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The Stats F.vies.— The State Fairs the present 

 year have generally been well attended, and, as 

 a general thing, the exhibitions have not been as 

 good as in former years. This was the case in 

 Ohio and in this State. The almost incessant 

 rain did much to injure the Fairs, especially the 

 Vermont State Fair, which, we learn, was almost 

 a failure in consequence. At the New York 

 Fair at Shrataga the exhibition of stock was ex- 

 cellent, as well as of fruit ; but in other respects 

 the Fair did not equal many of its predecessors. 



A few fine wool sheep were shown. In quality 

 and numbers, the Fairs at Rochester and Utica 

 were much the best. F. W. Deax, West Corn- 

 wall Vt., exhibited some good Spanish ewes, and 

 a very large Spanish Merino buck. Joseph Has- 

 WEiL, Hoosic, N. Y., als» showed some fine ewes 

 of this breed. French Merinos were poorly re- 

 presented. G. W. MoKke, Cambridge, Washing- 

 ton county, exhibited three very superior bucks. 

 A two year old, bought of Maj. Sanford, Vt., 

 was a perfect beauty. A first rate three year old 

 from Jkwett, Vt. ; another, a yearling, was a very 

 good sheep. Felix Weepen, Preston Hollow, 

 Albany county, showed a good buck and ewe. 



The mutton sheep were well represented— not 

 80 many from Canada as in former shows, but 

 from our own State. We are sorry to miss the 

 fine animals of our Canadian brethren, but at the 

 same time we are very glad to see that New 

 York farmers are entering with their usual ener- 

 gy and go-a-headativeneas into the breeding of 

 superior mutton sheep. 



Of Leicesters, J. A. and S. N. Rathbonb show- 

 ed some very fine animals. Hungekford and 

 Beodie, Jefferson county, were the largest exhibi- 

 tors. Seven yearling ewes, recently imported, 

 are excellent, as are also the six two year old 

 ewes which took the first prize as yearlings last 

 year. Their imported buck did not please us, 

 but the yearling bucks are first rate — one of 

 them is very euperior. One fat ewe — a beauty — 

 was sold for $30 to go to Kentucky. One of the 

 buck lambs shown bids fair to be a fine fellow. 



South-Downs were shown in fine perfection. 

 L. G. MoRKis, Mt. Fordham, N. Y., e-x'hibited a 

 recently imported buck from Jonas Webb, which 

 for one of his stock, struck us as rather coarse, 

 but it had a corresponding degree of strengh 

 and mascularity, and is on the whole an animal 



of rare merit. Z. B. Wakeman, of Herkimer, 

 exhibited a large number of superior South- 

 Downs. 



There were but seven animals of the Cotj5wold 

 find New Oxfordshire breeds exhibited, at least 

 that we saw. E Gazlkt, Clinton, showed four 

 splendid bucks of the Cotswold breed. Wyant 

 and YovNGHAMS, Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, 

 exhibited three New Oxfordshii-o sheep, which we 

 took for good Cotswolds. 



Swine. — In this department the exhibition has 

 never been excelled. L. G. Morris showed some 

 splendid Berkshires ; quite a number of Fishee 

 HoBBs' Black Essex, and some very superior Suf- 

 folks. Those who have a prejudice against color 

 will not like the Essex so well as the Suffolks or 

 Middlesex ; they are nevertheless a remarkable 

 breed, fatting with great rapidity and maturing 

 early. Suffolks were well and largely represent- 

 ed. This breed evidently stands high in public 

 estimation. Beside the fine animals of L. G. 

 Morris, Nei^on Richards, Vergennes, Vt., showed 

 a superior two year old boar of the Stickney 

 breed. Ls Rot Mo wry. Union Village, Wash- 

 ington county, and Zoae Rider, Washington 

 county, exhibited good two year old boars. — 

 Other exhibitors deserve mention, but our space 

 forbids. Seth Whalen, West Milton, Saratoga 

 county, exliibited nine very good shoats of the 

 White Leicester breed. Z. B. Wakeman, Herki- 

 mer, showed a boar, a cross of the celebrated 

 Leicester and Berkshire breeds, of enormous 

 B. Davis, Vernon, also exhibited a very 



good six months old boar and sow. There were 

 no Chinese, Middlesex, or Yorkshire pigB exhibit- 

 ed. 



Eorses. — Omng to the number of Black 

 Hawks brought from Vermont and other States, 

 the show of horsea was the best ever witnessed 

 in this State. The old original Black Hawk, 

 twenty-two years old, was on the ground, as ac- 

 tive and sprightly and at the same time more 

 compact and powerful than many of his colts. 

 This breed, unsurpassed in the worid, is exposed 

 to deterioration from the go-a-head tendencies of 

 the age. The mares and colts were a sorry set 

 Many'mares were exhibited that had evidently 

 been selected as breeders, because they were good 

 for nothing else. We suppose the object of the 

 exhibitors was to show how good a colt a poor 

 mare might be made to produce. * 



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