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the Agriculturist one year, gratis. All articles required 
to be inserted in a particular number, should be sent 
one month in advance. 
The Family Expenditure Diary ; Designed for the 
use of Families and Individuals in keeping correct ac- 
count of Expenditures. By Rufus Merrill. This is a 
useful little book, of a convenient form, suitable for 
families and others, who have not business enough for 
keeping a regular set of books. It may be had at Van 
Nostrand & Terrett's, 120 Fulton street, N. Y, at 
31 cts. 
The Amercian Agriculturist and New- York Ag- 
ricultural "Warehouse Travelling Agent. — Mr. A. 
Sherman, who has been sometime engaged for us, will 
soon leave on a tour through the states of Delaware, 
Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, gathering in- 
formation to increase the value of our paper, and ex- 
tending its circulation. He will also take orders for 
implements from our warehouse. 
Grand Exhibition of Poultry. — The New-England 
Society for the Improvement of Poultry give notice 
that their grand annual exhibition will take place at 
the Public Gardens, in Boston, on Tuesday, the 12th 
day of the present month, where every facility will be 
rendered to accommodate the public to any extent that 
may be required. 
Sale of Mr. Stickney's Stock. — This sale took 
place as advertised in our last number, at Westminster, 
Vermont, and was well attended. Thorough-bred De- 
vons sold for $125 to $160. Grade Devons, on an av- 
erage at $50 each. The Suffolk swine sold from $10 
to $80 per head, according to age. The Southdown 
sheep having been much neglected, sold comparatively 
low. The whole amount of the stock sales was $5,176. 
The Devous brought much higher prices than was ever 
before obtained at a public sale in this country, for this 
breed of cattle. Improved stock of all kinds have risen, 
at least, 50 per cent, within a year. 
Sale of Sheep. — We invite particular attention to 
the sheep advertised at page 359 of this number of our 
paper. Col. Sherwood has taken great pains iD breed- 
ing them, and the public may rely upon their being 
fully equal to what they are represented. They will 
be sold without reserve, as advertised. 
Cattle Show and Fair of the American Institute. 
— 'We have been obliged to go to press before the close 
of the fair, and shall give particulars in our next num- 
ber. The cattle show, in some respects, was better 
than any we have yet seen here. Mr. Stevens' im- 
ported Devon cattle and Southdown sheep were justly 
admired, and far superior to anything of the land we 
have yet seen imported, with the exception of a few 
sheep by Mr. Rotch. The show of Durham? was respec- 
table, of Alderneys and Ayrshires, pretty good. The 
grade Durham milch cows were numerous, and of a 
superior order. Mr. Colt's singular-looking Hungarian 
cattle were present and attracted much attention. 
Horses, though not numerous, were good. Sheep and 
swine, a fair representation of each. There, were 
several superior Spanish Jacks, and some mules. Mr 
Moore was there with his great Shanghae fowls, both 
black and buff, and the grey, speckled Chittagongs. 
Other fowls were good of their kind. 
Ds Bow's Review. — The October number of this 
popular and very valuable magazine was laid upon 
our table by the editor himself, a few days since, upon 
the occasion of an editorial call, we had the pleasure 
of receiving from him in our sanctum. To those of 
our readers, if there are any such, who are unacquaint- 
ed with the above work, we will say that it is truly 
what its title indicates ; a " Southern and Western In- 
dustrial and Literary Journal of Commerce, Agricul- 
ture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, and Sta- 
tistics, <fcc." It is edited with marked ability, pub- 
lished at New Orleans, in a large octavo pamphlet, 
monthly, at $5 per annum. It is extensively patron- 
ised in all the southern states, and should be much 
more so. It is indispensible to all who are desirous of 
keeping pace with commercial information, particularly 
of the greatest mart of agricultural productions in the 
world. 
Large Yield of Pumpkins. — Mr. Dennis Brewer, of 
Monterey, Mass., grew the following pumpkins from 
one seed. The respective weights were as follows : — 
The first weighed 40|- pounds ; the second, 40-J- ; 
the third, 34-J; the fourth, 29 ; the fifth, 17 ; the sixth, 
29|, the seventh, 25J; the eighth, 214,; the ninth, 
18f ; and the tenth, 7 pounds, making a total of 263 
pounds ! 
Notice of Fairs. — The Fair at Mt. Holly, and the 
Fair at Tarrytown will be duly noticed in the next 
number. The articles could not be inserted this month 
for want of room. 
Fair of the American Institute will also be noticed 
in the December number. 
Plaster for Potatoes. — The Newburyport Herald 
states that a West-Newbury farmer planted this sea- 
son, eight acres of potatoes, manuring six of them with 
plaster, or gypsum, in the hill, and omitting it on two 
acres. The six acres have turned out all sound pota- 
toes, while the other two have been entirely destroyed 
by the rot. 
The Egg Trade. — It is stated by a person engaged 
in the egg business, that 200,000 dozen of eggs have 
been sent from Hallowell, Maine, to Boston, in the 
steamer Ocean, the present season. 
Large Cattle. — Col. Byron J. Bassel, of Harrison 
county, Virginia, has purchased three pan - of oxen the 
gross weight of which are as follows : — 
One pair, 4 years old, weighed 4,000 lbs. 
One pair, 6 years old, weighed 5,000 lbs. 
One pair, 6 years old, weighed 5,500 lbs. 
These cattle were raised by Mr. Abia Minor, of Har- 
rison county, Col. Bassel will immediately commence 
grain feeding them, and in the fall, have them fattened 
for the eastern market. — Exchange. 
The Largest Grape Vine in the United States. — 
Under this heading, the Natchez Free Trader, of the 
10 th instant, has the following paragraph : — 
Mr. William Casey, corner of Union and State 
streets, in the city of Natchez, can boast of a grape 
vine which is, undoubtedly, the monarch vine of the 
United States. I rises from the ground in a single 
trunk of some three inches in diameter, nearly straight, 
and well proportioned, to the height of about nine feet, 
when it spreads into branches, and covers and embow- 
ers the trellis work of quite a large garden, besides 
climbing a tall tree. The weight of the immense clus- 
ters of grapes hanging upon it, now about half grown, 
is estimated at a ton. To stretch out any one of the 
branches in a direct fine, they would measure from 
300 to 400 feet. The grape is not natural to the coun- 
try, but was brought to Natchez in the old Spanish 
times. It is called the " Jack Grape," from Spanish 
Jack, the nickname of the Spaniard who planted it. 
Some years ago, Madame Bingaman, now dead, offered 
Mr. Casey $500 if he would remove the vine safely to 
her garden, in the environs of the city ; but no sum of 
money whatever, would induce the owner to part 
with it. It produces a wine which has the taste oi 
Hock. 
