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THE CULTIVATOR. 
packed, and a large number waiting outside utterly 
unable to obtain admission. It soon became evident 
that we must adjourn to the open air, and the ad¬ 
dress was delivered from a temporary stage erected 
upon the court-house steps, to a large audience, that 
testified by constant attention, the desire of its 
members to gain knowledge connected with their 
profession. 
On the day after the fair, under the guidance of 
Mr. Delafield, I traversed a very considerable por¬ 
tion of Seneca county. We first drove south from 
Ovid to Lodi, passing on our way thither, through 
numerous handsome farms, seemingly under good 
cultivation. Having a long circuit to make, and 
being obliged to reach the north end of the county 
by evening, we were compelled to pass many inter¬ 
esting farms and good farmers, without making any 
stop. The houses on the main road through Lodi, 
reminded one of New England, in their large size, 
their neat comfortable appearance, and the little 
evidences of taste as well as of thrift which appeared 
about many of them. From the high grounds of 
Lodi, may be seen both the Cayuga and Seneca 
lakes for a large portion of their length. The roads 
were all laid off at right angles at distances of a 
mile, and running straight across from one lake to 
the other. 
In descending toward Seneca lake, we experienced 
some genuine farmer-like hospitality from Mr. 
Wyckoff of Lodi Mills, and afterwards under his 
guidance visited the Lodi falls. These are in a deep 
cleft of the Moscow Shale, worn out probably by the 
action of water to a far greater than its original 
depth. The stream is insignificant, and though it 
falls in one place 150 feet, makes in summer but 
little show. The amphitheatre of cliffs however, 
which it has scooped out below, is some 200 feet in 
perpendicular height, and is magnificent beyond de¬ 
scription ; it will richly repay a visit from all who 
can appreciate the sublimity of such a scene. The 
falls can be reached in ten minutes walk from Lodi 
landing, where a steamer calls four or five times in 
each day. At one place in the face of these cliffs, 
native alum appears upon the surface in considerable 
quantities; it can be detached in pieces of medium 
size, and the rock from which it exudes may at some 
time be valuable for the purpose of alum making. 
On emerging from the foot of this defile, we found 
ourselves on the shore of Seneca lake, and among 
the remains of an Indian orchard. Apple and peach 
trees were here in bearing, which escaped the de¬ 
struction made by Sullivan’s expedition against the 
Six Nations. Some of the apples that we picked 
up under these trees, were quite handsome, and 
showed that the Indians must have selected their 
fruit with some care. 
From this point we commenced our journey north¬ 
ward again, passing through Ovid, Romulus, and 
Jan. 
Fayette, arriving just after dark at Mr. Delafield’s 
place, near Geneva. Much of the soil in Fayette is 
quite heavy for this section of the county, and de¬ 
cidedly wet; all that is necessary to bring it at once 
into a highly productive state, is the tile drain. Mr. 
Delafield’s farm has already been described by others 
on various occasions, and I will therefore only say 
that it bears evidence of skilful management in every 
part. The farms of Mr. John Johnson, and of Mr. 
Foster, are also excellent schools for the young farm¬ 
er; the latter has taken the state premium. 
It is due to Seneca county to say, that I noticed : 
fewer weeds in its fields, and along its roadsides, 
than in any other district that I visited; this may 
to some seem a trifling sign, but to me it signifies a 
wide-spread spirit of enterprise and improvement. 
The county will be fully described, its various pecu¬ 
liarities elucidated, and its advantages made known 
when the survey now in progress by Mr. Delafield for 
the State Society, shall be published. I will not antici¬ 
pate any of its information, but will merely say that 
it shows a general state of agriculture that is highly 
creditable at present, and that is rapidly advancing 
toward the best standards. Yours truly, John 
P. Norton. 
Profits of Fowls. 
E. M. Bradley furnishes the East Bloomfield 
Farmers’ Club with a statement in regard to the 
profits of eighty fowls for ninety days. In the 
month of February 1850, he built a poultry-house, 
31 feet long and 13 feet wide, attached to a shed on 
one side and to a barn at one end. The roof was- 
of boards, battened, and it had two windows for 
the admission of light. On the first of March he 
put into it eighty fowls of the common kind, mostly 
one year old. They cost 18| cents each. They 
were fed with corn and oats, and fresh meat, boiled. 
Gravel, lime, and clean water were furnished con¬ 
stantly, and they were let out of the yard and al¬ 
lowed to roam every afternoon. His account of the- 
expenditures and receipts is as follows: 
Lumber and nails for building'.......... $10 90 
Labor of building 4£ days, at $1..... 4 50- 
Eighty fowls at cents each... 15 00* 
Ten bushels corn at 50 cents. 5 00 
Nine bushels oats at 33^ cents...... 3 OO 
Making the whole expense...$33 40 
In ninety days they furnished 385 dozen and ten 
eggs, which at ten cents per dozen, were worth 
$38,58—being a trifle more than the cost of build¬ 
ing the house, the fowls and the grain consumed. 
Crops in Nova Scotia. —Rev. H. L. Owen, Ayles- 
ford Reetory, writes that the crops of last year were 
more than an average. u Wheat has succeeded well 
wherever sown, which has not been the case for four years. 
Potatoes abundant, but I fear are rotting in the cellar. 
Hay, a good crop, as also Rye and Barley. Turnep 
culture is becoming extensive, and peat soil is coming: 
into free use.”' 
