Stucco—Erie Co. Pair—Ealmer Worm. 
Patent Stucco Paint Cement. —A respectable 
English Journal announces a new invention of Stucco 
which is pronounced perfect , after the following fash¬ 
ion :— 
« We have had an opportunity of seeing some speci¬ 
mens of this cement that have for three years been ex¬ 
posed by the sea-side in a situation subject to the 
storms of winter and the heat of summer, in Plymouth, 
where the cement is manufactured, and where the 
climate is well known as not the most dry in the king¬ 
dom; and we were surprised at finding a complete 
growth of granite stone, from what was, when laid on 
the walls of the building, a sort of fluidized substance 
mixed with sand. We could hardly, in fact, find a more 
appropriate name for the composition than a fluid stone. 
It may be applied by a common plasterer, with his or¬ 
dinary tools, over any surface, be it brick,, or plaster, 
or old stucco, or wood, or slate, or even glass itself 
(such is its tenacity); any building covered with it be¬ 
coming encased in stone, resisting and defying as it 
ripens or becomes hard, any action of the atmosphere 
either of wet, frost, or heat, increasing in hardness the 
more exposed it is, and is arriving at maturity and per¬ 
fection when other cements and stuccoes are beginning 
to perish. 55 
If this is not some egregious puff, of which we must 
acknowledge ourselves somewhat suspicious, it must 
prove invaluable to such as desire an air tight, water 
tight, durable and elegant building. The composition 
is not given. 
Erie County Agricultural Fair. 
On the 5th and 6th of October we had the pleasure 
©f attending the Erie county Agricultural Fair at Buf¬ 
falo, together with the Mechanics’ Association for the 
same county, and their Rochester guests, who united 
with them in a fine display of furniture, edge tools, and 
a great variety of other things combining the elegant 
and the useful. The weather was of the most delight¬ 
ful autumnal land throughout,—the mechanical show 
was in the beautiful, large stone cottage of Doctor 
Johnson,—while the agricultural was held in the ex¬ 
tensive grounds and shady park which adorns it imme¬ 
diately in the rear. It was said to be twice as exten¬ 
sive in animals, and various other things, as that of 
last year, and in visitors, especially ladies, to have 
Ibeen at least quadrupled, showing that the interest in 
agriculture and all appertaining to it is greatly upon 
the increase in this quarter. 
Of Horses, the exhibition was much superior to what 
we supposed it could have been, comprising several 
very fine stallions, brood mares, eolts, and match and 
single horses in harness. The stock most highly ap¬ 
proved was the produce of the celebrated trotting 
horses, sent out here several years since from Long 
Island, by T. T. Kissam, Esq., of New York, being full 
brothers, Bellfounder and Bellport. 
The show of neat cattle was such, as, we will ven¬ 
ture to say, few counties in the state will equal, though 
we can recollect, nine years since, that not a single 
improved animal was owned in the county. Mr. L. F. 
Allen, of Black Rock, had up a draft of 13 head of 
Burhams and Devons, while Mr. Warren Granger, and 
some others, fell but a little behind in the display of 
numbers and grades, and natives also were plenty, of a 
superior quality, together with about twenty yoke of 
superb working oxen, and fat beeves and steers, that it 
would have done credit even to the Smithfield market 
of England. 
In sheep, the exhibition was quite limited, a few na¬ 
tives, South Downs, and Merinos, and a greater num¬ 
ber of Leicesters. 
The number of swine was not large. The best were 
of the Berkshire breed; but some others, of a most 
enormous size, struck us as being a cross of the Wo- 
burns. 
Of Butter, when we consider the great number of 
large dairies in this vicinity, the show was very mea¬ 
gre, but for this deficiency ample amends were made in' 
the cheese. A lot of five, weighing about 100 lbs. each, 
belonging to Mr. Arnold, took the first premium; some 
others, of very great dimensions, we thought of scarce¬ 
ly inferior merit. They weighed respectively 278^, 
269, 267£, 267, and 252£ lbs. They were made by Mr, 
Austin, of Hamburg, who keeps 80 cows—each cheese 
being made from three milkings of the whole herd. 
James Murray, Esq., of this city, purchased the largest 
at 10 cents per pound, to send to his friends in Scot¬ 
land. We shall not be much surprised if the bonny 
Scots, upon As arrival, took it for an additional hill 
among the Grampians, or Cheviots, fresh risen under 
the auspices of a gilded moon, from old Ocean’s watery 
bed. The product of Mr. Austin’s dairy the present 
year will be at least twelve tons, and some of his neigh¬ 
bors scarcely fall behind; indeed, Hamburg, in Erie 
county, has become one of the most celebrated dairy 
districts in the United States, though it has been re¬ 
cently settled, and we have never heard of their being- 
beaten in size, except in one instance which we be¬ 
lieve was by Col. Meecham, of Oswego. 
The Farm Implements were a very poor show, as to 
numbers and variety, and we really hope to see, in this 
great commercial and agricultural depot, a better one 
hereafter. Mr. Smith, the plow manufacturer here, 
had a fair assortment; others exhibited scarce over two 
each. The Furnaces were pretty fairly represented in 
stoves; that exhibited by Mr. Dudley being the best, 
most durable, and simple, which we have yet seen for 
plain cooking in the farmer’s family. 
In farm, garden, and green house Plants, and grains 
and roots, there was a fine display, the same also of 
household manufactures, cocoons and silk. 
The Mechanics’ Show was quite respectable. The 
plowing match was a very spirited contest, and we 
thought excited more attention than anything else. 
Five noble pairs of horses, and one yoke of cattle en¬ 
tered for competition; the quantity of land to be plow¬ 
ed being one quarter of an acre. The work was beau¬ 
tifully done in very close time, Mr. Curtis’ team taking 
the prize, haying accomplished the task in 51 minutes. 
The committees then made their reports, which were 
short and to the point, and read upon the ground, and 
the prizes declared off by the secretary, and the Socie¬ 
ty adjourned to the 15th of November, when the pre¬ 
miums for the best improved farms, root, and grain 
crops, will be passed upon. 
A very pretty display of Poultry was made upon 
the occasion, and among the curiosities, we noticed 
some China fowls, exhibited by Mr. Hodge, and but 
little larger than full grown Woodcocks. 
Black Palmer Worm. —We notice in the 
last New Farmers’ Journal, of England, that 
Wm. Webb has succeeded in effectually de- 
stroying this pest, which had taken posses¬ 
sion of a field of Sweeds turnips. He first 
tried smoking them, without any effect. His 
next application was dust scattered on the 
leaves, which threw them upon the ground, 
but they soon recovered and recommenced 
their ravages. The plan then adopted, 
was to take large succulent elder boughs, 
