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of point and milking qualities. Her form would 
do credit to a Durham, especially in the brisket, 
loin, and quarter: nor was she inferior in handling. 
Indeed, she is the best animal of this breed we 
have yet seen in the United States. She was im¬ 
ported from one of the best herds in Scotland, and 
can be had for two hundred dollars. 
At the close of the exhibition, a grand proces¬ 
sion was formed of cattle, &c., attached to car,s 
and vehicles of different kinds, fitted up with con¬ 
siderable taste with a display of vegetables, sheafs 
of grain, corn-stalks, &c., &c. Mr. Ellsworth, of 
Connecticut, was marshal of the day. A band of 
music headed the procession, and among other 
things assisting to form it, were two gentlemen 
on horseback, with each a fair lady behind him, 
on a pillion ! Rather an odd spectacle this for the 
city of New York, and it attracted great attention 
from the crowds in Broadway. One of the pil¬ 
lions used on this occasion, was made fifty years 
ago, by Mr. Daniel Wadsworth, of Hartford, Con¬ 
necticut. 
Plowing and Spading Match .—This interesting 
exhibition, after having been twice postponed on 
account of the weather, came off on the 19th, at 
Fordham, in Westchester county, about 12 miles 
from New York. There was a very respectable 
number in attendance, although the forbidding ap¬ 
pearance of the weather in the early part of the 
day must have kept a good many at home. 
The spading match took place first. In this 
case there were six candidates for the prizes of¬ 
fered, which were as follows :—For the best spa¬ 
ding of ground twenty feet long and ten feet wide, 
silver cup, value eight dollars; second best, silver 
medal; third best, diploma. 
This exhibited great interest. The work was 
done in fine style, and the prizes awarded as fol¬ 
lows : 
First premium to Joseph Lodge; time 23 min¬ 
utes. 
Second premium to William P. Lodge; time 30 
minutes. 
Third premium to Matthew Roach; time 34 
minutes. 
Afier this contest was disposed of, the teams 
entered for the plowing match were ordered to 
fall into line. There were eleven competitors, 
seven of whose teams were oxen and four horses. 
The regulations were, for the best plowing, per¬ 
formed in one hour on one eighth of an acre of 
greensward, a silver cup, value eight dollars ; sec¬ 
ond best, silver medal; third best, diploma. 
The list of the names, and the order in which 
the ground was allotted to them, stood thus: 
No. i. Matthew Ray, West Farms, Westchester 
county, a pair of horses. 
“ 2. John Savage, same place, a pair of oxen. 
<( 3. John Ray, Morrisania, Westchester co. do. 
11 4. Moses Rogers, West Farms, do. do. 
“ 5. Lewis G. Morris, Fordham, do. do. 
“ 6. Oliver Cromwell, do. do. do. 
“ 7. (withdrawn.) 
“ 8. Henry Moore, Ithaca, Tompkins co. horses. 
“ 9. C. Bathgate, jr., Morrisania, W. co. do. 
“ 10. Jeremiah Tiers, Yonkers, do. oxen. 
“ 11. Corns. Bergen, Brooklyn, Kings co. horses. 
They all started off in gay style, and accom¬ 
plished the work in even less time than was ex¬ 
pected, the teams dropping out in the following 
order: No. 4 first, 9 second, 11 third, 6 fourth, 2, 
3, and 10, nearly together, fifth ; No. 8 sixth, No. 
1 seventh, No. 5 last. No. 8, was a side hill plow ; 
No. 9, Burrell’s wheel plow; No. 11, Mr. Bergen’s 
own plow; No. 4, did the work in .19 minutes; 
No. 9, in 19 minutes, 5 seconds; the longest time 
was 30 minutes. 
The Committee awarded the premiums as fol¬ 
lows: 
First premium of silver cup to John Ray, Mor¬ 
risania, Westchester county. 
Second do. silver medal to Moses Rogers, of 
West Farms, Westchester county. 
Third do. diploma to Matthew Ray, West 
Farms, do. 
After the matches were over the Hon. Henry 
Meigs made the speech on the occasion; Mr. 
Ellsworth, of Connecticut, also addressed the as¬ 
sembly. The Committees adjourned to Berrian’s 
tavern, at Fordham, and dined, and then declared 
the premiums. 
Altogether the seventeenth exhibition of the 
American Institute was highly attractive, and more 
varied than usual. We shall give the list of pre¬ 
miums next month. 
QUEENS COUNTY SHOW. 
This came off at the pleasant village of Jamaica, 
on the 10th of October. The weather was very 
fine, and so far as the crowds of highly respect¬ 
able people of both sexes were concerned, it 
was a capital show. But the animals present 
were few and a very unfair representation of what 
Queens county is able to turn out; but so long as 
our farmers are contented to make their appear¬ 
ance at such places, and boast of what they have 
u got at home,” and lament then that they did not 
bring them forward, we must ever expect to see a 
poor exhibition. Of the stock present, the best 
display by far was in horses ; and the next best in 
Durham cattle. There were also some good 
grades and natives on the ground. Of sheep and 
swine very few were present, and only one pair of 
mules. 
The seeds and grain, at the court-house, were 
highly to be commended, especially the corn, 
which was the most superb and varied display 
we have yet seen at any show whatever. The 
vegetable department, we think, was quite equal 
to that of seeds. Fruit we noticed in great abun¬ 
dance and variety. A quince was exhibited weigh¬ 
ing 26 ounces, and 13 apples weighing 15-|- lbs. 
The quince beats all they have recently been 
boasting about in Massachusetts, the largest 
there weighing only 23 ounces. The butter ex¬ 
hibited struck us as being quite superior; of cheese 
we scarcely saw any. The domestic fabrics gave 
evidence of the taste and industry of the ladies in 
Queens county, and it afforded us great pleasure to 
notice so many of them present, taking such interest 
as they seemed to in the whole exhibition. We 
can not but think this one of the pleasantest fea¬ 
tures of such shows, and we trust that the ladies 
