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WINDS.

This is for the record of the direction FROM which the wind is blowing as indicated by a vane, and its force by estimation. The direction is entered in eight points of the compass: N., N.E., E., S.E., S., S.W., W., N.W. The force is estimated and registered by the following table, in figures from 1 to 10:

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April

47°.71 74° 21° 28.927 29.314 28.581 40.11 .240 65.12 1 54 11 13 37 15

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May

June.

61°.72 86° 31° 28.85529.170 28.326 49.03 .412 74.66 4.51 44 11 28 6 64°.90 89° 36° 28.836 29.181 28.396 39.53.468 75.60 2.30 43 13 13 12

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October

November

December

69°.58 85° 31° 28.888 29.198 28.697 45.79 69°.03 95° 26° 28.941 29.220 28.624 43 55 September......59°.38 83° 19° 28.990 29 378 28.513 40.33 47°.08 72° | 16° 28.948 29.503 28.492 73 33 .227 74.27 1.0451 925 8 39°.61 63° 7° 28.879 29.353 28.414 68.63 .168 77.54 .87 65 11 8 3 30°.32 61 0° 28.919 29.402 28.162 72. .151 84.58 1.71 37 14 11 22

.532 76.18 3.82 41 5 25 8 .591 81.55 3.03 65 5 814 .40482 00 89 46 10 21 13

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Max. Barometer, Oct. 25th, 7 A. M., 29.503 inches.

Min. Barometer, December 31st, 9 P. M., 28.162. Range, 1.341 inches.

Max. Thermometer, August 21, 1 P., 95o.

Min. Thermometer, December 31st, 11 P. M., 0°. Range 95°.

Total Rain, 19.71 inches.

Average per month, 2.19 inches.

Average per month for 5 years, 3.59.

Monthly deficiency, 1.40 inches.

The season has been dry and cold. In consequence of the dryness of the Atmosphere the range of the Thermometer has been very great. Thus the mean of the monthly max. is 78°.7 and the mean of min. Ther. 20.7, giving 58° as the mean monthly range.

PEDIGREES OF STOCK.

SHORT-HORN BULL FATALIST, 4794.

American Herd Book, Vol. 6, p. 70.

Roan; calved Feb. 19, 1861.

Bred by Samuel Thorn, Duchess Co., N. Y.; the property of Michigan State Agricultural College.

Got by 2d Duke of Thorndale, 2788, (17748.) dam, Favorita,' by Neptune, 1917, (11847.) g. dam, Frederica,d by Upstart, (9760.)

gr. g. dam, Feathers, by Duke of Cornwall, (5947.)
gr. gr. g. dam, Lily, by Fergus, (3782.)

gr. gr. gr. g. dam, Purity, by Dandy, (1902.)
gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam, Resplendent, by Blyth, (797.)
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam, by Midas, (435.)

gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam, by Boughton, (90.)

gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam, by Windsor, (698.)

gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. g. dam, by R. Colling's Son of Favorite, (252.)

"2d Duke of Thorndale, 2788, (17748.)”

Red Roan; bred by Samuel Thorne, Thorndale, Duchess Co., N. Y., and sold by him in England, for $2,000.

Calved April 5th, 1858; got by 21 Grand Duke 2181, (12961,) out of Duchess 71st, by Duke of Gloster 2763, (11382,)-Duchess 66th, by 4th Duke of York (10167,)-Duchess 55th, by 4th Duke of Northumberland (3694,)-Duchess 38th, by Norfolk (2377,)-Duchess 33d, by Belvedere (1706,)—Duchess 19th, by 2d Hubback (1423,)-Duchess 12th, by the Fari (646,)—Duchess 4th, by Ketton 21 (710,)-Duchess 1st, by Comet (155,)—by_Favorite (252,) by Daisy Bull (186,)-by Favourite, (252,)—by Hubback (319,)-by J. Brown's Red Bull (97.)

(b) Favorita" won the 1st prize, as a yearling, at the N. Y. State Agr'l Soc. Show, at Syracuse, in 1858, and the 1st prize, as a two-year old, at the N. Y. State Agr'l Soc. Show, at Albany, in 1859.

(c) "Neptune 1917 (11847,)" was awarded, by the U. S. Agricultural Society, the highest prize, of $200, for the best Bull, and $500, with the best herd of five animals. He won the 1st prize at the N. Y. State Agr'l Soc. Show, at Syracuse, in 1858, as the best imported ShortHorn Bull.

(a) "Frederica" was imported in 1853, as a two-year old. She had already won the following prizes: In 1852, 1st prize, £10, at the Royal Agr'l Soc. Show, held at Lewes; 1st prize, £10, at the great Yorkshire Soc. Show; and she was best of a lot of three that won a handsome time-piece, given by the same Society, for the three best Short Horns in the yard, the property of one individual; 1st prize, £10, at the Royal Soc. of Ireland, held at Galway; 1st prize, £5, at the Royal North Lancaster Soc. Show, held at Preston. In 1853, 1st prize, a Gold and Silver Medal, as best Heifer in the yard, at the Royal Dublin Soc. Show; 2d prize, at the great Yorkshire Show; 21 prize at the Show of the Roy North Lancaster Society. She was beaten on both these occasions by Mr. Booth's Heifer," Bridesmaid." To compete for these prizes, it was necessary the heifers should be in calf. Mr. Booth's proved not to have been; and as "Frederica" dropt a calf a few months after, the 1st prize belonged rightly to her.

SHORT-HORN COW DIELYTRA GWYNNE.

American Herd Book, vol. 4, p. 315, Vol. 6, p. 236.

Red; calved May 20th, 1858; bred by John R. Page, Sennett, N. Y. The property of Michigan State Agricultural College.

Got by Hiawatha," 1663.

dam, Dinah Gwynne, by Balco, 227, (9918.)

gr. dam, Dolly Varden, by Riblesdale, (7422.)

gr. gr. dam Dorothy Gwynne, by Conservative, (3472.) gr. gr. gr. dam, Cripple by Marmion, (406.)

gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, Daphne, by Merlin, (430.)

gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam Nell Gwynne, by Layton, (366.) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, Nell Gwynne, by Phenomenon, (491.) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, Princess, by Favorite, (252) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, by Favorite, (252.) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, by Hubback, (319.)

gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr, dam, Snowdon's Bull, (612.) gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, by Waistell's Bull, (669)

gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, Masterman's Bull, (422.)

gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, by the Studley Bull, (626.)

(a) "Hiawatha 1663," Red; calved Nov. 22, 1855. Won the 1st prize, at the N. Y. State Agr❜l Show, at Albany, in 1859.

Bred by Samuel Thorne, Duchess County, N. Y.

Got by Young Balco, 1124 (12426,) out of Diana Gwynne, by Duke of Lancaster, (10929,) -Dolly Varden, by Ribblesdale, (7422)-Dorothy Gwynne, by Conservative, (3472,) &c. &c. See 5 Vol. A. H. B., p. 94.

SHORT-HORN HEIFER HAZE.

American Herd Book, Vol. 6, p. 283.

Roan; calved March 28, 1862; bred by F. M. Rotch, Morris, Otsego Co., N. Y. The property of Michigan State Agricultural College.

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Got by Lord Oxford, 3091.

dam, Honeysuckle, by Tommy Bates, (13890.)

gr. dam Heartsease, by Yorkshireman, 189, (5700.)
gr. gr. dam, Hoyden, by Bertram 2d, 21, (3144.)
gr. gr. gr. dam, Heroine, by Memnon, (2297.)
gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, Hesper, by Fredrick, (2038.)
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, Harriet, by Denton, (198.)
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, Henrietta, by Comet, (155.)
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, Hannah, by Henry, (301.)
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dam, by Danby, (190.)
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. by Son of Favorite, (252.)

(a) "Lord Oxford, 3091," Roan; calved Sept. 16th, 1857; bred by Samuel Thorne, Duchess County N. Y., and sold by him in 1862, for $2,000, in England, where he won the Challenge Cup, at the Uĺverton Show.

Got by Duke of Gloster, 2763, (11382,) out of Oxford 13th, by 3d Duke of York, (10166,)Oxford 5th, by Duke of Northumberland, (1940,)-Oxford 2d, by Short Tail, (2621)Matchem Cow, by Matchem, (2281,)-by Young Wynyard, (2859,)

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