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AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.—MISCELLANEOUS. 
and charcoal, as all purely carbon—same as vege¬ 
table matter; that Guyton Morveau made steel by 
using diamond dust on iron ; that Davy found that 
the fertilizing soil lost no weight by sustaining 
vegetation; that a hundred pounds of soil would 
grow a plant from one ounce to a hundred pounds, 
and lose nothing of weight. 
Mr. Wakeman presented Bommer’s Treatise on 
Manure. Committee appointed to examine it. 
Mr. Meigs read the report of committee on Dr. 
Underhill’s vineyard at Croton Point, consisting of 
twenty acres of Isabella and Catawba grapes, bear¬ 
ing as much fruit as the Doctor pleases to allow 
the vines to maintain, recommending the highest 
honor of the Institute to be given to that meritori¬ 
ous citizen. His farm contains, moreover, 1,700 
apple-trees, 2,700 peach-trees, and some of the 
very finest quinces ever seen by the committee; 
his apples sell readily here at $5 a barrel, so fine 
are they. 
Mr. Bowen presented several of the high-cran¬ 
berry trees from Lake Umbagog, in the state of 
Maine. They are beautiful and abundant bearers ; 
grow in marshy grounds. 
Mr. Browne presented a memorial to Congress 
relative to American timber. Read and referred 
to a committee. 
Col. Clark stated that old fruit-trees can be much 
renovated by proper care; suggested some of the 
proper means. 
Several other matters were discussed, when the 
Club adjourned at 3 o’clock, P. M., to meet at the 
Repository of the American Institute on Tuesday 
the 12th of December, at 12 o’clock, M. 
AGRICULTURAL SHOWS. 
Planters’ Club of Hancock, Georgia. —The 
Southern Cultivator comes to us freighted with 
the details of this show. It was held at Sparta 
November 3d and 4th. There were a large num¬ 
ber of persons present of both sexes, and the quan¬ 
tity of slock on the ground seems rather extraor¬ 
dinary for that section of the country. Fine blood 
horses as a matter of course ; Durhams, Ayrshires, 
and Patton cattle; South-Down sheep, and Berk¬ 
shire pigs. In these last, we find Col. Bonner of 
White Plains made a numerous and superb show; 
Captain Hardwick of Sparta, also exhibited some 
very fine specimens. Georgia has taken a high 
stand in breeding Berkshires, and if we are not 
careful she will yet go ahead of New York in her 
improved breed of swine. Captain Hardwick 
seems to have taken precedence in Durhams and 
South-Downsand Messrs. Dickson, Neal, and 
Lamar, in horses. The ladies came in with a 
handsome and numerous display of domestic fab¬ 
rics, manufactured with their own hands. We 
like to see such things, and there is no fear of the 
country, so long as the ladies head its domestic 
manufactures. 
The Agricultural, Horticultural, and Bo¬ 
tanical Society of Jefferson College, held its an¬ 
nual show at Washington, Mississippi, November 
1st and 2d. The Concordia Intelligencer con¬ 
tains a full report. Mr. Affleck, of Washington, 
on the first day delivered an address on the nature 
and Structure of Plants, with reference to practi¬ 
cal Horticulture, which is highly spoken of. Mr. 
Fletcher made an address on the second day, 
which was listened to with great interest. The 
show then commenced, when horses, cattle, sheep, 
and swine of most of the improved breeds 
were exhibited in considerable numbers, proving 
conclusively, that they can live there and do well, 
if proper attention be paid to them. Dr. Lovelace 
of Wilkinson, exhibited superior specimens of cot¬ 
ton, approaching in appearance the Sea-Island. 
This cotton is a hybrid, produced from a cross of 
the Mexican varieties, and according to Dr. L.’s 
statement, 
1* In its general aspect resembles the common 
Mexican cotton. 2. It bears as many bolls. 3. 
The bolls are as large. 4. They open as early. 
5. They expand well. 6. The cotton is easily 
picked from them. 7. Yields as much to the acre. 
8. About 80 bolls on an average yields one pound. 
9. The lint is easily separated from the seed. 
10. It nets from 33 to 36 per cent., which is more 
than any cotton yields which he has examined. 
There was a good display of other things usual 
upon such occasions, especially of domestic manu¬ 
factures. Col. Wailes having served the society 
as President several years, declined a re-election, 
and was succeeded by William J. Minor, Esq. 
This society has been the means of accomplishing 
much good in that part of Mississippi, and we see 
no falling off in the interest and spirit of its pro¬ 
ceedings. 
To Prevent Cream Frothing when Churning 
in Winter. —Before commencing churning, let the 
cream be equally warmed to a temperature of 55 
degrees, and gradually approach during the churn¬ 
ing process to 65 or 70 degrees. Cream will rare¬ 
ly froth at this temperature, and it also facilitates 
the coming of the butter. The cream may be 
warmed by standing near the fire, by a can of hot 
water placed in it and stirred about, or by pouring 
warm water into the churn. We prefer the first 
or second method. A small quantity of salt thrown 
into the cream will also prevent its frothing. 
Salt Destructive to Insects on Plum-Trees. 
A correspondent of the Boston Cultivator, recom¬ 
mends 2 quarts of salt to be put around each plum 
