No. 3. Cattle Shoio and Exhibition of the JV. Y. State Ag. Society. 



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all quarters, and were shown under favour- 

 able circumstances. The committee of 

 judges in this department, had an arduous 

 task in deciding upon the merits of the re- 

 spective animals; the committee, however, 

 was a strong- one, and liad at its head Col. 

 Sherwood, of Auburn, reputed as one of the 

 best judges in the country. The plougliing 

 match was spirited and interesting; in no 

 part of the United States, it is believed, 

 could so many superior ploughs, ploughmen, 

 and teams, be exhibited, as competed for the 

 prizes at Ulica. Mr. Delano's Improved 

 Diamond Sod Plough took the tirst premi- 

 um; he exhibited also a Cross Plough, for 

 fallow or broken land, which to my liking, 

 was the best I ever saw. 



The Flora and Pomona Hall was a beau- 

 tiful affair, tastefully festooned and decorated 

 by the ladies of Utica. The fruits and flow- 

 ers were creditable offerings, but of course, 

 fell short of the special Horticultural Exhi- 

 bitions of Philadelphia. But then the Farm- 

 ers' Hall, v.'here were exhibited the butter, 

 cheese, and dairy utensils of Oneida and 

 adjoining counties: — Where and how could 

 it be surpassed ? Nowhere, take it all in 

 all, I'll answer for it. A Pennsylvania 

 farmer can form no adequate idea of the 

 capital employed in cheese making alone, 

 nor the perfection to which this part of dairy 

 husbandry is carried. The women seemed 

 more interested in this department than the 

 men, and I cannot withhold from them the 

 meed of well merited praise for their tidi- 

 ness, their affability, general intelligence 

 and good looks. If I had to choose a wife, 

 I would go among the Yankees or to West- 

 ern New York, which I believe would be 

 the same thing; and could I do no better, 

 would, as Jacob did of old, serve some La- 

 ban for a Rachel. 



Fortunately the weather was very propi- 

 tious, uninterruptedly fine throughout the 

 three days, until near the close of the third, 

 as Mr. Gowen, chairman of the committee 

 on first class of cattle, had finished reading 

 his Report, there came up a shower which 

 induced the president to suggest a removal 

 from the open ground to the halls. It soon 

 cleared away again, the sun shone out, and 

 the moon succeeded, and reigned throughout 

 a beautiful night, making pleasant the jour- 

 ney of thousands, who left Utica by rail- 

 roads, canals, stages, and private convey- 

 ances for their homes, which I hope they 

 all reached in safety, pleased with their 

 agricultural excursion. 



The Hon. Josiah Quincy, jr., made the 

 annual Address. It was listened to with 

 marked respect and attention. It bore prin- 

 cipally on the social and moral condition of 



the farmer, was ingeniously compiled, and 

 well delivered ; some might think it ratiier 

 puritanical, the Scriptural allusions being 

 many ; yet none of them could be held as 

 inappropriate. 



The State of New York, nay the whole 

 agricultural community, are indebted to the 

 olHcers and members of the State Society 

 for their industry, perseverance and man- 

 ageujent, in carrying out so ably the great 

 work of improvement, by means of these 

 grand Exhibitions, which speak in such in- 

 telligible language to so many thousands at 

 once, of what has, and what can be done in 

 the various departments of agricultural sci- 

 ence and domestic economy. While all the 

 officers are entitled to much praise, I would 

 in a special manner notice the able and effi- 

 cient labours of the president, B. P. John- 

 son, Esq., and of Luther Tucker, recording 

 secretary, favourably known to agricultu- 

 rists, as editor of the Albany Cultivator. 



However glad to have brought this rapid 

 sketch to a close, I cannot resist telling you, 

 tliat pending the Exhibition I visited the 

 Falls of Trenton, distant from Utica about 

 fifteen miles. I shall not attempt any thing 

 like a description of these sublime and en- 

 chanting Falls, for even had I the time at 

 command, there would be wanting the ability 

 to do justice to them ; and in saying this, it 

 affords no comparative idea to your readers 

 of the splendor, richness, and variety of the 

 scenery that nature has so luxuriantly thrown 

 together in the sweetest and wildest form 

 that can be imagined ; no human penciling 

 could give any thing but a faint and imper- 

 fect sketch of their grandeur and beauty. 

 He who would desire to see nature in her 

 wildest, chastest mood, must gaze upon her 

 as I have done in her most felicitous display 

 — the Trenton Falls — and if he can say that 

 I raised an expectation that was not more 

 than realized, I shall acknowledge myself 

 an enthusiast, and consider him as proof 

 against all the influences that combine to 

 dazzle and delight the common mind ! 



What a world is New York — her agricul- 

 turists and merchants — her public works — 

 her territory and population — her bays, rivers, 

 and lakes — she is indeed " Land of the moun- 

 tain and the flood!" And compatible with 

 all these are her public spirit and enterprise 

 — the munificence and hospitality of her 

 generous and enlightened citizens. 



J. G. 



Philadelphia, October 1st, 1845. 



Woollens should be washed in very hot 

 suds and not rinsed. Lukewarm water 

 shrinks thera. 



