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ROCHESTER, N. T.FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1859, 
It is useless to ask—“Can these things be?” 
Twenty-eight to thirty cents a pound for butter, 
and fifteen cents lor good cheese—we doubt not 
the retail rates will fully reach these figures the 
coining winter 1 —are facts, plain, palpable, not 
admitting even the shadow of a doubt in the mind 
of the purchaser. Why is it thus? We have 
thrown these thoughts together for the purpose 
of calling the attention of producers to the sub¬ 
ject, and we leave the matter in their hands, 
hoping to hear their solutions of the query— 
“ What has become of the butter ?” 
els, while the Prince Alberts, with the same treat¬ 
ment, (in hills) produced 257 bushels, and the 
Peach Blows 241 bushels. W. D. Purdy of Chili, 
in this county, presented us with fine specimens 
of Prince Alberts, and a statement that he had 
grown 300 bushels on a fraction less than an acre. 
The Root Crops were never better, seldom so 
fine, so far as we have seen or hehrd, and never, 
perhaps, were they more needed to make up for a 
deficient hay crop. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
MEAL, LITERAEY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOORE, 
With an Able Corps of Assistants and Contributors. 
Tits Rural New-Yorker Is designed to be unsurpassed 
In Yalue, Purity, Usefulness and Variety of Contents, and 
unique and beautiful In Appearance. Its Conductor devotes 
bis personal attention to the supervision of its various de¬ 
partments, and earnestly labors to render the Rural an 
eminently Reliable Guide on all the important Practical, 
Scientific and other Subjects intimately connected with the 
business of those whose interests it zealously advocates.— 
It embraces more Agricultural, Horticultural, Scientific, 
Educational, Literary and News Matter, Interspersed with 
appropriate and beautiful Engravings, than any other jour¬ 
nal,—rendering it the most complete Agricultural, Lit¬ 
erary and Family Newspaper In America. 
XW All communications, and business letters, should be 
addressed to D. D. T. MOOItE, Rochester, N. Y. 
BUTTER AND CHEESE. 
HOW FARMERS TIME IT. 
Every farmer should be governed by a regular 
system for using the hours throughout the day, so 
as to calculate with souio degree of certainty on 
the daily routine of the labors of the farm. Show 
me a man who is not governed by a strict system, 
I care not what business he is engaged in, and I 
will show you a man who is always getting into 
difficulty, and who is troubled with a vast amount 
of what he terms “bad luck.” Now, to remedy 
this, let me place before your notice a method for 
dividing the time, which, I think, if adopted by all 
our farmers, would be greatly conducive to their 
prosperity. 
First—always rise before the sun, and when I 
say always, I mean seven days out of the week, and 
not six,—for I find that the habit of sleeping about 
an hour later than usual on Sabbath mornings 
prevails to a great client among our farmers, 
which should not ) -Jv if a farmer rises at five 
o’clock six days in succession, he can easily do the 
same on the seventh, and he not only injures his 
EXHIBITION BTJIIjDIlN'Gr. 
to advance Rural Improvement, by the passage at leas 
(in April, 1855,) of an Act to facilitate the form- of the 
ing of Agricultural and Horticultural Societies— —the l 
the law authorizing County and Town Societies, tural S 
organized according to its provisions, to hold real in the 
estate and personal property to such an extent and c< 
that they could own suitable fair grounds, build- buildii 
ings, etc. The act had no sooner taken effect From 
than many of the old Societies were re-organized— view c 
electing boards of officers according to its pro- countr 
visions, and proceeding to render its advantages poet, p 
available. Many new Societies were also formed by art 
under the law, and commenced operations under was dt 
favorable auspices. Most of these associations, The 
both old and new, have secured (or are about to Groun 
do so,) permanent Fair Grounds, with requisite its re 
improvements. In Western and Central New unneci 
York almost every County Ag. Society has adopted groun' 
the plan of permanent location, having purchased during 
or rented grounds adapted to holding exhibitions, he woi 
and many Town and Union Associations have j all mo 
course. 
For Terms and other particulars, see last page. 
TALL HARVEST-CORN, POTATOES, &c. 
adopted the same course. We might specify 
some twenty Societies, each of which has fine 
grounds, with proper conveniences — such a3 
offices, exhibition buildings, &e.,— creditable to 
the taste, enterprise aDd liberality of the people 
of their respective localities; but our. present 
object is to give a brief descrip- r---- 
tion of what one of them has ac- Li 
complished in this x’espect, in the 
belief that it will prove suggestive U ” / / 
and beneficial to associations which j.-. 
have not yet secured desirable im- p • / 
provements. 
The Fair Grounds of the Union 1: j 
Agricultural Society at Palmyra, ; j 
(Wayne County, N: Y.,) are among ii I 
the best we have ever seen — most 
creditable to all who participated f 
in their arrangement and cornple- hi 
tion, and a good model for simi- ; ! 
lar associations. So thinking, we p 
present the accompanying diagram | j 
of the grounds, and plan of the \\j | 
main 
breed,—have accomplished an object the pecuniary 
value of which cannot be over-estimated. The 
success which has thus far attended the efforts of 
those who sought to improve the meat-producing 
qualities of such animals as are “good for food,” 
is the result of close scrutiny and comparison, and 
by the employment of the same agencies the 
solve the question which, as we 
is agitating the public 
FAIR GROUNDS AND EXHIBITION HALL 
Dairyman can 
have before intimated, 
mind. 
Referring to the mai 
part of October for the past ten years, as they 
stand published in the Rural, we note quite an 
increase in the prices of dairy products, and if 
the annual return, per cow, now equals that of 
1850, we must conclude that this branch of farm¬ 
ing pays well. Let us examine the figures: 
Cheese. Butter. 
October, 1850,.4%@5% 12% @14 
“ 1851,.6%«6 12%@18 
“ 1852,.5 @7 18 @19 
1853,.8 ©9 16 @17 
“ 185-1,.8 @10 18% @20 
“ 1855,.8 ©9 18 @19 
“ 1856,.8 (39 20 @21 
“ 1857,.7 @8 17 @18 
“ 1858,.7 (3)8 17 @18 
“ 1859,.8 ©10 20 (3)21 
During the period selected, (October,) for the 
first five years of the decade presented, the aver¬ 
age price of cheese was about six and one-half 
cents per pound, and of butter fifteen and one-half 
cents; for the closing five it advances to nearly 
eight and one-half cents for the former product, 
and nineteen and one-fifth cents for the latter,—an 
addition of more than twenty-five per cent, to the 
one, and but a fraction less than a like amount to 
the cost of the other of the articles under consid¬ 
eration. And the end ia not yet. During all 
these years, (with, probably, the single exception 
of 1856,) every family which so desired could lay 
in a crock of butter for the winter’s supply, but 
this privilege was denied the great majority the 
present season. The country within twenty or 
thirty miles of Rochester, has usually furnished 
sufficient for local consumption, but now our 
dealers are compelled to widely extend the area 
of search for a good, sweet article, and, too often, 
they find themselves “in the pursuit of knowledge 
under difficulties.” Western Pennsylvania and 
Northern Ohio furnish a goodly proportion of the 
“supplies” in this particular line, and we are 
stroDgly inclined to the belief that we are more 
indebted to the skill of Buckeye milkmaids for 
our delicious “ Hamburg” cheese, than to those 
who would fain have the credit of its production. 
OK TUB PALMYRA UNION AG. SOCIETY. 
Within the past five years decided changes 
have been made in the organization and manage¬ 
ment of Agricultural Societies, and great improve¬ 
ments instituted in the preparation of grounds 
and buildings for their exhibitions. In this State, 
a great impetus was given to associations designed 
exhibition building, — with 
such references as will convey a 
a clear idea of their arrangement, 
capacity and convenience. 
The Grounds of the Society are 
situated on Jackson Avenue, within 
the limits of the village of Palmyra, 
and comprise about nineteen acres 
— the whole being enclosed by a 
substantial board fence, eight feet 
high. The main entrance is four 
rods in width, bordered with shade 
trees, and otherwise adorned. The 
arrangements for entrance of pe¬ 
destrians and carriages (with ticket 
office convenient to both,) and also 
for exit, are admirable. The sepa- 
finished throughout in a substan- diagram of pair grounds. 
tial manner, at a cost of over $3,- j_. Entrance for carriages. A. Stalls for ( 
000, and is to be lighted with gas. Exit lor carnages. Posts for 
’ ® 0 C. Way for persons on foot. Jv. Jv. Wells. 
The building hag a fine, command- Entrance for Stock. O . Posts for 1 
ing appearance, (as shown in our f u^Voe.) R. Track fo? 
engraving). For beauty of loca- Ground for Farm Implements, —40 feet 
tion, convenience of arrangement, Q &c - ( l50 
, , . . . .. ° . JI. 8tails for Horses. T. T. Village 
and adaptation to the purposes for / giaUs for Cattle. Two parallel 
which it is intended, it is probably A. Pens for Sheep and Swine. over at tr 
ground plan ok exhibition building. 
A. Centre of Hall. 
B. Bear Piazza, 60x10, with balcony above. 
O. Front Piazza, 28x10, with balcony above. 
I). I). Stairs to gallery. 
E. Business Office, and Com. Room, 16x16. 
F. Ladles’ Room. 
The posts surrounding A. support the gallery, which 
extends around the hall, and is 16 feet wide. 
There are three large doors at each end of halL 
