1849. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
351 
acre, amount $12. Corn, 400 bush, on 15 acres, 
amount $260. Apples, 500 bush., amount $65. 
Hay, 50 tons, on 30 acres, amount $650. Oats, 
500 bush, on 15 acres, amount $175. Poultry, 100, 
amount $30. Eggs, 150 doz., amount $22.50. 
Butter, 4000 lbs., amount $1160. Calves sold, 22, 
amount $154. Potatoes, 60 bush., amount $40. 
Pork, 3500 lbs., amount $210. The whole amount 
of products from the farm on which Mr. R. lives, 
was $3198.50. Mr. Reed has 23 very fine cows, 
some of which are worth from $40 to $50. 
Mr. Henry Ortlip, who lives on a farm about a 
mile below Norristown, on the Ridgeroad turnpike, 
containing 48 acres of cleared land, and 4 acres of 
woodland, and keeps a public house, gave the fol¬ 
lowing account of its products, viz.: Wheat, 100 
bush., on 7 acres of land, amounting to, at prices 
sold, $110. Rye, 50 bush, on 5 acres, amount $35. 
Corn, 120 bush, on 7 acres, amount $72. Apples, 
50 bush., amount $10. Hay, 15 tons on 14 acres, 
amount $225. Oats, 224 bush, on 9 acres, amount 
$75. Poultry, 70, amount $28. Eggs, 100 doz., 
amount $14. Butter, 150 lbs., amount $37.50. 
Timothy seed, 1 bush., amount $3. Calves sold, 
2, amount $10. Potatoes, 30 bush., amount $25. 
Pork, 1100 lbs., amount $66. The whole amount 
of the products from the farm on which Mr. O. 
lives, was $710.50. 
Mr. Thomas Livezy, who lives on his farm, on 
the Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike, contain¬ 
ing 105 acres of cleared land, and 11 acres of wood¬ 
land, gave the following account of the products 
from his farm, viz.: Wheat, 500 bush., on 16 
acres, amount $550. Rye, on 1 acre, amount $20. 
Corn, 800 bush, on 15 acres, amount $480. Ap¬ 
ples, 20 bush., amount $8. Turneps, 200 bush., 
amount $40. Hay, 70 tons, on 44 acres, $1050. 
Oats, 300 bush., on 6 acres, amount $100. Poul¬ 
try, 100, amount $25. Eggs, 60 doz., amount $9. 
Butter, 400 lbs., amount $80. Cattle sold as pro¬ 
ducts of his farm, amount $300. Clover seed, 7 
bush., amount $35. Timothy seed, 3 bush., amount 
$9. Calves sold, 5, amount $25. Potatoes, 70 
bush., amount $42. Pork, 2500 lbs., amount $150. 
The whole amount of the products from Mr. L.’s 
farm, was $2923. 
November. 
BY A FARMER’S WIFE. 
I come, I come, with an aspect drear 
To scatter the leaves, all wither’d and sere; 
I blow o’er the landscape my frosty breath, 
The plants to prepare for a wintry death. 
Sad is my wail in the merchant’s ear— 
Visions of shipwreck and tempests appear ; 
He turns on his pillow, unable to sleep, 
Or leans on his desk, in reverie deep. 
Av’rice gloats o’er oppression and wrong, 
The miser scowls, as I whisper, how long 
Wilt thou, from the hireling, wages withhold ? 
The curse of the kind, corrupteth thy gold ! 
The lone orphans listen in sorrow, 
As they bitterly think of the morrow— 
To them I would say, this truth ye may heed, 
A Father thou hast, a Friend in thy need, 
Through the long nights and cloudy days, 
I pipe to the weary farmer my lays ; 
They are not sad to the son of the soil; 
I bid him enjoy the fruit of his toil. 
The granary filled, the harvest all home, 
His flocks and his herds forbidden to roam? 
Hale sons and daughters encircle his hearth— 
A king might exchange his crown for their mirth. 
List to my soner—remember the poor— 
Winter, pale winter, is e’en at the door— 
The blessings of those who share of thy bread 
A halo of joy will be to thy head. 
Maryland State Fail * 
Hon. John A. King, President of the New-York 
State Agricultural Socity, and B. P. Johnson, 
Esq., Secretary of that association, attended the 
Maryland State Fair as delegates from this State. 
Mr. J. gives an interesting account of the show in 
the Journal of this city, from which we take the 
following: 
This is the second exhibition of the society, and 
reflects great credit on its enterprising officers. 
The exhibition of cattle was remarkably good, and 
many of the animals will bear a comparison with 
any which have been shown in New-York, or in 
any other portion of this country. Col. Calvert, 
the President of the Society, exhibited 29 full bred 
short horns, two Holstein or Dutch Cows, four Al- 
dernys, several Ayrshires, one Spanish Cow, one 
Devon, and in all, some forty or more. Many of 
these animals were of unsurpassed excellence. His 
short horn cows are mostly prime milkers; several 
of them yielding, I was assured, from 25 to 34 
quarts of milk daily. Their appearance indicated 
first rate dairy properties. He had two aged bulls, 
to whom I believe the first and second premiums 
were awarded. One of them, mostly red, a fine, 
noble animal—that I doubt not will leave valuable 
stock—several heifers from him were on the ground, 
and their color and form would satisfy even Devon 
men, who so much admire the red. 
Col. Horace Capron, of Prince George's county, 
had the next largest lot of cattle. His were Short 
Horns, Devons, Ayrshires, working oxen, &e. Sev- 
ral of his animals were of rare excellence, both 
Short Horn, Devon and Ayrshire. His Bull u Val¬ 
entine" received the first premium last year—and 
he had two very superior Devon Bulls—with all the 
fineness, style, and beauty of that breed. Among 
his Cows were some very extraordinary fine ani¬ 
mals. His Oxen were Devons and equalled our 
best. This stock was for sale; and I noticed that 
many had been sold at prices varying, I believe, for 
the young and old, from $50 to $275. Col. Capron 
had three span of Mules on the ground that went 
far to obviate my objection to them. I now unite 
with Mr. Skinner in favor of these useful animals. 
They were large, active and vigorous animals, and 
sold readily for $900 the team. 
There were a number of other exhibitions of fine 
stock, but I cannot particularise. 
A. Clement, of Philadelphia, made a fine show 
of Short Horn and mixed stock. 
Mr. Holcomb, of Delaware, fine show of De- 
vons, &c. 
W. G. Dobbin, of Maryland, exhibited a Holstein 
Bull and two Cows, imported. The bull was a 
very fine animal, color black and white, and the 
cows showed, I thought, valuable dairy properties, 
for which the breed is noted in Europe. 
The display of long wooled Sheep was unusually 
rich. C. B. Reybold, of Delaware, had his unri¬ 
valled New Oxfordshires on the ground ; one fat two 
year old weather was slaughtered; his weight not 
far from 190 lbs. There were several pens of 
Sheep—-among others one from Virginia of the same 
breed as Mr. Reybold’s, and of perhaps equal ex¬ 
cellence. No fine wooled sheep exhibited ; and but 
one pen of South Downs which I noticed. 
The Swine were very superior: Chester county, 
Leicester, Delaware, Berkshire and Dutchess coun¬ 
ty breeds were the most prominent. J. Wilkinson 
of the Mount Airy School, near Philadelphia, for¬ 
merly from Dutchess county, exhibited the Dutchess 
county breed, which were much admired. He sold 
