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MARCH 1. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
according to the -width of the furrow slice.— 
Three yoke of oxen, which is the usual team, 
will plow about two acres per day. 
The land thus turned over requires no har¬ 
rowing. Corn, the usual staple crop on sod, is 
then planted. A person, with an old ax, cuts a 
hole in the ground, deposits four or five kernels 
in it, and with his foot, as he is walking along, 
covers the grain. This is the old-fashioned 
method ; now machines are made to answer the 
purpose. The corn thus planted requires no 
other attention till time of harvest. The yield 
obtained is variously estimated at from thirty 
to fifty bushels per acre of shelled corn. Before 
it is harvested very frequently wheat is sown 
between the rows and covered by a one-horse 
cultivator—or spring wheat may be sown in 
the spring on the stubble without plowing the 
ground. When the corn crop is sufficiently dry 
to be cribbed, it is hauled up to a crib of twelve 
feet in width and from one to ten rods in length, 
and many of the original Suckers and Hoosiers 
never think of covering the crib during the 
whole winter. The corn, they say, will sell for 
just as much, and wont pay the trouble of cov¬ 
ering it. Three bushels of Dent corn in the 
crib will make two bushels shelled. 
It frequently happens that there are no stone 
within sight on the prairies upon the surface 
and not a stick, bush or tree within from three 
to twenty miles of the settler. Where there is 
no water, it is often raised by wind-mills for 
the purpose of watering stock, Arc. The farmer 
plows on the lines around the farm, so that by 
the next year he can be ready to set out an 
Osage Orange hedge for fence. They build a 
ditch or other cheap fence that will answer till 
the Osage, or other hedging, is old enough to 
make a fence. This usually takes from five to 
seven years, according as it may have been cul¬ 
tivated—cattle driven once through the Osage 
cannot afterwards be induced to come near it. 
Fuel comes in next to fencing in point of im¬ 
portance. In places where wood is difficult to 
be had, the settler has recourse to coal, which 
may be had at from $3 to $5 per ton near his 
residence. Corn cobs frequently constitute the 
only fuel used on the prairie, but when mixed 
with coal answers most admirably. One hun¬ 
dred acres of corn will make fuel sufficient to 
last one family a year. There are many of the 
prairie settlers who are living in the woods, 
who say that it is much cheaper ami easier to 
haul coal from the mines than to get wood for 
ordinary purposes. 
Prairies are of various kinds, designated as, 
follows :—Level and descending, smooth and 
undulating, wet and dry, with or without stone, 
—soil composed of muck, sand, gravel, or the 
like, interspersed with sloughs, lakes, ponds, 
marshes, creeks, rivers, Arc., the same as wooded 
regions. By living on the prairie the following 
kinds of labor are dispensed with:—The an¬ 
nual picking of stone from the fields to prepare 
them for the reaper or mowing machine ; the 
cutting of the wood for fuel; building wood 
houses ; clearing up the land—embracing cut¬ 
ting and logging large pieces of timber; eradi¬ 
cating the Stumps or waiting for them to decay, 
and numerous other kinds of hard work accom¬ 
panying a wooded settlement. By the way, a 
farm on the Western praiiie will show as much 
work at the end of one year as many Eastern 
farms at the termination of fifty years from 
time of first commencement. 
Agricultural employment is considered far 
more profitable, for the labor expended, in the 
West than in the East. Many a poor Eastern 
boy, who has gone West with but small balance 
of funds in his pocket, has hired out to work 
the first year on the farm. The proceeds of 
this enables him to work a farm on shares the 
second and third yejrs, and by the end of the 
fourth year would enable him to purchase a 
farm ot his own. Everything is carried on up¬ 
on a grand scale on the prairies. There is money 
made and lost suddenly, and in large quantities. 
Corn, which is the most profitable staple crop, 
is grown extensively by every one. The large, 
open, cleared fields, the mammoth rivers, lakes, 
mines of different kinds, manufactories, rail¬ 
roads, &c., all have a tendency to influence 
business of every description to widen out and 
become a business, in and of itself, independent 
of anything else. The facilities now afforded 
for traveling being so much better than in years 
past, it would well pay any one to come out and 
see the great garden of the world—Prairiedom. 
Kankakee City, Ill. Peter Wykoff. 
BINDING THE BUBAL. 
Mr. Moore —Are your readers aware of the 
importance of preserving and binding the “Ru¬ 
ral,” and other agricultural papers ? Are they 
aware of the great satisfaction, pleasure and 
even information to be derived from a re-perusal 
or review of such papers ? We are all ready to 
acknowledge their importance and read them 
with great avidity. But the manner in which 
they are read generally, is not calculated to 
confer the greatest benefit on the reader. For 
instance, the Rural is brought from the office, 
we sit down to peruse it, read one article and 
assent or dissent to its sentiment, but stop to 
give the subject very little consideration. Must 
see what else there is in the paper, and the 
whole is read, one article after another on differ¬ 
ent subjects, and when we get through have but 
a confused idea of its contents, unless perchance 
it should contain an article of special and pres¬ 
ent interest. 
I am aware that we can get a very good agri¬ 
cultural book about as cheap as we can get the 
Rural bound. But I prefer a good paper to 
most of the books. Books are written by one 
man, and his prejudices or preferences may lead 
him into error, or his recommendations may not 
be suited to my locality on account of cfimate, 
soil or market. The paper contains not only 
the articles of the editors, but many good arti¬ 
cles from practical farmers. And we always 
rely more on the experience of the farmer than 
the theories of book writers. I \tould, how- | 
ever, by no means discourage the purchase and 
perusal of agricultural books, but I do most 
earnestly recommend the preservation and bind¬ 
ing the Rural for future reference. 
It is often the case we become interested in a 
particular branch of farming and wish to review 
what we have read on that subject, and if we 
have the papers bound it is an easy matter.— 
For instance, I become convinced of the impor¬ 
tance of underdraining, review this single sub¬ 
ject, am surprised at the amount of information 
contained in the last six volumes. Again some 
of the neighbors say cutting fodder (corn stalks, 
Arc.,) is a great saving and better for the animals 
than if fed whole. Well, “what says the 
Rural ?” and we spend a long evening on that 
subject, and must confess we are profited by the 
review. We are in doubt how best to dispose 
of barn-yard manure to derive the greatest ad¬ 
vantage from its application. There goes anoth¬ 
er long evening—yes, and a stormy day to boot. 
We want to build a barn or some other build¬ 
ing. Refer to the Rural again, and here it is, 
or at least a good suggestion. And so of many 
other subjects which we will not mention. 
Now, by reading as above indicated, we get 
a better knowledge of the different subjects, 
than we have by reading an article at a time as 
they come fresh from the press. If the paper is 
bound it will be preserved. And years hence 
with what interest and pleasure we shall look 
back to the various interests of the day,—news, 
markets. Arc. Yes, kind reader, the Rural is a 
history of the current time worth preserving. 
Baldwinsville, N. Y., Jan., 1856. R. S. 
THE ONE POTATO CROP. 
[Continued from page 62 last No.] 
Ix entering this competition I chose the Wal¬ 
nut Leaf, an early potato, and I think the most 
productive of any kind we have. My father 
got the seed fifteen years since ;. they are as 
early as the Kidneys, but do not get strong and 
peppery like them in the winter. The Walnut 
Leaf is as good when a year old as when first 
dug; they are very dry and mealy, either boil¬ 
ed or baked, and they furnish abundance of 
very white starch. The skin is inclined to be 
rough and quite white. In shape they resem¬ 
ble the Orange, but more oval. Free from rot. 
The potato I took for the test weighed eight 
ounces, and had 22 eyes—some of them were too 
near’together to separate without injuring the 
sprout. I cut into 19 pieces, and put one 
piece in each hill. The hills were three feet 
apart each way. I planted them on green 
sward, turned over two weeks before planting 
six inches deep. I did not subsoil, fearing rock 
or hard-pan bottom would not be as good for 
potato or corn crops. The soil was yellow clay 
loam. I used a compost of ashes and plaster, 
equal parts, a handfull in each hill; covered 
with earth before putting in the potato. 
I planted the one potato May 28th, hoed them 
firgt the 11th of June, and again the 25th, and 
put a handfull of plaster on each hill; hoed 
them again the 3d of July, gave them another 
handfull of plaster ; on the 18th hoed them for 
the last time, hilling up well. I dug them Oct, 
3d. I had one bushel by measure, weighing 
55}^ lbs., 272 in number— good size for cooking, 
some’rather too large, some small ones. The 
hills with one eye produced as many, and they 
were as large potatoes as those with two eyes. 
I think we may conclude from this that a large 
crop does not depend so much on the quantity 
of seed as it does on the quality of the soil and 
manner of culture.—W. H. Purdie, Colmnbus, 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
The Georgetown potato, called by some Door 
Yard, by others the Peach Blow, was the one 
I selected. It is a light red color, shape nearly 
round, generally growing to a good size, and are 
not afflicted with the rot. They are a good table 
potato, dry and mealy, either boiled or baked. 
The one I took for competition weighed six 
ounces. I cut it into 21 pieces, giving one eye 
to each piece, and one piece to a hill. They 
had no more attention until digging time—the 
same as my brother’s above, except I hoed but 
twice. They were planted May 27th, and dug 
the last day of September. I had three pecks 
by measure and forty-five pounds by weight. 
They were mostly good size for table use—the 
largest weighed 11 ounces. Thirteen weighed 
altogether 8 pounds.— James Purdie, Columbus, 
Chenango Co., A r . Y. 
About the first of June I planted one potato 
of the “Jenny Lind” variety, cutting into pieces 
having one eye in each piece, planting two 
pieces in a hill—making thirteen hills in all.— 
I planted upon rather loamy, sandy soil; spread 
stable manure upon the ground before plowing; 
put a small quantity of guano in the hill at the 
time of planting; hoed three times, applying 
about a tablespoonful of plaster in each bill at 
the first hoeing, On digging them—Oct. 8th 
—the weight of potatoes was 56jK lbs.—filling 
a bushel basket about level full.— Richard 
Hume, Windsor, Mass. 
The kind chosen was the White Mercer. One 
potato, cut into 46 pieces. Planted 23 hills, 
two eye s in a hill. Soil a rich sand, on new 
ground. No manure used. Time of planting, 
May 29th. Yield, 57 lbs., (I give it by weight, 
as I think that the only true way, or at least the 
most accurate.)—H. C. Ely, W. Henrietta, N. Y. 
A Good Pig. —The 17th of January last I 
slaughtered a pig nine months and seventeen 
days old, weighing 310 pounds. It was fatten¬ 
ed mostly on green apples and milk.—A. J. A%. 
xold. Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
NOTES OF A CONN. FARMER, 
On what he Heard, and Saxo at the Annual Meeting of the 
New York State Agricultural Society. 
\ It was my privilege to attend the recent 
Annual Meeting of your State Ag. Society, at 
Albany, and as I have not as yet seen any ac¬ 
count of the proceedings in the Rural, concluded 
to say a few words regarding some of the doings 
then and there. 
On Wednesday evening, (the first of my at¬ 
tendance,) Prof. Fitch gave a most interesting 
address on his favorite topic, Entomology. And 
I must say that he handled the subject in a 
most easy and scientific manner. Indeed I was 
not aware that there was so much of it — or at 
least so much that really concerns farmers. His 
remarks on the weevil, chinch-bug, and cut¬ 
worm, were to me deeply interesting. The 
remedy proposed for the cut-worm was to plow 
a deep furrow around the field of corn, over J 
which they would not be likely to pass. Easily 
tried, at least, and I presume effectual. 
Thursday evening was given to an address 
from Prof. Johnson, of Yale College, and a vale¬ 
dictory address from the retiring President of 
the Society, Judge Cheever. Of the former it 
is only necessary for me to say that it was of 
that deeply scientific nature, that we might be 
led to expect from one of the high standing in 
Agricultural Chemistry that Prof. J. holds.— 
Possibly to some of our every-day sort of farmers 
the plain, 'practical remarks of Judge Cheever, 
were the most interesting of the two. A portion 
of his (Judge O.’s) remarks were in relation to 
the practability of a New York State farmer, 
who was in enjoyment of a comfortable support, 
disposing of his farm here and removing to the 
west, where land was lower. He evidently 
showed by “ facts and figures ” that, taking into 
account the nearness to markets, price of land, 
healthiness of climate, religious and social 
privileges, that in every acceptation of the term 
it would not pay. And I presume I might 
safely say that nine-tenths of his hearers cor¬ 
dially agreed with him. 
Of the display at the Agricultural Rooms, of 
Fruits, Grain, etc., it is unnecessary for me to 
say anything, as doubtless a list of the success¬ 
ful competitors will be duly chronicled in the 
Rural. If one wished to go where all manner 
of noises could be heard, he had only to step 
across the street to the Poultry Show, and his 
ears would be gratified. 
Lakeville, Conn., Feb., ’56. Connecticut Farmer. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
SORE NOSES IN' SHEER. 
Two or three years ago, in October, several 
lambs of mine were afflicted with what is now 
termed sore noses. They had become so very 
scabbed they pould not close their mouths so as 
to crop the gfass. Their lips were covered with 
a dark colored scab, very hard and cracked, and 
very sore. ’Wither sheep which had been pas¬ 
tured with them all the season previous, were 
not affected by it. I cannot divine a cause.— 
They became poor quite soon. 
In December last I found my entire flock of 
116, more or less afflicted as before : some with 
a scab the size of a pea, others the nose mostly 
covered,—the lambs being the worst diseased. 
My remedy is to mix spirits of turpentine with 
soft lard or goose oil; half a pint of each, stirred 
well together while cold. This quantity is 
sufficient for one hundred sheep. In some cases 
it may need to be applied a second time. Rnb 
it on thoroughly. Tar is sometimes employed, 
but of itself is very hard and stiff in cold weather. 
At the end of two weeks not a particle of scab 
was to be seen on my flock.—0. M. B., Gaines, 
Orleans Co. 
POTTED cheese. 
I send you a recipe for making cheese that 
may benefit some who have but a cow or two. 
Prepare your curd as you would for the press, 
then put it in a bag secure from flies, and hang 
in an open room until thoroughly drained, then 
chop fine and pack in. a brown earthen crock, 
(stone is not as good), put in a layer of cheese, 
a very little saltpetre, and sprinkle in a little 
good brandy, say tfl pint to 201bs. "When your 
crock is full press down with the hand ; cover 
your crock with two or three thicknesses of 
writing paper, pasted to the crock to secure 
from flies, over the paper tie a cloth to prevent 
bugs from gnawing through, and set in a dry 
place not too warm. In one month it will be 
good, but in six it will be “ cheese that is cheese.” 
We have found it beneficial in hot weather, 
also, for making butter, to put in each pan of 
milk, when first strained, a teaspoonful of 
strong saltpetre water ; the milk will not sour 
as soon, and will make yellower amLharder 
butter.— An Old Dairy Woman, Allegan, Mich. 
For Kicking Cows. —Take a short strap and 
fasten the ends together. Next prepare a pin 
of some soft wood, about 6 or 8 inches long, 
inches in diameter. Take the cow by the off 
fore-leg, and double it at the knee joint close ; 
pass the strap or loop over the kee, pressing it 
back until you can insert the pin between that 
and the knee joint, and she cannot kick.— j. b.t. 
HEN MANURE-INQUIRY. 
Eds. Rural :—I wish to make the following 
inquiries through your paper. 1st. Is hen ma¬ 
nure good for corn ? If so, should it be applied 
before or after planting, or in the hill with the 
corn ? If in the hill, what quantity should be 
used ? Would it be advisable to mix ashes or 
plaster with it ? As I have 15 or 20 bushels, 
enough to make a trial, any information on the 
subject will be thankfully received.—C., Greece. 
Will some of our readers, who have had ex¬ 
perience in the use of the kind qf domestic 
guano mentioned, answer the above ?—Eds. 
litral fjotes 
Progress in Canada. —The “ Canadian Cen¬ 
tral Agricultural and Horticultural Club,” is the 
title of an association recently organized by the 
prominent farmers, horticulturists, and friends 
of rural improvement in Toronto and vicinity. 
The preamble of the rules and regulations 
adopted, sets forth the objects of the Society to 
be, “ The advancement of Scientific and Prac¬ 
tical Husbandry and Gardening,in their various 
departments and applications, by establishing 
lectures and discussions, and a library and 
museum, on all branches of science connected 
with their pursuits; by the encouragement of 
experiments; by correspondence with similar 
Societies, <fcc.” Persons in any part of the Prov¬ 
ince may become members by remitting to the 
Secretary $1, the amount of the annual subscrip¬ 
tion, before the 1st of October next, after which 
all members are to be admitted by ballot. The 
following officers were appointed :—G. W. Al¬ 
lan, Esq., President; Col. Thomson, James 
Fleming, Vice Presidents; Prof. Buckland, 
Secretary and Treasurer. Committee—Rev. 
Thomas Schreiber, Prof. Croft, Capt. Beresford, 
Prof. Hind, Capt. Shaw, Geo. Leslie, R. Davis, 
R. L. Dennison, E. Musson, J. Gray, William 
McDougal, J. D. Humphreys, W. Mundie. The 
first meeting is to be held on Thursday next, 
(March 6.) Subject for discussion—“ The best 
modes of Farming adapted to the present wants 
of Canada.” 
— We congratulate our numerous Canadian 
readers upon the formation of this Club, assured 
that it will prove a valuable auxiliary in facili¬ 
tating the car of Rural Improvement. 
The Monroe Co. Ag. Society held a very 
spirited meeting on the 20th ult. The pro¬ 
ceedings were characterized by much enthusi¬ 
asm and unanimity of sentiment — indicating a 
firm determination to place the Society upon a 
permanent and prosperous basis, rendering it 
creditable to its members and the county, and, 
more than ever a prominent and influential 
auxiliary in promoting improvement. A reso¬ 
lution was adopted to re-organize the Society 
under the new law, and appointing a Committee 
to perfect such re-organization. The question 
of permanent location of Annual Fairs was dis¬ 
cussed, and suitable measures adopted to obtain 
grounds for that purpose. The subject of Life 
Memberships, and the best manner of securing a 
large number, next occupied the attention of the 
meeting — and, after an animated discussion, a 
Committee consisting of two or more from each 
town in the county, and five in the city of 
Rochester, was appointed to canvass for life- 
members. Eighty-eight life-memberships, at $10 
each, were then subscribed for by gentlemen in 
attendance. The Society adjourned to meet on 
the 19th of March, at 10 o’clock, A. M., when 
the Committees on Re-organization, Location, 
Life Memberships, tfec., are expected to report. 
Greece Agricultural Club. —The farmers 
and friends of agricultural improvement, and 
its kindred branches, in the town of Greece, at 
a large and spirited meeting on the 16th ult., 
formed a Society for instituting a Spring Fair 
for the sale of Animals, Implements, Seeds, <fcc., 
and a Fall Exhibition of Stock, Fruits, Grain, 
Domestic Manufactures, and other articles. A 
.Constitution was adopted and arrangements 
made for the Spring Fair. The following offi¬ 
cers were elected :— L. B. Langworthy, Presi¬ 
dent ; G. C. Latta, Luther Bryant, and Alva 
Benedict, Vice Presidents ; F. W. Lay, Scc’y; 
Chas. Powis, Treasurer. 
We are well assured of the beneficial effects 
of local rural associations for discussion and ex¬ 
hibition. It has the effect of enlisting the at¬ 
tention of individuals who have heretofore 
manifested little or no interest in the County or 
State institutions. The good work has already 
made considerable progress in this county, and 
we wish it “ God speed.” 
Crops of the U. S. in 1854.—The following 
approximate estimate of the agricultural pro¬ 
ducts of the United States for the past year, is 
fTbm the National Intelligencer, to which it was 
communicated by D. G. Browne, Esq., Superin¬ 
tendent of the Agricultural Division of the Pa¬ 
tent Office: 
Valuation. Total Value. 
Indian Corn. 600,000,000 bu., at 60 c., $360,300,000 
Wheat. 165,000,000 bu., at $1,50, 247,500,000 
Rye... 14,000,000 bu., at $1, 14,080,000 
Barley. 6,600,000 bu., at 90 c., 5,940,000 
Oats. 170,000,000 bu., at 60 c., 68,000,000 
Buckwheat. 10,000,000 buT, at 50 c., 5,000,000. 
Potatoes (all sorts) 110,000,000 bu., at 37 c., 41,250,000 
Flaxseed. 58,000bu., at $1,25, 72,500 
Beans and peas_ 9,500,000 bu., at $2, 19,000,000 
Clover & grass seed 1,000,000 bu., at $3, 3,000,000 
Rice. 250,000,000 tbs., at 4 c., 10,000,000 
Sugar (cane). 505,000,000 lbs., at 7 c., 35,350,000 
Sugar (maple)_ 34,000,000 lbs,, at 8 c., 2,720,000 
Molasses. 14,000,000 gall., at 30 c., 4,200,000 
Wine. 2,500,000 gall., at $1, 2,50O,OC0 
Hops. 3,500,000 lbs., at 15 c., 525,000 
Orchard products. 25,000,000 
Garden products. 50,000,000 
Tobacco. 190J300,000 lbs., at 10 c., 19,000,00^ 
Cotton. 1,700,000,000 lbs., at8 c., ' 136,000 000 
Hemp. 34,500 tons, at $100, 3,450,000 
Flax... . 800,000 lbs., at 10 c., 80.0CO 
Hay and fodder.. 16,000,000 tons, at $10, 160,000,000 
Pasturage. 143,000,000 
$1,355,887,500 
Saving Manure. —It was recently remarked 
by a Massachusetts farmer that by proper atten¬ 
tion an additional cord of manure might be 
saved on each farm. “ If this were done,” he 
said, “ it would be of more value than all the 
guano and super-phosphate that is sold.” Al¬ 
lowing it to be worth $1 per cord, it would be 
$100,000 advantage to the State of New Y r ork, 
if the same saving were made by its one hun¬ 
dred thousand of farmers. 
WOOL GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The “Wool Growers’ Association of Western 
New York,” at a recent meeting belli at Penn 
Yan, Mr. Vice President Hotchkin in the Chair, 
transacted the following business : 
Wm. S. Judd, Secretary of the Yates County 
Agricultural Society, notified the Association 
that said Society, at their annual meeting pass¬ 
ed a resolution tendering the use of their Fair 
Grounds to the Wool Growers’ Association, 
for the purpose of holding their next annual 
Show. The offer was unanimously accepted. 
On motion, the above offer was accepted, and 
the Association resolved to hoi d its next Annual 
Show at Penn Yan, on the 28th and 29th days 
of May, 1856. 
Jas. H. Hotchkin presented a premium list 
prepared by Judge Denniston, dividing the 
different breeds of sheep into five classes, viz : 
1st class Spanish Merino ; 2d do Saxon and 
Silesian; 3d do French Merino; 4th do Long 
Wooled ; 5th do Middle Wooled. 
On motion, the Association recommended the 
Executive Committee to take into consideration 
the above classification, and if consistent make 
out the premium list in accordance, and when 
completed report the same back to the Associa¬ 
tion for their consideration. 
The Executive Committee subsequently re¬ 
ported the following List of Premiums to be 
offered at the next Annual Show : 
SWEEPSTAKES. 
First Class —Best Buck $60; 2d. do, 40 : 3d,"do,'20. 
Second Class —Best five Ewes $50; 2d, do, 30. 
All fine wooled sheep will be allowed to com¬ 
pete in the above classes. 
SPANISH MERINO. 
First Class —Best Buck three years old or upwards $20; 2d, 
do. 15; 3d, do. 10. ! - - . ■'' 
Best five Ewes with Lambs $20; 2d, do, 15; 3d,. do, 10. 
Second Class —Best Buck two years old $20; 2d, do, 15; 3d, 10. 
Third Class —Best five Ewes two years old $20; 2d, do, 15; 3d, 
do, 10. 
Fourth Class— Best Buck 1 year okl $20; 2d, do, 15; 3d, .do,' 10 
Fifth Class —Best five Ewes one year old $20; 2d, do, 15: 3d,, 
do, 10. 
LONG AND MIDDLE WOOLED SHEEP. 
First Class —Best Buck (sweepstakes) $50. 
Best Buck one year old $10; 2d, do, 7; 3d, do, 3. 
Second Class —Best Buck three years old and upwards $20 ; 
2d, do, 15; 3d, do, 10. 
Best Buck two years old $15; 2d, do, 10; 3d, do, 7. 
Third Class —Best five Ewes two years old and upwards $15 
2d, do, 10 ; 3d, do, 7. EL .4 
Best five E wes one year old $10; 2d , do, 7; 3( 1,/lo, 3._ 
~ No sheep will be allowed to compete in more 
than one of the foregoing classes. 
SILESIAN AND SAXON. 
First Class —Best Buck three years old and upwards $10; 2d, 
do, 7 ; 3d, do, 3. 
Best Buck two years old $10; 2d, do, 7; 3d, do, 3. 
Second Class —Best Buck one year old $10; 2d. do, 7; 3d, do, 3. 
Best five Ewes two years old $10; 2d, do, 7; 3d, do, 3. 
Best five Ewes one year old $10 ; 2d, do, 7; 3d, do, 3. 
FRENCH MERINOS. 
First Class — Best Buck two years old and upwards $10 ; 2d, 
do. 7; 3d, do, 3. 
Best five Ewes 2 years old and over $10; 2d, do, 7; 3d, do, 3. 
Second Class —Best Buck one year old $10; 2d, do, 7; 3d, do, 3. 
Best five Ewes one year old $10; 2d, do, 7; 3d, do, 3. 
A committee of three was appointed to apply 
to the Legislature for an appropriation of $1,000 
for the benefit of the Association. 
Committees of Arrangement for the coming 
Show, and to draft circular and attend to print¬ 
ing, efec., were appointed. 
At a session of the Ex. Com.— Messrs. J. H. 
Hotchkin, G. PI. Wheeler, Daniel Gray, Wm. 
Judd, Wm. T. Remer, N. B. Mann, A. Y. Baker 
and C. D. Champlin being present — it was 
Resolved, That Art. 3d of By-Laws be amend¬ 
ed to read as follows : 
« The awarding committees shall investigate 
the merits of each animal competing for premi¬ 
ums, and shall report the result to the Executive 
Committee at or before 10 o’clock, A. M. of the 
last day of the show.” 
Art. 5th of By-Laws was also amended as 
follows : “ The premiums offered by this Asso¬ 
ciation are open for competition to all residents 
of the United States and the Canadas, by con¬ 
forming to the following rules and regulations.” 
(Balance the same as Art. 5 in printing By- 
Laws, except the first clause.) 
N. Y. State Poultry Society. — Want of 
space precluded us from giving, last week, a 
report of the recent Annual Show of this Soci¬ 
ety, held at Albany. The exhibition was quite 
creditable, and largely attended. The array 
and display was very good in most depart¬ 
ments, and indicated decided improvement in 
the breeding of many of the varieties of fowls 
on exhibition. The Society resolved to hold 
its next Show in the city of New York, com¬ 
mencing on first Wednesday of February, 1857. 
The following officers were elected for the cur¬ 
rent year : 
President —E. E. Platt, of Albany. Vice- 
Presidents —Matthew Vassal - , Poughkeepsie ; D. 
S. Heffron, L T tica ; Thomas Gould, Aurora. Cor. 
Secretary —R. C. McCormick, Jr., N. Y. Pec. 
Secretary and Treasurer —M. M. Kimmey, Cedar 
Hill, N. Y. Managers —C. W. Godard, Albany; 
Dr. J. Cole, Claverack ; G. ■Snyder, Rhinebeck; 
Dr. C. T. Smith, Goshen; W: Frothingham, Al¬ 
bany ; R. H. Avery, Wampsville ; P. F. Peck, 
Yonkers'; T. C. Abraham, Watervliet; II. G. 
Hart, Clinton ; H. N. Wicks, Albany; A. A. 
Hudson, Syracuse; D. D. Campbell, Schenecta¬ 
dy; E. A. Lawrence, Flushing , Samuel Sldtkn, 
Brooklyn; Wm. Hurst, Albany; R. H. Yan 
Rensselaer, Morris; D. B. Haight, Dover Plains; 
S. W. Benedict, Rossville; C. M. Scholesfelt, 
Yorkville; Dr. C. Bonecue, Lansingburgh. 
Agricultural College. —At the recent meet¬ 
ing of the Board of Education, says the Detroit 
Tribune, the contract for erecting the west wing 
of the Michigan Ag. College, and a Boarding 
House at Lansing, was awarded to Messrs. 
Royce & Copeland, of Rochester, N. Y. The Col¬ 
lege is to be 50 by 100 feet on the ground, 
and three stories high, with a basement under 
the whole. The Boarding House will also be a 
large three story building with a basement.— 
Both buildings are to be of brick, and they are 
to be complete and ready for occupying by the 
first of December next. The contractors are to 
receive $26,500 for furnishing materials and 
completing both buildii gs. 
— Michigan is the most liberal and progress¬ 
ive State in providing such an institution. 
