1846.] Buttonwood Fungi Fruit. 335 



Addison excelled in working oxen and steers, taking almOvSt all 

 the premiums, and $5 for the five best yoke of oxen, from that 

 town. Cornwall excelled in swine, and took most of the premi- 

 ums on the few that were presented. The sucking colts in Brid- 

 port, the stock of Black Hawk, took both the first and second 

 premiums; since which the one that took the first premium, be- 

 longing to Mr. Hill, has been sold into central or western New 

 York, for $ 1 10, though badly marked, the purchaser remarking 

 that he would have given $200 had he been free from any white. 

 He purchased two other sucking colts of the same stock; one of 

 D. W. Jewett, for $100, and the other of Mr. Hill for $65. A 

 cow belonging to Mr. Solomon Allen, of Panton, kept on grass 

 two weeks in June, produced 35 lbs. of butter. Another in 

 Whiting produced 29 lbs. 3 oz.; and another inBridport 28^ lbs. 

 The field crops are reported at the first of January, and premiums 

 awarded thereon at the annual meeting, so that this is but a part 

 of the year's operations of our County Agricultural society. The 

 subject is taking a deeper hold of public confidence. The socie- 

 ty has recently held its third annual fair, and never were there so 

 many of all classes out to witness the exhibition. Four years 

 ago, our legislature appropriated a certain sum to the encourage- 

 ment of agricultural societies, to be distributed among the coun- 

 ties, on condition that they would organize an agricultural society 

 and raise a sum equal to their share given by the state. Most of 

 the counties have gone into the measure, and there is a fair pros- 

 pect that the agricultural interests of the state will be greatly 

 subserved. 



Yours, &c. D. L. 



Life and Vigor returning to the Buttonwood. — The button- 

 wood in this vicinity exhibits signs of returning vigor, and many 

 which seemed to be nearly dead will recover. 



Potato Fungi.— We have received from our friend Dr. Fitch 

 a pair of fine fungi which grew in a potato hill, and which re- 

 semble potatoes so closely that they were so considered. We 

 may figure and describe them in a future number. 



Unripe and Worthless Fruit in the Albany Market. — The 

 fruits which have appeared this season in this market, have been 

 generally unripe. Peaches, until they had been in market three 

 weeks, were generally unfit to eat. 



