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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
the “battery,” a thermometer made for that purpose, can 
be obtained in most large cities for a dollar or so. It re¬ 
quires to be graduated up to say 250°. as about 240°. Fah¬ 
renheit is considered the proper point. Should the heat 
rise above this, you must open your fire doors and throw 
over the fire, anarmfull of begasse from the mill, and then 
discharge the syrup as quickly as possible and refill from 
the next kettle, thus continuing successively. 
The coolers into which you discharge may be of good 
clear white pine without paint inside, and 12 inches deep, 
and large enough to hold 4 charges, and then left to cool 
and granulate, or if you make molasses only, you will 
use barrels, staves of oak and heads of pine or cypress 
thoroughly made. 
In regard to crystalizing the sorgho sugar, we, to-day, 
went with Col. Peters, to the sugar refinery of Messrs. 
Gastwick & Brothers, No. 73 Vine-st. of this city, carry¬ 
ing with us some sugar made from the sorgho, by Col. 
IVters in Georgia, and by Mr. Wray in France. These 
cunens w ere subjected to the severest chemical test, 
md examined under a powerful microscope, and both 
proved to be true crystalizable sugar and not glucose. 
As the examiners are perhaps not surpassed for accuracy 
n this country—not even in Boston—we deem these ex¬ 
periments highly satisfactory. They promise a public 
report of the examination soon. 
Fours &c. 
Hedges, Free & Co. 
Wliat Seeds do you Want'?—A Question! to 
all Subscribers. 
We have determined to offer to all subscribers on our 
books next February, a selection of at least three kinds of 
seed, and if the system works well, as we think it will, we 
shall doubtless continue the plan from year to year. As 
heretofore stated, our distribution the present year 
amounted to full one hundred thousand packages, but the 
plan was originated late in the season—too late to admit 
that regularity and uniformity which would be desirable, 
and we are now trying to “ take time by the forelock,’; 
and get ready before hand. We have a large variety of 
seeds now growing, and have a regular experieneed 
seedsman permanently employed to attend exclusively to 
this department. How many of our home-grown seeds 
will mature well, and how many will prove worthy of 
distribution we cannot yet tell. In December or Janua¬ 
ry, (or as early as possible,) we shall announce a list o( 
seeds on hand to be selected from, but that list will ne¬ 
cessarily be limited to fifteen or twenty kinds more or 
less, and it will then, perhaps, be too late to secure other 
rare or choice varieties wanted. Dealers in seeds are al¬ 
ready engaging their stock for the Winter and Spring 
sales. We have no intention to come in competition with 
the regular trade. Our plan is simply to collect and dis¬ 
seminate among our readers, (two or three varieties to 
each,) such choice and reliable seeds as may not find their 
way into the general market. This, from our location, 
and by a wholesale operation, we can do cheaper and to 
better advantage than it can be done in any other way. 
Thus, we may collect and send out to a hundred distant 
subscribers, at the expense of one or two dollars, what 
might cost them ten or twenty dollars, even if they could 
get them on any terms. But while we aim at getting new 
and rare seeds, we are convinced by the experience of the 
present year that there are thousands of subscribers who 
will prefer to receive packages of more common garden 
and flower seeds, in preference to the new or rare. For 
example, we have had hundreds of applications for Salsi¬ 
fy, Lettuce, Carrots, Onions, Beets, Cauliflower, Cabbage, 
Turnips, Sage, Mignonette, Cypress vine, Clarkia, 
Double Balsam, Nemophilla, Viginia Stock, Sweet Peas 
Lupines, and a multitude of others. To meet such calls 
we shall offer in our free list a variety of good common 
eeds. 
What we ask now is, that any and every subscriber 
having occasion to write to us on business or other mat¬ 
ters, would name where practicable some two or three 
muds of seeds they would like to receive at the time of 
ne next Annual Distribution. All such applications will 
ue noted dow n by our Seed Clerk. 
By having timely notice of this kind we shall be able to 
make early provision to secure a stock. Doubtless many 
seeds will be called for which can only be procured across 
the Atlantic, but we shall endeavor to obtain everything 
of the kind desired if called for in due season. As we do 
everything of this kind without charge, it is necessary that 
we be able to condense the labor and expense as much as 
possible, by sending abroad for seeds early and but few 
limes. We repeat, then, let every subscriber desiring any 
particular kind offield, garden, nr flower seeds, notify us o. 
the fact as sooii as he or she can do so without any addition _ 
al trouble or expense for writing or postage. We trust no 
one will write to us to sell them a quantity of this or that 
kind of seed. We shall have none to sell. Our whole 
seed business is confined exclusively lo offering premiums 
to all subscribers. We have nothing but Agriculturists to 
sell. 
STATE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS 1857, 
(The following list of 171 Exhibitions, derived mainly 
from our own eorrespondents. has been compiled with 
great care and will be found nearly if not quite correct.] 
Name. Where Held. Date. 
United States . 
Louisville, Ky ... 
Sept. 
1— 5 
Kentucky Ag. and Mec..Lexington . 
8—12 
American Institute. ... 
New-York . 
“ 
12 
Ohio, . « . 
Cincinnati . 
15—18 
Western Virginia . 
. Wheeling Island. 
it 
16-18 
Canada East . 
Montreal . 
44 
16—18 
Illinois,. 
. Peoria. 
21-25 
Western Pennsylvania. 
. Pittsburg. 
*4 
22—25 
Western Pennsylvania. 
.Pittsburg . 
it 
22—25 
N-Western Fruit-Grower’s Ass’n. Alton, Ill. “ 
29 
Maine . 
Bangor . 
“ 29 Oct. 2 
Pennsylvania . 
“ 29 “ 2 
Michigan . 
.. Detroit . 
“ 29 “ 3 
Wisconsin . 
Janesville . 
“ 29 “ 2 
California . 
• Stockton . 
.. 29 2 
Canada West . 
Brantford . 
.. 29 “ 2 
New-Jersey . 
New-Brunswick.. 
“ 29 “ 2 
Vermont . 
.Montpelier . 
“ 30 “ 2 
Indiana . 
Indianapolis . 
Oct. 
4-10 
New-York . 
• Buffalo . 
0— 9 
Iowa . 
Muscatine . 
6 — 9 
New-Hampshire. 
Concord. 
“ 
7— 9 
Tennessee. 
. Nashville. 
“ 
12—16 
Kentucky. 
Henderson . 
“ 
13—17 
Connecticut. 
Bridgeport. 
“ 
13—16 
East Tennessee. 
.Knoxville. 
20—23 
North Carolina. 
• Raleigh. 
20—23 
Massachusetts. 
Boston. 
20—24 
Maryland. 
Baltimore. 
21—25 
Alabama. 
Montgomery. 
“ 
27—30 
West Tennessee. 
Jackson. 
27—30 
Virginia. 
28—31 
South Carolina. 
.Columbia. 
Nov. 
10—12 
COUNTY EXHIBITIONS. 
MAINE. 
South Kennebec. 
. Gardiner . 
Sept. 
23-25 
Somerset. 
23—25 
North Kennebec 
“ 
15—17 
Franklin. 
1 — 2 
North Franklin. 
“ 
6 — 7 
Oxford. 
6 — 8 
Androscoggin... 
<4 
6 — 8 
West Somerset.. 
.Madison Bridge 
7— 8 
Piscataquis. 
“ 
7— 8 
North Aroostook 
“ 
7— 8 
North Somerset. 
“ 
13—14 
Kennebec. 
“ 
13—15 
Lincoln. 
“ 
13—15 
East Somerset... 
14—15 
West Oxford.... 
NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 
21—23 
Sullivan. 
Sept. 
23—24 
Hillsborough . ... 
.Milford. 
30— 
Rockingham ... 
VERMONT. 
Oct. 
1 — 2 
Champlain. 
Sept. 
17—18 
Franklin. 
23—24 
Orange. 
....... Chelsea. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
23-24 
Hampden. 
.Springfield. 
“ 30— “ 1 
Essex. 
CONNECTICUT. 
Sept. 28 
-Oct. 3 
Windham. 
.Brooklyn. 
Sept. 
. “ 3 
16—17 
New London .... 
NEW-YORK. 
0 Oct 2 
Young Men’s Nat. Ag. & Mech. So. Elmira Sept. 
1— 5 
St. Lawrence International. .Ogdensburg 
44 
9—11 
Essex. 
(( 
10—11 
Re'nsselaer. 
“ 
15—17 
Saratoga. 
44 
15-17 
Albany. 
44 
15—17 
Cortland. 
• t 
15-17 
Jefferson. 
si 
16—17 
St Lawrence_ 
4 4 
16—18 
Wayne. 
it 
16—18 
Monroe. 
21—23 
Chenango. 
(4 
22—24 
Franklin. 
.Malone. 
“ 
23—25 
Queens. 
24 
Livingston . 
44 
2-1—25 
Westchester. 
“ 29 Oct. 1 
Ontario. 
“ 29 
“ 1 
Delaware. 
“ 30 
“ 2 
Orleans. 
Oct. 
1 — 2 
Palmyra Union.. 
.Palmyra. 
NEW JERSEY 
14-16 
Sussex. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Oct. 
6 — 8 
Delaware. 
MARYLAND. 
Sept. 
17—19 
Washington. 
VIRGINIA. 
Oct. 
13—16 
Valley. 
KENTUCKY. 
Oct. 
13—16 
Clarke. 
.Winchester. 
Aug. 
19-21 
Harrison. 
25 - 2b 
Kentucky Central.Danville. 
Sept. 
11 — 
Bourbon. 
22—25 
Campbell. 
“ 
22—26 
Logan. 
OHIO. 
Oct. 
6 — 8 
Fayette. 
Sept. 
8—10 
Hamilton. 
8-11 
Warren. 
“ 
9 — 1 1 
Geauga (free).... 
“ 
16— S 
Richland. 
“ 
22-23 
Trumbull. 
“ 22—24 
Clinton. 
44 
23-25 
Miami . 
44 
23—25 
Hardin. 
44 
24-25 
Darke. 
“ 23- 25 
Stark... 
“ 23—25 
Madison. 
44 
28—29 
Columbiana. 
.New-Lisbon. 
44 
28-30 
Lake. 
44 
28—30 
Portage. 
44 
28-30 
Morgan. 
“ 29 
Oct. 1 
Knox. 
“ 29 
“ 1 
* 1 
Cuyahoga. 
“ 29 
Adams. 
“ 29 
“ 2 
Logan. 
“ 29 
“ 2 
Cle'rmont. 
“ 29 
“ 2 
Brown. 
“ 29 
“ 2 
Gallia. 
“ 30 
“ 2 
Medina. 
“ 30 
“ 1 
Erie. 
“ 30 
“ 2 
Greene. 
“ 31 
44 CJ 
Pickaway. 
“ 30 
“ 2 
Preble. 
<• 30 
“ 2 
Ashtabuia. 
“ 30 “ 1 
Adams. 
4 4 4,g 
“ 2 
Muskingum. 
<■' 30 
“ 2 
Belmont. 
“ 3C 
“ 2 
Tuscarawas. 
“ 30 
44 2 
Union. 
Oct. 
1— 2 
Putnam. 
44 
1— 2 
Defiance. 
44 
1— 2 
Geauga. 
4. 
1— 3 
W ayne. 
44 
1— 3 
Wyandot. 
Morrow. 
44 
44 
1— 3 
1— 3 
Williams. 
14 
6— 8 
Ottawa. 
44 
6— 8 
Lorain. 
44 
6— 8 
Harrison. 
44 
6— 9 
Summit. 
44 
7- 9 
Seneca. 
44 
7— 9 
Ross. 
44 
7— 9 
Wood. 
7— 8 
Delaware. 
44 
7— 9 
Licking. 
.Newark. 
44- 
7— 8 
Butler. 
4» 
7— 9 
Washington . ... 
44 
7- 9 
Clark. 
44 
7- 9 
Guernsey. 
44 
8— 9 
Champaign. 
44 
13—16 
Jefferson. 
44 
14-16 
Fairfield. 
.Lancaster. 
41 
15—17 
MICHIGAN. 
Ionia. 
Sept. 
23—25 
Ottawa. 
22—2a 
Jackson. 
Oct. 
”— 9 
Hillsdale . 
13—M 
INDIANA. 
Henry. 
Sept. 
23—2S 
Howard. 
25-26 
Dearborn. 
“ 29 Oct. 2 
ILLINOIS. 
Morgan. 
Sept. 
8—11 
Tazewell. 
17—18 
Carroll. 
‘4 
22—24 
Washington. 
.Nashville. 
“ 30 
Oct. 1 
Edgar. 
Oct. 
1— 2 
Champaign. 
6— 
Randolph. 
44 
7— 8 
W innebago. 
44 
13—15 
Pike. 
44 
14-15 
Sangamon. 
IOWA. 
15—18 
Lee. 
Sept. 
23-25 
Mahaska. 
29—30 
Jefferson. 
“ 30 
Oct. 1 
Monro. 
“ 30 
“ 1 
. MISSOURI. 
North East. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
15—18 
6- 8 
Lafayette. 
Franklin. 
“ 
8—10 
Marion. 
“ 
14—17 
Clav. 
“ 
14-17 
Wiiat is tlie Postage on this Paper ? 
We say 11 cents per quarter, or 6 cents a year and in 
proof, on the last page of the January number (bottom uf 
middle column) we published the decision of the Post 
Office Department at Washington. But still we have 
complaint after complaint from subscribers that some 
Post Masters, who are “ wise above what is written,” still 
continue to charge 12 to 25 cents a year. We now re 
quest every subscriber charged over 6 cents a yeat if, pay¬ 
ing postage in advance, to send us the particulars and we 
will at once refer each case to the Post Master Genera 
This applies to every part of the United states and Ter 
ritories. All papers going beyond the United States boun 
daries are regularly pre-paid by us at the N. Y. Post 
Office. 
Docs Fanning' Pay? 
We have for a long time had a “ hankering” after one 
of those “ Baronial farms,” out West, say in Illinois, but 
every now and then an item comes up hereabouts, that 
puts a different look upon things. Here is one : 
A friend residing 20 miles from the city on a Railroad 
delivers to a single Hotel in this city, 400 quarts of milk 
daily for which he receives 5} cents per quart the year 
round. This is but one instance, there are plenty 
more. If such business does not pap, we .should like to 
hear of a better. 
