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OCT. 2. 
stack, with two others leaning against it, so as to 
furnish an air passage, should their he any ten¬ 
dency to heating. Stalks had better remain well 
Btooked in the field, until wanted for feeding out, 
than to be stored in large stacks or close mows, 
where they are certain to suffer from heating or 
mould, or both combined. 
We cannot close without earnestly advising far¬ 
mers to take especial care of their corn fodder; for 
when well-cured, it is of high value for milch cows 
and other stock, and we would be equally in earn¬ 
est in denouncing the practice of feeding out 
along the roads and lanes, wasting the refuse stalks 
as well as the manure made by the animals thus 
fed everywhere but the right place—in the barn¬ 
yard. If the yard is muddy it surely wants the lit¬ 
ter—and sheds and racks are in the end never 
expensive. 
Facts warrant the assertion that coin fairly 
ripened on the stalks is heavier than that husked 
before it becomes properly dry, and that there is 
some gain in grain—accompanied with a loss in 
the value of the fodder—when the corn is well 
dried on the hill before cutting. The farmer must 
deeide for himself—more frequently, however, cir¬ 
cumstances decide for him, and he cuts his corn 
when other work and the weather allow him to get 
at it— b. 
THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR, 
Eds. Rural:— Perhaps a few lines from the 
Illinois State Fair may be of interest to you. This 
is the Sixth Annual Exhibition, and is held at Cen- 
tralia, or, rather, Central City, though the two 
places are almost one. These towns are 252 miles 
from Chicago, and on the line of the Illinois Cen¬ 
tral Railroad, a short distance below the junction 
of the two branches. Above here, at various dis¬ 
tances, cross-roads from East and West, from North 
and South, intersect, and thus Centralia is open to 
all the State and States adjacent It is worthy of 
mention here, that the Illinois Central Railroad 
passes over as many degrees of latitude as one 
would traverse in goiDg from Albany to Norfolk. 
Thus you find in Illinois the productions of a wide 
region, and the climate of several degrees in 
extent 
The Illinois State Fairs have been heretofore 
held in the Central and Northern parts of the 
State. This is held in “ Egypt,” sb the Southern 
portion of Illinois is called. It was so held, in 
order to bring out the productions of Egypt, to 
interest the citizens, and to commend the im¬ 
provement in Agriculture and Mechanics to a 
people, who, by location and association, are not 
regarded as particularly alive to Progress. Egypt 
was settled by Southern people. It has a rich soil 
and mild climate, and its people, gaining a liveli¬ 
hood with ease, are content with the ways of their 
fathers, and willing to remain in the condition of 
their Virginia and Kentucky ancestors. The wave 
of Progress moves on, but Egypt has hardly heard 
the echo of its roar. The “Sucker” here vegetates 
in immortal bloom, addicted to indolence, to hunt¬ 
ing and sporting, and easily winning from the 
soil the means of livelihood. 
Southern Illinois has much of the prairie in it, 
but it has a larger proportion of forest and of 
broken and hilly country, than may be found in 
any other part of the State. 
The present Fair, at which $15,000 is offered in 
premiums, has surpassed the anticipations of the 
Society, and may be regarded as a grand success. 
In the Stock Department, there is a splendid show. 
At first, 353 stalls were made, but the demands of 
the first day required an addition, and now more 
than 400 stalls and pens are lining the grounds, 
while scores of cattle are tethered in the open air, 
beneath the shade of the grove. The display of 
Horses and Cattle is particularly fine. Sheep are 
numerous and look well. Swine are few, but very 
good specimens are seen. The race of Western 
Swine is not particularly remarkable for its supe¬ 
rior qualities. Of Mules and Jacks there is a large 
show, and it would do an Eastern man good to see 
what fine Mules can be produced. The Jacks 
speak for themselves, as our ears testify, after 
sleeping two nights on the grounds. They make 
night more than hideous with their vociferous 
brayings. 
In Fine Arts, the display is only moderate. In 
Dairy products very slim. In Domestic Fabrics, 
tolerable; nothing remarkable, but I know very 
little of this sort of comforters. The Mechanical 
Department is good, but not very large. This De¬ 
partment is, however, very attractive. Reapers 
and Mowers, Scales and Plows, are surrounded by 
crowds. Bee-hives come in for a large share of at¬ 
tention. 
The Fruit show is good, — considering the fact 
that Illinois is not a great fruit State,—but a simple 
Rochester show would make a larger display.— 
Apples and Pears do well in parts of the State. 
Grapes succeed in Egypt and the lower Central 
portions. Peaches thrive along the Mississippi 
and at the South, and the Melons are unequaled. I 
find that Hooker & Co., and Ellwanger & Barry 
have both representative men and representative 
pears here, and their beautiful varieties are truly 
luscious to behold, and, undoubtedly, “not bad to 
take.” Of this I cannot speak professionally or 
experimentally. Mr. Kedzie is here with his 
Filters, and S. S. Hitchcock and Mr. Pitts are on 
hand from their Scale Works and Horse Powers, 
in Chicago. Otherwise I am the only entry in 
Class—“Rochester Men.” 
Now, my friend Rural, a word for your private 
ear, and “ prent ” it, too. Read, mark and in¬ 
wardly digest, and then operate on the officers of 
the New York State Society. They have an 
Editor’s building here, in the middle of the grounds, 
“contagious” to the eating department, in full 
view of the horse-ring, and “mighty convenient” 
to the most of the grounds. This edifice is of 
plank, thirty feet by thirty, with a long table 
of rough boards, and benches, to occupy a part 
of the same. The rest is “our” quarters by 
night, and general reception, writing and talking 
room by day. Part of this building is divided 
off into a Telegraph office and Superintend¬ 
ent’s office. The Editor’s room is a new fea¬ 
ture in Illinois, and I believe an unknown one in 
New York, where let it be established and flourish. 
Its erection is due mainly to the efforts of Mr. 
Dunlap, a well known agricultural writer of this 
State,—the “ Rural” of the Chicago Tribune, and 
the proprietor of a nursery at Urbana. To him be 
the praise, and may his shadow never be less, for 
am I not indebted to him for sundry favors? 
The Agriculturists of the State are here, and 
most of the leading men in politics. Mr. Doug¬ 
las is not present, but his wife is. Mr. Lincoln, 
the Republican candidate for the Senate, is present, 
the State Treasurer, Auditor, Judges, Generals, 
Colonels, Majors, and all their subordinates, Honor- 
ables of every degree, Editors, a Circus, and over 
20,000 people, who crowd the Fair Grounds to 
repletion. Then, women and children are here, 
and if the Egyptian females did not dispense with 
hoops after the manner of the “figgers” on the 
Hieroglyphics, there would be such a crash as 
would cause immense sacrifice of steel and whale¬ 
bone. As it is they overrun everything, and settle 
down on every place like an army of locusts. Even 
the sacred precincts of the Editor’s room are not 
exempt from these forcible entries. One thing is 
certain, the Destroying Angel has not passed over 
this Egypt and taken the lives of the first born, or 
the last born either. There is a display of infants, 
at the breast and in arms, which would do credit 
to the most notable baby-show yet offered to an in¬ 
telligent and discerning public. 
Now, Messrs. Editors, you know I am not an agri¬ 
culturist, and do not pretend to give you all the 
solid facts which present themselves at these 
shows. But such facts as I have, I give unto you, 
and as far as they go they are accurate, especially 
so far forth as the infants are concerned. 
Centralia, Ill., Sept. 16, 1868. C. P. D. 
THE HARVEST IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. 
Eds. Rural:— Another season, with its toils and 
anxieties, has passed, harvest time has arrived 
again, and the tired farmers are gathering a reward 
for their labors. And, although the times are hard, 
very hard, they feel in much better spirits, and 
encouraged to wait for the “ good time coming,” 
much more patiently than last year, after having 
their crops destroyed by the grasshoppers. They 
have something to live on the coming winter, 
which many of them had not last season. 
A rather wet and cold May, an unfavorable seed 
time, was followed by hot, dry weather during 
June and the first half of July, and that by cold 
and wet in the latter part of July and throughout 
August. Notwithstanding these disadvantages, 
vegetables of all kinds came forward—especially 
in June—with a rapidity that I never witnessed 
elsewhere. Our soil is very warm and quick, and 
always gives a good account of itself when it has 
a chance. The prairie land is a dark colored sandy 
loam; the oak openings the same, but lighter, 
while the soil of the timber and bottom-lands con¬ 
sists of a black vegetable mould, with a subsoil of 
mixed clay and sand. We find all of them excel¬ 
lent for producing any of the staple crops. 
Indian corn takes the lead as the main article of 
produce as yet, and we have a most bountiful yield 
of it. The loss we experienced last year from the 
grasshopper pest, (none have been seen this season,) 
taught us the true value of our farm products, and, 
therefore, last spring we put in all the seed we 
possibly could. Corn being more easily obtained 
than any other seed, was planted to much greater 
extent than it otherwise would have been, and 
though we lost much by bad seed and the ravages 
of blackbirds and ground squirrels, yet, twenty, 
thirty, and fifty acre fields) are quite common, and 
it does one’s heart good to look on them now, as 
they are turning golden in the light of these 
pleasant September days. 
Wheat would have been very good but for the 
rust, which damaged it much in some localities. 
It probably will not average more than fifteen 
bushels to the acre—about half a crop. Oats and 
other small grains are excellent Potatoes, a large 
yield and first rate quality, as they always are 
here, the rot being unknown. In one thing I am 
inclined to think that Minnesota is without an 
equal, and that is in the production ef melons. 
For a longtime past every body has been enjoying 
them, and I should hardly dare to tell the size of 
some of them—it would undoubtedly injure my 
reputation for veracity with some. 
Considerable Sorghum was planted here last 
spring, and the planters felt very sure that they 
should have a large amount of sugar making to 
do this fall, but lately they have had but very little 
to say on the subject Its growth has not met 
their expectations at all, and but little of it will 
mature. I think that we shall have to depend on 
our maple groves for a supply of home-made 
sweets for a while longer. Cranberries, in large 
quantities and of the very best quality, are now 
being gathered from the marshes and meadows— 
they make an excellent substitute for apples. 
Of course it will be no news to you, to tell yon 
that we are “ going ahead,” even now. This place 
perhaps presents a fair sample of North Western 
progress. Three years ago there was not a dozen 
acres of plowed land within twenty miles of here. 
Now there are cornfields of thirty and fifty acres, 
and to judge by the way the prairie has been 
“ broken ” this summer, it will not be long before 
we shall have them of a hundred acres. Still there 
is plenty of government land, subject to pre¬ 
emption, within a few miles of here. 
I fear this letter is already too long, but in closing 
allow me to say that we find the Rural a faithful 
counselor in our Prairie Homes, and a very pleasant 
fireside companion. Long may it visit us. 
Princeton, Monroe Co., Min. Howard M. Atkins. 
HEAVY FLEECES. 
Eds. Rural:—I have lately seen in your very 
useful paper, several statements concerning heavy 
fleeces that were taken from Spanish Merino Sheep, 
and I should like to give a statement also, of the 
weight of the fleeces that I am taking from my 
flock. I keep none but the Spanish Merino, and I 
generally winter about 200, in all. I formerly 
thought that if my ewes and ewe lambs averaged 
4 Bjs. per head, I was doing well; but they now 
average 5 lbs. My entire flock, at last shearing, 
averaged 5 lbs. 11 oz. Some of my ewes and also 
ewe lambs gave 7 lbs. per head—my stock buck 
gave 8 pounds when a yearling, 10J pounds when 
two years old, 13 pounds when three years old, 
15 pounds when four years old, and all so well 
washed that those who have purchased my wool 
have never found any fault, but have been pleased 
with it. I winter my sheep on hay, which I put in 
banks under open sheds, and when my hay is good 
I do not feed much if any grain, except to my 
stock buck. I, of course, grain him well in the 
fall, and a little all winter, just to keep him in 
good condition till grass comes, and then he has 
no more grain till fall My other sheep, if I find 
that they are not keeping in good order on hay 
alone, and especially my iambs, I give a gill of 
oats, or half gill of corn, per head daily. 
I have tried what is called close breeding with 
a part of my flock, two years in succession, and 
the lambs were much weaker than common, 
while those of the other part were strong as usual. 
All my buck lambs that I think will not make first- 
rate bucks, I yard about the first of October and 
sell them. I keep no wethers, as I think it more 
profitable for me to keep ewes than wethers. I 
also cull my ewes in the fall, taking out all such 
ewes and ewe lambs as do not suit me, put them 
by themselves, and sell them for what I can get— 
I sold my entire clip of wool last June, for 36 cents 
per B)., but it was the top of the market here for 
full blood Merino. Reed Burritt. 
Burdett, Schuyler Co., N. Y., 1858. 
CHEESE, AND CHEESE-MAKING. 
Eds. Rural:— I am not willing that our Rural 
should lack in any particular, and as a subscriber 
inquires respecting cheese-making, allow me to 
contribute my mite—if you do not believe it is a 
good rale, please give us a call and taste for your¬ 
self. In preparing rennet, take two lemons and 
one-fourth of a tea-spoon of salt petre to one ren¬ 
net, put in a small jar and fill up with water, also 
throw in a cup of salt. Use the least quantity 
possible,—only sufficient to bring the curd,—as 
you use, put in more water and salt Let the milk 
stand till the curd comes at night, then cut it down 
with any knife that has a blade. In the morning 
dip carefully into the strainer, laid over the basket 
— set the morning curd—by the time it comes, 
have the whey out of the other by shaking the 
strainer, and laying a flat stone on it—take that up 
and press in the same way. Prepare water, not 
quite scalding hot, pour on to the curds, whether 
you have two or four—those that are the oldest 
first, as they need more scalding. Stir them, and 
when they will squeak like Indian rubber in your 
teeth, it is scalded enough. Take into your bowl 
or tub, after dipping into the strainer for the 
water to drain off, and chop fine. Our only rule 
for salt, is it must taste a little too salt—better 
though to have too little than too much. Put in 
the press after it gets cool—if put in too warm it 
does not do so well—put no weight at all at first— 
in an hour or two a little, and more as your judg¬ 
ment will teach you. Press from one morning 
till the next night, if the cheese is good size. After 
following these directions, which resemble very 
much “the story ” of going “round and round the 
barn,” if you do not have cheese that will melt 
when you look at it, I am much mistaken. 
Cayuga, N. Y., 1858. Amelia. 
PIG PASTURES. 
Eds. Rural: —In the Cultivator for 1838-9,1 find 
the following letter from the pen of S. W. Jewett. 
How far it will conflict with the patent, or copy¬ 
right, alluded to by II. T. B., I know not—but deem¬ 
ing it a valuable suggestion I send it as a sort of 
addenda to the “ weekly rotary pig pasture” system. 
ROTARY PIG PASTURE. 
Jesse Buel— The following is a description of a 
clover pasture for swine, which, in my opinion, 
where a situation is convenient for the same, with 
a warm soil, a portion of the farmer’s interest can¬ 
not be placed in a more profitable manner than by 
having each successive year a fresh clover ley for 
his hogs. 
A 
B 
C 
Wheat 
Peas 
Clover 
or 
or 
Pasture. 
Rye. 
Corn. 
A, represents a field of grain, of one acre or 
more, well stocked with clover. B—a field of the 
same size, of corn or peas. C—a clover pasture 
for hogs. D—a lane leading from the hog-pen. 
The following year the lot A will be the range 
for the hogs, and so on, by a rotation of crops, the 
whole is constantly improving, with the addition of 
the manure from the piggery. New improvements 
in rotation I frequently hear of, such as stoves, 
steam-boilers, &c.; their success has induced me 
to send you the above plan of a Rotary Pig Pas¬ 
ture. S. W. Jewett. 
Weybridge, Yt., 1858. 
Cement Pipe. —In the Rural of Sept 11th, Mr. 
G. Graves asks, “ Will some of your readers give 
their experience in leading water through cement 
pipes? What proportions of lime, sand, &c.,— 
what the cost per rod?” I have used one-third of 
lime to two-thirds of sand, but find that much les3 
lime is preferable, even one-fourth or one-sixth, if 
it is good, and none but such should be used. In 
plastering cisterns, more lime is needed to make 
it adhere, but it weakens the cement Mr. G. will 
find that a pipe of sole tiles and cement is cheaper 
than one wholly cement, and can be made of any 
size desired. In the Rural of July 17th there is 
a description of a pipe equal to Hobbie & Co’s 
wooden water pipe in its capacity, and of imper¬ 
ishable materials, costing for the same, twenty- 
five cents per rod.—H. J. F., Palmyra, N. Y., 1858. 
Cattle in Hungary. —The London (Eng.) Times 
in a sketch of the movements of Prince De Join- 
ville, states that on the occasion of his visit to the 
estate of the Duke of Coburg, at Puzta of Vacs, in 
Hungary, he had an opportunity of convincing 
himself of the immense scale on which the breed¬ 
ing of cattle is carried on in that country. The 
Duke assembled before his visitor all the cattle on 
his estate. They formed a procession of 3G0 oxen 
yoked to cars, and ornamented with ribbons and 
flowers, 10,000 sheep, and all the horses of the 
breeding stud. The grooms and the shepherds 
were all dressed in their national costume, giv¬ 
ing to the procession (which took three hours in 
marching past) a most picturesque appearance. 
Many other land-owners in Hungary, however, 
could marshal a procession which would reduce 
the foregoing to insignificance. Pretty good Cat¬ 
tle Show for the Hungarians. 
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. 
Best Mill for Grinding Sugar Cane —Now 
that you are upon the sugar cane, please give us 
further information about the best mill—cheap and 
efficient—a good worker at small cost,— Milton 
Bradley, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1858. 
Best Kind of Timber for Pump Logs. —Please 
inform me, through the Rural, which is the best 
kind of timber for pump logs, or rather water pipes, 
for conveying spring water two or three hundred 
rods under ground. Which will taste the water 
the least, pine, spruce, oak, cedar, or hemlock?— 
and what would be the cost of each per thousand 
feet? 
Inquiries about Virginia. —Seeing it stated in 
a late issue of your journal that some of the shoe¬ 
makers of Danvers and Haverhill, Mass., had pur¬ 
chased land warrants for land, in Virginia, paying 
for them in shoes, can I and others hereabouts be 
informed through the Rural where, or of whom 
these warrants may be obtained?—wbat would be 
the discount for cash? Further, if purchasers 
may locate anywhere in Virginia west of the Al- 
leganys, and outside of “Thayer’s dominion?”— 
what are the precise boundaries of this new domin¬ 
ion ? An answer to the above queries would 
greatly oblige a constant reader. Can any descrip¬ 
tion of the capabilities of that section of country 
be given?—E. P. Russell, Princeton, N. J, 1858. 
Remarks. —We are not sufficiently posted upon 
the points Mr. R. desires to have elucidated to 
give perfectly reliable information—perhaps some 
of our readers can answer to his satisfaction. 
Chinese Sugar Cane.— I have about half an 
acre of Chinese Sugar Cane, and would wish to 
inquire at what stage of maturity it should be cut? 
How manufactured ? If you can give me the above 
information, please do so.— Waterman Johnson, 
Depauville, N. Y., 1858. 
Remarks. —When the seeds of the Sorghum are 
at least three-fourths ripe, or when a hard frost 
has come, cut the canes just above the ground; 
strip off the leaves and seed heads, and it is ready 
for the milL The practice of J. S. Lovering, Esq., 
(whose experience in manufacturing has lately been 
published in the Rural, to which we refer Mr. 
JonNSON, for manufacturing process,) was to cut 
the cane into two parts, separating the eight lower 
joints from the upper ones. The upper joints 
contain little sugar, but will make good molasses. 
How to Cure and Feed Corn Stalks.— As I 
wish to feed corn stalks to some road horses during 
the winter, I would thank you or some of your cor¬ 
respondents to tell me how I can best cure them. 
What is the best manner of feeding them—whether 
cut up or not? What is their value as compared 
with hay?—D. C., Clyde, N. Y., 1858. 
Remarks.— As regards the comparative value of 
hay and corn stalks, experiments made by writers 
upon agricultural science place them as 1 to 4— 
taking the best of each into the calculation. Such 
is the difference in value of hay, that 100 lbs. of 
first quality will equal 120 lbs. of the second, 140 
lbs. of the third, and so on. A very coarse, hard 
hay, not well made, will rate as low as half the 
value of prime, and a double quantity will not 
equal in results. Will Rural readers give us their 
experience on this topic? 
Fancy Pigeons. —In the Rural of 28th ult, I 
saw an engraving of a variety of pigeons I never 
saw before, and it has roused a desire to see them. 
I further would ask for a short description of each 
distinct fancy pigeon, name and peculiar marks, 
with price and where to be bought,—if possible all 
in one number, so as to be a guide readily exam¬ 
ined. I have three pigeon houses, two well filled 
with the common pigeon; the other a handsome 
affair, in my yard, intended alone for fancy pigeons. 
We have been trying for years to procure good 
specimens of some twenty or more varieties, and 
as yet have only some seven or eight I have seen 
some thirty or forty varieties, but cannot find them 
now. I have no idea of depriving myself of such 
pretty things, serving to please the eye and attract 
our attention. We can call ours to our feet any 
moment during the day—try to keep them as 
house pets. Can I get twenty varieties for $20.— 
How much? I have several pairs which cost me 
$1 per pair. Freight on such things is so high it 
deters me from buying.—M. W. Philips, Edwards, 
Miss, 1858. 
Influence of the Moon upon Vegetation.— 
By your permission, I would like to inquire, thro’ 
the columns of the Rural, whether it makes any 
difference what time of the moon seeds or roots 
are planted? Some think the new moon a bad 
time, for the reason that there will be greater 
growth of vines or stocks, and less of fruit Some 
of your experienced subscribers will be able to 
answer this, no doubt and oblige many, and par¬ 
ticularly—W. R. B., Wanaming, Min., 1858. 
Remarks. —The “Moon theories” entertained by 
some of the tillers of the soil, are all moonshine and 
nothing else. We know of those who defer seeding 
in the time of the new mooD, and others who as 
pertinacious wait for that period before committing 
to the soil the germs of future crops. When a load 
of cobble stones drawn at the new of the mooD, 
will make twice as many rods of fence as those 
drawn while Luna is on the wane—when “ Free 
Love Associations ” cultivate and cherish the pure 
and holy in woman — when Spiritualism evolves 
a truth calculated to dignify and ennoble man- 
then, and not till then, will we be ready to accept 
the tales concerning this peculiar influence of the 
moon as truth undefiled. 
Blood Spavin. —Will you, or some of your nu¬ 
merous readers, inform me through the columns of 
the Rural if there is a remedy for blood spavin? 
If there be one I should like to hear of it.—P. H., 
Wayne Co., N. Y., 1858. 
Remarks.— Many veterinarians are disposed to 
consider “ bog,” or “ blood” spavin, a serious dis¬ 
ease, attended with no great, but often permanent 
lameness—very apt to return after the enlargement 
subsides under medical treatment. The cause of 
the disease—the enlarged mucous sack—lies deep, 
and is with difficulty operated upon. The desire 
of the practitioner is to produce the absorption of 
the contents of the sack, and this is sometimes 
done by long applied pressure. A bandage may 
be contrived to take in the whole of the hock ex¬ 
cept its point, and a compress of folded linen 
placed upon the spavin, confining the principal 
pressure to that point. A work entitled “ Every 
Man his own Farrier,” recommends the following 
compound:—Soft soap, 2 oz.; spirits of hartshorn, 
4 oz.—stir well in a marble mortar—spirits of tur¬ 
pentine, 4 oz.; oil of origanum, 1 oz.; strong cam¬ 
phorated spirits of wine, 3 oz. Mix all together 
and bottle. Rub on the spavin every night and 
morning for a fortnight or three weeks. Do not 
require any violent exertion on the part of the 
horse while under treatment. 
The State Fair. — Our readers will bear in 
mind that the N. Y. State Fair opens at Syracuse 
on Tuesday next, Oct 5th, and continues four days. 
The amount of Premiums offered exceeds $8,000. 
The first day will be principally devoted to making 
entries and arranging animals and articles for the 
exhibition. The judges will commence their ex¬ 
aminations on Wednesday morning—it being spe¬ 
cially enjoined that no persons whatever, except 
those having charge of articles, shall be present at 
the examinations or deliberations of the judges. 
The exhibition will be open to the public on Thurs¬ 
day and Friday. The Plowing Match will take 
place on Thursday. The Annual Address will be 
delivered on Friday by Hon. J. R. Williams, Pres’t 
of the Ag. College of Michigan. A sale of Im¬ 
proved Stock will take place during the Fair. 
— We are glad to learn that the indications 
favor a good exhibition, though we think the Fair 
has not been properly advertised (by the circula¬ 
tion of Premium List, Programme, &&,) in Western 
New York. The buildings are already completed 
and the whole grounds ready for the exhibition. 
The Fairs.— Several County, District and Town 
Fairs were held in this State last week, but we are 
unable to give the results with any definiteness.— 
We presume the Livingston, Genesee, Jefferson, 
Onondaga, Steuben and Yates Shows were credita¬ 
ble and successful. The Cortland Co. Fair is said 
to have been a perfect success, as was that of the 
Tonawanda Valley Ag. Society, at Attica. Alarge 
number of Co. Fairs are held this week—amoBg 
others, Ontario, Cayuga, Erie, Niagara, Oneida, 
Orleans, Schuyler, Tioga and Wyoming. We hope 
to hear favorable reports from all these, and 
others—and exceedingly regret that we cannot ac¬ 
cept numerous invitations to attend Fairs in vari¬ 
ous parts of the State. 
New Work on Dairy Farming.— It affords us 
pleasure to announce that Chas. L. Flint, Esq., 
the accomplished Secretary of the Mass. Board of 
Agriculture, has prepared a work on Dairy Farm¬ 
ing, which will soon be published. It is to com¬ 
prise over 400 pages, fully illustrated. We learn 
that it will embrace a sketch of the different breeds 
of stock, especially the dairy breeds; the princi¬ 
ples of breeding; the selection of milch cows, with 
a full and complete explanation of Guenon’s 
method; the feeding and management of dairy 
stock; the raising of calves; the culture of grasses 
and forage plants; the diseases of stock; a chapter 
on Dutch dairy farming, with the dairy manage¬ 
ment of Horsfall, not before published in a form 
available to the American public. A chapter is 
devoted to “ A Letter to a Dairyman,” containing 
many valuable suggestions, and another to the de¬ 
tails of the milk, the butter and. the cheese dairies. 
We are assured that no labor or expense have been 
spared to render the work complete, and it will 
embody the most recent information on the Dairy. 
— A complete work on Dairy Farminghas been 
a long-sought desideratum in this country, and if 
the one now announced proves as valuable as is 
indicated from the table of contents, and the repu¬ 
tation of the author, it will have a large sale. 
Union Ag. Society, —The people of Sweden, 
Clarkson, Union and Ogden, completed the organi¬ 
zation of this Society on the 18th inst, by adopting 
By-Laws, &c., and electing the following officers:— 
President —E. B. Holmes, of Sweden. Vice Presi¬ 
dents— J. H. Davis, Sweden; Wm. Brown, Ogden; A. 
Baldwin, Clarkson; H. Murdoff, Union. Secretary— 
H. N. Beach, Sweden. Treasurer— Thomas Cornes, 
Sweden. Directors —Dudley Locke, Sweden; J. 
Hill, Jr., Ogden; J. C. Clake, Clarkson; H.Redman, 
Union. Town Committees — Sweden—John Reed, 
Edward Taylor, Justin Cook; Clarkson—Adam 
Moore, Nelson Moore, Oliver Phillips; Ogden—W. 
Brown, A. Cady, J. R. Ross; Union —S. Banker, 
Sumner Austin, B. Harmon. 
— The first Fair of the Society is to be held at 
Brockport, on Tuesday, the 12th inst 
American Herd Book.— We are in receipt of a 
circular from the Editor of this work — Lewis F. 
Allen, Esq., of Black Rock, N. Y. — announcing a 
fourth volume in preparation, and requesting Short¬ 
horn breeders interested to properly arrange their 
pedigrees. All pedigrees must be sent in previoua 
to Dec. 1st, 1858, in order that the volume may be 
issued by May 1st, 1859. The Editor says every 
pedigree must be made out at full length, and each 
complete in itself. The price for recording pedi¬ 
grees is 50 cents each; good portraits of animals, 
(cuts being furnished by the owners,) will be in¬ 
serted at $5 each. The price of the work to con¬ 
tributors and subscribers, will be the same as the 
last volume, $5 a copy. It is to be of the same 
style and material as the third volume. 
Convention of Agricultural Editors. —Some 
fifteen or twenty persons responded to the call 
for this Convention, which assembled in New 
York during the meeting of the American Porno- 
logical Society. Though no business of impor¬ 
tance was transacted, an organization was formed, 
officers elected for the ensuing year—with H P. 
Byram, Esq., of the Valley Farmer, as President— 
and a committee appointed to select the most suit¬ 
able time and place next season, and issue a call 
for a General Convention of the entire Agricul¬ 
tural and Horticultural Press of the country. 
A Good Lot of Horses. — At the recent Na¬ 
tional Horse Show, in Springfield, Mass., four pre¬ 
miums (two of $100 and two of $50) were offered 
for teams 1G hands and over, and 15 and 14 hands, 
and twenty-six pairs were entered. The Commit¬ 
tee, in their Report, after awarding the premiums, 
recommended two gratuities, and remarked “that 
of the 26 pairs entered, 25 of which were for pre¬ 
miums, 23 were every way worthy of awards.” 
The Ohio State Fair —held at Sandusky, Sept. 
14th to 17th inclusive—is said to have been a com¬ 
plete success. The exhibition was decidedly su¬ 
perior, and the attendance and receipts unusually 
large—rendering it the best Fair ever held in the 
West Regret that we have only space to make 
this mere mention, and congratulate Ohio Rural- 
ists upon the satisfactory result. 
