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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
on this subject is either unsettled theory, or 
downright humbug. 
Some idea of the character of a soil may 
be gathered from the plants growing natur¬ 
ally upon it, but we have as yet no syste¬ 
matic investigations on this subject. This is 
one of the questions that should occupy the 
first attention of a National Bureau of Agri¬ 
culture —when we get one. Our State Agri¬ 
cultural Societies should also give more at¬ 
tention to such questions. 
In our view, however, the pltysical or 
mechanical condition of a soil, and its cli¬ 
matic location has more to do with the fer¬ 
tility, than the chemical composition, though 
the latter is not an unimportant considera¬ 
tion. See an article elsewhere, on apply¬ 
ing clay to sandy soils, and also one on the 
same subject in the September number. [Ed. 
“IT IS SAID.” 
Drying Eggs. —“ It is said” that Messrs. 
Thurgar of Albion Mills, Norwich, (Eng.,) 
have devised a process for drying eggs, so 
that they will keep good for any length of 
time. The method reported is as follows : 
The yolk and white, &c., of the egg are ex¬ 
posed to slow heat, and the moisture is thus 
driven off. The whole is then reduced to 
powder and packed up in tins. The material 
is not necessarily kept air-tight, but may be 
freely exposed to the air. The powder is 
used in the ordinary way as eggs are, being 
mixed with a little water, and is thus an ex¬ 
cellent substitute for milk on voyages, be¬ 
sides capable of being used for all cooking 
purposes in the same way as the fresh egg. 
The powder will keep any length of time 
without fear of deterioration. 
Choked Cattle. —“It is said” that neat 
cattle choked by a turnip, potato, &c., may 
be invariably relieved by pouring into the 
throat of the animal, from a junk bottle, a 
pint or so of lamp or sweet oil, at the same 
time rubbing the throat briskly with the 
hand. We say that this will often give re¬ 
lief, but not “ invariably.” It may be well 
to try this as a first remedy.— [Ed. 
Scratches in Horses. —“It is said ’ that 
this often troublesome disease, unless very 
bad, may be cured by washing thoroughly 
with soap-suds, and then rubbing with lard 
fried out of salt meat. Keep clean, and 
wash and grease every other day until a 
cure is effected. Leaving mud to dry upon 
the legs of a horse is one great cause of this 
disease, and many horses are injured by 
want of care and cleanliness when driven in 
muddy weather. 
Putting Lime into Hay.— “ It is said” 
that lime slacked to powder and sprinkled 
upon clover partially dried, when it is put 
into the barn, will act as an absorbent, pre¬ 
vent heat and fermentation, and that the 
clover will come out in good condition in 
winter, and cattle eat it readily and thrive 
well upon it. W r e would not do it. If cat¬ 
tle are sick and need a little lime water, 
give it to them, but do not compel them to 
eat caustic lime daily, or let the hay alone 
and starve. If lime must be used in hay, 
then dissolve it and use clear lime water 
only—but salt is far better.— [Ed. 
TIM BUNKER GOING- TO THE EAIR, 
“ Dew tell, Squire Bunker, if you’re gwine 
to exhibit at the County Fair this Fall,” said 
Seth Twigs as he lighted his third pipe and 
took his hat. “ I never was tu one of them 
Fairs in my life ; but I have heern tell of the 
big squashes and cabbage, and I thought you 
would be after sending up some your garden 
sass, it is so mighty nice.” Seth had kept 
an eye on the subsoil plow after he found it 
had no mold-board, and occasionally looked 
into the Deacon’s garden, as well as into 
Squire Bunker’s. 
“ Shouldn’t wonder if I did,” replied Tim 
Bunker. “You see, I went up last year for 
the first time, not thinking it was worth 
while to take up anything to show. But I 
found when I got there that Hookertown 
was making as good a show as any other 
town in the county, and there were some 
things there that took premiums that I 
could have beaten, even before my garden 
had the subsoil plow in it. Wife planted a 
squash at the edge of the carrot bed, and 
the vine has a half dozen whoppers on it. 
The big one there will weigh a hundred and 
fifty pounds, and she declares “ that squash 
must be seen.” Then John has a bed of 
onions, some of them measuring six inches 
across ; and some California potatoes weigh¬ 
ing two pounds a-piece. Our Sally is tip-top 
on bread-making, and says she is bound to 
take a premium, for the ministers are to be 
the judges, and will give a righteous award. 
The bees have done well this year, and 
whiter honey never was seen than we have 
in our boxes. The carrots on the subsoiled 
land of course must go up. I measured one 
the other day twenty and one-half inches 
long, and I think I can find a bushel of the 
same length and size. Yes Sir, Mr. Twigs, 
we shall all go up to the Fair to-morrow 
morning.”— Ed. 
STATE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS 1856. 
Name. Where Held. Date. 
American Institute,N.Y.Crystal Palace, Sept. 23 to Oct. 25 
Illinois.Alton. “ 30 Oct. 3 
Michigan.Detroit. “30 “ 3 
New-York.Watertown. “30 “ 3 
Pennsylvania.Pittsburgh. “30 “2 
Kentucky.Paris... “ 30 “ 5 
Missouri,.Boonville.Oct. 6—10 
California.San Jose. “ 7—10 
Connecticut.New-IIaven. “ 7—10 
National Ag. Show.Philadelphia. “ 7—11 
North Kentucky.Florence. “ 7—II 
Minnesota.Minneopolis. “ 8—10 
Wisconsin.Milwaukie. “ 8—10 
Iowa.Muscatine.“ 8—10 
New-Hampshire.Concord. “ 8—10 
Tennessee,.Nashville. “ 13—19 
Amer. Inst. Cattle Show, New-York. “ 11—16 
North Carolina.Raleigh. “ 14—17 
Georgia.Atlanta.“ 20—25 
Indiana.Indianapolis. “ 20—25 
Maryland.Baltimore. “21—24 
Maine.Portland.“ 21—24 
Virginia,.Richmond..Oct. 28—Nov. 1 
Alabama.Montgomery.Nov. 11—14 
South Carolina.Columbia. ‘ 11—15 
South-Carolina Institute, Charleston. “ 17—22 
NEW-JERSEY 
Cumberland, 
Bridgeton. . 
1 — 
Somerset, 
Somerville. 
1— 2 
OHIO. 
Putnam, 
Kalida. 
1— 2 
Ashland, 
Ashland. 
1— 3 
Miami, 
Troy. 
tt 
1— 3 
Jefferson, 
Steubenville. 
tt 
1— 3 
Huron, 
Olena. 
tt 
1— 3 
Belmont, 
St. Clairsville. 
tt 
1— 3 
Darke, 
Greenville.... 
tt 
1— 3 
Sandusky, 
Fremont.... 
it 
1— 3 
Muskingum, 
Zanesville. 
tt 
1— 3 
Delaware, 
Delaware. 
tt 
1— 3 
Richland, 
Mansfield. 
tt 
1— 3 
Erie, 
Huron. 
tt 
1— 3 
Clark, 
Springfield. 
it 
1— 3 
Morgan, 
McConnellsville. 
tt 
1— 3 
Greene, 
Xenia. 
it 
1— 3 
Stark, 
Massillon. 
tt 
1— 3 
Putnam, 
Kalida. 
tt 
2— 3 
Hocking, 
Logan. 
2— 3 
Hardin, 
Kenton. 
tt 
2— 3 
Holmes, 
Millersburg. 
tt 
2— 3 
Lake, 
Painesville. 
tt 
2— 4 
Highland, 
Hillsboro’. 
tt 
3— 4 
Pike, 
Piketon. 
tt 
3— 4 
Wayne, 
Wooster. 
tt 
6— 8 
Vinton, 
McArthur. 
tt 
7— 
Williams, 
Bryan. 
tt 
7- 8 
Cuyahoga, 
Cleveland. 
tt 
7— 9 
Mahoning, 
Canfield. 
tt 
7— 9 
Warren, 
Lebanon . 
tt 
7— 9 
Montgomery, 
Dayton. 
ts 
7- 9 
Licking, 
Newark. 
it 
8— 9 
Ottaway, 
Port Clinton . 
tt 
8- 9 
Wood, 
Bowling Green. 
tt 
8- 9 
Harrison, 
Cadiz. 
it 
8—10 
Preble, 
Eaton. 
tt 
8—10 
Summit, 
Akron. 
tt 
8—10 
Lorain, 
Elyria. 
tt 
8—10 
Champagne, 
Urbana. 
(( 
8—10 
Washington, 
Marietta. 
tt 
8-10 
Guernsey, 
Washington. 
9—10 
Ross, 
Chillicothe. 
it 
9—10 
Hancock, 
Finley. 
tt 
9—10 
Columbiana, 
New Lisbon. 
tt 
9—11 
Morrow, 
Mount Gilead. 
ft 
9-11 
Clinton, 
Wilmington. 
it 
10—11 
Logan, 
Belleforitaine. 
tt 
14—16 
Pickaway, 
Circleville. 
tt 
15—17 
Adams, 
West Union. 
tt 
15-17 
Richland, 
Mansfield. 
tt 
15—17 
Crawford, 
Bucyrus. 
ft 
16—17 
Union, 
Marysville. 
tt 
16—17 
Coshocton, 
Coshocton. 
tt 
16—17 
Noble, 
Sarahsville. 
tt 
16—18 
Tuscarawas, 
Canal Dover. 
tt 
16-18 
Seneca, 
Tiffin. 
tt 
22—24 
Carroll, 
Carrollton. 
if 
28-30 
MICHIGAN. 
Calhoun, 
Marshall. 
it 
7— 8 
Washtenaw, 
Ann Arbor. 
“ 
7— 9 
Branch, 
Coldwater. 
it 
7— 9 
Shiawassee, 
Corunna. 
(( 
8- 9 
Allegan, 
Allegan. 
tt 
8— 9 
Jackson, 
Jackson. 
“ 
8—10 
Monroe, 
Monroe City. 
tt 
8-10 
Livingston 
Howell. 
8—10 
Macomb, 
Armada Corners ... 
9—10 
St. Joseph, 
Centreville. 
ft 
13-14 
Ingham, 
Mason. 
14—15 
Kent, 
Grand Rapids. 
tt 
14—16 
Eaton, 
Charlotte. 
a 
15-16 
Oakland, 
Pontiac. 
15—17 
MAINE. 
York, 
Saco. 
1— 2 
Lincoln, 
Tomastowm. 
1— 3 
Franklin, 
Farmington Falls .. 
tt 
7— 8 
Androscoggin, 
Lewiston. 
7— 9 
North Kennebec, 
Waterville. 
tt 
7— 9 
South Kennebec, 
Gardiner. 
tt 
7— 9 
West Somerset, 
Madison Bridge.... 
it 
8- 9 
North Franklin, 
Phillips. 
tt 
9—10 
Kennebec, 
Readfieid Corner.. 
tt 
8—10 
Sagadahoc, 
Topsham. 
a 
9—11 
West Oxford, 
Brownfield. 
15—16 
ILLINOIS. 
Buel Institute, 
Peru. 
....Oct. 7— 9 
Rock Island, 
tt 
8— 9 
Marshall, 
Lacon. 
it 
8- 9 
Lee, 
Dixon. 
tt 
8—10 
Edgar, 
Paris. 
tt 
9—10 
Lawrence. 
Lawrenceville. 
it 
10—11 
Ogle, 
Byron. 
it 
21—22 
IOWA. 
Jefferson, 
Fairfield. 
1— 2 
Washington, 
Washington. 
it 
1— 2 
Lee, 
West Point. 
1— 3 
Van Buren, 
Keosaqua. 
*- 
COUNT! SHOWS FOR 1856. 
NEW-YORIC. 
Horse-Heads.Oct. 1— 3 
New-City. “ 8— 9 
Bath. “ 8— 9 
Watkins. “ 8— 9 
Waterloo. “ 8—10 
CONNECTICUT. 
Hartford.Sept. 30—Oct. 3 
Middletown.Oct. 1—3 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Chemung, 
Rockland, 
Steuben, 
Schuyler, 
Seneca, 
Hartford, 
Middlesex, 
Essex, 
Worcester South, 
Franklin, 
Bristol, 
Hampden, 
Berkshire, 
Barnstable, - 
Hampshne, Franklin & Hampden, Northamn 
Hampshire, Amherst. 
Newbury port.Oct. 1 
Sturbridge . 
Greenfield. 
Fall River . 
Springfield. 
Pittsfield... 
Barnstable. 
1 — 2 
1 — 2 
1 — 2 
1— 3 
1- 3 
7- 8 
7- 8 
9—lo 
WISCONSIN. 
Dodge, Horicon- . 
Columbia, Wyocena. 
Dane, Madison. 
KENTUCKY. 
Logan, Russellville ... 
Union, Eminence .... 
Washington, Springfield. 
Northern Kentucky, Florence. 
Warren, Bowling Green 
Southwestern, Louisville .... 
Central Kentucky, Danville. 
Nelson, Bardstown..... 
MISSOURI. 
Southwestern, Springfield. 
Washington & Orange,Livonia. 
Central Missouri, Boonville. 
Jackson, Independence. 
St. Louis, St. Louis. 
Ray, Richmond .... 
South East, Jackson. 
North Western, St, Joseph .... 
Oct. 1— 2 
“ 1 — 2 
“ 2- 3 
Oct. 1— 3 
“ 7—10 
“ 7—10 
“ 7—11 
“ 8—10 
“ 14—18 
“ 16—19 
“ 21—24 
• Oct. 1— 
“ 1— 3 
“ 6—10 
“ 7—11 
“ 13—18 
“ 15—18 
“ 16—18 
“ 21—24 
