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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
<jii'<'eii-Iioii*e mid Window Plants. 
Though there may be no frosts, it is better to 
take in the more tender plants, than to expose them 
in the cool nights. Top-dress, by removing the 
tin rue soil and replacing it by a good compost. 
Insects. — See that none are taken into the house 
with the plants. 
Bulbs. — Pot for winter blooming. Use rich, light 
soil, and when potted place in a cool, dark cellar, 
for the roots to form ; or the pots may be placed 
in a frame and coVftrcd with some inches of coal 
ashes or tan. In this case it is best to invert a small 
flower-pot over each pot, to avoid breaking the bud, 
should it start, in removing the pots. 
P,>ts and toll, for winter use, should be ready and 
under cover. 
Foirini/ Hants. — Deutzia gracilis, Dicentra, Lily 
of the Valley, Astilbe Japonica, and other spring- 
blooming plants, may be potted aud kept in a cool 
place, to be forced in February. 
Annuals may be sown iu pots, for winter bloom- 
ing. Mignonette and Candytuft are always in 
demand for making bouquets iu winter. 
Ventilation. — Give plants, both in the green-house 
and in rooms, an abuudance of air during the day. 
The Fairs for 1869. 
HELD ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 1ST. 
State ami 'Visional Fairs. 
American Institute New York City.. .Sept. S-Oct. 30 
Arkansas Little Rock Oct. 19-22 
Cherokee Country (Ga. & Ala.), Rome, Ga Nov. 3-6 
Georgia Macon Nov. 
Illinois Decatur Sept. 27-Oct a 
Indiana Indianapolis Sept. 27-Oct S 
Louisiana April 23-May 1, 1S70 
Maryland Pamlico, n. Baltimore.. Oct. 30-29 
Minnesota Rochester Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Mississippi Jackson Oct. 25-99 
Nebraska Nebraska City Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
V..ik State Poultry Soc . New York City.. .Dec. 2-12 
w Hampshire Manchester Sept. aS-Oct. 1 
th-western Poultry. Chicago, III Nov. 10-12 
North Carolina Raleigh Oct. 19-22 
( h ii Salem Oct. 11-10 
Pennsylvania Harrisbnrg Sept. as-Oct. 1 
i i 'arolina Columbia Nov. 10-12 
St. Louis St. Lcaiis. Mo Oct. 4-9 
ri.li (Deseret) Salt Lake City Oct. 4-5 
Tennessee Nashville Oct. 18-33 
Virginia Richmond Nov. a-5 
Wisconsin Madison Sept. 27-Oct. 1 
lEurliniltnral mid Kindred Fairs. 
Knox's Grape Show Pittsburgh Oct. 
County and Ijooal Fairs. 
MAINE. 
Old Kennebec Readfield Corner Oct. 6-7 
Orland and Buckport . . Orland Oct. 7-S 
Waldo Co Belfast Oct. 12-14 
"Waldo and Penobscot . .Monroe Oct. 5-0 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
Merrimack Co Concord Sept. 30-Oct. 1 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Barnstable Barnstable Oct. 5-0 
Berkshire Pittstield Oct. 5-7 
Bristol Taunton Oct. 5-0 
Hampshire, Franklin 
and Hampden Northampton Sept. 30-Oet. 1 
Hampden Springfield Oct. 5- 
Hampden, East Palmer Oct. 13-13 
Housatonic Great Barrington. .Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Marshfield Marshfleld... Sept. 30-Oct. 1 
.\I:n ilia's Vineyard West Tisbury Oct. 19-20 
Middlesex Concord. . . Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
VERMONT. 
Black River Valley Wethersfield 
Caledonia Co St. Johnsbnry Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Chittenden Co Burlington Oct. 6-S 
Orange Co Bradford Oct. 5-7 
Washington Co Montpelicr Oct. 6-7 
Wardsboro (Town FairiWardsboro Oct. It 
■Windsor Co Woodstock Oct. 5-0 
NEW Y - ORK. 
Albanv Co Albany Sept. 27-Oct. 1 
Bristol Ontario Co Oct. 6 
Chenango Norwich Oct. 0-8 
Clinton Oneida Co Oct. 7-9 
Hammond Union St. Lawrence Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Lenox Oneida Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
Querns c.i Mineola. L. I Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Sangerneld & Marshall. Waterville. Oct. 5-6 
Steuben Co Bath Oct. 0-8 
Schoharie Co Schoharie Oct. 5-7 
Skaneateles (Town) Oct. 
Seneca Co Ovid Oct. 5-7 
Schenectady Oct. 5-8 
Suffolk Co Riverhead Oct. 6-8 
Wyoming Warsaw Oct. 5-6 
Washington Co Saiem Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
CONNECTICUT. 
Dantmry Fairfield Co Oct. 
Fairfield Co Norwalk Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Hartford Co Hartford Oct. 5-8 
Middlesex Co Middletown Sept. aS-Oet. 1 
Milford and Orange. . . .Milford Oct. 13-14 
Pequabuck Bristol Oct, 
Poultry Show New Haven Nov. 9-11 
Union Falls Village Oci. 7 8 
Woodbury Woodbury Oct. 6-7 
NEW JERSEY. 
Burlington Mt. nolly Oct. 5-6 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Altoona (Town) Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Berks Reading Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Blair Co Hallidavsburg Oct. 5-7 
Chester Co Westchester Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
Columbia Co Bloomsburgh Oct. 13-15 
Doylcstown Bucks Co Oct. 5-8 
Franklin Co Chambersburg Oct. 5-8 
Huntingdon Co Huntingdon Oct. 6-8 
Lancaster Co Lancaster City Oct. 5-8 
Montgomery Co 
Northampton Co Nazareth Oct. 5-S 
Willianisport (Horse). Williarnsport Oct. 5-8 
York York Oct. 5-8 
MARYLAND. 
Carrol Co Westminster Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Frederick Co Frederick Oct. 12-15 
OHIO. 
Augusta Carroll Co Oct. 6-8 
Butler Co Oct. 5-8 
Champaign Co Urbana Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Crawford Co Bucvrus Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Cuyahoga Co Cleveland Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Delaware Co Delaware Oct. 5-6 
Hancock Co Fiudlay Oct. 7-9 
Hardin Kenton Oct. 14-16 
Harrison Co Cadiz Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Logan Bellefontaine Oct. 5-S 
Lorain Co El vria Oct. 5-S 
Mahoning Co Canfield Oct. 5-7 
Morgan Co McConnellsville Oct. 13-15 
Noble Co Sarahsville Oct. 13-15 
Pataskala Licking Co Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Plymouth Co Plymouth Oct. 6-8 
Sandusky Co Fremont Oct. 7-9 
Seneca Co Ti tfin Oct. 5-8 
Stark Co Canton Sept. as-Oct. 1 
Thompson Geauga Co Oct. 6-7 
Tuscarawas Canal Dover Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Winchester Adams Co Sept. 28-Oct. 1 
Wellington Lorain Co Oct. 7-9 
Wood Co Toutogany Oct. 6-8 
KENTUCKY. 
Carroll Carrollton Sept. as-Oct. 1 
Christian Hopkinsville Oct. aO-23 
Fayette Co. Lexington Sept. 2S-Oct. 2 
Henderson Henderson Oct. 19-33 
Ky. Ag'l. and Mecli Lexington Sept. as-Oct. a 
South Kentucky Glasgow Oct. 5-8 
INDIANA. 
Jennings Vernon Oct. 6-8 
Laporte Laporte Oct. 13-15 
La Grange Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
Spencer Co Rockport Sept. 29-Oct. 2 
Vermillion Co Newport Sept. as-Oct. 1 
Wayne Co Center ville Oct. 5-9 
ILLINOIS. 
Boone Co Belvidere Oct. 5-S 
Clark Co Marshall 
De Kalh Co Sycamore Oct. 6-S 
Fulton Oct. 12-15 
Greene Co Sept. 2S-Oct, 1 
Jersey Co Jerseyville Oct. 12-15 
Jo Daviess Co Galena Sept. 27-Oct. 1 
Kane Co Geneva Oct. 8-9 
Kankakee Co Kankakee Oct. 6-9 
La Salle Co Ottawa Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Macon Co Havana Oct. 5-7 
Macoupin Co Carlinville Oct. 12-15 
Mercer Co Aledo: Oct. 5-7 
Perry Co Pinckncwille Oct. 13-15 
Piatt Monticello Oct. 14-10 
Pike Co Pittstield Oct, 12-15 
Pope Co Golconda Oct. 7-9 
Randolph Co Sparta Sept. 29-Oct 1 
Schuyler Co Rushville Oct. 6-8 
Sycamore De Kail) Co Oct. 6-S 
Union Soc Central ia Oct. 12 
Wabash Valley Paris Oct. :. s 
Woodford Co Metamora Oct. 5-S 
Wayne Co Fairfield Oct. 0-8 
MICHIGAN. 
Cass Co Cassopolis Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Calhoun Co Marshall Oct. 6-S 
Clinton Co... St. Johns Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Genesee Co Flint Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Gratiot Co Ithaca Oct, 13-15 
Grand Traverse Traverse City Oct. 6-7 
Hillsdale Co Hillsdale Oct. 6-8 
Ionia Co Ionia Oct. 7-9 
Jackson Co Jackson Oct. 20-22 
Kent Co Grand Rapids Sept, 29-Oct. 1 
Lapeer Co Lapeer Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Livingston Co Howell Oct* 6-8 
Macomb Romeo Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Montcalm Co Greenville Oct. 5-7 
Oakland Co Pontiac Oct. 6-8 
Saginaw Co Saginaw Sept, 29-Oct. 1 
Sanilac Lexington Oct. 7-8 
St. Joseph Co Centreville Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Shiawassee Co. . . Owasso Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Tuscola Watson vilie Oct. 7-8 
Washtenaw Co Ann Arbor Oct, 0-8 
MINNESOTA. 
Dakota Co Farmington Oct. 12-14 
Fillmore and Mower Co'*. . Spring Valley ...Oct. 6-7 
Goodhue Co Red Wing Oct. 6-S 
Wabashaw Co Plainview Oct. 0-7 
WISCONSIN. 
Braver Dam (Town) Oct. 7-9 
Green Co. (Horse) Oct. 7-9 
Lacrosse Co Hamilton Sept. a9-Oct. 1 
Pierce Co Prescott Oci. 4-5 
Ye in on Co Viroqua Oct. 6-8 
Walworth Co Elkhorn Oct. 5-7 
IOWA. 
Ames Story Co Oct. 5-7 
Benton Co Vinton Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Cass.. Ailantic Oct. 15-16 
Clayton Co Farmersburg Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Crawford Co Den i son Oct. 7-8 
Davis Co Bloomfield Oct. 6-8 
Jackson Co Maqooketa Oct. 13-15 
Lee West Point Oct. 13-15 
Lucas Co Chariton Oct. 13-15 
Mills Gienwood Sept 30-Oct. 3 
Montgomery Co Red Oak June Oct. 7-9 
Tama Co Tama City Sept. 29-Oct. 1 
Union Co Ackley Oct. 6-8 
Union Dist West Liberty Oct. 7-S 
Yan Buren Co Keosanqna Oct. 14-15 
Wayne Co Corydon Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
MISSOURI. 
Bates Co Butler Oct. 20-22 
Buchanan Co St. Joseph Sept. 27-Oct. 3 
Chariton Co Keytesville Sept. as-Oct, 2 
Cooper Co Boonville Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 
Dade Co Greenfield Oct. 13-15 
De Kalb Co Cameron Oct. 5^8 
Gentry Co Albanv Oct. 6-8 
Green Co. Springfield Sept. 28-Oct 2 
Lafayette Co Lexington Oct 19-23 
Lewis Co La Grange Sept. 27-Oct 1 
Louisiana (Township) ...Sept. 2s-Oct. 2 
Maeou Co Macon City Sept 28-Oct 2 
Montgomery Co New Florence Sept. 28-Oct. a 
N. Mo. Slock, eie Salisbury Oct. 19-22 
People's Ag'l. andMech. A>s'n. Montgomery, .Oct. 11-17 
Ray Co Richmond Oct. 12 
Scotland Co Memphis Sept. as-Oct. 1 
si, Joseph Co St. Joseph Sept. 27-Oct. 3 
St Lonis Mech. etc Oct. 4-9 
Vernon Co Nevada City Oct. 5-7 
WebsterCo Marshfield." Oct. 5-7 
VIRGINIA. 
Rockbridge Oct. 20-22 
Border Fair. Va. & N. C. .Danville 
Lynchburg Campbell Co Oct 536-29 
Rockbridge Lexington Oct. 20-23 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
Monongahela Valley.. Morgantown ..Oct. 13-25 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
Nov.- Hanover Wilmington Nov. 
TENNESSEE. 
Maury Columbia Oct. 1-9 
Montgomery Co Clarlcsville Oct 6-8 
Mnrfreesboro Rutherford Co Sept. 27-Oct •-' 
Robertson Springfield Oct. 11-16 
Warren McMinnville Oct. 4-10 
Wilson Lebanon Oct. 11-10 
MISSISSIPPI. 
Oktibbeha Starkville Nov. 3-5 
ALABAMA. 
East Alabama Opelika Oct. 12-15 
OREGON. 
Linn Sept. aS-Oct. 1 
\\ shington Co Hillsboro Oct. 4-7 
CANADA. 
Bar! m and Glanford.. .Glauford Oct. 5 
Bothwell Thamesville Oct. 
Clarke Orono Oct 13-14 
Bast Garafraxa Marseille Oct. 12 
Erin Erin Oct. 19 
Howard Russelltown Oct. 12 
M 1 Sebringville on. 12 
Kinu Schomherg Oct. 15 
Middlesex, West Strathroy. Oct. 
Northumberland Cobourg Oct. 19-20 
Ottawa Ottawa Oct. 5-7 
Oxford. North R Woodstock Oct. -1-5 
Perlh. S. Riding St. Mary's Oct. 5-6 
Penh. N. Riding Stratford Oct. 7-S 
Raleigh '. Raleigh Oct. 7 
Simcoe. South Bradford Oct. 5-6 
Trafalgar Palermo Oct. 5-6 
Wentworti A- Hamilton. Hamilton Oct. 13-14 
West Garafraxa Douglas Oct. 1 
Commercial Matters— Market Prices. 
Gold has fluctuated widely, during the month tinder 
review, having been as high as 137 3 ^, aud as lowa8l33Jf f 
but it closes with rather more steadiness at 135V£ 
There has been a more active movement in Breadstuffs, 
but. under free receipts of the leading articles, there has 
been less firmness in prices. The export purchases of 
Wheat have been extensive, though checked to some ex- 
tent by the scarcity of freight n mm and the advanced rates 
claimed by ship-owners. This demand has run mainly 
on red and amber winter, and No. 2 Spring Wheat The 
receipts of Spring Wheat have been generally of inferior 
or damaged lots, and have been bought chiefly for ship- 
ment by the steamers to Liverpool, London, and Glas- 
gow. The bulk of the winter wheat has been exported 
in sailing vessels, though a considerable portion of the 
exports of new crop went in the steamers, having been 
soft and heated, and consequently not adapted to sailing 
