ed home before sundown and milked his six cows— 
making eight and a half miles travel out of the field, and 
pitching on 4,800 sheaves, weighing ten pounds each, 
equal to twenty-four tons, and milking twelve cows be¬ 
tween sun. c. g. t. 
A Good Cow-Guenon’s Treatise. 
L. Tucker & Sqn—I n your April number of the 
Cultivator, is a statement by “ E. M ,” of the yield of 
a “good cow,” kept on grass only. She milked 62 
pounds in a day in June last, and for three days in 
succession ; and made 18 pounds and 14 eunces of but¬ 
ter in a week. 
That was doing well, and great praise is due to the 
cow. But I can tell a better story. 
While on a visit, last fall, at Marshall, Michigan, 
my friend, Ch. T. Graham, Esq., showed me his cow, 
which, kept on grass only, yielded milk as follows:— 
1857. June 1,.66 pounds and 9 ounces. 
June 2,. 69 “ 3 “ 
June 3,. 71 “ 2 “ 
June 4,.72 “ 6 “ 
June 5,.72 “ 8 “ 
June 6,. 73 “ 5 “ 
June 7,. 76 “ 
In all the month of June, she yielded over a ton of 
milk! 
In one week, she made nineteen pounds and five 
ounces of butter, besides the loss, by carelessness, of 
cream, supposed to be enough to make up three pounds 
per day. 
It is worthy of remark, that this cow showed all the 
signs of Guenon’s genuine High-cow of the first order; 
which signs were equally conspicuous in the calf as in 
the cow. 
Would it not be well for our breeders to study that 
system, and guide their efforts for improvement by its 
instructions 7 Henry W. Taylor. Canandaigua, 
January 8, 1858. 
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Fruit Growers’ Society of Western New-York.* 
The winter meeting of this Society was held at Ro¬ 
chester, on the 6th and 7th days of the present month. 
As usual there was a full attendance from a large por¬ 
tion of the counties embraced by the Society, from 
Syracuse to Buffalo. 
There were several fine and select collections of fruit, 
among them 40 varieties of pear from Ellwanger & 
Barry of Rochester, and there were other collections 
of apples and pears from R. B. Warren of Genesee 
Co., John B. Eaton of Buffalo, H. E. Hooker & Co. of 
Rochester, and W. P. Townsend of Lockport. S. G. 
Crane presented a dish of Joseplf'ne de Malines pear, 
in perfect condition and of exquisite flavor. H. Spen¬ 
cer of Yates county, exhibited fine specimens of the 
Tompkins county King apple ; and J. M. Whitney of 
Rochester, a basket of very large and splendid Jona¬ 
than apples. 
The following officers were elected for the year:— 
President—TI. P. Norton, Brockport. 
Vice Presidents—J. J. Thomas, Union Springs; W. B. 
Smith, Syracuse ; Lewis F. Allen, Black Rock. 
Secretaries—C. P. Bisseli, Rochester, and John B. Eaton, 
Buffalo. 
Treasurer—W. P. Townsend, Lockport. 
Executive Committee—P. Barry, J. J. Thomas, C. L. 
Hoag, W. B. Smith, J. Frost. 
The Society adjourned to meet at Rochester, for their 
summer exhibition, in early summer. 
Rack and Feeding Trough for Sheep. 
“ My sheep waste a great deal of hay, and yet are 
getting poorer,” remarked one neighbor to another last 
winter, as he asked him to look at his new sheep racks. 
“No doubt of that,” B. replied, “but with these 
racks we have saved a great deal of hay, and yet our 
sheep keep in good condition. We feed hay once a 
day, bean straw and oat chaff once each, and yet there 
is nothing wasted of either.” 
“ I must build some for myself—give me the dimen¬ 
sions—they are so simple, I and my boys can get up 
some at home.” 
“Yes, these are some of our work, and we never 
served an apprenticeship to a joiner; we have only got 
part of a set of their tools to work with.” 
We took “the dimensions” and a sketch of neigh¬ 
bor B.’s racks, and now offer them to our sheep keep¬ 
ing readers. 
Seventy-five feet of lumber will make an eight feet 
rack, which is perhaps the most convenient length on 
account of ease in moving. The posts, forty inches 
high, are of three inch scantling—inch boards form 
the remainder of the rack, and where a large flock is 
to be supplied, it would be well to get boards of pro¬ 
per length and width to work up without much sawing 
or waste. The width of the rack is twenty-six inches; 
the lower outside boards are six inches wide and 
twelve inches from the foot of the post. The upper 
boards are eight inches wide, and there is a wedge-shap¬ 
ed piece nailed on the outside of the post, to make the 
top of the rack flaring, the better to receive the fod¬ 
der. 
The bottom boards, eight inches wide, are fitted in 
against each bottom side board, and nailed there and 
at the ends ; and two boards about ten inches wide, the 
edges nailed together at right angles, are placed in the 
center of the rack to form the remainder of the bot¬ 
tom. To this one end of each slat is nailed—the other 
end against the inside of the flaring top-board. The 
slats are two inches wide and about two feet long, and 
are placed three inches apart—the upper end bevelled 
to fit against the board to which it is nailed. One 
may be put in each end, to prevent the sheep from 
getting their heads into the rack. 
With the aid of the cut any farmer can understand 
their construction. They should be set under well lit¬ 
tered sheds, for there is no economy in feeding any ani¬ 
mal in the rain. 
An Iowa Corn Crop* 
A correspondent (F. S. P.) at Oskaloosa, Iowa, says 
—“On the 20th and 21st of May last, I planted in 
Jasper County 18£ acres with the common yellow corn 
of this section. The land had been rented for a num¬ 
ber of years, and though rich, was in bad condition. I 
planted 3J feet apart each way, and was fortunate in 
obtaining good seed and a good time for planting. It 
came up even and strong, and grew steadily through 
the season. The first of Oct., 15 acris were cut and 
