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SIXTH ANNUAL SHOW OF THE N. Y. STATE AG.. SOCIETY- 
bred by his father, the late Genera] Irvin of Phila¬ 
delphia, and was got by Eclipse, out of one of the 
late John Randolph’s strongest and best bred mares. 
Busirus stands 16£ hands high, and weighs 1300 
lbs. His form is good and his action very fine. 
He strikes us as an invaluable horse for roadstock. 
Cattle .—The exhibition of Durhams and Here- 
fords was rather meagre, though better in the for¬ 
mer class than last year. Among them was Mr. 
Vail’s magnificent cow, Lady Barrington, recently- 
imported. She took the first premium. We greatly 
admired the fine, compact, and almost perfect pro¬ 
portions of Col. Sherwood’s Lily, and thought her 
highly deserving, though she got no premium. 
However, to make amends for this, his excellent 
bull, Symmetry, was awarded the first prize. Col. 
S. made much the largest show of Durhams of any 
one on the ground. The Devons were fine, and a 
good number of them. They were principally 
from the stock of Messrs. Beck, Garbut, Washburn, 
and Allen. Mr. W. had a cow on the ground 
which has made her 14 lbs. of butter per week. 
This, considering her size, is most extraordinary. 
The Devons are much better bred for milking qua¬ 
lities than formerly, and are really a most profitable 
kind of stock, especially on short pastures. We 
noticed only one Ayrshire, and very new native 
cows. The show of fat cattle in pairs was most 
superb. Mr. James S. Wadsworth, of Geneseo, 
had sixteen yoke, and three spayed Durham heifers. 
Five of his oxen were thorough bred Durhams, 
and two pure Devons. One yoke, only four years 
old, weighed 4,240 lbs. Col. J. M. Sherwood ex¬ 
hibited ten very superior yoke of cattle. Mr. 
Elon Sheldon, of Sennett,and his neighbors, eleven 
yoke, all highly to be commended. The single fat 
oxen were large and fine. 
Sheep. —A larger number of Saxons and Merinos 
were present than ever before shown—some of 
which were very fine, and others ordinary enough. 
Representatives from several flocks which we ex¬ 
pected to see here, from some cause or other were 
not present. The Long-wools and Southdowns 
were few in number, hut of a*good quality. 
Swine .—Very few of these shown. The best 
were Berkshires and Leicesters—a fine white hog. 
Poultry. —Here the display was rather meagre, 
except in Dorkings, of which Mr. Allen, of Black 
Rock, made a goodly exhibition. 
Farm Implements —These were not so numerous, 
nor of so great a variety as last year; nor did we 
see anything particularly new or worthy of record, 
except a flax-puller. It costs $100, and pulls from 
three to five acres per day. It is said to work well. 
We also noticed a new stone-drill, which the in¬ 
ventor declared would easily drill five feet per hour. 
Dairy Products. —We regret to say, that any one 
good farmer in Herkimer or Erie* could have made 
a better exhibition in his own individual dairy, than 
all present. We were greatly disappointed at the 
meagre display, for there surely must be a large 
amount of butter and cheese made in Auburn and 
fts vicinity. But whether this is the case or not, 
these products should have been brought in from a 
distance. Several gentlemen were present, particu¬ 
larly from Canada, with the intention of purchas¬ 
ing largely, which of course they could not do from 
so small a stock before them. We hope this mat¬ 
ter will be remedied hereafter. 
Vegetables , Fruits , and Flowers. —These were 
confined entirely to the products of Western New 
York, and were highly respectable. Mr. N. S 
Smith of Buffalo, showed seven kinds of su¬ 
perior seedling potatoes. Several nurserymen 
exhibited various new kinds of seedling pears and 
apples, some of which we thought quite superior. 
The Buffalo Horticultural Society was well repre¬ 
sented there in fruits and flowers. Its banner, got 
up by Mr. W. R Coppock, was very tastefully de¬ 
signed. Mr. Hadfield, from Sheldon, exhibited 
very large and peculiarly well sorted black wild 
cherries. We don’t know why this, and other na¬ 
tive fruits may not be greatly improved by cultiva¬ 
tion. Mr. Henry H. Coit, of Cleveland, Ohio, 
made a superb display of fruits, particularly peaches 
and apples. 
Domestic Fabrics. —These were not so various as 
last year, still we found much to admire in the way 
of flannels, hose, bed and table spreads, and all sorts 
of fancy work. Among the principal contributors 
was Miss Voorhees, famous for a great variety of 
ingenious fabrics. 
A Farmer's Cart. —Among other objects which 
attracted our attention on the ground, was a cart 
tastefully decorated with a tent-like covering of 
evergreens—making it a delightful, portable, shady 
arbor. This was designed, we believe, by Mrs. 
Sherwood; at any rate, her husband’s big team of 
ten superb yoke of oxen were attached to it. 
The Plowing Match. —This we did not see, 
but understood it was conducted in the usual way, 
and respectably attended. 
The Address. —This was delivered under the great 
tent, on Thursday, at 3 P. M., by Samuel Stevens, 
Esq., of Albany, and was replete with just and 
noble sentiments, expressed in a happy manner. 
A large audience was present, and expressed them¬ 
selves highly pleased with the effort. After the 
Address the Chairmen of the various Committees 
made their reports in succession, and the premiums 
were awarded and paid to the amount of about 
$3,000. 
Amount of Money Received. —The receipts for 
membership and tickets sold at Auburn during the 
Show, were about $4,300. 
The Show passed off delightfully, and seemed to 
afford great general satisfaction. There were nume¬ 
rous things got up for the edification and amuse¬ 
ment of the public. On Wednesday night there 
was a large meeting at the Court-House for the 
discussion of agricultural subjects On Thursday 
night a ball at Floral Hall, which was really one 
of the most select and recherchi affairs we have 
seen for a long time. The walls of the Hall were 
tastefully festooned with evergreens and flowers, 
and filled with charming women and agreeable 
men, from various States of the Union, who 
seemed highly pleased with each other, and the 
scene around them. Then there was the circus, 
the museum, the razor strop man, with “one 
more of the same sort left,” mountebanks, and 
other grotesque performances for the million. 
The List of Premiums we shall give in our next, 
it having come too late for insertion in this number 
