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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
first of July; but since that time, corn has 
come forward amazingly. lean not see but 
it is as forward as on previous years. It is 
certainly full as heavy ; and as more acres 
were planted than ever, there must be a great 
harvest. 
The potato crop never looked finer or 
more promising. No symptoms of rot, I 
believe, have yet been perceived, and the 
vines look uncommonly thrifty, and full of 
blossoms; and, as it will be remembered 
that, in potato-rotting seasons the “tops’ 
gave signs of premature decay, and were not 
over-stocked with blows or balls, the infei- 
ence is sare for an uncommon crop this sea¬ 
son. None need be surprised, if potatoes are 
retailed this fall as low' as 18 cents per 
bushel. 
In traveling through the State, I percieve 
that there is an abundance of apples. In re¬ 
gard to peaches, I doubt there being a single 
one raised in this county this year. 
In short, taking all things together, not¬ 
withstanding the injury to wheat, there is a 
fair prospect of plenty in the approaching 
winter. F. J. Bell. 
Weedsport, N. Y., Aug. 5,1855. 
FOOD FOR SUMMER. 
health, wholly dispense with the oleaginous 
element in food. 
The Cultivation of Truffles. —It has 
been suggested to the Patent Office that 
measures should be taken to introduce the 
truffle into the United States. This escu¬ 
lent, which in some respects resembles the 
mushroom, has been the favorite dish of epi¬ 
cures from time immemorial to the present 
day, and yet strange to say, they have al¬ 
ways been scarce and high-priced, few 
knowing how to raise them, and fewer still 
possessing the proper knowledge to prepare 
them for the table. The royal cooks of 
France say that “ the truffle improves all it 
touches,” and happy the cuisinier who can 
give a taste of its delicacy and flavor to each 
seperate dish ! 
A gay French writer says: “ When I eat 
truffles, I at once think myself transported 
to another world; for instantly my spirit 
becomes more joy and more joyous ; my 
blood courses my veins with an indescriba¬ 
ble pleasure; an agreeable voluptuousness 
seizes upon me, and my whole spirit is 
changed by the delicious symposium. As I 
continue eating, my judgment becomes sound 
and discreet, my wit sharp and ready, and 
my imaginings of the most lofty, varied, 
Diseases of the stomach, liver and bowels,i»and beautiful kind. Indeed, a sort of 
and fevers, all of which spring but too gen 
erally from errors in diet, are those which 
we find to be peculiar to the summer and 
autumn. It will be proper, therefore, that 
diet should chiefly claim our attention at the 
present time. 
To the child, food furnishes materials for 
three uses, growth, repair of waste and 
warmth. To the adult, whose growth has 
ceased, food serves two uses only, repair and 
■warmth. Anything more than enough to 
satisfy the demands of either of these pe¬ 
riods is excess, and as such, it is injurious 
at any season, most injurious in summer. 
To some extent the needs of cold and hot 
weather are opposed. In winter, the neces¬ 
sity of maintaining the heat of the system 
creates a demand for food rich in combusti¬ 
ble material, such as milk, butter, fat meats, 
corn meal or like articles, and an appetite is 
felt for such food. The increased activity of 
cold weather also necessitates the taking of 
nutricious foods and calls for a free supply of 
bread, flesh, eggs or some like aliment. In 
summer most persons need less of the heat 
producing elements. Hence all forms of 
animal food, if used at all, should now be 
taken more sparingly. Besides the tendency 
to speedy decay renders animal food liable 
to produce diarrhea, dysentary, cholera and 
fevers. 
It there is any exception to this rule it is 
probably to be found in salted fish, which, 
the codfish, especially, seems to furnish a 
healthful and safe summer diet. The whole 
quantity of food taken by a single person 
should be diminished by one-third, or per¬ 
haps more. 
Water alone may be taken more freely. 
For economy, beans, peas, corn-meal, oat¬ 
meal, hominy, rice and sugar are the most 
eligible forms of food we have. 
In making the changes of diet required by 
the different seasons, a healthful appetite is 
a very good guide. Thus in the hot months 
we lose our relish for the grosser and heart¬ 
ier forms of food, and choose, instead (just 
what, indeed we stand in need of,) those ar 
tides of diet which moderately distend the 
digestive organs, without containing the flesh 
and heat producing elements in their most 
concentrated state, such as farinaceous 
foods, vegetables, and fruits. So our edibles 
should now be of the starchy and succulent, 
rather than of the oily kind. The teachings 
of nature and experience, however, alike go 
to show that we can never, with safety to 
inspiration comes over me, and I feel a? if I 
could readily write an epic poem, address a 
popular assembly with unsurpassed elo 
quence, and compose works which, for depth 
of learning, and beauty, and brillancy of 
style, should astonish the world. Then the 
agreeable digestion which follows—the de¬ 
licious sleep—and the ecstatic dreams !—ah 
language is too poor to portray these; and 
all—yea, all—are inspired by truffles!” 
STATE AGRICULTURAL SHOWS FOR 1855. 
Name. 
Georgia, 
Vermont, 
Canada East, 
Rhode Island, 
Where Held. Date. 
Atlanta.Sept. 10— 
Rutland .... 
Sherbroolc.. 
Providence. 
1 “ Horse and Cattle, do. 
New-Hampshire,- 
New-Jersey, 
Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, 
West Virginia, 
Kentucky, 
Tennessee, 
New-York, 
Michigan, 
Connecticut, 
Illinois, 
Canada West, 
Iowa, 
North-Carolina, 
Indiana, 
East Tennessee, 
Alabama, 
Maryland, 
Virginia, 
Camden.. 
Columbus. 
Harrisburg. 
Wheeling. 
Paris. 
Nashville.Oct. 
Elmira. 
Detroit. 
Hartford. 
Chicago.— 
Coburg. 
Fairfield. 
Raleigh. 
Indianapolis. 
London . 
Montgomery. 
Baltimore. 
Richmond. 
11—13 
11-14 
11—15 
11— 15 
12- 14 
18-21 
18-21 
25— 28 
26— 28 
25—28 
1-6 
2—5 
2-5 
9-11 
10 — 
16—1 
17—19 
23—25 
23—26 
29— 
30— 2 
OHIO COUNTY SHOWS. 
Belmont, 
St. Clairsville. 
Sept. 3—5 
Champagne, 
Urbana. 
ll 
4-0 
Fayette, 
Washington. 
it 
4-6 
Hamilton, 
Carthage. 
“ 
4-7 
Pickaway, 
Circleville. 
if 
5—7 
Cuyahoga, 
Cleveland. 
(C 
11-13 
Delaware, 
Delaware. 
“ 
11—13 
Clermont, 
Bantam. 
a 
11—14 
Butler, 
Hamilton. 
a 
12—14 
Franklin, 
Columbus. 
u 
12-14 
Warren, 
Lebanon. 
a 
25—27 
Trumbull, 
Warren. 
u 
25—27 
Huron, 
Olena. 
a 
25—27 
Licking, 
Newark. 
25—27 
Richland, 
Mansfield. 
u 
25-27 
Columbiana, 
New Lisbon. 
. “ 
25-28 
Portage, 
Ravenna . 
a 
26— 
Meigs, 
Pomeroy. 
20-27 
Geanga, 
Burlin. 
a 
20-28 
Miami, 
Troy. 
u 
26-28 
Harrison, 
Cadiz. 
“ 
20—28 
Clinton, 
Wilmington. 
. “ 
27-28 
Athens, 
Athens. 
a 
27—28 
Drake, 
Greenville. 
a 
27—29 
Guersey, 
Cambridge. 
a 
27—29 
Conneaut, 
Independent. 
a 
29— 
Ashtabula, 
Jefferson. 
. Oct. 2—4 
Sandusky, 
Fremont. 
.. “ 
2-4 
Ashland, 
Ashland..! 
. “ 
2-4 
Morgan, 
McConnellsville. 
.. “ 
2—4 
Montgomery. 
Dayton. 
2-4 
Mahoning, 
Canfield. 
. “ 
2-3 
Clark, 
Springfield. 
2—5 
Preble, 
Preble. 
it 
2—5 
Monroe, 
Woodsfield. 
it 
3—4 
Putnam, 
Kalida . 
it 
3-4 
Medina, 
Medina. 
(( 
3-6 
Richland, 
Mansfilld. 
. . « 
3-5 
Logan, 
Ballefontaine. 
. “ 
3—5 
Loraine, 
Elyria. 
it 
3—5 
Greene, 
Xenia. 
if 
3—5 
Stark, 
Canton. 
a 
3—5 
Summit, 
Akron. 
a 
3—5 
Shelby, 
Sidney. 
4-5 
Muskingum. 
Zanesville. 
a 
4—5 
Shelby, 
Sydney. 
4—5 
Lake, 
Painesville. 
n 
10—12 
Adams, 
West Union. 
a 
10-12 
Mercer, 
Celina. 
.. “ 
II— 
Hancock, 
Findlay. 
a 
11-12 
Crawford, 
Bueyrus. 
a 
11—12 
Erie, 
Sandusky. 
i< 
11—12 
Coshocton, 
Coshocton. 
a 
11—13 
Wayne, 
Wooster. 
11—14 
Ottawa, 
Port Clinton . 
10-17 
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY SHOWS 
Philadelphia, Pa., 
XXIVth Ward. 
Delaware, 
Media. 
Montgomery, 
Morristown. 
.. Oct. 3—4 
Alleghany, 
Pittsburgh. 
2-5 
NEW-JERSEY COUNTY SHOWS. 
Jamesburg (Town) 
Jamesburg. 
Mercer 
Hightstown. 
25- 
Cumberland, 
Bridgeton. 
. . 4 
26— 
NEW-YORK COUNTY SHOWS. 
Cooperstown.Sept. 10—11 
Otsego, 
Franklin, Malone . 
Saratoga, .. 
Chatauque, Westlield .... 
Fulton and Hamilton, Fonda’s Bush 
Putnam, 
Rensselaer, 
Jefferson, 
Delaware, 
Onondaga, 
Queens, 
Monroe, 
Dutchess. 
Oneida, 
Albany, 
Cayuga, 
Ontario, 
St. Lawrence 
Steuben, 
Tompkins, 
Herkimer, 
Seneca, 
Niagara, 
Carmel. 
Lansingburg. 
Watertown. 
Hobart. 
Syracuse. 
Flushing. 
Spencerport. 
Washington Hollow.. 
Rome. 
Albany . 
Auburn. 
Canandaigua. 
Canton. 
Bath. 
Ithaca,. 
Frankfort. 
Farmersville.Oct. 10—13 
10-12 
11- 13 
12— 13 
IS— 
18- 19 
18—20 
19— 20 
19—20 
19— 21 
20 — 
20-21 
25-26 
25-27 
25—27 
25— 27 
26— 27 
20-28 
26—28 
27— 28 
22—28 
Monmouth, 
Salem, 
Somerset, 
Freehold. “ 27— 
Salem. “ 27— 
Raritan.Oct. 3—4 
COUNTY SHOWS—MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bouibon, Ky., 
Windham, Conn., 
Lane, Ill., 
Waldo, Me., 
Litchfield, Conn., 
Kane, Ill., 
Brooke, Va., 
Ag. Association, Ky., 
Oakland, Mich., 
Paris.Sept. 11—14 
Brooklyn. “ 19—20 
Waukegan. “ 26—27 
Belfast.Oct. 3—1 
Litcefield. 
Elgin. 
Wellsburgh. 
Louisville. 
Pontiac. 
2— 3 
3— 4 
9—11 
9—M 
17—18 
Sheep.— The high price of beef, for sever¬ 
al months past, has driven many beef-eaters 
to eating mutton. Since January there have 
been sold in the various markets, 61,650 
sheep. The sales of beef cattle have only 
amounted to some 8,000 head. The supply 
of sheep is still increasing, and the demand 
for them continues unabated. This state of 
things will continue, it is probable, until the 
exorbitant price asked for beef is abated.— 
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