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NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 
NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL 
SHOW. 
The N. Y. State Agricultural Society holds its 
Sixth Annual Show at Auburn, on the 15th, 16th, 
and 17th of September next. 
This place was selected because of its central 
position, and also because of its being readily acces¬ 
sible to the farmers resident in the southern tier of 
counties, who have hitherto been less accommo¬ 
dated by the annual position of the show than 
almost any other portion of the state. But Auburn 
being directly on the railroad, and at no great dis¬ 
tance from the Cayuga and Seneca lakes, where the 
great bulk of the business and travel of these coun¬ 
ties debouches, it is hoped and believed that their 
agricultural population will feel themselves bound 
to co-operate with the more central counties, who 
are already known to make great efforts to sustain 
the high character of New York’s annual agricul¬ 
tural show. If a judgment may be allowed, based 
upon the preparations already made, the approach¬ 
ing fair will be the most splendid ever held in this 
state. Being in the immediate neighborhood of 
some of the most noted breeders of cattle, sheep, 
and horses, there can be no doubt but that the dis¬ 
play will be admirable. It is confidently predicted 
that the yokes of working cattle will be unrivalled. 
The State Show has hitherto received, as it has 
deserved, the liberal countenance of the agricultu¬ 
ral public. The Society’s efforts to render the 
show attractive and useful are unabated, and it 
hopes that every friend of agriculture will cordially 
and zealously do his best to ensure at least its ac¬ 
customed and annual reward. 
The arrangements made by the citizens of Au¬ 
burn are ample and satisfactory. There is room, 
and a hearty welcome for all. 
For the first time a committee of ladies take part 
in our proceedings. The display of female skill 
and taste has always given brilliancy and lustre to 
the State Show, but as the whole matter is now 
laced exclusively in the hands of ladies, it is 
oped that the wives and daughters of farmers 
will feel the weight and the extent of their respon¬ 
sibilities. 
An examination of the annexed list will show 
that the committees are selected with care, and 
that they are composed of persons of great practical 
experience and high moral character. 
The Committees on the Premium list were ap¬ 
pointed as follows:— 
Committee of Arrangements , and for Selecting the 
Show Ground , and preparing it for the coming Exhibi¬ 
tion. —J. M. Sherwood, J. H. Chedell, C. C. Dennis, 
Auburn; Wm. Fuller, Skaneateles; H. S. Randall, 
Cortland Village; J. B. Nott, Albany ; S. M Brown, 
Elbridge ; A. Thompson, Aurora. 
Committee for Reception of Strangers. — E. T. 
Throop, Willow Brook ; A. Conkling, Melrose, W. 
H. Seward, Chris. Morgan, E. A. Worden, T. Y. How, 
Jr., S. A. Godwin, Auburn. 
1st Class. — Durham Cattle. —Gov. Allen Trimble, 
Ohio; Henry Parsons, Ancaster, Canada West; L. 
Chandler Ball, Hoosack. 
2d, 3d, and 4th Classes.— Hereford , Devon, and 
Ayrshire Cattle .— Elias Phinney, Lexington, Mass.; 
Lemuel Hulburt, Winchester, Conn.; Edward Cox, 
Black Rock. 
5th Class— Crosses of Native and Improved Cattle .— 
Ira Hitchcock, Vernon; Lewis G. Morris,Morrisiana; 
John Randall, Norwich. 
6th Class.— Native Cattle. —Wm. Garbutt, Wheat' 
land; Thomas Hilhouse, Albany; Samuel Stevens, 
Preble, Cortland county. 
Working Oxen.—S anford Howard, Albany ; Wm. 
Fuller, Skaneateles; John Ayrault, Perrinton. 
Steers.—G ideon Ramsdell, Perrinton ; Francis 
Hibbard, Cortland Village; Hiram Clift, Marcellus. 
Fat Cattle.—J ohn Holcomb, Wilmington, Dela¬ 
ware ; Thomas Kirkpatrick, Albany; A. L. Freeman, 
Jordan. 
Fat Sheep.—E lias W. Cady, Dryden, Tompkins 
co.; Wm. Osborn, Auburn ; -Hayden, Syracuse. 
Stallions of all Work and Draught, and 
Mares.—A dam Ferguson, Watertown, Canada West; 
Elbert Jones, Oyster Bay; Henry K. Morrell, Caro¬ 
line county. 
Blood Stallions and Mares.—J ames Bathgate, 
Fordham ; D. D. Campbell, Schenectady; Gen. Daniel 
Jones, Cold Spring, Queens county. 
Best Matched and Single Horses.—E dward 
Long, Cambridge; William A Dutcher, Penn Yan; 
Wait S. Davis, King’s Ferry. 
Long Woolled Sheep.—P hilip Reybold, Wil¬ 
mington, Del.; Samuel Cheever, Stillwater; Augus¬ 
tus Rayner, Clarence, Erie county. 
Middle Wool.—W m. Howitt, Guelph, Canada 
West; Paoli Lathrop, South Hadley Falls; Benja¬ 
min Enos, De Ruyter. 
Merino Sheep and their Grades.—R obert R. 
Reed, Washington, Pa.; Edward A. Le Roy, New 
York ; N. B. Smith, Woodbury, Conn.; Samuel Law¬ 
rence, Lowell, Mass.; S Newton Dexter, Oriskany. 
Saxon Sheep. — Adam Hildebrand, Massillon, 
Ohio; Daniel Rogers, Hosack Corners; William 
McKee, Salem, Washington county ; John A. Tainter, 
Hartford, Conn.; Homer Blanchard, Kinderhook. 
Swine.— G. V. Sackett, Seneca Falls; P. N. Rust, 
Syracuse; E. L. B. Curtiss, Danby, Tompkins co. 
Poultry.—L. B. Langworthy, Rochester ; Thomas 
Hollis, Gilbertsville ; Edward Mesier, Fishkill, 
Plows.—C. C. Dennis, Auburn; Enoch Marks, 
Fairmount; S. N. Wright, Vernon. 
Harrows, Wagons, &c.—S amuel Greenleaf, Ca¬ 
nandaigua ; E. P. Beck, Sheldon, Wyoming county; 
Israel Boies, Homer. 
Corn and Cob Crusher.—G eorge Geddes, Fair- 
mount; Kingsley Sanford, Volney, Oswego county; 
Cornelius Bergen, Brooklyn. 
Plowing Match.—J ohn Johnston, Geneva; John 
Finch, Astoria; David Matthews, Truxton; Henry 
Brewer, Enfield ; Paris Barber, Homer. 
Butter.—Z. Barton Stout, Allen’s Hill; Andrew 
Dickson, Cortlandville; Aaron Petrie, Little Falls. 
Cheese.—H on. Wm. C. Crain, Warren, Herkimer 
county; Lewis Eaton, Black Rock; Elijah Morse, 
Eaton. 
Matle and Corn-Stalk Sugar.—O tto F. Mar¬ 
shall, Wheeler, Steuben county; Robert Hadfield 
Sheldon, Wyoming county ; William Blossom, Ca¬ 
nandaigua. 
Silk. —Joel F. Belcher, Richford, Tioga county; 
Charles Pardoe, Skaneateles; Edw. Morgan, Aurora. 
Domestic Manufactures. — Roswell Randall, 
Cortlandville; Curtis Moses, Marcellus; Moses D. 
Burnett, Syracuse. 
Fruit.—J ohn A. King, Jamaica, L. I. ; W. L. De 
Witt, Ithaca; R. T. Underhill, New York. 
Flowers.—H erman Wendell, Albany; Wm. N. 
Randall, Cortlandville ; -Tracey, Syracuse. 
Miscellaneous Articles not Enumerated or 
Specified.—R. L. Allen, Buffalo ; J. T. Cooper, 
Albany; William Jackson, Syracuse. 
