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rected. It is even worth consideration whether it might not be desirable to 

 sharpen the perception of allottees by offering some small rewards for each 

 branched ear that should be brought in. — Grard. Chron. 



The State Agricultural Society's Fair will be held in this city on the 

 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th days of September. The location of ground is 

 good, being on that part of the property purchased from Mr. Powell by the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, lying between the railroad and the river. 

 It is already enclosed, and the several buildings are in course of erection. 

 There will be a plowing match on the 29th, at 9 A. 3VL, and the address 

 will be delivered at 1 P. M. of the same day. We annex that part of the 

 regulations which relates to visitors. 



Any person can become a member of the Society for one year, by the 

 payment of one dollar into its treasury. All the members of the Society 

 whose dues are paid, and all who shall become members previous to or at the 

 Fair, will be furnished with cards of membership, which will admit the person 

 to the Exhibition at all times during the continuance of the Fair, and entitle 

 the holder thereof to all the privileges of a member until the next annual 

 Exhibition. 



Cards of membership will be furnished by the Secretary, at his office in 

 Philadelphia, at any time after the first of September, and by the Treasurer 

 at his office, on the Fair grounds, during the Exhibition. 



Single ticket for one admittance, price 25 cents, will be ready at the 

 Treasurer's office on the grounds, on Thursday morning, the 28th of Sep- 

 tember. 



Members will be allowed to enter the grounds in carriages with their 

 families ; but no hacks or other public conveyances will be permitted to 

 enter. 



Members of the Society, Exhibitors, and the Viewing Committees or 

 Judges alone, will be admitted the first day of the Exhibition. 



The Gardener's Magazine, edited by W. S. King, published monthly 

 at Boston, 32 pp., §1 a year. This is a new periodical, devoted to Horti- 

 culture, the first number of which appeared in May. It is made up princi- 

 pally from the Practical Farmer, a weekly, edited by the same gentleman. 

 We commend it to the attention of our readers. 



