ooEir 
. i\ 
It will be their duty to ebow them that constitu¬ 
encies can, on occasion, and in a just cause, make 
their voices heard as loudly in Congress as a few 
hundred other persons. The wool growers dep¬ 
recate, but do not fear the results, of such a 
struggle. Should it conic, it will present those 
secondary' and incidental, y et very important 
objects of the State aud County Wool Growers’ 
Associations, which we have already said might 
arise, It would be the d uty of t h ese associations 
to take an active part in protecting the just rights 
of wool growers. To this end they undoubted i y 
would, in this and other States, act efficiently 
in concert in ripening, concentrating and giving 
proper expression to public sentiment, in rhe 
premises—and in taking all other steps neces¬ 
sary to secure the object in view. 
The best mode of preserving peace is to be 
prepared for war—and the best preparation is or¬ 
ganization. A.-, already said, wo trust the pres¬ 
ent apprehended difficulty will blow over. But 
future ones may arise with some conflicting in¬ 
terest. Let the wool growers never ask what is 
not clearly right—but let them prepare them¬ 
selves by organization and association to protect 
themselves efficiently when they are in the rigid. 
[We are permitted to publish, in advance of its pub¬ 
lication In the forthcoming Annual Report of the Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture, the following article on “Dogs 
and Dog Laws,” by J. R. DoietK. Ksq., of the Agricul¬ 
tural Department, Washington. The author is well 
known as an Agricultural Statistician.and Ids exhaust¬ 
ive treatment of his present topic renders the paper not 
only interesting but highly useful to those- who would 
study liow to abate, wisely and legally, one of the most 
intolerable and wide-spread nuisances under which our 
agricultural community labors. The length ot the arti¬ 
cle will compel us to continue it through several num¬ 
bers :] 
DOGS AND DOG LAWS 
BY J. R. DODGK. 
“ Beware of dogs. ” — St. Paul. 
Of all the family of the Sanguimria, the 
genus Cams familivris Ls universally known 
and generally tolerated by man, while V. lupus 
and C. aureus, the northern wolf and Asiatic 
jackal, the congeners, and, indeed, the original 
progenitors of the dog, are universally execrated. 
From so detestable an origin the dog has won 
the affections of the human race by many in¬ 
stances of fidelity and gratitude, creating a sym¬ 
pathy no doubt intensified by contrast of such 
qualities with the meanness of his origin. 
The dog, In the Bible, is synonymous with 
things unclean and disreputable and mean. 
Job, when derided, reminded his self-appointed 
tormentors that their fathers were men whom 
he would have disdained to place with the dogs 
•of his flock. David, in the depth of his humil¬ 
iation, when complaining that he had been 
brought to the “dust of death,” and that his 
bones looked out and stared at him, exclaimed 
bitterly, “Dogs have encompassed me.” And 
John, in his revelations, by way of an¬ 
tithesis to the blessedness of those entitled to 
“enter in through the gates into the city,” 
adds:—“For without are dogs, and sorcerers, 
and whoremongers, and murderers, and idola¬ 
ters, and whosoever beileveth and maketh a lie.” 
The only scriptural mention of a benefit received 
from a dog is in the memorable case of Lazarus. 
Dogs have been of great service to man, and 
few, if any, would favor their extermination. 
Poets have sung their praises not alone In dog¬ 
gerel, but in exalted numbers; and women have 
petted them from the earliest historic periods. 
Children have fondled them, abused them with 
more or less impunity, and cherished for them 
an affection worthy of a higher object. 
A few dogs, well trained and good-tempered, 
might be tolerated. But when they swarm 
over the land, making night dismal with their 
howlings, and banishing sleep from the invalid’s 
•eyes, when sheep are slaughtered mysteri¬ 
ously, and cattle are mangled, when every 
month renews the horrible, ghastly sufferings 
of the victims of hydrophobia, it is time that 
sentimentalism and feminine tenderness for a 
half-savage brute should measurably vanish 
from a dog-cursed community. 
When such a period has arrived, the usual and 
effective expedient to limit and restrain the 
evil has been taxation. England has long had a 
dog tax of twelve shillings sterling upon every¬ 
thing of the dog kind except the shepherd dog. 
Scotland and Canada have taxed them. Indeed, 
dog taxation in some form has been resorted to 
in every civilized country. Many curious po¬ 
lice and sanitary regulations have existed. In 
Munich, Austria, each quarter is obliged to 
send all its dogs to the police on a certain day, 
twee every year. If found in health, the dog 
receives a ticket which he wears round his 
neck; if old or unsound, he is condemned to 
death. Any dog without a ticket is liable to 
suffer death. In this country there is an annual 
slaughter of the dogs in every city, in default of 
'muzzling in obedience to municipal regulations. 
Such regulations are imperative, and would be 
made in self-preservation, even if a dog were a 
sacred animal, or surrouuded by all the safe¬ 
guards of special laws or constitutions. Despite 
all caution, every year adds many new cases of 
hydrophobia, in all sections of the land, to the 
list of that fatal, most dreaded, and dreadful of 
all diseases. One human life thus sacrificed 
could not be atoned for by the lives of all the 
dogs in the land. 
WiiAT IT COSTS TO KEEP DOGS. 
Did the reader ever count the cost of the dogs 
in the country?—the cost of their keeping, the 
value of the sheep and other animals killed and 
worried, and the quarrels and lawsuits occa¬ 
sioned by them? Is it possible to estimate the 
cost of hydrophobia in a single human subject? 
To the extent of their exceptional usefulness 
dogs should be credited; but what figures shall 
we place in the long account against them? 
It must be settled first how many there are. 
Did not our municipal authorities in cities, and 
the magistri domi of the country, sensible dis¬ 
ciples of Mutihus as they are, restrain produc¬ 
tion, there would lie lifter-ally inundations of 
canines overwhelming the land every quarter, 
and they would represent every imaginable 
grade of canine miscegenation —gaunt, lank- 
faced, and straight-tailed, Hke their northern 
progenitors, the wolf; voracious, mean-spirited, 
unsightly as the jackals from which some species 
have descended; ami every imaginable shade of 
intermixture between the two types, and be¬ 
tween the myriad sub-species which were pro¬ 
duced first by the modifications of climate and 
conditions, and then permanently fixed by 
breeding. 
It is an inexorable necessity, then, that this 
prolific and promiscuous race should be curtailed 
of its excessive multiplications. How many do 
we tolerate? Enumerations by assessors or 
other officials can show but a portion. Were 
there no total omissions or partial neglects in 
town* — in towns here and there —the census 
would only bring to light a portion of this wan¬ 
dering race. People will evade this premoni¬ 
tion of a tax by judicious silence, by equivoca¬ 
tions, and not a few of the owners of the lower 
class of curs (or the lower class owners of curs) 
by downright lying. Let these statistics be 
examined: 
Tn Ohio, the official enumeration of 1802 fools 
up 174,405 animals; that of 1803. 183,107; intel¬ 
ligent members of the recent wool convention 
estimated the real numbers at 500.000. This 
would be one to every family, or one to every 
five inhabitants; the official census makes one to 
every thirteen. It is plain that Ohio exceeds 
the estimate, often made by men capable of judg¬ 
ing correctly, of at least one dog to every ten of 
the human population throughout the couni rv. 
Massachusetts bad about 100,000 dogs in 1859; 
fully one to every twelve of the human popula¬ 
tion—thirteen to every square mile—a very- 
large proportion for a State made up of cities and 
villages, full of practical and sensible people, 
most of them baying no more use for a dog than 
lor a real wolf or a veritable jackal. 
Little Rhode Island has had 6,845 dogs upon 
its tax list—a lact which furnishes a very safe 
guarantee of a proportion fully as large as that 
of Massachusetts. 
In western ami frontier States the proportion 
is greatly in excess of that of Ohio, in so old 
and thickly settled a State as New York it is 
also large. A census of dogs in Cayuga eountv 
exhibits among a human population’of 55,000 no 
less than 18,600 dogs, almost one to four, fully 
equal to the half million estimate of Ohio, which, 
as a central State of medium population, may 
fairly be taken as a basis for a national estimate. 
Now. Ohio has not exceeding one-tenth of the 
population of the States actually under Federal 
authority. Dpon the highe-t estimate for that 
State, the dogs of the loyal States would there¬ 
fore number five millions. But to make a mod- 
entic estimate, winch can not be gainsayed, and 
which is probably less than the actual number, 
let us fix it at three millions. What is the 
hoard of these three millions of dogs worth? 
Tn Washington, sportsmen’s dogs, which arc of 
medium size, and fairly representative of the 
medium feeding capacity, are boarded at two 
dollars per week, lu other places the price is 
less. Throughout the country, taking the range 
of city and country, seaboard and frontier, the 
price of boarding varies from fifty cents to two 
dollars. If we acknowledge the possibility of 
profit in such boarding, and accept the lowest 
price named if we go further and make allow¬ 
ance for farmers who feed their dogs on meat 
produced by themselves, and call it twenty-five 
cents per week, or the paltry doling out of a 
microscopic cent's worth at each meal, the av¬ 
erage cost of & dog’s keeping for a year will be 
thirteen dollars. 
The assertion of a fanner that his dog's keep¬ 
ing costs him nothing, will not bear examina¬ 
tion. Farmers who ouy little, yet live well, do 
not know what their living really costs. Their 
surplus products find a ready market; every¬ 
thing they eat represents the price for which it 
might be sold; not the city price, but the home 
value. There is no need of waste in a family 
sufficient to keep a pack cd dogs, or even a single 
dog; they will not eat vegetables, except, per¬ 
haps, potatoes saturated with grease, to prevent 
starvation: and meat is now an expensive com¬ 
modity. Besides, this waste, of whatever kind, 
is all ‘available and valuable for pigs. Of so 
much cheaper material is tbB feed of a pig than 
that of a dog, that comparison is Scarcely fair; 
yet S. Edwards Todd, a well-known agricultural 
writer in New York, has estimated the cost to 
the farmer of keeping a dog one year as equiva¬ 
lent to the cost of giving the weight ot one 
hundred pounds to a pig. At present prices of 
pork, such a pig would bo worth 810 at least. 
Then, in view of the price paid for boarding 
dogs, the cost of keeping large numbers of them 
in cities, their exclusive consumption oi meat, 
asul even of a comparison with the value of 
“ waste” fed to bogs. let the estimate of twenty- 
five cents per week be reduced nearly twouty- 
live per cent., and let dog rations be commuted 
at less than a cent per meal, and call the general 
average throughout the land $10 per year: then 
the keeping of three millions or dogs of the 
loyal Stales would be $30,000,0(10. 
The loss of sheep by dogs may be closely ap¬ 
proximated. For a series of years, in Ohio, the 
average of ascertained damages was $111,548 per 
year, when sheep wore very low in price. In 
1 st if; the ascertained loss was $144,058. The 
Secretary of the New York Stale Agricultural 
Society estimates the loss tn New I ork tn 1862 
at 50,000 sheep, worth $175,000. This isa larger 
loss than that of Ohio with a less number of 
sheep. Higher proportional estimates than that 
of Onio have also been made for Maine. These 
are eastern States; the western States are still 
more exposed lo the ravages of dogs. Then it 
is a moderate assumption to take Goto as a basts 
for the country. As Ohio bad 4.448,229 sheep 
in 1862, the loyal States 23,000,000 in round 
numbers, ami Ibe average loss ol that State was 
40,704, the entire loss would be220,102 in killed; 
and a similar calculation upon the baths of 25,- 
4«3 injured iu Ohio, would show a total of 146,- 
210 maimed. At the present, prices of sheep, 
an average for the entire count ry cannot reason¬ 
ably be placed at less than $5. which would 
make the total loss in kilted $1,145,510. The 
damage to the reunundof ha* generally averaged 
in Ohio about tliree-filths of the value of llie 
animal. This would make the total loss of sheep 
injured $429 057; total loss of killed and injured, 
$1,575,167- No addition is mude for increase of 
sheep since 1862, (at least 30,600,000, instead of 
25,000,000;) let the growing vvaLchlulness of 
their interest and the increasing restraint upon 
dogs lie allowed to counterbalance such Increase. 
The account against dogs, thus lar made out, 
stands as follows: 
Keening 8,00*1,000 dogs...'. $30,000,000 
Sheep killed.. 1,145,510 
Sneupinjtirod. 420,567 
$31,575,107 
It is not considered unreasonable to make 
nearly as large an estimate for cost of litigation 
occasioned,for cattle bitten, hogs worried, fowls 
killed, eggs eaten, gardens injured, and other 
losses, as for damages done to sheep; and it tnay 
i be a much larger item. The entire cost of dogs 
to the loyal 8tates may safely he pul down at 
$33,000,000. [To be Continued. 
guval Jtyirit of the 
Early Importation of Cattle. 
The first horned cattle brought to America 
from Europe were imported by Columbus in his 
second voyage in the year 1403, consisting «f one 
bull and several cows. The Portuguese took 
cattle to Acadia the same year that country was 
settled. The find cattle introduced into Virginia 
was previous to 1604. Inl610 Sir Ralp Lane im¬ 
ported cows into that colony from the West In¬ 
dies. In 1611 Sir Thomas Gates brought into 
the same settlement one hundred cows, besides 
other horned cattle. In 1620 the number of 
horned cattle in Virginia was about five hun¬ 
dred; in 1639. thirty thousand; in 1647 only 
twenty thousaud, including bulls, cows and 
calves. 
The first cattle imported into the Plymouth 
Colony were introduced by Edward Winslow 
iu 1642, consisting of three heifers and ahull. 
In 1609 sixty or seventy cows and oxen were 
imported under the direction of Thomas Hig- 
ginson, formerly from Leicestershire, England, 
for the Governor and company of the Massachu¬ 
setts Bay; in New England iu 1636. when cows 
were so high as to command from $125 to $130 
each, a quart of milk could l>e bought for four 
cents, a pound of butter one shilling, and a 
pound of cheese for ten and one-half cents. 
The first importation into New Netherlands 
(now New York,) was made in 1625 from the 
Island of Texal, in Holland. 
Cattle were introduced into the settlement on 
the Delaware by the Swedish West India Com¬ 
pany, from Sweden, in 1627. 
The first cattle introduced into New Hamp¬ 
shire were from Denmark, and imported by 
Captain John Mason and his associates in about 
the year 1632. 
The first cattle introduced into Carolina were 
brought from England by WilliamSayle in 1670. 
Gen. Wade Hampton and Col. John Singleton 
were both engaged in importing cattle before 
the Revolution. 
1773 Messrs, Cod', Kingold and Patten, of 
Maryland, sent out an order to England for su¬ 
perior cattle lor the purpose of improving the 
breed in the United States. This was probably 
the first introduction of improved cattle import¬ 
ed into this country, and from which it is sup¬ 
posed originated the famous “ Patton Stock ” iu 
Kentucky. 
The first effort to improve the breed of cattle 
in this country that we have any account of was 
made by Mathew Pattou, of Virginia. This 
breed of cattle was held in great estimation and 
was generally spread through the country. Up 
to the year 1817 all the English cattle in Ken¬ 
tucky were derived from the Patton Stock. 
Soon after the war of 1812, Col. Lewis San¬ 
ders, of Kentucky, imported from England in 
1817, in all, twelve head—four short-horned 
bulls, and four short-horned eown, and the other 
four Herefords. These were known as the Im¬ 
portation of 1817. 
In 1817 the late Henry Clay, the great states¬ 
man, of Kentucky, imported two or three Here¬ 
ford cattle; a few years after, one bull and two 
cows of the same breed .—American Stock Jour¬ 
nal. 
Sensible Hints. 
We do not know the origin of the following 
hints, but we regard them orthodox: 
Toads are the very best protection of cabbage 
against lice. 
Fears are greatly improved by grafting on the 
mountain ash. 
Sulphur is valuable in protecting grapes from 
insects. 
Lard never spoils in hot weather, if cooked 
enough in trying it out. 
In feeding with corn, 60 pounds ground goes 
as far as a 100 in the kernel. 
Corn meal should never be ground fine. It 
injures its richness. 
Turnips of small size have double the nutri¬ 
tious matter that larger ones have. 
Rutabaga is the only root that increases its 
nutriment as its size increases. 
Sweet olive oil is a certain cure for the bite of 
a rattlesnake. Apply internally and externally. 
Money skillfully expended in drying land by 
draining and otherwise, will be returned with 
ample interest. 
To cure scratches on horses, wash the legs 
with soapsuds and then with brine. Two ap¬ 
plications will cure the worst eases. 
Timber cut in the spring and exposed to the 
weather with the bark on, decays much sooner 
than if cut in the fall. 
Experiments show apples to be equal to pota¬ 
toes to improve cows, and decidedly preferable 
for feeding cattle. 
A bare pasture enriches not the soil, nor fat¬ 
tens the animals, nor increases the wealth of 
the owner. 
One animal well fed is of more value than two 
poorly kept. 
Ground once well plowed is better than thrice 
poorly. 
To Thaw out Pumps. 
“A. Reader,” Salem, Wis., writes:—“I 
saw last spring, in the Rural, komething about 
thawing out pumps in wells and preventing 
them from freezing. When you find your 
pump is frozen up iu the morning, put tn about 
a pintof common salt — coarse rock is tbebest 
and if it does not loosen it in an Lour, put iu about 
one pint more, and if it is not frozen more than 
three feet deep, in nine cases out of ten it will 
thaw it all loose.” 
PREMIUMS AWARDED 
AT N. Y. STATE FACE, ROCHESTER, SEPT., 1884. 
FARM IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY 
PLOW IN <; MATOII. 
1. Henry Jackson, Henrietta, $20; 2. Geo. Love- 
rtdge, Clmrchville, 15; 8. D Do Uaiiuo, Rochester, 10; 
4. John Miller, Trans, 
Hoys unci-r IS years of ago—1. Daniel K. Rogers, 
Scottsvtlle, 2 ( 1 , 2. Oscar Babcock. Riga, 15 ; a Rohm 
Bill, West Brighton, It); 4 I) P Dewey, Gates, Trans. 
IMPLEMENTS FOR WORKING Tlttt GROUND AND TOTTING 
in cuors, 
Ca»t Steel Plow—1. E Rjuiington & Sons, Illon, Sil¬ 
ver Medal. 
Assortment of Plows—1 J Itipal)a Rochester, Dip 
Harrow—1. “Gcddcs,” 3 Kapalju, 5; 2. (Square 
Hinge,) do., 3. 
Two Horse Oultivoftor—t. P S Car hart, Collatncr, 5; 
2 K Remington & Sons, Ilion, 3; 3. Simon Spear, Cllf 
ton Springs, Trans. 
On,; Horse Cultivator—1. E Remington & Sons, 5. 
Gram Drill, with apparatus lor Distributing grain 
and seed—I. Bickford A Huffman, Muccdon, Bronsc 
M.'dal and Diploma. 
Potato Digger—i. ED Moore, Btant, Erie Co , 3; 3. 
D ivid Niven, Roeht rUr, Trans. 
Farm Wagon—l. Jo* Williams, West Henrietta, 6; 
2. J E Morgan, Deerfield, Dip. 
Horse Carl Tor Farm—1. J E Morgan, 5. 
Il iy Rigging -l, Charles Murray, West Brighton, 3. 
Ox Yoke—1 J Rapalje, Rochester, 2. 
Wood Finite- 1. Si mi unis Fisk, Oherlin, Ohio, 8. 
Discretionary —Gang How—1. Mathew Wiard, East 
Avon, Dip ; 2 D Stone, Plttsford. Trans. 
Patent Wagon Brake—1. W D Sheldon, Wolcott, 
Dtp. 
snbsoil Attachment (on Mohawk Valley Plow) — 
P Hurler, Herkimer, Trans. 
Champion Seed Sower and Corn Planter—Ensign & 
Pish White’* Corners, Tran*. 
Bob Sleighs for farm use—W W Kitchen, Grimsby, 
C. W-, Dip. 
Sett 3 Horse Whifflctrees—Jos Williams, West Hen¬ 
rietta, Dip. 
Hand Corn Planter—F Van Doren, Adrian, Mich , 
Trans. 
Combined Com and 11-an Planter—Whiteside, Bar- 
nett & Co., Broekoorl, Trans. 
Biat Sowing Fertilizer, Seed and Plaster Distrib¬ 
utor—P Seymour, Ka-t Bloomfield, Dip. 
Broaacast Sower—Newton Foster & Co., Palmyra, 
Trans. 
Shovel Plow—Paul Dennis. Bemis Heights, Trans. 
Grain Drill—H L Brown. Scotteville, Dip. 
Subsoil Attachment for Plow—Sami. Aland, Romo, 
Trans. 
Grain Pi ill—Thomas Marsh, Springfield, Ohio, Dip. 
Horse Hoe and Cultivator-Jno M Bnrko, Danstille, 
Tran* 
CultlvatorThillH -ITmtardIngraham. Naples, Trans. 
Com Planter—L R Wright, Cohoes, Dtp. 
Harrow—J K Morgan, Deerfield, Dip. 
Don hie Plow Cultivator- Matthew Wiard, East Avon, 
Trans. 
One Horse Cultivator—I Rnp.iljc, Rochester, Trans. 
Report of Special Committee — An award of Diploma 
to S s Hlckok, Buffalo, rot his Potato Digger or Plow, 
Dip. 
MACHINES FOB GATHERING, THRASHING AND CLEAN¬ 
ING CROPS. 
Horse Power (lever principle)—Dow & Fowler, Fow 
lcrville, S 
Do (endless railway)—Wheeler. Melick & 
Co., Albany, 8; 2 R A M Hareer, Cobles kill, 4. 
Thrasher, with Cleaner and Separator—Dow ,fc Fow¬ 
ler. Fowleivtlle, 5, 2. Washt D itnHt, Marion, 3. 
Hay, Straw and Cornstalk Cutter, on u new and im¬ 
proved principle—l’ltts A Brayley, Rochester, 5. 
Fanning Mill—J & F Miles, Rochester, 5. 
Cornstalk and Hay Cutler—Dow & Fowler, 5; 2. 
Piitri A Ilriylwy, Rochester, 3. 
Clover Mill and Clearer—Juo C Blrdsall, West Hen 
rietta, (5; 2- Jos. Hall. Rochester, 8. 
Corn Shelter, hnr.-r power—Dow &■ Fowler, S; 2. J 
Rapalje R iChester, tl 
' Do hand Dower—J Brinkerhoff, Auburn, 6; 
2 Banff Richardson, Rochester, 4 
Buckwheat Scourer— Pitts & Brayley Rochester, 6 
Vegetable Cutter—J Rupaije, Rochester, 6; 2. N B 
Phelps, Roohi star, A 
Horse Hay Rake—Sprout Bros , HughavUle, Pa., 4; 
2 J Graham A-Co., Himuoye Falls, 2. 
Arrangement f>>r Unloiultng Li.iy by Horse or Steam 
Power—Wheeler, Melick & Co, Aloany, 3; 2. A J 
Riindetl & Bro.. Hudson, 2 
Hay Press—N. Y. Stale Beater Press Co, UttleFulls, 
Bronze Medal 
Thrashing Machine Coupling—S N Taylor, Horicon, 
Dodge < >i., Wi* , Dip 
Ha; El■ vator—J T Hall, Holland’s Pat, Dip 
Grain Separator— IT T Ilnocker, It it h. Dip 
It AN O TOOL* &C., AND DA HIT Ut CLEMENTS. 
Best and Most Numerous Collection of Agricultural 
and Gardening Tools and implements—J Rapaije, 
Rochester, 2th 
Grain Cradle-E Remington * Son, Tlion, 3. 
Six Hay Forks—B Sanford, North Pitcher, 3. 
Assortment Carpenter's Tools—D R Barton, Roches 
ter, 5. 
Do Cooper's Tools—D R Barton, Roches¬ 
ter. 5; 2 M Gregg, Rochester, 8. 
Exhibition Edge Toots—D R Barton, Rochester, 3. 
Dozen Axes—D R Barton, Rochester, 5; 2. M Gregg, 
Rochester, 3. 
Dozen Shaker or Twine Tied Brooms—Isaiah Bun¬ 
ker, Rochester, 3. 
Cnurn-T A Jebb, Buffalo, large silver medal and 
Dip , 2. M Rose, Bonn Y'an, 2. 
GRAIN, SEEDS, VEGETABLES AND DAIRY. 
White Winter Wheat—1 H D Scticnck, Rochester, 5; 
2 O How land, Auburn, 3. 
Red Winter Wheat—1. Uobl U Bell,5; 2 W P Ott- 
ley. Phelps, 3 
Red spring Wheat—1 O Howland. 5 
Rye—1. K S Hayward. Rochester,5. 
Oats A Dwyer,"Brighum, 5;2. W POtlley, Phelps, 3 
Spring Barley—1. Jos Kurtz, Pittsford, 5; 2. Robt U 
Bell, 3. 
Indian Corn—1. Jos Dewey, 5. 
Buckwheat—1 O W Uintze, Henrietta. 3. 
Mlllctt—1. Henry Wier, Johnsonville, 3. 
Timothy Seed—l. O Howland, 3; 2. C C HoRod, 
Rochester, 2. 
Clover Heed—Goo Anderson, I’ainesville, Ohio, 3. 
Yellow Seed Corn—1. O Howland, 3; 2. Jos Dewey, 
2. 
White Seed Corn—1. H G Warner, Rochester, 3; 2. 
Abel Dryer, 2. _ . 
Sweet. Corn—1. N Culver, East Palmyra, 3; 2. E S 
Hayward, 2 
Peas—O Howland, 5, 
Flax Seed—1 Geo Anderson, 3. 
Hop*—1. M C Wet more, 3; 2 Jas Davis, Palmyra, 2. 
Vegetables.—C elery, 1 Geo Cooper, Irondequoit, 3; 
Cauliflower—1. H E Hooker, Rochester, 3; 2. John 
Riley, Greece, 2. 
White Table Turnips— l. John Riley, 3; 2 Geo Coop¬ 
er, 2. 
Carrots -1 Geo Cooper, 3; 2. N Culver. 2. 
Beets—1. J Combs, Hoehueter, 3; 2 K S Hayward, 2. 
Panuiip*— 1. Goo Cooper, 8; 2. John Riley, 2. 
Onions 1. John Bliss, Brighton, 3; 2. Henry Mann, 
Hanford* Landing, 2. 
Cabbages,—1. H R Hooker, 3; 2. John Bliss, 2 . 
Tomatoes —1 U E Hooker, 3; 2. N Culver,Newark,8 
Egg Plants t G Granger, Canandaigua, 3; 2. C F 
Crosman, Rochester, 2 
Lima Beaus—1 Geo Cooper, 3. 
Lettuce- 1 Mr - J T Van N a race, Plttetown, 3. 
Hummer Radishes 1. Geo Cooper, 8; 2. N Culver, 2. 
Wither Radishes—Mrs C F Crosmuu, 8. 
Double Parsley—1 Mrs J T Van Namee, 3; 2. C F 
Crosman, 2. 
Squashes—1, C F Grossman. 3: 2. John Riley, 2 
Pumpkins—1 E Hopkins, West Brighton, 3; 2. A 
Dryer, 2. 
Potatoes—1. TI M Jennings, Brighton, 8; R Bell, 2. 
Japan Squash—1 A 8 Moss, Fredonia, Trans. 
Hubbard Squash—1. A S Moss, 3; 2 U M Jennings, 2. 
FLO tilt, AC. 
Corn Starch—1. Glen Cove Starch Co., Dip. 
Domestic White Bread—Mr* Hugh Robinson, Greece, 
Discretionary— Conned Peaches—Mrs Harriet Hanks, 
Henrietta, Dtp. 
Sponge Cake, Ac —Mr* II A Wiley, Rnahville, Book. 
Malzeua, Ac.—Glen Cove bunch Co., Dip. 
CHEESE. 
Factory Made—1. Levi Tanner, Oriskany, $20 
Large Cheese— Levi Tanner, Medal. 
Cheshire Cheese—Levi 'fanner, Dip. 
Chedder Cheese - F W Collins, Morris, Dip 
Swiss Cheese—M M Taylor, Kushville, Dip. 
Cheese Vat-1. O O’Neil & Co., Utica, Dip. 
MAPLE w tin ail 
23 lbs. Maple Sugar—1. II. Benedict, New Road, 5; 
2, US Bellinger, Pike, 3. 
Sirup—1. Isaac Bower, Ogden, 3. 
HONEY. 
20 lbs. Honey—Wm Fetmer, West Henrietta, 5; 2. S 
U Lovejoy, Spencerport, 8. , „ t i , vl 
Beehive—Craves A Vauderbeck, Rochester, Dip. 
Kurd Notes nn& (Hurries. 
•ONETIUNG WE WANT REMEMBERED—That Wf are 
always glad la receive communications from <>ur read¬ 
ers, especially practical articles, giving the experience 
of practical men and women on practical subjec/a ft-, 
matter whether you are “used to writing’’ or not, give 
ve facts, experience* and practices in yonr own way nml 
words, and il they are of any value at all, thoy shall 
be served to our readers tn a way that, shall be na uifl. 
credit to the writer, and jfor welch lie or elm shall r» 
calve full credit. The Slate Fair and the proceedings 
of the American Bornological Society have occupied 
and continue io occupy considerable space, ami delay 
the appearance of comumnlcation® on hand; but they 
will appear in dnetiraa. Wethauk our correspondents 
of all classes for their favors In the past, and trust that 
they will not forget that much of this paper’s usefulness 
depends upon the constant and frank interchange ot 
xcperienccs through its columns, in all of its depart 
ments. 
Illinois and her Aoiucoltural Cdllzoe.—T he 
existing Sectarian and Literary institutions or Illinois 
have been using every means to get possession of and 
divide np the Agricultural College Fund, and they have 
been seconded by the present Governor of that State. 
At the recent Stale Fair, a mass meeting of farmers 
called the Governor to an account, exacted from him 
a sort of an apoloay, put one of the present candidates 
for Governor-hip on the stand and made him plodpe 
himself to aid in carrying out their wishes, and then 
proceeded by preamble and resolutions to definitely 
slate their po.-tuon. which is, tn brier,—1. That there 
should be but one iNSTmmoN created out ot this 
fund, and that it should ba entirely untrammeled by 
connection with any existing insulation. 2. Thalthoy 
will support Bran for c fliee who will not give assu¬ 
rance that ho will labor to carry out their views. We 
call that a sound way to put it -but there must he hard 
work done if this fund is kept out of the clutches of 
these cormorants who care nothing about Industrial 
Education. 
New York and thb Canadas.— The Toronto Globe 
is agitating the subject of a grand Provincial Exhibi 
l ion, in w hich the two Canadas shall unite in offering 
$20,1)1.0 in premiums, and challenging New York State 
to enter the lists in competition therefor. It proposes, 
a? nr. inducement for exhibitors from long distances, 
that premiums he offered for leading products of the 
Manufacturer and Agriculturist only, so that they 
wonld tempt a large competition. It is asserted that 
leading Agriculturists or Lower Canada aro anxious to 
bring ahout such a joint exhibition Wc hope it may 
be effected- We are satisfied onr enterprising manu¬ 
facturers, nt least, will not fail to respond to any chid 
lenges of t his character, and with Peace in our borders, 
there would he no difficulty in tempting representatives 
of onr flocks and herds across the line, for this com¬ 
mendable object of comparison and international com¬ 
petition. _ _ 
Officers Elect of Michigan State Ao. Hociktt. 
—At the recent Fair the following officers were elected: 
Pntidetit— Walter G. Beckwith, Cassapolls 2Vas. 
—Jatncs A. Walters, Kalamazoo. Sec —R. F. Johns¬ 
tone, Detroit. Ex. Om — W. F Manning, Von Buren; 
John Allen, Plymouth; Marvin Dorr el I, Jackson; A. 
s Berry, Adrian; Sxurord A. Yeomans, Iona; A. G. 
Bates, Monroe; Geo. W. Phillips, Romeo. On motion 
of Mr. Baxter, the Chairmen of the. different County 
Societies were elected Vico President*, and the Secreta 
ry instructed to notify them ot the same. 
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Katt-Did —Will you give na the name of the green 
insect that sings now uud through the antnmnal 
months, from the leave* of the trees and vines 1 Dur¬ 
ing the warm nights its voice is loud and almost shrill, 
mid numbers oi them sing steadily for hours inonc 
lone; hut on cold, frostv nights their voices are toned 
down until they are lender mid sweet-even plaintive— 
and then they take different tunas mid produce varjing, 
melodious chimes. They are ahout one inch long, and 
three cignth* wide at the extremity of the wings. The 
wimrs are almost transparent, and are beautifully 
m*rl;ed with cro*s lines- — B U. A., tIimeoye 7 Ont. Oo, 
ft August? 1861 . 
The grass hopper, commonly called katy did, is the 
PUltyphyUnm concnvum of Dr. Harris. This means 
the Broad winged insect,whosu wing covers arc concav. 
If the kat'j did is the insect inquired about, the answer 
is given. But, It may he another one, also of a greeu 
coior, named, by Harris, Tnaneroptcra attgustifolia, 
because the narrow wings visibly project beyond the 
wing covers, as in crickets, the male only makes the 
noise or music, 
« The musical organs consist of a pair of taborete,’ 
which are “ formed by a thin and transparent membrane 
slretched in a strong hall-oval in the triangular over 
lapping portion of each wing cover.”— Harris- The 
sounds are made by the “friction of thetnboret frame? 
against each other wheu the wing-covers are opcnoi 
and shut ” In tnc case of the katy did, these bckiuA-> 
must resemble articulate sound.*, as the name implies 
We often hoar' In the fair evenings in September and 
part of October, the words from the tree*, “ katy M, 
the did."—c. u. 
Uonet from SuGAn. — You may tell “ l^ulcl Old 
Head ” that it is impossible for hees to make honey out 
of sugar. They may put it in their cells, but It. will be 
sugar still, I have moan* of knowing the truth of the 
things I affirm. I would a* soon think of gathering 
grapes from thorn*, aud figs from thistles, as to think 
Of bees making honey from sugar. Tell “Quiet (M 
Hoad’’ to keep quiet and let humbugs alone - J. E , 
Bush, ft T - 17 
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Tub Bkst Reaper. — (J. T. Patch.) Wc do not 
know which is considered the best reaper—we doubt if 
there i« anybody who docs. You ask the advantages 
of and objections to a double sickle machine. We do 
not know that they possess any advantages over the 
single sickle machines; we think the increased friction 
and unnecessary cost important objections to them- 
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Clover in an orchard.—( A. E. Moss ) Wc would 
not sow clover in a young orchard—not at least until 
wc wanted the tree* to bear. Then, if clover is cut 
and left on the ground it will do no harm. But it ought 
not. to be removed as a crop. 
RerunBR STR*rs.— (fl? R. Chandler ) We do not 
know where you can get them manufactured to order, 
but probably David Lyman, Middlefleld, Conn., can 
tell you, if he cannot supply your want*. 
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The Uffer Canada Provincial Exhibition fob 
1866.—At the recent meeting of this Society at Ham 
iltou, it was unanimously resolved to hold the next 
exhibition at Loudon, C. VV 
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Subsoil Plow. —(A. E- Moss.) Cn*8. V. Mafbs, 
New York City, manufactures the best subsoil [dow 
we know of, but wc do not know the price. 
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Horse Rakk.-(J. C. Rogers J Your question is 
answered on page 825, current volume of Rural. 
