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3d best, George Lasher, Bethel, Albany County, 
Bay Horses,.. 
4th best, Erastus D. Pierson, Macedon, Dark Bay 
Horses ..Youatt. 
No. 21 , Matched Houses. 
Best pair, G. B. Powell, Milton, - - $15 
2 d, Renden Barber, Stillwater, - - - 10 
3d, E. F. Seymour, Westmoreland - - 5 
4th, N. W. Burnett, Saratoga, - - Youatt. 
No. 22 , Geldings, 
Best GeldiDg, J. M. Smith, Mechanicville, - $10 
2 d best, Silas M. Burroughs, Medina, - - 8 
3d best, John B. Burnet, Syracuse, - - 6 
4th best, George B. Moore, Fort Ann, Youatt. 
A hoi se owned by Isaac T. Grant, Soagttioolio, 
highly commended, - - - Youatt, 
No. 23, Single Mab.es. 
Best mare, L. R. Proctor, Hartwick, - - $10 
2d, I. B. Dederick, Troy, .... g 
3d, 0. & W. Rockwell, Hadley, - 6 
4th, R. W. Higbee, Glen’s Falls, - - Youatt. 
No. 24, Foreign Horses. 
Best blood stallion, 4 years and upwards, D. E. Hill, 
Bridport, Vt., Black Hawk Chief, - - $15 
2 d best, R. M. Adams, Burlington, Vt., Dip. & 10 
Best stallion, horse of all work, 4 years and up¬ 
wards, F. M. Wilcox, Shorehain, Vt., Hamiltonian 
Black Hawk, .... Dip. <fe 15 
Best draught stallion, 4years and upwards, William 
M. Alcott, Albion, Calhoun Co., Mich., Dip, & 15 
commended. 
A two-year old colt, owned by O. Eldridge, Brid¬ 
port, Vermont, .... y ol> Trans. 
A black stud, owned by John Ayres, Grafton 
------ Vol. Trans. 
A 3-year old stud colt, belonging to Edwin A. 
Burcbard, Shoreham, Vt., - - Vol. Trans! 
A yearling colt, belonging to E. C. Everett, Ver- 
gennes, Vermont, - - - Vol. Trans. 
D. E. Hill, Bridport, Vt., Black Hawk, 18 years old, 
having before received first premium, is awarded 
J. Ashford, C. W., draught horse, - Dip. & 15 
GLASS III.—SHEEP & SWINE. 
No. 27, Long-wooled. 
Best buck, 2 years old and upwards, Elnathan 
Gazley, Clinton, Dutchess Co., - - $20 
2 d best, Elnathan Gazley, Clinton, Dutchess Co. 8 
3d best, D. Rice, Easton, Washington Co. - 5 
Be 3 t do. under 2 years, Hungerford <fc Brodie, 
Adam®, . jq 
2 d best, J. A. L. W. Rathbone, Spriogfield, 8 
3d best, James A. Jackson, Butternuts, - 5 
Best pen 5 ewes, 2 years and upwards, Hungerford 
& Brodie, Adams, - - . jq 
2 d best, J. A. & L. W. Rathbone, Springfield, 8 
3d best, Samuel A. Curtiss, Canaan, - - 5 
Best pen 5 ewes, under 2 years, Hungerford & 
Brodie, Adams,. 10 
2 d best, J. A. & L. W. Rathbone, Springfield, 8 
3d best, Samuel A. Curtiss, Canaan, - - 5 
Best pen 3 buck lambs, William S. Gypson, West 
moreland, Oneida Co. - g 
2 d best, Hungerford & Brodie, Morrell’s Shepherd. 
Best pen 3 ewe lambs, D. Rice, Easton, - 5 
2 d best, William S. Gypson, Westmoreland, 
Morrell’s Shepherd. 
discretionary. 
William Gypson. Westmoreland. 2 buck lambs 
S. S. Medal. 
No. 28, Middle-wooled. 
Best buck, 2 years and upwards, Morris ABecar, $10 
2 d best, Z. B. Wakeman, Herkimer, - - 8 
3d best, Leroy Mowrey, Union Village, - 5 
Best buck, under 2 years, Morris <fc Becar, 10 
2 d best, Z. B. Wakeman, Herkimer, - - 8 
Best pen 5 ewes, 2 years and upwards, Morris & 
Becar, New-York, ----- 10 
2 d best, Z. B. Wakeman, Herkimer, - - 8 
3d best, Obadiah Howland, Owasco, - - 5 
Best pen 5 ewes, under 2 years, Morris cfc Becar, 
New-York,.jp 
2 d best, Z. B. Wakeman, Herkimer, - - 8 
Best pen 3 buck lambs, Morris & Becar, N. Y., 5 
2 d best, Leroy Mowrey, Union Village, 
Morrell’s Shepherd. 
Best pen 8 ewe lambs, Z. B. Wakeman. Herki¬ 
mer, g 
2 d best, Morris & Becar, N. ¥., Morrell’s Shepherd. 
Geo. W. McKie, Cambridge, French Merino buck, 10 
Peleg Weeden, do do ewe, 5 
No. 29, Merinoes. 
Best buck, 2 years and upwards, Joseph Haswell, 
Hoosick,. $10 
Best pen 5 ewes, 2 years and upwards, Joseph 
Haswell, Hoosick, .... $ip 
Best pen 5 ewes, under 2 years, Haswell, Hoo¬ 
sick, - -. 10 
Best pen 3 buck lambs, Joseph Haswell, Hoosick, 5 
Best pen 3 ewe lambs, Joseph Haswell, Hoosick, 5 
No. 30, Saxons. 
Best buck under 2 years, Joseph Haswell, Hoo¬ 
sick, . $10 
2 d best, Charles W. Hull, New-Lebanon, - 8 
Best pen 5 ewes, 2 years and upwards, Charles W. 
Hull, New-Lebanon, - $10 
2d boot, Jcatspli UvuoIcKj " 8 
Best pen 3 buck lambs, Joseph Haswell, Hoosick, 5 
HIGHLY COMMENDED. 
Best samples of wool, not less than 5 fleeces, Charles 
Morrell, Ludlowville, - - Silver Medal. 
No. 34, Swine of large breed. 
Best boar, 2 years old and upwards, L. G. Morris, 
Mount Fordham, ----- $10 
Best boar 1 year old, L. G. Morris, - - 5 
Best boar 6 months and under one year, Barnes 
Davis, Vernon, Oneida Co., - - - 8 
2 d best, L. G. Morris, Mount Fordham, - 4 
Best breeding sow 2 years old and upwards, L. G. 
Morris, Mount Fordbam, - - - 10 
Best breeding sow 1 year old, L. G. Morris, do. 10 
2d best, Geo. W. Herrick, Milton, Sar. co., - 5 
Best sow 6 months and under one year, L. G. 
Morris, Mount Fordham, ... g 
2 d best, Barnes Davis, Vernon, Oneida co., 4 
Best lot of pigs not less than 5, under 10 months, 
Seth Whalen, Saratoga co., - - - 10 
2 d best, Thos. Bardwell, N. H. (foreign) 5 
HIGHLY COMMENDED. 
A superior Suffolk boar and 5 pigs, Nelson Richards, 
Vergennes, Vt. (foreign) - 5 
No. 34, Swine of small breed. 
Best boar 2 years old and upwards, Leroy Mowrey, 
Union Village, Washington county, - $10 
Best boar 1 year old, L. G. Morris, Mount Ford¬ 
ham, ------- 10 
2 d best, L. G. Morris, Mount Fordham, - 5 
Best boar 6 months and under one year, L. G. Morris, 
Mount Fordham,. 8 
2 d best, L. G. Morris, Mount Fordham, - 4 
Best breeding sow 2 years old and upwards, L. G. 
Morris, Mount Fordham, - - - 10 
Best breeding sow 1 year old, L. G. Morris, do. 10 
Best sow 6 months and under one year, L. G. Morris, 
Mount Fordham, . 8 
2d, G. W. Wilcox, Saratoga, ... 4 
Best lot of pigs, not less than 5, under 10 months, L. 
G. Morris, Mount Fordham, - - - 10 
RURAL AXIOMS. 
An axe costing $2, with which a laborer may 
cut fifty cords of wood a month, is cheaper than 
one costing $1, with which he can cut only 
forty cords. 
A “ cheap plow ” at $ 0 , costing in one season 
• in repairs, and three more in lost time to 
teams, men, and by retarding crops, is a dearer 
plow than one costing $10, requiring no repairs. 
A cow bought for $10, whose milk but just 
pays for keeping, affords less profit than one 
C»oo<jlug $QOj giviiJ£ 'I^U1 I'oli’D r\f f-lnn millr 
afforded by the low-priced one. 
A common dasher-churn at $2, used one 
hundred times a year, is not as economical a 
purchase as a Kendall churn at $4, requiring 
but half the labor to work it. 
A ten-acre field, costing but $50 per acre, and 
ditched, manured, and improved at $50 more, 
so as to give double the value in crops, is much 
more valuable and profitable than twenty acres 
unimproved, costing the same. 
Galls from the Harness or Saddle. —Major 
Long, in his recent and valuable account of his 
expedition to the Rocky Mountains, says, that 
his party found white lead moistened with milk 
to succeed better than any thing else in prevent¬ 
ing the bad effects of galls on their horses’ 
backs, in their fatiguing march over the plains 
that border the mountains. Its effect in sooth¬ 
ing the irritated and inflamed surface was ad¬ 
mirable , — American Farmer. 
CATTLE SALE OF MR. J. M. MILLER. 
This came oil' as advertised on the farm of 
Mr. James Bathgate, at Fordham, Westchester 
county, on the 27th ult. The sale was of a 
novel kind, Mr. Miller acting merely as auc¬ 
tioneer, and breeders all over the country send¬ 
ing such stock there for sale as they wished to 
dispose of. The idea is a good one, and conve¬ 
nient both for seller and buyer. We hope it 
will be persevered in, for we think it will ulti¬ 
mately be well supported. It is a new thing, 
It and * 4--*11 L 1 tJ - A JT* “ *■“ O vw 
into it fully. 
There were over one hundred head of cattle 
sent in, and every thing, so far as we noticed, 
was honorably conducted. The company pre¬ 
sent was limited, owing we presume to the pub¬ 
lic not yet thoroughly understanding the thing. 
Prices on the whole ruled low; and several ani¬ 
mals that were offered, especially aged bulls, 
though highly valuable, did not get a bid. 
There were some excellent short-horns on the 
ground, and a few good Devons, and a great 
variety of grades. The highest price obtained 
was for a short-horn cow, $100, and the lowest 
for a grade calf, $15. 
The day was delightful. Mr. Batiigate gave 
the company an excellent lunch. The auctioneer 
was in good spirits, and full of his jokes as 
usual, making it upon the whole an agreeable 
meeting for the farmers and breeders. 
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DEFINITIONS. 
Acids are sour substances, such as vinegar, 
oil of vitriol, (sulphuric acid,) lemon-juice, &c. 
Alkalies are substances like potash, soda, &c., 
which have a caustic (burning) taste. 
Acid will destroy the properties of an alkali, 
and vice-versa; that is, they will unite together, 
and both lose their properties. For example, 
we can mix sulphuric acid, which is a powerful 
acid, and capable of destroying the flesh im¬ 
mediately, with strong quicklime, which is so 
caustic or burning as to destroy the clothing or 
flesh, and when united they will both lose their 
properties, and form the mild, tasteless, harm¬ 
less plaster of Paris. 
If an acid were swallowed by a person, the 
physician or chemist would administer an alkali 
to combine with it, and destroy its action upon 
the system. So, if an alkali were swallowed, he 
would give an acid. 
There are many alkalies, though but few of 
them are common. We seldom meet with more 
than five of these, viz., Potash, Soda, Ammonia, 
Lime, and Magnesia. The names of these can 
be readily remembered by noticing that the 
first letters, in the order which we have placed 
them, spen me woru rsaim. amuiuma 10 wu« 
is commonly called Hartshorn. Any one of 
these five substances will unite with an acid 
and neutralize or destroy its properties. 
We take the liberty of calling the attention 
of our readers to the very superior stock of Mr. 
J. C. Jackson, advertised for sale in our present 
paper. Those wishing Short-horns of good 
constitution and excellent points, both as milk¬ 
ers and feeders, have an opportunity of securing 
something peculiarly worthy of attention in 
these choice animals. 
— “ Hollo, Mister! have you got any grain 
to sell ?” 
“ No. Why do you ask ? 
“ Because T see you’ve a wry fee* !” 
