216 THE CULTIVATOR. August 
AGKICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
We publish below, a list of the Judges appointed by this Society, 
to award its prizes at its next Fair, at Saratoga Springs, on the 
14th, 15th, and 16th days of next month. 
Those who intend to compete for premiums should remember 
that all animals and articles must be ready for examination on the 
first day of the exhibition—that is, on the fourteenth of Sep¬ 
tember. The first day will be devoted exclusively to the exami¬ 
nation by the judges, of the animals and articles exhibited, and no 
persons will be admitted within the enclosure on this day, but the 
officers of the Society, judges, and exhibitors. 
At the last meeting of the Executive Committee, the President 
reported that he had, with the Secretary, visited Saratoga Springs 
during the past week, and was happy to inform the Committee 
that the citizens of Saratoga have organized their committees as 
requested by the Executive Committee at their last meeting; and 
that they are making arrangements for the erection of buildings 
and enclosing the grounds. Assurances were given that every¬ 
thing required would be in readiness for the approaching Fair of 
the Society. 
The Secretary reported that he had, in pursuance of the di¬ 
rections of the Executive Committee, corresponded with the offi¬ 
cers of the railroad companies, and that the usual facilities would 
be furnished to the Society at the Fair. Articles and stock for ex¬ 
hibition to be transported free. Visitors in special trains, at half 
the usual fare. Officers of the Society to be carried to and from 
the Fair in any of the trains at the same rates. 
AWARDING COMMITTEES. 
On Durham, Cattle. —Effingham Lawrence, Flushing, Long 
Island , Henry Holmes, Washington ; Thomas Hollis, Otsego. 
On Herefords , Devons , and Ayrshires. —Lemuel Hurlbnt, Win¬ 
chester, Ct.; Frederick Ingersoll, Oneida ; Thomas Bell, West¬ 
chester. 
Cross-Improved and Native. —Richard Griswold, Lyme, Conn. ; 
Wm. Fuller, Skaneateles; John Budd, Greene Co. 
Working Oxen. —Sanford Howard, Albany ; Joseph Bennett, 
Otsego; Hiram Clift," Onondaga. 
Steers. —John Boies, Homer ; J. B. Dill, Auburn; Julius Curtis, 
Oneida. 
Fat Cattle. —Hiram Slocum, Troy ; Thomas Devoe, New-York ; 
Lester Barker, Oneida. 
Milch Cows- —Newbury Bronson, Wyoming; John Bathgate, 
Morrisania ; Elias Cost, Ontario, 
Horses , Class 1 and 2. —Hon. Adam Ferguson, Canada West ; 
Theodore S. Faxton, Oneida ; A W. Clark, Jefferson. 
Blood Horses. —Charles Henry Hall, Harlem ; John T. Cooper, 
Albany; Alexander O. Spencer, Wayne. 
Matched Horses and Geldings. —Silas K. Stow, Troy; W. S* 
Stoutenbergh, Coxsackie ; Barent P. Staats, Albany. 
Long Wooled Sheep. —Edward Hal lock, Ulster ; L. D- Clift, Put¬ 
nam ; Thomas Dunn, Albany. 
Middle Wooled Sheep —Francis M. Rotch, Otsego county; S. 
Wait, Jr., Orange ; Henry Mesier, Dutchess. 
Merinos. —Henry G. Taintor, Hampton, Conn.; Robert L. Rose, 
Ontario ; J. L. Randall, Onondaga. 
Saxons. —James M. Ellis, Onondaga ; S. C. Seoville, Salisbury, 
Conn.; M. Y. Tilden, Columbia. 
Swine. —Henry Rhodes, Oneida county ; Martin Springer, Rens¬ 
selaer ; Wm. Howard, Cayuga. 
Poultry. —IJ. A. Field, New-York; F. C. Moses, Onondaga; 
Mr. Potter, New-York. 
Plows. —John S. Gould, Columbia county; Edwin N. Hubbell, 
Greene; Morgan L. Brainerd, Oneida. 
Wagons, Harrows , $c. —W. H. McCulloch, Greenbush; Mat¬ 
thias P. Coons, Rensselaer ; Richard Van Dyke, jr., Greene. 
Farm Implements , fyc. —T. A. Burrall, Ontario county; Benj. 
N- Huntington, Oneida; Hart Massey, Jefferson. 
Plowing Match. —John McDonald, Washington county ; Isaac 
Tallmadge, Rensselaer; Joseph Ball, Otsego ; Leonard Bronk, 
Greeise ; Hiram Mills, Lewis. 
Butter— Israel Denio. Oneida county; Washington Putnam, Sa¬ 
ratoga; John Bloom, Albany. 
Cheese. —Joseph Carey, Albany; Joel Woodworth, Jefferson; 
Joel Root, Saratoga. 
Sugar. —Robert McDonnell, Saratoga; George Tuckerman, Ot¬ 
sego ; James M. Cook, Rallston Spa. 
Silk. —Ebenezer Proudfit, Rensselaer; James Clark, Hudson ; 
Henry Carpenter. Albany. 
Domestic Manufactures. —Orvi..e Hungerford, Jefferson; Le 
Grand B. Cannon, Rensselaer ; W. J. Gilchrist, Saratoga ; Edward 
Wells, Montgomery; John Van Duzen, jr., Columbia. 
Needle Work, Sfc. —Mrs. Lebbeus Booth, Ballston; Mrs. Miles 
Beach, Saratoga Springs : Mrs. M. Harvey, Salem ; Mrs. Henry 
Holmes, Union Village; Mrs. Wm A. Beach, Saratoga Springs; 
Mrs. Samuel Young, Ballston. John J. Viele, Esq., Troy, Secre¬ 
tary to committee. 
Flowers. —Dr. Herman Wendell, Albany; W. R. Randall, Cort¬ 
land ; J. W. Bissell, Monroe; Rames R. Westcott, Saratoga; 
Ladies. —Mrs,. E. C. Delavan, Ballston : Mrs. E;Huntington, Rome; 
Mrs. Huntsman, Flushing; Mrs. Dr. O’Toole, Washington, D. C.j 
Mrs. L. Tucker, Albany ; Mrs. Margaret Conkling, Melrose, near 
Auburn. 
Vegetables. —Thomas Bridgeman, New-York; R. Harper, Albany; 
David Gray, Utica. 
Miscellaneous Articles. —E. P. Prentice, Albany; Joshua Atwa¬ 
ter, Greene ; Ransom Cook, Saratoga. 
Fruits. —Lewis F. Allen, Erie ; Samuel Young, Saratoga; Ros¬ 
well Reed, Greene. 
Paintings and Drawings. —J. J. Thomas, Wayne; W. W. For¬ 
syth, Albany; O. D. Grosvenor, Oneida.’ 
Stoves, ^c. —Pomeroy Jones, Oneida; Edward Fitch, Saratoga; 
Asa Fitch, M. D. Washington. 
Discretionary. —Orville Clarke, Washington; Joel Rathbone, 
Albany; W. L. F. Warren, Saratoga; A. L. Linn, Schenectady; 
George Griffing, Greene. 
Foreign Stock — Horses. —James D. Wasson, Albany; Ela Mer- 
riam, Lewis; Dr. Carrington, Farmington, Ct. 
Cattle. —Horatio Sargeant, Springfield, Mass.; Ira S. Hitchcock, 
Oneida; E. P. Beck, Wyoming. 
Sheep —Stephen Batty, Washington county; John Murdock, Mon¬ 
roe ; Samuel H. Church, Oneida. 
Committee of Arrangements.— Geo, Vail, Troy; B P. John¬ 
son, Albany; T. J. Marvin, W. A. Beach, J. T. Blanchard, J. A. 
Corey, Saratoga Springs; Samuel Cheever, Bemis Heights. 
Committee of Reception. —Hon. R. H. Walworth, Saratoga; 
Samuel Young, Ballston ; John A. King, Jamaica ; E. C. Delavan, 
Ballston; T. J. Marvin, G. M. Davison, J. H. Corey, Saratoga Sp’s. 
The New Haven County (Ct.) Society is to hold 
its next exhibition at Waterbury, on the 6th of Octo¬ 
ber. Efforts for a large display are being made. 
Jefferson County, N. Y. The annual Fair is 
to be at Watertown on the 9th and 10th of September. 
The address is to be delivered by Dr. Lee. editor of 
the Genesee Farmer. 
Cultivation of Cereal Grains in Cold Cli¬ 
mates. —In Silliman’s Journal , there is a notice of a 
paper recently published in St. Petersburgh, on the 
culture of grain in high latitudes, by M. Kupffer. It 
is stated that in the north of Russia, near Nertchinsk, 
where the mean temperature is about 26 degrees F., 
all the cereal grains are cultivated with success, es¬ 
pecially summer rye and barley, although there are 
only tw x o months and a half, or at most three months, 
between plowing and harvest. In the same Reids, he 
found by digging, that the soil was completely frozen 
at a depth of seven feet, and so hard that a crow-bar 
was required to turn it up. This was on a hot day 
near the middle of the month of August. The depth 
to which the ground is frozen in high latitudes is sur¬ 
prising; thus it is stated that in penetrating the earth 
near the place above mentioned, to the depth of 175 
feet, not a drop of water was found; all was frozen. 
Painting Brick Buildings.—A cheap and good 
way of painting brick buildings is given by T. Hudson, 
a correspondent of the Prairie Farmer. He states 
that he has seen buildings thus painted 12 or 15 years 
ago, the color remaining as bright as when first put 
on. Slack fresh burnt lime, as for whitewash, and add 
Venetian red to give it the desired color. Apply it 
with a whitewash brush, in dry, hot weather. Two 
coats are sufficient. Then with a chalk line lay off 
the joints in the brick, and pencil those lines with 
whitewash or white paint, the former proving most 
durable. Salt, glue, or skim milk are said to im¬ 
prove this paint or wash, but are not essential. 
Improvement in Cattle. —The American Herd 
Book states on the authority of Youatt, that the ave¬ 
rage weight of cattle at the Smithfield market, Lon¬ 
don, in 1710, was only 370 lbs. each. In 1795, the ave¬ 
rage was 462 lbs. In 1830, the average weight had in¬ 
creased to 656 lbs. each. Formerly, the average age 
of the fat cattle was five years ; now, only four years. 
