MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SEPT. 25. 
den and unfavorable change in the working of the and conducted under bis own personal super- commenced to thresh I thought I should have While I am writing, I will tell you how I break 
juice. Instead of clarifying perfectly and with vision,) of the actual product of one of his plants- about 600 bushels, but had about 700 of very nice heifers of kicking. My practice is to stable the 
great facility, as at first, the defecation was diffi- tions of 266 acresfor 8 consecutive years. These barley, indeed. I think it is the most profitable heifers the winter before they come in—there is 
cult, the color many shades darker, the juice grad- figures will also furnish useful data for the estima- crop I can raise. It grows very stiff straw, does no trouble then in getting them in at any time, 
ually fell off in weight from full 10 C Beaume to 9° tion of the cost of production here, viz: —Aggre not lodge, is harvested with reaper and barley- When I want to milk them, I make them fast by 
Beaume, and required ten feet of granulated black gate yield of juice from 266 acresfor eight consec- forks with much less expense than any crop of the head so they cannot run back. Before com- 
o bring it to the same color as that made six days utive years, 4,757,700 gallons. Aggregate yield of grain I ever raised, and if sown the 20th of Septem mencing operations, get a good, tough gad, then, 
previously with five feet black. I, however, pro- sugar, 3,626,425 pounds. Aggregate yield of mo- ber will be ripe the last of June, consequently while one milks, have one stand behind her, gad 
ceded (keeping this separate) to the crystallization, laeses, 217,585 gallons. 
Boiled it to 242° Fan., when it produced good, comtab 
hard, sharp crystals; but finding the quantity, by Louisiana. 
measurement, had decreased very considerably, I plniityofjSiMi^Si'ej&iio 2 ’ 23 
took no further note on that head, but gave it white Yield of sugar per gait orjuice,. .0.: 
liquor until it was neat, (about the usual qnantity.) sugarper acre,. l,< 
and produced the sugar— being white sugar — dp Yield of molasses per acre.1M 
ectly from the cane, without refining or re-melting. Wood consumed per acre, 3.87 coi 
COMPARISON. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
.2,236 gals. I.1,847 gals. 
ahead of damage from wheat midge. 
Moscow, Liv. Co., N. Y., 1858. John Sheldon. 
in hand, and, every time she kicks, give her one 
good, smart blow around the leg that she kicks 
and produced the sugar — being white sugar — dp Yield of molasses per acre.102 gals 
ectly from the cane, without refining or re-melting. ' Voo ^% ns, '™ d r j K ' r acrc> 3-87 cordB at 
Sixth Experiment.—Nov. 27 —Since the canes f 0 ; 1 for engine, o.4i tons at $2 so per ton 
. „ , . Labor, per acre, 3.70 days, 
for the fourth and most successful experiment weie . , . , . , . , 
,, „ , , or These details have been extended to a much 
cut, on the 6th mst., the weather nas b en vny 
* rrvr-Qfttr rvth them nroa of firii 
0.76 ft* . 0.66 Its. 
i 7 m « 1 Actual,... 1,221.85 
1,,U1 } Probable,. 1,612.00 
02 cals i Actual,-7439 gala 
>02 gals i Probable, . ..8133 
P. S.—I should perhaps state that I sowed one with, and she will soon give it up. I never knew it 
field of 13 acres to Winter Barley on the 12th of to fail. S. D. Arnold. 
April, for an experiment Soil was in better con¬ 
dition than either of the other lots and harvested 
about 12 bushels per acre by measure, and 10 bush¬ 
els by weight In its early growth it did not come 
forward as rapidly as spring barley, and for some 
Ronald, Ionia Co., Mich., 1858. 
WHEAT IN WISCONSIN. 
Messrs. Eds.: —We have in this portion of our 
time I had fears that it would not head out this year, wheat-growing State, alight wheat crop. It is true 
but in the last one-third of its growth it much resem- tba<; man y fields have yielded one third of a crop— 
changeable. We have had warm Indian summer ® . ,, B . ’ *7 
° ... , . , ,, baps not beyond a useful limit for those interested, 
weather, with heavy rains, also vejy cold weather 1 * 
gi cater length than was at first intended, but per ^ledspring barley and looks like it when threshed. tbat i® 8ncb 88 we te rm “ a good yield”—and 
’. . . / . , To the working farmer they may appear formidable , „ 
making ice two inches in thickness—thermometer , . done as well 
having varied from 16° to 60°. To try the effect and . * ro] ' x ’ J 11 * Tl’ D ® vertb * le8S ’ ^ T® -~- ,y bave been left to *° the wa ? from whenci Aey 
of these changes, I cut one hundredttt part of an S iain8 ° UH( - u -now e ge rom lem o repay or SORGHUM. MANURING GRASS LANDS. came—back to earth. Other fields in close prox- 
acre, which produced 11 15-16ths gallons of juice * heir pe ™ 8aL The conclusions to be drawn from - imity, upon the same quality of soil and under no 
only, instead of nineteen or twenty gallons, as be- tbera Wl!1 be seea by tbe * ollowin 8 En3, Rural:—W hat has become of the Sor- better state of cultivation and attendance, bring 
fore. It had, however, regained its former weight ... . synopsis. . , . . g^ um advocates? Not a lisp do we hear from forth good yields. These things may seem straDge 
of full 10° Beaume, but was much more acid, rank, lst That l \ ia obvlous that tbere 18 a culminating any of them about the crop of 1858. So far as I to some- in fact to all such as place the cause of 
and dark colored than previously. It clarified Pomt in the development of the sugar in the cane, have heard there was none planted in all this re- our failure in the season, wet and drouth, Ac. But 
without difficulty, but raised a much thicker and whlch 18 ,he be8t tlma for sugar making. This gion-the last season’s experiment snfficing-and these things are plain when looked at compara- 
denser scum, and when concentrated, was very ^ or sea80n 1 conslde / be - when most if not of course we are in blissful ignorance as to the tively and connected with facts that meet the 
dark and molasses-like; it, however, produced a e 8ee 8 are n P e > aa 8 ter severa r08t8 > Ba ^ prospect for cheap sugar, and whether “full pani- observing. That our season has been unfavorable 
good, hard, sharp crystals, but the quantity being when the temperature falls to 2o or 30 Fah. cles of bright seed have yet burst the upper joint” -that we have had the extremes of wet and 
much reduced, there was no inducement to pursue 2d. That frost, or even hard freezing, does not of aDv of the stalks. Gentlemen Sorghum defend- drouth — and that these have been an injury to all 
it further. This experiment proves, however, that i D j ur ® the juice nor the sugar, but that warm In- ers of 1857 Messrs. S. W.; Doolittle, &c. do tell kinds of wheat I do not deny; hut that these are 
this cane will withstand very great vicissitudes of d *an summer weather, after the froBt and hard us how the thing is getting on! We are in a real the only or even the principal reasons, I can in no- 
If I had sown spring barley I think it would have crops bft ve been so extremely light that they 
done as welk j. g. would not warrant pay for harvesting—consequent- 
SORGHUM—MANURING GRASS LANDS. 
acie, which produced 11 15-16ths gallons of juice 7 , u v oa “ 7. ° 
only, instead of nineteen or twenty gallons, as be- tbera Wl11 be seea b ? the foUowiD « 
fore. It had, however, regained its former weight , , .... . . , ‘ . , . .. 
, , , , „ , 1st. That it is obvious that there is a culminating 
of full 10° Beaume, but was much more acid, rank, e 
, , , , . ’ . , T . i -<• a point in the development of the sugar in the cane, 
and dark colored than previously. It clarified .......... , 
weather, without the entire destruction of its sac- freezing, does injure them very materially, and | fidget to know, 
charine properties. reduces bath quantity and quality. 
Seventh Experiment. - Took the proceeds of 3d ’ That if the cane is cut and housed - or sho< 
the experiments that were considered failures, viz, ed * n ^ be d(dd wben ’ n * ts mo8t favorable con 
all the third and the poorest portion of the second, UoD - n wiU keep unchanged for a lo 
viz : thirty-four pounds very indifferent sugar; time ‘ 
refined it in the open kettle, by the old process, and wben the juice is obtained, the proc< 
produced fifteen pounds loaf sugar, which is a very a h° u ld proceed continuously and without delay, 
full yield for the quality used. 6th - That the clarification should be as perfi 
wise admit, for facts are against it. Wheat here, 
reduces both quantity and quality. As to applying manure to grass lands, the writer as in many other places, has been onr staple pro- 
3d. That if the cane is cut and housed, or shock- has done very little of it, but his father’s life-time duct,—the cash product—the one upon which too 
ed in the field when in its most favorable condi- practice was to haul from the barn-yard in Octo- many farmers have almost solely depended to meet 
tion, it will probably keep unchanged for a long ber, dumping a load in a place, and spreading just their cash obligations. Many have been so intent 
time. before the winter set in. Then, as soon as frost upon and bound up in wheat growing that they 
4th. That when the juice is obtained, the process was out in the spring, pulverize and make smooth have literally run the thing into the ground- 
should proceed continuously and without delay. and even with a hand rake. The effect was gene- they have neglected to give heed to the laws that 
5th. That the clarification should be as perfect rally marked and lasting in the increased yield of govern and which must be complied with in order 
The foregoing are all actual results produced by as possi hle by the time the density reaches 16° hay, frequently causing it to lodge for several to secure a fatr recompense for labor. Rotation in 
myself, (the polariscopic observations having been R eaun iu, the Byrup having the appearance of good years—the exceptions being grounds which were crops and change of seed have been placed among 
taken on the spot, under the supervision of my brand Y' 
naturally very dry and having and old and tough things of the past. The Club variety of wheat has 
partner, Mr. William Morris Davis) with no object although eggs were used in these sward. But the results were so uniformly good been sown in this vicinity for a term of eight or 
in view but the truth, and a desire to contribute 8ma H experiments, on account of their conven- that I propose this fall to imitate his practice both nine years in succession, and has, I believe, given 
whatever useful information I could towards the i eQ ce, bullock’s blood, if to be had, is equally good, as to time and way. If there is a better method, I universal satisfaction until this year; and here lies 
solution of this interesting and important ques- and tbe railk of lime alone will answer the pur- should be happy to know it. the cause,—it is fairly run out 
tion. They are, I think, sufficiently fiattering in p08C ; i n tlie latter case, however, more constant Of course, spreading upon the surface will not We find that the Fife wheat (a new variety with 
themselves to warrant renewed exertions on the and prolonged skimming will be required to pro- he approbated by the advocates of turning under, us) has almost invariably yielded a good crop, even 
part of our agriculturists of the Northern and Mid- dace 3 per f ec t clarification, which is highly im- “Haul out and plow in at once, or your manure this year, while the Club sown side by side with the 
die States especially, and perhaps those of the portant. 
will waste,” say they. But land in pasture is cer- Fife, was an entire failure. I am firmly of the 
South also, in the pursuit of this promising branch 7tb> That the concentration, or boiling down, tainly enriched, and the application is always to opinion that if the Fife or some other new variety 
of industry, to the full and profitable development after clarification, should be as rapid as possible the surface. The soil of forests does not degene- of wheat had been sown last spring instead of the 
of which it is certainly capable, and which it is des- w i tbout scorching, shallow evaporators being the rate though there is no provision in nature for Club, we should have been favored with a good 
tined ultimately to attain— (as before mentioned best turning under. The leaves fall upon the surface, yiel d > and the cry of poor wheat we should not 
■they have been accomplished without the advanta- With these conditions secured, it is about as the rains rot them, and a perpetual growth is main- have heard. Experience is a thorough teacher, 
gesof the powerful sugar mill, the vacuum paD, easy to make good sugar from the Chinese sugar tained. In both cases your theorists would ssy Palmyra, Win., 1858. C. P. D. 
and the many other improved implements and ap- c& ue as to make a pot of good mush, and much there is great waste—that the plow should be 
paratus now in general use in Louisiana and else- aa8ier tba R t0 m& ke a kettle of good apple butter, brought into immediate use, or some application 
where)— and they are also very important and 
interesting in many respects, not apparent to those 
unacquainted with the subject; it may therefore 
not be superfluous to make some further explana¬ 
tory remarks: 
AGRICULTURE IN ALLEGANY COUNTY. 
--- made to “ fix the ammonia” of these exposed fer , 
WINTER BARLEY, tilizers,—but so says not the Author of vegetable Eds. Rural: As I have never seen any com- 
- growth. To make a barren fig tree fruitful, you mUD ^ c ations from farmers in this section, I tho t 
In reply to an inquiry in a late Rural concern- are not to “ dig about and dung it,” bat dung ^ would venture to address a few lines to you, pre- 
ing Winter Barley, I would say that it is quite about it, and then dig. Are we not getting wiser 8um ' n K tbat you are friendly to every man that 
extensively raised in this countv. Three vears aero than is written? holds the plow or drives. Y.on will see by my ad- 
Isf The mill used and the Dower emnloved in extensively raised in this county. Three years ago than is written? noias me piow or anves. ion win see oy my aa- 
these experiments were much less efficient than 1 sowed one acre about the f ,rst °f November , after Until some parallel in nature, or positive proof L^buTsin^e 'theTrodn^of’^eon^fv 
those in general use on sugar plantations, and the p °tatoes. The following spring it was so badly from experience is brought forward more conclu- ’ nc . ** ° 
waste proportionally greater; the loss from which winter-killed, that 1 plowed up all but a narrow give than I have yet seen, I shall reject the dogma _ hnttpr pNppcp ^ 
causes I estimate at not less than ten per cent 8tldp of which I left to ascertain its lime of that fertilizers—crude, rotted, or concentrated— nomio • 
2d. It is well known to all who are acquainted ripening. I harvested it about the first of July.— are misapplied when they are spread upon the sur- m j n( j 8 as t 0 ouroccu ation ° F ^ 
with sugar and saccharine solutions, that, by fre- On the 12th of September following, I sowed two face of the soiL w. b. p. Sent of Cuba most of the time 
quent heatings and coolings, a considerable por- acres on a sandy loam soil, after beans, Flowing m Pittsburgh, N. Y., 1858. g5nce w &nd r thinb j am well p re pared 
tion of the crystallizable is converted into uncrys- a light coating of barn-yard manure. This lot , . , f .. . .. . , . T , , 
tallizable a» 8 ar, and i. poaaeqacntlj lost as sugar, yielded 70 bushel,-.75 bushel, per acre. PERMANENT MEADOWS—STOCK FEEDING. f t,„e but r do 
In these experiments eveip parcel was from ueces- Lartjuuronthc M Isouedla quan- EtruAtu-I have beonmuch interested ta,n think it a. good as they .ill uacrsge. All we 
sity heated and re heated from eight to twelve tity of Winter Barley m a swale, - plowed the lot acconn , of the ftrm management of an English want 1. to suit onr bn,lnc M to onr county. Ithink 
farmer on the “ Wealds of Sussex,” who follows the dairying is the most profitable for us in the South- 
routine practiced by his forefathers for two gene- ern Tier, though we can raise grain. I will give 
different times. 
into five-pace “lands” and after sowing, rolled it 
3d It is impossible to produce as good results with a field-roller. This crop, harvested on the 5th r£)Utine {iced b hifi fore fathers for two gene- 
whether as regards quantity or quality, from small of July, yielded 45 bushels per acre, and the grain 1 , . , _- QflAwa - , . 
Prattfiburgh, N. Y., 1858. 
PERMANENT MEADOWS-STOCK FEEDING. 
as from large quantities. 
weighed 50 lbs. to the buBhels. Some of my neigh- 
rations. His lowland meadows have not been Y ou some specimens. I have grown wheat on one 
broken up, at least during the last hundred years, ^ twelve acres eight years in succession. The 
4th. This sugar, (Sample No. 4,) is quite dry, and bors bave raised this season, 50 bushels per acre. ^ {J neyer tQ be hereafter> The 8oi ( ifl a smallest yield was twelve and a half bushels per 
will lose comparatively nothing by drainage; the Winter Barley, to be profitably cultivated, should tenacious clay—stiff and wet—the meadows are acre > and the largest twenty-one bushels, winter 
yield would be considerably greater, if it contained be EO wn early— say from the 25th of August to the never f ed j n spring, and when mown, give two to wheat, sown on summer fallow. The other seven 
the usual quantity of footing that is contained in middle of September. The great drawback to three tuns per acre.’ In the fall, from a large fair crops, spring wheat, land plowed once, generally 
the hogshead when sold at the plantation, one of raising it, is its liability to « cinter-kUl; to prevent of cattle held in the vicinity, the farmer selects at in the falL Our climate is improving for corn, 
which being weighed there and re weighed in w hich it should be managed the same as winter hl - s leiaure, and often at his own price, as many Twenty years ago, people told ns we could never 
Philadelphia, in the month of July, will be found wheat—viz., sowed early on rich land thoroughly head as his means of pasture and winter provender raise corn in Cuba; the reply was, we know it, but 
to have lost by drainage from 100 to 150 lbs., or drained. It requires from two to two and a half w ju warrant. These all go into his second crop of we know differently now. Experience has shown 
from 10 to 15 per cent bushels per acre for seed. grass, and in a few weeks are so improved as to ad- U8 that we can grow fifty bushels per acre. 
Assuming these propositions to be true, I make Many of those who have raised winter barley for a r j ge j n price, and many are then sold to pur- Cuba, Alleg. Co., N. Y., 1858. Abhl l. Blower. 
the following estimate of the probable yield of an the past two years, have given up sowing spring chasers who are always numerous and urgent The ■*“"*- 
acre of canoa of ordinary growth, such as I have barley. The average yield per acre this season of reserved stock, after clearing the meadows of the When and Where Deep Plowing is Benefi- 
experimented upoD, viz: Moiawos. the winter variety is full 10 bushels greater by great yield of second crop, are taken to their win- cial.— An English paper discusses this subject at 
Actual yield as per Experiment No. 4. 122185 ibe. 7439 ^ measnre tban the latter—having also a preponder- ter quarters and fed chiefly on hay of the first crop, some length, and the points brought out will inter- 
A<id for inefficiency of mill, 10 per cent ance of about six pounds per bushel. which is of th8 finest quality. The roots grown est and instruct American readers. We condense 
For heating and reheating, Ac., 5 It has no enemy bat the frost—is not liable to npon the farm are devoted to the feeding of cows them in the paragraphs below: 
footings, say but* j 5 “lodge,” and is ready to be harvested before any witb ca i ve3 fatting for sale, no dairying being Deep plowing is most effectual in autumn, ex- 
20 per cent 244.3* other grain is ripe. done upon the farm; fresh calves being bought at posing the soil to the influence of frost, rain, and 
experimented upoD, viz: 
Actual yield as per Experiment No. 4, 
Add for inefficiency of mill, 10 per cent 
For heating and reheating, Ac, 5 
For footings, say but* 5 
20 per cent 244.37 other grain is ripe. done upon the farm; fresh calves being bought at posing the soil to the influence of frost, rain, and 
Probable yield per acre 146632 7139 I would not recommend rolling the ground after Smithfield market to supply the place of those dis- air, during the winter, which act upon the miner- 
Further, it will be observed that my acre pro- sowing, unless it is in sheltered localities, as the posed of when fattened. In the faculty of buying al ingredients of the soil, rendering them available 
dneed but 1,847 gallons of juice. I have, however, roughness of the surface caused by the harrow, and selling to advantage, long experience and a for succeeding crops; also, pulverizing the soil, 
seen published accounts of far greater yields than will better retain the snow, thereby protecting the tact for the business, gives him great success— and thus facilitating the passage of the roots into 
this; one, for instance, in this county, apparently roots of the barley from the action of the frost every operation of the kind bringing in more or the Bubsoih As regards the period of the rotation, 
well authenticated, reaching 6,800 gallons per The price of winter barley at present is the same less clear profit 
acre, which, according to my actual results, would as that of spring barley, although malsters know 
produce 4,499 lbs. of sugar, and 274 gallons molas- that it is worth at least 12£ cents more per bushel, 
it should preceed root crops, (or, in this country, 
It is not to be supposed that farmers in this Indian corn,) or maybe the first plowing for fal- 
country, except, perhaps, in rare instances near lowing preparatory to the wheat crop. 
ses—and according to the foregoing probable re- and I have no doubt that hereafter, in market, it i ar g e cities, can follow the same plan, but it is in- Deep plowing is most beneficial te stiff clays, 
suits, would yield 5,389 lbs. sugar, and 274 gallons will sell for that amount in advance upon the tereating to know the methods by which people and, as a rule, we may plow deep when the Bubsoil 
to the acre. I do not pronounce such yield of juice spring variety. Geo. B. Leonard. achieve success, and some valuable hints may be is of the same character as the surface, if both are 
impossible, but it will certainly be of rare occur¬ 
rence—a mean between this and my yield would 
be a large return. 
Kendall, Orleans Co., N. Y., 1858. 
Eds. Rural: —Noticiog in a late issue of your 
Another subject worthy of notice is the nature of journal a request for information with regard to 
the season. My impression is, that owing to the tbe raising of Winter Barley, I propose to contri- 
lateness and coldness of the spring, and the con- bute m Y mite> 1 sowed one field Sept, 26th, 1857, 
tinued we 
favorable i 
drawn from this brief narration. h. tenacious, or when the subsoil is composed of 
Niagara Ce., N. Y., 1858. good clay, only requiring atmospheric influences 
-- to sweeten it Deep cultivation should be avoided 
BURYING POTATOES. in nearly all very light soils, and in plowing for 
- crops after large applications of manure, thus 
Messrs. Eds.:—I saw, in the Rural of Sept. 4th, burying it too deeply; or in turning under clover 
BURYING POTATOES. 
wet weather, the last has been quite an un- which produced me a little over forty bushels per an inquiry by “ W. C.,” about burying potatoes. I or otber green cropg< Deep plowing in autumn, 
ile season for the ripening and development acre—field was slightly manured and had a crop of can describe to him a way that I have found by on mostclays, is equal to a half dressing of manure! 
of the sugar in the juice, to which cause I think a wheat taken from it the July previous. Another experience to be safe. Select a spot where water Qj a y f rom wb i cb tbe a j r j 8 excluded, exhibits a 
deficiency in the yield of at least ten per cent, may clover sod, turned over nicely, nine inches will not stand in the holes—sandy land is the best. dar ]j b i u j sb color. After draining, it is not advi- 
be attributed, which would further increase the deep > and B °wn 27th Oct., produced 24 bushels per Dig holes that will contain about thirty bushels— gab i e to br jng to the surface moret'ban two inches 
quantity to 1,612 lbs. of sugar, and 81 8-10 gallons acre - Tbis l ot - 1 think, was in better condition for not more—fill to within four inches of the surface; 0 f c i a y Bubs0 ii a t a time, otherwise more is brought 
molasses, a yield very nearly corresponding with a crop than the first one sown. Had it been sown place across the centre of the hole a stick of wood U p tban tbe f rog t ( & c t ca n fit for growing good 
that of the best conducted plantations of Louisiana, 38 soon as the first lot, the yield, I think, would 6ix inches through; place short pieces of boards, cr0 p S< 
as will be seen by the following figures, which I bav ® been considerably over forty bushels. I one end on this stick, the others on the earth, each -———--»—►- 
have collated from a minute statement furnished believe about the 20th Sept, is the right time to side of the hole; oyer these, put a good coat of Door-Yard Fence— Inquiry. — I want to build a 
to me by the enterprising proprietor of one of the sow it to have it get just about growth enough straight straw that will keep out all the water. At door-yard fence. Wish some one would give plans, 
most complete and costly establishments in that winter welL I do not think it is quite as hardy first put a light coat of dirt over all, except a small with expense, &c. Would not iron be cheaper in 
region, (it being furnished with vacuum pans, and aa winter wheat, hut will produce very abundantly place in the centre of the hole—this is to serve as tbe end than wood?—have seen advertisements in 
all the most approved machinery of later times, on an y dr T’ drBt rate wheat soil—I think sandy, or a ventilator. Before winter sets in, put a good the Rural of iron railing for cemeteries, but noth- 
—— ’ gravelly Boil best suited to its growth, or full de- coat of dirt over, and I think you will not have ing said in particular about fencing. If they have 
velopment. I sowed two bushels per acre and judge any frozen potatoes. The frost will not pass any for that purpose, wish they would send me dr¬ 
use of a better mill, and therefore .leaving the q»anuty of molasses the quantity about right It produces very abun- through the space between the covering and the culars with designs and prices. — E. H. Wright, 
unchanged. dantly from a given amount of straw. When I potatoes. Milton Conn., 1858. 
, Monroe County Fair.— The Annual Fair of the 
Monroe Co. Ag. Society, held last week—Sept. 14th 
to 17th, four days—opened with favorable weather 
1 and a good attendance, promising a satisfactory 
, display and successful result The entries were 
i large, about 1,500, and the exhibition unusually 
. fine in many departments. But a storm occurred 
on Wednesday, the first regular exhibition day, 
which caused many exhibitors to remove their an¬ 
imals and articles from the Fair Grounds, and ma¬ 
terially lessened the variety and interest of the 
show, as well as the attendance. The forenoon of 
. Thursday was also inauspicious, the clouds and 
i wind indicating bad weather. The third day like- 
. wise opened unfavorably, the wind and clouds por- 
i tending had weather — preventing many from at* 
■ tending, and also the return of stock and articles 
which had been removed. Thus the Fair was in¬ 
terrupted, and its interest and success greatly les¬ 
sened, on what had promised to be the best days. 
Yet, notwithstanding the unpropitious weather, the 
Fair was numerously attended throughout, the ex¬ 
hibition large and fine in most classes, and the re- 
' suit a decided success, pecuniarily—in all respects 
better than could reasonably have been anticipated. 
Of the management it does not become ns to 
speak; and we refer those interested to the local 
papers for accounts of the various features of the 
Fair, premiums awarded, &c. The Address by 
Hon. T. C. Peters, of Genesee, on the last day, was 
heard by a numerous and intelligent audience with 
great apparent satisfaction, and universally pro¬ 
nounced able, practical and appropriate to the oc¬ 
casion. We understand Mr. P. is prepared to de¬ 
liver addresses at other Fairs, and think any 
Society securing his services will be peculiarly 
fortunate. 
— The aggregate receipts were about $2,700, 
which will leave a handsome surplus, over the ex¬ 
penses, to be appropriated towards paying for the 
Society’s Grounds and improvements. This is a 
most gratifying result, and certainly exceeds what 
was expected under the circumstances. 
“ Spelt ” Wheat. —Mr. George B. Leonard, of 
Kendall, Orleans Co., N. Y., during the past season 
grew some of this variety of wheat, which is said 
to be proof against the insect now destroying the 
prospect of wheat growers in this section. Chance 
sown heads of common wheat growing in the field 
with the “Spelt,” were ruined, while the latter 
was untouched. The name “Spelt” is given gen¬ 
erally to all wheat in which the grain adheres to 
the chaff. There are two or three varieties of this 
character. We should judge that of Mr. Leonard 
belongs to the order T. Bicorne —the Larger 
Spelt— or Zea of some authors, T. Spelta of others, 
and is thus described:—“Spikelets on alternate 
notches, at a considerable distance from each 
other, and smaller than in T. vulgare; each with 
two or three, or rarely four perfect florets, besides 
the barren terminal one; the outer glome and 
pales very broadly truncate at the top, and notched 
or angled on each side of the point or awn, which 
is very slender; the grain when ripe, adhering 
closely to the chaff or pales.” 
Another Horse Fair. — The “Young Men’s 
Club,” of Elmira, announce a “ Great Horse B’air,” 
to be held Sept. 29th and 30th, and Oct. lst. They 
offer $1,000 in premiums, and open competition to 
all the U. S. and Canadas. Those who remember 
the result of the Exhibition of the “Young Men’s 
National Ag’l and Mechanics’ Society,” at Elmira, 
last year, will not be likely to favor this project. It 
is proper to state, however, that the new Club is 
composed of responsible citizens of Elmira, who 
guarantee the payment of the premiums offered, 
and repudiate the management of the National 
Society. 
Liquid Manure. — Finlay W. Fraser, of Tren- 
toD, Oneida, Co., writes to the Journal of the N. Y. 
State Ag. Society as follows:—“No less than seven 
thousand barrels of Liquid Manure was distributed 
over meadows in this county last spring; and in 
no instance but it has doubled the growth of 
grass, and in fact there is not a farmer round here 
but has his stable fixed to collect it. I have no 
doubt but next spring there will be over twenty 
thousand barrels used.” The Oneida farmers have 
taken a step in the right direction, and the move¬ 
ment is worthy of imitation by the agriculturists 
of the entire country. May they take pattern 
from the Oneidas, and that right quickly! 
A “Century” Team. —At the National Horse 
Show, held at Springfield, Mass., Sept 14—17, a four 
horse team,—the combined ages of which are one 
hundred and two years, were on exhibition. The 
oldest of the four is thirty years, and the youngest 
twenty-two. This team is the property of Lewis 
B. Brown, of New York. The Boston Traveller re¬ 
marks concerning them, “ they are still far from 
unserviceable, and apparently as fresh as when 
exhibited one year ago.” 
State Ao. College. —According to the Ovid 
Bee the contract for building the two south wings 
of the Agricultural College, (the transverse wing 
58 feet by 128, and the lateral wing 60 by 84 feet,) 
has been agreed upon between the Building Com¬ 
mittee and Thomas Crawford, of Geneva. The 
Bee states that it is the infection of the contractor 
to commence the work immediately, and drive it 
on to completion. 
Improved American Black Raspberry. —We 
have received from H. H. Doolittle, the Black 
Raspberry grower of Oaks Corners, an illustrated 
pamphlet, giving “the principles that governed 
him in attempting a positive and permanent im¬ 
provement of the American Black Raspberry.” In 
a few weeks we will give a synopsis of this work. 
Mr. D.’s advertisement will be found in the pres¬ 
ent number. 
The Illinois State Fair — held last week, at 
Centralia, was a great success. A glowing account 
of it, from an attentive correspondent, was received 
while closing this number of the Rural for press, 
and is necessarily deferred until our issue of 
next week. 
