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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SHOW OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 
mometer, draught 500 pounds ; furrow 6 inches 
deep, 12 inches wide. 
Eighth, Eastman’s Self-Sharpener, No. 10. 
Length of beam, 3| feet; length from point to 
heel of mould-board, 3 feet | inch ; length of land- 
side, 2 feet 1 inch; width of cut, 11 inches; 
width of heel, 10 inches. This plow performed 
its work with 22 furrows, 5| inches deep. Soil, 
gravelly loam, with very little sward. The mould- 
board being short and turning quick, gave the 
work the appearance of old ground or stubble 
plowing. This plow took the first premium for 
the best plowing. Trial with dynamometer, 
draught 450 pounds; furrows 5f inches deep, and 
12 inches wide. 
The plow that took the second premium for best 
plowing was one of Bergen model; for description 
of which see Bergen plow. Trial with dynamo¬ 
meter, 400 lbs.; furrows 6| inches deep, and 12 
inches wide. The land on which this plow worked 
was gravelly, with but little sward. In a strong 
sward and heavy soil, it would make handsomer 
work than the plow that took the first premium. 
There were two plows exhibited by Mr. Finch, 
of Peekskill, N. Y. Yery good models, strongly 
made, and well finished. I am sorry to find that I 
have not the dimensions of them. The work of 
No. C, was performed with 20 furrows, 6 inches 
deep, lapped very little, and well turned. Trial 
with dynamometer, draught 450 lbs.; furrows 6| 
inches deep, and 14 inches wide. After measur¬ 
ing the width of furrow for each plow separately, 
I found the result as above given. I then mea¬ 
sured the 12 furrows together, and found them to 
measure 12 feet and 3 inches, varying but 1 inch 
in the 12 furrows for the measurement as taken 
separately. 
There was one of Prouty & Mears’ central 
draught-plows on the ground (sod C), and l am 
very sorry that it was not put to work, as it is a 
favorite plow at the east, and hard to beat any¬ 
where. I think it is better adapted for all kinds 
of soil, rough and smooth, stony and free, than 
either of the plows which took premiums. Its 
dimensions are, length of beam, 4 feet; length 
from point to heel of mould-board, 3 feet | inch ; 
width of cut, 11| inches; width of heel, 11 inches. 
I saw one of the Livingston county plows at 
Niblo’s, but it was not taken over to Paterson. It 
is a favorite plow in western New York, and has 
taken numerous premiums; it should have been 
tried here. Tuesday morning I observed that a 
new plow had been sent in by B. M. Freeborn, 
fitted up with one of Wotters’ patent adjusting 
plow-stocks. It is so arrang-ed as to alter the pitch 
of the stock of the plow behind, which is a matter 
of very little importance to the farmer; for if the 
manufacturer of plows adjusts the stock or beam 
as well as he can when the plow is made, the 
farmer can give it all the variations it will require, 
by altering the chain, which is a much cheaper 
and more simple mode than by the use of the new 
diusting stock. 
•~>ne word on the trial with the dynamometer 
aterson, and I will close this already too lengthy 
communication. The trial in question I do not con¬ 
sider at all satisfactory, although the committee 
did all in their power to have it right, and the in¬ 
strument appeared to be a tolerably good one. 
The committee were pressed upon from all sides, 
with 200 or 300 persons anxious to see the operation 
of applying a scale to test the power required to 
move the plow, which precluded the possibility 
of the committee arriving at any degree of accu¬ 
racy; and the crowd treading on the ground, made 
it very hard, rendering it more difficult to plow, 
which increased the disadvantage, that each suc¬ 
cessive plow labored under in point of draught as 
the trial progressed. The only way to test the 
relative merits of the different plows in point of 
draught, is to put the business in the hands of a 
practical committee, and have no one present at 
the trial, except the committee and plowmen. 
Mr. Meigs of the American Institute now ad¬ 
dressed the assembly in his usual happy vein; the 
bands struck up a triumphant march, when all 
formed in and returned to the town. Here mine 
host of the Passaic had an ample repast spread 
out, and the whole company sat down to the en¬ 
tertainment, with appetites made keen by nine 
hours’ fasting, and the exercise and excitement of 
the occasion. 
At 6 o’clock we left the Paterson depot, and ar¬ 
rived safely in this city, highly pleased with the 
excursion. It was a joyous day, joyous company, 
and a joyous fete. 
Cattle Show. 
This took place at the Vauxhall Gardens, en¬ 
tering from the Bowery, near Sixth street. It is 
an excellent place for a show-ground, and commo¬ 
dious to all. The stock was well provided for with 
stables, sheds, and pens ; and the weather proving 
very fine, it went off with great spirit. There 
were 78 head of neat cattle entered ; 9 buffaloes, 
caught at the foot of the Rocky Mountains; 8 
horses, 1 jack, 1 jenny, and several pairs of 
mules; 73 sheep; 37 swine; and geese, ducks, 
fowls, and other kinds of poultry, uncountable . 
Cattle.- —The number of these was not as great 
as we have frequently seen here, but they were 
of far superior quality to any exhibition of the 
American Institute which we ever witnessed. 
The show of Short-Horn hulls was especially good, 
and we doubt whether it was ever beaten at any 
meeting of the State Agricultural Society. It was 
quite gratifying to see such an improvement, and 
we could not but contrast the majority of the 
cattle present at this time, with the miserable raw- 
boned, ill-bred natives and mongrels, which always 
seemed to rise up like Pharaoh’s lean kine on 
these occasions, to the horror and ridicule of every 
admirer of fine stock present. Raw hides and 
coarse bones seem at last to have given up the 
contest, in this city, to good beef and tallow ; and 
