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I II'nITED StATKS AORlCULTURAf. SoCIETT — CtBCUtAR. 



—A grand National Exhibition of Stock — Horses, Cattle, 

 Sheep ami Sivine — open to competition to all the States of 

 the Unii>n. an.l to tlie British Provinces, will be held by 

 the United States A,ij:ricultnral Society, in the city of Bos- 

 ton, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Octo- 

 ber :.'3d, 2-Ith, -/oih and -'Gth. 



Twenty thousand dollars liave been guaranteed by patri^ 

 otic gentlemen of Boston and its vicinity to defray the 

 expenses ; the city of Boston ha-^ generously granted to the 

 Society for present use. a fine public square of fifty acres ; 

 and ten tliousand dollars will be otVered in rremiums, in 

 the various departments. 



The previous Exliibitions of this Society — at Springfield, 

 Mass., in lS-"'3. and at Springfield, Ohio, in 1851 — were 

 eminently successful, and no efforts will be spared to make 

 the present Show, combining as it does, the Four Great 

 Departments of Farming Stuck, superior to its predeces- 

 sors. 



The Premium List, with the Rules of the Exhibition will 

 be forwarded to all who will address the President, or Sec- 

 retary, at Boston, to that efiect. 



It is earnestly hoped that all Breeders, and owners of 

 Fine Stock will feel it to be a duty, as it certainly Js for 

 their interest, to contribute to the Show. 



The List of Entries, Exhibitors and Award of Premiums. 

 and all the i>roceedingsof the Exhibition, will he published 



tlie Journal uf the Society, for 1855. Annual members 

 of the Society, who desire to receive the Journal, should 

 remember to renew their subscriptions. 



Marshall P. Wilder, President. 



"William S. King, Secretary. 

 Boston, August, 1855. 



Melon Apple. — A late number of the Horticulturist 

 has a beautiful cut of this apple, which is now obtaing so 

 jreat celebrity in New York and the east. We have never 

 seen but a single specimen of the apple. About nine 

 years ago a friend returning from Central New York, 

 brought us some specimens of different varieties of fruit, 

 and among them some Northern Spys, over which he seem- 

 ed to desire us to be much elated. After tasting these, we 

 came upon a rich, red, good sized, symmetrical apple, and 

 which seemed to us to excel any apple we had ever eaten. 

 On enquiring the name of it, we were told it was a new 

 variety called the " iSIelon " apple. AVe have never forgot- 

 ten that fruit, and are not surprised at the celebrity it is now 

 attaining. Judging by that specimen, it is as much supe- 

 rior to the Northern Spy as the Spy is to a cucumber. True, 

 a further acquaintance with it might modify our opinion of 

 it somewhat ; but we are ready to say of it, as we have saM 

 of single good speeches, that the man who could maleoae 

 such ought to be able to make more. — Prairie Farmer. 



The editor of the Prairie Farmer, if only to show his 

 good taste, should have been properly elated at tasting a 

 good Northern Spy. But then, the " Melon"' is the king 

 of apples. It is among apples what trout is among fishes. 

 It has no supeiior. 



^BuFF Color on Cotton. — Copperas and lime makes 

 a very good buff color, and very cheap. The goods are 

 generally run through the lime water at the commence- 

 ment. About one pound of copperas, (sulphate of iron,) 

 will dye ten pounds of cotton a deep buff. It is best to 

 give tile goods a number of dips. A dark buff cannot be 

 produced by giving the full strength of the iron at one dip. 

 The color is an oxydeof iron. The goods are of a green 

 color when they come out of the copperas liquor, but be- 

 come yellowish as they absorb oxygen from the air. They 

 have therefore to be aired well every dip. The lime and 

 copperas impart a harshness to the goods, and they there- 

 fore require to be run through strong soap suds, to soften 

 their fibre. 



By adding about two ounces of sugar of lead to every 

 pound of copperas, a color little inferior to that produced 

 bj the nitrate of iron is the result, — Sciaitijic American. 



Horsemanship. — On Thursday it is proposed to have 

 an amateur exhibition of horsemanship, open to all the 

 world. For this purpose, the executive committee have 

 placed the great driving ring at the disjtosal of this editor, 

 who invites a general participation in this delightfnl exer- 

 cise. The Board offer no premiums in this class, bat we 

 hope to make such arrangements as will be satisfactory to 

 every man. We hope to see at least a hundred side-sad- 

 dles on that occasion, besides the "Pony Brigade," mado 

 up of Young America in blue roundabouts. Particulars 

 will be announced hereafter. 



The Ohio Cultivator gives the above as a part of the 

 programme at the State Fair. We must say that it looks 

 like running the thing into the ground. If the object is 

 to ridicule State Fairs, it is all very well. 



" Guernsey Parsnip. — The parsnip is a biennial plant ; 

 the root is very long and conical ; a delicious and sweet food 

 when boiled for the table. A superior food for cattle. 

 Cows fed on parsnips yield milk in abundance, and of ex- 

 tra quality. l"he Guernsey is an improved variety. — jE,c- 

 change Paper. 



Thousands of hogs are fattened every year on the island 

 of Guernsey, on the parsnip alone. We saw scores of ship- 

 loads of hogs brought to England, and on ship-board, and 

 after their arrival until sold to the butchers, they were fed 

 on the parsnip alone. This root should be more generally 

 cultivated. 



PRICES OF FLOUR FOR TWENTY 



; JjN TOE aio-vxes of January, fshrcart, ma 



January. February. 



1836, 7 '25 7 60 



1837, 10 \2}i 10 00 



1«:;S,,... 8 75 8 25 



1839. 8 S7M 8 95?< 



18iO, - 5 87.'^ 6 37!^ 



1841 4 93?i 4 87'^ 



1842, 5 87K 7 43X 



1843, 4 £6*4 4 57?^ 



1844, 4 62J^ 4 82'^ 



184.% 4 mji 4 84?^ 



1846, 4 66 4 56 



1847, - 5 12 7 00 



184S, 7 87 6 25 



1849,. ._ 9 00 5 87 



185fl, -- 4 50 5 50 



ISiil _ 5 00 B 00 



1852. 4 66 4 63 



I8fi3, 5 56 5 50 



1854, 7 87 9 60 



iy56, 12 00 12 50 



WEIGHTS 



OF SrXDRY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, XSD OTHER ARTICLES OF USS 

 TO TUK FARMER. 



Wheat, 60 pounils per bubhel. 



Shelkdcurn, 56 do do 



Kye, 58 do do 



Oats, - 32 do do 



BarWy, 47 do do 



rinver, 60 do do 



Timothy, 45 do do 



Kl.'tx seed, 56 do do 



Hemp, -.44 do do 



Blue prass 44 do do ' 



Buckwheat, 48 do do 



Peas, 64 do do 



Beans, - -..63 do do 



Hedges. — A few dajs since we examined a hedge at the 

 Nursery of William Reid, of Elizabethtown. N. J., 

 which seemed to be impassible to both men and animals. 

 The plant used is the American Lncust, and the hedge five 

 years old. It had been regularly shortened in each year. 

 Unlike the Osage Orange, the roots do not extend to a 

 great distance, and it is both hardy and lasting. — Workiyig 

 farmer. 



