hm & mmmmM sn 
rli w¥ h" 
advise me to set oat Tompkins Co. Kings, Bald¬ 
wins and Swaars?” Ilad I written as I felt in 
reply, it would have been, “You simpleton! 
had yon had brains last fall, when I showed you 
boat loads of these, and how the market stood, 
you never would have asked so silly a ques¬ 
tion.” But instead of that I wrote a mild reply, 
advising him to plant largely. let ou visiting 
him later the old blockhead had not set out a 
tree, and wae without his mind made up still. 
So with bees. The public ought to know, did 
they but half read. They stand awkwardly 
gazing at the truth, yet like the apple man fear 
to step out of the old stupid path. 
Ithaca, N. Y., 1807. 8. J. Parker, M. D. 
EDITED BY HENBT S. RANDALL, LL. D. 
N. Y. STATE SHEEP FAIE. 
Never have the preparations been so extens¬ 
ive or expectation of success so high at our 
previous State Sheep Fairs. The officers had 
assurances of a full representation of both stock 
and men from all the principal sheep growing 
localities in the State, and from many others in 
other States, The attendance from the county 
in which the Fair was held and some of the 
neighboring ones, was expected to he unusually 
large. The people of the city of Auburn had 
arranged to give the Orphan Asylum a benefit 
by attending the Fair and dining on the grounds. 
The local press had thoroughly stirred up the 
people ou the subject. The efficient General 
Superintendent, A. M. Clark, Esq., and his 
assistants, had made every needed preparation. 
But for three weeks at least before the Fair, 
it rained nearly incessantly, so that the spring 
crops could not be got In the ground. The storm 
culminated during the first two days of the exhi¬ 
bition . On the entry day, It rained a torrent from 
morning until night. The lowlands were under 
water. Rivulets soon swelled to rivers. Bridges 
were swept away. Even the mail conches did 
not run. The steamers on several of the interior 
lakes did not make their trips. Great detentions 
and difficulties occurred on the railroads, by 
reason of the washing away of culverts, wuter j 
on the track, &c. In some places ou the Cen¬ 
tral Railroad, the water was almost deep enough 
to enter the cars. 
Under such circumstances, it could not be 
expected that many valuable sheep would be 
brought from a distance. Even the fanners 
near Auburn who had not covered cages in 
readiness, could not get out their sheep without 
having them drenched with water, and thus ren¬ 
dered unfit for examination; aud those who 
started with them were, in many cases, stopped 
by the swollen streams from which the bridges 
were carried olT, or by the suspension of the ordi¬ 
nary public modes of transportation. And a 
great many turned back, believing that, the Fair 
would not and could not be held. 
The Fair grounds presented a most desolate 
appearance. The road round them was washed 
away in many places. The mud was nearly 
ancle deep. The water at times stood severul 
inches above the surface In and about a portion 
of the sheep pens. The rain pelted through 
their coverings, it was impossible to use them. 
The great dining tent put up by the ladies blew 
over or blew down—the water run over it the 
land about it was converted Into a swamp. All 
thoughts of taking provisions on the grounds 
had to Do abandoned. And all expectations of 
the promised local attendance from the city aud 
surrounding country, for the benefit of the Or¬ 
phan Asylum, ceased at the same time. 
A few more determined or more favored sheep 
breeders persevered and exhibited their sheep, 
aud these were housed principally by building 
pens in the Exhibition Hall of the Cayuga Co 
Agricultural Society, and in stables attached to j 
the grounds. Only about three hundred sheep 
were on exhibition, but we can truly say that 
never were all the classes, taken together, rep¬ 
resented better if as well. As a whole, the sheep 
shown iu nearly every class were the cream of the \ 
cream. This was the opinion of all present—and ! 
every one seemed satisfied that he lmd been well . 
repaid for his journey, though there were gentle¬ 
men present from a number of other States. 
Among these wc were glad to see J. R. Dodge, 
Esq., of the Agricultural Department, Washing¬ 
ton, commissioned by Mr. Newton to represent ! 
the Department at the Fair. In view of all the ‘ 
circumstances we cannot but regard the exhibi- ' 
tion a* a remarkable demonstration of the energy 1 
and zeal of the sheep breeders of New York. 1 
Classified List of Entries and Prizes. 
Class First—American Merinos. , 
Class Tiinr.K DEL.viNE Merinos. 
Rams— Two Year* Old and Goer—Win M. Holmee, 
Greenwich, 1st Prize $30; John L 6$uackenbnsh, 
Hoosick. 3d dc... 20; Tucron Stwdc, Lima, 3d do., 10 ; 
T. C. Short. Livonia: C. H Warner. Limn: Isaac 
Bower*, Riga: L. W. Crandall. A Idea : Geo. Bowen, 
Birdsail; Slocnm aud Aiken, Sciplo; John Tyler,-. 
Bams— Yearling t .— Ilinim It and, Genoa,'1st prize, 
$.30; N. and N. Bottom. Shnftsbury, Vt., ski do., 20 ; 
E. Munson, Tyre. 3d do., 10: J. H. Simmons, Can¬ 
andaigua; G. B. Socket!, Canandaigua; Wm. H. 
Pugs ley, Danby. 
Ewes—Two Year* Old and Oner.— P. TL McMlllen, 
Canandaigua, 1st prize $30; George Brown, Blrdsafi, 
3d do, 10. 
Ewe*— Yearling *.— T, IJ. Simmons, Canandaigua, 
1st prize $30; George Brown, Birdsall. 2d do., 30 
Class Four—Lambs or Pbeceedino Classes. 
Pottle and Mailman, Naples, 1st prize, $15: John 
Sheldon and Mon. 2d do., 10; Marrim-rand Bronson, 
3d do , 5; Hiram Hand, Genoa; H. Alien, Aurelius. 
Class Five —Long Wools. 
Bam*—Two Years Old and Over .—John D Wing, 
Washington Hollow, 1st prize. $30: John D Wing, 
do., 2d do., 20; Samuel 11. Barons, IroDdequoit, 3d 
do., 10. 
Bam*—Yearling*. —John II. Wing, 1st prize, $30; 
John D. Wing, 2d do.. 20; S C. Griswold, 3d do., 10. 
Ewe* Tm Yean Old and Over.— S. H. Barons, 
2d prize, $20. 
* Ewe*— Yearling*.- 4>. H. Barons, 2d prize, $20. 
Clash Six— Middi.k Wools. 
Bam* Two Year* Old and Over. — John Lynch, 
West Bright ou, let prize, $30. 
Ewes—Two Year* Old and Over.—John Lynch, 1st 
prize, $30. 
Sweepstakes Prizes. 
The Diploma of the Association. 
In Class One .—Bams, Two Year* Old and Over- 
John Sheldon aud Sou. Mr. Sanford's rams were not 
entered, 
Bams. Yearlings — John L. ll.ufickenbush. 
Ewes, Two Year* Old and Over. —E. E. Brown. 
Ew «, Yearlings.— C. E. Shepard. 
In Class Two — Ewes, Two Years Old and Over.— 
Marrincr and Bronson. 
In Class Three— Bams, Tao Years Old and Over. 
—T’heron Steele. 
Earn*, Yearlings.- N. and N. Bottom, 
Euxe. Two Yean Old and Over, — P. It. McMillan. 
In Class Fptb—B arns Two Years Old and Over.— 
Johu J>. Wing, (Golden Fleece.) 
AWARD Of I-ItlZKS TO SnpABEBS. 
The ilrst prize of fit) to Daniel West, Richmond. 
The second prize of 83 to John T. (Japp, Pompey. 
The third prize or $6 to Charles 3crI vine h. Washington 
Hollow. Duchess Co. 
The Committee make favorable mention of Jns. Grace 
and G. N. Sherman. 
KSTIUBS FOB THE MOORE PRIZE. 
Isaac Rowers, North Chill, 1 tw o-year old ram. Weight 
Of bodv, HiK lb*.; weight of fleece, 16 lbs. 6 oz.; age of 
fleece, 355 days. 
Waller Cole, Ratavta, 1 yearling rum. Weight of body, 
(8M lbs.; weight of fleeee, IS lbs. 7;y oz. 
William M. Holmes, Greenwich, ] two-year old rum. 
Weight of body, 7K tbs.; weight of fleece, 18 lbs. 7 oz.; 
age ot fleece, 808 days. 
ENTRIES for THE PITTS PRIZE. 
L. W, Crandall, Alden, 1 two-year old ram. Weight of 
fleece, 19 lbs. 7 oz.; age of fleece, 331 days. 
BNTBIES FOB TUB Wli.OOX PRIZE. 
J. N. Chamberlain. Owaseo, yearling ewe. Weight of 
body, MR lbs.; weight of fleece,8 lbs. 10R oz.; age of 
fleece. 1 year and 8 days. 
A. H. Clapp, Pompey, four-year old ewe. Weight of 
body, 59 lbs ; weight of fleeee, 10 lbs. 3!* oz.; age of 
fleece, 364 days. Shorn at the Rochester Fair. 
ENT nuts FOR THE COSSITT PRIZE. 
F. H. McMillan, Canandaigua, I two-year old Ewe. 
Weight or body, 104 lbs.; weight of fleece, 10V lbs. j age 
of fleece,367 days 
ENTIRES FOR THE RANDALL PRIZE. 
John I). Wing, Washington Hollow, 1 two-year Old 
Cots wold rarn. Weight of fleece, 19 lbs. 4 k oz.; age of 
fleece, 881 days. 
John D. Wing, yearling ram. Weight of fleece, 18 lbs. 
9 oz.; age of fleeee, 381 days. 
Samuel H. Barons, 1 four-year old ram, (Leicester.) 
Weight or body. 266 lbs.; weight of fleece, 11X lbs. of 
well washed wool; age or fleece, 330 days. 
llSf lbs. of 
WEIGHT OF -111: UP AND FLEECES SHORN BUT NOT EN¬ 
TERED FOB SPECIAL PRIZES. 
Conrad Bush. Lafayette, four year old ram. Weight 
of fleece. 27K lb» . age of fleece, 365 days. Shorn at the 
Rochester i- air. 
Wm. H. Sanford, Vermont, Miree-year old ram “ Bln- 
elier." Weight of body, 133 If lbs.; weight of fleece, 27 
lbs. X oz. 
L. .1. Burgess. Hooslck, two-year old ram "Cashier." 
Weight of body, lOfl.bJ lbs.; fleece, 23\ lbs. 
J.J. Whitney,Clarkson, 1 three veur old ram. Weight 
Of body. IHOW fr)*.; fleeee, 34 W lbs. 
Marriner A Bronson, 1 yearling ewe. Weight of bodv, 
74 k: lbs ; fleece, IT lbs. J0V OZ. 
Wolvcrion, Mathews A: Co.. Canandaigua,two-year old 
>88iblC to use them Marriner A Bronson, 1 ycarfinc ewe. Weight of body. 
74u lbs ; fleece, 17 lbs. 10:< oz. 
) by the ladies blew Wolveru>ii,MBiUews&Co..Canandaigua,two-year old 
rum. Weight of body. H3X lbs.; fleeee, 20 lbs. »k oz. 
T run over it -the Titos. Johnson, savanna, three-year old ram. Weight 
Inin o t.fumn mi of body, 122 lbs.; fleece.38W lbs. ‘ 
li i to a s'l amp. A11 Slocum «fc Aiken, Belt Jo, nve-y ear old ram. Weight of 
ns on the oronnHs body, 128 lbs; fleece, 18 lbs. 10 oz. 
, IRC grounds w. H. Pucutey, Dauby, five-year old ram. Weight of 
all expectations Of body, mx Ins.; fleece,IS lbs. 7R OZ.; age of fleece, 366 
(Vom iiw> „ti.. ,i days. 
trill 
BUTTER MAKING. 
made good butter till she had the misfortune to 
lose her cow. Another fine looking one sup¬ 
plied her place for a while, but the butter was 
lacking—that is, any fit to use, and that cow 
went to the beef-barrel. This correspondent 
udds: — “ One thin# I noticed with her milk, in 
contrast with the one I had before and with 
others sbicc: The cream would rise very slowly, 
and to make good butter—and good butter gen¬ 
erally comes quickly—the cream should rise 
quickly. Scientific people may talk learnedly 
about why it is so. I only mention the fact.” 
The third in order is from “A Butter Maker,” 
Waukegan, 111., who says:—“ My modusoperandi 
is, first, to heat the pans by pouring boiling 
water into them. Pour it out and strain the milk 
quickly after being milked. Then place the 
pans on tin rack and let them stand twenty-four 
I hours. Remove them carefully and place them 
over a kettle of boiling water and let them re¬ 
main until the cream begins to ripple. Then 
replace on the rack and let stand twenty-four 
hours longer; remove the cream, being careful 
n®t to take milk with It, remembering always to 
stir the cream iu the crock or tin pail, which is 
better, every time more cream is added. Before 
churning, place the vessel in which the cream is, 
in water as warm as you can comfortably bold 
your hand in. Stir often till it is warmed 
through; put into the ehum and Bridget will 
tell you she will have butter in twenty minutes.” 
The fourth response is from “ A Farmer’s 
Daughter,” Brutus, N. Y. 8hc says: — “Scald 
the milk when first taken from the cow and set 
it in a cool airy place, where it will not freeze. 
When ready to churn, have the temperature of 
the cream about 66°. If you want sweet, yellow 
butter in the winter, put carrot juice into the 
cream.” 
The fifth and last is from “ Sarah,” Rolling 
Stone, Winona Co., Minnesota. To “ A Butter 
Maker in distress, and others similarly afflicted,” 
she says:—“Heat your milk and there will be 
no trouble about the non-appearance of butter, 
with orditiary churning, In fifteen or twenty 
minutes, and generally in less time. My method 
is when I strain the milk to pnt the pans con¬ 
taining it on the stove until the milk gets hot, 
but not so hot that the pans cannot be handled 
with bare hands. Then, if the milk Is to be put 
in a close cupboard, it should be allowed to cool 
first, as the steam urising would soon cause the 
place to become, musty. And I would urge the 
necessity of perfect cleanliness in all operations 
connected with butter making.” 
These directions, it will be seen, have special 
reference to winter-made butter, but may not be 
amiss even in the season of grass. 
DAIRY ITEMS. 
Caked Bag — Cure. — I. ret us Rkniff, Buck- 
land, Mass,, proposes a cure for caked bag in 
cows. lie says:—“Take salt pork or pork fat 
and h<‘at it so os to ocorAti it to a dark brown or 
nearly black. Rub it ou the part affected three 
or four times, and it will effect a cure. It did 
on cows of mine aud on others.” 
Cows Leaking Milk. - E. VV., East Hamburg, 
N. Y., referring to cows leaking their milk, 
says :—“ 1 have used Dr. Maynard’s Collodion, 
and found it very effectual. Apply with a small 
brash or swab to the cud of the teat immedi¬ 
ately after milking, first wiping it ofl'dry. The 
drag stores supply the article.” 
Hogs as Milkers .—The editor of the Dansville 
Advertiser was informed by H. B. Green of 
Union Corners that he hue two hogs of about 
176 lbs, weight each, which made a regular 
pruetice of milking one of his cows whenever 
they could get access to her, and he was obliged 
to shut them up in consequence of this dairying 
proclivity, 
Avoiding a Nuisance. — A dairyman, in Ilerki- 
peck measure In size, with all the ease and grace 
imaginable, and then convinced me that his 
voice hud improved wonderfully. He has prob¬ 
ably been taking lessons from old Chanticleer 
himself. If I had a new piece of clearing that 
needed stumping he would be worth a fortune 
to me. Take him all in all, he just comes up to 
the scratch, but he has a sister that can beat him 
on the cat. 
Spading up some soil for early peas, this 
female chicken followed close to the spade for 
worms. Cariosity led me to see how many she 
would cat; so I spaded aw ay, counting worms, 
until she had devoured five hundred, when 
thinking it cruel to strain her gizzard any hard¬ 
er, dug twenty more which weighed a plump 
ounce. Now I think over a pound and a half of 
worms on top of a good corn and potato break¬ 
fast is a pretty good dessert for a chicken. 
Yokick. 
---*-*-+- 
WOODCHUCKS.-TANNING SKINS. 
Eds. Rural: —Those boys who want a nice 
robe with but little expense had better hunt the 
woodchuck. Their fur is best in early spring. 
When taken from the animal, let. the skias be 
nailed in the shape of an oblong square, each of 
the same width, on a board to dry. Managed 
in this way, there will be little waste when you 
sew together in strips for your robe. Before 
taking them from the boards clean off all the 
fat or oily matter with a dull ax or knife. Be 
careful and not get anything sharp enough tq 
cut the skins. When you wish to tan them, 
soak thoroughly in cold water until 80 ft; then 
squeeze out the watfer and you have them ready 
for tanning. Take three quarts of soft water 
and half a pint of salt; add thereto one ounce 
of the oil of vitriol, (be sure and get a good arti- 
clc;) stir with a stick, and put iu the skins 
quickly, from five to eight—according to their 
size, and leave them in thirty minutes. Then 
take them in your hands and squeeze, not wring, 
them ont, and hang in the shade fur side down 
to dry. 
If yon get the quantity of liquor proportioned 
to the skins they will need no rubbing to make 
them soft, and tanned in this way the moths 
will never disturb them. 
Raccoon skins can be tanned in the same way, 
aud will make a much nicer robe. It is harder 
to find them, for they are not plenty like the 
woodchuck. If you wish to tan larger skins, 
such as sheep, calf or deer skins, let them re¬ 
main in the liquor twelve hours, then hang to 
dry as above mentioned. Boys, don’t stop these 
woodchucks in their holes, but see who will 
make the best robe this summer. m. 
Items from Minnesota. — Under date of April 20, 
G. h. Rockwell writes: — " 1 am employed here as 
engineer on a railroad which is being bailt la the 
northern part of Iowa and southern part of Minn., 
j or a road when built, (which will be this summer.) 
which will connect the Minnesota Central with the 
Milwaukee & Prarie da Chinn, thereby making a 
direct route from St. Paul, Minn,, to Milwaukee or 
Chicago, crossing the river at Prarie du Chien. The 
Spring Is very backward. Farmers have done .no 
sowing, as the frost is not entirely out of the ground. 
There is a warm rain falling to-day. The snow is 
Dearly gone. Wheat is from $2 )0 to $2.25. oats 60c. 
to 80c, and other grains in proportion. Bay is from 
$10 to $15 per ton. There was aim >»t a failure in the 
wheat crop la9t summer owing to he great amount 
of rain which fell. Money conseqacntly is scarce. 
The country is very healthy, with broad praries which 
invite immigration. There is not meek timber, and 
what there is is on the streams. I am -urn that the 
country will settle fast, as soon as the roads are con¬ 
nected. Wishing tne Rural unbounded -access." 
Little Falls Fambrb’ Club.— This is so associa¬ 
tion of farmers whose organization dates h.,ck ten 
years. Its meetings are held semi-monthly, ,v>d hith 
erto only at Little Falls. Rot a change has been 
made, and hereafter they will be held alternately at 
Herkimer and Little Falls. The discussion.* at these 
meetings are conversational, as we learn from a re¬ 
port of them in the Utica Herald, the members not 
rising when they make their observations. The re¬ 
sult of this chatty system is to enlist all the members 
In the topic tinder consideration-a specified one be 
ing announced for the next meeting at the close of 
each one. The plan works admirably, and it is to be re¬ 
gretted that these clubs are not more generally formed 
over the country. The members impart aud receive 
Information on nil subjects connected with agricultu¬ 
ral pursuits, ucqnlre confidence and increased facility 
iti giving utterance to what they know through this 
medium of association, while frequent contact tends 
to quicken and reuder warm the social relations of 
neighborhoods. 
The Moon Question.—A correspondent from Mis¬ 
souri asks us to open our columns to a discussion 
respecting the influence of the moon in fanning op¬ 
erations. We must decline. We should be over¬ 
whelmed with communications tenaciously maintain¬ 
ing both sides of the question, and when done we 
hardly believe a convert would have been brought 
over from either side. But we ask our correspondent, 
and all who believe in the "moon theory," to note, 
first, that not a solitary prop is found for il in all the 
realms of science, and, second, the great discrepancy 
which exists in the opinions of the moou theorists_ 
one asserting that planting must be done in the " new 
of the moon," and another the contrary, one that the 
cabbage won’t head and another that it will—aud as 
facts seem to bear out all theories alike we conclude 
that all have an equal value. 
gum! aud gums. 
Trial of Stump Machines. — On Saturday, the 
11th Inst., there was a trial of Slump Machines near 
the village of Waylaud, on the Dansville road, attend¬ 
ed by a hundred or two of people. The rival feeling 
or tli<‘ owners and partizans of each machine was 
quite animated, hut a marked feature in the oflhir 
was u singular unity on the part of the immediate 
friends of three competing Implement*, against a 
fourth one owned by W. W. Willis of Rochester. 
The particular cause of unity in this opposition, 
while competitors in every thing else, was rather 
difficult for an outsider to detect, but of its existence 
there is no room to doubt. 
There were four machines on the ground, as com¬ 
petitors for the honors attaching to success, each 
with willing friends to proclaim its good points and 
possibly to hide its weak ones if such it had. After 
an informal trial and a good deal of talk about a 
formal one, a committee of five, to supervise matters, 
was appointed. They selected three stumps for each 
machine, as nearly of a size as possible, and grouped 
pretty much alike as respected distance iroart, A 
time committee of three wasflls* appointed to declare 
the result of the contest. The selection of the four 
groups of stumps having been made they were 
In the Rural of April 90th war a communica¬ 
tion from “ Margaret, u butler maker in dis¬ 
tress,” which has brought to ns five good com 
muniontlons for her consolation, and others 
similarly afflicted. Want of space, in the Dairy 
department compels ns to abbreviate these let¬ 
ters somewhat, much to our regret. We hope 
their authors will accept this excuse for the 
absence of portions of their communications. 
The first response, according to date, is from 
Mrs. Geo. M. Curtis of Monroe Co., N. Y. 
She commenced housekeeping a little more than 
one year since;—had had but two weeks experi¬ 
ence in butter making at that time, aud ap¬ 
proached the business with “ fear and trem¬ 
bling.” She adds:—“ Judge of my surprise and 
delight at finding ray first churning of cream 
transformed into beautiful butter in less than 
five minutes; the next in three minutes, and the 
mcr Co., to secure his face from the switchings “umbered from one to lour and drawn for by the 
of the cow’s tails while milking, stretches a wire Proprietors of the Competing machines. These pro- 
across the stable, Just In the rear of them. A liin!imrie * a,ljnHt<!d< lh “ * ork commenced and was 
, i , , , completed In the follownltr order: No. 1 — Glover 
ring is fastened in the bush o each cow’s tall. »» J- ,, „ . -. , ”, 
T . ... , . » Machine — Screw, 3 stumps, time ll>; minutes; No. 
am us earned to u hook on the wire. When a—Willis Machine — Lever, 3 stumps, (fib minutes; 
milking is over, the ring is detached, the wire No. 3 Parish Machine, 3 stumps, 14 minutes; No. 
removed, and the cow sent out till the next 4—Umpire Machine, 3 stumps, 10 J<.' minutes As 
milking time. accident occurred to a ehain of No. 4 while at the liiut 
Cheese Market -The Utica Herald reports eon- wlllch marred t he completeness of its work, 
siderable cheese offering at the Little Falls things considered the periormanccsofthe ma- 
, , B . chines were much beyond expectation,and show that 
mai l ou the 3th instant—prices ranging Irom a p j ne B t um p f, ir m maybe readily cleared and a good 
14 to 16c. generally. Extra lota were a shade fence be made of the extracted material at the same 
better, bringing 17c. Some 400 were on sale time, 
from five factories. The cheese season, like 
that of spring, is rather backward this year. 8hort IIowHbbd Book ’~ Uou - Lewis f - Allks ’ 
The latest reporta from Liverpool give the ® lftCk ri Eo ^ N ; Editor of the Araericau Short 
, , Horn Ilerd Book, is now compiling the 8th volume of 
receipts lor a week at 0,657 boxes, and a tar ... , . *7 ° TI “ , 
. . , , ’ that indispensable work to the Short Horn Cattle 
demand for medium and good dames at 62s. to breedcra of the United States and Canadas, and will 
68s. line moved rather heavily at 70s. to 72s. receive pedigrees for insertion therein up to the 
i odder cheese in fair demand at 50s. to 60s. month of June next, by which t Lnu 1 he wishes all ned- 
Tt , . V * ■ - ”• AJuHumiuuR., uUGSlCK I 
V £ rt ,£!jv1‘ 1 1’ 10VVt ’ Oo„ Canandaigua; Sim- 
Barns 
1st prize 
2d, 20; 1 
Hooslck 
warm the cream the night before — proving to 
me that, in warming the cream over night and 
allowing itio cool again, the butter niuy be hard 
and nice when it comes, lies, at least, one of the 
secrets of success. * * * In winter, 
always strain the milk into tin pails and place it 
in a kettle of scalding w ater to heat. The water 
Canandaigua: n' racf Afle.L Amcl^ 1 lliac^Tkcn pr0veat * !t fr0m adh< ‘ rln £ to the boltoui ui Uie 
Sclplo; Ackerman & Weston, Fleming; L. Munson’ P ail arul prevents the cream from becoming bit* 
• re . - ’ ,Tin._:n, —___ 
ter or strong. When the milk sours remove the 
cream to a stone crock and as fresh cream is 
added always give the mass a thorough beating 
Ewes Yearlings.—C. E. Shonard ut m-lvc *«n. wilh 11 »«<* (or ,he P ur l>ose. Churn once 
Pot-tic £ Maltman, 2d, 20; 15. ic.Vown iru twu a week—placing the cream near the fire at least 
’osfeitt.Guondaga; Marriner & Bronson, Isaac Aiken, two hours the night before, then remove to a 
Class Two— Fine Mehiros. cold room till morning. To add sweetness to 
CtdpTpt^ if' 1P Davi ro<u the flavor and give the color of grass butter, 
Howard Leonard. Hampton; V, u t'l. Pugsiey Danb* ’ ” rate threc medium sized orange carrots for 
Bams— Yearling*.—c, E. Sli. ard, 2d prize every two gallons of cream; warm one quart of 
A’' n ° race AHen. . milk and strain the juice into the cream before 
Mprta*,$80?A.ThLjer?J lIwiZh FhMley Hor^ churuh ^ ; then, whether your cow have three 
° ' rings or ten ornamenting her horns, a golden 
nrW T ion. J A I> mi , ^’~ C i ,ap P. & Sweet. Pompey, 2d harvest will be the result.” 
A Thayer, Jr.. Horace Allen. Tta , 1CM „ from u C . B . wb0 
€otttutflttirivfio!t5, Wit. 
YORICK’S CHICKENS. 
Eds. Rural. —One morning in September last 
our early chickens began to c-row, and one of 
them gave me a specimen of his vocal powers iu 
this wise: marching leisurely onto a garden 
bed, in the style of a dancing master’s best pupil, 
and giving a couple or three kicks (making his 
bow) threw a good-sized vegetable oyster some 
ten feet behind him, and turning up an eye 
square towards me as much as to say, “ Do you 
see anything green?” raised himself to full 
height and gave his lungs full play — and such a 
sound never eould be drawn from a cracked fid¬ 
dle or a broken bag-pipe; still, I saw there was 
merit in the chicken, and from that moment re¬ 
solved to save him for seed. He wintered over 
well, and as it has cost me no more than two 
barrels of corn and three of potatoes to keep 
him, I don’t mind the expense. He is likely to 
prove a valuable auxiliary, for only this morning 
he kicked out a rhubarb root a little less than a 
proprietors of the Competing machines. These pre¬ 
liminaries adjusted, the work commenced and was 
completed in tlie follow!tig Order: No. 1 — Glover 
Machine — Screw, 8stumps, time 11>; minutes; No. 
2 —Willis Machine — Lever, 3 stumps, 9?; minutes; 
No. 3 Parish Machine, 3 stumps, 14 minutes; No. 
4—Empire Machine, 3 stumps, llkV minutes An 
accident occurred to a chain of No. 4 while at the last 
stump which marred the completeness of its work. 
All things considered, the performances of the ma¬ 
chines were much beyond expectation, and show that 
a pine stump farm maybe readily cleared and a good 
fence be made of the extracted material at the same 
time. 
Short Horn Herd Book, — Hon. Lewis F. Allen, 
Black Rock, N. Y , Editor of the American Short 
Horn nerd Book, is now compiling the 8th volume of 
that indispensable work to the Short Horn Cattle 
breeders of the United States and Canadas, and will 
receive pedigrees for insertion therein up to the 
mouth of June next, by which time he wishes all ped¬ 
igrees Tor the volume to be sent in, if possible. No 
other person is authorized to receive pedigrees, for 
the 8th volume. Those persons, uot already having 
received, and wanting circulars containing directions 
for making out their pedigrees, with terms of entry, 
price of the book, &e., will please address him, as 
above. 
The last — 7th vol. — contained upwards of six 
hundred large octavo pages, with upwards of 3,500 
approved pedigrees, and the rapid increase of the val¬ 
uable breed of cattle, whose pedigrees these volumes 
record, will probably swell the next one to an equal, 
if uot larger size, It is important to eveiy breeder of 
thorough-bred Short Horns, to have a correct record 
of his stock, in the American Herd Book. 
Superior Maple Sugar.— M. L. Simonson, Esq,, 
East Rush, N. Y., sends us a sample of maple sugar, 
manufactured by him, which for dearness of grain, 
excelis anything of the kind we have seen the present 
season, it is claimed that this sample, or rather the 
mass of which it is a portion, was mude by a "new 
process," but, as this is not explained, of coarse we 
cannot determine in what the novelty consists. Be the 
art of manufacture what it may, there can be no doubt 
about the excellence of the article itself. 
Orleans Agricultural Society, — The Board of 
Managers of this Society have decided to hold their 
annual Fair in Albion September 13th aud 14th, 
Our Mat Flood. A short trip up the Genesee 
Valley on the 11th afforded an opportunity to witness 
the Genesee River in one of its muddiest moods. It 
was a kind of a Mississippi Junior—the entire flats 
being covered with water from one to two miles 
wide. It is seldom that a Hood of this description 
occurs so lute in the spring season, but this lias been 
an exceptional one all round, North, East, South aud 
West. Owing to the general prevalence of wet 
weather, spring work is very backward, bnt few 
traces of the plow being scon for a distance of nearly 
| fifty miles. As a general thing the wheat fields— 
i those above water — have a promising look. The 
[ grain has rooted well, aud hut little of it injured by 
the vvinter. Grass Is improving rapidly, and a few 
warm days will bring it up with the season. 
“New York Wilderness " Map.— The yearly in¬ 
creasing Interest attaching to the northern section 
of the State of New York.—known generally as "the 
New York Wilderness," — has induced the Issue of a 
new map of that region, It is published by G. W. 
& G. B. Colton & Co., New York, from drawings 
furnished by Dr. VV, W. Elt of Rochester. N. Y., 
who has visited the Wilderness country annually, for 
a series of years, and is well posted with reference 
to its topography. The map has been prepared with 
great care and is believed to be as nearly perfect as 
j a delineation of such a large tract of country can be 
made It is 27 by 40 inches, colored aud folded in 
pocket form, with cloth cover, and furnished by the 
publishers at $2 50. 
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Grain Trade—Introversion.— Singular as it may 
seem yet it is probably true, as asserted in En-icrn 
papers, thut wheat is being shipped from New York 
City—California wheat at that — to Oswego, Roches¬ 
ter and other points West. One would as soon have 
expected the people of Newcastle to import coals as 
that those of the famous wheat region of New York 
would have to go abroad for their supply of bread 
stuff. The times are out of joint all around. 
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Sheep Shearings \V. S. Hancock, Secretary of 
the Wool Growers’ Association of Morrow Co., Ohio, 
desires us to state that the annual exhibition and 
shearing wifi be held at Cardingtou, May 15th. A 
hearty invitation is extended to a'l to come aud 
bring their “ woolly chattels." 
Also the Palmyra Union Wool Growers" Association 
hold their eighth annual shearing May 22ud. 
Milking Machine,—I wish to inquire about the 
machine for milking cows, about the price, where I 
can obtain one, amf whether they are useful or not. 
—Subscriber, Upriugvitk, N. Y. 
We believe these machines are not much iu use 
among dairymen. They are probably a failure. 
To Coiuiespondents. — “Woman's Drilling,’’ No. 
3, is lost by accident. Will Mrs. M. E. Jacques and 
Labdnek Gibbon, Esq,, both in the South, send us 
their P. O, addresses J "Estelle DoVere," received 
aud will he examined. "Alice," Peekskfil, N. Y. 
Inquire for a note at the postoflicc. 
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Sheep Killed bt Dogs.—R eports from 539 coun¬ 
ties, comprising a portion from all the Slates, show 
that the loss of sheep by dogs in those counties dur¬ 
ing the year 1,806, wus 130,427—indicating that the en¬ 
tire loss in n-t. have been, in all the States, fully a half 
a million, 
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Implement Trial Postponed, —At a meeting of 
the Judges for the proposed farm implement trial at 
Utica, on the 9th of May. it was voted to postpone 
the exhibition until two weeks previous to the State 
Fair. The trial will take place where this is located. 
Letter prom Mr. Moore. — Our readers will find 
a communication from the Editor-in-Chief on the 
Horticultural page; it was intended for last week’s 
jssue but arrived one day too late. 
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