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GENESEE FARiMER. 



Nov. 



Wyoming County Fair. 



It was rny good forlune to attend the Annua] 

 lixhibition and Fair of the Wyon::i)g county Ag- 

 :?icultural Society, last week, at Warsaw. 



I was prepared to see a tolerable turn-out, and 

 'hs.d anticipated, I hardly know why, that it would 

 :*iOt be worthy of the farmers of that fine county. 

 Ifou may judge of my surprise when, as I came 

 m view of the beautiful vale, and village of War- 

 saw fi'om the west hill, I saw the ample field in 

 "fchich tlie animals were exhibited literally swann- 

 "iig with people. From the distant point it which 

 J tirst saw them, they presented one of the most 

 interesting pictures I ever beheld. The Cattle 

 ■■^-ere seen lining the fences out side: the Sheep 

 and Swine pens were thi'ougli the centre ; and 

 t^e Horses were moving about in the ample back 

 ground, — while tlie' intermediate spaces were 

 Mack with figures and moving groups. On dri- 

 this; into the village I found it thronged witi) 

 She farmers from tlie surrounding counti-y. Al- 

 Shough the assemblage in the field had seemed 

 large, yet not one half of the people were on the 

 s^ow-ground at any one time. Leaving my 

 feam with our excellent friend, and capital 

 ?30st. Gen. McElwain, I repaired to the field 

 and spent a couple of hours very pleasantly and 

 ^oiitably in viewing the stock which was on tl e 

 gj'ound. The show was large, much larger than 

 ■ft-e had in our county last year, and but little, if 

 iSny, behind ours this year. Tiuit yoii may 

 judge of what Wyoming county fai-mers can do, 

 J \vill mention the fact tiiat a yoke of [yvo year 

 I'M steers, which were sliown there, have since 

 ■tf^en sold for §>100 each. 



From the Stock Yard I went to the Court House 

 Square, where, under a ten^porary shed, the va- 

 rious articles of Domestic Manufacture were ex- 

 Jiibited. By the assistance of their very active 

 *nd zealous President, J. C. Ferriss, Esq., I was 

 enabled to elbow my way through the crowd and 

 get a 'view of the various articles which were 

 spread out upon the tables. In this jjranch the 

 ladies lose nothing in comparison with their sis- 

 iers in Genesee. There were carj)ets, stockings. 

 l!annel, yarn, and various other domestic "yf.r- 

 ing-5," which showed that the farmer's wives do not 

 mean to be behind their husbands in making 

 fefieso holidays interesting. The show of butter 

 and cheese was not creditable to a county con- 

 aaining so many noted and eAcelioiit dairies as 

 Wyoming. There were some beautiful samples 

 of maple sugar, and some very interesting spec- 

 imens of lioney in glass liives. 



The show of fi-uit was very fine indeed, and 

 was creditable to the pei-sons getting it up. An 

 liour was passed away with much pleasure, and 

 as tiie day was drawing to a close I left the square, 

 and found myself in as snug and comfortable 

 quarters with the General as any man need ask. 



The first business of tlie second da}'- was the 

 election of Officers. The President was re-elect- 



ed unanimously. The course which he has pur- 

 sued is such as every honorable, high-minded man 

 should pursue. Though abundantly able, he does 

 not compete for premiums at the exhibitions ; 

 and the presiding oilicer of no Agricultural So- 

 ciety should allow himself for a moment to come 

 in competition with its members for any of its 

 prizes, unless he wishes to mar the usefulness of 

 the Society. The practice of our otherwise very 

 competent President has had a bad eflect, by cre- 

 ating a suspicion, where, I am persuaded, none 

 ought to be entertained. Although he has taken 

 many premiums, annuall)^ yet from his well 

 known liberality I have no doubt he has donated 

 them to the Society. 



After the election the business of the Society 

 was taken up, until dinner, when a recess was 

 taken. After dinner an Address was delivered 

 to a large and attentive audience. Then came 

 the Plowing Match, but as I was pressed for time 

 I could not stop to see it. . 



You may set down Wyoming as one among 

 the very first counties in the cause of agricultu- 

 ral improvement. 



Sincerely yours, T. C. Peters. 



Darien, Genesee. Co., Oct. 12, 1S46. 



Ontario County Agricultural Fair. 



The Fair of the Ontario Ag. Society was held 

 at Canandaigua, on tlie 13th and i4th of last 

 month. We i're informed that tlie exhibition of 

 Cattle, Slieep, Swine, 6e;c., on the 13th, was not 

 large, (in consequence of the severe rain storm,) 

 but decidedly good. Considering the state of 

 the weather, the sliow would compare favorably 

 with previous exhibitions in this and neighbor- 

 ing counties. 



We had tlie pleasure of being present on the 

 second day of the Fair, and were gratified and 

 instructed with what we saw and heard on the 

 occasion. The exhibition of Horses was superi- 

 or to that of most county Fairs. The Ploiving 

 Match excited considerable interest and compe- 

 tition — but not having witnessed it, we are una- 

 ble to give particulars. 



The display in the Horticultural Department 

 was very creditable, and attracted considerable 

 a'.tention. Tliere was an excellent show of Ap- 

 ples, Pears, Quinces, Grapes, &c. Our friend, 

 A. B. Rapalje, Esq., of Farmington, exhibited 

 45 varieties of Apples — and received the first 

 premium, $2. Tlie first premium on Pears was 

 awarded to R. Chapin, Esq., of Canandaigua — 

 who exhibited a superb specimen of the Virgalieu. 

 The exhibition of Grapes — by Mrs. Phelps, of 

 Canandaigua, J. W. Clauk. Esq., of A'aples, and 

 others — was very good. 



In the Ladies' Department, tlie display of use- 

 ful and fancy articles was decidedly ricli and 

 beautiful. In this respect, the Ontario Fair was 

 far superior to that of Monroe. The wives and 

 daucrhters of tiie farmers of Ontario are entitled 



