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AMEBIC AN AGBICULTURIST. 
Massasoit, Kate Kearney, Helena 2d, and 
Nora. Mr. Morris with Frank Quartly, 
Birth Day, Edith, Virtue, and Fuschia. Mr. 
Stevens with Candy, Washington, and some 
fine cows. Mr. De Forest with a two year 
old bull, and others. 
Ayrshires. —Mr. Watson was the largest 
exhibitor of these. He had 13 head present. 
Messrs. Hungereord and Brodie had 9 head. 
Mr. Prentice 3, and Mr. Van Bergen and 
others, a number. Several of these were fine 
animals. 
Alderneys. — Mr. J. P. Norton, of Conn., 
exhibited a pair of heifers and a young bull of 
the true high bred stamp, and with such char¬ 
acteristics as Ave most admire in an Alderney. 
Mr. Colt, of New-Jersey, showed a young 
bull, and a very superior cow, fine, deep, and 
of great butter quality. 
Grade Short Horns. —Of these there Avas 
a superb exhibition, especially of great 
milkers. Mr. Robert R. Morris showed 16 
cows, some of Avhich Avould give from 27 to 
32 quarts of milk per day, and Avere models 
as to milking form, and make 12 to 15 lbs. of 
butter per Aveek. Mr. J. Bathgate shoAved 
8 superb cows, while many others were on 
the ground Avhose owners’ names we did not 
find. 
Fat Cattle. —Mr. J. B. Reed exhibited a 
grade short-horn ox, which he informed us 
weighed, when he took him off the boat, 
3,995 lbs. He is reasonably fine for his size, 
and of fair quality. Messrs. 0. & G. Shel¬ 
don, of Cayuga County, had ten yoke of 
pure and high bred fat steers, Avhich made a 
beautiful show as they were driven round. 
There Avere quite a number of other excel¬ 
lent fat cattle, but so penned up, when we 
made the rounds, Ave could not get at them 
for examination. 
SHEEP. 
There were 425 entries of all breeds, 
which, on the whole, made quite a favorable 
display. 
Long Wool Sheep.— Messrs. Hallock and 
Sherman, were on hand Avith their two fa- 
-mous imported rams, one of the ewes and a 
superb lamb. Mr. R. A. Alexander, of 
Kentucky, had a grand buck, just arrived 
from England. He is one of the largest and 
best ever brought to this country. His head 
is particularly fine for such a great sheep. 
There Avere some very good ones from Can¬ 
ada also, and elseAvhere. 
South Downs. —Messrs. Morris andBECAR, 
as usual, were in great force in this depart¬ 
ment, Avith their famous imported Webb buck, 
and a good lot of younger ones, and a flock 
of eAves. Mr. Haight had some quite nice 
ones. Mr. Wait, also, and others. 
Fine Wool Sheep. —Of these there were 
more present than we had anticipated, com¬ 
prising Mr. Chamberlin’s choice imported 
ilesian sheep, great French Merinos, and 
other Saxon and Merinos home bred, hardy, 
fine and good. 
CASHMERE GOATS. 
Dr. Davis, of South Carolina, exhibited a 
pair of these highly valuable animals, Avhich 
he selected himself Avhen traveling in Asia, 
and imported into this country. He has suc¬ 
ceeded Avell in breeding them pure here, and 
also Avith crossing them on the native goats 
of the country. Their wool is worth at least 
$8 per lb. We think untold Avealth will yet 
be realized in the United States, from these 
highly valuable and easily raised animals. 
swine. 
In this department there Avas a choice shoAv 
of 141. Mr. Morris exhibited the Essex, Suf¬ 
folk, and Berkshire ; Messrs. Wainright the 
two former; Col. Sherwood, a beautiful pair 
ofSuffolks; Mr. Wilson a choice Suffolk boar, 
others pigs, in considerable numbers; and Mr. 
Brodie a pair of superior Yorkshires. These 
two last animals Avere undoubtedly a Suffolk 
cross, as they Avere nearly as fine as this 
breed, but of greater size. We should think 
they Avould weigh from 550 to 600 lbs. each. 
Mr. Love had some still larger and quite fine. 
In concluding our observations on stock, 
Ave Avish to state, that the exhibition in Short- 
Horns and South-down sheep Avould have 
been still better, had Mr. Thorne, of Dutch¬ 
ess County, came out Avith his stock ; but 
most of it has been so recently imported, he 
thought advisable to defer sending any thing 
to a State Cattle Show, till his animals had 
got over the fatigues of their voyage, and 
produced sone young things here to be ex¬ 
hibited Avith them. 
POULTRY, DOGS, RABBITS, &C. 
A feAv years ago, the fowls present, would 
have been considered a splendid shoAv; but 
after the Exhibitions of the National Poultry 
Society, at Barnum’s Museum, in this city, 
last Avinter, and that at Albany, the collec¬ 
tion here looked rather small. There Avere, 
however, some fine birds present, and a good 
many novelties from the puny Bantam up to 
the tall Shanghai. 
Mr. Samuel Faile and Mr. Van Rensel- 
laer, made a good exhibition of the large 
Madagascar, or Lopeard rabbits. Some of 
these could not be excelled. 
We noticed a feAv Scotch terrier and shep¬ 
herd dogs on the ground. 
The arrangement for the exhibition of all 
these animals was good. They had plenty 
of room and Avere Avell covred. 
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
The Vegetables Avere displayed in a large 
tent, 60 by 90 feet, near the large halls. 
We noticed here a fine lot of Wood’s seed¬ 
ling potatoes, said to have yielded 350 bush¬ 
els to the acre. Mr. Hamilton Morrison, 
of Montgomery, Orange County, exhibited 
thirty varieties of potatoes, all correctly 
labeled. We noticed among them the nut¬ 
megs, a variety of the first quality, and very 
hardy. Another contributor displayed seve¬ 
ral varieties, raised this season from the 
seed. Many of these were as large as 
a hen’s egg, shoAving that it is entirely prac¬ 
ticable, and not a very long process, to repro¬ 
duce this bulb from the seed balls. 
Mr. J. C. Brennan, near 61st-street, had a 
fine display of vegetables, Avith his gardener 
in attendance, to answer inquiries. Here 
Avas a hill of well groAvn SAveet potatoes, 
vines and all. There were more than a peck 
of them. There were two varieties of okra ; 
a vegetable Ave believe of African origin, 
and still confined mainly to the gardens of 
amateur cultivators. SteAved in the same 
manner as spring beans, it makes a very de¬ 
licious dish. It is Avorthy of much extensive 
cultivation. Mr. Brennan also showed the 
Japan pea, and a splendid cotton plant in full 
flower. We noticed, also, in his collection, 
the asparagus bean,which yields pods a yard 
long. It is cut up in pieces of six inches in 
length, and cooked like asparagus, which it 
is thought to resemble. 
Mr. Jaxaies Hallock, of Whitestown, Onei¬ 
da County, exhibited samples of the Bos¬ 
ton marrow squash, an article that we are 
rejoiced to see emigrating westAvard. It is 
a squash of standard excellence ; sells by 
the quantity in the Eastern markets, from 
$35 to $40 per ton. In good soil, well cul¬ 
tivated, it will produce fifteen tons to the 
acre. There is no apology for any man who 
takes an agricultural paper, to raise pump¬ 
kins or crooknecks thereafter. He also ex¬ 
hibited fine Carter potatoes. We learned 
from him that there would be two-thirds of 
a crop of corn in his vicinity ; that the pota¬ 
to crop was pretty good. We heard of no 
considerable rot among them in all our in¬ 
quiries. 
Mr. D. B. Buckley, of Williamstown, 
Massachusetts, exhibited fine potatoes, and a 
large variety of seeds. He is one of our 
most successful cultivators, and has never 
been troubled Avith the rot among his pota¬ 
toes. His remedy is ashes, applied at three 
different times during the season. 
The Fruits were exhibited in Floral Hall, 
a tent 80 by 140 feet. It was beauti- 
tifully trimmed Avith evergreens and floAvers, 
and under the direction of Mr. Peter B. 
Mead, of the New-York Horticultural Soci¬ 
ety, and Mr. James Vick, Jr. superintendant 
of the fruit department. As this spot was 
the center of attraction for the ladies, ample 
provision was made for their comfort, in a 
side hall, 20 by 30 feet, adjoining the ice 
cream stand. 
The Flower stands Avere Avell filled; and 
the Avhole air Avas fragrant Avith the breath of 
roses, reminding one of June. 
We noticed quite a large collection of rare 
hot house plants, from Mr. Richardson, of 
Westchester County, among them was the 
Norfolk Island pine, from the South Seas. 
The foliage is very beautiful; and the limbs, 
in clusters of six, come out regularly at in¬ 
tervals of about eighteen inches. 
Mr. A. P. Cummings, our neighbor of the 
NeAV-York Observer, contributed some fine 
specimens of rare and well grown plants ; 
among which was, the Camphor tree, East 
India ginger plant, the allspice tree, club 
moss, hares foot fern &c. 
The highest aAvard of the State Society, a 
silver cup, Avas given to the above, as the best 
collection of house plants in pots. 
Mr. D. Boll of this city received the first 
premi um for the finest roses. He also had a 
good collection of seedling dahlias. Messrs. 
Thomas Hogg and Son of Yorkville, received 
the first aAvard for the best collection of hot 
house plants; and Messrs. Elwanger and 
Barry of Rochester the second. Mrs. Wm. 
Newcomb of Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., as 
usual stood first in the exhibition of Ger¬ 
man asters, pansies and phloxes; Mrs. James 
