foings of gtjrintifurat ^oritfitj 
A. Y. Male Ag. Society — TYinlcr Meeting.— la Uj. 
last Rural wa* a brief notice of the proceedings of 
the annnnJ meeting of this Society, IncJoding a list 
of oH'a'Ts elected, etc. There were, however, some 
other proceedings. Since reported, which it may bo 
interesting to notice, tbongh in a summary manner' 
Among these may be mentioned the address of X. a. 
Willard, Etx}.. giving the resolts of his obserraUooi 
in Europe, among the dairymen and stock breeders 
In these observations he tilled to di*cover anything 
in the dairy practice of the old country which eoutg 
be regarded us an improvement on onr methods. In 
most things having relation to this business, the 
English system was ' 
upon in this country, 
he places the English in the front rank and 1 _ 
the reason that they use for food more sheep and much 
Ho ia of opinion 
To CoBHJrarosT-BVTH,—Mr. Randall's address is Cort¬ 
land Village, Cortland Co., N. V. All communications 
intended for this Department, and all inquiries relating 
to sheep, should be addressed to him as above. 
ANNUAL FAIR OF THE N. Y. STATE 
SHEEP BREEDERS’ AND WOOL 
GROWERS' ASSOCIATION, 
decidedly inferor to that acted 
Bnt as regards meat making 
" _ _1-1 mainly for 
lees hog than do the Americana, He ia of opinion 
that a liberal introduction of English sheep among the 
farming community here, would conduce to the health 
Of the people, as mutton la preferable to pork as food, 
and much the cheaper article for family consumption. 
He recommended vigorous precautionary measures 
against the rinderpest— an evil which could only bo 
kept away by sleepless vigilance. 
Dr. Asa Fitch read an instructive paper relative to 
the insects whose yearly ravages are so detrimental to 
the hopes and labors of the farming community. 
The address of the new President, Gon. Patrick, 
is said to have been brief, earnest and to the point, 
and commendable for the practical good sense which 
it evinced. 
The address of Ex-President Gouldwss replete 
with information relative to the past labors of the 
State Society and the promising results likely to flow 
from them to the agricultural interests of the State. 
He said the estimated value of farm stock In the 
Slate was put down at $750,000,000, but thought to 
advance the figures to $1,000,000,000 would do no in¬ 
justice to the truth. The difference between these 
figures was accounted for by the low cellmate of acre 
products in the State made at Washington, as com¬ 
pared with what they actually are. The Hon. Gao. 
Geddes of Onondaga had supplied a careftdly pre¬ 
pared estimate of production per acre In Ida section, 
which was much greater than that supplied from the 
Census Bureau of Statistics. The address contained 
numerous suggestions for future Improvement in ag¬ 
riculture, some of them perhaps hard to reduce to 
practice. 
Tub Winter Exhibition of ftirrn products was 
rather meager as to numbers and variety of article*, 
but very good in quality. It embraced seeds for the 
garden and Held, products of the dairy, models of farm 
gates, borso forks, horse, yokes, harrows. Ac. We 
subjoin a list of the 
XMlKMirUS AWASDKI>. 
Spring Wjwf-l- E.T. Wilder Bristol Cent* Ontnrto 
Co., crop of U J Ji iwsthe bushels, from 3 acres, 151 rente— 
value of crop MTOJO, straw <c*o-total ts&s.iu- leas cost ot 
cultivation.*51.79, leaves profit or$SkJ.Sl—Premium, * 15 . 
Winter Wheat—\. Felix O. Case, Bristol Center, cron of 
117 bushels from 2 aer.-A, 42 rods—value MM, less cost of 
culture f-11.20—profit <50100-Premium, £ 15 . 
Winter Jktrlejf—1. Mftrtlu Goff, Bristol Center, crop 
CLASS mCATIOX. 
Prizes arc offered on Bix classes of Sheep, as 
follows: 
First Class —American Merinos. 
Second Class —Fink Mrhinos —yielding u wool 
adapted to the manufacture of fine broadcloths 
and other fabric* requiring a staple of equal 
quality. 
Third Class 
Our Premiums Appreciated. — During the past 
two months we have given away scores of Webster's 
illustrated Dictionaries. Wheeler & Wilson Sewing 
Machines, and many other valuable articles — such as 
gold and silver Watches, silver-plated Castors, Photo¬ 
graph A1 hums, Ac., Ac. And almost every day wc are 
receiving from Agent-Friends handsome acknowl¬ 
edgments of the receipt of premiums, For example, 
this morning (Feb, 25,) we received the following 
from Mr. E. F. Dctpheb of Niagara comity: 
“I have received the Dictionary and am well satis¬ 
fied. Any young man will be weIt paid It it costs him 
one month’s labor to get it.” 
And among this morning’s letters was also the fol¬ 
lowing from Miss (or Mrs.) ZinraiA Larkin of Onon 
daga county: 
•• Received the Sewing Machine in good order. I 
am highly pleased with it, and return many ttanks 
for the favor, I frcl well paid for the effort of obtain¬ 
ing subscribers.” 
— It will be observed by reference to notice ot bead 
of onr News page that the above and other premiums 
are still offered, and hence any person bo disposed can 
secure a prize by making proper effort. Any wide¬ 
awake young (or middle-aged) man or woman can 
procure subscribers enough in a week Co make sure of 
a Dictionary, Hewing Machine, or other premium, and 
vow is the time to do U, for we can still furnish bock 
numbers from January, or Chibs may begin now or 
with the new quarter, April Cth. Haw many of our 
readers will form a dub, and thereby secure a valu¬ 
able return,—getting Good Pay for Doing Good’ 
Dklaink M rhinos — yielding a 
wool adapted to the manufacture of delaine* uud 
similar fabric*—length of staple being u leading 
consideration, but in which neither extreme 
fineness of fiber, a* required in the second class, 
nor great weight of fleece, a* required in the 
first, arc to be regarded as absolute essentials. 
Fourth Class —Lambs— of preceding classes. 
Fifth Clem— Long Woolkd Sheep— Including 
the Leicester*, Cot-wolds, Lincolns and other 
breeds and varieties usually comprised under 
that designation. 
Sixth Class — Middle Wooled Sheep —includ¬ 
ing Southdowns and other sheep usually so 
elaased. 
prizes. 
Prizes of $80, $30 and $10, respectively, are 
offered in each of the above clause*, except 
Fourth, for the first, second and third beet Rams, 
two years old or over; same for the first, Bccond 
and third best 1'carting Rants; same for first, 
second and third best pen of 5 Ewes, two years 
old or over; same for first, second and third beet 
pen of 5 Yearling Ewes. ‘ 
Prizes (4tb class) of $15, $10 and $5 are offered 
for the first, second and third best pen of five 
Lambs, without respect to sex. 
A separate sweepstakes will be opened to com¬ 
petitors in each of the classes — excepting the 
PRINCES “ GOLD DROP,” AND “DIAMOND QUEEN 
INFANTADO EWE TEGS, —BRED BT AND THE PROPERTY OP P. L. UPHAM L 
SONS, WXATKEB8PIELD, V 
Sixth Class —Rams 
-A. Thayer, Jr., Hoosick Falls ; 
John R. Png<\ Bennett; Wrn. Jackson, Cauogn. 
Ewes.— H. J. Kedfleld, Batavia; George H. Brown, 
Washington Hollow; Joseph Harrip, Gao.':. 
hhrrepetakes. -The Chairman of the first, second and 
third claspcs will award the diplomas in those claase*. 
The Chair man in the filth and sixth cIap^h will be 
allowed to select one or more persona to act with 
them in awarding diplomas In those classes, 
bkoulationp op the pair. 
1. Ail premiums may be competed for by residents 
of the United States or any other country. Persons 
competing for premiums must be Life Members, or 
Annual Memebera of the Association by the payment 
of one. dollar during the current year. 
2. No pens shall be allotted t* Exhibitors until the 
first morning of the Fuir, and then In the order of ap¬ 
plication. (The allotment of pens will be under the 
direction of the General Snpcrintodcnt.) 
8. Sheep competing for premiums must be entered 
and brought npon the show grounds on tbc first day 
of the Fair, and they must not, without a special per¬ 
mit from the General (Superintendent, be removed 
therefrom before the third day, nor on the third day, 
until Ihc General Superintendent ehaJl, by direction of 
the Executive Board, make public proclamation that 
all exhibitors are at liberty to withdraw their sheep. 
4. Entries of sheep competing for premiums shall 
be accompanied in all caeca by au affidavit, specifying 
according to the bert knowledge and belief of the 
Exhibitor, the are of the sheep, the age of the fleece* 
then on them, the manner in which they were last 
shorn, the manner in which they have been fed and 
the amount and kind of feed given to them for the 
last year preceding the Fair, their general treatment. 
Resolved That a copy of the foregoing resolutions 
be forwarded to «aek of t senators nod Represen¬ 
tative* In Congress. 
Reanlrrd. 1 hat it 1 - e gret and dissatisfaction 
that wc find some pon i ju of the press of the North 
i' h '' lr :::;1 •'•»<* against so important a 
branch of industry 1 < the wool-growing interest: at 
P m - 'V opDfeciato the judgment and fidelity 
of those Journal- which have stood bv up and pledge 
them our bwty support. 
Other resolution* were also passed in favor of en¬ 
forcing the dog law of the State; In favor of an 
increase of bounties on wolves ; recommending the 
Condensed Correspondence, Items, &c 
Weiuht op Fleeces in the South.—D. Crora, 
Ovid Center, Clinton Co. Mich., having observed by 
the U. 8. Census of i860 that sheep south of 38 de¬ 
gree!! produce levs wool than in the Northern Ktatee, 
wlghofl to know to what it is to be attributed; and he 
asks if as heavy and fine fleeces can be grown In Vir¬ 
ginia, Kentucky and T enaossee 4,1 in Vermont, New 
York and Michigan? Wc have no doubt that sheep 
w ill produce as much wool- In the Southern as in thu 
Northern States mentioned, provided the breed and 
treatment are the same. Asa general thing sheep have 
received fur k se attention in tbc South than la the 
North, and the proportion of the Improved beavy- 
c creed varieties Introduced is far loss. Southern 
sheep often roam at will tnroagh forest* and thickets, 
and being <>r that “native'’ variety which begin to 
shed their wool early, much la lost from these causes. 
The pasture aoasqa is muck longer, during «H of 
which they are exposed to drenching rains, and they 
usually receive but lltUr s helter la winter, so that no 
yolk or “grease ’• is kftin their wool. In the Northern 
States named most sheep run on dean pastures; re- 
ce.iv-c adequate Sjk iter in winter; “fancy” r.hetrp arc 
housed in summer; many of the greasiest flocks arc 
not washed at aU; and a largo proportion of the fine 
sheep which are washed, have that process bo per 
formed that far more yolk (a substance that possesses J 
Thu Cental System.. -The Cental System, or buy¬ 
ing and Belling grain by the 100 lbs., was first recom¬ 
mended by the Albany Board of Trade, and has since 
been adopted by tin- Boards of Trade in all the large 
grain marts of the country. It ia to lake effect on the 
first of March. For a time there ruay bo some confu¬ 
sion In the quotation of prices, but people will very 
soon become accustomed to the new method. Some 
papers have published long tables, giving prices per 
bushel, and at tbc same rate per cental. Such tables 
are not always accessible, and wc therefore give a 
nUc by which buyers and sellers can make their own 
calculations. The standard weight of Wheat per 
bushel la 60 lbs.; Cora and Rye, 66 lbs.; Barley, <18 
lbs.; Oats, 82 lbs. The price per bushel being given, 
to find the price- per cental multiply tho price per 
bushel by 100 and divide by the nmnbcr of pounds hi 
the bushel. For instance:—At $1.60 per bushel for 
Wheat, what U the price per cental ? — 150 x 100 18,- 
000-*-60=$2.60, which Is the price per cental. Again; 
The price per cental being given, to find the price per 
bushel multiply the price per cental by the number 
of pounds in the bushel and divide by 100. Example: 
At $2.60 per cental, what iB tho price per bushel of 60 
lte.Y —2.60 * 00 = 15,000+100 = $1.60. the price per 
bushel. 
dition or appearance. Huch affidavits arc to be made 
by filling in printed blanks which will be furnished to 
every Exhibitor by the Secretaries ; and n proper offi¬ 
cer will be present to administer oaths. It Is under¬ 
stood tlant sheep may be shown in any condition, at the 
option of the Exhibitor, provided the required facte 
are stated. Thu Viewing Committee* will require 
the affidavits to be as frill and explicit aa the clrctnn- 
J stances admit of,— and that if not made on the per- 
iJlmd knowledge of the exhibitor, it shall be so stated, 
and ihc sources of his information fully and dieti eilv 
specified. 
6, No person shall act as a member of the Viewing 
Committee who has any direct or Indirect peennioay 
interest in any sheep submitted to the Inspection of 
said Committee for a premium. Committeemen who 
resign Uieir places will be allowed to exhibit. 
6. No general ov special prizes stall be awarded ex¬ 
cept on animals of superior merit; and, in case of the 
former, only wudi as the Viewing Oominittcoe shall 
consider them entitled to. (Thus tho third premium, 
or the second and third premiums may be drawn, 
while the first Is unawarded.) 
7. All reports of Viewing Committees shall be made 
maker. 51 lbs,. $2. B. Allen,dnu'.nt>ii>h,p*hlbiled “Early 
BainarlUtu Potalota," favorably noticed In the report. 
flutter— Bi'6t 3 tuba In any season : -l. C. D. Davenport. 
Low vlllo, K, 0. Gibbs. Harpers 11 ('.‘Id, each jH5; K. L 
FreneU, Trans.; three cobs made in June,Aug.and Nov. 
—id and8d, to L. L. French, <10 ami Trans. Winter But 
Jw, I-C. D. Davenport, $5; 7. C. liamcs. Rutland, $3} J. 
L. L. Kreocb, Trans. 
Fruit— Anpl.-.i, best collection, P. Von Wte, Cedar 11111, 
84; beet d1*n—1. P. Vau Wle, (Baldwins,) S. 6. M.; 2. T 
C, liOflghtalUW. Coeymona. Trans. Pears-Kllwangor A 
Barry, Eocbasler, (Doyenne d’AlenCOd and JOBCOldno dt: 
Malines,) fl. r». M. Grapes—T. C. Houghtmllog, S. 8. M. 
MUccetlansmie— i I ay Cork, C. C. Blodgett, Watertown 
Dip. DlsU W asher,/.H. Heat, Cortland,blip. Karin Gate 
V.'. A A. Bocktuan, East Gresubtuth, Dip. Horse Yoke, B. 
F, Baker, Balleton, Dip. Garden Toole, 8. T. Thorburn, 
Albany, Trans. Seeds, Grains, flowers, Ac, (pome. 200 
articles,) S. 1. Thorburn, Dip. and 8. 8. M. Domestic 
uoodfl, etc... Mrs. H. wier. fas. Curnu.* Mutton (Lelcee- 
ter 2-ycar old wother.) dressed DO lbs.. It. Purvis, Lisbon, 
Dip. Sorghum Sirup,Suaur, Ac., made on Correy’s Kvap- 
orator. Mix & Correy, Syracmm, $5. Maple Sugar, D. A. 
BulkJey, Trans. Draining Tile, D. W. Beelcy, Albany, 
Trans. Vegetables, (00 samples.) D, W. hoeley, *2. 
Afgh.»D, Mrs. K. A. Gardner, 8. 4. M. 
On the whole, the annual meeting of the State 
Agricultural Society seems to have been one of much 
interest and full of promise for the further develop¬ 
ment of the farming resources of the State. 
Aoricultukal Implements at tub South.—T he 
Chronicle & Sentinel, (Augusta, Gtt.,) has come to 
tho conclusion that the farmers of tho South ranst 
hereafter rely mainly on the employment of agricul¬ 
tural implements 6nlted to the farm industry of that 
section of the country. It Bays the former field labor¬ 
ers show a growing disinclination to the performance 
of farm work, preferring a precarious living in the 
cities and large towns to labor In the cotton holds. 
Inventive genius, spurred on by necessity, will prob¬ 
ably soon develop Implements suited to the new 
order of things, materially diminishing the amount 
of hand labor now required in planting operations in 
the cotton States. 
Injury to tub Scrotum. John G. McK'kto, South 
Newark, N. H., asks ne to state the cause of the fol¬ 
lowing diseaseA rain teg, belonging to a neighbor, 
refused to eat and heaved at the bides; his sheath aDd 
scrotum were swelled to four times their natural size; 
and " the belly around was as hard as a stone.” On 
opening the scrotum on the fourth day “ the testicles 
were found ouo mass of bloody looking water and 
would all run out.” It would appear from this that 
the testicles themselves had become entirely disor¬ 
ganised, but we hardly think that tho writer meanB to 
be literally understood thus, Our Impression is that 
the scrotum bad received so mo severe contusion which 
produced an Intense local inflammation which extend 
ed to the adjacent parte. 
Wool Bitters’ Convention.— The wool buyers of 
Western New York have called a Convention at the 
City Hall, Rochester, on Tuesday, Ihe 19th ol' March, 
for the purpose of adopting resolutions relative to 
the purchase of wool for the future. The call is based 
on the assumed bad condition in which wool is put 
up for market—a defect which it is the purpose of the 
Convention to remedy for the future, if possible. If 
the wool buyers will resolve to and then actually dis¬ 
criminate: in making their jturchases —instead of pay¬ 
ing ihe same price for dlriy that they do for clean, 
merchantable wool, thoa paying a premium for fraud 
—they will adopt an effectual remedy. 
mtuuiuticafiotts, ;£fc 
h'leech Rreeders' Association .—The annual meeting of 
the Association of Breedere of Thorough-bred Neat 
Stock was held at the Agricultural Hall, Albany. Fob. 
14th. The following officers and committees were 
appointed: President-- E. IL Htdb ot Stafford, Ct. 
Vice Pros'Is—J. Y, Anderson, South Windham, Me.; 
J. O. Sheldon. Geneva, N. Y.; Burdett Loomis, Bat- 
Held, Ct.; J. W. Freeman, Troy, N. Y ; E. D. Pierce, 
East Providence, R. I. foc'y—J. N. Bagg, West 
Springfield, Mass, 7'reas.— H. M. Session?, So. Wil 
bra ham, Mae-s. Short-Horn Pedigree Com.— S. W. 
BuflUm, Winchester, N. H.; S, W. Bartlett, East 
Windsor, Ct,; P, Btedmiw Chicopee, Mass. Ayrshire 
and Hereford Com .— 1 George B. Loring, Salem, Mass.; 
II. S. Collins, Collinsville, Ct.; Wm. Birnie, Spring- 
field, Mass. Devon Com. —H. M. Sessions, South Wil- 
braham. Mass.; B. H. Andrew, Waterbury, Ct.; E. H. 
Hyde, Stafford, Ct. Alderney Com .—John Brooks, 
Princeton, Mass.; O. B. Hadwin, Worcester, Mass.; 
James Thompson, Nantucket, Mass. Adjourned to 
meet at Springfield, Mass., the second Wednesday of 
February next, 
Crawford Co. {Pa.) Ag. Society.— Officers: lYee't— 
E. W. Bhippen. Vice Pres't— George W. Watson. 
Sec'y—U. L. Richmond, Jr. Treas.— Geo. Hamilton 
Ex. Com.—A. J. Whipple, J. B. Cochran, Hugh Smith, 
Geo. Shearer, Arthur Johnston, 8. B. Dick, J. McClure, 
F. W. Huldekoper, Isaac Powell, 8. E. Ellis. Auditors 
—E. H. Henderson, John Porter, J. C. Hays. Chief 
Marshal— D. V. Derichson; Assistants, George John¬ 
son and James H. Davis. 
MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker. — In 
yonr issue 
of Jan. 12, I notice a communication from “.J. 
IV’ in reference to agricultural colleges in gen¬ 
eral, and the Michigan Agricultural College in 
particular. Many of J. P.’s statements respect¬ 
ing the Michigan Ag’l College are erroneous. 
The College has failed entirely to meet the ex¬ 
pectations of the' farmers and mechanics of the 
State, lor whose e-spccial bene lit it was founded. 
This is evident from the fact that numerous 
petitions, largely signed by this class of our 
population, are beiug sent to the Legislature, 
praying that no more appropriations be made in 
aid of said institution. After a trial of ten years, 
and an expenditure of nearly $300,000, we are 
compelled to admit that it is a failure, 60 far as 
any practical good or valuable experiments arc 
concerned. The farm was to be “ an experi¬ 
mental farm,” yet no valuable experiments have 
ever been tried upon it. Only eighteen students 
have ever been graduated at the College; and 
but few of these have ever become farmers. J. 
P. concludes, because 10b! Btudcuts attended the 
College this (last) year, it must be meeting 
“ public expectation,” The fact is, very many 
of the etadenta go there because they can get an 
education—all thiugs considered—cheaper than 
at any other institution in the State. Jt will be 
seen, however, by the President’s Report, that 
51 of the students were In the preparatory de¬ 
partment, Now, every one of the students 
ought to have been in our primary or graded 
schools. They ought to have been studying the 
** front part of the spelling book” rather than 
attending College. They could learn “ muchly 1 ’ 
in our common schools, and it is vastly cheaper 
to educate them there than to send them to the 
College. Then f-guiu, twenty of the students 
were from other States. Now, I do not believe 
the people of the State of Michigan care to be 
transportation of sheep to and from the Fair, 
will be published as soon as they are made. 
Ovficeks or tub Association.— President —He.ssit 
S. Randall of Cortland Village. Vice-Presidents — 
Hugh T. Brooks of Pearl Creek; D. W, Percy of No. 
Hoosick; Wm. Chamberlain of Red Hook; Alex. 
Arnold of Avoca; Wm. R. Pitts of Honeoye; Silas 
Hillman of Avon; H. Willard of Cayuga. Cor. Secre¬ 
tary — E. B. Pottle of Naples. Sec. Secretary—11. D. 
L. Sweet of Syracuse. Treasurer—Aaol F. Wilcox of 
Fayetteville. Executive Committee— Davis Cossitt of 
Onondaga ; A. H. Clapp of Pompey; E. E. Brown of 
New Hope; A. M. Clark of Auburn; I. V. Baber, Jr. 
of Comstock’s Landing. General Superintendent—A. 
M. Clark of Fleming. 
Hor Roots.—C. S. B., Painesville, Ohio, writes us: 
“ A friend of mine wishes me to write you and learn 
if there, can (or where there can) be obtained enough 
roots, or the requisite material for setting out five 
acres of Hops, and the value or them by the bushel or 
count. Please advise, stating particulars, at an early 
day."—We cannot answer definitely. See advertise¬ 
ment of Britt & Dat in Rubal of Dec. 1 , I860, and 
of A. W. Morse, Eaton, N. Y., in January numbers 
of this year;—and if they don’t **flll the bill” look 
for others in future issues. 
Louisiana State Fair.— This Fair will open at 
Baton Rouge, La., on the first Monday in May next. 
Many of the most energetic citizens of the State are 
engaged in the enterprise, and determined to make it 
a successful one. It ia designed to be a mass meeting 
of all who have fine stock, mechanical, scientific and 
agricultural machinery and inventions to exhibit, as 
well as of those who wish to avail themselves of the 
privilege of witnessing the character of the ooo or the 
operations of ihe other. 
WISCONSIN STATE WOOL GROWERS’ 
ASSOCIATION. 
This Association met at Madison Feb. 5th. Presi¬ 
dent ST11.BON in the chair; T. H. Goodhue, Secretary. 
Hon. G. F. Wheelkb, Col. J. S. Haseltine and Hon. 
Jesse Hand were appointed a committee on resolu¬ 
tion*. They reported the following, which were 
adopted: 
liVWvm?. The question of a tariff has been, and is 
at the present tune, engaging the attention of Con¬ 
gress. and there being a diversity of opinion amon" 
honest men as to the measure of protection demanef- 
ed by some 0 / tho leading agricultural interests of 
onr common country ; therefore. 
Rescind, That it is the duty of the General Gov¬ 
ernment to protect the labor and industry of the 
country against foreign competition, and that the in¬ 
terests developed by the wool.producers of the coun¬ 
try demand that protection, in flavor of wool and the 
manufacture, of woolen good*, in the tariff bill which 
ha* already passed the Senate and Is now pending in 
the House of Representatives, so far aa it relates to 
the Interests specified, ought to receive its early at¬ 
tention and sanction. 
Resoloed, That the Wool Growers’ Association cf 
Wisconsin heartily approve of the action of onr State 
Legislature in instructing our Senators, aud request¬ 
ing our Representatives tn Congress to favor such 
legislation as Bhall secure the protection demanded 
by the foregoing resolutions. 
Brocjkfidd (Mad. Co.) Ag. Society. —Officers: Pres't— 
H. O. Hull. Vice Pres'ts — D. L. Fish, E. S. Curtis, 
Wm. M. Brand, Stephen Hoxie. Sec'y —William N. 
Stillman. Treas.— Dr. A. L. Saunders. Directors— 
R. S. Langwonhy, Henry Main, P. B. Burch, Riley 
Stanbro, Jr., M. L. Brown, W. D. York. The next 
Annual Fair of this Society will be held on the 
groundB of the Society at Clarksville on the 1st and 
2d dayB of October next. 
The Wheat Crop.— We observe, in sundry of our 
exchanges, speculations aa to the probable character 
of the ensuing wheat crop. In the South it may be 
possible to predict, at this early day, with some ap¬ 
proach to accuracy, tho result of the coining wheat 
harvest, but in the Northern and Western States, 
where winter yet reigns with unabated rigor, such 
speculations are unreliable and valueless. 
Alhehnet Cattle. —" C. W. B.," Whitney’B PoiDt, 
N. Y., writes: — “I have watched your paper for a 
long time, thinking that I might learn where thor 
ongh-bred Alderney catile may be had. Are they not 
choice milkers / ” They are one of the best milking 
breeds. Have you watched our advertising columns 
closely ? Every reader should; valuable information 
may be found there. 
Vernon (Oneida Co.) Ag. Society.— Officers: Pres't 
— Dr. Lucius W. McIntosh. Vice Pres't— Grove 
Lawrence. Treas. — Everett Case. Sec. — Leri T 
Marshall. 
Grain on Quicksand. —“Agent” inquires what 
kind of grain will grow best on quicksand ; also what 
fruit trees would be most profitable on rich soil. 
