Tkb Moxro* Convrr hAU»—neio cn me 
Grounds near this c>ty. Sept. I9tb, 20th. and 21»t—was a 
success anil triumph, considering th« unfavorable weather, 
and previous opposition and predictions of many who 
desired the Society to offer special and Urge inducements 
for the display of "fast faor»e» The result proves that an 
Agricultural Fair, pars and simple, can be rendered 
successful in Monroe,—and, though the exhibition was 
far from what it might and should have been, it indicated 
that onr Farmers. Horticulturists, Artisans and Manu- 
ese animals manifest their pleasure at 
of the card and curry-comb upon their 
d after a little practice the young stock 
ae as regularly for their carding as for 
3 d. It is an excellent method to tame 
that are to bear their first calves in the 
They become accustomed to the hand- 
man, and submit to the first milking 
much resistance. It is equally good for 
hat are Boon to be brought nnder the 
fhey become so gentle under gentle treat- 
at they are pasily broken to the yoke, and 
more tractable team than by the ordinary 
The card is a much better persuader 
; ox whip. This is excellent business for 
id they should be taught to keep the card 
a good distance from it, and as the 
them they will fly to the light and go 
never think of rcturing. Timoth 
Mt» Upton, N. Y., I860. 
nt this breed is better adapted to the climate 
d pastures of Canada than the heavy, sluggish, 
Dg-wooled breeds. Of Merino and Baxons very 
w were shown, and those few were miserable 
presentatives of their respective breeds, 
l'igs made a good display, the small breedB hav. 
g evidently obtained the preference. 
The machinery, as usual, had to be left to itself 
.scattered about, without order or method, 
L various parts of the grounds. Among it I 
diced a Caloric Engine adapted to farm pur- 
oscs, made in Rochester, N. Y. It was kept 
odcr headway all the time and attracted large 
rowds. A handsome threshing machine, made 
r_*. .minni and manic, the iron work burn- 
broader flanks, and more capacious chest; and 
several flocks being crossed with the Mancharap 
variety, have produced also the Mauobamp Meri¬ 
no breed. The pure Maucbamp wool is remark 
able for its qualities as combing-woul, <nv>ng to 
the strength, as well as the length and fineness, ot 
the fibre. It is found of great value by the man- 
nfaCturerB of Cashmere shawls and similar goods, 
being second only to the true Cashmere fleeces, 
in the fine flexible delicacy of the fibre; and when 
in combination with Cashmere wool, Imparting 
ntrftnntb and consistency. The quantity of the 
WHY DRAINING IS BENEFICIAL. ' . 
_ spring 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Many persons do ling c 
not sec u>hf land is benefited by draining; they witboi 
don't understand the philosophy of it For the steers 
benefit of such, 1 purpose giving the philosophy, yoke, 
as brief and understandable as possible, hoping ment i 
that, it may enable some to determine the good it make 
may do them. We all knots that the air and soil procei 
after a shower becomes cooler; the reason of this than t 
S=, that a quantity of heat, sufficient to cause the boys, 
evaporation of the water on the surface, is taken inovn 
from the air and soil, and rendered latent or in- Fatir 
sensible. Where a large quantity of water is V 
evaporated, a proportionately large quantity of on fc 
heat is rendered latent. The earth needs all the m j D d 
heat it contains, for the proper support of vegc- 0 f thi 
table life; and by means of draining it is pre- WCB te 
served, by allowing the water to pass through the the 1 
soil, after having watered the roots of the plants, By th 
which it will not do if allowed to stand upon the , n an 
surface. 
Again, the action of this superior beat in the estino 
soil, on the water there, by insinuating it into all corn 
parts of the soil, renders it mellow, and easy to Hi 
be worked; for this reason it, is peculiarly adapt- averi 
ed to clayey soils; nud another important con- in ni 
sidcration is, it allows a more free admission of 0 f ci 
the germinating qualities contained in the nt mos- give: 
phere into the Boil. Again, in a drouth, or more they 
fac’ur<?TS,are skillful, enterprising, am 
■weather was very favorable on the first day, and the 
attendance unexpectedly large. The day wa* devoted to 
making entries, general preparations, and the Flowing 
Match, which was a grand one—by far t.h« best we ever 
attended at any Fair, either State or Local. Twenty.two 
tntriei were made, and the contest proved most spirited 
and satisfactory. Though then* was a heavy rain at 
night, the next day dawned brightly, and the Fair opened 
and progressed favorably nntil 2 P. M., when a heavy 
rain storm occurred, dbporring the thousand* of oxhi- 
bitora and apectatora, checking the labor* of out-door 
committees, and preventing large numbers (especially 
city people) from viritlng the ground* as they had antici¬ 
pated. This was a damper in all respects, and of course 
materially lessened the receipts. The show bad opened 
well and was good in most departments—superior in 
several, the entries being large—but the severe storm 
caused many to remove their articles and animals, and, 
we hope, so fully demonstrated the necessity of large, 
well-roofed exhibition buildings, that «ome action will be 
taken on the subject at the next annual meeting or the 
Society. The third day was cool, and a high wind pre¬ 
vailed, which, with th- state of the roads, (made bad by 
the heavy fall of twin,) rendered the prospect anything 
but encouraging. As the day advauced, however, the 
skies brightened, and there was a large attendance—the 
number being estimated at from eight to ten llioosand. 
Around the center underneath the dome, was 
•rayed the Horticultural department, and a 
- . Dr. DeadlK, 
, exhibited 180 varieties, and 
• the best collection of fruit of all 
several oilier prizes in this elass. 
& Barry, of your city, 
collection of a0 varieties of pears, 
for which they ought 
but did not 
the part of the judges. 
mal in good hay is considered necessary, per cmy, 
for its sustenance. According to the quality of 
the fodder, and its abundance or scarcity, this 
may be increased to one-twentieth part; but less 
than one-thirtieth part ought not to be given. 
Taking good meadow hay as the fodder standard, 
a ram should receive about 3,1 U>a. per day, a ewe 
about 2'i lbs. per day, yearlings, <ke„ in that pro¬ 
portion-taking the average of a full-grown ram 
at 110 lbs., of a ewe at 62 lbs., the weight of each 
varying, according to age, size, and condition, be¬ 
tween 105 and 125 lbs., as regards the full-grown 
ramB, and from 70 to 85 lbs., as regards the ewes. 
The weight of a wether varies between 80 lbs. in 
lean condition and 110 to 115 lbs., il strong and 
fat for the butcher. One pound of good meadow 
bay is considered equivalent to one and two-thirds I 
pounds of oat, pea, wheat, or barley straw, four 
pounds of turnips, or two pounds of grains in the 
wet state, as daily delivered from the brewery in 
winter. When the time for Btabling for winter 
arrives, the sheep-master has his supplies of 
Htraw. hav and turnips, allotted to him on the 
very fiue display of fruits there was. 
of St. Catherines, u 
took the prize for t— 
sorts, as well as L, 
Messra. Ellwanokr 
showed a line c- 
and 40 varieties of plums, 
to have obtained an extra prize, 
through some bad taste on t 
Altogether this Exhibition has been a fine one, 
and far ahead of any the Society has yet held. 
The arrangements, however, were bad. What 
little attention the members of the agricultural 
press present received, was due solely to the exer¬ 
tions of H. C. Thomson, Esq., the Secretary ol the 
Board of Agriculture, and his duties wore of too 
multifarious a description to enable him to do all 
he beat and dry weather is sum- poundB of corn and con as equal ia» » 
Jrouth in an undrained country, corn, and the pork as above, the hogs pan 
.•cable to moisten the surface of cents a bushel for the corn. The weather was 
! simple reason that the water warm for the season. 
, by the action of the great heat The same experiment was tried again the first 
! evaporate, and, passing upward we ek in November, when the corn brought 
moistens the surface,—saving us cents, the weather being colder. The third week 
^fleets of a drouth. Futhcrmore, j n November, the corn brought only 40 cents, 
e profusely admitted to drained an d the fourth week it brought but 2fi cents, the 
,oHb. weather continuing to gTow colder. Another 
so important advantages, which j 0 t of hogs was fed through December, w ne 
creased warmth of the soil; 2d. only gave 26 cent* a bushel for the corn. A part 
ater to the roots of the plants, 0 f the time the temperature was at zero, and then 
To Keep Polutoi-s In the Cellar. 
A writer in the New England Fanner says:— 
Put them in a pile as deep as you can convenient¬ 
ly. He has for three or for years notioed that 
where they were tho do*pe#t they w-pt the best. 
Last autumn he put 125 bushels in one bin, avid 
schoolmate, Squire R. Nobody at homo. A person 
pacing was asked-' 1 Is the Squire in town: 1 “ GeUing 
in his wheat, l reckon." “ Wei), where is hie lady? 
•• cue » neipiog me aqaire.” “And the young ladies: 
.* Getting in the wheat, »tr.- B ,. .fa'll * :l 
down in the field about n mile from here.” The traveler 
next tried the hotel, but found a notice on the door lay¬ 
ing the house wm closed |for a week, as the proprietor 
waa getting in liis wheal. Having already carried his 
carpet-bag five miles in a hot Bun, the weary traveler 
offered a boy a dollar to carry said baggage, but boy 
“guessed he’d have to wait till dad got his wheat in. 
He then resolved to walk to the next bouse he eaw, and 
demand, in the name of civilisation, the hospitality due 
to a traveler. As this proved to be a bearding school for 
young ladies, he was fortunate enough to secure a night s 
Jnqmrka ctnk ^lustocrs. 
Hungarian Grass and Millet -Inclosed yon mu 
find two specimens of grasses, which »rc^ both called 
Hungarian Grass in this vicinity. 5 1 ( , , 
ceive, resembles pigeon grass, ‘-xceptthat tb« bea 
dalker colored, and contains more seed. The head OI 
the other somewhat resembles the top of tirnom corn. 
Will you, or some •ryouroapfipondWts^o sn^Wj, 
pinnae inform me which Is the grown* «*£•.« 
wlist is the name of the other:— A fc.BBSCRiMB, ntnri 
elta, Mon. Co., A. T., I860. 
The dark-colored specimen, resembling pigeon grass, 
in the Hungarian Grass, probably a variety at the German 
millet, Solaria Germanic* The other, resembling broom 
corn is another variety of millet, Panicum MUhac.cnm. 
ROBERT LAWS APPLE PACKER, 
K above cut represents an Apple Packer, 
,ted and patented by Mr. Robert Law, of 
port, N. Y. It is said to give entire satisfac- 
o those who have used it, being admirably 
;c d to the woik for which it is designed, and 
ly expediting the packing of fruit for market. 
boxes, and kept seven loose in two yarns, iour in 
one end and three in another, each having a hovel 
or shed to run under. The fourteen beasts were 
all aiike in age, and were treated in the same way, 
namely:—eight pounds of linseed cake each per 
day, three-quarters of a bushel of mangel wui- 
zeis’ and bay or out straw distributed equally to 
all. Those shut up in the boxes, and those 
tied up, were all ready for market first, and those 
fed in the yards replaced in the boxes; but when 
they came to he marketed, it was found they were 
not ready by a month as early as those that w ere 
tied or fastened np. 
Vue of the Curry-Comb. 
Tiik following has appeared in several of our 
Agricultural exchanges with the rather indefinite 
credit. “ Selected appended. We don’t know 
who is the owner, but we do know there is a good 
deal of "sound doctrine” in its teaohings: 
The toDgne of a cow oi ox is suggestive. It is 
armed with a compact bod of epiues, very rough 
to the touch, and adapted to a variety of uses. 
an expense of $30,000. The interior oi the build¬ 
ing had a circular gallery running round it and 
extending into the arms of the cross. 
The weather was all that could be desired until 
the third day, the one on which the Prince visited 
and inaugurated the Exhibition. No sooner had 
he come within the enclosure, than the ruin came 
down, and continued to pour down, at Bhort 
intervals, during the day. Some 40,000 people 
were on tho ground at this time. 
The receipts were larger than ever before 
known, and the entries in the different depart¬ 
ments numbered over 7,000—the prize list being 
unusually liberal. It would occupy too much 
Bpace to give particulars, so 1 will only append a 
few notes ns they occurred to me duriDg a per 
sonal inspection. 
Horses mustered in strong force — 423 entriei 
being made in this class — 
it being heavy dratt stock, 
were shown, and among 
ful yearling colt owned by Sheriff Grange, of 
Guelph. Of cattle, 540 entries were made, Dur- 
hams mustered strongly; but as a class 1 think 
they were inferior in quality to former years. A 
great deal of wire-pulling took place among the 
judges throughout the Fair; and it wub especially 
observable in this class, some of the prize ani¬ 
mals being akin to the Smith bull described so 
graphically not long since in the Bubal. The 
best animal in this class was a two-year old bull 
owned by Geo. Miller, of Markham. He is a 
a perfect gem, and took the gold mednk nis 
owner intends to exhibit him at Geneses and 
Elmira this fall; and I think he bids fair to be¬ 
come the champion Short horn bull of Ameiica. 
He is a light roan, out of "Tweedside,” and has 
more good points than I ever saw combined in 
one animal before. 
Devons were the most numerous class of neat 
stock on the ground; and the animals shown were 
of extra good quality throughout. Galloways, or 
black-polled cattle, were also numerous and very 
3,gricuUnral JHisteUang 
inquiries ANSWERED 
Thh New York Stats Fair is to be held at Kimira, 
next week— October 2-5. The Society's Journal says: 
“The Local Committee are making every necessary 
preparation for the completion of the grounds, and all 
will be readv before the laat week in September. The 
indications are that the exhibition wilt be in all mpecta 
creditable to the State, and the attendance promises to 
bo of the moat gratifying character. The Farmers, 
Mechanics, Manufacturers, and Horticulturists, are all 
preparing for this great gathering of 1860-so hat it 
shall, in all respects, equal those which preceded it. 
—For list of other Fairs, see former uumheraof Rural. 
a living, and getting somew 
perhaps my experience may 
instructive, to rny brother fs 
- most of the animals in tnaDy instances of this mala 
A fewthorongh-breds discover that the milk is bio 
them I noticed a beauti- from the aeotion of the tnldi 
up pages of your Rural. I am a young farmer ana ae- 
Ughtin the rearing of stock, the cultivation of the sod 
and the growing of fruit trees, and as a matter of course 
want all ihe information I ean obtain. * * * 
subscriber for the RokaL as soon as I hear from you, and 
think I can get up a club.” 
Dickinson's Imperial Wkbat.-A Correspondent at 
irand Rapids, Mich., (who is too modest to give any oth- 
, r name than “ Talley Farmer,") sends na the best sample 
,f wheat we have seen this season. The kernal is large, 
dump and white-superior to the Canada prixe wheat no- 
iced elswhere. He calls it “ Dickinson's Impenal; and 
answer to an inquiry in the Bcbal whether wheat will 
io well after potatoes, tays:—“ In the fall of l*o8 I ug 
* patch of potatoes, (seven rods,) and the Ust week » 
Sept, sowed it in drills 3 by 8 inches, with one pint of tho 
abeve named seed ; hoed it once in the Spring and bar- 
T »sted 2 bnshels and 3 lba. or plump wheat, weighing 6 
lbs. per bushel. I sowed again (in 1849) after potatoes, 
•n the ITtb of Oct., and harvested this season at the rate 
of fifty bushels to the acre.” 
THE AGRivtrt vral Cauldron AND Stkarkr, invented 
bv D R. Pbisdlb of Genesee county, was exhibited m 
operation at our recent County Fair, and proved an at¬ 
tractive and prominent feature among the farm imple¬ 
ments and machinery. The apparatus is complete, eo 
pact and portable, and apparently fulfils the object of 
invention In the best manner. This steamer was 
trated and described in the R''«aL of April 21st, and 
_- i..« i. cainim: favor with farmers and other* 
Tm Fairs held last week in this State-and especially 
those which continued through Thursday and 1 riday 
were materially affected, especially in the exchequer, by 
the equinocUalish storm. As the raialeU alike upon the 
just and the unjust, we or Monroa (“ of the first part”) 
did not escape, and oan sympathise w ith friends i a Al¬ 
bany rand other counties. Never calculate upon 
three/oir days about the 50th of Sept., in this region. 
Tn* Corn Cron San* —Many fears have been expressed 
daring the past month that the «orn crop of this region 
would not ripe* in season to escape frost. We are glad 
to knew that these fears will net be realUed-forthe crop 
is generally 1 so far ripened as to render it quite safe, 
there having been ne frost to itgure it up to thi* date 
(Sept. 24.) The yield is generally reported good, and 
we congiatulate the farmers upon the prospective result. 
also numerous and very 
This breed is deservedly gaining great favor 
■ farmers, from their hardiness of con- 
- * ■ ) fatten, combined vrith 
and good milking qualities- In Ayr- 
good cows were shown. The Here- 
and those few of the meanest de- 
among 
Btitution and aptitude to 
large size t 
Bhires some 
fords were few, 
scription— in fact totally unlike what 1 have seen 
of them in England, and I think inferior to our 
native stock. A small lot of recently imported 
Gloucester or long-horned cattle were exhibited, 
they were in poor condition. Grade uattle were 
numerous and very superior. 
In sfteep the Cote wolds and Leicesters largely 
predominated, some fine animals being Bhown by 
F. W„ *rex*, of Guelph, Geo. Miller, of Mark¬ 
ham, and John Snell, of Edmonton, who divided 
the prizes among them. A few pens of South- 
Downs were on the ground, and I was much 
pleased with them- I think it will yet be found 
We are Indebted to 
Tin Usitkp STATM Fair— cit Cincinnati, 1 t 
inst.,-in varieusly estimated, forne reporters de 
a miserable failure and others a deeided suecess 
