THE 
Agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful, and the most 
noble employment of Man.— Washington. 
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER, 1843. _ NO. IX. 
Saxton fe Miles, Publishers, 205 Broadway. 
VOL. II, 
A. B. Allen, Editor. 
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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SHOW OF THE 
AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 
In accordance with its programme, the show of 
this great National Society was opened at Nibio’s 
spacious saloon and garden in Broadway, on Tues¬ 
day the 10th October, for the exhibition of Manu¬ 
factured Articles, Vegetables, Seeds, Fruits, Flow¬ 
ers, Dairy Products, &c., &c., and continued sev¬ 
enteen days. The daily concourse of visiters to 
the show evinced an unflagging interest on the 
part of the public in these matters, and we are 
told, notwithstanding an increase of free tickets 
issued, that more money has been taken the pres¬ 
ent year than ever before. Bands of music or 
a choir of singers were in attendance most of the 
time during the day, to give greater variety to the 
scene, and in the evening, fire-works were at play 
to add to the dazzling brilliancy of the illuminated 
display. In addition to these, for the entertain¬ 
ment of the graver part of the community, address¬ 
es of a highly instructive kind were delivered almost 
every evening, by eminent men from different 
parts of the Union, on subjects appropriate to the 
occasion. 
Manufactured Articles. —In these generally 
we noticed an improvement, especially in Silk 
Fabrics, India Rubber Goods, Cutlery, and light 
Iron Furniture; these, however, not particularly 
concerning agriculture, we must leave our readers 
in want of more information respecting them, to 
seek it in the full reports of the committees of the 
Institute on these subjects. 
Agricultulal Implements. —The show in these 
was moderate, but most of them were good of their 
kind. Among the new things which more partic¬ 
ularly attracted our attention, were a Potato-Dig¬ 
ger ; a Dog-Power Machine for churning, as figur¬ 
ed page 272 of this No. ,* a Single Horse-Power j 
an Ox-Yoke with bow-spring instead of the com¬ 
mon key ; a Subsoil Plow, (price $10,) cheap and 
effectual; Three-share Cultivators, stirring the 
earth effectually in the centre of the row with the 
middle share, and throwing the dirt to the right 
and left with the hind shares like a small plow; 
Three-share Plows, turning three light furrows 
at a time; and an improved Fanning-Mill. There. 
were many other instruments, some with new im¬ 
provements, which we thought well of, but as we 
had no opportunity of testing their merits, we shall 
defer saying more till we can inspect the reports 
of the committees on these subjects. 
Vegetables. —Here was a good display, especi¬ 
ally of several new kinds of seedling Potatoes, and 
other roots of which we think highly. Some of 
