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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



"From Dixon we weDt directly to Milwaukie, to attend the Wisconsin State Fair; and a great Fair 

 the Badgers have had. Tlieir officei's all courteous and full of energy and good will ; the grounds, a 

 private race course, very extensive and beautiful; and the weather fine during the two first days. 

 Horses of all tjreeds, from the imported Slietland [lony up to the largest and boniest cart horse. It 

 struck me, however, (thougli I am not learned in tliese matters,) that the contributors in this line 

 were more liberal than select in their display of sliovv horses. There were some great goers though, 

 and of their merits I could better judge. The grades in the cattle line were most abundant ; but 

 there were some beautifid animals of pure blood, whicli, as competent eivsteru judges assured me, I 

 was not wrong in believing eqi'al to most shown in eastern Slates. Sheep were there in plenty, and 

 in all their pure excellence and desirable grades. Wisconsin, you know, is a wool-growing state. 

 Swine were there, good pigs too, most of them; and the symptoms of the 'chicken fever' were 

 unmistakable — a dozen or more large lots showing that the affection has reached Wisconsin. 



"Ball! I see I have finished my sheet, and said nothing — all common place, if not out of place, 

 as I know little about stock, scientifically. 



" Well, the products of the farm, and especially the dairy, were abundant and good ; and you may 

 depend that the 'Badgers' have been digging in the right way, and that they are in earnest about 

 this Society, — an<l they ought to be, for they have got the most active, as well as ijitellirjent and 

 (Icteriiiined, young Secretary that any Society can boast. He is as near like B. P. Johnson as a young 

 man of little practical knowledge of agriculture, and but a year or two's experience in office, can 

 posc>ibly be. The Wisconsin State Agricultural Society is in luck, and if Albert C. Incham remains 

 in his present position until he is thirty years old, (he is only twenty-three now) 1 predict greatithiugs 

 for Wisconsin Agriculture. 



"I can't praise the show of fruits and flowers, though both arc respectable. Some good late plums; 

 plenty of apples, not quite so large as those of Illinois, nor in so great variety; some pears and 

 grapes, Init no great variety. Dahlias, and other late flowers from Kenosha, from Ca]it. Caiioon I 

 think, were decidedly good. Milwaukie did not show flowers as she might have done, though Mr. 

 Messenger had fifty or sixty sorts of fine Green House plants, in good condition. The show of 

 implements was I'espectable." 



Ann'uai. Fall Exhibition of tife Genesee Valley Horticultural Societt. — This exhibition was 

 held on the 22d and 23d of September. The .show of fruits was the best (excepting peaches) ever 

 seen in Rochester. The collections of apples and pears were as good as any, if not the best, we have 

 ever seen ; and when spread out on the tables, tastefully arranged, formed a museum of rare interest 

 and beauty. 



J. W. BissELL, Esq., exhibited a fine collection of foreign grapes from his vinery, that attracted 

 much attention. 



James Vick, Jr., made a good show of annuals, that were very attractive. Asters, Balsams, Ten 

 week Stocks, Phlox Drummondi, Godetias, Leptosiphons. Argemone, &c., were all fine. 



The nurserymen made a good display of pot jilants and cut flowers.. Dahlias, the glory of tliese 

 autumnal shows usually, were in a great measure wanting, in consequence of the dry weather and 

 swarms of grasshoppers in August and September. C. J. Ryan alone made a fair display. 



Mr. Philo Parks, of Victor, presented a collection of wild flowers from his farm. 



A few fine vegetables were shown by Mr. Theodore Backts, John Doxnellan, and C. F. Crosman. 



Mr. Vick exliibited fine Lima beans, Mexican and White fiercer potatoes, and Stowell's sweet corn. 



Superb watermelons were shown by Jno. Doknellan. Some of them were sold at the close of the 

 exhibition, for the benefit of the Society, at five or six shillings each. Jlr. Donnellan had on his 

 table some fine Ros/; winter Radish, the seeds of which we brougjit from France. 



The attendance of visitors was thin, owing to the prevailing sickness at that time ; but those who 

 were present, expressed themselves delighted with the whole affair. 



Acknowledoements. — We are indebted to James Roby', Esq., of Brockport, for a basket of White 

 and Orajj Doj/enne pears. The specimens of the latter were particulai-ly fine. Mr. R. considers them 

 in some respects superior to the White, and we agree with him. The tree is not quite so vigorous 

 in growth as the White, but it is hardy and an abundant bearer. 



We must take this occasion to say that the lands around IJrockport are admirably adapted to the 

 pear, and are destined soon to be largely devoted to its culture. 



A1s<i, to .Ias. it. Watts, for Sheldon peai'S, which were supposed last season to be the Oswego Brurre. 

 Mi'. W., ill his note aceomjianying them, says: "The jiroduct of our own State, it having originated 

 in Huron, Wayne county, we may indeed congratulate fruit-growers as well as fruit-lovers, that we 

 have now found another first rate pear for them to add to their varieties for cultivation. 



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