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mers and Gardeners, and Silk Culturists will be held. Circulars with ques- 

 tions prepared, will be issued. Washington's Home Department of Agri- 

 culture, recommended by the Institute, and unanimously approved by a Na- 

 tional Convention held last year, will again be urged. These precious in- 

 terests demand extensive concert, unanimity, and profound deliberation ; 

 and the time, during the great Fair— and the place, the emporium of the 

 western world, were, by the Convention of last year, decidedly resolved to 

 be the best suited to accomplish the objects sought. 



For the second week, has been assigned the show of cattle, horses, and 

 other live stock, and the ploughing and spading matches. Fine horses, 

 combining size, strength and fleetness, for wagon and carriage— healthy fat 

 cattle and sheep, suitable for market— well trained, well matched, and pow- 

 erful working cattle, and the best milch cows, will each and all command 

 high premiums. To accommodate those interested in the cattle-show, a 

 beautiful plot of ground has been secured between Twenty-third and Twen- 

 ty-fourth streets, near the intersection of Broadway and the Fifth Avenue, 

 with commodious rooms on the premises for accommodating the committees. 

 The ploughing and spading matches will be held in New York, or its vi- 

 cinity. For particulars, see Agricultural Circular. 



The anniversary and other addresses will also be delivered in the course 

 of the second week. The horticultural exhibition of vegetables, fruits, 

 flowers, &c., will be in Niblo's long promenade, and superintended by emi- 

 nent horticulturists. Great varieties of rare seeds have been, the last year, 

 scattered by the Institute over our country, with the express understanding, 

 that a portion of their products be brought to the Fair, to swell the beau- 

 ties of the display. The great saloon, and the second story of the north 

 wing, will, as usual, be reserved for the fabrics of the factory and work- 

 shop ; made of cotton, woollen, silk, and all the varieties of metals and 

 other substances, the fruits of that genius and invention, which have com- 

 manded the admiration of the world. The first floor of the north wing of 

 the saloon will be animated by moving machinery, propelled by our best 

 model steam engines, to afibrd visible, practical evidence to all of their 

 merits and value. 



The best new and useful inventions will be objects of the highest honors. 

 Also, establishments affording large varieties of specimens of well-con- 

 structed agricultural and horticultural machines and implements ; but in no 

 case, for want of competition, or other cause, will any article be entitled to 

 premium, if adjudged intrinsically not deserving particular commendation. 

 — (Circular of the Institute.) 



New York State Agricultural Society.— The annual show of this Soci- 

 ety will be held at Utica, on the 16th, 17th and 18th of September. An 

 Exhibition of Fruits and Flowers will be connected with the show, and the 

 address will be delivered by the Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., of Boston. — Ed. 

 National Convention of Farmers, Gardeners and Silk Culturists, and 

 Friends of Agriculture generally, resident in all parts of the Union, on the 

 call of the American Institute of the city of Neiv York. — The American In- 

 stitute has been prompted to issue this invitation to the farmers, gardeners 



