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has been employed; also whether in the use of any 
variety of sail, injurious results have occurred, if 
so, state variety and where manufactured. 
The butter offered for premiums must be pre¬ 
sented in butter tubs,'jars or firkins. 
Girls under 21 years of aye —Best lot of butter, 
not less than 10 lbs., made at any time, silver milk 
cup; 2d do, pair butter knives; 3d do, set teaspoons; 
4th do, small silver medal. 
A statement of the manner of making the but¬ 
ter must accompany each sample. 
Best barrel of salt for dairy purposes, $1; 2d do, 
2. Best barrel of coarse salt for packing, 4; 2d 
do, 2 . 
No. 41. CHEESE. 
One year old and over —Best 100 ibs. cheese, 
$20 ; 2d do, 15; 3d do, 10 ; 4th do, 5 ; 5th do, 
Trans. 
Less than one year old —Best 100 lbs. $20 ; 2d 
do, 15 ; 3d do, 10 ; 4th do, 5 ; 5th Trans. Best fk 
dozen Cheese Boxes, $2 ; Best 6 Dairies (not less 
than 3 cheese from each) from any country, $50 ; 
Best 3 Dailies (not less than 3 cheese from each) 
from any town, 20 . 
Those who present cheese for thepremiums’of- 
fered, must state in writing the time it was made ; 
the number of cows kept; whether the cheese was 
made from one, two, or more milkings ; whether 
any addition is made of cream ; the quantity of 
rennet used, and the mode of preparing it; the 
mode of pressure ; and the treatment of cheese af¬ 
terwards, and the kind of salt used. 
The dairies competing in the county premiums 
can not compete in the town, unless there is from 
each dairy at least 6 cheese, three for each premi¬ 
um. 
No. 42. SUGAR. 
Best 25 lbs. Maple Sugar, $10 ; 2d do, 5 ; 3d do, 
3 ; 4th do, Trans. 
The process of manufacturing and clarifying, 
must accompany the samples offered. 
Honey —Best 20 lbs. $5 ; 2d do, 3 ; 3d do, 2. 
No. 43. GRAIN AND SEEDS. 
Best sample white Winter Wheat, not less than 
1 bbl. $10 ; 2d do, 5. Best sample red Winter 
Wheat, 10 ; 2 d do, 5. Best sample of white Spring 
Wheat, 1 bbl. 10 ; 2 d do, 5. Best sample of red 
Spring Wheat, 10 ; 2d do, 5. Best sample of Rye, 
1 bbl. 8 ; 2d do, 4. Best sample of Oats, 1 bbl. 8 ; 
2d do, 4. Best sample of Barley, 1 bbl. 8 ; 2d do, 
4. Best sample of Indian Corn, 1 bbl. 10 ; 2d do, 
5. Best sample of Buckwheat, I bush., 5 ; 2d do, 
3. Best sample of Flax Seed, 1 bushel, 3 ; 2d do, 
2. Best sample of Hops, not less than 25 lbs. $ 10 ; 
2d do, 5. Best sample Timothy Seed, 1 bush., 3; 
2d do, 2. Best sample of newly introduced Grain, 
valuable to the farmer, not less than 1 bbl. 3.— 
(Samples of Grain and Seed in all cases, to be de¬ 
posited in the Museum of the Society.) 
Sample of crops cultivated and raised on any 
one farm, tastefully arranged and exhibited on a 
wagon or cart, $20 ; 2d do, 10 ; 3d do, 5 ; 4th do, 
Trans. 
The exhibitors to present a certificate to the 
committee that all were raised on the exhibitor’s 
own farm. 
No. 44. VEGETABLES. 
12 best stalk of Celery, $3 ; 2d do, 2. 6 best 
heads of Cauliflower, 3 ; 2d do, 2. 6 best heads of 
Brocoli, 3 ; 2d do, 2. 12 best white table Turnips, 
3 ; 2d do, 2. 42 best Carrots, 3 ; 2,1 do, 2. 12 
best Beets, 3 ; 2d do, 2. 12 best Parsnips, 3 ; 2d 
do, 2. 12 best Onions, 3 ; 2d do, 2. 6 best heads 
of Cabbage, 3 ; 21 do, 2. 12 best Tomatoes, 3 ; 
2d do, 2. 2 best Purple Egg Plants, 3 ; 2d do, 2. 
12 best Sweet Potatoes, 3; 2d do, 2. Best half 
peck Lima Beans, 3 ; 2d do, 2. Best half peck 
Windsor Beans. 3 : 2d do, 9 Boat bunch Double 
Parsley, 3 ; 2d do, 2. Three best Garden Squashes, 
3 ; 21 do 2. Three best Large Squashes, 3 ; 2d do, 
2. Best Field Pumpkin, 3 ; 2d do, 2. Twelve 
i best ears of yellow Seed Corn, 3 ; 2d do, 2.— 
| Twelve best ears of white Seed Corn, 3 ; 2d do, 2. 
Best half peck of table Potatoes, 3 ; 2d do, 2 .— 
Best and greatest variety of Vegetables raised by 
exhibitor, $10 ; 2d do, 5. Best new and valuable 
variety of V egetable, with evidence of its superiori¬ 
ty 3. 
No. 45. FLOUR, INDIAN MEAL, STARCH 
AND FARINA. 
Best barrel Flour, $10 :2d do, 8 ; 3d do, 5. Best 
barrel of Indian Meal, prepared for warm climates, 
5 ; 2d do, 3. Best sample Starch from Corn, S. 
Silver Medal. Best do, do from Wheat, S. Silver 
Medal. Best sample Corn or Wheat Farina, S. 
Silver Medal. 
In deciding upon flour exhibited—the premium 
to be awarded for the best barrel of flour made 
from the least quantity of wheat, to be accompani¬ 
ed by a statement of the actual quantity of wheat 
used in the manufacture of 100 barrels of flour ; 
the barrel exhibited, in each case, to be one taken 
from the lot, and a fair sample of the same, to be 
verified by the certificate of the owner and miller; 
to be accompanied with a sample of the wheat, 
the offal and screenings with the weight of the 
same, from the quantity of grain used per barrel. 
The object of the Society is to secure an ex¬ 
hibition of flour as manufactured for market, and 
not a sample of mere fancy flour, prepared solely 
for the occasion, so that when a premium is award¬ 
ed the public may be assured the article which 
receives the premium is of a like character with 
the general manufacture of the miller. 
Best Smut Machine, $15 ; 2d do, 10. 
No. 46. SILK AND DOMESTIC MANU¬ 
FACTURES, No. 1. 
Best specimen manufactured Silk, (woven into 
cloth or ribbons, not less than ten yards,) Diploma 
and $10 ; 2d do, 8 ; 3d do, 3. 
Reded Silk — Not less than one. pound. —Best 
specimen. Dip, and $5 ; 2d do, 3 ; 3d do, Trans. 
Sewing Silk —Not less than one pound .—Best 
specimen Dip, and $5 ; 2d do, 3 ; 3d do, Trans. 
Cocoons. —Best bushel, (1852,) $5 ; 2d do, Trans. 
Woolen Goals. —Best pair Woolen Blankets, 
$10; 2d do, 8 ; 3d do, 6 ; 4th do, 4. Best 10 yards 
Flannel, 10 ; 2d do, 8 ; 3d do, 6 ; 4th do, 4. Best 
10 yards Woolen cloth, $10 ; 2d do, 8; 3d do, 6 ; 
4th do, 4. Best 15 yards Woolen Carpet, 12 ; 2d 
do, 10 ; 3d do, 8 ; 4th do, 4. Best Hearth Rug, 5 ; 
2d do, 4 ; 3d do 3 ; 4th do, 2. Best Rag Carpet, 
15 vards, $8 ; 2d do, 6 ; 3d do, 4 ; 4th do, Small 
S. Medal. 
No. 47. DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES No. 2. 
Bent double Carpet Coverlet, $8 ; 2d do, 6 ; 3d 
do, 4 ; 4th do, 3 ; 5th do, 2. Best 10 yards Kersey, 
8 >; 2d do, 6 ; 3d do, 4 ; 4th do, 3. Best pair 
Woolen knit Stockings, 3 ; 2d do, 2 ; 3d do, 1 .— 
Best pair Woolen wove Stockings, 3 ; 2d do, 2 ; 
3d do, 1 . Best pajr Woolen Fringe Mittens, 2 ; 
2 d do, 1 . 
No. 48. DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES, No. 3. 
Best 10 yards Linen, $10 ; 2d do, 8 ; 3d do, 6 ; 
4th do, 4. Best 10 yards Linen Diaper, 8 ; 2d do, 
6 ; 3d do, 4 ; 4th do, 2. Best 15 yards Tow Cloth, 
5 ; 2d do, 3. Best pair of Cotton knit Stockings, 
3 ; 2d do, 2; 3d do,l. Best pair Cotton wove 
Stockings, 3 ; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1 . Best pair Linen 
knit Blockings, 3 ; 2d do, 2 ; 3d do, 1. Best pair 
Line wove Stockings, 3 ; 2d do, 2 ; 3d do, 1 . Best 
pound Linen Sewing Thread, $2 ; 2d do, l. 
Articles of domestic manufacture to be made in 
the family within the year—and in all cases, the 
exhibitors must furnish evidence that the articles 
are so manufactured. And no article manufactur¬ 
ed in factories or out of the family, will be receiv¬ 
ed in either of the classes of domestic manufac¬ 
tures. 
No. 49. MANUFACTURES OTHER THAN 
DOMESTIC. 
Best piece of black broadcloth not less than 20 
yards, dip; do of blue do, do; do of woolen carpet 
manufactured in factory, not less than 20 yards, 
do; do of satinet, 20 yds, do; do of cotton shining 
bleached, 20 yds, do; do do, unbleached, do; do 
of oil cloth, 10 vds, do; do of prints, 20 \ds, do; 
do mosselin de laities, 20 yds, do; do of bi’k broad¬ 
cloth, from Amercan wool, 20 yds, do; do of blue 
do, do: do of blankets, do; do of flannel, do; do of 
woolen shawls, from American wool, dip. andsil. 
medal; 2d do, small.sil. medal. 
Competition open to the world. 
No. 50. NEEDLE, SHELL AND WAX 
WORK. 
Best ornamental needle work, $3; 2d do, 2; 3d 
do, 1. Best ottoman cover. 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 
1 . Best table cover, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1. Best 
group flowers, 3; 2d do, 2: 3d do, 1. Best varie¬ 
ty of worsted work, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1. Best 
fancy chair work with needle, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 
1. Best worked cushion and back, 3; 2d do, 2; 
3d do, 1. Best worked collar and handkerchief, 3; 
2d do, 2; 3d d >, 1. Best woolen shawl, 3; 21 do, 
2; 3d do, 1. Best worked quilts, 3: 2d do, 2; 3d 
do, 1. Best portfolios worked, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 
1 . Best silk bonnets, 3: 2d do, 2; 3d do, I. Best 
straw do, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1. Best lace capes, 
3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1. Best lampstand mats, 3: 
2d do, 2; 3d do, 1. Best ornamented shell work, 
3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, I. Best specimen of wax 
flowers, 3; 2d do, 2. 
Small silver medals, to the number of twenty 
may be awarded, and Trans., Downing, Thomas 
on Fruits, Barry’s Fruit Garden, or Norton’s Prize 
Essay, on articles not named in the above list. 
The articles in this department must bo manu¬ 
factured by the exhibitors. 
No. 51. FLOWERS. 
Professional List —Greatest varietvand quan¬ 
tity of flowers, $10; 2d do, 5; 3d do, 3. 
Dahlias. —Greatest variety, $5; 2d do. 3. Best 
24 dissimilar blooms, 3; 2d do, 2. Best single 
dahlia. 2; 2d do, 1. 
Itoses —Greatest variety, $5; 2d do, 3. Best 24 
dissimilar blooms, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1. 
Phloxes —Best 10 varieties, $3; 2d do, 2. Best 
seedling, 2; 2d do, 1. 
Veibcnas —Greatest variety, $5; 2d do, 3. Best 
12 varieties, $2; 2d do, 1. Best seedling, 2; 2d 
do, 1. 
German Asters —Best collection, $5; 2d do, 3; 
3d do, 2. 
Pansies —Best and greatest variety, $3; 2d do, 
2. Best 24 varieties, 2; 2d do, 1. 
Amateur List —Greatest variety and quantity of 
flowers, silver medal; 2d do, $3. 
Dahlias —Greatest vari ety, $5; 2d do, 3. Best 
12 dissimilar blooms, 3; 2d do, 2. Best 6 varie¬ 
ties, 2; 2d do, 1. Best single variety, small silver 
medal. 
Iloses —Greatest variety, $5; fid do. 3. Best 6 
dissimilar blooms, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1. 
Phloxes —Best 6 varieties, $3; best 3 varieties, 
2 ; best seedling, 2. 
Verbenas —Greatest variety, $5; 2d do, 3. Best 
seedling, 2; 2d do, 1. Best 6 varieties, 3; 2d do, 
2. Best 3 varieties, 2; 2d do, 1. 
German Asters —Best collection, $5; 2d do, 3. 
Pansies —Best and greatest variety, $3; 2d do, 
2. Best 6 varieties, 2; 2d do, 1. 
General, List — Open 1o all competitors —Beet 
collection of green-house plants, owned by one 
person, $5; 2d do, 3. Best floral design, 5; 2d do. 
3. Best floral ornament, 5; 2d do, 3- Best hand 
bouquet, fiat, 3; 2 1 do, 2. Best band bouquet, 
round , 3; 2d do, 2. Best basket bouquet with 
handle, 3. For the most beautilullv arranged 
basket of flowers, 3: best floral exhibition, by any 
Horticultural Society, Loudon’.-'. Encyclopedia of 
Gardening: best exhibition of dried specimens of 
plants, silver medal. For newly discovered varie¬ 
ties of plants, silver medal. 
No.52. FRUIT. AMATEUR LIST. APPLES, 
PEARS AND PEACHES. 
For the best 20 varieties of good table apples, 3 
of each variety, named and labelled, grown by ex¬ 
hibitor, dip. and $10; 2d do, 7; 3d do, 5; 4tb do, 
traits. For best 10 varieties of table apples, 8; 2d 
do, 5; 3d do, 3; 4th do, Downing’s Fruits. For 
best fall seedling apple, for all purposes, with de¬ 
scription of tree, history o f its origin, &c.: 1 dozen 
specimens to be exhibited, 5: best basket of stand¬ 
ard fruits, to be composed of a variety of fruits, at 
least 3 of each variety, 6; 2d do, 4; 3d do, 3. 
Pears —For the best 12 varieties of pears, named 
and labelled. $8; 2d do, 6; 3d do, 4; 4th do, Bar¬ 
ry’s Fruit Garden: best 6 varie’ies of pears, 3 of 
each variety, 5; 2d do, 3; 3d do, 2; 4th do, Thom¬ 
as's Fruit Culturi-t: best collection of newly in¬ 
troduced pears, with a description, &c., dip. and 
Hovev’s Colored Fruits. 
Peaches —Bust 6 varieties, named and labelled, 
dip. and $5: 2d ao, 3; 3d do, 1: best 3 varieties, 
named ami labelled, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, Trans.: 
best 12 peaches, 3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, trails.: best 
seedling variety, 6 specimens, 3. 
No 53. PLUMS, NECTARINES, QUINCES, 
GRAPES, &c. 
Plums —Best collection of plums, G specimens 
each variety, $5; 2d do, 3; 3d do, 1: best 4 vari¬ 
eties of good plums, 6 specimens each, 3; 2d do, 
2; 3d do, trails.: best 12 plums, choice variety,2; 
2 d do, trans. 
Nectarines —Best and largest number of good 
varieties, 6 specimens ettch, $3; 2d do, 2: best 12 
specimens of any good variety, 2; 2d do, trails. 
Quinces —Best 12 quinces, of any variety, $3; 
2d do, 2; 3d do, trans. 
Grapes —Best and most extensive collection of 
good native grapes, grown in the open air, $5; 2d 
do, 3; 3d do, 2: best 3 varieties of native or foreign 
grapes, grown under glass, 3 bunches each to he 
shown, 5; 2d do, 3; 3d do, 2: best dish of native 
grapes, trans. 
Watermelons —Best specimen of any variety, 
$3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1: best collection of water¬ 
melons, 3; 2d do, 2. 
Muskmelons —Best specimens of any variety, 
$3; 2d do, 2; 3d do, 1: best collection of musk- 
melons, 3; 2d do, 2. 
Cranberries —Best peck of domestic culture, $5; 
2d do, 3. 
To be accompanied with a full description of 
the manner of cultivation, nature of soil, &c. 
Any premiums may be withheld, in the discre¬ 
tion of the committee, if the sainplesoxhibited are 
not worthy of a premium. 
To the town that exhibits the best collection of 
fruits, raised by amateurs, $10; 2'd do, 5; 3d do, 
Downing. 
The fruit exhibited for which premiums are 
awarded, to be at the disposal of the committee. 
No person can receive but a single premium on 
the same fruit 
10 volumes of Downing, common edition, and 
10 of Thomas’s Fruit Culture.fand 10 of Barry’s 
Fruit Garden, will be awarded by the committee 
in their discietion, for choice fruits not enumerated. 
No. 54. FRUIT. PROFESSIONAL LIST. 
APPLES, PEARS AND PEACHES. 
Same premiums as No. 52. 
Plums, Nectarines, Grapes, SfC. —Same premi¬ 
ums as No. 53, with the exception of the Toion 
.Premiums. 
FOREIGN FRUITS. 
For best exhibition of each variety of fruits 
named in the above list, by persons out of the 
State, small sil. med. and trars.; 2d do, Downing, 
Thomas, and Barry’s Fruit Garden. 
Volumes of Downing or Thomas, and Barry, 
will bo awarded by the Judges, in their discretion, 
for choice fruits not enumerated. 
[LF Winter Exhibition of Fruits will be had at 
the Annual Meeting in February, 1853. 
No. 55. PAINTINGS. ANIMAL PAINT¬ 
INGS, DRAWIiNGS, &c. 
For best specimen of animal painting in oil, by 
American artist, dip. and sil. medal; do (loin wa¬ 
ter colors, do: best specimen of animal painting 
in oil, by foreign artist, do; d) do in water colors, 
do: best specimen of cattle drawing, do: best draw¬ 
ing of show grounds for Society, do. 
No. 56. COOKING AND PARLOR STOVES. 
For best cooking stove for wood fire, sil. med.; 
2 d do, small do: best cooking stove for coal, sil. 
med.; 2d do, small do; best cojking range for fam¬ 
ilies, sil. med.; 2d do, small do: best furnace or 
other apparatus for warming houses, economy of 
construction and consumption of fuel, and security 
to premises to be taken into consideralion, sil. med. 
Parlor —For best ornamental parlor stove, sil. 
med.; 2d do, small do: best hall stove, sil. med.; 
2 d do, small do: best sample of hollow ware, small 
silver medal. 
No. 57. SILVER WARE, CUTLERY AND 
BRITANNIA. 
For best exhibition of silver ware, silver medal: 
best exhibition of silver table cutlery, do: best ex¬ 
hibition of table cutlery, American manufacture, 
do; 2d do, small do: best exhibition pocket cutlery, 
American manufacture,sil. med.; 2d do, small do: 
best specimen of silver wate with agricultural de¬ 
signs suitable for premiums, sil. med ; 2d do, small 
do: bestspecirnen of argentine and britannia wate, 
sil. med.; 2d do, small do. 
DISCRETIONARY DEPARTMENT. 
For improvements in machinery useful to the 
farmer, and having valuable properties, and not 
included under any head of anyot the regular pre¬ 
miums, discretionary premiums will be awarded ; 
but no premium will be awarded upon articles 
which properly belong to any of the previous 
classes. 
Under this general head, premiums will be 
awarded upon articles of ingenuity, usefulness and 
merit., which may be exhibited, which are not 
drovided for in the foregoing list of premiums; and 
they will be classed as follows: 
No. 58. Machinery of metal composition for 
general uses, and not before named. 
Articles constructed of wood, not before named _ 
No. 59. Articles manufactured of leather, In¬ 
dia rubber, gulta percha, 4*c., and, not before 
named. 
Articles composed of cloth, fur, <)’(-., such as 
caps, hats, furs, umbrellas, 4’C., not before named. 
(In these classes, 58 and 59, there will be placed 
at the disposal of the Judges, to award in their dis¬ 
cretion, in money, $101) to each class, and 25 
medals—and to each, in addition. Diplomas, Nor¬ 
ton’s Prize Essay, Transactions, &c., as the im¬ 
portance of the articles may demand. The Di¬ 
ploma is, in all cases, evidence of superior merit.) 
jfgr” U is intended to issue a printed Catalogue 
of the animals and articles on exhibition, as early 
as practicable, during the Fair. To be able to do 
this, it will be necessary for exhibitors to have 
their entries made the week previous. The Cata¬ 
logue will be made up from such entries as shall 
be made previous to the 7th of September. 
Jomtatu (Btonomij. 
INDIAN LIGHT BISCUIT. 
Take a quart of sifted Indian meal, a 
pint of sifted wheat flour, a very small tea¬ 
spoonful of salt, three pints of milk and 
four eggs. 
Sift tlie Indian and wheat meal into a pan 
and add the salt. Mix them well. Beat 
the white and yolk of the eggs separately. 
The yolks must bo beaten till very thick 
and smooth; the whites to a stiff’ froth 
that will stand alono of itself. Then stir 
tho yolks gradually a little at a time, into 
the milk. Add by degrees tho meal. Last¬ 
ly, stir in tho beaten white of tho eggs, and 
give the wholo a long and hard stirring.— 
Butter a sufficient number of cups, or small 
deep tins—nearly fill them with the batter. 
Set them immediately into a hot oven, and 
bake them fast. Turn them out of tho cups, 
send them to tho tablo warm, pull them 
open, and eat them with butter. 
They will puff' up finely, if at last you 
stir in a level teaspoonful of soda, molted in 
a little warm water .—Miss Leslie’s Indian 
Meal Book. 
Fried Potatoes. —A secret worth knowing;. 
—I guess no Yankee ever forgot three 
dishes somewhat peculiar to his native land; 
these are codfish and potatoes, baked beans, 
and fried potatoes ; and I also guess he nev¬ 
er has found them, particularly tho last, 
possessing that dolicious richness which 
greeted his boyhood’s palate. Natives of 
other lands don’t know how to fry potatoes; 
yet, ’tis an oasy matter. There is but one 
secret. After you have washed, peeled and 
sliced them nicely, quite thin, put two quarts 
of potatoes into two quarts of hot lard— 
not merely melted, but hot, very hot, just 
as hot as it can bo made without burning. 
That is tho secret. Fresh fish should be 
cooked in tho same way. Ditto doughnuts. 
It is “a secret worth knowing.”— Plow. 
Death by Extraction of a Tooth. —A 
lady in Worchester, Va., named Locko, had 
a tooth extracted about a fortnight ago, and 
tho bleeding continued until Tuesday, when 
tho lady expired from exhaustion. Several 
physicians tried in vain to stop tho bleeding. 
A gentleman in this village says that a 
cure-for the above may be obtained by boil¬ 
ing an egg hard, and taking a piece of the 
white and putting it in the cavity, which will 
immediately stop tho blooding. This easy 
remedy our informant received from a phy¬ 
sician, and ho has nover known it to fail.— 
JYiagara Democrat. 
Cl r Cttjjnrii imi) dkritoi. 
STATE FAIRS AND FRUIT COMMITTEES. 
I have read With muth interest the various 
remarks made at different times on the de¬ 
fects and abuses at our Stato Fair. Some 
of these, I have no doubt, may be correct¬ 
ed, while others must remain as long as 
there is such a thing as human imperfection. 
I believe as a general thing, much charita¬ 
ble feeling should be called into exercise in 
judging the conduct of thoso who labor as¬ 
siduously for weeks in making tho needful 
preparations, generally with no compensa¬ 
tion, and for which they not unfrequently 
receive “ moro kicks than coppers” as their 
reward. 
But there are nevertheless some abuses— 
and if the regulations of the Society cannot 
be brought to bear upon them, I hope the 
conductors of journals will create a public 
opinion in relation to them, which cannot be 
resisted. I have heard bitter complaints 
from the exhibitors of fruits, of tho remorse¬ 
less manner in which committee-men slashed 
into their most delicious, highly-prized, and 
carofully-brought specimens, which they 
had been watching and nursing for months, 
and brought with great care a long road to* 
tho fair. Theso wero cut into with the 
most flippant despatch on tho day before tho 
public could see them, by committee-men, 
and handed round to their friends—and the 
seventy thousand not permitted to set their 
eyes upon them, because a few particular 
friends wanted “ just to taste.” I admit that 
when fruit is examined by judges, it is need¬ 
ful that they “try” it; but this does not ren¬ 
der necessary the complete disappearance of 
tho finost dishfuls, as was witnessed at our 
last fair, where some beautiful hothouse 
grapes from another State, marked “ re¬ 
served’’ were nabbed by men who had no ju¬ 
risdiction over “foreign fruits,”—thought¬ 
lessly, no doubt,—but tho exhibitors might 
well say with tho frogs in tho fablo, “this is 
mighty fine fun for you, but it is death to 
us.” And this now brings me to another 
branch of tho subject,—most of thoso I have 
heard speak, think it a “delicate subject,” 
and hardly to be mentioned except in private 
—I mean the effect of those wine bottles, which 
wero exhibited in floral hall by mistake, in¬ 
stead of in manufacturer’s or dairy hall, be¬ 
cause they are manufactured articles—not 
productions of nature. The public may not 
know, but a few individuals do, that those 
bottles were made an object of disgraceful 
contention oyi tho part of somebody—and 
that the results which they produced are 
painful even in recollection at tho present 
hour. But enough of this. 
I see by the new premium list, (hat all 
fruits are to belong to the committees. I 
hope tho Society will see that “ possession 
is not given” till the groat public havo had 
at least one hurried glance at them, from 
out of the midst of the torrent of elbows, as 
they are all jostled along—tho only poor 
privelege they can enjoy. Tho fruits aro 
brought there to be seen. an old man. 
MANURE FOR REARING VINES. 
Prof. MAPES,in tho Working Farmer, rec¬ 
ommends peat or swampy muck which has 
been decomposed by salt mixed with ashes, 
or whole bones buried near their roots.— 
These will soon be appropriated and during 
the summer rest, a little potash water will 
hurry up their action. 
Cole, in his Fruit Book says that a com¬ 
post of animal manure and peat decomposed 
in the samo manner as above, to be dug in 
around the roots is better than manure alone. 
Ashes alone are a good manure. Cinders 
from the blacksmith’s forge are excellent.— 
Soap suds are a good liquid manure, so aro 
sink-water and urino ; and better to mix all 
and let them ferment. Bono manuro is one 
of tho best for grapes. Apply it moderate¬ 
ly if it be fine, but liberally in whole bones, 
or largo pieces as it will decompose slowly. 
The best and last manure is leaves and trim¬ 
mings of vines buried around the roots. 
Two or three grapo vines, with proper at¬ 
tention paid to them would in a few years 
afford sufficient fruit, of a palatable kind to 
supply a family, and this attention, were the 
vines near tho house, could be bestowed with¬ 
out interfering much with the other necessa¬ 
ry work of tho farm. We would therefore 
say, buys, set about it this spring, strive to 
make home pleasant by setting out what will 
add to the beauty of tho homestead and to 
your own and your friends enjoyment.— 
Middlesex Farmer. 
Uniieaded Cabbages. —There aro often 
many of these when tho crop is gathered at 
the approach of winter, commonly thrown 
away as useloss. They may be rendered 
fino for spring use by transplanting them 
in a close double row, and then covering 
them with boards or slabs liko the steep 
roof of a house, with an additional coating 
of a few inches of earth. They should 
then bo properly ventilated. By next 
spring a largo portion of them will be found 
well headed and delicately blanched .—The 
Plow. 
Those who have gardens or small allot¬ 
ment! of land are strongly advisod to culti¬ 
vate parsnips, which are much superior to 
carrots, both for the tablo and for the feeding 
of pigs and other animals. 
Bin'ljatiir dirts |riniu. 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, 
For the week ending March 16, 1852. 
Fordyce Beals, of Pittsfield, Mass., for improve¬ 
ments in double plane irons. 
Thos. Crossley of Itoxbury, Mass., for improve¬ 
ment in carpets. 
Fred’k P. Dimpfel, of Philadelphia, Pa., for im¬ 
provement in the construction of grate bars. 
John T. Hammitt, of Philadelphia, I’a., for im¬ 
provement in sofa bedsteads. 
A. B. Latta, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for improve¬ 
ment in joints around glass tubes for philosophical 
apparatus. 
Jas. Lattimer of Chattoogaville, Ga., for im¬ 
provement in shovel plows. 
Thos. J. Laws, of Washington, Ark., for im¬ 
provement in cotton gins. 
Chas. Lennig, of Philadelpia, Pa., for improve¬ 
ment in the treatment of hydro-sulphurets and 
in manufactuing carbonates and sulphur com¬ 
pounds. 
Austin Olcott, of Rochester, N.Y., for improve¬ 
ment in burners for argand lamps. 
J. Parsons Owen, of Norwalk, O., for improve¬ 
ment in machines for cutting screws on rails and 
posts of bedsteads. 
Horace T. Robbins, of Lowell, Mass., for im¬ 
provement in connecting washers with spindles in 
spinning maeliineiy. 
Daniel Stearns, of Rome, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in planing machines. 
Wm S. Thomas, of Norwich, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in cupping and breast glasses. 
Sami. T. Thomas, of Lowell, Mass., and Edw. 
Everett, of Lawrence, Mass., for improvement in 
pattern cards for Jacquard looms. 
Wm. Tut ton, of Bushwick, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in hot air registers. 
Thos. Walber, of New York, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ments iu railroad car brakes. 
Ira Warren, of Boston, Mass., for improvement 
in instruments for inhaling powders. 
Chas. J. Woolson, of Cleveland, O., for improve¬ 
ment in hinges for stove-doors, etc. 
Hickford Marshall and Seth S. Cook, of Stam¬ 
ford, Conn., assignors to John Bostwick and El¬ 
bert White, of same place, for improved arrange¬ 
ment of jackchain machinery. 
FOWL FEEDER, 
Mr. S. W. Alijee, of Walpolo Choshiro 
Co., N. H., has taken measures to secui*e a 
patent for an apparatus for feodir.g fowls. 
Within a suitable case there is enclosed a 
hopper and feed boxes; the case has doors 
hung and arranged with levers in such a 
manner that they may be opened by tho 
fowls as they alight or tread upon steps 
which are connected to the leaves of the 
doors. Tho grain is placed in tho hopper 
within the case, and falls from thence into 
tho feed boxes, the supply being regulated 
by slides. When the fowls leavo tho steps 
tho doois close iiy their own gravity, and 
when tho doors are opened by the* fowls 
alighting on tho step, they obtain tho grain 
from tho feed boxes whiclt are placed with¬ 
in their reach. When it is desired, tho fowls 
are prevented from opening the doors by 
turning or raising up the steps. Thus the 
fowl feeder preserves tho grain from vermin 
and filth, as it is enclosed within tho case ; 
much waste is also prevented, and the fowls 
can feed themselves at pleasure. It is a 
valuable invention for farmers.— Sci. dim. 
New Chimney Sweeper. —A machine has 
been invented in England for cleaning chim¬ 
neys, which is at once simple and ingenious. 
It consists of an air-tight India-rubber bag, 
covered over with a texture having strong 
bristles or split whalebone interwoven in it. 
To this is atttiched a tube of guta-percha, 
forty feet long, and one inch in diameter, hav¬ 
ing a brass screw-joint at one end, and 
another in the middle, with inflating valve 
at tho end. The bag is thrust up tho chim¬ 
ney while uninflated; and when it is at the 
top it is “ blown up” by means of a pair of 
bellows, till it fits the orifice of tho chimney. 
The operator draws it slowly down, and with 
it all tho soot which has accumulated. 
New Breecii-Loading Rifle. —Mr. Al¬ 
bert G. Bagley, the famous maker of gold 
pens, has invented one of tho most hand- 
sorno and original breech-loading rifles that 
we over saw; it is unique; the breech cham¬ 
ber is quite different from any that wo havo 
examined. It loads down tho breech, which 
answers the purpose of a loading muzzle.— 
The breech chamber is pushod into and out 
of the barrel by tho turn of a screw. The 
nipple for tho cap lies horizontally, and al¬ 
together it is a most capital invention. Wo 
had thought there was no room for improve¬ 
ment in breech-loading riflos; but who can 
sot bounds to the inventors of this world ?— 
Sci. American. 
Newspaper Portfolio. —Mr. E. G. Tay¬ 
lor, bookbinder in the Sun Buildings, New 
York, and neighbor to the Scientific Amer¬ 
can, has invented and manufactures a new 
kind of portfolio for filing nowspapers, 
which is the best thing of the kind that has 
ever been brought beforo the public. Tho 
newspaper is put into file by simply turning 
a screw to admit it, and then it is fastened 
by turning tho screw in a contrary direction. 
It has covors like other portfolios, and is 
very neat. This is something which wo 
long considered “an invention wanted:”— 
Every porson who filos a newspaper should 
have one. The prico is $1,50.— Sci. Am. 
The Poughkeepsie Eagle, speaking of the 
new magnetic engine which has been tried 
on the rails at that placo, says that all doubts 
of its entire success for propelling machine¬ 
ry havo vanished. 
