If others have found 
them to be so I solicit information in the 
shape of facts and figures. 
If you think this will be of interest to 
your readers of the Rural, it is at your 
pleasure to give it unto them. o. f. h. 
Waterloo, N. Y., August, 1851. 
The Potato Rot.— “J. H. P.” at Munns- 
; ville, Madison county, says that the blight 
commenced this year, three weeks earlier 
than usual in his neighborhood. He re¬ 
marks farther, as follows: “ As far as my 
! knowledge extends, it has caused but little 
i decay, but has stopped the growth of the 
| potato, so that we have only small ones.— 
[ For three years before this, I have strewed 
| lime over my potato ground before planting 
] and had no rot—but this year it was neg- 
J lected and I find some decayed ones among 
| them.” 
< In dry pastures dig for water on the 
brow of a hill; springs are frequently near- 
} er the surface on a height than in a vale. 
SLOVENLY FARMING, 
SOWING PLASTER. admit, a frame work with the rolling appa- slovenly faki 
Messrs. Editors:-Y our correspondent ratUS ma - V be placed a ^e, so high as to Farmers generally posse 
,. r TT . „ ... . ,, allow a team to pass under it, and the gate to be well cultivated, bifty 
CLEAR UP TEE RUSHES, 
C. W. II., of Yatesville, has an excellent ^ suspendec [ below. The motion of the will ever produce more than one hundred growth, take off a few crops, and then let a 
article in No. 87 of the Rural, on sowing . g gQ that a mere child can open acres poorly tilled. The net profit, that is large extent of their farms grow up to 
plaster or gypsum on summer fallow; but p . . , t . ■ r A to say, on fifty acres well tilled, will be more bushes, brambles and weeds. Frequently 
I think it liable to give erroneous impres- lb lhe orI S ,nator as was m orme * J* s than one hundred acres badly managed.— the bushes never form a valuable second 
sions on the subject, and that had he sown a Mr * George Starr ’ a gentleman in War- Now> all kn0 w, or should know, what good growth, so that the land is unproductive en- 
, . , , . , c ,, , i, • ren, Ct., who, while promoting his own con- cultivation is; but do all cultivate well ?— tirely. We have known cases in which the 
his plaster any time before the fall sowing ’ ’ f. ° .. _ . ’ . , f ^ J , ,, t , , 
r ' . . venience, does not wish to monopolize. The Do you take time by the forelock in pre- second growth was of scarcely any value 
of the wheat, instead o* at the first plowing ^ of the gate WO uld, I think, be less paring your grounds, and at a proper sea- after 20 years, and if the original forest had 
the result would have been the same. 1 r . . son? Do vou plow deep ? Do you use the been standing, the wood and limber would 
, . , . , • than that of any other of the size, while it “ j y r - . , e a i 
have experimented on sowing p aster in 1 . , . , subsoil plow where the lands want renova- have been worth four or five times as much 
possess too much land A great many farmers, in clearing new 
Fifty acres well tilled, lands, cut and destroy a heavy forest 
his plaster any time before the fall sowing 
of the wheat, instead of at the first plowing, 
the result would have been the same. 1 
have experimented on sowing plaster in 
almost all ways—have sown it in the fall 
and in the spring—before plowing and af¬ 
terwards — have sown it broadcast, and 
almost all ways—have sown it in the fall w0 ' ikl be free from some objections to which Ung? jj 0 you pulverize the soil well by as the land. ;|i 
and in the spring-before plowing and af- «"* s ™« m « «*»“ lmWe - prrowing and dragging ? Do you obtain In some cases a single tree, for instance > 
* . \ j Down East,August,iS5i. the f alres t, best seed you can find/ Do a majestic oak, or a large straight and tall 
terwards — have sown it broadcast, and you use the best farming implements ? Do white ash, would have been worth as much :|j 
placed it around the hills of corn and other MORE ABOUT NOR THERN PENNSYLVANIA. ^ keep them j n order, or do you leave as an acre of good land. But the sturdy j; 
crops—and have in most cases found un- Answer to inquiries—Churches, Schools. Spc.-Sta- them about the fields to rust? Do you stroke of the inconsiderate axeman had 
less it was exposed to the action of the el- pie crops—Aspect of the Coventry—Its adaptation hoe your crops well, and at the proper time ? levelled them, and the fire had consumed J 
ements for a long time, bul little if any good g*"—*'"* ° S °S and do you harvest at the proper time? them. We hope that the inconsiderate (I 
. 6 J fa ’ ^ , Gentlemen, these are questions which waste of forests, as has been the case to a 
could be perceived. Almost every one has D. D. T. Moore, Esq. Dear Sir: In- y 0 u should all answer in the affirmative; vast extent in our country, will be a cau- > ) 
observed that plaster sown on wheat at q U iry having been made by several letters, and there are many more, of a like nature, tion to those who are now beginning in the j J 
times in the spring, did scarcely any good i n regard to our section of the country elici- for your serious consideration. A thing well wilderness. 
to the crop, while the clover of the next ted by the “Letter from Northern Penn- done gives pleasure to the doer. To go into In numerous cases, there are scrubby j < 
, , . , t.- „ , . „ ,, i • one’s fields, and benold the fences buried bushes in pastures, that shade a great deal <■> 
season was largely increased. It seems as sylvama,” you published some weeks since, ^ bramb|e ’ s md bashes _ t0 see the grass of land, that will be of no value for growth, 
though it wanted the snows and lains of I have deemed it worth while to add an- and weeds peering over the tops of corn and and they should be cut up as cumberersof , 
winter and spring to dissolve it and bring other more in detail, and if you consider it potatoes—to view fields that have lain for the ground. G) 
it to a state to be taken up by the growing desirable, I will continue the series for a a ges uncultivated — to behold a stinted When buslie9 are very thick, they should •. ] 
I t " few weeks. growth of swaid-bound grass on such fields, be cut close to the ground, put in piles, and \ ) 
p , . . r where clover ought to grow three feet high burned when dry. By the heat from the \ ) 
Plaster is somewhat of an anomaly in My correspondents inquire as to the qual- _ tQ yiew aQ ricke * sled here-and a heaps, and the leaves on the land between ) \ 
nature, and scarcely any two persons agree fty of r tmr timber lands—the soil the f aded> patched up sleigh there—a pair of them, the fire will generally run over the \ • 
as to the way it operates in producing crops, of what kind —our schools, churches, old wheels in one corner—a rusty plow in whole surface, and nearly all the bushes c ; 
veo-etable growth. Even “doctors disa- society, &c. In the latter respects, we con- another, all exposed to the elements, gives will be destroyed. 
gree” on this point; one says its whole use skier our village not easily to be excelled, pom to the beholder, unless he is proof Elders and other bushes very liable to t 
b r , s . . ; , 4 against feeling. sprout, should be pulled up by the roots.— ) 
is to absorb the ammonia from the atmos- We have two churches of some years date, » When we * avel along the highway, and A bush puller is a very valuable implement | 
pbere, and that it might be placed in cups Episcopal and Methodist; the Presbyterians gee wan ^ 0 f t as t e , arrangement, sym- for this purpose, as it may be fastened to j 
or clam shells around a hill of corn through are also building what will probably be a metry and proportions in buildings and fen- roots or a bunch of them much more read- ( j 
the season and then taken away, and pro- handsome church. The Wellsboro’Acade- ces, ungravelled walks, broken down door- ily than a chain. In fields, bushes should 
duce just as good results as when sown my has flourished ever since I can remem- yard fences, with an old gate perchance be cut close to the ground, so that the 
J ° . . , J , , hanging on one hinge and halt prostrate scytne may pass over the stumps, and cut ) ( 
over the ground; another says it is a ma- ber-onr present teacher »» graduate of b * e d _ w » m hardlj r believe down any sprouts that may have started, j ) 
nure and enters directly into the composi- Yale College, as many of bis predecessors ^at this man recognizes “ Order” as “Heav- Or, the better way is, to grub them up, as , i 
tion of plants; another that it must be dis- have been —several of our middle aged cit- en > s h rs t, law.” We are rather inclined to it is called in Pennsylvania, which is done ; i 
solved and united with other substances jzens received their education in it. The think that if human beings do well in such with a mattox, an implement used exten- > 
before it can be taken up by the organs of languages are taught as well as the higher places, they cannot possess those noble ti aits sively in clearing new lands, having one > 
, . , , . „ ,n , , -r, , j oT reason, judgment, skill, perseverance and blade in the way of an axe, and another in < ; 
b 1 energy, that characterize the human family the same manner as an adze, but narrow.— < \ 
have us believe (hat it is only beneficial in on very moderate terms, as the Academy g enera ijy i It is not because poverty weighs The operator, with his blade-like axe, cuts i 
a dry season, and another in a wet season; l ias an endowment from the State. down their energies, that we behold a lack off the roots each side the bush, a short ) ( 
one sows it only on dry land, another on Our common schools are also in o*ood re- of order and neatness around, but it is caused distance from it in the ground, and then, 
wet land. Some sow it on particular crops pute> and T have no dou bt that young men, b y sheer ne S lecfc and slovenliness—a lack of with the other blade, he cuts off the roots J i 
j .1 i ,i • • n i ^ . J ^ ambition to auDear in neatness and order— on the farther side, and then he draws out \ ) 
and no others, and their neighbors perhaps with good certificates from your section, a lack of energy to put things in their right the bush. This makes smooth work, and 
sow it on the crops they reject, and reject wko incline to come out and view the land, p j aces with, and then to keep them sprouts seldom follow. —A 7 ! E. Farmer. 
all others—and each will give well attest- cou } d (if we il recommended,) obtain good there—a lack of taste in executing, and a '— < 
ed examples of its efficacy in their par- schools. Teachers receive from 16 to 20 lack of spirit to learn how to give the best # Digging Wells. In August or early 
titular cases. dollars per month, and board. and most pleasing effect and shape of things * n ^f.P te .“^Y’ood Um e for di Ain “wetlYas ’ < 
....... r pertaininor to the tenement in which they drought, is a good time tor digging wens, as , 
The fact is, there is such a diversity ot Qf winter wheat we raise, with proper dvve j k Journal of Agriculture. it generally will be done thoroughly. Fro- . 
soil and circumstances in all farming ope- cultivation, 25 to 40 bushels per acre, of as ’---quently there is great loss in attending to S , 
rations, and particularly in this, that no ,,ood a quality as need be asked, and we CHINESE WHEAT. this business when water is plenty, and the ! ! 
general rule or theory is applicable to all have good mills to grind it. Twenty to S . Caverno, Esq., of Lockport, says the ma de deeper in a dry time at great expense, 
cases —and what may produce astonishing twenty-five bushels is the ordinary crop, on Nmg ara Democrat, has left at our office a __jy; ^ Farmer. 
results in one case will have no perceptible new land, with the stumps and their roots handful and a head of wheat of great full- -^ -- 
effect in another. Farmers should study occupying half the ground. It is estimated ness and size. The kernels from which In feeding animals on apples or roots be- , 
, , , , r .1 „ . r 1 • thev grew were originally brought from onn with a small quantity and gradually in- - 
the nature of their soils, Ibe wants of the that the first crop w, 11 pay for the clearing ^ Some six years ago the leed was crease it It would be betterYo have all } 
different crops growing on them, and the and fencing. Oats and grass are staple handed t0 Mr> Caverno by O. Turner, changes in food gradually made, when there J \ 
adaptation of different manures to different crops—both being of the very best charac- Esq., the popular local historian, who ob- is a material difference in the nature of the \ '■ 
plants, till they are “sure they are right, ter—the former weighing much more to tained them of our then lately returned food; as from hay to grass, and the reverse; < 
and then go ahead’’-and remember that the bushel, than the ordinary average. Minister from China, Hon. Caleb Cush- f r0 m much fodder to much grain, and the j 
i , . , , - n „ i tng From a small quantity received by reverse.— Amer. Veterinarian. < 
one or two isolated cases are not enough t Qur country ia decidedly hilly, as is the Mr c for expe riment, an amount sufficient- 
satisfactorily test any subject. cage w j tk tke wko ] e northern tier. For g ave it an extensive and permanent cul- AGRICULTURAL FAIRS THIS AUTUMN, 
Yours, f. w l. g Taz ing and dairy purposes, I should be at ture has been raised. As lhe geagon of Fairs is at hand, we give be- I 
Greece, n. y., Sept. 1 , 18 .a. _^ j oss one ^ e ^ er adapted. Our tim- The head shown us, though only an aye- ]qw the time and place of holding most of the < | 
“NF PLUS ULTRA GATE” OUTDONE ber is pine and hemlock—the former we rage one, and taken without any inttnaon State aad severa l of the New York County Exhi- j 
NE PLUS ULTRA GATE OUTDONE. F v i DL'l A l V n 1 VU of selecting a specimen, IS five inches long bit - The ] ist w ;n be continued hereafter, as 1 8 
- send to New York, Philadelphia, Columbia, , , a,/. hmnd with a 01 , , . . . , 8 
Trns dav (Ana 1st ’51 1 I have seen , m- ,, , ,, * . and about three q uartcrs broad, with a fast and as far as we can gather the information S 
I his day, f Aug. 1st, oi,j i na\e seen and Baltimore—the latter we propose to } ieaV y beard. The kernels are large, plump, de; . ired 
what I saw two years ago, but never before ska re with you, for the construction of plank and have a fine appearance. This wheat ri- 6 16 state exhibitions. 
thought of writing an article upon it. It roads We have also fine belts of hard- pens from ten days to two weeks earlier than New York.—R ochester, Sept. 16,17, 18 & 19. 
is a sliding or rolling, not a swinging gate. wood _ map le, beech, hickory, chestnut, any other kind, thus avoiding the rust, from p K sNsvLVA N iA.-Hamisburgh, Oct 23,24 & 25. J 
It is made like any other gate except the ash> and « otherS too numerous to men- ^ h / Ch /" r Cr ops? ft ® a and what N“AMrsHiRK!-M ; mches t ;, : , Oct.8, 9 & 10. j 
beams, or diagonals, which may, or may not » Q ne CO rresDondent inauires if the slxt y d r P . . f i . Omo.-Columbus, Sept. 24. 25 &26. 
, J Y tIon - Une corresponaent inquires n tne was fl oure d, yielded four pounds more to Michigan.— Detroit, Sept. 24, 25 & 26. 
be used; and the uprights, or perpendicu- f ac {, 0 f our being in a lumbering region is the bushel than the best wheat, and was Wisconsin.— Janesville, Sept. 16, 17 & 18. 1; 
lars, need not be as thick as in the ordinary nQfc found to promote the growth of evil of an extra-superior quality. _ Georgia.-M acon, Oct. 29, 30 & 31. 
swinging gate. Instead of hinges, rollers weeds? Candidly speaking, Mr. P., it does If further experience in the cultivation Sept U), 11 & 12. 
or small wheels, five or six inches in diam- appear to —but it also gives us a good home of China wheat should confirm these re- KENXUCK y._Lexington Sept.9, 10 11 & 12. 
pter are used-one being Dlaced at or near , c i , , suits, its introduction into this country will Upper Cakada.—B rockvilie, Sept24,25 &26. <1 
eter, arc used, one Dung placed at or near inarket f or our produce,—so we must e en bg & matter of i mpor tance. It will be the American Institute, Castle Garden, New York, jj 
each end, inserted in the upright piece of take the evi i and the good together. kind nl0St profitable and marketable. Mr. Oct. 1 to 6; Plowing Match. 7 & 8; Cattle Show, A 
_ a _ a __ • . _ r i_ i a . ^ i i 1 n_ In &. lo. ) u 
ements for a long time, but little if any good 
could be perceived. Almost every one has 
satisfactoi ily test any subject. 
Yours, f. w l, 
Greece, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1851. 
“NE PLUS ULTRA GATE” OUTDONE. 
the gate, or between two pieces of board, 
that may be placed near the ends, (the 
former is preferred,) so as to raise the gale 
two or three inches from the ground. The 
The lands at one dollar per acre, are of C. has now some 150 bushels, and is will- 
course at some distance from any of the t0 excban g° a amount to ex 
, , , . ... * . , tend its culture and better test its adapta- 
villages, but they are rapidly settling with 
sturdy farmers. There are many small 
tion to different varieties of soil. 
Watermelon Sugar—D ean Swift s hu- 
wheels may be made of cast iron, or of f arms bought, within three or four Watermelon Sugar Dean Swilt s hu- 
wood banded with hoop iron. Iron is best- mUeg of this place , upon very reasonable ™orous idea of extracting sunbeams from 
A strip of board, or plank, is laid in the fprmc . „ av to $90 ner acre- —also cucumbers will be realized yet as a so er 
around even with the surface for the 7 7 ^ f per acre, also f b ome «j onat han Doolittle” or other, 
ground, e en witb the surlace, lor the severa i to ren t, or work upon shares, where a Qhicaao paper acknowledges the receipt 
wheels to roll upon, and extends along by trusty men> w Eh moderate means, might do 0 f watermelon sugar—the real thing. We 
the side of the fence far enough for the wg]1 for themse lves, and the owners of the have only to say that if the sugar boiler 
gate to roll and rest upon when open. Two goP Yours, very resp’y, got his melons in the Cincinnati market a 
posts are placed near each other at one Joseph P Morris short time ago, he might afford otto of rose 
got his melons in the Cincinnati market a 
short time ago, he might afford otto of lose 
at as low a price. The Chicago paper says: 
“We have seen and used sugar made 
from cane, maple, corn and beets, but we 
posts are placed near each other at one Joseph P Morris short time ago, he mignt anorci otto oi i use 
end of the gate, between which it passes wellsboro’, Tioga Co., Pa., Aug. SS9, 1851. at as low a price. Tb< ; pap ^ 7 de 
^ r .i -.it- _ “ Wg have seen and used sugar maae 
out on opening. One ot these is the tence -„ nr i Kppts but we 
post, the other keeps the gate in its place, , Mo* cuts* -When milk is drawn m rom maple "£ Ucious i 
, - * h , . r , the usual way from the cow, the last of the have never seen any *»u pui , J 
and is fastened to the former by a cross- railkino . ig th / richesfc because the cream has sweet as this. r Io our mind it is equal to 
piece at the top. ia ° t part r5sen to tke surface, inside the the best quality of honey. 1 lie w atermelon 
No fastening of the gate is required when cow’s udder; the portion last drawn off of possesses a great amoun o < sacc ar^ e 
closed, except to keep it in an upright po- course contains the most of it. This fact matter mi a ' ery £ rotr j cou ] d no t be 
... ... v. i l . , • shows the importance of thorough milking, see why makin 0 , 
Sltton, which may be done by having a strip More milk is F sai d to be obtained from the made a profitable business, in a climate 
of board project back a little on each side CQW when she is m ii ked three times a day adapted to the growth ol it. 
of the fence post at the head of the gate. t b an when but once or twice, but in this last -- . 
When the design and use of the gate will case it is very rich.— Maine Farmer. Good fences make goo neig ors. 
JYLILK ULUiAiN. vv iicil mu tv is uiauu tii “ ^ - j l 1 1 
the usual way from the cow, the last of the have never seen any so pure and de\ c ous y 
milking is the richest because the cream has «weel. as ^ T he watermelon 
,n great part rhen to the surface, ms.de.the bea t qual. y >t Iion y saccbarine 
STATE EXHIBITIONS. 
New York. —Rochester, Sept. 1 6, 17, 18 & 19. {g 
Pennsylvania.—H arrrisburgh, Oct 23,24 & 25. 1S 
Vermont.—M iddlebury, Sept. 10 & 11. n 
New Hampshire.—M anchester, Oct. 8, 9 & 10. ‘ | 
0 U i O .—Columbus, Sept. 24, 25 &26. 
Michigan. —Detroit, Sept. 24, 25 & 26. 
Wisconsin. —Janesville, Sept. 16, 17 & 18. 
Georgia.— Macon, Oct. 29, 30 &31. 
Maryland. —Baltimore, Sept. 23, 24, 25 & 26. I 
Rhode Island. —Providence, Sept 10,11 & 12. <| 
Kentucky. —Lexington, Sept. 9, 10, 11 & 12. \ 
Upper Canada.— Brockvilie, Sept. 24, 25 & 26. < 
American Institute, Castle Garden, New York, , 
Oct. 1 to 6; Plowing Match, 7 &8; Cattle Show, ^ 
15, 16 & 18. : 
NEW YORK COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Allegany. —Angelica, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Cayuga. —Auburn, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Chenango. —Smyrna, Oct. I and 2. 
Cattaraugus. —Elicottvillo, Sept. 24 and 2o. \ j 
Dutchess.— Washington, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Erie. —Lancaster, Sept. 9 and 10. 
Fulton 4- Hamilton. —Johnstown, Oct. 7. 
Genesee.- —-Batavia, Oct. 2 and 3. 
Q reene . —Coxsackie, Sept. 24 and 25. 
Herkimer. -Sept. 9. 
Jefferson. —Watertown, Sept. 10 and 11. 
Lewis. —Turin, Sept. 10 and 11. 
Livingston. —Geneseo, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Madison. —Hamilton, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Onondaga .—Syracuse, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Otsego .— --— Oct. 1 and 2. 
Oswego. —Oswego, Sept.. 10 and 11. 
Oneida. —Utica, Sept. 9, 10, 11 and 12. 
Ontario. —Canandaigua, Oct. 1 and 2. 
Orleans. —Albion, Oct. 2 and 3. 
Queens .—Jamaica, Oct. 2. 
Seneca. —Waterloo, Oct. 9 and 10. . • 
Saratoga. —Mechanics ville. Sept. 9.10 and 11. > 
W tiyne. —Lyons, Sept. 24, 25 and 26. < 
Wyoming. — Wethersfield Springs, Sept 24 ( 
and 25. „ , _ ,„ , x 
Washington.—So. Hartford, Sept. 1/ and 18. 
TOWN AND DISTRICT SOCIETIES. \ 
E. Bloomfield Ag. So.— E. Bloomfield, Sept 24. \ 
Union A<r. V Mecli. l air Jr Cattle Show. 
Arcade, Wyoming Co., Sept. 25 and 26. 
