"^^^KICAN HERD-BOOli 



DEVOTED TO 

 AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND RURAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. 



Perfect Agriculture is the true foundation of all trade and industry. — Liebig. 



Vol. IX — No. 3.] 



10th mo. (October) 15th, 1844. 



[Whole No. 117. 



rUBLISIIED MONTHLY, 



BY J O S I A II T A T U M, 



EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, 



No. 50 North Fourth Street, 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



Price one dollar per year.— For conditions see last page. 



For the Farniers'Cabinet. 



New York State Fair and Cattle Show 

 . at Foughkeepsie. 



Having been present at the annual exhi- 

 bition of the New York State x\gricultural 

 Society, held at Poiighkeepsie, I take occa- 

 sion to give you a short description of that 

 very interesting affair, by way of gratifying 

 your readers, who no doubt, have frequently 

 beard of the great fairs and cattle shows of 

 New York; though they may not have had 

 such information as enabled them to form a 

 proper estimate of their utility and great- 

 ness. In saying thi.s, I do not mean that 

 what I am about to state, can adequately 

 supply their want of information, for at best, 

 mine will be but a hasty and imperfect 

 sketch — time will, only permit me to at- 

 tempt a mere outline, leaving the readers 

 of the Cabinet to fill it up, as fancy or sense 

 may sugge^-t. 



The town of Poughkeepsie, lies half way 

 between the cities of New Y'ork and Albany; 



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it can be reached from either of these places 

 by steamboat, in four to five hours. It has 

 a population of some nine to ten thousand 

 inliabitants, and when I say it is a beautiful 

 place, and that the people are intelligent, 

 generous, hospitable and prosperous, I need 

 only remark, Ijy way of proof, that it is situ- 

 ated on the Hudson, or North river, and that 

 it is in the State of New York. Here, then, 

 about a mile from the town, came off the 

 great Fair and Cattle Show of the 18th and 

 19th of September. The ground was high 

 and well adapted for display, and was en- 

 closed to the extent of some ten acres, with 

 a close board fence, so high as to prevent all 

 ingress hut by the gales, through which all 

 were admitted on paying a shilling. A 

 large marquee, .said to be capable of accom- 

 modating five thousand persons, stood within 

 the enclosure, prominently inviting for shade 

 from the scorching sun, or for rest on the 

 seats, arranged in tiers witliin. 'J'ents were 

 pitched for the accommodation of the seve- 

 ral committees of judges, into which they 

 might retire and consult upon the subject of 

 their decisions and reports. There was also 

 la larye business marquee, where the officers 

 'of the Society, committee of arrangements, 

 i and clerks, could always be found when re- 

 ' quired. There was also a tent for the gen- 

 tlemen connected with the press. Then 

 'there were the Manufacturers' Lodge, the 

 |, Farmers' Hall, and the Horticultural De- 

 partment—these were very large and capa- 

 ',cious, well and appropriately filled. The 

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