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'AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
SPRINGFIELD CATTLE SHOW, OCT. 25-27, 
The Local Executive Committee have just 
had a conference with the officers of the United 
States Agricultural Society, and have furnished 
us with the Official List below, which is amend¬ 
ed in several particulars from the lists hereto¬ 
fore published in some other papers : 
SWEEPSTAKES PREMIUM. 
Best bull and 5 cows or heifers 1 year old 
and upwards, from any one herd, $500 
DURHAM CATTLE. 
Bulls. 
Best 8 year old and upwards, - - $300 
Second best 3 year old and upwards, 200 
Third best 3 year old and upwards, - 100 
Best 2 year old and under 3 years, 200 
Second best 2 year old and under 3 years, 150 
Third best 2 year old and under 3 years, 75 
Best 1 year old and under 2 years, - - 150 
Second best 1 year old and under 2 years, 100 
Cows. 
Best 3 year old and upwards, - - 200 
Second best 3 year old and upwards, - 150 
Third best 3 year old and upwards, 100 
Best 2 year old and under 3 years, - 150 
Second best 2 year old and under 3 years, 100 
Third best 2 year old and under 3 years, 50 
Best 1 year old and under 2 years, - - 100 
Second best 1 year old and under 2 years, 75 
AYRSHIRES, DEVONS AND HEREFORDS. 
Bulls. 
Best 3 year old and upwards, - - $100 
Second best 3 year old and upwards, - 75 
Best 2 year old and under 3 years, - 80 
Second best 2 year old and under 3 years, 60 
Best 1 year old and under 2 years, - - 75 
Cows. 
Best 3 year old and upwards, - - 100 
Second best 3 year old and upwards, - 75 
Best 2 year old and under 3 years, - 75 
Second best 2 year old and under 3 years, 50 
Best 1 year old and under 2 years, - 60 
JERSEY CATTLE. 
Bulls. 
Best 3 year old and upwards, - - 100 
Best 2 year old and under 3 years, - 80 
Best 1 year old and under 2 years, - 75 
Cows. 
Best 3 year old and upwards, - - - 100 
Best heifer 2 years old and under 3 years, 75 
Best heifer 1 year old and under 2 years. 60 
MISCELLANEOUS LIST. 
Best yoke of Work Oxen, - - $50 
Best fat Bullock,.50 
Best fat Cow, ----- 50 
Best milk Cow, ----- 50 
Best Steer, ------ 50 
Best Bull Calf of any breed, 50 
Best Heifer Calf of any breed, - - 50 
M. P. Wilder, President. 
W. S. King, Secretary. 
J. T. Warder, C. M. Clark, C. Robbins. 
Local Executive Committee. 
Springfield, O., Aug. 22, 1854. 
Belmont, 
Ohio County Shows. 
St. Clairsville, 
Oct. 3-5 
Logan, 
Bellefontain, 
“ 3-5 
Clarke, 
Springfield, 
“ 3-5 
Clermont, 
Bantam, 
“ 3-6 
Columbiana, 
New-Lisbon, 
“ 3-5 
Morgan, 
McConnellsville, 
“ 3-4 
Ross, 
Chilicoth, 
“ 3-5 
Stark, 
Canton, 
“ 3-5 
Seneca, 
Tiffin, 
“ 4-6 
Hamilton, 
Carthage, 
“ 4-6 
Wood, 
Portageville, 
“ 4-5 
Ashland, 
Ashland, 
“ 4-5 
Geaugo, 
Burton, 
Marysville, 
“ 4-6 
Union, 
Butler, 
“ 5-6 
Hamilton, 
“ 5-6 
Wayne, 
Wooster, 
“ 5-6 
Henry, 
Napoleon, 
Millersburgh, 
“ 5-6 
Holmes, 
“ 5-6 
Gallia, 
Gallipoli , 
“ 5-6 
Harrison, 
Cadiz, 
“ 5-6 
Trumbull, 
Warren, 
“ 5-6 
Jefferson, 
Steubenville, 
“ 5-7 
Licking, 
Newark, 
“ 11-12 
Preble, 
New-Paris, 
“ 11-13 
Mercer, 
Celina, 
“ 12 
Champaign, 
Urban a, 
“ 12-13 
Coshocton, 
Coshocton, 
“ 12-13 
Defiance, 
Defiance, 
“ 12-13 
Pike, 
Piketon, 
“ 14 
Carroll, 
Carrollton, 
“ 17-19 
Pennsylvania County Shows. 
Alleghany, 
Pittsburg, 
Tioga-Valley, 
Oct. 3-6 
Tioga, 
“ 4-5 
Somerset, 
Somerset, 
“ 5 
Lawrence, 
Westmoreland, Grccnsburg, 
“ 11-13 
“ 11-13 
Montgomery, 
Fullon, 
Springtown, 
McConnellsburg, 
“ 26-28 
Massachusetts County Shows. 
Berkshire, 
Pittsfield, 
Oct. 4-5 
Franklin, 
Greenfield, 
“ 4-5 
Middlesex, 
Concord, 
“ 4-5 
Plymouth, 
Bridgewater, 
“ 4-5 
Barnstable, Barnstable, 
Ilampshire,&c., Northampton, 
“ 11 
“ 12 
Hampshire, 
Amherst, 
“ 18-19 
County Shows Miscellaneous. 
Cass, Mich., 
Cassopo, 
Oct. 3-4 
Livingston, Mich , Howell, 
“ 3-5 
NOTICES TO SUBSCRIBERS. 
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Price bound, $1 50; unbound, $1 per volume. 
STATE AGRICULTURAL SHOWS IN 1854. 
Name . 
Where held . 
Date . 
Missouri, 
Boonville, 
Oct. 2-6 
New-York, 
New-York, 
“ 3-6 
New-Hampshire, 
“ 3-6 
Maryland, 
Baltimore, 
“ 3-6 
Illinois, 
Springfield, 
“ 4-7 
Indiana, 
Madison, 
“ 4-7 
Wisconsin, 
Watertown, 
“ 4-7 
Connecticut, 
New-llaven, 
“ 10-13 
North Carolina, 
Raleigh, 
“ 17-20 
Ohio, 
Newark, 
“ 17-20 
Tenesscc, (East,) Knoxville, 
“ 18-19 
Georgia, 
Augusta, 
“ 23-26 
Iowa, 
Fairfield, 
“ 25 
Virginia, 
Richmond, (?) 
Union Agr. Soc. of Va. and N. C. 
Petersburg, Va., 
“ 24-27 
National Cattle 
Show, 
Springfield, Ohio, 
“ 25-27 
Specimen Copies. —We will send a free speci¬ 
men copy to any person whose name and address 
is forwarded to us. Our present readers will 
confer a favor by sending us the address of their 
agricultural friends and acquaintances in differ¬ 
ent parts of the country. 
In forwarding names or subscriptions, 
please give the Post-office, County, and State. 
Let each be written out plainly. 
Remarks. —Flour has fallen the past week 
from 50 to 87£ cents per bbl , and the tendency 
is still downward, with a dull market. The 
harvest is so abundant in Europe there is very 
little foreign demand, nor will there be till prices 
are still lower with us, unless something very 
unexpected takes place. Flour in many parts 
of Europe is at this moment considerably 
cheaper than in the United States. Farmers 
will see now that we gave them good advice, in 
suggesting to them to sell their wheat weeks 
ago, when it was much higher than at present. 
One hundred thousand bushels?of spring wheat 
have been contracted for at Chicago, for one 
dollar per bushel, to be delivered in all Novem¬ 
ber. Corn is a trifle lower, with large quanti¬ 
ties pressing upon the market. Beef a slight 
decline. No change in other provisions. Wool 
more inquiry, but no improvement in prices. 
Cotton has fallen £.of a cent per lb. the past 
week. Rice and Sugar another small advance. 
The Weather has been clear and fine, though 
rather cold the beginning of the past week. It 
is now quite w T arm again. The season is very 
fine for ripening all late crops. Grass is grow¬ 
ing as rapidly as in May, and Butter and Cheese 
are likely to be plenty. Late Potatoes, Turnips, 
and other roots are now growing finely, and 
promise abundantly. On the whole, we do not 
stand in much dread of a famine this year, and 
panic makers will have to try their hand upon 
something more promising than a prospective 
starvation throughout the country. 
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PRODUCE MARKET. 
Saturday, Sept. 16, 1854. 
The prices given in our reports from week to week, are 
the average wholesale prices obtained by producers, and not 
those at which produce is sold from the market. The vari¬ 
ations in prices refer chiefly to the quality of the articles. 
The market to-day is rather dull. Produce is plenty and 
money scarce. Good articles stand about the same, but in¬ 
ferior staff is on the decline. Potatoes are not quite as high. 
The peach market is very dull. They are nearly out of sea¬ 
son. Grapes come in in abundance. Some of the dealers, 
we understand, are doing a good business by passing' off 
common grapes for Underhill grapes. The Dr. has credit, 
probably, for raising more grapes than he dreams of. We 
saw a good many cranberries, which are selling for $6@8 
per bbl., Melons are about done. Eggs quite up. 
Vegetables. — Potatoes, Mercers, $3®$3 50 $ bbl.; 
White, $2 75@2 25 ; Sweet, Philadelphia, $4 ; Virginia, 
$3 50 ; Onions, red, $1 75 bbl ; white, $250@$3 ; Tur¬ 
nips, Russia, $2 75 , white, $2 50 ; Beets, $3@3 50 $ hun¬ 
dred bunches ; Carrots, same ; Parsnips, $3 50 ; Toma¬ 
toes, $1 $ basket; Marrow Squashes, $1 50 ^ bbl.; 
Pumpkins, $4@$7 $ hundred; Cabbage $8@$12; Citron 
Melons, $3@$4 ^ hundred. 
Fruits. —Apples, $2@$2 50 ^ bbl. ; Pears, cooking, $4 ; 
eating, $6@$8 ; Peaches, $1 50@$2 $ basket ; Grapes, 
Isabella, 6c.@10c. $ bbl.; Cranberries, $6@$>8per bbl.; 
Butter, State, 21c.@25c. fl lb.; Western, 18c.@19c.; Eggs, 
20c.@.21c- doz. ; Cheese, 10c.@llc. per ft. 
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NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Monday, Sept. 25, 1854. 
There is a decided improvement in the appearance of the 
cattle to-day. In a few of the yards we saw some u relicts 
of the past,” but taken as a whole, there has not been a bet¬ 
ter lot of cattle in the Washington Yards 'for a long time. 
Much is, no doubt, due to the delightful change in the wea¬ 
ther, but it should also betaken into account, that the ani¬ 
mals have been fed, and have not been left to the nourish¬ 
ment of dried up pastures. The best cattle in market to¬ 
day, were from Chester county, Pa., and owned by Joseph 
Williams. He had four or five droves, most of them being 
in excellent condition, and selling from 9@10>^c. $ lb. 
Daniel Barnes had also a good drove of 112, from Stark 
county, Ohio. There were many other very good cattle in 
market—so good that the brokers were quite willing to talk 
about them—a proof, generally, that they arc worth talking 
about. The supply of cattle is not large, and the appear¬ 
ance was, when we came away, that none would be lelt 
over, as they were selling quite readily. Best quality beef 
is selling from 7@10J^c. : (8 lb. Inferior from 7*£@9c. We 
observe that the sheep market is very fluctuating. Last 
week the sales were rapid and the supply poor. This week 
the market is overstocked and sales quite dull. The price 
has fallen five or six shillings per head. We observed a 
very superior drovo of sheep at Brownings, owned by David 
Poucher, of Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y. They were a 
mixture of the Lincoln and Leicester breeds, sixteen in 
number. So fine a lot of sheep we have never seen in Ncw- 
York market, and we doubt whether a superior can be pro- 
