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Best hearth rugs, 1st, to Chas. M. Felton, Pough¬ 
keepsie, $5;—2d, to Nancy Hull, Lexington Heights, 
$43d, to Lydia Peck, Lexington Heights, $3. 
Best Flannel, to Mrs. G. W. Henry, Lowville, $5. 
VEGETABLES. 
Best celery, to Robert Kelly, Rhinebeck, $2. 
Best cauliflower, to Samuel Curry, Poughkeepsie, $2. 
Best turneps, to Michael Kane, gardener of John A. 
de Groff, Hyde Park, $1. 
Best carrots, to John B. James, Rhinebeck, $1. 
Best beets, to R. L. Pell, $1. 
Best parsneps, to W. Harrocks, Hyde Park, $1. 
Best cabbage, to R. L. Pell, $1. 
Best tomatoes, to R. L. Pell, $1. 
Best egg plants, to John B. James, $1. 
Best onions, to Joseph T. Adriance, Pcfkeepsie, $1. 
Best Lima beans, to Joseph T. Adriance, $1. 
Best double parsley, to Michael Kane, $1. 
Best squashes, to R. L. Pell, $1. 
Largest pumpkin, to John Townsend, Hyde Park, $1. 
Best seed corn, to J. F. Osborn, Port Byron, $1. 
Best table potatoes, 1st, to W. Harrocks, $2;—2d, to 
Samuel Curry, $1. 
Diplomas were awarded for celery to Samuel 
Mitchell, Poughkeepsie—to W. Harrock, for turneps 
and for fine specimen of green peas—to Michael Kane, 
for orange carrots—to J. F. Adriance, Poughkeepsie, for 
white carrots and for best collection of various kinds of 
beets—to Nathan Colman, for beautiful specimens of 
white onions—to N. Shephard, for Lima beans—to D. 
B. Fuller, for 8 varieties of squashes—to A. J. Down¬ 
ing, for seedling rhubarb—to Robert Kelly, for vegetable 
oyster. 
Volumes of Transactions were awarded to Joseph F. 
Adriance for Cuba pumpkins, eighteen from one seed, 
weighing 776| lbs.—to Hamilton Morrison, Montgom¬ 
ery, for twelve varieties of potatoes—to Mrs. Verplanck, 
Fishkill Landing, for several fine heads of lettuce—to 
Thomas Addis Emmet, New York, for okra and cu¬ 
cumbers. 
FRUIT. 
For greatest varieties of table apples, 1st, to A. J. 
Downing & Co., Newburgh, $5;—2d, to John R. 
Comstock, Washington, $3;—3d, to J. F. Osborn, Port 
Byron, vol. Transactions. 
For 12 best table apples, to R. L. Pell, Pelham, $3. 
For greatest variety of table pears, 1st, to A. J. 
Downing & Co., $3 ;—2d, to Wm. Reid, Murray Hill, 
vol. Transactions. 
Volumes of Transactions were awarded to A. J. 
Downing & Co. for greatest variety of winter pears— 
to Alex. H. Smith, Hyde Park, for best 12 Quinces— 
to Mrs. A. Thorpe, Schodack, for best 12 peaches—to 
A. J. Downing & Co., for best 24 plums—to W. North, 
Poughkeepsie, for best 6 bunches native grapes—to 
Robert Donaldson, Blythwood, for best 6 bunches 
foreign grapes. 
A diploma and $1 were awarded to Moses Humph¬ 
rey, Poughkeepsie, a colored man, 80 years old, for fine 
specimens of grapes. 
FLOWERS. 
For greatest variety, 1st, to Miss Verplanck, Fishkill, 
$5;—2d, to Wm. W. Harrock, $3. 
For floral ornaments, 1st, to Wm. Prince & Co., 
Flushing, $5;—2d, to Miss Garretson, Rhinebeck, $3. 
For dahlias, 1st, to J. M. Thorburn & Co., New 
York, $5;—2d, to J. B. James, Rhinebeck, $3 ;—3d, to 
Mrs. Pine, Flushing, vol. Transactions—4th, to Mr. 
Swift, Poughkeepsie, diploma. Discretionary—$3 to 
Mr. Van Waggoner, Poughkeepsie, and $1 to Samuel 
Mitchell, Poughkeepsie. 
For greenhouse plants, 1st, to John N. Stuveysant, 
ttyde Park, vol. Transactions;—2d, to J. Charred, 
Poughkeepsie, diploma. 
PLOWING MATCH. 
First premium to Wm. H. Werrell, Poughkeepsie, 
$15;—2d, to Peter F. Proems, Kinderhook, $12;—3d, 
to Valentine Halleck, $10;—4th, to E. B. Smith, 
Poughkeepsie, $6;—5th, to Elias Westervelt, Pough¬ 
keepsie, diploma. The committee awarded prizes of 
$3 each, to John Day, of Lithgow, and James East, 
of Poughkeepsie, as the best plowmen. 
IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
Silver medals were awarded to George Geddes, Onon¬ 
daga co., for an improved harrow—to Roswell H. Hall, 
Owego, for a stump extractor—to Wm. Hovey, Wor¬ 
cester, Mass., for his straw cutter—to I. T. Grant, 
Schagticoke, for a fanning mill. 
DISCRETIONARY PREMIUMS. 
Flour. —To E. S. Beach & Co., Akrom mills, Ohio, 
for a good barrel of flour, diploma—to Philip Garbutt, 
Wheatland, N. Y., for a better barrel of flour, $3—to 
John Williams, Rochester, for the best barrel of flour, $5. 
Diplomas were awarded to Comstock & Johnston, of 
Rome, for a splendid assortment of garden tools— 
to Peter Crispel, jr., for a specimen of flax — to 
Gen. R. Harmon, jr., Wheatland, for 35 varieties of 
wheat in the ear—to John R. Stuveysant, Hyde Park, 
for 3 topknot fowls, remarkable for laying eggs the 
whole year without intermission — to J. B. Hayes, 
Hastings, for a specimen of Egyptian wheat in the ear— 
to Russell Comstock, Washington, for seedling apples 
and pears—to Anson Barhyde, Col. co., for 3 models of 
bee hives and bee house. 
Smut Machines. —To Wm. Delaney, Canterbury, 
$5;—to W. G. Borland, Little Falls, $3;—to E. F. 
Cushman, Troy, $3. 
A premium of $2 was awarded to John Wilkinson, 
Union Vale, for a specimen of crystallized sugar—to 
John C. Hall, Fallsburgh, for a beautiful sample of 
timothy seed, $3. 
DEATH OF GRANDEE. 
It is with no little regret that we record the loss 
of this invaluable Merino buck, by an accident 
about 3 months since. He was imported with a 
small flock of Merino ewes, in 1840, by Mr. Col¬ 
lins of Connecticut, from the royal flocks of Ram- 
bouillet, in France. Grandee was certainly the 
most superb Merino that ever came under our in¬ 
spection, though we have seen many from the 
early importations of Spain of Col. Humphrey and 
others, down to the latest pure bred here, and 
“ improved ” (as they are called !) by crosses with 
various breeds of our own and other countries. 
But for his untimely death, Grandee would have 
been exhibited at the late show of the New York 
State Agricultural Society at Poughkeepsie. There 
are many valuable Merino sheep in the United 
States possessing more or less good blood; yet we 
have h eard but one expression of opinion from gen¬ 
tlemen who have examined Grandee, namely: that 
for combination of great weight—fineness, and 
evenness of fleece, coupled with superior hardiness 
of constitution—blood-like form and character, 
with singular noble aspect, he was never equalled 
by any of his kind imported into or bred in the 
United States. He is indeed a great national loss; 
for in a few generations, by means of his stock, he 
