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THE CULTIVATOR. 
June. 
Trial of Agricultural Machines, 
AT GENEVA, JULY, 1852. 
Great difficulty having been found in deciding upon 
the merits of reaping, mowing, threshing, and other farm 
machines, at our State Fairs, owing to inability to test 
them effectually, the Executive Committee of the N. Y. 
State Ag. Society this year resolved greatly to enlarge 
their premiums, and to appoint a meeting, during the 
ensuing harvest, for the thorough trial of all such ma¬ 
chines and implements. 
Several farms having been offered, with the crops and 
grounds necessary for the purpose, a committee was ap¬ 
pointed to examine the several locations, upon whose 
report, made to the Board at a meeting held at Utica on 
the 6th of May, it was decided that the trial should be 
held on the farm of Horace D. Bennett, Geneva —a 
farm every way admirably adapted for the purpose, hav¬ 
ing on it forty acres of wheat, forty of barley, and oats, 
grass and fallow land in abundance. The time for the 
trial, owing to the backwardness of the season, has not 
yet been definitely fixed. It will, however, take place 
between the 10th and 25th July—a few days earlier or 
later as the case may be—depending upon the maturity 
of the wheat crop. 
We look upon this measure as one of great importance, 
and we doubt not the occasion will draw together a large 
number of visitors to witness this interesting trial of the 
skill and ingenuity of our inventors and mechanics. 
We annex a list of the Premiums offered, and the 
Judges by whom they are to be awarded: 
JUDGES. 
Sanford Howard, Boston, Mass. 
B. B. Kirtland, Rensselaer co. 
John Mallory, Yates. 
A. J. Heermance, Dutchess. 
J. E. Holmes, Holyoke, Mass. 
John Delafield, Seneca Co. 
Anthony Van Bergen, Greene. 
Jonathan Edgecomb, Orleans. 
Ransom Harmon, Monroe. 
J. Stanton Gould, Columbia. 
PREMIUMS. 
Best Grain Reaper,.Diploma and $50 
30 
20 
50 
30 
20 
30 
20 
10 
25 
15 
10 
2d do 
Jd do ... 
Best Mowing Machine. Diploma and 
2d do .. 
3d do . 
Best Steam Engine for farm purpose, to be so constructed as to 
be moveable readily to any part of the farm,.. Diploma and 
2d do . 
3d do . 
Best Gauged Grain Drill,. Diploma and 
2d do . 
3d do . 
Drills may compete whether arranged for depositing 
manure or not. 
Best Horse Power for general purposes, on the sweep or lever 
principle,. Diploma and S25 
2d do . 15 
3d do . 10 
Best Horse Power, on endless chain or railroad principle, 
Diploma and 25 
2d do . 10 
3d do . 15 
Best Iron Horse Power,. Diploma and 25 
2d do . 15 
3d do . 10 
Best Flax and Hemp Dressing Machine,. Diploma and 25 
2d do . 15 
3d do . 10 
Best Thrasher, to be used with horse or steam power,. 10 
2d do . 8 
3d do . 5 
Best Seed Planter, for horse or hand power, for hills or drills, 
Diploma and 10 
2d do . 8 
3d do . 5 
Best Cultivator, for general purposes,. Diploma and 10 
2d do . 8 
3d do . 5 
Best Broad Cast Sower,.Diploma and 10 
2d do . 8 
3d do . 5 
A Remarkable Cow—-and Wonderful Calf. 
The report of the committee on cows to the Windsor 
county (Yt., Agricultural Society, gives the following 
facts relative to a cow belonging to John L. Lovering of 
Hartford in that county. She is 10 years old, and has 
been subjected to repeated trials in different years, as to 
the quantity of milk and butter yielded. During 10 
days early in the past summer, she gave 516 lbs. of milk, 
ranging from 51 to 53 lbs. per day. The milk of the last 
four days was made into butter, and after thorough work¬ 
ing, weighed 10 lbs. 5 oz., or 18 lbs. per week. This ex¬ 
periment was very carefully made by a disinter? ted per- 
son, under the special direction of the committee. Simi¬ 
lar experiments were made in previous years with very 
nearly the same results. The owner states that this cow 
has no pedigree , but he intends that her descendants shall 
have, some of which are young animals of great promise. 
W. H. Bristol, of Lewiston, N. Y., gives the follow¬ 
ing account of a calf, owned by J. M. Buttery of Lewis¬ 
ton, in the Lockport Journal: 
The calf was ten months old the 15th of last month— 
is of rather more than usual size for that age ; stands 
three feet nine inches in height; measures or girths five 
feet one inch; measures five feet six inches from the horns 
to the extremity of the hips, and will probably weigh at 
this time (and I will reckon it low, so as to be correct,) 
about 400 lbs. She is a cross of the Durham and Devon¬ 
shire, well formed and of beautiful appearance. 
When but two months of age it was discovered she had 
quite an udder, and by trial, found that she gave milk. 
From that time to the present she has not failed to af¬ 
ford from one pint to a quart of as rich and flavorous 
milk as any good dairy cow affords, at a mess, and now 
it is necessary to milk her regularly twice a day. After 
good spring pasturage is afforded her, doubtless she will 
give from eight to ten quarts per day. It is, indeed, a 
strange “ freak of nature,” and is worthy of the notice 
of the curious and speculative. 
I will take this opportunity to state to the incredulous 
and disbelieving, that I will pledge myself to substantiate 
the facts I have herein stated. I would also say, that I 
am well acquainted with the owner of said calf, have 
seen said calf milked, seen also the quantity given at a 
milking, know that butter was made from the cream 
thereof, in quantities averaging from half a pound to two 
pounds, and that there can be no humbug in relation to 
all I state. 
To keep Bugs from Vines. 
Eds. Cultivator —I have tried ashes, plaster, lime, 
road dust and tobacco juice, with some success, but a 
spoiled clam, the cleanings of a wool carding machine, 
or a lock of wool soaked in fresh oil, placed near the 
root of the vine, I never knew fail—these also promote 
the growth of the vine. The bugs are attracted by the 
smell of the vine, but do not like tainted fish. Phineas 
Pratt. Deep River , Ct . 
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To remove Ants.—A correspondent says to remove 
ants from any place which they infest , apply a little spirit 
of turpentine with a feather. 
Lice on Fowls. —The same correspondent informs us 
that the following simple means will effectually prevent 
the attacks of this vermin. Wash the poultry house 
with a strong solution of tea of Red Cedar boughs, and 
then smoke the house with cedar wood. 
