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“ Soot as a manure is supposed to act partly, if 
not chiefly in consequence of the ammonia it con¬ 
tains. In Gloucestershire, it is applied to potatoes 
and to wheat, chiefly to the latter, and with great 
success. In the wolds of Yorkshire it is also ap¬ 
plied largely to the wheat-crop. In this country 
it is frequently used on grass land. I am not aware 
that it is extensively used on clover. I am inclin¬ 
ed to anticipate that the sulphur it contains, in ad¬ 
dition to ammonia, would render it useful to this 
plant. At all events comparative experiments in 
the same field with the gypsum and the ammo- 
niacal liquor, are likely to lead to interesting re¬ 
sults. 
* . * • * “ Of ammoniacal liquor 100 or 200 
gallons per acre, according to its strength, for this 
is constantly varying. It must also be diluted 
with so large a quantity of water as will render 
it perfectly tasteless, and is likely to prove most 
beneficial if laid on at several successive periods.” 
— Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry , part 1. 
“ Sal ammoniac is probably too expensive an ar¬ 
ticle to be employed; but sulphate of ammonia 
may be had of the wholesale chemist at a price 
considerably more reasonable, and the ammonia¬ 
cal liquor of the gas-manufactories, through the 
distillation of coal, is a still cheaper commodity.” 
— Liebig's Agricultural Chemistry. 
“ Its efficacy as a manure is vouched for by many 
who have made trial of it upon their land. See a 
communication by Mr. Paynter on gas-water as a 
manure.”— Journal Royal Ag. Soc., No. 1. 
THE NEXT ANNUAL SHOW OF THE STATE 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
As the annual show of the New York State Ag¬ 
ricultural Society is now sure to bring fifteen to 
twenty thousand strangers into the place where it 
may be held, to pass three or four days there, and 
spend their money pretty freely, it has become 
quite an object with the different towns situated 
on the great thoroughfares, to have the exhibitions 
within their boundaries as often as possible. Strong 
movements will be made for these hereafter; but 
we trust that the Society will weigh well the dif¬ 
ferent claims preferred for its favor, and that no 
other consideration than the public good, and the 
spread of its influence, will have weight in its de¬ 
cisions. 
Albany, Syracuse, and Rochester, each having 
had the advantage of one of these meetings, other 
towns now are soliciting the like favor; and among 
those which are preferring their claims for the 
show of 1844, we understand that Buffalo, Utica, 
and Poughkeepsie, are the most prominent. Per¬ 
haps as the northern and western parts of the State 
have now had the benefit of three of the exhibi¬ 
tions of the Society, it is no more than fair that 
some attention be paid to the southern and eastern 
portions. We have heard this city named as a 
very suitable place for the show of next year, and 
the only objection we can anticipate to it is, that 
it is an extreme end of the State. Granted ; and 
is not Buffalo the same ? Yet, notwithstanding 
this, we contend that New York or Buffalo is 
just as fairly entitled in their turn to one of the 
exhibitions of the Society, as Albany, Syracuse, or 
Rochester. However, as our own interests might 
be somewhat served by a meeting of the State So¬ 
ciety in this city, we shall waive advocating its 
claims to one for the present, and content our¬ 
selves with stating those of Poughkeepsie. 
1. This town is 210 miles by the usual travel¬ 
led route, northwest from Montauk Point, the 
southeast end of the State. This is as great a 
distance as from Poughkeepsie to Syracuse, and 
41 miles further than the railroad route, though a 
circuitous one, from Syracuse to Buffalo; so that 
it may fairly be said to be the hither-end of a 
third-part of the limits of the State. 
2. The population, from Dutchess county, south 
and east, includes about one fourth of that of the 
whole State. 
3. Poughkeepsie is easy of access by land or 
water, and being situated on the Hudson, hundreds 
of strangers from the neighboring States, especial¬ 
ly the southern ones, would visit a show here, 
when they could hardly be induced to go farther 
north or west, and as these visiters are always 
purchasers to a greater or less extent, it is quite 
an object to get them to attend. 
4. This town is the capital of one of the oldest, 
wealthiest, and most populous counties of the 
State, and the one whose general system of agri¬ 
culture is probably more highly advanced than 
any other. Dutchess, and the neighboring coun¬ 
ties, have also considerable improved stock—much 
more than we had any idea of till our recent ex¬ 
cursions in these parts. Durham, Devon, and 
Ayrshire cattle abound; superior road and blood 
horses; Cotswold, Leicester, South Down, and 
numerous flocks of Merino sheep; the products of 
the dairy; agricultural implements, and roots, 
seeds, fruits, flowers, and domestic fabrics. 
5. Poughkeepsie is ready at her own expense, 
to build pens for the stock, and furnish all other 
needful accommodation for the Society, which will 
be a saving of expense to it of at least $1,000. 
Lastly, there is more accumulated wealth in 
the southern, than other parts of the State, and 
the Society, by holding a fair proportion of its 
shows in this quarter, will make itself many 
staunch friends, and be introduced to thousands 
who would otherwise be ignorant of its great pub- 
