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THE AGEIGULTTJRAL FAIRS. 



NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 



Tn® Tv/entietli Annu.al Fair of the ISTew York State 

 Agricultural Society was held at Elraira Oct. 2—5. 

 The weather was uupropitious, and the attendance, 

 in coHsequeaoe, was Eot as large as usual. The 

 receipts were a little over $9000. The exhibition 

 itself was in some res,pects excellent, but on the 

 whole it did n^at come up to what we expect from 

 the formers of New York, or to many former ex- 

 hibitions of the Society. 



In the Stock department, the absence of some of 

 the great Cattle Kings was at once noticeable. There 

 were, however, some splendid animals on exhibi- 

 tion. We do not propose to particularize, but the 

 noble shorthorns of Sheldon, OorjNELL, Haeison 

 and others, and the Herefords of Corncstg, and 

 Remington, were alone worthy of a visit to the 

 Fair. 





SHROPSHIRE DOWN WETHER. 



The novel attraction of the Sheep Department 

 was a pen of " Shropshire Downs," recently im* 

 ported by Jacob Lorillard of Fulham, N", Y'. 

 These sheep have come into public notice in England 

 only within the last four years, and this is the first 

 pen we have seen in this country. "We have re- 

 peatedly spoken of them as among the most nsefiil 

 sheep of Great Britain. They are larger than the 

 true Southdown — larger even than the Hampshire 

 or the Oxford-Downs; and yet possessed of the 

 symmetry and compact form of the true South- 

 doAvn. Those shown by Mr. Lorillard were models 

 of beauty. They created quite a furore among 

 the sheep men ; — and that veteran Leicester breeder 

 Geo. Miller of Canada remarked to us " I will be 

 in Shropshire in six weeks." "We annex an engra- 

 ving of a Shropshire Down wether. 



Among the Pigs we noticed a fine pen of York- 

 shires, shown by A. B. Benham of Tompkins Co. 

 They were white, and of good length and size. 



Amos T. Wood of Jefferson Co. and many others 

 showed some excellent Suifolks, 



One of the Arabian horses recently imported by 

 the Hon. W. H. Seward was on the ground and 

 was the " lion" of the occasion. 



There v/as a fine show of Implements and Ma- 

 chines, but we noticed few novelties. There were 

 a great number of Straw Cutters, some of them 

 curiosities of complication. We noticed one in 

 which the box moved up and down, while the knife 

 remained stationary. A. Gordon of this city showed 

 one of his excellent machines in vrhich tli* knives 

 cut up instead of down — an improvement it is said 

 which renders thp knives less liable to being dulled 

 by sand or dirt in the fodder. It also crushes corn 

 stalks as well as cuts them. Washing machines 

 were out in full force and attracted much attention. 



The show of Grains and Vegetables was meagre 

 in the extreme, and of cheese there were but two 

 entries ! 



The display of Fruits was truly splendid. Among 

 the novelties was the Ontario grape shown by Dr. 

 Presbret of Buffalo-— very large, of fair quality 

 and several days earlier than the Isabella or Con- 

 cord. 



THE OHIO state FAIR 



Was held at Dayton September 25—28. The 

 weather was fine, except on the morning of the 

 third day, and the attendance was large. The re- 

 ceipts were about $12,000. 



The show of Shorthorn Cattle was magnificent. 

 There were prizes of$200 and $100 offered for the 

 best and second best herds, of one bull and four 

 cows. There were nine herds on the ground. 

 FuLLERTON of Ohio took the first prize and Brutus 

 J. Clay of Kentucky the second. A prize of $100 

 was offered for the best breeding bull and five of 

 his calves. This was taken by E. G. Dun of Ohio. 



Horses were out in full force, and there was also 

 a great display of Jacks and Mules. 



The display of Swine Avas such as could only be 

 made in Ohio. There were 152 hogs of the large 

 breeds and 32 of the small. 



The display of Implements and Machines was 

 unsurpassed. A noticeable featare in this depart- 

 ment was a large number of Sorghum Sugar Mills 

 and Evaporators — indicating that this plant is re- 

 ceiving considerable attention in the West. 



There was a fine show of Fruits. Ellavanger and 

 Barry of this city being on hand as usual with 

 their superb collection of pears and ])Iums. They 

 also exhibited 100 varieties of apples, but these 

 says the Ohio Farmer, " were completely eclipsed 



