MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SCIENTIFIC .FARMING -ANALYSIS OF SOILS. 
One of tho strong arguments urged in 
favor of Scientific farming, and an Agricul¬ 
tural College, has been tho great necessity 
of knowing tho composition of tho soil, or 
by an analysis of it being enabled to judge 
correctly what application of special ma¬ 
nures were necessary to supply the defi¬ 
ciency made apparent by the test, so the 
manure usod might bo the best to prepare 
the soil for tho crop it was desirable to 
grow. It has over and again been urged 
that a better, a moro thorough and scien¬ 
tific education was necessary to enable far¬ 
mers to form correct conclusions, and know 
how best to treat their soils that they may 
render tho largest return for tho expendi¬ 
ture. That a knowledge of the Science of 
Agriculture would materially aid tho far¬ 
mer is not to bo questioned, but to look to 
that as “ the ono thing needed” tor tho ad¬ 
vancement of the great farming interest, 
may lead to serious disappointment. 
That tho Analyses now made cannot al¬ 
ways bo relied upon as a guide to cropping 
has boon clearly shown in a communication 
from John Johnston, near Geneva, N. Y., 
published in tho Cultivator , from which we 
mako the subjoined extract: + 
About three years since, a number of tho 
best farmers in this county, were having 
their soils analyze ', and I thought I would 
do the same. I selected my sample of soil 
from a forty acre field, from which I had 
taken a crop of Indian corn two years in 
succession, it having been highly manured 
with barn-yard manure, the tall previous to 
the first crop. Both corn crops were good 
—the first tho largest. I thought the whole 
field almost too rich for wheat, after fallow, 
and I had no doubt tho analysis would make 
the field stand A. No. 1. But I was sur¬ 
prised, when I received the analysis, to find 
that it was deficient in many things, and 
almost destitute of other necessary consti¬ 
tuents of a fertile soil. Tho chemist, how- 
evor, sent me a prescription, which I was 
to apply, and which he said “ would remedy 
tho difficulty it was laboring under.” 
Now I know it was not laboring under any 
difficulty. I tilled the field well, sowed it 
to wheat, and it produced ono of the best 
crops in all this wheat-growing district. I 
sold about 800 bushels of it to G. Mark el & 
Co., of Waterloo, and Gen. Markol told 
many men, farmers and others, that ho had 
not ground such good wheat in many years, 
and that ho never saw a better quality of 
flour than was made from it. Neither Gen. 
M. nor any ono else but myself know any¬ 
thing of the analysis of my soil, but he at¬ 
tributed tho large crop and fine quality of 
the wheat, to the fact that tho field was un¬ 
der-drained. 
Every farmer knows, or ought to know, 
that barn-yard manure furnishes alPthe ele¬ 
ments of nutrition that are noodful for any 
grass or grain that is grown in the northern 
latitudes, and I presume in southern also.— 
It is truo that if you manure highly with 
barn-yard manure for a number of succes¬ 
sive years, that the straw will grow soft and 
weak, and tho grain shrink; but this may 
bo remedied by tho application of lime, at 
the rate of 40 to 80 or 100 bushels per acre. 
This will give a more elastic straw, and a 
brighter and plumper seed. But to apply 
only three to six bushels per acre, as re¬ 
commended by some chemists, would bo 
like giving a horse or an ox a gill of corn 
for a feed—its effect could not be perceived. 
The application of a barrel of salt per acre, 
to lands thus highly manured for years, will 
produce a similar effect, rendering the grain 
plump, and tho straw bright and elastic. 
If these chemists will come among the 
farmers of Western Now York, aud show 
us by tho practical operation of their pre¬ 
scriptions, that they can raise better crops 
than wo do, I doubt not they would find 
plenty of employment; but until they can 
do this, or at least distinguish between a 
highly fertile and nearly barren soil, I would 
advise farmers to roly more upon their own 
judgment and observation, than upon tho 
results of their analysis. 
FOWL PREMIUMS - ONCE MORE. 
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I believe it is conceded that when a per¬ 
son is driven to the necessity to resort to 
such vascillating language as Mr. Van Deu- 
sen used in tho Rural of August 6, that he 
is in close quarters, to say the loast. It ap¬ 
pears that Mr. V. D. refuses to exhibit his 
lot of poultry with me for $1,000, and tho 
manner of doing this is quite laughable.— 
« Why does Mr. N. flutter like a shot bird ? 
I did not propose to exhibit any myself.” 
This is certainly rich—decidedly so after 
his coming out with his first article in the 
Rural. If ho has tho ability to harmonize 
both statements, he is certainly fortunate 
and blest above ordinary men. Comment 
on the above is not necessary. 
Mr. V. D. says that his fowls are not like 
mine. So the State Fair committee tho’t 
when they awarded me the first premium 
on my fowls and him tho second. To bor¬ 
row Mr. Y. D.’s language, ho has “ flutter¬ 
ed ” ever since. “ Mr. N. says he has ten 
different kinds, (I suppose ho means col¬ 
ors.”) In answer to which I would say that 
Mr. Dixon, one of the judges on poultry at 
tho State Fair at Utica, recently informed 
mo that he saw Mr. Y. D.’s fowls, and some 
of them were liko the Cantons that I had at 
the State Fair, which were as black as your 
hat—others quito buff— whilo some were 
spotted, &c., and that they did not breed 
like the parent stock. 
If I understand Mr. V. D. in his last, he 
will exhibit five pairs of his fowls with mo 
for $125 on a side—if so I accept of tho 
proposal, and will exhibit any day he may 
name by having 10 days notico. I will so- 
lect for one of tho judges, I. Haight, of this 
county; he may name one from his county, 
and we will add Mr. Dixon (who was one of 
the judges on poultry at the State Fair at 
Utica,) as the other, if Mr. V. D. wishes to do 
so ; if not we will let tho puplic decide who 
“ flutters.” D. P. Newell. 
A Goon Day’s Work. —On the 29th day 
of July, Mr. James Hagan cradled upon 
the farm of Mr. Parsons, in Ogden, ten 
acres of wheat in thirteen hours, breakfast 
and dinner time out. One acre was cut in 
less than sixty minutes. The wheat, as has 
been ascertained, yielded about twenty-two 
bushels to tho acre. Mr. Hagan was born 
in England, but Yankee grown, having been 
in this country sinco he was two years old. 
The gentleman who furnishes tho statement 
reccommends tho Monroe Co. Ag’l. Society 
to award Mr. Hagan a premium. 
CULTURE AND VALUE OF PARSNIP. 
As ono who has lived twenty years upon 
at farm, searching all tho whilo for reliable 
information, both from his own experience 
and from that of others, ought to bo in pos¬ 
session of some “fixed facts” and settled 
opinions; and as duty, propriety, and fra¬ 
ternity require that we should allow others 
the opportunity of benefiting by our ex- , 
perienee, I feel moved to give you a few 
items of information which I think very 
satisfactorily settled by evidenco within my 
own observation. 
Disliking long prefaces, and trusting that 
all your correspondents will dispense with 
them, I commence the brief summary of my 
experience and observations of twenty years, 
by a statement in regard to the value of 
parsnips. 
Parsnips for Hogs. —Ono of tho things 
which I consider well settled, and a reliable 
and useful item of knowledge, is this—that 
parsnips, either raw or cooked, but prefera¬ 
ble cooked, with the addition of apples, po¬ 
tatoes, &c., occasionally, were it only to 
prevent the appetite from being cloyed by 
“ eternal sameness,” constitute the best kind 
of food whereon to fatten a hog. They are, 
also the best kind of roots for milch cows. 
Both hogs and cows eat them with avidity, 
and to the milk and butter they communi¬ 
cate a good, a delicious flavor. I have seen 
it stated some years ago, that beef made 
from parsnips brings tho highest price in 
tho London market. I think, though I may 
be deceived by imagination, that pork made 
from feed chiefly composed of parsnips, is 
sweeter than when mado from anything 
else. 
This is not tho only recommendation 
which may be justly bestowed on the pars¬ 
nip. Among its other good qualities is this 
—that it requires no care or housing in the 
fall, as all other roots do. In all the mid¬ 
dle, northern and western states, potatoes, 
carrots, and turnips, must bo harvested and 
housed, or buried : and even when all this 
is done, and with good care and judgment 
too, a portion will frequently bo ruined and 
lost by frosting, over heating or decay fom 
other causes. Parsnips, on tho other hand, 
require no care in the fall, as they may bo 
loft without injury in tho ground all winter. 
They may also bo plantod early in tho spring, 
as the frost does not injure them, even at 
tho earliest stage of their growth, so that 
this root crop interferes tho least of any 
with employments which crowd upon the 
farmer in the spring and fall. It continues 
to grow through the whole season, until the 
ground freezes in winter ; it requires no ex¬ 
penditure to gather or store it; it may bo 
taken up on several occasions during the 
winter, and tho roots that stay in the ground 
all winter, are not injured, and probably 
improved, by tho frost. Parsnips seem to 
be eaten with moro relish than either tur¬ 
nips or potatoes, and yield in tho raw state 
at least, a greater amount of nutriment. 
Another advantage in cultivating pars¬ 
nips is, that on a suitable soil—sand or loam, 
rich or well manured, and deep plowod—a 
largo growth may bo secured. At tho rate 
of 1,200 bushels have been gathered from 
ono acre of ground. 
Parsnips may be planted either in spring, 
or in the latter part of summer, say in Au¬ 
gust or September. The ground should bo 
well manured, mellow, and deeply plowed, 
and tho seed sown in drills, so as to have 
plants to thin out, whilo preserving them at 
about eight inches apart. This will proba¬ 
bly require at about tho rate of two pounds 
of seed to the acre. Tho drills should be 
two feet apart and the space between well 
cultivated and kept clean of weeds. If 
sown in spring, the earlier tho better. A 
large growth may be secured, however, by 
sowing the seed in September. There will 
be some considerable growth beforo tho 
ground freezes up, and tho growth will com¬ 
mence again as soon as the frost leaves the 
ground in the spring, which will continue 
throughout tho whole season, of about 
twelve months ; whereas, when sown in the 
spring they can grow only eight or nine 
months. 
All the advantages of this root crop have 
not yet boon named. Among them are 
these—that they seem uninjured by either 
a wet or dry season, and that no insoct nor 
bug attacks them at any stage of their 
growth.— Working Farmer. 
Tiie Fair of tho Richmond Town Ag, So¬ 
ciety is to be hold at Honeoye, Oct. 12. 
TAKING SUCKERS FROM CORN- 
We regard it is an unsettled question 
whether taking suckers from Indian corn is 
a benefit or an injury to the crop. Former¬ 
ly the practice of taking them off has been 
nearly universal ; but somo experiments 
which have been mado, show that under 
certain circumstances, at least, tho practice 
is of doubtful expediency. Still we do not 
think a sufficient number of results have 
been obtained, to justify a positive conclu¬ 
sion, ono way or another, in reference to the 
subject. For this reason wo would advise 
further experiments by cutting through 
fields tho suckers from alternate rows—or 
two rows together—and measuring tho corn 
from each at harvest. 
Many points are involved in the question 
which may effect tho result. Much de¬ 
pends on the kind of corn. The Northern 
varieties frequently have ears on tho suck¬ 
ers, especially where from any cause thoro 
were not as many main stalks as might have 
stood on the ground, and of course, taking 
away the suckers in such cases would les¬ 
sen the yield. Tho tall Southern varieties 
on tho other hand, seldom produco oars on 
any but tho main stalk, and hence suckers 
aro regarded as appropriating moisturo and 
nutriment to tho sacrifice of tho grain. In 
somo instances Northern corn may bo too 
thick—tho suckers increase the difficulty— 
they aro not likely to produco ears under 
such circumstances, and their growth, by 
excluding sun and air, and by their draught 
on the soil, may on the whole be injurious 
to the crop. 
The writer can only refer to one experi¬ 
ment of his own on this subject. Several 
years ago, he cut tho suckers from alternate 
rows through a part of a field of corn. Tho 
soil was rich, and the growth large. The 
rows left untouched produced most corn— 
but as tho minutes of tho experiment are 
not at hand, wo cannot state tho precise 
difference. It was a variety of corn in 
which tho suckers were inclined to produce 
ears. Tho rows from which tho suckers 
were taken, did not ripen as rapidly as the 
others ; the stalks and leaves kept green 
longer, and at harvest there was evidently 
more moisture in the cob. 
But this only shows tho result in a single 
case. It is to bo hoped that experiment 
will be multiplied, and that they will be so 
conducted that tho results may enlighten 
ns on many obscure points.— Boston Cult. 
ADVICE TO FARMERS 
Dr. Kennicott, of Illinois, one of the 
most agreeable Agricultural and Horticul¬ 
tural writors in tho North-west thus advises 
his brother farmers on tho subject of writ¬ 
ing for tho press : 
Though necessity and a love of science 
mado me a physician, I was born a farmer, 
and remain a farmer still—but I am cot con¬ 
tent to “ do as my father did before mo,” 
plow, and sow, and reap in the old fashion, 
for I have learned that thero aro bettor 
ways, and I liko to tell others so; and I have 
written a good deal in my day, just as I 
talk, and without the least reference to 
grammar, of which I know little, or tho 
learning of school men, of which I know 
nothing at all. 
Now, if you are satisfied with what I 
write, why not write a little yourselves ?— 
You can write, if not so glibly, yet moro 
sensibly, and more to the purpose than I 
do—and for ono, I think it is about time for 
somo of you to rest from hand-labor, on 
rainy days, and take up this little implement 
of head-labor— the ten —for your own ben¬ 
efit, and tho bonefit of your own paper and 
and its many thousand readers. You need 
not say that you cannot write, for I know 
better, and so do you. 
Remember ono truth—overy article writ¬ 
ten on a scientific or practical subject does 
somo good—to tho writer, by causing him 
to investigate the subject, and to tho reader, 
by conveyinginstructionorexcitingthought. 
Even a badly written article, with wrong 
facts and false deductions, will do good by 
causing inquiry and end by throwing more 
light on a dark subject, or placing an old 
ono in a better light. 
The groat fault of most of us who labor 
with our hands is, that we do not think 
enough—we allow others to do our think¬ 
ing, when w t o could do it much bettor our¬ 
selves, if wo would only try; and depend 
upon it, thoro is a way by which ono can 
got at tho truo morits of a subject in which 
ho is interested, so effectually, as to attempt 
to showothors by writing about it. A writer 
must think, and very few who write for the 
press are willing to risk a mistako, and there¬ 
fore they read and observe. So, you see, 
tho thoughtful writer benefits himself as 
well as his readei’S. 
PROVE ALL THINGS. 
The following excellent remarks from tho 
Mark Lane Express are as well adapted to 
other meridians as to that for which they 
were originally designed: 
“ The assumption of any extraordinary 
success in tho pursuits of agriculture can 
scarcely bo tested too sovorely. Tho effect 
of a well planned puff may bo to do incal¬ 
culable injury, far beyond the limit of its 
own immediate failure, and stay him 
who has beon persuaded to put his trust in 
it from perhaps over trusting it again.— 
Whothor it bo tho invention of an instru¬ 
ment, the application of. a manure, or tho 
perfection of a breed, tho same caution is 
necossary. We have still to estimate the 
real value of a thing by tho practico of an 
experienced man. Progression horo may 
be comparatively slow; but the advance 
thus mado is achiovod with a character and 
certainty that must in the end tell equally 
to the benefit of tho ono who introduces, as 
of him who follows up, tho improvement 
offered for his use.” 
N. Y. STATE AG. SOCIETY. 
Judges for Annual Fair at Saratoga, Sept. 
20, 21, 22, 23,-1853. 
CLASS I.—Cattle. 
No. 1 Short-horns*—Bulls. —C. B. Calvert, Riv- 
ersdale, Md.; Ira S. Hitchcock, Oneda, N. Y.; Geo. 
J. Pumpelly, Owego. 
Short-horns — Cotvs. — John Johnston, Fayette 
(Geneva P. O.); Daniel B. Haight Dover Plains; 
L. Chandler Ball. Hoosic Falls. 
No. 2. Devons — Bulls. — Sanford Howard, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass.; E. C. Dibble, Batavia; Jacob Brown 
Kirby, Browuville. 
Devons — Cows. —W. R. Sanford, Orwell, Vt.; J. 
Brodie, Rural Hill, Jeff. Co.; R. C. Gapper, Thorn¬ 
hill, C. W.. 
No. 3. Herefords. — Thomas Bell, Mott-Haven, 
Westchester Co.; Jehiel Freeman, Geneseo ; Hon. 
Z. A. Leland, Meclianicsville. 
No. 4. Ayr shires. —Hon. A. Ferguson, Woodhill, 
C. W.; Stephen Hyde, Palmyra ; A. Frazer, Glen- 
gary, C. W. 
No. 5. Grade Cattle. — Hon. M. II. Clarke, Can¬ 
andaigua; A. Clarke, Canton; A. Barber, Avon. 
No. 6. Natives. — J. R. Paige, Sennett; N. J. 
Brown, Oppenkeim Center; John A. Wakeman, 
Ballston Spa. 
No. 7. Working Oxen. —H. Morrison, Montgom¬ 
ery, Orange Co.; D. Bundy, Morris, Otsego Co.; 
G. B. Powell, Ballston Spa. 
No. 8. Steers, 3 years old. —D. Crocker, Jr., Five 
Corners ; Elisha Bushnell, Hillsdale; Levi Shaw, 
Ronsseherville. 
No. 9. Steers, 2 years. — J. II. Sherrill, New 
Hartford; L. Hubbard, Homer; J. W. Jolley, 
Coeymans, Albany. 
No. 10. Steers, 1 year. —B. McNeil, SckoMric; 
William Bullock, New Scotland ; .Lewis Brown, 
Somerstown. 
No. 11. Milch Cows. —Win. Johnson, Geneva, 
H. Olmstead, Walton, Del. Co.; Hon. Wm. Cary, 
Crescent, Saratoga. 
No. 12. Nat Cattle. —Hon. G. Y. Sackett, Seneca 
Falls; Hiram Slocum, Troy ; Hon. A. B. Dickin¬ 
son, Hornby, Steuben ; It. Ilardenburgh, Tuthill, 
Ulster ; J. Doty, Clinton Corners, Dutchess. 
No. 13. Foreign Cattle. —E. W. Shelden, Sen¬ 
nett ; N. Woodworth, Covert, Seneca; E. L. B. 
Curtis, Danby, Tompkins. 
CLASS II.— Houses and Mules. 
No. 14. For All-work — Stallions. —H. Rhodes, 
South Trenton ; Burr Gilbert, Ephrata, Fulton ; 
Col. H. Sloan, Guilderland, Albany. 
All-work — Mares and Colts. — N. Gowdy, West 
Martinsburgh, Lewis; JosephMcGraw, Jr., Dry- 
den ; Gerrit Ives, Watertown, Jeff. Co. 
No. 15. Draught. — Col. D. H. Abell, Geneseo, 
Livingston ; B. Hendrickson, Hempstead, L. I.; 
Capt. Wm. Fonda, Medina, Orleans. 
No 16. Thorough-bred. —Hon. John A. King, Ja¬ 
maica, L. I.; Chas. Robinson, Fiskkill, Dutchess ; 
L. II. Yates, Darien, Genesee. 
No. 17. Three years old Stallions and Mares. — 
R. R. Morris, Westchester, N. Y.; Wm. Briggs, 
Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence ; C. Hayt, Aurora. 
No. 18. Two years old, do. —F. J. Swabv, Seneca 
Falls ; Wm. A. Bent, Medina ; N. Boomer, Ellis- 
burgh, Jeff. Co. 
No. 19. One year old. —C. Garner, Ghent; John 
D. Thorpe, Schodack, Reus. Co.; Chas. B. Roosa, 
Bethel, Sullivan Co. 
No. 20. Matched for Road and Carriage. —Dr. 
F. Y. Porcher, Charleston, S. C.; G. D. VY heeler, 
Deposit; A. B. Morse, Hammond. 
No. 21. Matched for Draught and Farm.—lion. 
Benj. N. Huntington, Rome; C. W. Yan De Bo- 
gert, Batavia; J. R. Defreest, Defreestville. 
No. 22. Geldings. —J. D. Wasson, Albany; J. D. 
Milbank, Herkimer ; J. Patten, New Windsor. 
No. 23. Single Mares. —Le Roy Mowry, Green¬ 
wich ; E. Skinner, Bethlehem; J. V. B. Teller, 
Greenbush. 
No. 24. Foreign Horses. —T. Motelv, Jr., Jamai¬ 
ca Plains, Mass.; J. Crocker, Kings Ferry ; S. D. 
Harris, Columbus, Ohio. 
No. 25. Jacks and Mules. —J. C. Stoothoff, Ja¬ 
maica, L. I.; Ira Partridge, Edinburgh, Sar. Co.; 
B. F. Jackson, Saranac, Clinton Co. 
CLASS III.—Sheep, Swine and Poultry. 
No. 26. Fat Sheep. —J. McD. Mclntire, Albany ; 
J. Farr, Fort Ann, Washington ; D. Carter, Darien. 
No. 27. Long Woolcd. —R. Pirn, Downington, 
Chester Co., Penn.; Benj. Carter, Darien ; A. V ail, 
Stanford ville. 
No. 28. Middle Woolcd. —R. Had field, Buffalo ; 
C. B. Meek, Canandaigua; Andrew Heermance, 
Rhinebeck. 
No. 29. Merinos. —J. R. Speed, Caronline, Tomp¬ 
kins ; Henry Brown, South Hartford; James W. 
Hyde, Darien. 
No. 30. Saxons, —Col. E. B. Morgan, Aurora; J. 
S. McDonald, Salem ; M. Cameron, Wolf’s Island, 
C. W. 
No. 31. Cross Breed. —W. C. Watson, Port,-Kent, 
Essex ; E. L. Gage, De Ruyter; John PL Willcox, 
Rome. 
No. 32. Foregn — Long and Middle Woolcd.— 
S. D. Hungerford, Adams; Daniel S. Baker, West 
Bloomfield ; Hon. Stephen Haight. Washington, 
Dutchess. 
No. 33. Foreign — Saxon and Merino. —Daniel 
S. Curtis, Canaan Centre; Hon. S. S. Beman, 
Hampton, Washington ; L. Q. Sherwood, Auburn. 
No. 34. Swine. — A. Mann, Frankfort; J. W. 
Collins, Smyrna'; E. Chesebro, Guilderland. 
No. 35. Poultry.—L M. Lovett, Albany ; R. S. 
Stevens, Attica; I. T. Grant, Schaghticoke. 
CLASS IV—Plowing, Implements and Ma¬ 
chinery. 
No. 36. Plowing Match.— F. P. Root, Sweden, 
Monroe ; J. M. Stevenson, Coila, Washington ; 
Noah Hitchcock, jr., Homer ; Hon. Peter Crispell, 
jr., Hurly. 
No. 37. Farm Implements, No. 1.—A. Double¬ 
day, M. D., Binghamton ; Howell Cooper, Water- 
town ; Henry Keeler, South Salem. 
No. 38. Farm Implements, No. 2.—Hon. Loren¬ 
zo Rouse, Paris ; David Callanan, Albany ; Dun¬ 
can McGregor, Doe’s Corners. 
No. 39. Farm Implements, No. 3. — Martin 
Springer, Brunswick, Rensselaer; Philip Kinney, 
Bethlehem Center ; John Keese, Peru. 
No. 40.41. Machinery. —J. Stanton Gould, Hud¬ 
son ; Abel Downs, Seneca Falls ; A. M. Sherman, 
Newburgh. 
CLASS V — Dairy, Sugar and Honey, Flour, 
Grain, Seeds and Vegetables. 
No. 42. Bidter. —C. G. Harger, Pamelia, Jeffer¬ 
son ; L. T. Marshall, Vernon Center; Joseph Ca¬ 
ry, Albany. 
No. 43. Cheese. —Alonzo L. Fish, Cedarville 
Herkimer; Pliment Mattoon, Vienna, Oneida ; 
D. Goff, New York. 
No. 44. Sugar and TIoney. —Thomas McElroy, 
Albany ; Samuel p. Thompson, Setauket, L. I. ; 
P. V. Fort, Albany. 
No. 45. Grain and Seeds. —Samuel Dixon, M. 
D., New Scotland, Albany ; Israel S. Parker, 
Rome ; G. N. Durant, Rensselaerville. 
No. 46. Vegetables .— Christopher Batterman, 
Guilderland ; L. B. Arnold, Fairfield, Herk. co., 
Percival Seaman, Newburgh. 
No. 47. Flour, <kc. — C. N. Bement, Albany ; Col. 
C. A. Hamilton, Flushing, L. I.; Peter H. Brink, 
Saugerties. 
CLASS VI— Domestic Manufactures. 
No. 48. Silk and Domestic Manufactures, No. 1 
—Hon. John Benedict, Lowville ; Hon. Henry, 
Holmes, Coveville; A. II. Beach, Wilmington. 
No. 49. Domestic Manufactures, No. 2. — E. S. 
Massey, Watertown ; John Nellis, St. Jolinsville ; 
Augustus Thompson, Bullsville, Orange. 
No. 50. Domestic Manufactures, No. 3.—Henry 
Churchill, Gloversville, Fulton co.; E. Selden, 
Amherst, Erie co.; Wm. McElroy, Albany. 
No. 51. Manufactures other than Domestic. — 
Col. E. D. Avery, Ithaca ; Hon. James M. Cook, 
Ballston Spa ; Richard P. Hunt, Waterloo. 
No. 52. Needle Work, &c .— Mrs. R. II. Wal¬ 
worth, Sar. Springs; Mrs. L. T. Marshal, Ver¬ 
non ; Mrs. L. E. Smith, Mechanicsville ; Mrs. II. 
W. Taylor, Canandaigua ; Mrs. James M. Cook, 
Ballston Spa; Mrs. Ilenry Holmes, Greenwich ; 
Mrs. Amo§ Briggs, Schaghticoke ; John Knicker¬ 
bocker, jr., Esq., Sec. to committee. 
CLASS VII— Flowers, Fruits and Paintings. 
No. 53. Flowers. —V. P. Uouw, Greenbush ; Dr. 
C. H. Payn, Saratoga Springs; Joseph Frost, 
Rochester; Roswell Reed, Coxsackie; Alfred 
Richards, West Troy; Mrs. Washington Putnam, 
Sar. Springs ; Mrs. E. T. T. Martin, Auburn ; Mrs. 
Roswell Reed, Coxsackie; Mrs. V. I’. Douw, Mrs. 
B. B. Kirtland, Greenbush; Mrs. G. W. Wilcox, 
Sar. Springs, Mrs. Dr. Payn, Sar. Springs; Mrs. 
James Thompson, Ballston Spa; Miss Mary 
Steele, Miss Mary Clemens, Miss A. E. Wayland, 
Miss Harriet Reed, Miss Eliza Palmer, Miss Maria 
A. Close, Saratoga Springs. 
No. 54 .Fruit—Amateur List—Apples Pears and 
Peaches.—Von. E. W.Leavenworth, Syracuse ; A. 
Saul, Newburgh ; John N. Wilder, Albany. 
No. 55. Plums, Nectarines, Quinces, Grapes , Me¬ 
lons, Cranberries. —P. Barry, Rochester ; Lind ley 
M. Ferris, Coldenham ; Jonathan Battey, Keese- 
ville. 
No. 56. Professional List — Apples, Pears and 
Peaches. —Herman YY’endell, M. D., Albany ; Hon. 
Orlando Allen, Buffalo ; Amos Briggs, Schaghti¬ 
coke. 
No. 57. Plums, &c .— C. W. Hovey, Boston, 
Mass ; J. M. Ward, M. D., Newark, N. J.; John 
H. Cole, M. D., Claverack, Columbia. 
No. 58. Foreign Fruits. — J. J. Thomas, Mace- 
don, Hon. A. II. McLean, Caledonia; Townsend 
Glover. Fishkill Landing. 
No. 59. Paintings, <te. — Hon. Thomas R. Walk¬ 
er, Utica ; Noel J. Becar, New York; Hon. T. G. 
Yeomans, Walworth. 
CLASS VIII— Stoves, Silver Ware and Dis¬ 
cretionary. 
No. 60. Cooking Stoves. —Hon. Samuel Cheever, 
Bemis’s Heights; William Beebe, New York; 
Chauncey Kirkham, jr., Batavia. 
No. 61. Stoves — Parlor. —S. W. Tallmadge, 
Castleton ; Abner H. McArthur, Hudson ; San¬ 
ford Adams, Rome. 
No. 62. Silvcre Ware. —Benjamin R. Norton, 
Syracuse; William Wendell, Albany; George 
Waterman, Albany. 
No. 63. Discretionary No. 1.—Samuel A. Law, 
Meredith ; M. R. Patrick, Sacket’s-ITarbor ; John 
H. Tower, Clinton. 
No. 64. Discretionary No. 2.—R. S. Doty, Rome; 
Dr. Wm. Noble, Albion ; Murcus Beach, Williams- 
burgh, L. I, 
No. 65. Discrctionrry No. 3.—John Harold, 
Hempstead, L. I.; Milo Ingalsbce, South Hart¬ 
ford ; Robert L. Hale, Elizabethtown. 
TO PREVENT COWS FROM SHEDDING MILK. 
Collodion (liquid cuticle) is a somewhat re¬ 
cent discovery, and has been applied to useful 
purposes by surgeons, but I am not aware that it 
has ever been used to prevent the loss of milk by 
leakage from the udder of the cow. The mode of 
applying is as follows;—After milking, take a 
thin piece of muslin, the size of a three cent piece, 
wet it in the collodion and apply it quickly to the 
end of the teat. It dries immediately and ad¬ 
hering firmly, prevents the escape of milk from 
the orifice. It can readily be removed at the next 
milking. 
On first making use of this means I did not 
anticipate anything more than temporarily to 
prevent the evil. After making a few applications 
it was discontinued, and I was somewhat sur¬ 
prised to find that it had permanently lessened 
the fault Upon reflection, the modus operandi 
appeared as follows : First the collodion contracts 
the orifice and then prevents the escape of milk ; 
and second, the bag becoming distended, its ca¬ 
pacity is permanently enlarged. Try it. 
Another useful purpose of this article may be 
mentioned. Cows teats often become tender from 
chaps and deep fissures in them. They may 
readily be cured by moistening a piece of muslin 
in this Illiquid and applying it smoothly to the 
parts affected. It adheres so firmly that it will 
not be loosened, even if the calf is allowed to 
draw the milk. 
Mr. Editor; —The above recipe I cut from a 
Harrisburg paper. As it gives no credit, it may 
be original. Please publish it in the Stock Reg¬ 
ister, and add, that molasses is “ the sovercignest 
remedy ” for the chapped teats of a cow—to be 
applied after milking. Of course the udder sho’d 
be washed with cold water, which of itself will 
frequently cure slight cases. 
My observation and experience, tho’ limited, go 
to prove the better plan to be letting the calf have 
free access to the dam, for twenty-four hours after 
birth. The sucking and butting it administers, is 
just the right treatment for the swollen udder; 
and cases of “Garget” are extremely rare, where 
this plan is practiced. It is also much easier to 
separate the mother from the calf, the next day, 
the maternal instinct being then partially quieted. 
Also, it should never be permitted to kill a calf, 
in any place which the cow can have access to.— 
Their piteous lowiugs in such cases leave no room 
to doubt that they recognize the blood of their 
offspring. The writer has known of actual tears 
pouring down the face of a cow, on being shown 
the bloody hide of her calf. These may be 
thought matters too trifling for the consideration 
of “ men of mark ”—but it is not so; the beauti¬ 
ful humanities must all combine, to form the per¬ 
fect character. ....... b* 
