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amertc:;an agtRicurturist. 
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The New Building, 245 Broadway. 
This month wo present a “Basket Item’’ of unusu 
ally lanje size—a view of our present quarters. Last 
month's AgriculturUt announced our intended removal, 
and the present issue dates from 2-lo Broadway. At the 
present time wo feel like a boy with a new pair of boots, 
as we arc undergoing the process of “ breaking in.’’ We 
shall, however, soon be at home in the new place, which 
is as far superior for our purposes to the old one, as that 
was to the quarters occupied in the early days of the paper. 
In the American Agriculturist tor October 1800, seven 
years ago last month, Mr. Judd wrote as follows:—“ The 
friends of this journal will be pleased to learn that wo 
have secured and removed into large and beautiful rooms, 
in one of the most eligible positions in this city.” This 
was on the occupancy of 41 Park Row, as the olllce of 
the Agriculturist. 
He litUc thought, at that time, that a change would be 
made so soon, but the increase of the business of the 
Agriculturist has required new partners and an enlarged 
tvorkiug force, and now its necessities demand enlarged 
room. Since the time the above quoted remark was 
written, wo have added an entirely distinct branch ol 
business, that of book publishing, to that of the paper; 
this alone requires a largo space, and removal became an 
imperative matter. The new store is a flue brown-stone 
building, directly opposite the old one, across City Hall 
Park. Every one at all familiar with New York knows 
that the Park is the center of the business part of the 
city, that it is the point of arrival and departure for most 
of the local travel. Indeed, so central is the situation that 
the U. S. Government has selected it as the best site for 
Mr. R. W. Cammeron showed excellent Short-horn and 
Jersey stock. Mr. Saunders had a number of coops of 
poultry, including Brahmas, Buff Cochins, Iloudans, 
Crcvecocurs, and Gray Dorkings of great excellence, also 
Bremen Geese and Aylesbury Ducks, and other good 
poultry was shown. The manager of the County Farm, 
(poor-house,) made a fine display of vegetables, grain, 
etc. The open selling of “ pools ” at the race-coursc was 
permitted as on any other race day, .and the show was 
little besides a horse-nice with plenty of liquor and its 
accompaniments. We plead in behalf of the farmers of 
Richmond County and their families for a festival free 
from these corrupting associations. 
•JiiMficc to tlic —When th& 
cock partridge drums, standing upon a log, he docs it by 
beating his body with his wings, as we knew from per¬ 
sonal obsen-ation, yet wo carelessly allowed an old and 
incorrect impression that he beat the log, to sway the 
pen. In the November number, and were not a little 
chagrined to discover the error too late to change it. 
We”ask Mr. Grouse’s pardon, and are much obliged lo 
those friends who so promptly suggested that he had a 
ri"ht to demand the amende iumoraUe. 
THE VICINITY OF CITY HALL PARK. 
the new Post Office soon to bo built. The diagram will 
give an idea of the relations of our new building to the 
City Hall and new Post Office. Its situation is such as 
to face the open space between these two edifices, and 
is just below Murray-street, on Broadway Our fncnc s 
from abroad will have no difficulty in ^ ^ 
the thousands of our city subscribers can reach us more 
readilv than they could when on Park Row. 
It will be seen, from the view on the opposite pa„c, 
that the new store is five stories in hight; it a fron 
of 2.-> feet a depth of ll l'i feet, with an L projection, 
wffith Ses us a wide entrance on Murray-st with a 
spacious basement extending under the whole The front 
portion of the main floor is occupied as a ®al«s-’‘oom 
our large stock of Agricultural and jrin 
where we have ample room for this imporUnt and 
crcaoing branch of business. Farther to 
Lbscription and other business desks, while the basi^ 
ment is devoted to the important work of foiding and 
mailing the paper. The printers’ room, engravers room, 
and editorial “ sanctum ” are on an upper floor. 
If the change to our new location has made this month s 
issue a f.,-w days later than usual, we trust that our friends 
wiU overlook it. We are sure that they will ^ glad to 
Sr s-r 
r„rrn J «r 
those who And it more convenient to call the . 
At our new home, we shall be glai 
ftdends, and to make hosts of new ones, and we hope 
to our increasing thousands of readers, % ■> >roa w 
become, as 41 Park Row has been, “familiar in tbeir 
mouths as household words.” 
Xlie Yorlc Slate Fair at Buf¬ 
falo.— This was held from the 1st to the 4th of October, 
and, notwithstanding the jealousy of other parts of the 
State, and the location at the extreme west end of New 
York, was a marked success. Some 40 or 50 acres were in¬ 
closed for the exhibition, and ample provision was made 
for the feeding and shelter of the animals, and for the dis¬ 
play of fruits and vegetables. The show of fniit was not 
what it ought to have been in Western New York, but 
was creditable, especially in the department of grapes. 
The Pleasant Valley Grape Growers’ Association, from 
Ilammondsport, had fine samples of wine, both bottled 
and in the original packages, and took the first premium. 
They exhibited eleven samples of wine and twenty va¬ 
rieties of grapes. The show of agricultural implements 
was particularly large, as might have been expected, and 
was some index of the rapid progress making in improved 
husbandry. Horse hoes and cultivators were of numerous 
and excellent patterns, and among the prominent exhibit¬ 
ors were F. F. Holbrook, of Boston, and Alden & Co., 
of Auburn. In Pennsylvania and the V est, these have 
Ion'' been popular, and in New York and New England, 
they must soon drive out the hand hoe. If stones and 
stumps are in the way, they must be cleared out. The 
reduction in the cost of raising com by the use of these 
implements is so great that no farmer can afford to do 
without them. Gov. Hoibrook’s Universal Plow attracted 
much attention. They are in various styles to admit of 
different kinds of work. Each piow changes its mold- 
board for stubble, for sod, and for subsoil plowing, and for 
turnin'' flat and lap furrow slices. This saves both the 
money^and the time of the famier. An admirable feature 
of the fair was the arrangement for addresses and discus¬ 
sions. Too often the evenings of the fair days are lost. 
Thousands of people come together to learn, and there is 
no suitable opportunity for the interchange of expenence. 
The show of ideas is always the best part of an agricul¬ 
tural fair lilaj. Brooks’ address npon the apple, and the 
discussion that followed, were worth far more to the pub¬ 
lic as an incentive to apple growing than the whole show 
of apples upon the tables. The attendance npon the j^eat 
day of the fair, Thursday, were estimated at 85,000, and the 
receipts for the whole four days were $21,500, which is 
said to he more tiian has been taken in any year smcc 
1850 at Albany. This vindicates the wisdom of our Buf¬ 
falo friends in insisting upon having the fair there. IV e 
hope it paid them as well as the society. 
reports of equally heavy fleeces where difl'erent breeds 
and families arc shorn in competition ? Part of the fleeces 
were cleansed at one mill, but, on account of a misun¬ 
derstanding between one of the committee and the pro" 
prietor, they went to another factory to have the rest 
cleansed. It would be interesting to know, in connec¬ 
tion, which fleeces were washed at the first mill. 
Xlic Afjviciiltiiviil Follcftcofi Fcitn- 
syTvaiiia.—The circular of this institution has been 
sent to us, containing its programme and list-of officers. 
We are glad to see in the faculty a number of men who 
have a welt established reputation, and as the college 
seems to have made an effort to become a first class insti¬ 
tution, we wish it all success. We arc quite surprised to 
read one thing, however. The circular says: “ For the 
benefit of the farming community, an Agricultural Jour¬ 
nal, under the editorship of members of the College 
Faculty, will be commenced in the course of the current 
year. In the journal will be published the experiments 
made at this coilege.” Now we advise the “ Board of 
Trustees” to consider, in the first place, how much money 
they have to lose in amateur publishing, and whether, 
witii the extensive courses laid down, their' professois 
have not quite enough to do without editing a paper. If 
the professors have anything to say that is of value, there 
is no lack of channels of communication by which they 
can reach the public much more effectually than by any 
publication like that proposed. We advise thetnistces 
to confine their “ experiments” for the present to the 
establishment of the coliege in the favor of the people of 
Pennsylvania, before they experiment in journalism. 
Fair at Slalca I«lan«l.— The Richmond 
County A-wicultural Society had theirhorso trotting show 
at the r^e-course of the Richmond Club, in Southfield. 
Sliecp ia Orcft'«n.-N. 0. This promises 
to be one of the best wool-growing States. Sheep are 
very healthy, and the wool is of excellent quality. Crosses 
of the South Devon and Merino arc abundant, and sell for 
a little over a dollar a head. Six woolen factories are 
established, or under way, i^ western part of the State. 
Weifflit of incrino Fleeces.—In a re¬ 
cent number of the Country Gentleman a report is given 
of a public shearing this ininn?' 
Springfleld, (Vermont.) Agricultural Society, which took 
place .\pril 25th, and is remarkable for the great wcig 
Sf cleansed wool reported as yielded by some of the ani¬ 
mals. The sheep were all merinos or 
One two year-old ram, weighing 110 lbs., sheared 17 lb.. 
8 oz. which, cleansed, weighed 7 lbs. 8>/, oz.; fleece 309 
days’old. Another, two years old, weighing 120^^ lbs., 
h<Mirpd IS lbs 8 oz., which cleansed 0 lbs. 12 oz.; 3oo days 
'„?r A ,»«.<!, »elgMng 
8 oz cleansed 0 lbs.: SOT, days. Not less remarkable is 
the weight of cleansed ewes’fleeces, ol which the heav- 
PrtThree wci'dicd 5 lbs. 14/, oz., 5 lbs. 1/, oz., and 4 lbs. 
n oz The average shrinking of rams’ fleeces was G7.7G per 
Xlic Jit tlac West has been 
very severe. They are shipping stock hogs from Illinois 
to Western Missouri, on account of the scarcity of corn. 
The estimate of the Agricultural Bureau is that Illinois 
will be 14 per cent short of the previous year, Indiana 17, 
Kentucky 28, and Ohio 30. These arc the great corn-grow- 
iii" States, and the large crops of the Southern States will 
hardly make good the deficiency. Corn was worth 20 cents 
a bushel more in Cincinnati than in Nashville October 
1st, and this difference in price led to large shipments. 
Wheat on Wet Fanil, Ilraincil.— 
Wet clay lands, when drained, make the best wheat lands. 
In mucky soils, the plant, especially the winter varieties 
would not probably do as well, as the surface would 
sooner feel atmospheric changes. Spring wheat does well 
on black prairie soils where winter wheat fails, and we 
should not hesitate to try that variety on reclaimed swamp, 
if thoroughly dry. The wheat should be sown early in the 
sprin'', before the deep frost is out, even if you have to 
get iUn with a harrow. Early sowing is regarded as a 
matter of the first importance by those who have thor¬ 
oughly tried it. 
Kyc for Spring' Feed.— The sowing of 
n-e early in the fall, for this purpose, is quite common at 
the West, and can be introduced with advantage in all the 
dairy districts. The rye can be sown among corn at the 
last hoeing or cultivating, and still later, by plowing spe¬ 
cially for the purpose. It starts very early, and gives the 
cows their first bite of green fodder in the spring. 
Yew Jersey Slate Fair.— The State 
A'^ricultural Society held its exhibition at its new grounds, 
at" VV'averley, midway between Elizabeth and Newark. 
We have rarely seen grounds better adapted to such pur¬ 
poses. They are gently rolling, incline a grove, a beau¬ 
tiful lake, and a hill of considerable hight, upon which is 
level land enough for the exhibition tents and buildings, 
and where eveiybody can see the whole trotting course 
and all the rest of the show. The future exhibitions, if 
well managed, ought to be among the most interesting 
people’s festivals of this part of the country. The show 
was a very pleasant one to visit, Init very small. The 
Jerseys were the only breed of cattle present in any forc^ 
and of these there were very flue speuimens_ The s 
of poultry Included most excellent Rouen Ducks, B ack 
Polands, White Dorkings, very good Brahmas Black 
Spanish, and Silver-spangled 
rieties above mediocrity. There was ^ 
sheep. The horticultural tent, in charge of Mi. P. Q.mn, 
was arranged with great taste, and contained a veij fine 
display of pears. Other fniits, flowers, and vegetables 
weJegood and all were well labelled. The other depart- 
rents of the exhibition contained, of course, much to im 
f nnd interest and would compare favorably with a 
co« S' in K.» Enslnml, Nn.v Y»,k Onlo. 
W^Vere interested in a Buckeye Mowing Machine, 
BhoJi by the President, which has been in use ten years 
on his farm, cutting, annually, over 100 acres, and hav- 
w as he testified, required but $5.85 for repairs. Of 
one’ thin'' wo think the public have a right to complain 
and that is the almost entire absence of the names and 
