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grass ; and if salt marshes are near at hand, they 
are preferable to any other pasture, as they will 
carry off any remains of the disease. 
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NEW THINGS AT THE STATE FAIR— HOUSEHOLD 
MANUFACTURES. 
Among the number of new implements con- 
stantly being invented for the farmer's use, we 
noticed at the late state fair a very simple, cheap, 
and effective little machine to facilitate the doing 
up of fleeces of wool. The fleece, being rolled 
together by hand, is laid upon the machine, standing 
near by, when, by a single pull of a short lever, 
four arms, or rather hands, take hold of it and 
compress it into a very compact bundle, leaving 
good room for tying. We noticed that hundreds 
looked upon this machine, and wondered what it 
was for ; but found no name upon it, nor owner to 
explain its use. We would like to know the 
inventor. 
Mr. Truman Sherman, of Mohawk, exhibited a 
new press, suitable, according to size, for cheese, 
lard, wine, hay, or cotton. The working part is 
of iron, and the power upon the cam principle. It 
is simple, strong, and effective. We may have it 
on safe soon, and will then give a cut and further 
description. 
A double plow was exhibited by Mr. French, of 
Detroit, which promises to be of some value as a 
labor-saving machine. This implement consists of 
two shares upon one beam, the first cutting a fur- 
row, say five inches deep, and the second taking 
up and turning over a slice four or five inches 
deeper from the bottom of the same furrow. It 
takes less team and hands than it would in follow- 
ing with a separate plow. 
Although the exhibition of household articles 
was meagre enough, the annexed list will show 
that there is one woman still among us who teach- 
eth her handmaidens how to spin, and plieth her 
fingers busily. All the articles named were exhi- 
bited by Mrs. B. R. Voorhees, of Amsterdam, N.Y., 
and mostly manufactured by her own hands. She 
designs all her own patterns, and prepares every- 
thing from the raw material, even her indelible ink; 
and her work shows great taste and skill, as well 
as industry. We are assured that the articles 
enumerated form scarcely a tithe of what might 
have been shown, for her house is filled with such 
things. 
We presume she does not spin so much street 
yarn as some of her sex ; or she could not find 
time to spin so much woolen and linen. 
As first in importance, we will commence with 
the staples — 
1 Double carpet, 
2 Pair of rose blankets, 
1 Embroidered farmer's sack, 
1 Dozen meal bags, 
1 Double carpet coverlet, 
2 Large woolen knit shawls, 
1 Blanket shawl, 
2 Pair of woolen stockings, 
2 Pair of linen do. 
2 Pair of cotton do. 
2 Pair of worsted do. 
1 Piece of broadcloth, 20 yds. 
1 Piece of linen, 20 yds. 
Three cases of household articles manufactured 
from the raw material, consisting of 2 pair of sheets; 
6 pair of pillow cases ; 6 towels; 6 doyles; 2 check 
aprons ; 4 damask table cloths ; 2 linen pocket 
handkerchiefs, with thread lace borders ; 2 linen 
shirts ; 1 carved bone fan, in imitation of ivory ; 
1 lb. of linen sewing thread, variety of colors; 1 set 
of fancy knitting, namely, 1 large table cover, 2 
tidys, 2 doyles, 2 pair of infant's stockings, 2 pair 
of infant's socks, 2 pair of suspenders, 2 lamp mats ; 
1 pair of stockings and 1 lady's cravat, made from 
flax which grew on H. Clay's farm ; 1 embroidered 
vest, made from the list of a piece of cloth manu- 
factured by the Northampton Woolen Company, of 
which a suit was made and presented to H. Clay. 
This suit was designed to be worn at his inaugura- 
tion, in 1845. The thread used in the embroi- 
dering of the vest was spun from the flax mentioned 
above ; 1 lady's embroidered dress, on American 
satin ; 1 lady's sack and cravat, embroidered on the 
same material ; 1 lady's work box, consisting of 
almost every variety of thread, floss, and worsteds 
that might be required in almost any kind of plain 
or ornamental work ; 3 lady's reticules, made from 
homespun twine; 1 embroidered comfort; 1 pair 
of gaiters, and 2 pair of embroidered slippers. 
Another case of fancy articles consisted of the 
following : — 
2 large embroidered shawls ; 1 stitched and 
stuffed bed quilt ; 4 embroidered pocket handker- 
chiefs ; 6 pair of embroidered cuffs ; 1 wrought 
skirt ; 1 pair of embroidered suspenders ; 1 linen 
wrought veil ; 1 pair of wrought bracelets; 2 capes, 
and 2 collars, bead work. 
The following articles were ornamented with 
original designs, and executed with a pen and indel- 
ible ink : — 1 dozen pocket handkerchiefs; 1 lady's 
sack ; 2 gentleman's vests ; 2 pair of cuffs, and 2 
collars : 1 infant's dress ; 1 lady's skirt. 
Experiments with Manure. — Mr. Wyckoff, 
near Newburgh, says that he bought stable manure 
at fifty cents a load, and applied it to potatoes, by 
which he made fifty per cent. It is a sort of motto 
with him, that " the more manure he buys, the 
more money he makes." He says that one fourth 
of an acre in melons produced $75, and many other- 
garden products will equal that ; and yet, the vil- 
lage of Newburgh is supplied with such things 
from New York. The farmers around here do not 
understand their interest sufficiently to induce 
them to improve and cultivate their land thus pro- 
fitably. 
Mr. Barcla)'', near Downing's nursery, has very 
much improved his land by the refuse of his mo- 
rocco factory. He uses the spent sumach to absorb 
the liquid, and by the liberal use of this, he made 
a warm piece of land produce forty bushels of 
wheat per acre. 
Cement. — The best cement ever used for rough- 
coat plaster on the outside of buildings, is made of 
clean, coarse, sharp sand, mixed two parts, by mea- 
sure, with one of good, fresh-slacked, stone lime. 
If the sand is not entirely clean, put it in a tub or 
trough and stir it until every particle of clay and 
vegetable matter is washed out. 
