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The testing of Plows and Spading Match, another department of 

 the Fair, was announced to take place at Hempstead, L. I., on the 

 8th of October, during the exhibition of the Queen's County Agri- 

 cultural Society. The plows and other implements were forwarded 

 the day previous; ma.ny persons also repaired to the place thus 

 early to secure accommodations, anticipating a day of much instruc- 

 tion and amusement, such as this part of our exhibition rarely fails 

 to afford. Unfortunately the day proved inauspicious; the rain de- 

 scending throughout in torrents, rendered a postponement necessary. 

 There was subsequently a testing of plows, &c., at Harlem, but owing 

 to the unfavorableness of the weather, it was not as satisfactory as 

 could have been desired. 



The Premium Committee, under the direction of our friend Robert 

 Lovett, Esq., report that they have received eighty-five written re- 

 ports from the judges appointed, and that they have awarded. 



Gold medals, - 32 



Silver cups, - 48 



Silver medals, 254 



Diplomas, -- - - 448 



$140 in cash and 8 bronze medals, being part of the $1000 

 given by the Hon. M. Van Schaick for premiums on silk. 



Vols. Transactions of the New- York State Agricultural Society, 23 



Transactions of the American Institute, 19 



Colraan's European Agriculture, - - 5 



Brown's Trees of America, - 5 



Hovey's Fruits of America, 2 



Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture, 3 



Downing's Landscape Gardening, - 2 



Downing's Fruit and Fruit Trees of America, 5 



Downing's Horticulturist, 2 



Mrs. Loudon's Ladies' Flower Garden, 2 



Farmers' Library, - 4 



Monthly Journal of Agriculture, - 1 



Farmers' Library and Monthly Journal of Agriculture,-- 1 



Washington's Agricultural Correspondence, — - 3 



Washington's Letters, 2 



Bridgeman's Young Gardeners' Assistant, 11 



Bridgeman's Fruit Cultivator's Manual, - 3 



Bridgeman's Florist's Guide, 1 



Kenrick's American Orchardist, 4 



Gardner's Farmers' Dictionary, 5 



