MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
SEPT. 26 
that his opinion is not based on good grounds.— 
Our crop is doing well—it is and has been out in 
tassel for three weeks, and is from 7 to 10 feet in 
height. I do not see anything to prevent its being 
succesafnlly cultivated.— G. G.Stkninqbr, Spring- 
ville, Iowa, 1857. _ 
Eds. Rural: —It was quite amusing to us here 
in Iowa, to lind an article in the Rural of Sept. 
6 th, from your correspondent W, B. P., of PrattB- 
burgb, Steuben Co., N. Y., condemning the Chi¬ 
nese Sugar Cane. The result of that experiment 
will not answer as a guide for the people in the 
temperate zone with this newly introduced plant 
in so cold, corn-hating soil as is to be found in the 
village where, to my personal knowledge, “Jack 
Frost” has made his visits every month in the 
year. The twenty years or more experience that 
I have had in Prattsburgb, is sufficient to convince 
me that the experiment of W, B. P. is a poor cri¬ 
terion to govern your numerous readers in the 
forty-second parallel of north latitude. To grow 
the cane successtnlly here, is no longer an experi¬ 
ment; for we not only see the silk, tassel or blos¬ 
som 8s IV. B. P. may be pleased to call it, hut we 
see it standing full fourteen feet high topped out 
with just such seeds as we planted, except that 
they lack the color which a few more days of such 
weather as we are now having with the thermome¬ 
ter up to seventy-five is sure to give it. A small 
piece that I hsve was once fed off close to the 
ground by some unruly cattle when about one foot 
high; it then stood undisturbed until some ten 
days or two weeks ago when T cut and fed it to 
some hogs which they eagerly devoured, selecting 
it from green corn stalls that were thrown before 
them at the same titne; and now T can cut shoots 
that have put up from the roots since the cnulng, 
that are two and a half feet long. We claim noth¬ 
ing for its saccharine qualities, for we know 
nothing of them as yet. We have no conveniences 
for crushing it; no, not even the kind that W. B. P. 
stands in so^much fear of in old Steuben; but. as 
feed for stock, we tbink it has no sign of “being a 
humbug,” and'hope that “mountain rangers” will 
wait a little' in their fright, lest they have been 
taken iD, and let those who have a chance to give 
the thing a fair trial speak first.—JonN D. Waldo, 
Durant, Cedar Co., Iowa, Sept. 12 th, 1S57. 
VALUE OP FALLEN LEAVES. 
No manure is so well worth the saving in Octo¬ 
ber and November, as the now falling leaves of the 
season. According to Pa yen they contain nearly 
three times as much nitrogen as ordinary barn 
yard manure; and every gardener who has strewn 
and covered them in his trenches late in the fall 
or ih December, must have noticed the next sea¬ 
son how black and moist the soil is that adheres to 
the thrifty young beets he pulla! No vegetable 
substance yields its woody fibre and becomes sol¬ 
uble quicker than leaves, and from this very cause 
-they are scon dried up, scattered t j the winds and 
waBtedJf not now gathered and trenched in or 
composted before the advent of severe winter- 
As leaves are poor in carbon, and rich in alka 
line sails, as weU"as nitrogen, they are especially 
valuable in compost with menhaden fish manure, 
and dead animals, poor in potash, but abounding 
in carbon and lime phosphates. Bnt the great 
value of leaves is in the extra nitrogen they con¬ 
tain. Prof. Jackson truly says that the com¬ 
pounds of nitrogen not only decompose readily 
themselves, hut they also induce the elements of 
other organic matter with which they are in con¬ 
tact, to assume new forms, or to enter into new 
chemical c-ombinat ons; and according to the 
long-continued and varied Itothbamsted experi¬ 
ments of the indefatigable Lawks and Dr. Gil¬ 
bert, nitrogen in its compound form, ammonia, 
also exerts the same potent influence on the inor- 
ganic'or mineral elements of the soil, rendering 
even sand into the soluble food of plants. Yet 
every farmer or gardener ought also to know that 
his own mechanical aid in trenchiBg or plowing, 
in order to keep his soil permeable and absorptive, 
is indispensable to aid nature in developing her 
chemical process 
UKDBRDRAINS ON A HARD BOLLING SURFACE. 
John Johnston, of Fayette, who had laid miles 
of tile under his nearly level fields, now tried the 
experiment on a hard clayey knoll which refused 
to give good hoed crops under the best of manur¬ 
ing and culture. His ditcher laughed at the idea 
of tiling a piece of ground so hard, dry, and roll¬ 
ing; hot after placing drains under jt three feet 
deep, the surface soil for the first time lost its ad¬ 
hesiveness and became permeable. The potatoes 
were now large and clean, instead of being small 
and covered with clay as formerly; and even the 
peach trees, heretofore barren, commenced bear¬ 
ing. This experiment is one among the hundreds 
that prove the necessity of tile or other nndcr- 
drains, even to a rolling surface where no water 
stands, if the subsoil is stubborn and tenacious; 
without it there can be no remunerating crops for 
the outlay of manuring and tillage. 
COW^FEAS AS A (1KKKN MANURING CROP. 
Many intelligent Southern planters advocate the 
growing of cow peas to be plowed in to renovate 
a severely cropped Boil. True, pea vines with 
their largo leaves draw largely upon the atmos¬ 
phere for their organic elements; but while the 
red clover plant does the same, its long tap-root 
also acts as a subsoil plow to draw nutriment from 
below, which, with the large roots, is also a great 
additional amendment to the «olL It is true that 
clover"may not get a sufficiently strong stand (aB 
the Southerners say,) to enable it to withstand the 
drouths and beat of a Southern summer on a 
Starved soil; and thiB I take it is the cause why 
the red clover plant in in such ill repute at the 
the South. I never saw finer clover grow than on 
the bluffs of the Mississippi at Cape Vincent, near 
the Arkansas line, bnt the soil had been previous¬ 
ly well used and was worthy of such a crop. In 
Rbode.Island, as at the South, the soil has been 
cropped below clover bearing, down to the fltarv- 
ling daisy!—but the farmers of Western New 
York rarely run their soil below the clover bear¬ 
ing point, as without clover they well know that 
they oan have no wheat. 
Clover will undoubtedly rnn out or die much 
sooner at the South than at the North; but if sown 
before the fall rairm it will grow nearly all winter 
at the South, and if the soil ia not too rnnch ex¬ 
hausted it will not fail to do well at least aa a green 
manuring crop, much richer in atmospheric as well 
aB mineral plant food, than the slender rooted pea, 
s. w. 
LETTER FROM MISSOURI. 
Mr. Moore: —Since renewing my subscription 
for the Rural, I have changed my residence and 
occupation. In a few Bhort months I have been 
transformed from a dyspeptic retailer of dry goods 
in Michigan, to a tolerably hardy pioneer in this 
yet wild portion of Missouri. I used to complain 
of not getting time to read the Rural; now, tho’ 
I am obliged to put my shoulder to the wheel, I 
have ample time to peruse every line, and long lor 
more ere the next number comes. I also find to 
my disadvantage that most of your contributors 
are too far north for me to get the benefit of their 
experience, and earnestly hope that, ere many 
years, yonr valuable paper may find as many prac¬ 
tical, intelligent subscribers in these Middle States 
as in the north. 
I came into the northern portion of this State, 
expecting to find improved land, suitable to stock 
raising, at a price that I should be able to buy, but 
since the two railroads running across the State 
—each side of the Missouri river—have been in 
process of buildiDg, land in their vicinity has risen 
above the limits of my purse, and, after traveling 
over a large portion of the State, I determined to 
settle here. I believe there is not a State in the 
Union that bss greater facilities for the farmer 
than this same Missouri. Nature has been too 
lavish of her choice gifts here to make industrious 
energetic farmers of oar early pioneers. The 
broad, fertile prairies and forests, ric-b hazle bot¬ 
toms, pure water, quarries of Btone, healthy, iuvig- 
oratiag atmosphere, long summers and short,mild 
winters, make it too easy a matter to live, hence I 
find many of my neighbors, who have lived here 
eighteen or twenty years, now occupying the same 
little open log house, and cultivating the same two 
acre “ corn patch,” which they commenced with; 
and thus many of them will live until they acllont 
and move further towards the setting sun. How¬ 
ever, I am glad to see the great improvement in this 
respect-, which is now going on. Some are gone 
and their places occupied by a more industrious 
people, who are determined to try to do something 
towards improvement—others are rousing up, and 
show themselves In every way capable of becom¬ 
ing good examples to their neighbors. This is 
the best stock couniry I ever saw, and second to 
none of the Northern States I am sure. The soil 
is a deep sandy loam, yielding abundant crops of 
corn, wheat* oats, rye, barley,, hemp, tobaccoy cot¬ 
ton, (lax, Ac., and is especially adapted to grass.— 
It ia also well watered, and there is timber in 
abundance. Tbe country is high and rolling and 
there ia not a marsh within forty miles of us. 
We have a pest, in the shape of a little red or 
black ant with wings, called the “chintz,” or 
“ chinch bng,” that has seriously injured the crops 
here this summer. It infests all kinds of grain- 
wheat is its favorite—after about tbe middle of 
Juue, and lives upon the sap. In dry seasons it 
does the most injary, I believe. Will some con¬ 
tributor give the Lest method of destroying or 
preventing this nuisance? 
The cost of raising a four-year old steer is about 
eight dollars. Mules, horses and sheep pick their 
own living through most of the winter. Some of 
our neighbors do not cut any bay in the fall, bnt it 
ia beoaresv they nrr uvt absolutely obliged to, not 
because it is unnecessary. Last winter was the 
coldest within the memory of tho oldest resident 
among ns, yet matiy did not feed their stock at all, 
though they could have had the hay for cutting. 
My partner and myself intend to make mule rais¬ 
ing our business. This is a new one to us, and we 
should bo happy to receive any information upon 
this subject through the medium of the Rural. — 
Mule colts—as soon as old enough to wean—com¬ 
mand $50; milch cows from $15 to $25. We are 
now building, and have but little time to look 
about us. As we are new beginners, w« shall try 
some experiments that may not be uninteresting 
to those of yonr subscribers, who, like ourselves, 
are groping somewhat iu darkness and seek light, 
and if agreeable you may hear from ns again. 
H. P. Smith. 
Montevallo, Vernon Co., Mo.. Aug. 15, 1857. 
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SAVING SEED CORN. 
Eds. Rural: —All experienced farmers are 
aware that the productiveness and early ripening 
of any kind of corn, depends very much on the 
manner of selecting the seed. Although other 
crops may be benefited by a change of seed, there 
iB no need of changing seed corn, provided proper 
attention is given In selecting that used for plant¬ 
ing. By giving tbe mutter tbe attention it re¬ 
quires, a variety might be perfected so as to yield 
much more to the acre, and ripen at least ten days 
earlier than at first. As soon aa the earlier ears 
are thoroughly glazed, go over the field and se¬ 
lect from those stalks that are the largest and 
most thiifty, and that have two good ears. As 
soon as selected, braid and hang up in Borne dry, 
airy place where it can dry before cold weather. 
The reason we hear so much complaint of corn 
not coming up is generally thiB: — the seed is se¬ 
lected from the crib where it was deposited in a 
wet Btate, and did not dry before frost came. It 
was frozen, and of course could not germinate. If 
farmers will follow the plan of selecting their seed 
before the crop is harvested, they will be folly re¬ 
munerated for their trouble by the production of 
twin ears in abundance. k 
Karin, Kent Co., Mich., 1857. 
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WENS ON CATTLE, &c. 
Eds. Rural: —For tbe benefit of our Canadian 
friend, I would say to him that I have had consid¬ 
erable experience in curing wens on cattle, and 
have never failed of perfect success. My mode is 
to open it immediately, after I think there is mat¬ 
ter there, with a sharp pointed jack knife; if mat¬ 
ter has been there for some time it may be thick 
and not much sore. Open it on the lower side 
that the matter may discharge freely; this I would 
do at all events, if the animal was mine. T had 
one on the back part of tbe jaw bone of one of my 
oxen, which I opened with perfect success. Will 
“Canadian ” please to report bis mode of opera¬ 
tion, that we may know how he succeeds, and con¬ 
fer a favor upon the writer of this. 
I would like to add that the remarks of C. C. 
Wilson, upon “Bees and Buckwheat,” suits me 
exactly.—S. Pettit, North East, Pa., 1867. 
MAKING BTONE WALLS. 
Eds. Rural: —Having been asked by many how 
I bnilt my fence walls so as to keep them standing 
perfectly straight, I thought I would send yon a 
statement, in order that those who read may have 
the advantage of my experiments. I have never 
bnilt a stone fence but what stands straight and 
fair as when erected, if done according to my di¬ 
rections. The wall should not be over two feet 
thick at the base for four feet high, and the poorest 
stone sbonld he placed at the bottom. After get¬ 
ting a little up, be snre to have a portion of the 
stone reach through the wall so as to bind, and 
when the whole is finished bank it thoroughly.— 
There was a piece of wall, on mneky ground, that 
had failed, which I desired to re-hulld. It seemed 
to split, bulge out, and the top settled until hogs 
would run over it. After taking it down 1 began 
it thinner than before, and taking the large stone 
which had been laid at the bottom, told my man 
when he got the wall high enough so that those 
stone would reach through and face on both sides, 
to put them in. That wall stands as straight as 
when finished five years ago. 
There are many opinions about constructing 
walls of stone. Some will put large Btones at the 
bottom, which reach more than half the way 
through, and then build with small material on 
the other side. Tho conseqnence is, the wall will 
split and the frost heave the large stones out. To 
my mind no large Btone should be put on tbe 
ground, for tbe wall cannot be banked but that the 
earth will freeze under it and rack the entire 
structure. If there are only small Btone used at 
tbe base it makes a space which prevents such a 
disaster, and if the large ones are placed in where 
they fill and face both sides they serve aB binders. 
As much as possible of the wall should be laid 
single, consequently the small and poorest scone 
should be used at the bottom, and, when thorough¬ 
ly bunked, the mice will work the dirt in among 
these stone, which will help materially to prevent 
the frost from getting under. It ia a good plan to 
pnt loose dirt in among the stone at the bottom for 
one or two tiers up, as it will keep dry, and the 
frost never heaves sneh dirt so as to be any injury; 
it also prevents it from getting under the bottom. 
Most hands iu laying wall will persist iu putting 
large stone at the base, but they are pretty Bare to 
get crowded out in time and let the wall down, as 
it will reach above the banking and allow the frost 
to penetrate it, which is sure to freeze the ground 
under it k. 
Honeoye Falls, N. Y., 1857. 
REPORTS OF CROPS. 
We give below two extracts from letters received 
—one being from Michigan, the other from Vir¬ 
ginia—relative to tbe yield of various crops, asfar 
as can be determined, in the respective localities 
in which tbe writers reside. If Rural readers 
throughout the land would follow the example thus 
set them, a vast amount of valuable information, 
as regards the productiveness and capabilities of 
our country, might be obtained. 
Eds. Rural:— Moat of the crops here in our 
West are doing well, though It is said that the in¬ 
dications of the potato rot are decidedly strong.— 
The wheat crop iu less than an average, the fly and 
the rust having injured it about twenty per cent. 
The amount of corn will be extra, if wc Bhouldnot 
happen to be troubled with such a thing aa frost 
this fall. The sugar rave is getting almost large 
enough for walking sticks, but in addition to ita 
Chinese propensity, it is not only small at the feet, 
but quite diminutive throughout. Fruit is more 
plenty than usual.—M. J. S, Washington, Macomb 
Co-, Mick, 1857. _ 
Eds. Rural:— The wheat crop in this county Is 
considerable below an average this year, on ac¬ 
count of the ravages of tbe Hessian fly, joint worm 
and chinch hag. Oats were a heavy crop. Corn 
promises welt. Potatoes show indications of rot. 
Lands that were mowed turned off a fair burthen, 
and considerable grass seed will be raised. On 
account of tho uncertainty of wheat, most of tho 
farmers are preparing to sow rye this fall; some 
have sown already.—A. H. A., Fairfax C. II., Va. 
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SLOBBERS.--ANOTHER RIMEDY. 
Eds. Rural:— I notice in a late issue an inqui¬ 
ry in relation to “slobbers” in horses. I will give 
my experience, which, if you deem worthy, yon 
can place in the columns of your widely circu¬ 
lated paper, and It. may prove of benefit to “Z,” ns 
well as “ the rest of mankind.” Feed tho horse so 
affected a few burdock leaves, which he will eat 
greedily. One or two messes always insures a 
cure. This seems to be nature’s own remedy, for 
a horse not affected will not eat them. It is cheap¬ 
er and more simple than Dr. Dadd's, besides it 
eradicates two evils at the same time.—H. W. H., 
North Bergen, N. 1’., 1857. 
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Steam Threshing Machine. —We find the fol¬ 
lowing item going the rounds of the papers, and, 
from the figures as given, would think the great 
motor at lost doing an economical buBiuesB upon 
the farm:—There ia a steam 1 breakingmachine on 
the farm of Dr. Watts, at Chillicothe, Ohio, which 
doeB the work of at least ten horseH. The engine 
cost $000, and the thresher $800, which is leas than 
ten horses would have cost. The entire force, 
when In action, consisted of twenty-eight men, 
eight horses, two oxen and five wagons. The ma¬ 
chine, and three men to tend it, are furnished for 
five cents a bushel, threshed. Toe consumption 
of wood is about 1{ cords per day, at $2 60 per 
cord. Between 7 and 11 A. M., the machine 
threshed three hundred and six bushels, which is 
the work of sixty men for the same time. The 
machine will thresh, on au average, se ven hundred 
bushels per day. This ia the work of seventy men 
in the old way of threshing by flail. There is here 
then the saving of forty-two men, deducting tbe 
number now employed. Besides, another impor¬ 
tant consideration, is the fact that it saves so much 
time, by doing the work much quicker than in the 
old way, 
* -•- 
At tbe sale of Hon. James B. Clay’s stud of 
thorough bred horses, in Fayette county, Ky., last, 
week, his imported Btallion, “Indian Chief,” Lro’t 
$5,020 under the hammer. Borne of his fillies were 
bid off by Kentuckians for $500 and $000 each.— 
It is said to have been a wonderful sale. 
Itural Dotes ant) Items. 
Acknowledgements. —We are indebted to the 
officers of various State and County Agricultural 
Societies for invitations to attend their Annual 
Exhibitions, with cards ol admission, &c. Regret 
that recent absence, present; duties, and future en¬ 
gagements, has and will preclude us from accept¬ 
ing, as it would afford na great pleasure to meet, 
in propria persona , not only the officers but the 
high privates of the several Societies. 
The State Fair.— We learn from Col. Johnson 
that the arrangements for tho State Fair at Bu(Vi¬ 
to—Oct 5th to 9th, inclusive—are completed, and 
that a superior exhibition is anticipated. A large 
attendance iB expected from tho West and Cana¬ 
da, for which the officers of the Society and oit'- 
zens of Buffalo are making all necessary prepara¬ 
tions. Tfie Central Railroad will oarry all stock 
and articles for exhibition to and from the Fair 
free of charge; and convey passengers in first 
class ears at two cents a mile—the lowest rate the 
Road has charged daring any Fairs since the con¬ 
solidation. 
■ 4 »- 
Retorts of Fairs,— We have no definite re¬ 
ports from the few County Fairs already held in 
this State. Moj. Patrick informs ns that tbe Jef¬ 
ferson Co. Fair, held last week, was very success¬ 
ful—the show being fine and the receipts larger 
than at any previous exhibition. We presume the 
showB of the Wayne, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Cort¬ 
land, Albany, Rensselaer, and Saratoga Societies, 
held the same week—aud Onondaga the previous 
week—were more or less creditable, but have no 
particulars. Shall be glad to receive brief and 
definite reports—noting tbe prominent features, 
&e.,—of all Fairs in this and other States where 
the^RuRAL circulates. We wiBh to give our read¬ 
ers au Idea at least of the progress and success of 
the various Societies, and therefore solicit friends 
to furnish us brief and definite reports for publi¬ 
cation. 
Go to the Faih8!— Every genuine Ruralist— 
Mud, Woman, and “ Young America - '—should at¬ 
tend one or more of tbe Agricultural Fairs, this 
season. The home exhibitions are most impor¬ 
tant, but many can attend distant ones to advan¬ 
tage. We hold it to be the duty of farmers to 
aid in sustaining their local Societies—not only by 
attending the shows, but by becoming paying and 
active annual or life members, and contributing to 
each exhibition some product of their skill and 
industry. It is neither just nor public spirited to 
try to see the show for nothing—and instead of 
grumbling, as some do, at the shilling or two 
charged for admission, we hope all our readers 
who attend Fairs will become members (by pay¬ 
ing $1 or more,) and also exhibitors. The Faire 
are good places to learn, and also afford excellent 
opportunities to meet old and make new acquaint¬ 
ances and friends, and exchange views on practi¬ 
cal subjects. Hence, aside from seeing the exhi¬ 
bition. every person attending a Fair may enjoy it 
socially. Our shows might thus become valuable 
and interesting Rural Reunions ,—and would pay 
good dividends In social enjoyment and the ac¬ 
quisition of knowledge, without taking the win¬ 
ning of premiums into consideration. Reader, go 
to the Fair—“ act well yonr part” as a member of 
the Society—contribute to the exhibition—and 
resolve to enjoy the Annual Farmers’ Festival. In 
so doing you and yours will be benefited, and the 
welfare of community promoted. 
Pricks of Fancy Beasts and Birds —During 
our recent visit to Jj[ew York, we gathered many 
interesting facts relative to the prices and modes 
of selling various marketable commodities not 
usually obtainable in small town?. Among other 
matters we observed that quite a trade was car¬ 
ried on in Fancy Boasts aud Birds, and as many 
of our readeis m y be interested in the subject, 
wc quote from a late number of the Tribune the 
annexed table of what it denominates “fancy 
prices for fancy beasts and birds.” 
HNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Annual Exhibition of this Society, held at 
L nisville the first week of this month, wus well 
attended and generally creditable, thoagh inferior 
in some departments to what had been antici¬ 
pated, The show of stock is reported to have 
been fine, especially of Horses and Short-horn cat¬ 
tle. We give below a list of tbe Premiums award¬ 
ed in the Stock Department,: 
HORSES 
Tkoi-tinu Stallions— Over 6 years — Bait, .J B. Orippen 
Oolilwnrei, Mich, •• liiMtm Mortmain Black Hawk,” $100. Timo 
2:58; 2d, J. L. Doty. Yt. '• Yonnic Hamiltonian,” no. Over 1 and 
mulct 5 years—BeM, K 0 Thomas, "llud Black Hawk,”—time 
S;M; 2<1, I.. Gregory. Jeff Co., "Levi Kogara,"—tlm* S: 1 M,. 
[Tho Ju'b:eB decided, at, to thl* hotr.a, that he la over the »Vs 
neoMMUT lor tho competition, aud Ui*-rotbre d I squall!!, d for dm 
entry. “ Hud Black Hawk." of course, received ttm pr. r oo.- 
Under 1 yearn—B„»t, W. .J Bradley, Fayotto Co, Kv Cli 
Inn." H: 2: 2d, Dr. Spalding, Greenup Co., Ky., " Henry Ulav, 
3:19; 3d, T L. MuGeu, Lexington, "Amcricau Chief," 3 : .. 
TROTTING Mares —3 yearn and over — Best, F. Hnttorwto'e 
Louisville, “ K»ie,"—time 3:2(1; 2d, A 11 Brand, Rmiwtu, 
Ky , “ Kate." 8:05. Over * and under S years—Best, G K Heir 
John, Jr, Jeff. Co,, 5:21; 2d, Lawrence Dawes,. " Highland 
Mary," S:32. Under 1 year*—Best, Jos L Dun, " Mary I'orter," 
3:50. 
Troth *a C.ni'i nos —Rest, W B Con ant. Co M water, Mich., 
" George."—time 3,l'3>4: 2d, .1 F Caldwell, Hoylo Co, Ky ,3:U3; 
3d, J L Doty. Freehold, N J., " White Stocking," 312; lih, T K 
Marr, Scott Co., Ky , “ Hoaiioakn," met wltli an accident and 
did not rnn; fill,, O F Thompson, Louisville, "Fleet," S.l.'ljg. 
llR.tvT tTAl.U0.N8 AMII AfAMiB.—.1 year* old and upward— 
Heat, Huggins A Hi ml lord, Boone Co., Ky„ $70; 2d, Dr. Living 
A lilcks Louisville, 23. Two aud nnd.it Hyear*—Beni, J Hen¬ 
derson, Fayette Co., Ky, SO; 2d. Albert Kurd, Oldham Co , Kv., 
25. Ihio and under 2 yearn—hen, ,T r- Todliuntcr, Fayette. Co., 
Ky , 30. Under 1 year—Beat, Z Hell, Shelby Uo„ Ky., III. Mares 
1 and under '2 years—Best, M Mlloa, SmltfiUeld, Ky„ 20. 
Saddle Gxi.dtkgs.—K crl, 1. Hlley, Woodford Oo., Ky., $50. 
Scolt Co , •“ Rob Roy"; 3d, J T Ewing. HoacMund, Ky , Bel- 
ehnir.AT Mater, I v■ era and over—Beat, ff T Downing, Fay¬ 
ette Co; 2d, NT lau-, Danville, Ky., " Kate Brown.' Stallions, 
2 and under ,’t yearn— Beat, Hcbt Garnett, Wood Ibid Co., “Black 
William”; 2d. I’hots Htutltrvon, Fayette Co., Kv., " land Well¬ 
ington" Fillies, 2 and under 3 ycta-s—Heal, d»a McGlnaky, 
Nelson Co.; 2d. 11 Thotnpi.on, Clark Co., Ky. HlaHlons, under 
one year Best. J C Montague, Lexington, By; 2d, ft F Leo, 
Danville, Ky., •' Komirius" Stalltons, > and under 2 years— 
Best. Ja* I. Grim, Fayette Co, Ky, " Daniel Boone"; 2d, Job 
M irror, Nil bon Co. Killian, 8 nnd under 1 year*- iivM W 11 
Frederick, Jell Co, Ky., "Julia Morgan"; 2d, Win Abbott, 
Scott Co., Ky. 
Extra RutO j-T his ring wa* comprised or nil tho stallions, 
mares, and goldln^a, pf all Ages, that have received premiums 
during (be exMln'iioti. Best, R Garnett. Woodlord Co, Ky., 
" Black William," $St>; 2d, W C Trabue, Jeff anon Co., Ky., 2o, 
Mati:iii*d Geldings. — Id hands nnd over—Heat, Dr J R Dc- 
rh», Lexington; 2d, Kandforil IIhvIs, Reotl Co., ivy Under Id 
hands—Heat. .I I. Downing A Son, Fuyette Co., Ky ; 2d, T F 
Marr, Scott Co, Ky. 
Match Lit Mares.—O ver 1C hands—Heat, A II Brand; 2d, W 
E Milton. Under 16 hands—Best, Ellas Dorsey, Jefferson Co.; 
2d, 'l'boe 11 liunl. Louisvillo. 
CATTLE. 
Durham Botr.a—years and over—Beat, It A Alexander, 
Woodlord Co., Ky., “ Sirius," $ DO; 2d,li U Corwin, Ohio, “Ctn- 
andcr," 25. 2 and under 3 years—Cbu. T Garrard, Boorbou Co, 
Ky., 63; 2d, N '1' Lee, Hoylo Co., Ky., 20. One and under 2 yns. 
—Beal, It A Alexander, 20; 2d, C Jolmeon, Scott Co., Ky., 1U. 
1) null Ait Cows —Throe years anil over—Be-i, jt. A Alexander, 
“Forget-me-not,"$ll:0[ 2d, Same, "llucheaaof Athol,” 23. Two 
and under 3 years—Beat, Geo M Bedford, Bourbon Co , Ky., 
" Irani A," 60; 2tl, Col S Meredith, Wnynn Co., lnd., "Maid of 
Oak Lane " One and under 2 years—Beal, It A Alexander, 
" M nxuikn 1th"; 2d, Kama, ” Mar.utka 2d.' Under one year— 
Beal. Col S Mnvudlln, 23; 2d, Kamo, “ Dolly Madison," 15. 
Dxvotr Bi/LLS,—Three years and over -Bert, C A Ely, Ohio, 
'■ lluko of Devon,” $1 U; 2d, Foul Wing, Montgomery Co., led., 
*' Bryan," 311. Two nnd under 8 years— Bui one animal was of- 
farad, and he wn* adjudged unworiby the premium. One aud 
tinder 2 years—Beat, Chaa A Ely, “ Victory." Under pnc.jear 
—Beit, Chun A Ely; 2d, Paul Wing. "Archer." 
DhVOff COW* AND Hkipkrs.—T hree years and over—Heat, C 
A Ely, "Jenny Lind," $HH); 2d, Same. " Victoria." 12'. Two A 
undoi 3 year.?—Best, C A Ely, tU;2d, S«ma, 23. Under I year 
—Boat, Uaul Wing, " Lady J ono," 15; 2d, C A Klv, “Ida 3d." 
Devos Hr.Rrig.—Devon Bull and four Cows—Best, C A Ely, 
$100; 2d, Paul Wing, diploma. 
Jt iiaEV i 'OW C—Three yearr and over— Best, It A Alexander. 
Woodlord Clo Ky One and under 2 years—Beat, Thoe Aston, 
Lorain Co., Ohio, " yutility.'’ 
Mir.cii Uowa —Three and under 6 year*—Best, R A Alexan¬ 
der; 2d, Puul Wing 
Ilxmlroiai Bli.i.s —Three years nnd over—Best, J Humph¬ 
reys, Lorain Uo, Ohio, " Prince of Wales"; 2d, W H Botham, 
Owego, N, Y„ “Charles." Two aud under 3 years—Best, Tbos 
Aston, "Fair Boy." Ono and uuder two years- Do-.. V,H 
Eotaaui, -• Hangui.” 
lts.itr.ronD Cows AND llrirrn*—.i yearn and over—Ben T 
Aeon, "DochcM”; 2d, \V 11 Hotbnni, "Mayflower." 7no n-id 
under 3 year*—Beal, John Humphreys, "Prtuceas BoynL"; 2d, 
W II Sbtham, " Wood Lino, " One nml under 2 yean—Best, T 
Aston, “ Beauty." Under one year—Best, W 1! Botham, "Pin 
dcnco , 2d. Same, " Woodlark." 
Hr .retold !lr.nn.—Bnll aud four Cowa—Best, W II Sotbam. 
Ayrshire IIci.i.S.— Oreroue jwt-Beit, J W Goalee, Jeff. 
Co.. Ky.. " Home"; 2d. R A Alexander. Ono nnd outlet2years 
—Beat. S Berryman, Boston, Ky. 
A yicsuikk Cowa —Three yeara and over—Best, I» A Alexan¬ 
der, "Queen"; 2d, Same, "Arvtlve I,a.«» ' Two and under 5 yrs 
—lal and 2d, K A Alexander. Under one year—let and 2d" K 
A Alexander, "Tuuie" and “ LIU*," 
Ayrshire Hrhjr— 2 Bulls and 4 Cow»— 1st R A Alexander. 
Fa r Bollocks.—F ive veura and upwards— Best, f Shelby, 
.jA* — ~ ' V'Tourand 
Bremen Goose,pr pair,.. 
Poland and Chinese,.... 
Wild Gcete.. 
Aylcjbniy Ducks. 
Rorica Ducks... 
Wild Ducks. 
Top Knol... 
Black Swau, each. 
M bite Swan onch.. 
Crimea A Crown birds... 
Pollcana and Storks.! 
Golden Hamlr. FT*, pair 
Silver Heroli h"!s. pair.. 
Black gnauieh F’la, pair 
Cochin 1'owls, pair. 
Shamthnc Fowls, pair... 
Speckled Dorking, pair. 
While Poiking, pair.,.. 
Game Dorking, pair..... 
Poland Fowla, pair. 
White Buntnma, pair_ 
Black Bantam*, pair.... 
be aluight Bantams, pair 
Japanese Fowls, pair... 
Golden Pheasants, pair. 
Sllroi lTuiir.nn.tr,, pair.. 
Shetland Follies cnch... 1 
Setter dogs Cluokc) each I 
Pointer dogs each__ 1 
Newfound land, ouch.... 
Scotch Terriers, each_ 
Kuglihh Terrier dogs, ca 
Spanish, cadi. 
| King Charles Spaniels, 
each. 
Pox A Babbit hound.-,.. 
. .. 
Tlgcnj, 1/repaid* anil 
Pears, ench. I 
Wildcat;, Hyer n* and 
Cougar*, each.: 
Ferrets A .Monkey*, each 
! Badgers, Squir¬ 
rels, each**..*...... 
CnnarlcL(coin) each... 
Cnnoilcr, (com. breed) 
| lunlej, each.... 
Canaries, (tong breed,) 
fcinalca, each....... 1 
Canaries, (Gorman,) 
males, each. 
Sp»in>w>, inch. 
Mocking lilids, each.,.. 
GoldUuch, ench.... 
! Blue Jays, each. 
llniflnch, ench. 
j Holilns, (ringing.) one!).. 
Parrots, ‘talking.) each.. 
Quaila. (ttomentiu.) cuch. 
Doves, each. 
Pouter Pigeons, each... 
Fiintuila, each..... 
1 ‘hi 'i i ''U,Ti. 
Boughs, each. 
I Tumbler*, each. 
Blackbird, (ringing, )each 
I Bobolink*, each.... 
Fat Bollocks—F ive venra anil upwards — Best I Bhclby, 
Lexington, Ky.: 2d, Geo Dtuldf.on, Wayno Oo , lnd. Four arid 
under 3 year.—Host, Jot Calloway, SmithHvld, Kj : 2d, I Shel¬ 
by. Three and under 4 years— Best, I Shelby; 2d, J Calloway. 
The Chops of Great Britain, —Tho couditlon 
of the crops in England, Ireluud and Scotland, 
when the Envopa sailed, was, on the whole, encour¬ 
aging. In England, the wheat crop may he pro¬ 
nounced unusaally productive. The barley crop 
is of unusual extent, but will probably yield barely 
an average per acre. The out crop ia decidedly 
below its averuge productiveness. Pulse crops 
are for tbe most part inferior. Potatoes have 
promised better, bnt are more diseased than they 
have been for several years. The hay crop is good, 
und unusually well got. Turnips are generally in¬ 
ferior. To Ireland, since 1826, there has not been 
so favorable a sensoti as tbe present, and a week 
or so more of the brilliant weather during August 
was all that was wuuted to realize the prospect of an 
early and abundant harvest. There are no longer 
any complaints of failure in the potato crop, the 
BymptoniB of blight which had shown themselves 
iu some localities in the course of last month 
having entirely disappeared. Iu Scotland, the 
harvest operations were general, and the weather 
continued to he moat favorable for hardening the 
grain. The crop will he ail average one. Potato 
disease has shown itself somewhat in the North 
of Scotland, but it is not likely to become any- 
king like general, 
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by. Threu ami IImb'r Tynan,—Bf»t, I Shnlby; 2if, J Calloway. 
FiiF.F’- Marti*'?, Fat Hkim.hk Ac—Five yenn nml over— 
Bent, Geo Davidson; 2d. W L W'nddy, Shelby Co. Four and 
nuder 6 year*—Best, W It Esllllo, Fnmtte Co., Ky.; 2d, 1 Shel¬ 
by. Three ami 11 ml in t yeara—BvM, I Shelby. 
Herd, Fat Cattle —Bust, I»aao Shelby, Fayette Co., Ky, 
HOGS. 
Large Breed.—B oar* 2 years and over— Beil, K A H Bas¬ 
sett, Milan, Kriu CO . Ohio. Sown—Beet, J M MoFerrln, Boylo 
Co, Ky ; 2d, J 8 Settlon, JrIV Co , Kr. 3 Sows, 1 year und nu- 
dor— llofet. Richard Allen, Fayotto Uo , Ky. Hows nnd Pigs— 
Best, J 8 Sainton. 
Su alt. Breed.—B oar*, 2 yeni-A am! over— B«*t, Richard Al¬ 
len; 2d. W W Young, Jeff, Co., Ky. Pair of Piga— Boot, K A B 
Barnett Sow*, 2 y c «rs and ovor—Beri, Richard Alton; 2d, Z 
Ward, Frankfort, Ky. Sows 1 year nnd under two—liert, Kith- 
aid Allen; 2d, 7. Wind. 
SHEEP. 
CotmyolD-—A ged Buck*—Bent, J W Goalee; 2d, S Hopkins, 
Henry Co., Kv. BucIih 2 year* and under 3—Beat, K A Alex¬ 
ander; 2d, D Kills, Henry Co , Ky Kwes over 3 yenrs— Beat, L 
llopkiiLi; 2d, T Aston, it won tinder 2 yearn—Bent, J M Cnllo- 
wiij; 2d, J 15 O'llimnon, Jeff Co., Ky. 
BOPTJEDOWXS—Bucks over 3 years—Hold, K A Alexander; 
2d; C M Clay, Mml. Co. Ky Bucks 2ye»rn aud titular 3—Best 
It A Alexander; 2d, Ton ; A \V not on, Lorain Co. O Ewes 2 
years and over—Beit. B A Alexander ; 2d, Toma & U'o< ton — 
Kwea under 2 y«ar*—Heat. It A Alexander; 2d, Toms A Wooton. 
Saxon.— lluekB 2 year* nnd over ■ Best, A Black, Ureencnn- 
Ue, lull. Under 2 years— Beat, A Black. Kwea two years aud 
over— Beri. John Herr, Jeff Co., Ky. 
Nor Clas 1 inis Fat Weather? Bert, J M Calloway Mix¬ 
ed Breed*— Hr ,t. It \V Scott, improved; Kontui ky. Best Long- 
wciol Lambs, L tfoptina; 2d, J M Calloway Best lot of Sheep 
J D Alcott, Jack von Co., Mich 
■Merino Smrrr—Tf.n Committed report J M Oloott, ol Mich¬ 
igan, entitled to niCLiiuui* lor hi* Kuril*, three In number, vie: 
2 one year olds, French Merinos, and a Fpaniali Buck two years 
old. 'i'ncrc vhcep had uo comtictttors. but they rloEy deserve a 
premium. For ihc five nged French Ewes in nwntded the pre¬ 
mium to Mr. Olcolt, of Mich., and John Herr, of Jeff Co., Ky. 
POULTRY, 
Bed and Bc*T Siianodam- Ono cock and two hens— Best, 
Andrew Hucknuuu, Louisville, Ky. 
Guey JIkamaii Pootkas—O ne cock nnd two hens—Besl, \Y 
L Olilaam, Jefferson Co , Ky. 
SEAnRicuT Bantams.—B est, J It Taylor, Lexington, Ky. 
Turkeys— Best Wm L Oldham, Jefferson Co , Ky. 
Wild Gekse—B est, Wm L Oldham. 
Tub second National Exhibition of imported 
blood and American breed of horses will be held 
vit Springfield, Mass., on tbe 30th September aud 
tho 1st, 2d and 3d days of October. The premium 
liBt ranges from $10 to $200. Persons entering 
horses to compete for premiums will be charged 
with an entranco fee of from $3 to $10, In propor¬ 
tion to the premiam they contend for. On the last 
day there will be a sate of stock at auction. 
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The Suort-uokns advertised by our artistic 
fiiend Page, of Sennett, ought to be, and wc pre¬ 
sume they arc, worthy the attention of breeders 
and others deBtrous of purchasing. One who baa 
au eye to both beauty and blood, aud can dtdineate 
tbs best points of animals, probably possesses su¬ 
perior specimens of hia favorite bleed. In giving 
both pedigree and price, his announcement ia a 
model. 
Thk celebrated “Grey Eagle,” about 23 years 
old, was sold a day or two ago to Mr. Merchant, ot 
Newark, Ohio, for the large sum of $2,000. 
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