THE CULTIVATOR 
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Notices of AgriatUttX'al Societies. 
NEW JERSEY STATE SOCIETY. 
The last Fair of this Society was held al New Bruns¬ 
wick, October 27, 1841. Premiums of silver cups, va¬ 
rying in value from $5 to $10, were awarded to Caleb 
Brokan, for the best pair of matched horses; to Dr. J. 
A. Pool, for the best thorough bred stud horse, “ Rari¬ 
tan;” to the same, for the best jack; for the best im¬ 
ported Durham bull, “ Bernard,” a portrait of which is 
given in another part of this paper; also, for the best 
bull calf, “ Franklin,” for the best imported Durham 
cow, “ Maria,” for the best, not imported, “ Laura,” 
and for the best thorough bred heifer, “Minna;” to J. 
C. Van Dyke, for the best thorough bred mare; to D. 
Runyon, for the best common bred mare and colt; to D. 
B. Smith, for the best thorough bred colt; to Philemon 
Dunn, for the best fat bullock, second best pair of oxen, 
for best Durham bull, not imported, for the best com¬ 
mon heifer, and for best Lincolnshire buck; to Frank¬ 
lin Smith, for best pair of oxen, best common bred bull, 
under two years, and for the best Leicester buck and 
ewe; to Dr. J. Elmendorf, for best common bred bull; to 
John Hick, for best common cow; to Charles Starr, jr., 
for best boar, (Woburn,) over two years; to J. B. Ed¬ 
gar, for best boar, (Norfolk,) under two years; to A. S. 
Neilson, for second best do., (Berkshire;) to William 
Gulick, for the greatest quantity of clover hay from one 
acre, viz: 3 tons, 1825 lbs. 
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE SOCIETY. 
The annual Fair of this Society was held at Columbia, 
on the 22d November last, when a variety of interesting 
reports were read; among them, an Essay on Sea Island 
Cotton, by the President, Reports on Manures and on 
Forage, by the Pendleton Agricultural Society, and a 
Report from the Newberry Agricultural Society, on Ag¬ 
ricultural Economy. The annual address was delivered 
by Gen. J. H. Hammond, and is spoken of as an effort 
of the highest rank. Premiums, in silver cups, of the 
value of $10 to $20, were awarded on horses, cattle, 
sheep, mules, swine, &c. Col. Wade Hampton presented 
the Society with two bushels of “ Musquite Grass seed,” 
which, he says, is a native of Texas, and he thinks, 
from a trial of a single year, is admirably adapted to 
South Carolina. Col. H. says: “It has, I understand, 
been successfully cultivated by Mr. Carter, of Alabama, 
for some years past; and the high estimate he placed on 
it, induced him very kindly to send me a few quarts of 
the seed, in the summer of 1840. These seed were 
planted in September following, in drills, came up with 
great regularity, and continued to vegetate during the 
whole winter. A drouth of unusual duration in the 
spring, and another in July, accompanied by intense 
heat, produced no visible effect on it, and it has con¬ 
tinued to flourish through all the vicissitudes of a most 
disastrous season. The seed were sown on dry alluvial 
soil, which had been prepared for turneps; and from a 
piece of ground, not exceeding the fourth of an acre, 
I gathered fourteen bushels of seed. It will, I think, 
make fine hay, growing from two and a half to three 
feet high; and, in its native prairies, it forms the favorite 
pasture of the wild horse and buffalo.” 
ONONDAGA COUNTY (N. Y.) SOCIETY. 
Officers —William Fuller, of Skaneateles, Pres’t.; 
Silas Cheesebro, of De Witt, Fletcher Woodward, of Ca- 
millus, Vice Pres'ts.; Chester Moses, of Marcellus, Rec. 
See'y.; Enoch Marks, of Navarino, Cor. Sec’y.; E. F. 
Wallace, of Syracuse, Treas. 
An executive committe, of one member from each 
town in the county, was also chosen. The prospects of 
an efficient and useful Agricultural Society in this county 
are decidedly fair; and, it is to be hoped, the warmest 
expectations of the friends of an improved husbandry 
will be fully realized in the result. The thanks of the 
Scc'ety were vo f ed to the former officers of the Society, 
for the valuable assistance they had rendered in its or¬ 
ganization and management. 
HARTFORD COUNTY, (CONN.) 
REPORT OF THE VIEWING COMMITTEE ON FARMS. 
Such reports as the one now before us, always possess 
for us a peculiar interest; and, we doubt not, are equally 
acceptable to our readers. In the report of the man¬ 
agement, products, and expenses of a well conducted 
farm, there is something tangible, and which exhibits 
better than any mere theory, the actual results of farm¬ 
ing; and we hope that hereafter, premiums 'on farms, 
small farms as well as large, will be distributed by 
every agricultural society in the country. There are 
many beautiful farms in Hartford county, as we have 
the pleasure of knowing, but the four included in the 
Report are those of Mr. Samuel Deming, of Farming- 
ton, Mr. S. H. Huntington, of Hartford, Mr. S. N. 
Barllett, of East Windsor, and Mr. Jonathan Goodwin, 
of Hartford. We regret that we have not room for the 
whole Report; as it is, an abstract is all we can pre¬ 
tend to give. 
Mr. Deming's farm contains one hundred and thirty 
acres, in nine separate pieces, and lying on both sides 
of Farmington river. These separations are a disad¬ 
vantage, as they prevent in some degree that unity of 
design and management which might otherwise be 
made to appear. Few men, however, would overcome 
these obstacles, or turn them to better account than Mr. 
Deming. A considerable part of his meadow land, a 
few years since, was a worthless bog, which, by drain¬ 
ing, he has converted into most productive meadows 
of the finest grasses. The farm in all its parts, build¬ 
ings, yards, &c., is in fine order, and bears every where 
marks of care and improvement. The produce and ex¬ 
penses of Mr. Deming’s farm are shown below, the 
prices being put at the actual market value. 
30 acres of mowing, 75 tons of hay, at $9,.$675 00 
15 “ in rye, 250 bushels, at SO cents,. 200 00 
5 “ in corn, 130 “ 80 . 104 00 
3 (1 in oats, 150 “ 45 . 67 50 
3 “ in potatoes, 250 “ 25 . 87 60 
Pasturing for 34 head of creatures, $5,. 170 00 
$1,304 00 
EXPENSES. 
3 men 6 months, $14 per month,.$254 00 
Equal to 1 1-2 men during the winter, at 
$13 per month,.-. 117 00 
- $371 00 
Nett profit,.. $933 00 
Mr. Huntington’s farm is about three miles west of 
the city of Hartford, and contains one hundred and ten 
acres, eight being in wood land. Mr. Huntington has 
had the farm three years, and the effect of good man¬ 
agement and an improving culture is visible in every 
part. The low grounds have been improved by drain¬ 
ing, and the gravely knolls by plaster. Mr. II.’s me¬ 
thod is to manure well, and plant no further than his 
manure will go. Last year he made one hundred and 
fifty loads of manure. The farm buildings are all new, 
and good models for a farmer, being constructed with 
tlue regard to economy and convenience. Mr. Hunting- 
ton furnishes another instance of a man bred to a pro¬ 
fessional life, turning his attention successfully to the 
management of a farm, taking hold himself of the 
plow, and engaging in this best of all employments 
with an energy and pleasure that already exhibit the 
most favorable result. The statement of the crops, ex¬ 
penses, &c. of Mr. Huntington’s farm, is as follows: 
Received for hay, fruit, &c. sold from the growth 
of the present year, .$190 85 
50 tons hay on the farm, $9,. 450 00 
200 bushels of oats, 46 cents,... 90 00 
500 “ potatoes, 25,. 125 00 
15 “ rye, 80, . 12 00 
300 “ carrots, 25,. 75 00 
Oat straw and eorn stalks,.— • 20 00 
Turneps, 100 bushels, 17 cents,. 17 00 
Ruta bagas, 75 “ 17 “ 12 75 
Broom corn,. 6 00 
Pasture for 27 head of cattle,. 125 00 
$1,133 60 
EXPENSES. 
Clover and grass seed, ..$13 50 
Horse rake,. 9 00 
Sythes, rakes, hoes, pitchforks,. 5 84 
Extra labor in haying,. 44 00 
1 man 6 months, $13 50, . 81 00 
1 “ the year,. 156 00 
8 loads of manure, . 12 00 
Plaster,., 2 12 
Paid for pasturing, . 22 60 
- $345 96 
Nett profit,. $787 64 
Mr. Goodwin’s farm is about one and one-fourth miles 
west of the city, and contains forty-three acres. Few 
farms show more decisively than this, the advantage of 
small farms, with high cultivation, over large ones, half 
cultivated. Every acre of this has been brought to a 
high state of improvement; the buildings, fences, and 
indeed every thing in and about the farm, were in per¬ 
fect order. For farming purposes, the committee judged 
it to be worth at least $200 per acre. Thirty-four acres 
are in mowing, and six in pasture. The stock consists 
of six cows, a yoke of cattle, and a horse. Mr. Good¬ 
win keeps an exact account of the products and expenses 
of his farm, which is as follows: 
Sold 49 tons of hay, at $12 per ton,.$5SS 00 
Sold butter,. 109 90 
Sold 6 calves, weighing 812 lbs., 4 1-2 cents,. 37 50 
Received for roweu feed,. 33 66 
Keeping horse 19 weeks, 4s. per week,. 12 67 
Profit on two yoke of cattle fattened,.. 40 00 
1 fat cow sold, . 30 00 
1 “ steer “ 33 00 
6 spring pigs,. 15 00 
2 hogs, weighing 600 lbs.,. 36 00 
Sow and pigs sold,... 30 00 
125 bushels potatoes sold, 25 cents,. 30 25 
Received for team work, done off the farm,. 40 00 
$1,034 72 
EXPENSES. 
Paid for manure,. $60 00 
“ labor,. 90 00 
Pasturing cows 16 weeks, at 40 cents per 
week,. 38 40 
Corn raised on other land, . 21 00 
Cost of sow,. 11 00 
“ pigs,.. ■ • 3 50 
Cow before feeding,. 18 00 
Steer “ “ . 20 00 
- $261 90 
Nett profit,. $772 82 
Mr. Bartlett's farm is in East Windsor, and contains 
one hundred and fifteen acres, a considerable part of 
which, when it came into his possession, ten years since, 
was almost in the condition of blowing sand, so light 
and sandy, anti so reduced by improper cropping, was 
the land. Mr. B. has now twenty-seven acres in mow¬ 
ing and tillage, sixty-three in pasture, and twenty-five 
in wood. By pursuing a rotation of crops, feeding out 
all his produce to stock, and manuring to the extent of 
his means, the whole has been improved, and some of 
the farm brought into a good state of cultivation. Mr. 
B. pays great attention to stock, and has some fine 
Durham cattle. Mr. Bartlett’s statement of crops, ex¬ 
penses, &c., to the committee, is as follows: 
40 tons of hay, at $9 per ton,.$369 00 
50 bushels of oats, at 45 cents,. 22 60 
140 “ corn, 80 “ . 120 00 
150 “ potatoes, 25 “ •. 37 50 
600 lbs. tobacco, 5 cents,. 30 00 
Pasturing 22 head of cattle, $5,. llO 00 
$6S0 00 
EXPENSES. 
Labor of one man, at $11 per month, 6 
Boy, 10 days’ haying,. 5 00 
- $71 00 
Nett profit, . $609 90 
WINNEBAGO COUNTY (ILL.) SOCIETY. 
There are few things more gratifying than to wit¬ 
ness the increasing attention paid to agriculture, as de¬ 
monstrated by the proceedings of the numerous societies 
that have sprung up within the past year, in almost every 
part of the United States. The many notices of such 
societies, in our last volume, are proofs of this, and we 
shall add more, as the kindness of our friends shall afford 
the means. We find, in the Rockford Pilot, an account 
of the annual meeting of the society named above; and 
it is gratifying to learn that the meeting was fully at¬ 
tended by the farmers from the vicinity, and from the 
neighboring counties. Fine specimens of full blooded 
Short Horns, and beautiful Berkshires, were offered for 
premiums; and the exhibition of horses might have 
shamed that of many older societies. An address was 
delivered by Dr. J. C. Goodhue, which was listened to 
with much interest. It was both practical and illustra¬ 
tive, and enforced lessons which, if put in practice by 
our farmers, would secure the best results. He dwelt 
with much effect and eloquence on the bright agricul¬ 
tural prospects of the fertile west, and recommended 
the adoption of those principles in agricultural opera¬ 
tions, which experience has proved are the surest means 
of ultimate success. The premium for the best horse 
was awarded to J. S. Norton, for the horse “Uncas.” 
For the best bull, to B. T. Lee, for the imported Short 
Horn, Duke of Wellington. For the best boar, to Ho¬ 
race Miller, for a full blooded Berkshire, from Lossing, 
of Albany, “ as fine an animal as the country affords.” 
The specimens of vegetables, corn, cocoons, &c. &c., 
were very fine. In short, the whole went off in the 
most encouraging manner; and we trust our Winnebago 
farmers will find, in this commencement, a strong in¬ 
ducement to continued exertion, and with still more 
complete success. 
LAKE COUNTY (OHIO) SOCIETY. 
The first annual Fair of the Lake County (Ohio) Ag¬ 
ricultural Society, was held at Painesville on the 19th 
and 20th of October, 1841. According to the “ Tele¬ 
graph,” there are no counties in the northern part of 
that agricultural state, that can present a more imposing 
and finer display of cattle, &c.; and we are gratified to 
learn that a full proportion of them were present at the 
fair. Besides the animals presented for premiums, there 
were three ox teams on the ground, that attracted much 
notice. That from Mentor, numbered thirty-six yoke; 
that from Le Roy, thirty-six; and that from Madison, 
twcn:y-live. A beautiful pair of twin cattle, owned by 
Mr. Williams, of Le Roy, attracted the notice, and won 
the admiration of all. They were dark red, with some 
white on their faces, sides, and flanks, and so perfectly 
matched, as to render it almost impossible to distinguish 
the one from the other. The plowing match was well 
attended. Seven teams entered as competitors, and the 
quarter of an acre allotted to each was plowed in from 
thirty-two to fifty-four minutes each. The premiums 
were awarded to Mr. Ford and Mr. Page, both of whom 
performed their work admirably, in thirty-two minutes. 
The exhibition of domestic manufactures was particu¬ 
larly fine; and the specimens of silks, carpets, woollen 
cloths, flannels, shawls, straw bonnets, &c. &c., elicited 
the highest commendation. Mrs. T. A. Tisdell, of Ma¬ 
dison, appeared in a beautiful silk dress of her own 
manufacture. Few would have deemed it any other 
than imported. Mrs. S.. A Tisdell also obtained a pre¬ 
mium on a silk dress pattern, of fine finish and texture, 
the work of her own hands. This family have, for a 
considerable time, been engaged in the silk business, 
and have practically demonstrated that.it may be pro¬ 
fitably and pleasantly connected with the other agricul¬ 
tural labors of the farm. A number of specimens of 
sewing silk were presented, which were of the best 
quality. A very extensive exhibition of large and fine 
vegetables was made, which, with the fine fruits, &c. 
presented, gave rich promise of the capabilities of that 
district of Ohio. The exhibition of articles of mechan¬ 
ical skill was very limited, a fault not likely to occur 
again, in a population where manufacturing most arti¬ 
cles or implements, of domestic use, is practiced. The 
specimens of the dairy were beautiful, and of the best 
quality. The unexpected success of this first experiment 
in Lake county, cannot fail to produce an increased in¬ 
terest in the farmers’ holiday, and render the anniver¬ 
sary hereafter exceedingly profitable. The lake coun¬ 
try of Ohio is most beautiful; and the impulse which 
will be given to an improved agriculture, by such an¬ 
nual exhibitions, will be most beneficially felt, in what¬ 
ever districts they occur. 
