ANNUAL SHOW AND FAIR OF THE NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

ANNUAL SHOW AND FAIR

OF THE

NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

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of Poughkeepsie and other neighboring villages, assisted by Mr. Walsh, of Lansingburgh, Mr. Downing of Newburgh, Mr. Bateham of Rochester, and other gentlemen of the Society.

Another building will be devoted to the exhibition of

their intention.

WE again call attention to this splendid fête-the domestic industry generally, which may be sent for exFarmers' great annual Festival-which takes place at hibition or competition, as connected directly or indirectPoughkeepsie, commencing Tuesday, the 17th of Sep-ly with the interest or comfort of the farming comtember, and continuing till Thursday, the 20th. Ex-munity. MECHANICS, MANUFACTURERS, and INVENTtensive preparations are on foot for it, and we have no ORS of implements and machinery for lessening labor, or rendering labor more productive, (and all such are doubt it will be the most superb and gratifying specta- invited to send specimens of their industry or ingenuity,) cle of any kind that ever came off in America. Noth- may find their own interest promoted, as well as public ing can be more useful or commendable than Agri- curiosity gratified, by sending specimens to the Show, cultural Shows; and it affords us much pleasure to and notifying the recording secretary immediately of learn, that they are fast coming to be so considered by the Farmers, for whose great benefit they are especially got up. Moreover, they are rapidly winning their way into the favor of all classes, and we are of opinion but 1. few years will pass over, before every State in the Union will have its own Show, backed by separate ones of most of the counties throughout the land. It affords us no little gratification that New York, the Empire State, should be the first to set the great example and carry it out so liberally and effectually. We hope and trust that all who can, will attend, and also bring their families with them; for it will not only be a superb festival, well worth regarding, but prove a school of much learning to whoever may be there, whether large or small.

The regular Annual Address before the State Society and visiters generally, will be delivered by Mr. BANCROFT, the historian. Several other gentlemen, distinguished as agriculturists or as public functionaries, vill also comply with requests by addressing the society and their fellow-citizens during the afternoons or evenings of the assemblage.

PROGRAMME.

The other large buildings will be devoted to the exhibition of AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS generally-to specimens of grain, vegetables, implements of husbandry, and to all other articles (except animals) not embraced in the other buildings. GARDENERS as well as FARMERS and FRUIT-GROWERS, will here find accommodations for any articles they may choose to send.

In connexion with these arrangements, it may be cles designed merely for exhibition, and only one dollar well to state that no charge is made for entering artifrom persons who wish to compete for any of the five hundred premiums offered on all sorts of articles. The payment of one dollar constitutes membership, and ensmall charge of one shilling is made for other visiters, titles the family of the member to admission; and the to aid in preserving order, as well as for assisting the Society in paying premiums.

Plowing Match.-This takes place on Tuesday, the on the subject, it may be added that the Trial of plows 17th of September. To correct some misapprehension and other implements is different from the Plowing Match. The former is for the purpose of testing the qualities of all new and improved farming implements.

General Exhibition.-Commences on Wednesday, the 18th, and continues all Thursday, the 19th. Friday and Saturday, the 20th and 21st, will be days of private

sale.

All persons intending to compete for the Society's premiums, must become members, which they can do by the payment of $1 at the time of entering their articles for exhibition.

who are not members, twelve and a half cents.

The list of premiums to be awarded at this Show, was published in our May Number, p. 146. Since then, the following alterations and additions have been made:

The plan agreed upon by the Executive Committee, requires the enclosure of about ten acres of ground, within a high fence-the erections inside to consist of All members of the Society will be furnished with a four buildings, in dimensions each one hundred feet by member's badge, which will admit them and their famthirty-making a total length of five hundred feet, al-ilies to the show yards. Tickets for admission, to those lowing for the spaces between the buildings; and in addition to these erections, of plain and substantial edifices for the temporary purpose, several tents or marques will be erected for various purposes inside the enclosure, while suitable buildings for ticket and business offices will be erected in front of the enclosure. Large spaces of meadow-land surround the location, so that neither the crowds nor the people of the village need be incommoded by the pressure of horses and carriages within narrow limits. Wells will be dug within the enclosure for the accommodation of cattle, &c.; a carriage-way will run round the fence inside, to enable families and parties to drive around the grounds to see the animals, after examining the various articles exhib-tofore published. ited in the several buildings, &c.

Books and Essays for Publication.-For the best Textbook on Agriculture, for the use of schools, $100. Cattle.-Best Ayrshire Bull, 3 years old, $15. Second best, $10.

Jacks.-Best, $15. Second best, $10.
Mules.-Best pair, $15. Second best, $10.
Sheep. In the classes for sheep, the prizes are for
the best three ewes, instead of the "best ewe," as here-

The following is a list of the judges appointed to

One of these large buildings will be devoted to the award the several premiums :— LADIES, for the exhibition of flowers, fruits, needle- On Farms.-J. P. Beekman, Kinderhook; J. S. work, &c.; and the greatest care will be taken to ren-Wadsworth, Geneseo; Thomas Hillhouse, Albany. der this share of the exhibition satisfactory to the ladies, On trial of Plows.-Caleb N. Bement, Albany; John who, in numbers scarcely less than the gentlemen, visit Wilkinson, Union Vale; L. B. Langworthy, Rochesthese annual exhibitions. This branch of the arrange-ter.

ments will be chiefly under the supervision of the ladies

On Farm Implements.-T. V. W. Anthony, Fishkill;

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Geo. W. Patterson, Westfield; Alvan Bradley, Whites- | ander Walsh, of Lansingburgh, E. P. Prentice, of Al

boro.

On Cattle, Class I.-Alexander Grant, Dover; Anthony Van Bergen, Coxsackie; G. V. Sacket, Seneca Falls.

On Cattle, Classes II. and III.—Henry Whitney, New Haven, Ct.; Dr. J. A. Poole, New Brunswick, N. J.; Thomas Hollis, Butternuts.

On Cattle, Classes IV., V., VI., VII., VIII.-Adam Ferguson, Watertown, Canada West; George Randall, New Bedford, Mass; Elnathan Haxtun, Beekman.

bany, Thos. L. Davies of Poughkeepsie, Benj. P. Johnson of Rome, Luther Tucker of Albany, George Vail of Troy, and N. Sweet of Poughkeepsie.

Committee of Reception.-Jas. Lennox, Francis Granger, Erastus Corning, Abm. Bockee, Elijah Rhoades, John Allen, H. A. Livingston, Robert Donaldson, Gerrit Smith, Dudley B. Fuller, Joel Rathbone, Z. Barton Stout, R. L. Pell, Wm. P. Van Rensselaer, James S. Wadsworth, L. F. Allen, Luther Tucker, James Tallmadge, T. L. Davies, J. W. Knevels, Judge Ruggles, A. T. Cowman, Elisha Johnson, and Ward Hunt, to

On Oren and fat Cattle.-L. C. Ball, Hoosick; John
T. Norton, Farmington, Conn.; Henry A Mesier, Fish-gether with the officers of the State Society.

kill.

On Stallions.-Lewis F. Allen, Buffalo; Theodore S. Faxon, Utica; John A King, Jamaica.

On breeding Mares.-John C. Stevens, New York; George Fordon, Geneva; Gen. A. T. Dunham, Watervliet.

On matched Horses.-John M. Sherwood, Auburn; Wm. T. Porter, New York; Duncan Robinson, Fishkill.

On Arrangements generally.—Joel Rathbone, of Albany, Frederick J. Betts of Newburgh, and Henry O'Reilly, of Albany.

The committees on prize essays, on crops, on farming experiments, and on other subjects not requiring decision before the annual meeting in January, are not included in the foregoing list.

In reference to the transportation of articles to and from the show, it may be remarked, that the railroad companies east and west of Albany and Troy, have manifested a disposition, as heretofore, to facilitate the business by running trains purposely to accommodate stock and other articles for the Show. Tow-boats, pur

On Jacks and Mules.-Jeremiah Johnson, Brooklyn; Noah Gridley, Amenia; Dr. Sam. McClellan, Nassau. On Sheep, Class I.-Henry Rhodes, Trenton; Wm. A. McCulloch, Greenbush; Elias L. Barton, La Grange. On Sheep, Class II.-Sanford Howard, Albany; Ed-posely engaged, will leave Troy and Albany on Monward T. Hallock, Milton; Wm. Fuller, Skaneateles.

On Sheep, Class III.-Edmund Kirby, Brownville; Henry K. Morrell, Caroline Center; Hugh T. Brooks, Wyoming.

On Swine.-H. S. Randall, Cortlandville; Samuel Youngs, Oyster Bay; Samuel Wait, Montgomery.

On Butter.-Alexander Walsh, Lansingburgh; Z. Barton Stout, Richmond; R. L. Pell, Pelham.

On Cheese.-Hon. Elijah Rhoades, Syracuse; W. A. S. North, Duanesburgh; Tobias L. Hogeboom, Ghent. On Maple and Corn-stalk Sugar.-F. J. Betts, Newburgh; Myron Adams, East Bloomfield; Morgan Carpenter, Stamford.

On Silk.-O. Hungerford, Watertown; J. R. Barbour, Oxford, Mass.; Daniel Stebbins, Northampton, Mass.

On Domestic Manufactures.-Hon. Samuel Works, Lockport; Ransom Cook, Saratoga Springs; Joseph Arnold, Kingston.

On Vegetables.-Wm. Wilson, Albany; T. Bridgman, New York; D. B. Futler, Hyde Park.

On Fruits.-J. J. Thomas, Macedon; J. F. Sheaf, Poughkeepsie; Albert Heartt, Troy.

day morning, Sept. 16, at 7 and 8 o'clock, before which hour it is hoped that all articles will be ready for embarkation. The regular Poughkeepsie tow-boats from New York, especially on Monday evening, Sept. 16, will furnish all requisite accommodations for stock and other articles coming up to the Show.

One of the principal causes of confusion at former Shows-the numerous crowds at the ticket-office and at the gates-will be remedied at the approaching Show, by placing tickets for sale in several stores in Poughkeepsie, as well as in the ticket-office; and also by multiplying the number of gates for carriages and pedestrians.

Extensive preparations are in progress at the hotels and otherwise in Poughkeepsie, to accommodate visiters to the Show, as well as practicable. The steamboat captains will lend all reasonable facilities, and some boats moored in the river will accommodate many who may not otherwise find quarters during the Show, while the frequent passage of boats up and down the river will enable visiters to spend some hours or a night at Newburgh, West Point, or elsewhere, within an hour's sail of the Show-ground.

Editors in this and the neighboring States are

On Flowers.-James Lennox, New York; A. J. Downing, Newburgh; M. B. Bateham, Rochester. On Plowing.-Joel B. Nott, Guilderland; Elon Com-respectfully requested to give their readers an outline stock, Rome; Martin Springer, Brunswick; Henry of the arrangements for the Show; and such editors as Staats, Red Hook; Warner Abbot, Otisco. design to visit the Show, are requested to notify the Secretary in advance. HENRY O'RIELLY, Rec. Sec.

On Discretionary Premiums.-Hon. Robert Denniston, Salisbury Mills; Hon. Abram Bockee, Federal Store; Samuel Ackerly, M. D., Richmond, L. I.; J. J. Viele, Lansingburgh; J. B. Duane, Duanesburgh. We can only add, that the excursion to Poughkeepsie On Cattle, &c., from other States.-Hon. Levi Lin-will be well worthy the attention of citizens and strangers; coln, Worcester; James Tallmadge, New York; James Gowan, Philadelphia; H. L. Ellsworth, Washington; J. W. Thompson, Wilmington.

as they will here have an opportunity of not only seeing the greatest Agricultural Show that has ever taken place in this country, but the additional gratification of

On the Transportation of Stock to the Show.-Messrs. Vassar and Wilkinson of Poughkeepsie, Bement and Hillhouse of Albany, Vail of Troy, Walsh of Lansing-viewing on their route up the Hudson, scenery unsurburgh, Beekman of Kinderhook, and O'Reilly of Al- passed, and many places of great interest-historical bany. and otherwise-scattered along the shores of one of the Committee in charge of the Grounds.-Matthew Vas-noblest rivers of the world. It will be a healthful and sar, George Wilkinson, George Van Kleeck, Charles M. Pelton, and David B. Lent. delightful excursion, and we again express the hope

On Arrangements at the Place of Exhibition.-Alex- that all who can will not fail to attend.

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS.

Great Britain within a few months, in search of guano. | phosphorus, and to diffuse it in very fine particles It will soon be cheap enough there and here also, and must unquestionably sell at a loss within six months. We would advise our friends now to be cautious about embarking in the business to any great extent. Second No. of Mr. Colman's European Agricultural Tour.-Mr. Colman writes us from London under date of 17th July, that the second and third Nos. of his Tour are nearly ready for the press, and adds:

through the lard. This fatty compound, on being warmed very gently, may be poured out into a mixture of wheat flour and sugar incorporated therewith, and then flavored with oil of rhodium, or not, at pleasure. The flavor may be varied with oil of aniseed, &c. This dough being made into pellets, is to be laid in ratholes. By its luminousness in the dark, it attracts their notice, and being agreeable to their palates and noses, it is readily eaten, and proves certainly fatal. They soon are seen issuing from their lurking-places to seek for water to quench their burning thirst and bowels; and they commonly die near the water. They continue to eat it as long as it is offered to them, without being deterred by the fate of their fellows, as is known to be the case with arsenical doses. It may be an easy guide for those who are desirous of following Dr. Ure's prescription, and may not have a thermometer at hand, to know that a temperature of 150 of Fahrenheit is equivalent to a degree of heat midway between that at which white of egg coagulates and white wax melts."

"I could have completed near the half of my work had I been willing to give a mere journal of my tour; but that would neither satisfy myself nor my patrons. Requiring, as the work does, a pretty extensive observation of the field before I undertake a map and description of it, you are aware that it can not be done in a hurry. If my friends, however, will have patience with me, I will do everything in my power to evince my gratitude, and as far as I am able, satisfy their reasonable expectations. Of course in such a work, speaking as I do to a mixed audience, some miscellaneous matter will properly come in; but as I mean to give that mainly which is practical and useful, and that which may be applied in my own country, it is indispensable that I should proceed cautiously, and that my statements should be made up on sufficient grounds, and be well authenticated. My great error has been in promising my report too soon, an error which natu-judges that this cow will produce twenty-four pounds rally arose out of very imperfect conceptions of the boldness of the undertaking, and the magnitude of my task."

An extraordinary Durham Milker.-Mr. Hewer, of Charlton, near Brackley, Northamptonshire, has a cow from which was made nineteen and three quarter pounds of butter last week; the cream skimmed but twice, without second butter. It is supposed by competent

of butter a week if second butter is churned. She is of the Durham breed, and a remarkably fine beast, six years old. Her feed is grass and a little hay only! She gives eight gallons of milk per day.—Northampton Herald.

Simple and effectual Remedy for Hove in Cattle.Try the remedy of an egg-shell full of tar rather than attempt the barbarous practice of sticking. If two men hold the animal's head straight, a third its tongue to the right side, he can easily put down its throat an egg-shell full of tar, and in ten minutes relief will usual

Bone Dust as Food.--Mr. Karkeek, in a recent lecture, says, that it has been suggested by Professor Johnstone, of Durham, as in many cases grain is too expensive a food, and these kinds of grain do not exactly agree in other respects with horses, (we mean barley and wheat,) that bone-dust or bone-meal should be given as an article of general food for growing animals. There are many things which look well in theory that will not bear the test of practice; but,ly take place; but a second dose has never failed with should this succeed, we might then hope to minister directly to the weak limbs of the young stock, and at pleasure provide the spare-boned colt with the materials out of which limbs of greater strength might be built up.

As a comment on the above, we have been in the habit, for years, of feeding more or less bone-dust to pigs; but could never see that beyond the gelatine contained therein, that the animals derived much nutriment from such food, whether given whole or ground, or that it caused them to thrive much faster than when fed on grain and vegetables without being mixed with bone-dust.

To destroy Rats.-The following recipe for the destruction of rats, has been communicated by Dr. Ure to the council of the English Agricultural Society, and is highly recommended as the best known means of getting rid of these most obnoxious and destructive vermin. It has been tried by several intelligent persons, and found perfectly effectual.

"Melt hog's lard in a bottle plunged in water heated to about 150° Fahrenheit; introduce into it half an ounce of phosphorus for every pound of lard, then add a pint of proof-spirit or whiskey; cork the bottle firmly after its contents have been heated to 150°, taking it at the same time out of the water-bath, and agitate smartly till the phosphorus becomes uniformly diffused, forming a milky-looking liquid. This mixture being cooled, with occasional agitation at first, will afford a white compound of phosphorus and lard, from which the spirit spontaneously separates, and may be poured off to be used again, for none of it enters into the combination, but it merely serves to comminute the

my cattle, which are always kept at a brisk walking pace through the yard until relieved.-Dublin Farmers' Gazette.

Lambing extraordinary.-A Scotch ewe, the property of Mr. Thomas Petty, farmer, Thorp, near Skipton, did on the 7th ult., lamb the extraordinary number of siz lambs, two of which, with the mother, are doing well. The above ewe was bred by Mr. Wm. Alexander, on the head of the water of Keir, Gallowayshire, and was sold to the above-named gentleman by Mr. D. Johnson in last October.

Curious Duck.-Mr. James Hathway, near Wolton Bassett, has a most amusing natural curiosity. A few days since a duck hatched a brood, consisting of sixteen ducklings, one of which has two bills, four wings, four legs, two tails, and one body. It is living and thriving.

Economy of Bees.-The most perfect illustration of the habits and domestic economy of the honey or garden bee, was afforded to us on Saturday last, in the grounds of Mr. Thomas Gilbert, of Lutterworth, and a more interesting sight we have never before witnessed. Mr. G. had had a number of hives constructed upon different principles, so as to enable the spectator to view the whole process of the manufacture of the comb, the secretion of the honey, and the larva, from which springs the young bees. Some idea of the advantage derived from the management adopted by Mr. Gilbert, may be formed, when we state that a bell glass hive 94 inches by 8 inches, has produced in three weeks 14 pounds of honey; and in an observatory hive, having four angles, 9 by 11 inches each, the bees have, in the course of four weeks, collected no less than 19 pounds of honey.-Leicestershire Mercury.

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