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EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Communications have been received, during the past 

 month, from S. P. Chapman, A Traveler, C. K. Hohbie, 



C. U., A Friend to Science, A. Calvert, W. G , Agricola, 



Wm. R. Prince, Lincoln Fay, S. VV., J. W. Dickinson, J. 

 A. Carpenter, A. Bryant. H., John Coryell, and Isaac 

 Knox, Jr. 



Transactions of the N. Y. State Agricultural 

 Society, for 1847. — A copy of this work has been receiv- 

 ed from I he Secretary, B. P. Johnson, hlsq. It is a hand- 

 somely printed and neatly bound octavo of 800 pages, being 

 larger than any previous volume of the Society's Transac- 

 tions. In addition to the proceedings of the Stale Society, 

 and reports embracing the doings and condition of County 

 Societies, the work contains various essays and communi- 

 cations on important subjects. The essays are written by 

 genllemen of ability, and will impart much valuable infor- 

 malion to those engaged in rural pursuits. The volume is 

 illustrated with handsome and appropriate engravings, 

 which, with the general arrangement of the contents, will 

 add to the value and interest of its pages. 



The industrious and efficient Secretary of the Society is 

 entitled to much credit for the judicious arrangement and 

 matter of this volume. A large portion of it was written, 

 and the remainder prepared for publication by Mr. Johnson, 

 whose judgment and experience eminently qualify him for 

 the proper discharge of the important duties of his office. 



Report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1847. 

 -^Copies of this document have been received from Hon. 

 E. Burke, the Commissioner of Patents, and D. Gold, 

 Esq. It contains about 6.50 pages, is well illustrated with 

 wood and steel engravings, and bound in muslin. The 

 volume reflects credit ujjon the Commissioner, and other 

 officers of the Department from which it emanates, and is 

 in many respects superior to any preceding Report. It em- 

 bodies a vast amount of statistical information relative to 

 the trade and products of the country, together with several 

 original papers of great value. The report has evidently 

 been compiled with much care and labor, and a regard to 

 accuracy. Tlie agricultural intelligence, statistical matter, 

 &c. embraced in its pages, will render the work interesting 

 and valuable. 



State Fair at Buffalo. — Our readers are reminded 

 that the Fair is to commence on Tuesday, the 5th of Sept., 

 and continue three days — the>5th, 6tli and 7th. 



We understand that meetings will be held every evening 

 during the Fair, at not less than four efferent places in the 

 city, where Addresses will be delivered, and free conversa- 

 sation on the subject of Agriculture, Pomology, &c. be had. 

 This is an important feature, and will undoubtedly add 

 much interest to the occasion. 



Arrangements have been made with the different Railroad 

 Companies, by which all animals and articles designed for 

 exhibition will be transported to and from BuHalo, free of 

 charge— smii only half the usual fares will be charged to 

 persons attending the Fair. 



The principal hotel and borrding-house keepers in Buffa- 

 lo, have agreed to board and lodge guests during the Fair 

 on reasonable terms — from 75 cents to $2 per day — and we 

 presume all who attend can be accommodated. 



Agricultural Fairs for 1848.— We give below the 

 time and place designated for holding Fairs the ensuing 

 fall. Several Societies have not yet determined the time, 

 and from others we have received no information : 



New York State, Buffalo, Sept. 5, 6 and 7. 



Fulton County, Johnstown, Oct. 4 and 5. 



Jefferson " Watertown, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Orleans " Albion, Sept. 28 and 29. 



Ontario " Caiiandaigua, Oct. 10 and 11. 



Oswego, " Pulaski, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Otsego " Cooperstown, Sept. 28 and 29. 



Monroe " Rochester, Oct. 4 and 5. 



Rensselaer" Troy, Sept. 20 and 21. 



Saratoga " Ballston Spa., Sept. 26 and 27. 



Seneca " Seneca Falls, Oct. .5 and 6. 



Wyoming " Warsaw, Sept. 27 and 28. 



Yates " Penn Yan, Sept. 29 and 30. 



Windsor Co., Vt., No. Springfield, Oct. 4 and 5. 



We hope that the Secretaries of Societies not mentioned 

 above will furnish us information relative to their Fairs, in 

 time for publication in our next number. 



The Weather and Crops. — The past month has been 

 one of peculiar interest to tlie farmer. His hopes have 

 heed realized, in reaping a rich reward for past labors. — 

 Though we have had frequent and copious rains the weath- 

 er has generally been propitious, and the harvest is nearly 

 completed without loss. With here and there an exception, 

 as usual, the Wheat Crop is a fair and in many instances 

 an abundant one, and universally of good quality. In 

 many sections of the State early drouth retarded the growth 

 of the hay crop, though sufficient will probably be secured 

 to meet all wants. The crops now growing, Oats, Corn, 

 Potatoes, &c., seldom look better at this season — the late 

 warm rains having increased their vitality. Occasionally 

 we hear a complaint of the poiaio disease, but the crop 

 generally presents a healthy and promising appearance. 



The Wheat Crop is spoken of as excellent throughout the 

 country, and has generally matured and been harvested 

 without injury — though we have accounts of damage by 

 rain in southern Ohio, and one or two other sections. 



Hardware, Ag. Implements, «SiC.— Those of our read- 

 ers who may desire to purchase hardware or agricullural 

 implements, are referred to the advertisement of Messrs. 

 Nott, Elliott & Fitch. Their establishment, located 

 at No. 23 Buffalo street, Rochester, is one of the most ex- 

 tensive in Western New York. They have a large and 

 excellent stock of implements, tools, &c. of the most im- 

 proved style and make. The proprietors have spared no 

 expense in furnishing their commodious sale rooms with 

 a complete assortmeni, and we commend their enterprise to 

 the attention and patronage of our agricultural friends. 



Peaches in New England. — The crop of peaches in 

 New England, says the Boston Cultivator, will probably be 

 the lightest that we have seen since the year 1843. We 

 shall not probably have more than one tenth of a usual crop 

 of this fruit this season, notwithstanding there is now in 

 the country large enough to bear, twice as many trees as 

 there were two or three years ago. And we should not be 

 surprised if we had only one twentieth of a usual crop. 



A Protean Stove. — The Scientific American thus des- 

 cribes a new stove, recently invented by G. G. W. Carle- 

 fon, of Brunswick, Maine. It occupies but a small space, 

 and by one arrangement, it is made a wood, or a coal air- 

 tight or a draught Cooking Stove, with a large wash boiler 

 and apertures for boiling, and frying kettles, &c., besides 

 aflording opportunities for broiling or roasting before an open 

 fire and with no fear from the smoke or scent of the savory 

 viands being imparted to the apartment. Under a slight 

 change of its arr.nngemenis, it becomes a common cooking 

 range, capable of performing all the desired offices of that 

 useful appendage, and calculated for the use of either wood 

 or coal. Another change, and it becomes a grate, snugly 

 ensconsed within the jambs of afire-place, filled with bright 

 coals dispensing comfort and cheerfulness to the apartment. 

 Another change, and all the comforts of the agreeable open 

 fire-place are secured, not omitting even the convenient 

 mantle-piece. In short, it assumes as many different ap- 

 pearances as a harlequin, and is very simple, neat and orna- 

 mental. 



Broom Corn Superseded. — A mechanic at the Rara- 

 apo river, N. J., has invented a machine for making brooms, 

 which, according to the Journal of Commerce, threatens to 

 exterminate broom corn. It takes a billet of white ash, 

 and in a trice cuts it fine like the Manilla grass, as used for 

 bruslies. The brooms can be made for two cents each, 

 and are said to work quite as well as corn brooms, and to 

 be much more enduring. 



Nails for Shingling. — At an agricultural conversation 

 of the Massachusetts Legislature of late, on the subject of 

 farm buildings, it was agreed by nearly all the speakers 

 that the shingle nails in use of late are of the most mise- 

 rable sort lasting only from three to four years, while those 

 in use twenty years since are good now. Farmers in buil- 

 ding would do well to look into this thing. A roof which 

 will only last three years is a nuisance, and good nails can 

 be as easily furnished as poor ones, if demanded. 



The Farmer's Cabinet says, if any person should be stijng 

 by a bee or other insect, rub some spirits of turpentine 

 upon the place, and the pain will nearly cease in one minute. 



The Potato Rot has appeared upon Staten Island, 

 where whole fields are wilting. Many of (he farmers are 

 cutting off the tops, with the hope of preserving their crops. 



