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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 19. 
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force, in light seeding. We usuaUy sow two 
bushels of wheat on an acre, and with the wee¬ 
vil and insect find that too little to secure a good 
crop. i. l. s. 
South Onondaga, 1856. 
KING PHILIP CORN.—PRO AND CON. 
Eds. Rural :—An article appeared in the 
second number of the Rural, requesting infor¬ 
mation with regard to the “ improved” species 
of corn. King Philip. I have a few facts at 
command, which may add something to the in¬ 
formation desired. 
My neighbor has corn which he calls King 
Philip. The ear is eight-rowed, and an inch or 
more longer than the eight-rowed little yellow. 
The grain is a medium size between the yellow 
and Tuscarora, shaped like the latter. The 
color is an olive brown ; stock is small. It can 
be planted closer than other varieties, and one 
hill of good soil will mature five or six thrifty 
stocks. There is nothing remarkable about the 
earing; some stocks bearing one, some two and 
others three ears. It ripens earlier than the 
above-mentioned varieties, and is better adapt 
ed to short seasons. The result of my friend’ 
planting cannot be ascertained with the exact 
ness desirable in an experiment. He planted 
a small patch of well prepared soil, two and a 
half rods each way, cultivated thoroughly with 
the hoe, and from an estimate of the yield, he 
is satisfied that, under similar circumstances, 
one hundred bushels of shelled corn to the acre 
may be grown. 
Last season, with us, was very wet and cold 
It was with difficulty the soil could be put in 
order for planting, and, after it was planted, a 
snow storm swept across our fields, casting a 
gloom over our prospects of a corn crop. Much 
of the planted seed perished in the ground. 
Farmers were obliged to replant. The result 
was a great deal of unripened corn. My neigh 
bor’s field, however, was an exception. He re 
planted with King Philip. His corn ripened 
perfectly and yielded a crop as good, if not 
better, than what was expected from the first 
planting. 
There can be no doubt that this species of 
corn is well adapted to short seasons, and as 
profitable as most other early varieties, yet it is 
not as productive as the large corn of the South 
and West. There being more hills on the same 
quantity of soil, it requires more labor and ex¬ 
pense in cultivation. It takes more ears to 
make a bushel, and requires more time in har¬ 
vesting. The proportion of cob is greater and 
it does not bear shelling so well as the later 
varieties. But, compared with the earliest va¬ 
rieties, which we can only grow, it ranks among 
the first. I shall be glad to learn more on this 
subject from those who have had larger and 
more scientific experience with the King Philip 
variety. G. M. Pn.jc 
Somerset, Pa., 1856. 
Eds. Rural : — In the spring of 18541 receiv¬ 
ed from the Patent Office a small package of 
the above named corn, and planted it on a rich 
clay loam well underdrained. Gave it good 
culture, and it bid fair to yield well, but when 
we came to cut up, found it so affected with 
smutty or black ears as to very seriously injure 
the crop, besides making it disagreeable to 
harvest. Those ears not affected were very 
sound and nice, but not so large as the Hutton 
variety. 
Last spring planted a little of it again in my 
corn field — soil a sandy loam. The result 
about the same as the year before as to smut, 
but what good ears there were, not so large as 
those of previous crop. I think it not worth 
raising, when we have so many other good kinds, 
I am particular to state the kind of soil, as some 
might say it was that caused the smut, which 
could not have been the case in last trial, as the 
Dutton corn along side was not affected any 
more than corn generally is, not one-fourth as 
much as the King Philip. 
Since writing the foregoing I have received 
to-day’s Rural, in which Mr. Watson says his 
third year’s crop was all nubbins. If the third 
year causes as much decrease in size from the 
second year’s growth as the second did from 
the first in my case, the produce will be all 
nubbins, and short ones too. L. F. Crowell. 
Seneca Falls, March 25, 1855. 
INDIAN CORN. —NO. II. 
RAIL AND BOARD FENCES. 
Eds. Rural :—It being time for farmers to 
begin to think about repairing and building 
fences, a few words may not come amiss. An 
article in your valuable paper recommends 
board fences as superior to any other, excepting 
stone fences. This I do not exactly agree with, 
having a preference for a good rail fence. I 
will try and show that it is cheaper, easier 
built, more durable and substantial by far, 
than any board fence. 
Take black ash rails at $40 per thousand, 
sixteen to the rod, four stakes to cap it, amounts 
to 74 cents (stakes 1% cents and caps 2 cents 
each) for the material for one rod of rail fence. 
Now for the board fence. Hemlock lumber at 
$10 per thousand, about 60 feet to the rod, 60 
cts., two cedar posts at 12% cts. each, 25 cents; 
1 pound of nails, 5 cents—whole amount 90 cts. 
This gives 16 cents in favor of the rail fence, as 
to its being cheaper. That is something. As 
te its being easier made, a man can make five 
rods to one of board fence. A board fence will 
last about fourteen years, with setting the posts 
over two or three times; a good rail_fence will 
last twenty-five years, and if you want to re¬ 
move it to another part of your farm, all you 
have to do is to load it on your wagon and take 
it where you please, in half the time you can a 
board fence. I have allowed a good price for 
the material of each fence. I should be pleased 
to hear from others on the same subject. s. p. 
Eds. Rural : — Illness and other causes hav¬ 
ing interrupted my series of articles on In¬ 
dian Corn until the present, I now propose to 
resume them, and if nothing prevents, to con¬ 
tinue them as designed. It is my purpose to 
now make some comparisons between corn and 
other grains, especially wheat, and to consider 
the benefits to be derived by succeeding crops, 
by its more general culture in the Northern 
States. 
It is the opinion of many of our wheat-raising 
farmers, that the cost of cultivating any given 
number of acres of corn is more expensive than 
the same number of acres of wheat, and that the 
profits are less. As far as my experience goes, 
I am of the opinion that this is an error, even in 
a good wheat-growing section like Western 
New York, except in cases like the past two 
seasons, or when the price of wheat is unusually 
high, and out of all proportion to the price of 
corn. Suppose the price of wheat should be 
from eight to ten shillings per bushel, and corn 
from four to five shillings, and we call 20 bush¬ 
els of wheat and 40 of corn to the acre, fair 
crops, and that it costs the farmer the same to 
raise the one as the other, the profits would 
then be in favor of the corn, because the stalks 
or fodder from one acre of the latter, if well 
saved, is worth nearly or quite as much as a 
tun of hay, say from $8 to $10. The straw from 
the wheat is worth something, but its value is 
comparatively small, and, in addition, I consid¬ 
er a corn crop on land that is overrun with 
June and blue grass worth more than $5 per 
acre to the succeeding crop (n subduing the 
soil, should I wish to stock the land to clover. 
There is no crop raised by our farmers that 
will prepare ground for clover equal to corn, 
where it is thoroughly cultivated. The best 
field of clover I ever saw in this State, was in 
1854. The ground was planted in 1852, and in 
1853 was sown to barley, and stocked with 
about twelve pounds of clover seed to the acre. 
There was four good-crops taken from the land 
in the three years; first year corn ; second, bar¬ 
ley, from 30 to 35 bushels to the acre; third, a 
first rate crop of clover hay and a fine crop of 
clover seed, and the fourth year the ground was 
in condition to summer fallow for wheat. It 
would have taken four years in the ordinary 
mode of raising wheat to get two crops—which 
at 20 bushels to the acre and ten shillings per 
bushel, would be $50 for the four years. Now 
we will estimate' the corn, barley, clover hay, 
and seed raised in the three years : 
Corn, 40 bushels per acre at 5 shillings... .$25 00 
Fodder, from acre. 5 00 
Barley, 30 bushels at 75 cents..... 22 50 
Clover hay, 2 tuns per acre, at $6.12 00 
Seed, 2 bushels per acre, at $6. 12 00 
Making the total for three years.$76 50 
This would give nearly fifty per cent more 
from an acre in three years than mo ugn me 
land had been sown to wheat each alternate 
year. We will estimate one crop of wheat at 
20 bushels per acre, $25, which it takes the use 
of the land two years to produce — then a like 
calculation for the same period, where corn is 
one of the crops grown : 
Corn, 40 bushels at 5 shillings.$25 00 
Corn fodder. 5 00 
Barley, 30 bushels at 6 shillings. 22 50 
Total.$52 50 
I estimate the price of corn at one-half the 
price of wheat, and at that rate I make an acre 
of corn worth when the yield is 40 bushels, $5 
more than the acre of wheat of 20 bushels. 
Genesee. 
manufacturers who have saved themselves alive, 
begin to do a saving business ; only give them 
the benefit of the untaxed raw material, and 
they will soon compete profitably in our own 
market if not abroad, with the foreign manufac¬ 
turer ; then, but not till then can the farmer 
expect to have a reliable market for his wool, at 
a remunerating price at all times, without those 
past inflations and succeeding depressions, 
which were the natural consequences of mis¬ 
management, causing the failure of the manu¬ 
facturer. s. w. 
Waterloo, N. Y., 1856. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
ABOUT POLAND OATS. 
Friend Moore :—I wish to say a few words 
to “ Wellington,” and through him to the farm¬ 
ing public generally, about the much talked of 
Poland Oats. Some of the so-called Poland 
oats are black, some yellow, some white, and 
some are all sorts mixed. The true and pure 
Poland oats, in a good oat season, will weigh 
46 pounds to the measured bushel. They are 
white, all white, and eight or ten days earlier in 
ripening than the common varieties, — and 
should be harvested as soon as ripe. If left 
standing a few days after they are ripe, there 
will be much loss. There are a great many in¬ 
stances where three acres of a twelve acre lot 
sown to one kind of grain may turn out even 
poorer than “ Wellington’s.” “Hardly thirty 
pounds !” A very good reason for saying, “ I 
consider them not only not superior, but abso¬ 
lutely inferior to other oats.” If Air. “ Welling¬ 
ton,” or any other gentleman on Uncle Sam’s 
Plantation, desires a sample of Poland Oats that 
weigh 44 pounds to the bushel, grown last sea¬ 
son, (an unfavorable season for oats in Western 
NewYork,)lethim address B. P. Johnson, Esq., 
Sec’y of the N. Y. State Ag. Society, Albany, 
N. Y., who has a quantity for gratuitous distri¬ 
bution,—or apply to the subscriber by mail, who 
has also a quantity for gratuitous distribution, 
put up in 4 oz. packages, which will be sent to 
any address in the United States, (from one to 
four packages,) on the receipt of the postage, 
which is 6 cents per ounce. Get the right kind, 
and then give us the result. I. W. Briggs. 
West Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
THE TARIFF, ETC. 
The reduction of the French tariff on import¬ 
ed wool, from 15% to 6 francs jjj} 100 lbs., now 
makes it the more necessary to sustain our 
woolen manufacturers against the competition 
which free trade in the raw material gives to 
the foreign fabricant. Hence the importance of 
effecting the projet du roi now before Congress 
to modify or rescind the duties of foreign wool, 
chemicals and dye stuffs ? Since the year 1845 
more than three-fourths of the woolen mills in 
this State have failed ; but now with an im¬ 
proved experience and better economy, those 1 Summers, Pa. 
RAISING POTATOES. 
One of the cheapest and at the same time 
best modes of raising potatoes which I have 
tried, is as follows :—Plow very deeply, plant 
deeply, that is, from 4 to 6 inches, (or deeper if 
you like, for they will grow from the depth of 
2 or 3 feet,) then, as soon as the weeds start and 
before the potatoes are up, harrow over the hills, 
taking care to drive your horse or horses be¬ 
tween the rows, or they will tread them in, if 
the soil is mellow, to an undesirable depth, and 
this, if well done, and done at the right season, 
will save the first and the worst hoeing. They 
will come up clean, and if cultivated as much 
as necessary, will need but one thorough hoe¬ 
ing. This should be given as soon as the second 
crop of weeds begin to appear, and before they 
are distinctly visible, as it is done very easily 
and more effectually than if the weeds are al¬ 
lowed to get well rooted. I would hill as little 
as possible, only enough to cover the small 
weeds about the roots of the potatoes which 
cannot well be pulled out. Before they will 
need farther attention the'tops will probably be 
so large that no weeds will start in the hills.— 
The cultivator will do the rest.—W. B., West 
Bloomfield, N. Y. 
WHICH, OATS OR BARLEY P 
Having more green sward, (a clover ley,) 
which I wish to plow this spring, than I care to 
plant to corn or potatoes, I wish to ask the ad¬ 
vice of experienced farmers about sowing it to 
oats or barley, and which of these will probably 
succeed the best. The soil is a sandy loam, and 
will be fit for the plow as early as most soils af¬ 
ter the snow goes off.—R. N. B., Niagara Co. 
Remarks. —Our experiment in sowing oats on 
green sward did not succeed very favorably, and 
one “experienced farmer,” to whom we read the 
above question, thinks it poor policy to sow 
either barley or o^ts on spring-plowed green 
sward. Neither do well on fresh-plowed sod. 
Plow the field deeply, as early as possible, and 
then let it lie three or four weeks before sowing. 
This, of course, will be too late for barley, but 
oats may give a tolerable crop. Why oats will 
not grow is not well explained. Our friend 
says tnuv 'j.-ui jVro^j well n^tii aLouii cue time 
for heading,, when they will fall down, and of 
course cannot fill well, nor are they very con¬ 
veniently gathered. We hope others will give 
their views on this question.— Eds. 
good cows. 
Mr. J. B. Piiilbrook, of Hardwick, Vermont, 
has two cows of the native breed, (one of them 
may be slightly crossed with the Devonshire,) 
from which he made and sold six hundred lbs. 
of butter last season, besides supplying his 
family of two persons with milk and butter. I 
was at his house to-day and he showed me a 
tub, containing twenty-two and a half lbs. of 
beautiful butter,whicli he had just churned from 
eight days’ milk, being the first the same two 
cows had made since their calves were taken 
away this spring. What is remarkable in this 
case is, that bis dairy woman is his mother, 
who is ninety-four years old. She never keeps 
a hired girl, and her boy, the said J. B. P., who 
is now nearly seventy years old, does not intend 
to marry while his mother can do her work.— 
S. D. Kimball, Barton, Vt., April 1st, 1856. 
“FLOUR CORN.”—A NEW VARIETY. 
Eds. Rural: —I obtained from the West a pint 
of seed named as above, which was planted on 
a piece of ground 46 by 106 feet; the yield was 
13 bushels of ears, or 6% bushels of shelled corn. 
It grows as large as the common eight-rowed 
kind, and yields better. The grain is as white 
as chalk ; is composed of flour alone, and when 
properly ground and bolted, it would be diffi¬ 
cult to distinguish it from wheat flour. The 
bread is far superior to common Indian bread, 
being free from that disagreeable coarseness 
and strong flavor which common Indian meal 
possesses. When boiled green, we could not 
distinguish it from sweet corn, either in color or 
taste. For eating, I prefer it to any other kind 
I ever saw.—I. S. Clarke, Greece, Mon. Co., N. Y. 
TUMORS ON CATTLE. 
In answer to the inquiry of D. B. in Rural of 
March 22d, I would say that bunches similar to 
the one he describes, are with us called bone 
wens, and may be cured by the thorough use 
of soft soap, that from which the moisture has 
partially evaporated being preferred. Rub the 
sore daily, and previous to each application 
wash the diseased part clean. About ten days 
are required for the effectual action of this rem¬ 
edy—if the wound discharges, a longer time 
will be necessary. Attend faithfully, and a 
cure is warranted.—M. M. Lee, Penfield, Cal. 
Co., Mich. 
Wintering Cattle without Water.— Inqui¬ 
ry. —I would like to know if any Rural sub¬ 
scribers have had experience in wintering cat¬ 
tle without water. I have heard it said they 
would do just as well without. I think my 
cattle have been injured the past winter in 
drinking too much, as I am obliged to drive 
some distance. If any of your correspondents 
will respond they will oblige—A Subscriber, 
|kral ftotes antr ftem 
Exhibition of Horses.— The Wayne Co. Ag¬ 
ricultural Society is making arrangements for 
an Exhibition of Horses, to be held on the So¬ 
ciety’s Grounds, in Lyons, on the 5th and 6th 
of June ensuing. The premiums offered are 
very liberal, amounting to some $600 in the 
aggregate, and including various classes of 
horses, from the best stallions and trotters to 
the draft and common roadsters. Prizes are 
offered for the best horses exhibited, and also 
for best performance (trotting) in harness.— 
Competition is open to. the whole State. All 
which will no doubt induce considerable com¬ 
petition, and render the exhibition quite at¬ 
tractive—to say nothing of the Grand Agricul¬ 
tural Soiree, to be held in Floral Hall on the 
evening of the 6th. If the sightly places are 
not all taken, we trust Mr. President Van Slyck 
will secure room for one more spectator. 
Plowing up a New Farm.— Capt. B., from 
small beginnings, became a rich man, if his own 
definition of that phrase be correct, viz :—“ He 
is a rich man who is better off than his neigh¬ 
bors.” Capt. B. was fortunate in having a 
young man in his employment who understood 
the English language, and could toe the mark. 
It was in the spring of the year, two stout yoke 
of oxen were hitched to the plow and driven to 
a part of the farm that had become nearly bar¬ 
ren by cropping without manure. The young 
man was placed at the plow, and furnished with 
a boy as teamster. “Now,” said the Captain, 
“ I want you to plow up the dirt that has not 
seen the sun tor four thousand years.” The or¬ 
der was fulfilled by letting the plow in beam 
deep. The next order was, “ Now don’t spare the 
manure.” The employee was as faithful as Jack 
Tar on board a ship of the line. That field for 
years, said one acquainted with the circumstan¬ 
ces, was a powerful advocate of deep plowing 
and thorough tillage. 
Sales of Improved Stock. —We learn that 
S. P. Chapman, Esq., of Mt. Pleasant Farm, 
Clockville, Madison Co., N. Y., has recently 
made several sales from his celebrated herd of 
Short-horns. Messrs. French <fe Ray of Lenox, 
Ashtabula Co., Ohio, have purchased “ Second 
Duke," a red bull calf, sired by the first prize 
Bates’ bull Halton, (11552,) dam the imported 
Bates’ coav Agate. Martin Heydenburk, of 
Kalamazoo, Mich., has purchased the “ Third 
Duke,” a red bull calf, got by Halton, dam the 
first prize Bates’ heifer Hilpa 4th. Mr. V. J. 
Birdseye, of Pompey Hill, Onondaga Co., N. Y., 
has purchased “ Old Ruby,” sired by Symme¬ 
try, (12170,) dam Willey 3d,—also “ Ruby 8th,” 
a white heifer calf, got by Halton, dam Ruby 
2d—and “Duchess 3d,” a heifer got by Halton, 
dam first premium cow Duchess. 
Drive Your Labor. —These three Avords com¬ 
prise the essentials to profit in the pursuit of 
any business. If you have anything to do, do 
it. The farmer’s creed needs not only the in¬ 
sertion of this element, but also the practical, 
every-day workings. To the young, this prin¬ 
ciple, instilled in their being, Avould be of in¬ 
calculable benefit. If a task is to be performed, 
push ahead — if recreation is the order of the 
hour, Avhy, make a business of it. Indolent 
habits, contracted in youth, are rarely overcome. 
Our ability to perform is the criterion by which 
men will judge, rather than the amount we have 
contrived to shuffle off. A scarcity of “ thorny 
pillows” and “ sleepless nights” is guaranteed 
to those who will heed the injunction, “ what¬ 
ever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy 
might.” 
Trial of Mowing and Reaping Machines.— 
The Indiana State Board of Agriculture will 
hold a test trial of Mowers and Reapers at 
Richmond, Ind., on the 26th, 27th, and 28th 
days of June. Every preparation will be made 
to have a complete trial, and the fullest com¬ 
petition is invited. The premiums offered are : 
For best Mowing Machine, Silver Pitcher, $50 
2d best “ “ “ “ 30 
For best Reaping Machine, “ “ 50 
2d best “ “ “ “ 30 
For best combined Mower and Reaper, S. P., £0 
2d best “ “ “ “ 30 
Ample arrangements for the exhibition Avill be 
made by the Board. Those desirous of further 
information can address Wm. T. Dennis, Rich¬ 
mond, Indiana. 
To Separate Oats from Spring Wheat.— A 
correspondent recently asked if this could be 
effected by any easy process. A western man 
communicates to the Prairie Farmer the follow¬ 
ing method, which he says is from experience : 
“ Make a strong salt brine, say ten gallons; 
have two large wash-tubs ; in one make your 
brine, and pour in from one peck to half a bush¬ 
el, (according to the size of your tub,) and stir 
your wheat, and all the oats will float to the 
top, which can be poured off into the other tub 
to save wastage. In this way every grain can 
be separated from the wheat.” 
Farming in Kansas. — Agriculture and its 
kindred associations seem to be exciting and 
receiving considerable attention in this Terri¬ 
tory. In a late number of the Herald of Free¬ 
dom, we observe a discussion as to the relative 
effects of deep and shallow plowing for corn— 
two and four inches being the base of the con¬ 
troversy. Four inches, from actual experiments, 
was declared victor; yield 47 1-17 bushels shelled 
corn per acre. Gentlemen, if you desire larger 
returns, you must strike deeper—stores of Agri¬ 
cultural wealth are only to be obtained by real, 
earnest labor. 
French Universal Exposition of Procreative Ani¬ 
mals, and of Agricultural Implements and Products for 
the years 1856 and 1857. 
We have received from the Department of 
State of the United States, a pamphlet with the 
above title, and we find upon examination that 
it is worthy of attention by the agricultural 
public. We learn from the pamphlet that the 
Emperor Napoleon has determined upon a 
meeting of Agricultural competitors in Paris, 
and the programmes have been arranged. The 
competition is to take place at Paris from the 
23d of May to the 7th of June in 1856, and from 
the 22d of May to the 6th of June 1857. Im¬ 
plements and produce will be admitted by the 
side of the animals, and the Government will 
pay the expense of transportation from the 
French frontier. “ The object of these meetings 
is to open a vast field for study to agriculturists 
of every country. They are likewise intended, 
through the emulation they must inspire, to 
contribute to the improvement of the agricul¬ 
tural arts.” The Emperor in this has shown his 
great good sense, and really seems to have a 
pretty correct idea of where his true strength 
lies. Whatever benefits and improves agricul¬ 
ture adds more to the real strength and power 
of a State than all the conquests that can be 
made. The first article of the decree orders:— 
“ That a universal exhibition of reproductive 
animals, male and female, foreign and French, 
of oxen, sheep and hogs, of varieties of domes¬ 
ticated animals, of poultry, tfec., will be held,” 
as above mentioned. Then follows the classes, 
sections and species. The prizes are numerous 
and liberal, and every variety of stock that can 
well be imagined is embraced in the list. The 
highest prize is on Short-horns, 1,000 francs. 
By article XI. it is further decreed that—“All 
instruments, machines, utensils and apparatus, 
whether of foreign or French construction, in¬ 
tended to be used in the preparation, culture, 
and seeding of the soil—in the harvesting, 
transportation, or manufacture of produce, or in 
the various requirements of agriculture, are ad¬ 
missible to the exhibition.” Under this head 
there are 39 prizes offered, varying from 500 
francs to 75. Agricultural products of every 
description, and from every source, foreign or 
French, will be admitted to the exhibition. It 
can hardly be expected that any animals will 
be taken from this country, but there is a fine 
opportunity for implements and machines, 
.though the time is short to get them over for 
this year.— v. 
The True Spirit. —At a late meeting of the 
Ag’l Society of New London county, Conn., the 
following preamble and resolution was unani¬ 
mously passed : 
Whereas, We, the people of New London 
county, this day assembled, are of opinion that 
an annual Exhibition of the industrial products 
of the county would in a high degree promote 
the best interests thereof: 
Therefore Resolved, That we, each and all of 
us. Providence permitting, will, at some future 
Exhibition, furnish such products of our labor 
and skill as will add to the general pleasure 
and profit of these yearly gatherings of the peo¬ 
ple ; and that we will, by every means in our 
power, endeavor to place our county in the front 
rank as a Fanning, Mechanical and Manufac¬ 
turing county. 
In Connecticut, the various Societies encour¬ 
age all the industrial interests, .securing to the 
public a pledge that their Annual Exhibitions 
will continue to increase in interest and impor¬ 
tance, and that they will keep pace with the 
improvements of the age. We hope the exam¬ 
ple of the New London Society will have the 
influence it deserves, and be followed by kin¬ 
dred associations, not only at home, but through¬ 
out the Union. 
Vermont State Ag. Society. —Several of our 
Vermont exchanges contain the proceedings of 
a meeting held at Montpelier, on the 25tli ult,, 
whereat a State Ag. Society was organized by 
adopting a Constitution, and electing the fol¬ 
lowing officers for the current year : 
President —Hon. L. Brainerd of St. Albans. 
Vice-Prest’s —Jason Steele of Windsor, and Geo. 
W. Bailey of Montpelier. Rec. Secretary —Jo¬ 
seph Poland, Montpelier. Cor. Sec’y — J. M. 
Richardson, Waitsfield. Treas’r — J. T. Thurs¬ 
ton, Montpelier. Directors —John Dewey, Maid¬ 
stone ; Wm. L. Sowles, Alburgh ; B. B. New¬ 
ton, St. Albans ; A. J. Rowell, Troy ; A. G. 
Chadwick, St. Johnsbury ; P. S. Benjamin, Wol¬ 
cott ; It. Richardson, Montpelier ; John P. Skin¬ 
ner, Windsor; David Goodale, Brattleboro ; M. 
Harrington, Bennington ; Chester Spencer, Carl¬ 
ton ; Henry S. Gale, Bridport; E. D. Mason, 
Richmond ; L. H. Spear, Braintree. 
— As a State Ag. Society has been in ex¬ 
istence for several years in Vermont, and held 
a number of Fairs, we infer that the above is a 
re-organization of the former association. The 
report closes thus encouragingly :—“ The best 
of feeling prevailed at this meeting. From all 
sections of the State represented, there was a 
united voice that such an organization is imper¬ 
atively demanded, and that it will be sustained.” 
Value of Cattle in Indiana.— The report of 
the Auditor of the State of Indiana, states that 1 
the value of the cattle, as returned by the sev¬ 
eral township assessors, from eighty-three coun¬ 
ties, being all from which returns were made, 
was on the first of June last $7,578,200—nearly 
eight million of dollars. This is a very large 
sum, and shows that cattle raising is an impor¬ 
tant interest in the State. 
Ag’l College in Maryland. —The bill to en¬ 
dow an Agricultural College in Maryland has 
passed both Houses, and consequently become 
a law. An annual appropriation of $6,000 for 
the benefit of the Institution, is to be paid from 
the State Treasury. Nine Commissioners were 
appointed to select location and erect the neces¬ 
sary buildings. 
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