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Macomb.Richmond-.Sept. 13-15 
Mason.Ludington.Sept. 12-15 
Montcalm....Stanton.Sept. 26-29 
Manistee.....BearLake.Oct. 4- 6 
Monroe.Monroe...Sept. 19-22 
Oakland...Pontiac.. .Oct. 3- 6 
Oceana..Hart___.... Sept. 12-15 
•Ogemaw.No fair this year. 
Osceola_.......Evart.. Oct. 4- 6 
Otsego.Gaylord .Oct. 2- 7 
Roscommon.No fair this year. 
St. Joseph.Centerville......Oct. 3- 6 
Tuscola.Watrousville_Oct. 4-6 
VanBuren ........Paw Pawi .....Oct. 10-13 
Stockbridge...... Stockbridge ..... Oct. 10-12 
Eaton Rapids.... Eaton Rapids_Oct. 11-13 
Union.....Ovid........Oct. 10-13 
St. Jo. Valley.... .Litchfield..Oct. 10-13 
Plain well......... Plainwell.Oct. 8- 6 
OHIO. 
Allen....Lima...Sept. 26-29 
Ashland.No fair this year. 
Ashtabula.Jefferson_....Sept. 26-29 
Athens.....Athens.Oct. 4-6 
Auglaize...Wapakoneta.Oct. 3- 6 
Belmont..........St. Clairsville....Sept. 6- 8 
Brown........Georgetown_.Oct. 3- 6 
Butler___ ...... Hamilton.Oct. 2-6 
Carroll.Carrollton.Oct. 3- 5 
Champaign..Urbana.Sept. 5-8 
Clarke.Springfield..Aug. 22-25 
Clermont.Owensville.Sept. 5-8 
Clinton..Wilmington..... Aug. 15-18 
■ Columbiana.New-Lisbon..... Sept. 26-28 
Coshocton. Coshocton.Oct. 10-13 
Crawford.Bucyrus...__ Sept. 26-29 
Cuyahoga.Chagrin Falls_Sept. 26-28 
Darke.....Greenville.Sept. 18-22 
Defiance...Defiance...Sept. 25-29 
Delaware___Delaware...._Sept. 26-29 
Erie...Sandusky...Sept. 19-22 
Fairfield...Lancaster...Oct. 11-14 
Fulton... Wauseon.Sept. 19-22 
■Gallia.Gallipolis.Sept. 13-16 
Geauga.;..........Burton....Sept. 11-14 
Greene.Xenia.Sept. 7 9 
Guernsey......... Washington.Sept. 27 29 
Hamilton....... ..Carthage,. .Sept- 26-29 
Hancock.. .Findlay.. .Sept. 27-30 
Hardin.Kenton.......Oct. 4- 7 
Harrison.Cadiz.. Oct. 4- 6 
Henry.No fair this year. 
Hocking.No fair this year. 
Huron.Norwalk.Sept. 26-29 
Jackson.No fair this year. 
Jefferson.Smithfleld.. .Sept. 27-29 ' 
Knox......No fair this year. 
Lake.....Painesville __Sept. 26-29 
Lawrence.Ironton.. .Sept 19-22 
Licking.....Newark.Oct. 3-6 
Logan....Belief on taine... .Sept. 26-29 
Lorain.___.... .Elyria. .Sept. 26-23 
Marion........Marion......Oct. 3- 6 
Medina ......._Medina Village..Sept. 13-15 
Meigs.Rock Springs....- 
Mercer...Celina.Sept. 20-23 
Miami...Troy... —..Oct. 3- 6 
Monroe.......Woodsfleld.Sept. 27-29 
Morgan.... .McConnellsville.Sept. 26 
Morrow.Mt. Gilead.......Oct. 11-13 
Muskingum.Zanesville..... ..Sept. 5- 8 
Noble. .Sarahsville__ Sept. 27-29 
Ottawa. .Port Clinton_Oct. 4- 6 
Perry...New Lexington..Sept. 27-29 
Portage.Ravenna.Sept. 27-29 
Preble......Eaton....Sept. 26-29 
Putnam..Ottawa_..._Oct. 4- 7 
Richland.Mansfield..Sept. 26-29 
Ross.Chillicothe..Aug. 15- 8 
Sandusky....._Fremont.Sept. 26-29 
Seneca..._.... .Tiffin..Sept. 26-29 
Shelby.............Sidney.Sept. 26-29 
Stark..............Canton.Sept. 26-29 
Summit.Akron.....Oct. 3-6 
Trumbull.Warren.Sept. 13-15 
Tuscarawas ..Canal Dover._Sept. 27-30 
Union.........Marysville.Oct. 3- 6 
Van Wert..........Van Wert.....Sept. 27-30 
Warren..Lebanon.Sept. 19-22 
Washington. Marietta.Sept. 27-29 
Wayne.No fair this year. 
Williams.Bryan.Sept. 26-28 
Wood.Tontogany.Sept. 27-29 
Wyandot.Upper SanduskySept. 26-29 
KANSAS. 
Brown.Hiawathia..Sept. 19-22 
Butler.....ElDorado ....Sept. 4-9 
Cherokee.Columbus.Sept. 12-15 
Cloud .. ___Concordia.Oct. 5-7 
Coffey........._Burlington.Sept. 19-22 
Crawford.Girard.Sept. 27-29 
Davis.........Junction City... Oct. 4- 6 
Dickinson..Abilene.Sept. 25-30 
Ellis....Hays City.Sept. 27-30 
Ellsworth.Ellsworth.Sept. 28-30 
Franklin.Ottawa...Sept. 26-30 
Greenwood.Eureka...Sept. 19-21 
Harper.Anthony.Oct. 3- 5 
Harvey.Newton...Aug. 30-31 
Jefferson...Oskaloosa.Sept. 6- 8 
Jefferson.Valley Falls.Aug. 29-Sep. 2 
Jewel].Mankato.Sept. 6- 8 
Johnson..........Edgerton.Oct. 4- 6 
Labette...Oswego.Sept. 12-15 
Linn.......LaCygne.Sept. 19-22 
Liun ..............Mound City.Sept. 25-29 
Marion............ Peabody.A ug. 22-24 
Marshall.. .Marysville. ..Aug. 29-Sept. 1 
McPherson...McPherson...... .Aug. 29 31 
Miami...Paola.Oct. 4-7 
Morris.Council Grove.. .Oct. 3- 6 
Osage.....Burlingame.Sept. 6-8 
Reno.Hutchinson.Sept. 7 9 
Riley...Manhattan..Aug 27-Sept. 1 
Sedgwick.. Wichita..Sept. 20-24 
Sumner.Wellington .Aug.30-Sept.. 2 
Woodson.. .......Neosho Falls....Sept. 24-30 
Western NationalBismarck_Sept. 18-23 
MINNESOTA. 
Chippewa..Montevideo_..Sept. 20-22 
WISCONSIN. 
Brown ..De Pere.Sept. 19-22 
Calumet.Chilton.Sept. 26-29 
Central Fair .Watertown__ .Sept. 25-30 
Dane...Madison...Sept. 19-22 
Dodge.Juneau.Sept. 18-21 
Jefferson...Jefferson.Sept. 19-22 
Lodi Union.Lodi.Sept. 26-28 
Outagamie_....Hortonville.Sept. 5- 7 
Portage....Amherst .Sept. 19-20 
Rock...Janesville.Oct. 3-6 
Racine....Burlington.Sept. 19-20 
Walworth.............Sept.29-30 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Anderson..Anderson.Oct. 18-20 
Charleston.Charleston..Nov. 20-Dec. 16 
Sumpter.Sumpter.Oet. 24-27 
Llnion.Union.Oct. 24-26 
KENTUCKY. 
Anderson. Lawrenceburg.. .Aug. 15-18 
Bath...Sharpsburg.Aug. 15-18 
Barren.Glasgow.Oct. 4- 7 
Boone.No fair this year. 
Bourbon.Paris.Sept. 5- 9 
Bullitt.No fair this year. 
Butler.No fair this year. 
Caldwell.No fair this year. 
Calloway.No fair this j ear. 
Carter.No fair this year. 
Clark.No fair this year. 
Daviess.Owensborough..Oct. 11-14 
Fleming.No fair this year. 
Grant.No fair this year. 
Greene.No fair this year. 
Harrison.Cynthiana.Aug. 22-2G 
Hopkins.No fair this year. 
Jessamine.No fair this year. 
Laurel....No fair this year. 
Lewis....No fair this year. 
Lincoln...No fair this year. 
Lyon...No fair this year. 
Marion.....No fair this year. 
Mead.No fair this year. 
Mercer.No fair this year. 
Metcalfe.No fair this year. 
Ohio.Hartford.Oct. 11-15 
Oldham.No fair ihis year. 
Owen...Owenton.Oct. 3-7 
Pendleton.... .Falmouth.Sept. 9-12 
Pulaski......No fair this year. 
Rowan......No fair this year. 
Scott....No fair this year. 
Taylor.No fair this year. 
Trigg.No fair this year. 
Washington.Springfield..Aug. 29-Sept. 1 
Webster......... .No fair this year. 
Woodford_....No.fair this year. 
MARYLAND. 
Carroll..No fair this year. 
Cecil.Elkton....Oct. 3- 6 
Frederick.Frederick.Oet. 10-13 
Harford..Bel Air.Oct. 10-13 
Howard___.No fair this year. 
Montgomery.Rockville.Oet. 18-20 
Queen Anne.No fair this year. 
Washington.Hagerstown.Oct. 17-20 
Wicomico.No fair this year. 
DELAWARE. 
Peninsula.Middletown.Sept. 19-21 
MISSOURI. 
Carroll.No fair this year. 
St. Charles.No fair this year. 
VIRGINIA. 
Appomattox.No fair this year. 
Caroline.No fair this year. 
Chesterfield.No fair this year. 
Frederick.Winchester.Oct. 11-14 
James City.No fair this year. 
Louisa.No fair this year. 
Shenandoah.No fair this year. 
Smyth.No fair this year. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
Berkley.Martmsburg.... .Sept, 12-15 
A Home-Made Fruit Dryer. 
There are inquiries before us for the cheapest and best 
fruit dryer. There are several patented dryers in the 
market, some of which tarn out a superior quality of 
dried fruit, but they are somewhat expensive, and not 
within the reach of those who have only a small amount 
of fruit that must be dried, without an outlay of money, 
or not at all. The accompanying engraving shows a 
form of dryer that is designed for in-door use, with the 
heat of a common stove. The size of the frame is deter¬ 
mined by that of the stove, and may be made of 1^-inch 
material. The legs should be long enough to support 
vthe frame well above the stove, and can be fastened on 
with hinges, so as to fold up when not in use. The 
frame may be either covered with a net-work of coarse 
twine or fine wire—wire cloth is best but more expensive. 
A second frame may be suspended below the first one, 
thus doubling the amount of the drying surface. 
Buckwheat.— In sowing Buckwheat, the stones 
-ought to be picked off, and the land rolled, so that in har¬ 
vesting the cradle may be swung as close as possible. The 
-crop holds the ground so short a time, the surface does not 
become flattened and levelled by rains and other “ de¬ 
grading” influences, as it does when other grains occupy 
the soil. The crop is certainly sensitive to frost, and 
must be cat early, for, while much grain will probably 
be immature, this will all ripen if cut before frost de¬ 
stroys the juices of the plant. If cut close to the ground, 
then raked into gavels and set up, the tops being gath¬ 
ered to a point, and the butts spread out, it is secure. 
It should stand until dry enough to thrash, and ought 
to be thrashed at once. In handling, use a barley fork, 
so as to lift a whole gavel at a time, and spread sheets 
>or a stack-cover over the hay-rack, to prevent loss. 
A Use for Canes.—“W. G. B..” writes us, that 
■on his plantation on the South Edisto River, S. C., there 
.grows a great abundance of cane. This is six to eight 
feet high, and he wishes to know if it can not he utilized 
in some manufacture. There are two species of Cane in 
the Southern States, one of which grows 20 feet high, 
and the other not over 10 feet. We suppose that Mr. 
B. has the smaller kind. He suggests that it would be 
in demand at a fan factory, for handles to fans. We 
know of no such factory, fans being imported from 
countries where labor is much cheaper than with us. A 
number of years ago the larger kind of cane was con¬ 
verted into paper pulp, by blowing it from a steam gun. 
Whether with the improved methods of making paper 
stock from wood, this method of using canes is still 
employed, we can not say, but that is the only use 
we can suggest for the smaller species of cane. 
Velvet Grass. —“What do you think of it?” asks 
a correspondent. We might answer that it was a beau¬ 
tiful nuisance, hut that would not cover the whole 
ground. The Velvet Grass (Holcus lunatrn) is sure to 
attract attention from its peculiar gray color and soft, 
velvety feel. As a meadow or pasture grass it is nearly 
worthless, as cattle care nothing for it. Still this grass 
has its uses. It will grow where other grasses will not 
get a foothold, and a crop of it plowed under will pre¬ 
pare the land for better grasses and afterwards for Clover. 
We refer “D. H. B.” to an article in July, 1871, p. 266. 
Liquid Manure Tanks.— David Whipple, 
Somerset Co., Me. Your best plan would no doubt he to 
conduct the urine of your cattle and horses, by a gutter 
behind them to the tank. This gutter should he wide 
enough to shovel out conveniently. The place for the 
tank is under or near the manure heap, and if possible, 
this should be under cover. The tank may be made of 
wood, stone, or brick, the floor of stone laid in cement, 
but if of wood the tank should be packed upon the out¬ 
side with clay, moistened, and well rammed down. A 
pump should stand in the tank, which will lift the water 
as high as the manure will ever reach. There should 
also he a spout arranged for conducting other water into 
the tank, from the eaves or elsewhere. The best use 
liquid manure can be put to, is to keep up a regular fer¬ 
mentation in the manure and compost heaps, and not to 
let it get too active. Manure is in this way greatly im¬ 
proved, and the liquid being absorbed, it is not lost to 
the soil. It may also be applied, diluted with much wa¬ 
ter, by a sprinkling or distributing cart, and in this 
way it especially benefits all kinds of grass. 
Morgan Horses. —In answer to an inquiry for 
Morgan Horses, coming from “ H. F. J.,” Lane Co., 
Oregon. About the beginning of the present century, 
there lived a man in Vermont by the name of Justin 
Morgan, and he had an excellent horse. How good he 
was, nobody knew until after both horse and man were 
dead. Then it was discovered that there was a remark¬ 
able similarity in the get of this horse and the get of his 
sons, a large number of which were kept as stock horses. 
That part of Vermont, and so of other parts of New Eng¬ 
land, where there were a good many of his get, fairly 
grew rich by the sale of “Morgan” horses, of the third 
and fourth generation. People who knew no better, 
called the Morgans a breed, but they were only a family , 
not even a tiibe. There was of all things no breeding 
about them—all sorts of mares bore progeny to the Mor¬ 
gan horses, and among this miscellaneous lot of de¬ 
scendants, there were some which started “ families ” of 
some distinction, and of distinctive characteristics, on 
their own accounts. Prominent among these sub-fami¬ 
lies is that of the “Black Hawks.” Now they are all 
pretty much lost. They had their day ; and now and 
then we know of a Morgan with some of the old fire and 
go, and tirelessness in him, but they are few. The blood 
exists, hut it is getting thin, and even their admirers 
(and who did not admire them in their day,) admit that 
the Morgans are no more. 
The Japan Persimmon. —“A.,” Paint Lick, 
Ky. It is probable that this would succeed in your State. 
It is almost hardy in the climate of New York City. 
We have tried it twice within a few miles of the City, but 
it has been killed in severe winters. Once, within our 
knowledge, it survived in a garden in the City long 
enough to bear fruit, but was killed soon after. It suc¬ 
ceeds finely in Georgia and, we think, in Virginia. The 
fruit is so excellent, so unlike any other, that it is 
worthy of trial, wherever there is a probability of success. 
Worm witli a Root Growing from it.— 
“W. S. R.,” Kans. Your “Natural Curiosity,” is one 
we are glad to see. Several years ago we had the same 
from Missouri, and gave a figure of it, which we here 
reproduce. The “worm” is the “White Grub,” the 
larva of the May-bug or June-bug. That which appears 
like “aroot,” is a fungus, which singularly grows from 
the head, giving the grub the appearance of having horns. 
The grub is one of the most destructive of insects, at¬ 
tacking all sorts of plants, from grass to strawberries 
and nursery trees. When any are found with these ap¬ 
pendages do not kill them. The grub is not likely to do 
any injury, and it is desirable to propagate this fungus, 
as it is one of the means nature provides for the sup¬ 
pression of one of our most injurious insects. 
Cattle Poisoned, by Paint. —F. Alden, Alle¬ 
gheny Co., Pa., writes us that three full-blooded Jerseys 
were recently poisoned by licking newly-painted fences, 
and asks us to give a word of caution. We have known 
cows who gained access to paint in kegs to be fatally 
poisoned. Cattle often have a morbid appetite, and 
there is apparently something attractive to them in the 
oil mixed with the paint. We agree with our correspon¬ 
dent that the danger should be generally known. 
