MOORE’S RURAL NEW-IORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
UONBOE CO, CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR- A pair of beautiful black horses 5 years old, 
- werb driven on the {grounds. One of them be- 
The Annual Show of this Society was longed to Elias B. Holmes, of Brockport, and 
, ,, u the other to P B Robinson, of this city, and were 
held on the 2oth, 26th and 27th ult. hitched up for the occasion. Had they been en- 
The first day, designed for the exhibition of titled to the examination of the Committee as 
oi 1 T 1 X nr 1 • ^ “matched pair,” and been owned and driv- 
Stock, Implements, Machineiy, &c., was gjj as such, they would have received a very fa- 
rainy and unpleasant, which prevented vorable consideration, if not ineeed, th4 first pre- 
many from showing their animals and ar- Henry Paddock, } 
tides, although the number of people in at- Russell Eaton, S Committee. 
^ A. L. Wall, ) 
tendance was unusually large. The show . • a , j 
of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, &C., was (j[uite 2d best Boar, William Buell, $2. 
fair, notwithstanding the inclemency of the 3^ best, David Cope, $1. 
,, T X • lx 1 T 1 X nr Best Sow, Wm Hamilton, Dip and $2. 
weather. In Agricultural Implements, Ma- 2d best, E J Opp, $2. 
chinery. Stoves, &c., &c., the exhibition was. 3d do WmBue), $1. 
, 1 • xL- X r xL •'x: x* let best Pigs, E. J. Opp, $3. 
good, as usual in this county; of the>st regard to Boars the Committee consider 
named the show was very full and complete, none entitled to the first premium. There were 
11 1 -1 • • 1 11 • x-i with pigs. 
The second day’s exhibition, held in Co- Hugh Mulholland, Ch’n. 
rinthian Hall in connection with the Horti- - 
f li^£ WOOL SIj[£KP 
cultural Society, was every way a magnifi- The Committee on Fine Wool'sheep, report as 
cent affair. The display of Fruits, Flow- follows: 
1 X 1 . 1.1 • Best Buck, Calvin Sperry, Dip and S3, 
ers, and Vegetables was probably superior 2d best, John Bettrige, Trans, and Si- 
Hugh Mulholland, Ch’n. 
FINE WOOL SHEEP. 
The Committee on Fine Wool Sheep, report as 
to the State Fair at Albany. The show of 
Butter, Bread, Honey, <fec., was also large 
—while the display in the Ladies’ Depart¬ 
ment, including domestic manufactures, em¬ 
broidery, (fee., was decidedly superior to for¬ 
mer exhibitions. The non-enumerated ar¬ 
ticles presented were excellent, and too nu¬ 
merous to mention in detail. 
The day was fair, and the large hall was 
2d best, John Bettrige, Trans, and $1. 
3d do Calvin Sperry, $1. 
Best 3 Ewes, R Harmon, Trans and $2. 
Qd best, Mr. Shepherd, $2. 
3d do John Bettrige, $1. 
Best 3 Lambs, R. Harmon, Trans and $2. 
2d best, Wm Shepherd, $2. 
3d do R Harmon, 1. 
LONG, OR COARSE WOOL SHEEP. 
Best Buck, John Bettrige, Dip and $2. 
2d best, Marvin Hopkins, $2. 
Best 3 Ewes, Marvin Hopkins Trans and $2. 
2d best, John Bayues, $'2 
There were a number of very fine sheep offer- 
crowded during the -day and evening by ed, but no fat sheep were entered, which the com- 
, , mittee very much regret, 
an immense number of persons—including M. Garrett, } 
hundreds of “ the last best gift.” The ad- 
dress, delivered by Dr. Lee, was a highly fowls. 
creditable production, and listened to with , 
2d do Polands, James Vick, Jr $1, 
much attention. Best three fowls (Java) Wm R Seward. 
The Plowing Match was had on Friday. (Shanghai Fowls) James 
I hough not present, (as we were then wit- Ben'jamin Mix, ^ 
nessing a similar exhibition in Seneca,) we Calvin Sperry, ^Committee. 
■ ? 1 , xi x . • ■ , Samuel xMiller. ) 
are informed that the contest was a spirited _ 
one, and the work exceedingly well per- agricultural lmplements. 
formed. Report of the Committee on Agricultural Imple- 
As we have no space for further com- Committees on complicated and new machines 
ments, the reader is referred to awards of guided only by the simple view, without evidence 
. . , , „ , . , of their practical working abilities, are subject to 
FOWLS, 
Best pair Dorkings, David Ely, $1. 
2d do Polands. James Vick, Jr $1, 
Best three fowls (Java) Wm R Seward. 
Best lot of Poultry, (Shanghai Fowls) James 
Vicker, Jr., $2. 
Benjamin Mix, ) 
Calvin Sperry, S Committee. 
Samuel xMiller. ) 
agricultural lmplements. 
Report of the Committee on Agricultural Imple¬ 
ments. 
Committees on complicated and new machines 
committees, given below, for additional par- errors of judgment, and their decisions must be ta- 
ticulars . ben generally as matters of opinion, rather than 
-- the well-settled matter of fact; and as such the 
Award of Premiums at the County Fair* report of this committee must be estimated, hav- 
- ing had but little time to investigate, and then du- 
cattle. ring a most inclement day. 
eport of Committee^ on Cattle, "tUlass No. 3,com- Rapalje *& Briggs exhibited much the greatest 
prising Native or Grade working Oxen, milch and best got up number of agricultural implements 
Report of Committee on Cattle, 'tUlass No. 3,com- 
Cows and Heifers. 
on the ground—among which, with a great vari- 
Although the number of animals of this class ety of plows and straw cutlers, was a valuable rcot 
was not so large as it has been on some former cutter, Hussey’s reaper, and a tread powerthresh- 
occasions, yet owing to their superior qualities and ing-machine, which evorks freely and thrashes ra- 
(with few exceptions) their near approach to uni- pidly for the power applied, 
forrnity, your committee would have had great F. P. Root, of Sweden, a field cultivator, maii- 
difficulty in singling out the most excellent even ufactured by Ganson & Co., Brockport—Simple, 
if they had not had the duties of an absent com- cheap and strong, with a capital lever adjustment 
mittee imposed upon them. 
We award as follows : 
Best p’r working oxeii J SRamsdell. 
2d do James Upton Vol Trans and $2. 
3d do Wm Otis do 1 
4th do Gideon Ramsdell. do 
Best milch cow, E M Parsons. Dip and $3. 
2d best cow with a fine calf by her side, Eze- 
riah Boody, Vol Trans and $2. 
for guaging its depth of action. 
W. Nixon, Canada West, grain drill of a cheap 
Dip. and and simple construction, but lacking the facilities 
of easing the feeders of obstructions. 
^2. J. P. Smith, of Rochester, the dirk knife straw 
1 cutter—does its work well, having double feed 
gearing for the rollers, and cuts on the saw gate 
id $3. principle. 
de, Ez5- R- B. True, of Riga, a large and well made 
straw and stalk cutter; it performs well but is ra- 
Although there were but two premiums assign- tber expensive in construction, 
ed to cows, two offered by Wm Otis and Gideon P. Seymour, East Bloomfield, a grain drill of 
Ramsdell. were judged worthy of particular no- excellent workmanship and great security of ope- 
tice, and we assumed the responsibility of award- ration. The proprietor is entitled to great praise 
ing them a Vol Trans e'lch. 
Best yearling heifer, E. B. Holmes, $'2. 
2d do Nath’l Haywood, Vol Trans and $1 
for his ingenuity. 
Ira Armstrong, Wheatland, a four-wheeled 
field cultivator, with elevating levers and double 
Class No 2, Native or Grade Bulls, Trained Oxen share points and wings: said to work well and ef- 
and Steers. 
Owing to the lateness of the hour which had ar- 
ficiently. 
Samuel Davison, Greece, a drill plow which in 
rived before these could be viewed quite a num- turning the soil sows the seed, and is a very per- 
ber of the competitors withdrew their stock from feet operating machine. 
the grounds and were perhaps somewhat dissatis- A. H. Atkins, Brockport, a grain and corn drill: 
fied, if such he the case, our excuse wiU be that sows at 8 inch distances with an adjustment for 
this part of our duties was not made known to us regulating each tooth separately. 
_... , . . C! A O__ r __ 
until a late. hour. 
We award as follows : 
Best Bull 2 yettia old. John Raynes.Dip and 
Do 1 do R W Rand, Dip and 
S. A. Smith, Wheatland, a four-wheeled field 
cultivator, with plow share points and adjustible 
gearing; a good article. -k 
Bickford &. Hoffman, Macedon, a grain drill 
Best p’r trained 3 year old steers, GiL Rams- adjustible for quantity by intermediate pinions and 
deli Dip and $2. 
2d do, Wra Otis, Dip and $2. 
3d do, James Upton, Vol Trans. 
revolving cylinders, and has all the fixings of a 
good drill. 
C. F. Grosman, Rochester, a drill plow of pe- 
Mr Upton’s steers were not trained with a view culiar construction, which is said to work well.— 
to work but are designed to be kept a number of Also, a grain cradle with a well constructed ad- 
years to eclipse everything in the beef line,which justment for regulating the fingers; a light, easy 
they bid fair to de. 
Best failed animal one spayed heifer 3 years old 
to Geo Sheffer, Vol Trans and $2. 
2d do, one 5 years old ox, J S Ramsdell $1. 
Extra premium to G Ramsdell for two pairs of 
yearling steers trained by a boy, $1. 
Also to S Shepherd for two p’rs of the same age, 
driven by his little son, drawing his little cart load¬ 
ed with a lig pumpkin, $1. 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
S. Tracy, Ch’n of Com. 
HORSES— STALLIONS. 
hanging article. 
J. Houghton, Ogden, a grain cradle in which 
sheet iron is so inserted as to effectually keep the 
fingers from springing; a valuable improvement 
in this very important article. Also a dish wash¬ 
ing machine which does away with that fearful 
appendage of the kitchen—the dish cloth; inge¬ 
nious and valuable. 
Ring & Hitchcock, Spencerport, a grain cradle 
with a new and convenient means of arranging 
the scythe to the snath, and in every other respect 
a superior piece of workmanship. 
J. C. Rich, Fenfield, a straw cutter too well 
Best stud horse, Wm. Fall, Greece, “Canadian known to need this committee’s commendation. 
Clyde,” diploma and $3. 
2d best, L. P. Berthrong, ^2. 
3d best, Elisha Button, vol. trans. 
MARES AND COLTS. 
Also a bee-hive of good construction. Likewise 
a churn; a very cheap, effective and simple arti¬ 
cle. 
Seymour & Morgan, Brockport, exhibited a 
There were an extra number of Mares and new grain reaper of very superior workmanship, 
Colts presented, and of choice stock. Truman and ingenuity of construction; but coming on the 
Brown, of Chili, presented a mare with four of her ground after the dispersion of the committee, is 
colts, of superior quality, to which we award the only entitled to their commendation, 
first premium, a diploma and $2. Allen Belding, Rochester, exhibited specimens 
2d best, C. F. Crosman, trans. and $2. of the Cayuga, Wisconsin, Eagle, and Strouse’s 
3d best, to Isaac Brown, trans. and $1. plows, and two well made and constructed corn 
YEARLING COLTS. CUltivatOrS. 
But three were offered, which deserve premi- Geo. Swift, Clarkson, two horse hay rakes, of 
urns. Best, Truman Brown, dip. and $2. one of which he is the patentee, and the very best 
2d best, D. Frost & Brother, $2. kind now in Bse. 
3d best, Isaac Brown, $1 Mahlon Gregg, Rochester, a grain drill with 
We award a pair of 3 year old colts, very fine, adjustable cylinder and a dial showing the num- 
owned by N. Locke, a premium of $3. her of acres and the quantity of grain sown; a 
To a pair of two year olds, owned by D. Frost new feature 
Brother, we award a premium of $2. O. Reynolds, Rochester, a grain drill which, 
R. Harmon, Ch’n. though a little complicated, contains a contrivance 
REPORT ON MATCHED CARRIAGE HORSES. to allow the sowing tubes to avoid and overcome 
let premium to £ M Parsons, Dip and $3. obstructions, and altogether promises to be a val- 
2d do S D Walbridg®, $2. uable instrument for the farmers. 
3d do A B Buckland, Vol Trans. Geo. Sheffer, Wheatland, exhibited Ketchum’s 
The Committee would say, that there were sev- grass-mower, which, on level bottoms, will cut 
era! other fine spans of horses on the ground, but I® fo 13 acres of grass per day in a perfect and 
not entitled to Premimus. uniform manner. 
The committee are aware t'lat various other 
articles were entitled to their notice, but owing 
to the rain they were unable to give them atien- 
I tion. 
The number of grain drills was so great, and 
their general principles so nearly alike, that, 
without actual demonstration of their ability to 
perform, the committee were unable to settle a 
preference. 
The committee awarded the following premi¬ 
ums: 
To Rapalje &- Briggs they awarded, for their 
tread sower thrashing machine, Hussey’s leap- 
er, root cutter, and other articles exhibited, a pre¬ 
mium of $15. 
To Frederick P. Root for field cultivator $3. 
To J. P. Smith for dirk-knife straw cutter $1 
and Transactions. 
To S. A Smith for field cultivator $1. 
To Samuel Davison for drill plow $1 and 
Transactions. 
To J. Houghton for grain cradle $2. . 
To same for his dish washing machine—Di¬ 
ploma. 
To Ring & Hitchcock for a superior grain cra¬ 
dle—Diploma. 
To George Smith for horse rake—Transac¬ 
tions. L. B. Langworthy, Chairman. 
NON-ENUMERATED ARTICLES. 
The committee on non-enumerated articles, re¬ 
spectfully report. 
That the first article which came under their 
observation, was a very ingeniously contrived 
wool table, exhibited by J. Crosby, of Ogden, a 
cheap and desirable article, by which wool, when 
taken from the sheep, can be tied up with neat¬ 
ness and dispatch. 
The committee award a volume of Transac¬ 
tions. 
Mr. Houghton, of Adams’ Basin, exhibited a 
new machine for washing dishes, which the 
committee think worthy of attention; also a self- 
adjustiug gate, which can be opened and pass¬ 
ed without the trouble and inconvenience of 
alighting from the carriege—very desirable for la¬ 
zy men. 
Mr. Chas. Rose, of this city, presented a por¬ 
table mill, which is said to possess great merit.— 
It is in operation at the Novelty Mills, in this 
city, and we understand, at most of the different 
Military stations in the United States. Good ev¬ 
idence of its utility. Committee award a volume 
of Transactions. 
C. F. Crossman exhibited a well wheel, bench 
hook foi carpenters’ use, and also a specimen of 
machine belting, which is claimed to be as good 
and cheaper than any other. Volume Transac¬ 
tions. 
BEE-HIVES. 
Mr. J. C. Rich, of Penfield, exhibited, among 
ether articles, his premium bee-hive, filled with 
large bees, and very fine honey. This hive is 
quite extensively used, and is very generally ap¬ 
proved. The committee consider it one of the 
best hives in use, and award a volume of Trans¬ 
actions. 
J. B Ransford presented a hive very neatly i 
constructed. 
Mr. V. S. Bastian, of Rochester, presented 
Dugdale’s Patent hive, which was considered by 
the committee the most desirable one on exhibi¬ 
tion. It contains a wire screen door, and a moth 
chamber, which seem to be a sure preventive 
against these most destructive enemies. 
In addition to this, it is a non-swarrner, and 
seems to combine most of the recent improve¬ 
ments in the bee-hive. The committee recom¬ 
mend it to special attention, and award diploma. 
CHURNS. 
C. Bisbee, Roch., patent churn—called “ The 
Peoples’ Choice.” Vol. Trans. 
J. C. Rich, of Penfield, presented a churn, 
which, if he continues to improve as hereterfore, 
will finally be brought to perfection. 
Messrs. Rapelje Sc, Briggs, of Rochester, pre¬ 
sented a water Ram, and a variety of Churns, 
among which stands the “Thermometer,” pos¬ 
sessing considerable merit, which has been sold 
by them for several years past, is extensively used 
aud generally approved. 
J. C. Rich, of Penfield, 1 Washing Machine, 
which is considered a good article, and the laun¬ 
dress’ assistant. 
J. M. French, Clyde, Wayne county. Model 
Buggy, which the committee were highly pleased 
with, possessing peculiar advantages in its con- 
I struction, by application of cross-reaches and an 
additional fifth wheel, which the inventor claims 
can be applied to all four wheel carriages, R. R. 
cars, and bob sleighs. For a more full description 
we refer to the inventor; and as a compliment to 
the ingenuity and utility of the application of the 
principle, the committee award vol. trans, 
STOVES, . ETC. 
Elliott «& Fitch, Rochester, exhibited a good 
assortment of stoves, among which was Schuyler’s 
capital cook stove, aud having the appearance of 
being a very fine article, also one of Mott’s Ag¬ 
ricultural furnaces, an article much in favor with 
farmers. Vol. trans. 
Also Jenete Sc Root’s folding-door stove for 
wood and coal, which, for beauty of design, du¬ 
rability of construolion, combining all the advan¬ 
tages for heat, and convenience of a close stove, 
the comfort and luxury of an open fire-place, we 
are of the opinion can scarcely be excelled, and 
would award a diploma. 
A. K. Amsden, of Rochester, 1 size of Davy’s 
Iron Furnace, ingeniously constructed and of great 
utility for heating flatirons and tailors’ irons, and 
every family should have one in use, as well as 
the largest variety of healing stoves for wood and 
coal. Vol. trans. 
Also, 4 sizes of that justly celebrated “Hangup 
Air-Tight” cooking stove, the renown of which 
is world-wide, and the advantages which it pos¬ 
sesses over any other cooking stove presented, is 
fully appreciated by a discerning public. Silver 
medal. 
Also, a large Hotel cooking stove, manufactur¬ 
ed by Jonn M. French & Co., of Rochester, of 
sufficient capacity to bake, boil and broil for 300 
persons with ease, and of a very compact form, 
which is recommended to persons who are in 
want of such an article, as being what is desired. 
And your committee regret exceedingly, that 
with the large manufacturing and mechanical in¬ 
terest in our midst, that there was not a larger 
and better variety for competition and exhibition. 
We tiust that this branch will secure a standing 
by the time of our next Fair, that will cause a 
larger display. All of which is respectfully sub¬ 
mitted. James P. Fogg, 
AV. L. Burtis, 
I. S. Horbie. 
Committee. 
[^Remainder on page 318.] 
Coleridge once gravely recommended a 
Canterbury attorney of his acquaintance to 
take a house in the Cathedral precincts, in 
order that the constant contemplation of a 
large object might neutralise the contract¬ 
ing influence of professional habits upon his 
mind. 
Jflwfiamc Jlrte k Iriratu 
INQUIRY ABOUT PAINT. 
Mr. Moore: — I have read with much 
interest, as I do almost every article in your 
valuable paper, the recipe for making paint 
without lead or oil. It seems such an easy 
and economical process I am anxious to try 
it; but first I wish to ascertain whether it 
can be applied over whitewash. Will you 
oblige me so very much as to inform me— 
and perhaps some others of your readers 
will be interested also in knowing. One 
other thing I must take the liberty of ask¬ 
ing—if the paint becomes too thick to ap¬ 
ply easily, with what must it be thinned? 
—and will it answer for loood work and 
hard finish equally well ? If you will find 
time, and space, to answer these queries, 
you will very much oblige 
A Young Housekeeper. 
Phelps, N. ¥., Sept., 1850. 
P. S. My husband will feel very much 
indebted if you will be kind enough to in¬ 
form him where he can procure Leicester 
sheep of pure blood. a. y. h. 
Remarks. —“ A Young Housekeeper ” 
may thin the paint recommended in our 
37th number with skimmed milk. It may 
be applied over old whitewash freely. For 
inside wood work, to make a nice job, it 
should be ground fine or passed through a 
fine sieve. Its great value is for a cheap 
out door paint, for fences and out houses, 
but it possesses very little preservative pow¬ 
er against water. 
Mr. Peck, of Lima, Liv. Co., has very 
fine and pure blood Leicester sheep. 
CHEAP MODE OF BUILDING. 
We trust the good time is coming, when 
the difficulties in the way of the poor man 
desirous of having a dwelling of his own 
will be less formidable than they are at 
present. Every suggestion tending to 
bring that end about, is welcome, and helps 
to keep up hope and courage. A corres¬ 
pondent of the Phr^enological Journal, 
after considering some of the ordinary ma¬ 
terial employed in building, makes mention 
of the experience of Mr. Goodrich, of Mil- 
ton, Wisconsin, who has found sand and 
lime, obtained from his own soil, every way 
better material for building than wood or 
stone, and not one-fourth the expense. Mr. 
Goodrich says: — 
“ The principal expense consists in draw¬ 
ing the material, and lifting the mortar into 
the walls, Sand abounds almost every¬ 
where, and can be got—especially coarse 
gravel—for nothing; and lime is cheap, say 
twelve to fifteen cents a bushel, unslaked. 
One bushel of lime serves for twenty bush¬ 
els of gravel, so that 100 bushels of lime 
will put up 2,100 linshels of mortar, or 
some 2,500 cubic feet of wall, which, sup¬ 
posing your wall is one foot thick—enough 
doubtless, for all practical purposes—would 
build the outside walls of a house 30 feet 
square and 20 feet high; and if the inside 
walls were 8 inches thick, and run througli 
the house each way, one to form the entry, 
and the other to divide the house into front 
and back rooms, it would take only about 
30 bushels more, or 130 bushels in all, at 
a cost of less than $20! And how many 
days’ work is it likely to require to slake 
this lime and shovel the gravel into it, and 
stir up the two together—for no working 
is needed, only mixing—and carry it up to 
the walls ? ” 
How easy it will be for a poor man now 
to build himself a warm and convenient 
house, at a small cost Hot only is the ma¬ 
terial very easily procured, but after being 
prepared and exposed to the sun, it becomes 
almost as hard as granite. It also saves the 
labor of framing, because the flooring tim¬ 
bers can be so easily fitted in their places, 
while the mortar is soft, rendering the 
whole structure as firm as the earth on 
which it stands.— JS.i\ 
Transparent Isinglass Plaster. —This 
is made by spreading a solution of isinglass 
on the coecum of an ox prepared expressly 
for the purpose. This membrane is stretch¬ 
ed over the surface of a flat deal board, and 
kept tight by nails at the edges. When the 
membrane has dried, the solution of isin¬ 
glass is brushed over it with a flat varnish¬ 
ing brush. The coating is allowed to dry 
spontaneously, and then another is applied. 
Four or five coats are thus successively laid 
on, changing the direction of the brush each 
time, and using rather a thinner gelatinous 
solution for the last coat than for those pre¬ 
ceding. When a sufficient thickness of isin¬ 
glass has been formed, the membrane is 
turned over on the board so as to bring the 
unconted surface upwards, and a layer coat 
of drying oil is to be applied on this side. 
A Beautiful Form is better than a beau¬ 
tiful face; a beautiful behavior is better than 
a beautiful form. It gives a higher plea- 
I sure than statues or pictures; it is finest of 
' the fine arts. 
LIST OF PATENTS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
Forjhe week ending September 17, 1850. 
To S. T. Armstrong & C. J. Gilbert, of New 
York, N. Y„ for improvement in the process of 
working Gutta Percha. 
To C. D. Birdseye, of New York, N. Y., for 
imprcTvement in the process of preparing cream. 
To Wm. Blake, of Boston, Mass., for improve¬ 
ments in Spike Machines. 
ToF. A. Calvert, of Lowell, Mass., for im- 
provment in machinery for Ginning or Pickino* 
Cotton. 
To J. W. Carpenter, of Pontiac, Mich., for im¬ 
provement in processes for preparing wheat for 
grinding. 
To W. A Collard, of Cinpinnati, Ohio, for im¬ 
provement in Paper Filers. 
To Ebenezer Danforth, Jr., of Geneva, Ill., for 
improvement in Grain Harvesters. 
T() H. H. Day of Jersey City, N. J., Sc R. Mc- 
Mullin, of Great Barrington, Mass., for improve¬ 
ment in India Rubber Hose. 
To Gerret Erkson, of Hobart, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in the Plow Clevis. 
To John B. Fairbaiik, of Leon, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in Printing Machines. 
To S. L. Graves, of Springfield, III., for im¬ 
provement in Corn Shellers. 
To Sylvester Groesbeck, of New York, N. Y., 
for improved tool for forming plaster cornices and 
mouldings. 
To George Mallory, of New York, N. Y., for 
improvement in Daguerreotype Plate Holders. 
To Wm. Morrison, of Carlisle, Pa., for im¬ 
provement ill Spring-beams to Plows. 
To J. L. Mott, of Mott Haven, N. Y., for im¬ 
proved roadway for rail cars and ordinary vehicles. 
To Benjamin Severson, of Schenectady, N. Y., 
for improvement in cast iron Railroad Car'Wheel« 
RE-ISSUES. 
To Alison Atwood, of Troy, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in stoves: first patent dated May 14, 1850. 
To Isaac Gregg, of Philadelphia, Pa., for im¬ 
provement in Brick Presses: first patent dated 
June 6, 1848. 
To Stephen P, Ruggles, of Boston, Mass., for 
improvement in Printing Presses: first patent da¬ 
ted November 10, 1840. 
DESIGN. 
To John C. King, of Boston, Mass., for design 
for bust of Daniel Webster. 
(il)ri'[rur& nn& (SnAra. 
REMARKS ON STRAWBERRIES AND 
CHERRIES. 
We find the following observations by 
Dr. Kirtland in a late number of the Fam¬ 
ily Visitor : 
Strawberries. — In a former article we 
made a few observations on the strawberry 
crop at the present season. Experience 
has satisfied us that four-fifths of the varie¬ 
ties which have been introduced to the 
public notice are in no wise superior to a 
few old favorites and many are entirely 
worthless in this vicinit y, ((Cleveland, 0.) 
Hovey’s seedling, Willey,'Burr’s old seed¬ 
ling and a variety of Hautboy, introduced 
from Mr. Little’s Garden, of Poland, Ma¬ 
honing Co., can be so managed as to give 
an abundant succession of fruit for five or 
six weeks. The first two kinds are gener¬ 
ally pistillate and is a productive fruit. It 
should be arranged in parallel and continu¬ 
ous beds between the Hovey and Willey, 
which it will serve to render fruitful with¬ 
out the aid of any exclusively staminate 
plants. 
The Hautboy is large, productive and 
abounds in high flavor. A few mixed in a 
dish of the other varieties will add greatly 
to their palatableness. After all that has 
been written on the subject of the straw¬ 
berry controversy we are not certain that a 
right view of the matter is now taken by 
our Horticulturists. Facts have ajyparent- 
ly occurred this season, under our observa¬ 
tion, that at least lead us to suspect that 
the sexual characters of any given variety 
of this fruit are not always permanent, but 
that like the native Black Mulberry and 
the Persimmon they occasionally change. 
In other words the Strawberry is as fits 
been asserted by some Botanist," Polyganie- 
oudy Dioecious, that is, at one time it rnay 
produce stammate flowers, at other pistillate 
and at another a mixture of both. The 
Mulberry and Persimmon have both shown 
these different phases under cultivation in 
our grounds during the last ten years. 
Cherries.— In addition to our former re¬ 
marks on this fruit, we would add that we 
have had an abundant supply from the 
20th of June to the present time, (5th of 
August,) embracing a hundred or more 
varieties. 
The Napoleon has proved a fine fruit for 
pies, and is equal to the Drap d’Or plum 
for that purpose, but for any other is worth¬ 
less. 
The American Amber we should place 
in the condemned list, and the Downtou 
has fallen far below our expectations. For 
market the black varieties have a decided 
preference, and the Black Tartarian stands 
at the head of the list 
At this date, the Shannon is in a high 
state of perfection, and is superior in size 
and flavor to the common Morellos. The 
early Richmond, which comes into use as 
an early cherry, still hangs upon the trees, 
greatly improved in size and flavor. It is 
decidedly a valuable fruit. 
The Belle et Magnifique is now begin¬ 
ning to mature and will continue in use for 
two or three weeks. Its size and beauty 
attract attention, but is only valuable for 
cooking:. 
