MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
JULY 17. 
one bad done but little toward beautifying his 
home, and making it a pleasanter spot, that little 
would embitter the necessity of leaving it Who 
would not sadly resign to a stranger the ownership 
of the treeB and vines hiB hands had planted? 
We have come to attach a very narrow meaning 
to the terms useful and beautiful, or ornamental .— 
The idea seems to be, that useful is properly ap¬ 
plied only to such things as contribute to the sup¬ 
port of animal life—things that are necessary to bo 
eaten, drank, or worn, and that this quality of use¬ 
fulness excludes all character of ornament. On 
the other hand, we distinguish as ornamental, ob¬ 
jects, or qualities of objects, calculated to give 
pleasure, rather than to aiford the means of living, 
end to such we deny the merit of usefulness. The 
impression prevails that in ho far as a thing is 
useful, it is not ornamental, and vice versa. But, 
whatever is beautiful, whether it be a face, a pic¬ 
ture, a song, a flower, or a jewel, is, by its very 
power of giving pleasure, usefuL Man was not 
made to live by bread alone; his sense of seeing, 
and his capacity of receiving pleasure through 
sight, are as worthy of gratification as his craving 
for agreeable iood; so, too, the delight afforded by 
harmonious sounds, and the satisfaction experi¬ 
enced by smelling sweet odors, are among the 
purest pleasures we enjoy; and, as their tendency 
is to elevate and refine, they are eminently deserv¬ 
ing the praise of usefulness. Again, the useful is 
often, in respect to the very things in which its 
usefulness consists, highly ornamental. Is not a 
tree, loaded with fine golden or crimson fruit in 
autumn, as truly beautiful as one whose only merit 
is its good looks? And is not a vine, filled with 
purple, depending clusters of grapes, as pleasing 
to the eye, as another covered with blossoms? If 
apple, pear, peach, and plum trees produced fruit 
good only to bo looked at, they would universally 
bo cultivated for ornament. In keeping with these 
ideas of inconsistency of beauty and utility, is the 
notion that only the rare is worthy of admiration. 
A taste governed by this eircumstance of scarcity 
and difficulty of attainment, would wonder how 
poets, usually supposed to be the most fastidious 
of mortals, could find beauty in anything so com¬ 
mon as hollyhocks; yet wo arc told that Words¬ 
worth was very partial to them, and had long 
rows of them planted near his dwelling. 
Nothing looks more dismal and hopeless than to 
see people lay aside all plans of improvement, be¬ 
cause they are growing old. Even a middle-aged 
man, especially if not enjoying sound health, may 
think there is but little inducement of a merely sel- 
fish nature, for him to make important changes in 
his farm, orchard, or garden, and if he impose such 
a task on himself, he is apt to think well of his be¬ 
nevolence and disinterestedness in taking so much 
trouble for others. Hut if he will look about, he 
will find now and then a heroic grey-haired person 
of twice hiB years, expecting to realize the fruits of 
recent kindred labors. And who knows but this 
very expectation of living tends to prolong life?— 
Is it merely for romantic effect, that poets and 
novelists, when they have occasion to introduce a 
character of the horticultural profession, invariably 
style him the old gardener ? Poets are understood 
to be persons of the deepest insight, and do they 
not see that the many and constantly increasing 
interests, connected with youthful vegetable life, 
that claim the at^ntion of the cultivator of fruits 
.uiu'jfowc ~s. hci v«\ to keej) both mind and body 
active and vigorpus; that a daily view of the pros 
perous coming f >rward of the objects of liis care, 
keeps alive the expectation of seeing them reach 
perfection; and that death reluctantly disappoints 
such hopes? If, then, we are not generous enough 
to undertake improvements for others benefit, let 
us do it as a means of prolonging our own lives; 
let us, if we would live long, do something each 
year, or, if possible, each day, the issue of which 
we may have in anticipation; let us, as long as wo 
live, plant trees, and vines, and study books, as if 
we were just beginning life, and had the prospect 
of many years before us. a. 
South Livonia, N. Y., 1868. 
SH EEP: 
CHARACTERISTICS OF BREEDS. — NO. L 
With the exception of the dog, there is no 
species of domestic animals which presents a 
greater diversity of characters than the Sheep.— 
In the Old World, it has been found subject to the 
control of man wherever he has risen above a state 
of barbarism, from the remotest times, varying 
greatly in external points, under different climates 
and circumstances. It was probably one of the 
first animals which man found means to subdue 
and tame, and it must have been to him one of 
the most important, furnishing, as it did, and still 
does in many cases, milk, flesh, and material for 
clothing. 
Naturalists wero for sometime inclined to regard 
the domestic sheep as having been derived from 
the musmon or mouflon, a wild animal belonging 
to the same genus as the sheep, which formerly in¬ 
habited some of the islands in the Mediterranean 
sea. But the idea is generally regarded as untena¬ 
ble at the present day. Equally unreasonable is 
the supposition that the huge argali of the uncul¬ 
tivated wastes of Asia, is the parent of the sheep. 
There has been much speculation on this subject, 
but it is far more reasonable to suppose, from what 
wo know of nature’s laws, that the originals of the 
present domestic sheep, were sheep, than that they 
wore anything else. What was the primitive con¬ 
dition of the animal, however, it is impossible to 
know. That it lias undergone considerable modifi¬ 
cations may safely be concluded from its suscepti¬ 
ble constitution, and the changes through which 
it has passed within a comparatively late period.— 
Still the great diversities which it presents—the 
striking contrast in the points and qualities of dif¬ 
ferent races which have existed from time imme¬ 
morial—suggest the question, whether all have de¬ 
scended from a common parentage. It is a point 
on which no elaborate discussion will be here at¬ 
tempted, though it is not irrelevant to say, that 
Zoologists are now inclined to regard what have 
formerly been called mere varieties of animals, as 
deserving in many cases, a more permanent place 
in the scale of scientific arrangement 
In the series of articles which it is proposed to 
offer under the above head, and to which this is 
designed simply as an introduction,—the different 
breeds of sheep will be considered as we find 
them. The history of the more prominent and 
useful ones, in the most civilized countries, will 
be briefly given, together with their distinguishing 
characterisees, and such remarks will be made in 
regard to their adaptedness to different sections 
and purposes in this country, as are deemed cor¬ 
rect and reliable. No self-interest will interfere to 
give any undue bias or coloring; truth will be the 
sole aim. 
SOME OTHER THINGS, AND DRAINING. 
Eds. Rural:— Borne of your correspondents have 
a habit of saying a little about a good many things, 
all in one article — serving up a palatable dish of 
hath, as it were. Let me try a hand. 
Sorghum, —What is the matter that we hear so 
little this year about this “ famous cereal grass” in 
the columns of the Rural? The Hungarian grass 
and Horse-Taming seem rather to take the lead.— 
Hope its and my fast friends, 8. W., Doolittle, Ac., 
“still live,” and they will be able in autumn, after 
surveying their ripening “ panicles of bright seed,” 
to report a further prospective decline in the price 
of sugar. Doubting old fogies will watch and wait 
Bugs.—' The infallible remedy against their depre¬ 
dations, suggested by a writer, to wit, turpentine 
and plaster, struck me so forcibly that I resorted to 
it at once. Alas, and alas! Prospects for melons 
were blasted in a day, and cucumbers had to be re¬ 
planted. But perhaps they were unusually hungry. 
The old antidote—Scotch snuff and plaster, one 
part to four or five — was returned to with better 
success. 
Lead Pipe.—It happened once that a course of 
pine pump-logs, C>0 rods long and 2$ feet under 
ground, sprung a leak from decay; and wishing to 
re-lay with lead, I dug to the logs at distances 
apart of five or six rods, taking out a piece of log 
in each place. Then, entering the pipe at the foun¬ 
tain, and stationing a man at each opening, we 
were able to run it up through to the spring by sol¬ 
dering together once. This was done nine years 
ago, and yet it works well. The logs afford a fine 
protection and bed for the pipe, and saved quite a 
bill of expense for digging and covering. 
Scare Crows. — An image hid in the limbs of a 
tree or placed in a skulking attitude in some 
obscure place—behind a stump or fence for in¬ 
stance—I have found to be the very best Have 
you not sometimes wondered at the boldness of the 
birds when you have been about your work un¬ 
armed? And when you have tried to shy up to 
one with a gun did you ever succeed ? Take the 
hint, then, and instead of erecting a coat and 
breeches in the open part of the field where the 
cheat is quickly detected, hide the image, ho that you 
can hardly tell what it is yourself. The keen vision 
of his crowship will detect it, but will not enable it 
to determine whether the suspicious thing is genu¬ 
ine or bogus; and until it settles that question, will 
keep aloof. Two or three images thus placed have 
this year kept the birds entirely away from a lot ad¬ 
joining a grove wherein hitherto they have been 
wont to congregate to “build their noots and batch 
their young.” 
Draining. —Am sorry H. T. B., whose sugges¬ 
tions are so generally sound, should /eel called 
upon to say anything to discourage draining, espe¬ 
cially now, when all through the country are 
so many sad evidences of the want of it. There is 
not a Lit of danger that the business will be over¬ 
done. It will lie time enough to squint about 
“Bahara” when the millions of wet acres in Western 
New York aro reclaimed and made productive.— 
True, it may “happen” that you can “buy land 
which is worth more without ditching than the 
other is when ditched, for half the money that the 
ditching will cost;” and trying to do that has had 
an influence in giving our people the roving, rest- 
dess, unsettled character which we possess. Had 
we not better stop where our lot has been cast, and 
begin to cultivate in good earnest the acres that 
we have? It will be quite as well for us individu¬ 
ally, and far better for the country at largo. Let 
Southern planters migrate from worn out lands to 
richer fields; let thriftless, shiftless Northern farm¬ 
ers be driven by the briars, the water and the weeds 
to virgin fields, where they can have a new lease of 
idleness, but let not a “ stated contributor” to a pro¬ 
gressive journal give any encouragement, however 
slight, to such a course. w r . b. p. 
Prattsburgb, July 3d, 1858. 
“WATERING PLACES” FOR STOCK. 
Messrs. Eds:—W. C. F., of Canandaigua, desires 
“ through the Rural, an estimate of the entire ex¬ 
pense of the water course when completed.” From 
the following description ho can form a correct 
estimate for himself. If he wishes to include the 
cost of the ditch, he will find it to vary with the 
kind of digging and its depth. 
I used the plow as much as possible, both in 
opening and Hilling it. The expense of the water 
pipe I described does not exceed twenty-five cents 
a rod. Thirteen two inch Bole tiles, one cent each, 
and a barrel of water lime, costing but twelve shil¬ 
lings per barrel, is more than sufficient for twelve 
rods, thus making the materials cost only twenty- 
five cents per rod. In this estimate of water lime, 
I used one part of lime to three of sand, but where 
I mixed one part lime to five of sand it is equally 
good—in both cases firm as stone. Two hands are 
necessary, one two make the mortar while the 
other lays it in pipe, and it must be made no faster 
than necessary for immediate use. A stone-boat 
is a convenient article to make the cement on and 
at the same time carry the materials. The frame 
in which to lay the pipe is merely side pieces, three 
feet long and three or four inches wide, with a 
piece on each end to keep the sides about four 
inches apart; but the cross piece on the end oppo¬ 
site the builder must be so raised by perpendicular 
pieces that the frame can be drawn without dis¬ 
turbing the top of the pipe. The size of the frame 
will vary with the kind of tile, but some such 
frame is necessary to secure uniformity in the size 
of the pipe, economy in cement, and dispatch in 
building. If the cement is good the framo may bo 
drawn as fast as a man wishes to work, and thus 
fifteen or twenty rods can easily be laid in a day.— 
The pipe needs to bo covered with earth as soon 
as it hardens a little and no water must be let in 
for several weeks. A few feet of lead pipe to dis¬ 
charge the water is preferable to a penstock of 
wood. As the tiles form only the bore of the pipe 
they may be of any size desired, and the pipe may 
be made on a scalo more extensive than merely to 
conduct water to our houses and barns. This pipe 
imparts no impurity to the water as do lead and 
wood, and suffers no decay with age. While its 
cheapness, even less than twenty-five cents per 
rod, brings it within the ability of every one, 
every man of good Bense can make it and surely 
every good farmer must possess this. You editors 
say, “ be brief,” meaning in words, not in thoughts, 
but so far as I can, if further information isdesired 
it will be cheerfully given. n. j. f. 
Palmyra, N. Y., 1888. 
WINTERING BEES.-CRITICISMS. 
Messrs. Eds.: — I see that M. Quinby, of St 
Johnsville, takes it upon himself to criticise my 
method of wintering bees. I have only to say, if 
Mr. (J. will come to Gainesville, I will show him 
good swarms of bees that came the past year the 
last of July, and but a handful of them at that— 
The object of warming bees every day or two 
during continuous extreme cold weather, is to 
thaw out the ice formed in and between the comb 
from the breath of the bees. I would give them air, 
of course, as much as they would enjoy out-doors. 
I would not keep the wire screen before the hive 
continually, either during winter or spring, but 
only during such days as would prove certain 
death to one-half the bees or more that might ven¬ 
ture out Let Mr. (j. set a full size swarm on a wire 
screen, leaving the air to pass up through the 
screen freely; stop the entrance of the hive, then 
place it in a warm room in cold weather, with a 
little fire, carry it to the same window every warm 
day and let the bees out, and see if his bees don’t 
come out all right in the spring. 
Now, a word in regard to hiving and hives. I 
never have had a swarm fly away yet. My practice 
haB been to hive them as soon as they arc all fairly 
lit, or a little before, place a shade over the hive 
arid let them remain till evening, at which time I 
move them to the stand. If the bees have alighted 
upon a limb, I cut it off, carry it to the stand and 
shake it before the hive. If, from any cause, T am 
prevented from hiving them as soon as they are lit, 
I carry the bush on which they are, or the hive after 
hiving them, to a distance of eight or ten rods 
from the place of lighting, so that the committee 
sent out to seek a tree will not be able to find them 
on their return. 
Of all the hives, patented or not patented, I pre¬ 
fer the box hive, made of five pieces of boards, the 
inner dimensions 10 by 10 inches and 18 inches 
high; and instead of drawers I would bore an inch 
or an inch and a half hole in the centre of the top, 
and set a box over sufficient to hold ten or fifteen 
pounds of honey. I would have an entrance to this 
box directly over the entrance to the hive, so that 
the bees may be saved the trouble of crawling up 
through the whole length of the hive. The more 
drawers and pieces you have connected with the 
hive the more certain are the moths to destroy the 
bees, for they commence their depredations in dark 
comers, unapproachable by the bees. h. w. h. 
Gainesville, .June 24, 1868. 
RAILROAD HORSE-POWERS-AGAIN. 
Messrs. Eds.: — I noticed in a late Rural the 
inquiries made by Asa Williams in regard to the 
effect upon horses by the use of the Railroad 
Horse-Rower. The inquiries were, “Whether the 
labor is more injurious to the horses used than the 
same amount of labor bestowed on the lever power? 
Are horses, when once broken to work on that kind 
of power, inclined to become intractable?” I 
have used tho railroad power for five years, and I 
think that after horses are once used to them, they 
will work as easy if not easier than on the lever 
power, as the horses have a good dry track to walk 
on, and no drawing to do. 1 use my horses with¬ 
out any harness except a surcingle and martingale 
strap to steady them in case the band should break. 
A horse will sweat more on them on account of the 
air not having as free circulation; but a horse will 
gain flesh faster on them with the same amount of 
feed than they will at the plow or any other farm 
work. There is no more danger in using a horse 
on them than on any other power, if a person is 
careful about putting the horses on or off; always 
putting them on and taking them off one at a time. 
If horses aro inclined to crowd, it may be well to 
change them. I have broken several Hpan to work 
on them without any difficulty, and never had any 
injured by them in anyway. I have one team that 
I have used more or less for five years, and in the 
winter of 185G and ’57 I used one team for four 
months Bteady, and the horses would play with the 
halter at night. T. Ferris. 
East Bloomfield, N. Y., 1858. 
THE DIAGONAL SCRAPER. 
MESSRS. Eds.:— In tho Rural of 2Gth ult, you 
notice a new “ Patent Diagonal Road Scraper.” I 
think the patentee must have scraped around the 
country a long time, and have scraped very tbor- 
oronghly, to bo able to get a patent in 1858 for a 
scraper that has been in use, in this vicinity, for 
full twenty years. The name of the instrument 
(Diagonal ) is all that is new to us—wo prefer to 
use them on the st/uare. Perhaps for the name he 
was able to get a patent—we will not infringe on 
the patent by calling it Diagonal. I am glad you 
have noticed it in your widely circulated paper, as 
they are really a great aid in road-making, and 
most of the other uses for which they are recom¬ 
mended by the “ inventor.” I hope the patent will 
not hinder farmers from making and using the 
no patent scraper of Madison County, N. Y.—It II. 
Avery, Wampsville, Mad. Co., N. Y. 
Messrs. Eds.: —Having seen the article in the 
Rural mentioned by Mr. Avery in the foregoing 
letter, and having read the letter of Mr. Avery, I 
agree with him that the scraper lias been used in 
this vicinity for more than twenty years, that is, 
all but tho “Diagonal,” which is new to us in the 
Co. of Madison.—D. MoDouoall, Wampsville, N. Y. 
Cheap Farming Land in So. N. Y. and West. 
Penn. —In one of tho March numbers of the Rural 
I saw some friend wished to know the whereabouts 
in Bo. New York and Western Pennsylvania he 
could find good cheap farming land. As a friend 
to the Rural and to my country, I want to say to 
the inquirer, and others wishing to know, that they 
can find laud in the southeast part of Erie county, 
Penn., in the vicinity of Wattsburg, from $10 to $25 
per acre. We think that wc can produce as much 
butter per acre as Eastern New York. — Timothy 
Butler, Wattsburg, Erie Co., Penn., 1858. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
WnAT Ailed the Steer? —At about 8 o’clock 
this A. M., a two-year-old steer belonging to a 
neighbor was observed feeding, apparently in per¬ 
fect health. Fifteen minutes later, about twelve 
rods from where first seen, he commenced jump- 
ing’up and down in a most violent manner, clear¬ 
ing the ground some three feet or more. Directly 
he moved a short distance and began to turn or 
whirl round with great rapidity,—head elevated, 
nostrils distended, mouth open, frothing and fireath- 
ing rapid as though caused by violent exercise or 
running. He continued thus turning for ten min¬ 
utes, when he staggered, fell, struggled for about 
five minutes and died. Cut his tail directly after 
he fell, no blood followed. A post-mortem exam¬ 
ination revealed all in a healthy condition except 
the brain which contained a slight quantity of wa¬ 
ter. Considering the case extraordinary, I would 
like to see the foregoing statement in the Rural, 
and if any can, let them say what ailed the steer. 
—Asa Twitchell, Webster, June 10th, 1858. 
Barometers for Farmers. — I noticed an arti¬ 
cle upon this subject in yoHr paper of the 22d 
ult. Though the UBe of them for farmers was a 
new idea tome—always having had the impression 
they were invented and intended for mariners—the 
subject to farmers, as the writer justly says, is 
highly worthy of attention. From my experience 
in farming, I am well satisfied that farmers are 
more directly interested in the state of the weather 
than any other class of business men, (mariners not 
excepted,) and particularly the grain - growing 
farmers. To the latter class, when they become ac¬ 
customed to them, this instrument will, in my 
opinion, be regarded an almost indispensable arti¬ 
cle. As soon as I saw the heading, I became sat¬ 
isfied that every farmer ought to have one as a text¬ 
book and guide to further his knowledge in judg¬ 
ing the weather, and to act accordingly. —Mitchell, 
Wayne, N. Y, 1858. 
inquiries and answers. 
Timber Underdrains.—I should like to inquire 
of your numerous readers if any of them have test¬ 
ed underdraining with poles, rails or timber in any 
cheap manner; if so, with what success, and how? 
Here, in Northern Ohio, the most of our land needs 
underdraining; we have an abundance of timber, 
but no stone, and tile are out of the question to us 
new settlers.—H. N., Florida, Henry Co., O., 1858. 
Black Ants.— Allow me to inquire through the 
pages of your paper how to destroy the Black Ant, 
or prevent their depredations in the pantry, cellar, 
&c.; as a last resort I appeal to you for information, 
as I begin to believe what cannot be learned from 
the Rural cannot elsewhere. — Jennie, Corning, 
N. Y, July, 1858. 
Remarks.— We must appeal to our readers in 
behalf of “Jennie.” We don’t know of any speedy 
way of getting rid of them. Wet a few pieces of 
sponge with sweetened water and place them where 
the ants are most annoying, and they will soon 
cover them. They can then be thrown into a pan 
of scalding water. Thousands can be destroyed in 
this way, but it will take some time to rid a honse 
very badly infested. Perhaps some of our readers 
can tell us of a better way. 
Hen Lice.— My wife wishes to be informed thro’ 
the columns of the Rural, the best means of de¬ 
stroying hen lice. Bhe says her setting liens (some 
of them,) have left their nest before hatching on 
account of small brown lice resembling young 
spiders.—E. B., Canal Winchester, Ohio, 1858. 
Remarks. — Catch the hens and grease their 
heads, the upper part of the neck, the upper joint 
of the wing, and wherever the lice are found to be 
most numerous. Then give plenty of fine dry ashes 
for them to roll in. Grease will kill the lice, and 
dry ashes or fine sand, or dust of any kind will kill 
them, or drive them away. This is the reason why 
hens roll in the dust, and make such an effort to 
throw it on their backs, sometimes almost turning 
a somerset in the operation. All old nests should 
be burned and the chicken-house white-washed.— 
A little labor will remedy this evil, and it should 
not be neglected. 
The Best Crop to Plant in July.— I am in a 
dilemma, and write this to see if you can help me 
out Last spring I prepared two acres of my best 
land for tobacco, manured with over 100 loads of 
well-rotted manure, and raised a fine bed of plants, 
but did not get ready to set them until tho present 
dry weather commenced. I commenced Betting 
and watering, and at first, some of the plants lived, 
but as the drouth continued to dry the land deeper 
and deeper, we found it almost impossible to keep 
them alive; and those that do live might as well 
die, for they stand exposed to the scorching rays 
of the sun with just enough life left to say they are 
not dead. My own situation is that of hundreds of 
other farmers in Wayne county. Now, what can 
we do with our land to make it pay? what crop can 
be sown now that will mature yet? Will Milletf if 
so, can we get the seed? and where?—G. H., New¬ 
ark, Wayne Co., N. Y., July 10 th, 1868. 
Rem arkp.— Millet will ripen in from sixty to 
seventy-five days after sowing. On your well ma¬ 
nured Boil, if the weather should be favorable, you 
could grow an enormous crop, as we know of 
nothing that bIiows more emphatically the good 
effect of manure. When sown broad-cast, from a 
bushel to five pecks an acre is needed. If drilled 
in, a much less quantity will answer. Broadcast is 
perhaps the best way of sowing for hay. Beed can 
be procured in Rochester at $1 per bushel. Com 
might yet be sown for fodder with a good chance 
of success. It is rather late for Swede Turnips, but 
wc think we would run the risk of a few. They 
should have been Bown the last of June. White 
Turnips may be sown during the last half of this 
month. As we have juBt, had a very fine Bhowcr 
of 48 hours’ duration, which has extended far and 
wide, and which no doubt reached the tobacco 
patch of our correspondent, these remarks may 
not be needed the present season. 
Wheat Growing in Water.— The New Harmony 
(Indiana) Advocate, in an article commenting upon 
the recent rise of tho rivers throughout the West, 
Htates that Mr. John Wilsey, of that place, has 
twenty acres of bottom land in wheat, which waB 
beginning to flower when the river commenced 
covering the land upon which it was growing.— 
For five weeks the water has remained upon it to 
the depth of from six to twelve inches, during 
which time the wheat has matured, and, in the 
opinion of good farmers, who have examined it, 
the grain is equal to any raised on the hills, but 
owing to tho recent rise in the river it will be im¬ 
possible to harvest it in the bottoms this summer. 
THE MONHOE COUNTY HORSE SHOW. 
As stated in our last, the Horse Show and Holi¬ 
day Exhibition of the Monroe Co. Ag. Society, 
held on the 5th inst, proved very successful. The 
attendance was quite large, and the receipts suffi¬ 
cient to leave a handsome balance after paying the 
premiums and all other expenses of the Exhibition. 
The Anniversary Exercises and Balloon Ascension 
were prominent and interesting features, and ap¬ 
parently appreciated by the thousands of specta¬ 
tors. The display of liorsep, though pronounced 
very creditable by good judges who had oppor¬ 
tunity to make examinations, was not as large and 
complete as wc had anticipated —owing probably, 
in a great measure, to the fact that many owners 
of fine horses considered the weather too warm 
for such an exhibition. The show was good in 
most departments, however, and as a whole wc 
believe the Holiday Exhibition of the Society gave 
very general satisfaction. The Board of Managers, 
after examining the reports of the various Com¬ 
mittees and deciding some questions in accordance 
with the Rules of tho Society, announce tho fol¬ 
lowing list of Premiums Awarded: 
Class I.—Horses for Hoad or Carriagr. 
Stallions— 4 Yearn old or Over—Bent., Richard V. Hub¬ 
bard, Chili, Black Jlawk, “John C. Fremont,” $10; 2d 
Joseph JIall, Rochester, $5. Best 3 years old, J. C. 
Howe, “ Young America,” Sweden, $7. Beet 2 years old, 
K. fatten, Sweden, $5. 
Hretding mores and Colls— Best, mare and colt, J. B. 
Hutchingn, 0^d“n, $10; 2d, J. J. Wells, 1’erinton, $5. — 
ISeRt horse colt, W. M. Oflmun, Ogden, $5. 
Matched Horses over 36 hands—Bent pair, John Adams, 
Rochester, $26; 2d, I). T. Walbridge do., $16. 
Matched Horses under 16 hands— Best, K. H. Shaw, I’er¬ 
inton, $26; 2d, John Craig, Rochester. $15. Best pair 
Mares, K. 0 Pierson, Rochester, $20; 2d, Frank Ayers, 
Rochester, $10. 
Single Horses— Best Gelding, 4 years old and upwards, 
D. Warner, Gates, $10; 2d. G. \V. Walbridge, Rochester, 
$6. Best mare, Samuel Wilder, Rochester, $8; 2d, David 
Mook, Henrietta, $6. 
Jlest Gelding, under 4 years old, J. K. Balentine, Chili, 
$7. Best Filly, under 4 years, E. B. Holmes, Brock- 
port, $6. 
Class It.—D raft and Work Horses. 
Stallions—4 Years old or Over—Best, Harry Olrastead, 
Greece, $10; 2d, Azor Doty, Ogden, $5. 
Matched Horses— Best pair, Geo. W. Crouch, Rochester, 
$20; 2d. Thomas Ilazzard, Brighton, $16. Best pair 
maros, Hooker, Farley At Co., Brighton, $16. 
Single Horses— Best Gelding under 4 years, L. M. Pritch¬ 
ard, Cnili, $8. 
Class III.— Horses for Style and Steed. 
Stallions —Best, Smith h Spaulding, Panton, Vt., (en¬ 
tered by J. B. Spaulding,) Black Hawk Morgan, “ Dive 
Yankee,” $20; 2d, Nathan F.nglish, Greece, Black Hawk 
stock, $10. 
Trotting in Harness (Single)—Open to all Horses that 
have never Trotted for Money—Best, Geo. W. Kastman, 
Rochester, $20: 2d, W. 8. Osgood, Rochester, $10. [The 
horse exhibited by Mr. Olmstead was not entered in time, 
and therefore debarred from a premium by the Rules of 
the Society.] 
Trolling in Harness (Double)—Open to All—Best, I). 
T. Walbridge, Rochester, $40; 2d, Win. Snyder, Kairport, 
$ 20 . 
Trolling in Harness (Single)—Open to All—Best, Wm. 
Riley, Buffalo, “Jack Rossiter, $60; 2d, O. C. Seymour, 
Rochester, “ Frank Hayes,” $30; 3d, G. N. Deming, Roch¬ 
ester, $10. 
The thanks of the Society are due to I). H. Rich¬ 
ardson, Esq., the General Superintendent, and 
Messrs. J. II. Suthekland and Hiram Smith, 
Marsbalp, for tlieir efficient services on the occa¬ 
sion. Also to several gentlemen from abroad who 
attended as Judges, and to many Life Members who 
aided the Board of Managers in carrying out the 
arrangements for the Exhibition. 
State Aokiculturai, College.— Judgo Chee- 
ver has resigned the Presidency of this institution, 
assigning, as the principal reason, the fact that 
there will be nothing for him to do until the Col¬ 
lege buildings aro erected, and they will not prob¬ 
ably bo completed, so that a course of instruction 
can be commenced, in less than two years. The 
Judge also states, that there will be more labor 
devolved upon the President, in tho Educational 
and Agricultural departments, than lie, at this 
period of liis life, is willing to perform—a fact, it 
strikes us, which ought to have been considered 
before accepting so responsible a position.— 
We suspect that other cogent reasons might be as¬ 
signed for this resignation, and greatly fear that 
several years must elapse ere the proposed Agri¬ 
cultural College and Farm will bo succesfully 
inaugurated. The Trustees are generally men of 
ability, distinction and wealth, but liavo not thus 
far exhibited any marked evidence of possessing 
that enterprising and progressive Bpirit which 
seems requisite to the permanent and successful 
establishment of an Agricultural Institution which 
Bhall prove worthy of tho State and the laudable 
objects sought to be accomplished. 
Weather—Crofs—Wheat Midoe.— After weeks 
of continuously hot weather, with scarcely a drop 
of rain in this vicinity, the parched earth, wither¬ 
ing vegetation, and exhausted animal kingdom 
were blessed with a copious rain on Sunday and 
Monday last, and a change of twenty degrees in 
the temperature. During the “ heated term,” corn 
and other crops grew apace, though rain was much 
needed last week, and came just in time to prevent 
a severe drouth. Most crops aro in a very pro¬ 
gressive and promising condition in this region. 
Wc give some reports from other and distant 
sections on our news page. The wheat midge is 
abroad, yet many think Western New York less 
affected by its ravages this year than formerly.— 
It is proving quite destructive, however, in Borne 
sections of Canada West and Ohio, so that what 
inay be our gain will be the loss of producers else¬ 
where. But Western New York docs not produce 
wheat extensively now, and hence perhaps the 
midge is as prevalent aB formerly, in proportion to 
the amount of wheat grown. 
The Midge in Canadian Wheat.—Fruit. The 
Hamilton (C. W.) Times states that in several town¬ 
ships in tliat section the wheat is totally destroyed 
by the midge, and no attempt will bo made to har¬ 
vest it Fruit of all kinds is also said to bo a fail¬ 
ure this season. 
An Early Harvest.— I. Shuman, of Carlton, 
Orleans Co., commenced cutting barley on tho 29th 
of last month. Tho field promised a return of be¬ 
tween 4f) and 50 bushels poracre. 
The Wayne Co. Horse Show has been post¬ 
poned until the 5tli, Gth, and 7th of August See 
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