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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Fonda of Clifton Park, N. Y., Messenger breed. 
2d Premium of $25 to II. J. Chapin of 
Springfield, breed not given. 
3d Premium of $20 to E. Trask of Spring- 
field, native breed. 
Single Horses. — 1st Premium of $25 (not 
awarded.) 
2d Premium of $20 to E. & E. A. Rice of 
West Meriden, Ct., the only entry. 
Breeding Mares. 
1st Premium of $100 to Charles W. Sher¬ 
man of Vergennes, Vt., Black Hawk breed. 
2d Premium of $50 to J. T. DeWolf of Bris¬ 
tol, R. T., Messenger breed. 
3d Premium of $25 to Geo. A. Kibbe of 
Springfield, Morgan breed. 
4th Premium of $30 to Amos Feleli of Lime¬ 
rick, Me., Morgan breed. 
'^Diplomas were awarded to Otis Learned, of 
Oxford, Mass.; Francis Willson of Hinesburg; 
William Beardsley of Albany; Orrin How of 
Hardwick, Mass.; Stillman French of Keene, 
N. H.; Henry Alexander, jr., of Springfield; 
Phillip Bacon of Simsbury, Ct.; Geo. M. At¬ 
water of Springfield, No. 1; Benj. Pease of 
Warehouse-Point, Ct. ; F. Stiles, jr., of Clap- 
ville, Massachusetts. 
Breeding Mares with Foal l<y their side. 
1st Premium of $100 to E. P. Walton of 
Montpelier, Vt., Morgan breed. 
2d Premium of $50 to Jackson Nichols of 
Flushing, N. Y., Messenger breed. 
3d Premium of $20 to Robert Pomeroy of 
Pittsfield, Mass., Hero stock. 
Diplomas were awarded to George Swetland 
of Springfield, Mass; B. W. Hamilton of West 
Hartford, Ct.; Robert Tucker of Ware. 
Geldings ,—4 years and over. 
1st Premium of $100 to Ebenezer Flagg of 
Worcester, Morgan breed. 
2d Premium of $50 to A. F. Smith of Wor¬ 
cester. 
3d Premium of $25 to Francis Twitchcll, Jr., 
of Petersham, Mass., Black Morgan breed. 
4th Premium of $20 to George R. Wesson of 
Worcester, Henry Clay breed. 
Diplomas to G. A. Bates of Worcester, Henry 
Adams of Lowell, Mass., Jcr. Sheldon, Jr., of 
Burrelville, R. I., S. II. Dumas of Concord, N. H., 
Wm. Beardsley of Albany, N. Y., George Thomp¬ 
son of Boston, John Goodrich of Springfield, 
Wm. P. Peff of Albany, Warren Clifford of Wor¬ 
cester, J. B. Crosby of Boston, Charles Robinson 
of Fishkill Plains, N. Y., Mr. Green of ximster- 
dam, N. Y., George Lovejoy of Lowell, Mass. 
Colts. 
Stallions of three years old. —1st Premium of 
$50 to John R. Briggs of Springfield, Morgan 
and Signal breed. 
2d Premium of $25 to Levi Coe of Middle- 
town, Ct., Messenger breed. 
3d Premium of $20 to Barnes Davis of Vernon, 
N.Y., Black Hawk breed. 
A discretionary premium to Edson A. Burch- 
ard, Shoreham, Vt. [Animal very superior, but 
prevented by kick of another horse after arriv¬ 
ing here, from appearing on the ground.] 
A diploma was awarded to E. C. Brooks, Law¬ 
rence, N. H., Morgan and English breed. 
For best Filly , the premium of $25 to Ed¬ 
mund Bush of Sheffield, Mass. 
Stallions of two years old. —1st Premium of 
$25 to Isaac Crispell of Hurley, N. Y., Mambrino 
breed. 
2d Premium of $20 to Mala Cowles of Bel- 
ehertown, Mass., Kentucky Hunter breed. 
A diploma to Solomon West, East Brookfield, 
Mass. Also to George A. Hunn of Hartford, Ct., 
for 2 year old gelding. 
A diploma for hest Filly of 2 years to John 
H. Coffing, Great Barrington, Mass. The pre¬ 
mium for best filly of 2 years was not awarded, 
there being only this single entry. 
Stallions of 1 year old. —1st Premium of $25 
to T. T. Jackson of Flushing, Long Island, An¬ 
drew Jackson breed. 
2d Premium of $20 to Nelson Richards of 
Panton, Vt., Black Hawk breed. 
Diploma to Capt. W. A. Newman, U. S. A., 
Vergennes, Vt., Black Hawk breed, 
Pairs of Ponies. 
1st Premium of $50 to J. L. Briggs of Spring- 
field, Mass., one Black Hawk and one Morgan. 
2d Premium of $25 to Warren Daniels of 
Bellows Falls, Vt., Indian breed. 
3d Premium of $20 to John Moulton of Farm- 
ingham, Mass. 
Diplomas were awarded to William Jay, Jr., 
of New-York, and L. V. II. Crosby of Spring- 
field, Mass. 
Single Ponies. 
1st Premium of $25 to P. T. Kirby of Half 
Moon, N. Y. 
2d Premium of $20 to James Bird of Hart¬ 
ford, Ct. 
Diplomas were awarded to James Reed of 
Palmer, Mass. Daniel P. Riley of Salem, Mass. 
R. P. Brown of Palmer, Mass., and U. Bowen of 
Richmond, N. II. 
Thoroughbred Horses. 
Stallions. —1st and only Premium of $100 to 
“Bob Logic,” owned by J. H. Hutchins of Mon¬ 
treal, Canada. 
Brood Mares. —1st Premium of $100 to “Lady 
Digby,” owned by James Turner of Boston. 
2d Premium of $50 to “Lady Sussex,” owned 
by Dr. J. G. Bunting, Lewis Co., N. Y. 
3d Premium of $25 to “ Jenny Lind,” owned 
by A. L. Bingham of Cornwall, Vt. 
FRUIT AT THE SOUTH. 
Dr. Smasey says in the Cotton Planter , hav¬ 
ing been born and raised in one of the best 
apple-growing regions of the Union, I have had 
abundant opportunity to become acquainted 
with the various merits of this fruit as grown by 
the most successful cultivators of the North and 
East, and yet I am fully convinced that nowhere 
have I seen or eaten better or handsomer apples 
than in this favored land of the South. 
It is true that a great many superior Northern 
varieties do not attain their highest perfection 
with us, but it is equally true that many of the 
most excellent foreign sorts are far better here 
than in the land of their origin. Ohio, Indiana, 
and Illinois are fast becoming the greatest apple 
growing States of our Union, and yet from much 
personal observation, I am quite sure that Mis¬ 
sissippi, Alabama, and Georgia are a better apple 
growing country than either of the above-named 
States. Certain it is that we are measureably 
exempt from the most inveterate enemy with 
which they have to contend, viz., the bitter root. 
As a proof positive that good apples can be suc¬ 
cessfully raised in this climate, and profitably 
disposed of, I will merely add that, from a very 
badly-managed orchard in this vicinity, contain¬ 
ing only about 100 bearing apple trees, there 
was sold, the past season in Yazoo City and 
New Orleans, about $1000 worth of fruit! And 
the quality may be judged of from the fact that 
most of it sold readily enough at $1 25 per 
bushel, and single specimens frequently at 10 
cents each! From another orchard of about 
thirty or forty bearing trees, nearly $400 worth 
was sold at from 60 cents to $1 per bushel. 
Both of these orchards will, this year, do even 
better than this. To what other use, let me ask, 
could these 10 or 15 acres of land be put to to 
yield so great a return for the labor expended? 
Nor are these isolated instances—a great many 
small apple orchards in this State usually ave¬ 
rage from $10 to $12 per tree annually, and 
several pear trees, within my knowledge, have 
yielded fruit to the amount of $50 each in one 
season. From those and many similar instances, 
I am fully persuaded that, with proper dis¬ 
crimination in the selection of varieties, there 
is no country in the world that offers greater in¬ 
ducements to engage in the culture of good fruit 
than ours, especially while prices remain as at 
present. 
Counterfeit coppers are in circulation. A 
man who who will manufacture bogus coppers 
in this age of the world, ought to be sent to the 
'penny- tentiary. 
“ A rolling stone gathers no moss.” A very 
doubtful adage. We have just seen, in a country 
paper, the marriage of Peleg Rowlinstone to 
Miss Ophelia Morse, j 
THE RESCUE GRASS. 
Mr. B. T. Iverson in the Soil of the South , says 
he has cultivated this grass on his plantation 
for three years, and adds that he claims for it 
the following properties : 
1st, it is a foreign grass, the seed of which is 
now acclimated : 2d, it will grow and do well in 
any kind of soil in the South : 3d, it does not 
spread or run so as to be difficult to be gotten 
rid of: 4th, it is easily destroyed when desired, 
by ploughing it up : 5th, it is never injured by 
our severest cold weather: 6th, it stands our 
hot sun, heavy rains, overflows, and ordinaay 
droughts, without injury, or retarding its 
growth: 7th, it outgrows millet or lucerne: 8th, 
it will (if sowed in the last of September) be 
ready to graze horses, mules, cattle, sheep, 
goats, hogs and chickens, from November to 
June: 9th, it will then (stock being withdrawn 
and the ground rich) yield as much hay, per 
acre, as the best Northern article, in quantity, 
quality, and weight: 10th, it is as nutritious as 
Timothy or Clover, or the Blue grass of Ken¬ 
tucky: 11th, it requires to be sowed but once, 
ever after reproducing itself (through its seed) 
ad finitum: 12th, it will reclaim exhausted 
fields with less trouble and in as short a time as 
any other vegetable. Now, if a grass having 
the above named qualities will not suit, then it 
is totally useless and foolish to try any farther, 
and the least we say about a grass for the South 
for winter grazing, for soiling, and for hay, the 
better. My price will be $5 for a peck of the 
seed, which is as much as a person should pur-* 
chase; that quantity will giveseed enough the 
second year to seed down ten acres or more. 
Now, people of the South, those of you who 
would like to save your corn and fodder in the 
winter and spring—those of you who think of 
your stock, and would rejoice at their well¬ 
being and improvement, when the wintry blast 
is howling on the hills—those of you who like 
good rich milk, sweet yellow butter, and ten¬ 
der steaks and mutton—those who are attached 
to your homes and farms, and would have them 
improved with little labor and expense—those 
who feel it a duty to leave them in good condi¬ 
tion for such as may need them after you are 
dead and gone, to you I address myself—send 
on your names, and secure the seed of the 
Rescue Grass, and my word for it you will 
never regret having done so. 
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Animals of China. —The denseness of the 
population has long since entirely driven out all 
wild quadrupeds; and there are also few do¬ 
mestic ones, such as are found in Eastern coun¬ 
tries. Beasts of burden are in a great degree 
superseded by the means of transport afforded 
by the numerous rivers and canals, and by the 
coolies or porters, a class of athletic men, who 
take the place of animals in carrying burdens 
and in dragging boats. Animals are excluded, 
to leave more food for men. There are no mea¬ 
dows for feeding cattle; but the entire soil is 
used in raising food for the inhabitants. VV ild 
cats are sometimes caught, and are considered a 
great dainty. Monkeys are found in the south¬ 
west provinces. What few horses and asses are 
found in China are small, and very inferior in 
every respect. The buffalo is sometimes used 
in plowing. Dromedaries are used between 
Peking and Tartary. There are also hogs, goats, 
and sheep. There is but one variety of dogs in 
the country, an animal about one feet high and 
two long, resembling a small spaniel. Rats are 
very abundant, and furnish the common people 
with meat. They are very large and destructive 
to crops. 
Of the birds in China, there are the eagle, 
the falcon, the magpie, crows, sparrows, cormo¬ 
rants, curlews, quails, pigeons, larks, pheasants, 
the rice-birds, and many species of aquatic birds. 
Cormorants are used by the Chinese for catching 
fish. The falcon is imperial property, and the 
magpie is sacred to the reigning family. 
Fish form a very important part of the food 
of the Chinese, and great care is taken in raising 
them in artificial fish-ponds. The gold and silver 
fishes are kept in glass globes as ornaments. 
