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ing point of excellence. Sherwood's Raker and 

 Binder, worked well theoretically, and attracted 

 jnuch attention. The exhibition of horse-powers, 

 and other similar machines, was very large, and 

 comprised the best machines known in the United 

 States. Pease & Co., Wheeler, Melick & Co., 

 and Emeky Buos., of Albany, Westinghouse & 

 Co., of Schenectady, and Badger & Co., of Fly 

 Creek ; each exhibited railway, horse powers, and 

 threshers in operation. "Westinghodse &, Co., 

 WnEELEE, Melick & Co., and Emehy Bros., also 

 exhibited clover hullers ; but as they were not op- 

 erated, no opinion could be expressed of their 

 efficiency, though the reputation of the builders 

 ought to be a guarantee of their value. J. C. Bird- 

 sALL, of Henrietta, N. Y., presented a machine for 

 Threshing, hulling, and cleaning clover, which re- 

 ceived the first premium, as it had previously in 

 Ohio and Michigan. In plows, cultivators, and 

 harrows, no new feature was observed, except 

 Bliven's Reversible Center-Share Steel Plow, 

 which turns the furrow either or both ways at 

 once. There were two or three potato diggers, 

 but to our apprehension, unless we have more 

 extensive fields, the potato hooks in general use 

 will answer every purpose. Corn buskers came in 

 for a large share of attention, but we saw no one 

 embracing a new and valuable principle, except 

 Mettbrd's Patent Husker, from Perrysburgh, Ohio 

 This is a large machine, which is capable of husk- 

 ing a bushel or more a minute, separating the corn 

 from the liusks and cleaning the silk from the ear, 

 Its objectionable feature for this locality is the 

 necessity of picking the ear from the stalk ; but 

 for the corn growing west, it must prove a very 

 valuable implement. Attracting much observation 

 were two hand cross-cut sawing machines, one by 

 Heth, Hall & Co., another by Porter, Kellogg 

 & Co., of Jefferson county. They were cheap 

 simple, and appeared to cut the log with ease' 

 though not rapidly. In this catalogue comes the 

 combined cross-cut and circular sawing machine of 

 E. D. Hallook, of Rochester, which obtained tlie 

 first premium. We were pleased to observe the 

 Ditch Digger of R. C. Pratt, of Canandaigua, 

 made lighter, more simple, and offered at little 

 more than half its former price. It is said to be 

 capable of digging a three feet ditch with one pair 

 of horses. Intimately connected with the ditch 

 digger, .comes a most excellent drain-tile machine, 

 exhibited by the patentee and manufacturer, F. M. 

 Mattioe, Buff"alo. This machine grinds the clay, 

 moulds it into tile (or brick), and delivers them upon 

 the drying board at one operation, by horse or other 

 power. It appears compact, efficient, and durable, 

 ajid one should be operated in every county, at 



least, in this aYid the adjoining States. There wa? 

 unquestionably many other deserving implements 

 and machi"es which, in the hurry and bustle of a 

 crowded field, passed unnoticed. 



Confesse<l]y the show of stock was equal, if not 

 supei'ior, to that of an^' previous year. Large num- 

 bers of the best imported and home bred aninjals 

 were out. Short-Horns, as usual, were the most 

 numerous. We note samples from the herds of 

 Messrs. Thorn, of Dutchess; Richardson, of West- 

 chester; J. O. Sheldon, and Tyler & Tobey, of 

 Ontario; Wood & Eastman, Converse, and Chad- 

 wick, of Jefferson ; Marks, Jones, and Butts, of 

 Onondaga; Page, of Cayuga; Cornell and Ben- 

 ham, of Tompkins ; W. Hust and Bullock, of Al- 

 bany ; Chapman, of Madison ; Tucker, of Erie : 

 and John Snell, Brampton, C. W. We would 

 gladly particularize, but these superior animals 

 most be seen to be appreciated. Devons were oi> 

 hand in fine array, and of the very best quality. 

 Owners of these herds have every reason to be 

 proud of the stock presented. Among those ex- 

 hibiting were Wainwright, of Dutchess; Faile^ 

 of Westchester ; Stevens, of Genesee ; Cook, of 

 Jefferson ; Hyatt, of Tioga ; Hitton, of Albany ; 

 J. R. Chapman; Baker & Sons, of Madison; 

 Ellsworth, of Columbia; S. Leggett, Geo. Vaii, 

 of Rensselaer; Miller, Parsons & Knowles, of 

 Onondaga ; Eastman, of Oneida ; Dart", of Otsego; 

 Ottley, of Ontario; Collins, of Wayne; and 

 Colby, of Tompkins; besides others whose name& 

 escaped our memorandum. Herefords were exhib- 

 ited by Remington, of Cayuga; Corning, of Al- 

 bany ; Messrs. BowsNS, of Orleans ; and Bakei: 

 & Son, of Madison. A very superior bull and cow. 

 imported and owned by J. Humphries, of Ohio, 

 equalled anything shown by breeders of New York. 

 Messrs. Hungerford & Beodie, and J. F. Con- 

 verse, of Jefferson county, exhibited Ayrshrres 

 deserving of more than passing notice. The line^ 

 of grades and natives were exceedingly fine. It is 

 questionable whether thesubjectof crosses receives 

 the attention it should. Is it not time that some- 

 thiug was determined as to the best cattle to breed 

 for general itxrm purposes, rather than by contin- 

 ued importation maintain herds for the purpose of 

 selling superior animals at remunerating figures? 

 We noticed some good working and decidedly 

 superior "fat cattle," though not any thing that 

 might be classed among extra novelties. Ideas of 

 utility and good surioius seemed to prevail. 



After several persistent attempts, wo were obliged 

 to leave the horses in their glory, with only a vague 

 idea that there were many very superior animals, 

 some of which were supposed by their interested 

 owners to be specimens of the " fast." The ring 



