EDITED BY HENRY 8. RANDALL, LL. D. 
THE VERMONT MERINOS AT HAMBURG. 
In his article In reply to ours, Mr. Campbell, 
apparently seriously, imputes to ns as an incon¬ 
sistency that, under our original information of 
the facts, we epoku of his Hamburg victory as 
an unparalleled one, “won under a cloud of 
difficulties,” while now he says we view it “as 
insignificant as possible.” It is true that we 
arrived at the conclusion that beating the field 
—heating the representatives of the best Hocks 
of Germany—beating the Emperor Napoleon’s 
sheep—entirely outselling all the other sheep on 
the ground, Arc., (tec.,—tea quite different affair 
from bein'] placed second in a single class * 
Mr. Campbell rarely expresses himself di¬ 
rectly or clearly on any point. But we gather 
the idea that he still claims to have beaten the 
field, because he offered a sweepstakes which was 
not accepted; and that he holds that we are 
bound to the some view because wc said in the 
Practical Shepherd that “ this (offer of a sweep- 
stakes) rendered the triumph of the American 
Sheep absolute and undeniable.” Under the 
then supposed fuct6 it certainly so struck us. 
Mr. Campbell was represented as having beaten 
the field, that is, all the classes of Merinos.— 
“Loud expressions of dissatisfaction” broke 
forth, “which were promptly re-echoed in the 
German newspapers.” “ On the official promul¬ 
gation of the decision, thoprevious censures took 
the form of accusations,” “It was asserted 
that the committee had been unduly Influenced.” 
Then it was that the victor magnanimously of¬ 
fered to test the question over again, before a 
new committee, chosen by the “German Associa¬ 
tion under whoso auspices and direction the In¬ 
ternational Exhibition took place.” All this i6 
very fine; and were it true, would, in our judg¬ 
ment, bear out our original inference. 
But getting down from thcsepoetical myths to 
solid ground, the scene changes. If the official 
Prize List is to be trusted, it would seem that 
the offered sweepstakes wsb only an appeal from 
the award of the judges by a defeated competitor 
—a thing usually laughed at and never worth no- 1 
ticing. And by tha conditions of the sweep- 
stakes, as declared by Mr. Needham at. Rutland, 1 
it was “ open to previous competitors ”—so that ' 
it was not even directed to three classes of Meri- 1 
nos on exhibition. This was what Mr. Camp- ■ 
bell considers beating the field ! < 
We are now treated to a startling development! C 
Mr. Campbell writes: 
tifying contrary to seventeen other witnesses—or 
a single commitbeman attempting to impeach 
the good faith of his seventeen colleagues. He 
must needs see. therefore, that the burthen of 
proof rests on himself, and that to secure him¬ 
self from very unpleasant constructions, he Is 
required to present that proof with the least de¬ 
lay that circumstances possibly admit of. 
Mr. Campbell says: 
“Mr. Ran halt, complains because, as he says, I had 
t.o sell my gold ‘ to make op iho alleged price.’* The 
price wa* as has been stated 4,000 German dollars 
(spelledTellurs) or thaler*, already paid, and 1,000 due 
ns yet on certain condition*. If there is anything 
wrong in the bargain—ir I have committed a fraud by 
I computing lhA amount in Ok lawful currency of our own 
dear country— it the public, have suffered by this re¬ 
port of sales, I hold myself responsible for the act.” 
Now wc learn from a table of rates of foreign 
coins, used hi the Treasury Department at Wash¬ 
ington,t that the value of the rix-dollar, or 
thaler, of Prussia and the northern States of Ger¬ 
many, is established by Act of Congress to be 
sixty-nine cents; and that accordingly the 4,000 
thalers which Mr. Campbell received for his sheep, 
not computing the premium on gold, amounted 
“ in the lawful currency of our dear country " to 
j ust $2,700. Conditional after payments are pretty 
well understood, and how the one in the present 
instance is understood by the “Count” who 
purchased the sheep is made to appear from the 
fact that he not only has not made it, bnt as we 
are informed on excellent authority, utterly ig¬ 
nores any further liability. 
“His Royal Highness,” two years old, sheared 
18 lbs. of wool last April. Leicester# were shown 
by Walcott <te Campbell, Julian Wjxnk and 
S. <te W. S. AllBN. Southdown* were only repre¬ 
sented by theillocks of L. L. Lorillard. Cash- 
men Gouts were shown by W. B. Dinsmore, 
Staatsbnrg; and J«nx S. Schidmore, Saratoga, 
exhibited a pen of Rocky Mountain Sheep. These 
sheep were rather under size and had two extra 
horns projecting forward over the eyc-s. We 
have not space to notice all the entries of sheep. 
There were, we believe, over fifty exhibitors, and 
their stock formed one of the leading features 
of the Fair. Being so near the borders of Ver¬ 
mont we had expected more of the leading 
breeders of Merinos in that State would exhibit 
their choice stock. A few ten-thousand-dollar 
ram* would have beeu a great attraction. But 
it is hardly the role of those claiming such high 
superiority above others to compete before the 
public. • 
one way. The machine is simple, light, and 
apparently durable, and we believe will come 
into general use. 
Asi’iN wall’s j Potato Digger was the only ma¬ 
chine of the kind exhibited. It had an arrang- 
mc-nt in front for laying the vines straight one 
way, and the potatoes were thrown out by a 
large shovel running under the hills, and a 
vibrating rack behind cleared them from dirt. 
We hardly think the harvesting of potatoes has 
yet so much aid from machinery as the planting. 
Of the implements for cultivating the soil we 
Tue Season, Past and Present.— The past sum¬ 
mer was one of the most remarkable experienced in 
this region for a long scries of years. The latter part 
or spring and fore part of summer were character 
ized hy ver.v wet and cool weather. We then had an 
extraordinary ‘-heated term.'’ greatly debilitating t 0 
man and beast. During August we Lad an nnnsnal 
quantity of rain, with a low temperature—for the last 
half of the month especially. September opened 
were pleased with the appearance of McQtns- j pleasantly, bnt the weather eoon changed, becomin 
Horse‘ 1 . 
♦ That la,’the alleged price at which be sold his sheep 
at Hamburg. 
i See American Tariff, <fcc., 1805, compiled by E. D. 
Ogden, page 09. 
THE NEW T0EE STATE FAIR. 
“Now should it prove that I am the injured party 
—that I have practiced no deception—that the com¬ 
mittee at Hamburg did decide first upon my sheep— 
■that it was the foreign breeder t bnt practiced t he de¬ 
ception and not me - will Mr. Randai.i, heart free to 
do me strict justice in* he has shown to foreigners * 
♦ * The arranging of that 1 prize list' * * proves 
to be a ppeclmen of sharp practice of the foreign 
brooders.” 
In proof of the above, he offers the following 
letter of Mr. Needham; 
Boston, July 30th, 1866. 
Mr. Georg x Campjiki.l—J/ y Dear Sir: In answer 
to your enquiries, whether thu German or American 
Sheen, in the class of Merinos marked “l>," were 
first decided on fora first prize at the International 
Exhibition in 1863, I will say that the sub-committee 
of three, of which I was one, were unanimous in plac 
incite American Sheep first— and 1 wan greatly sur¬ 
prised that in the published list of premiums award¬ 
ed, the German were placed before the American 
Sheep. Yours truly, Daniel Needham. 
There is 6ome ambiguity in both of the above 
statements, confounding as they do the Ideas of 
deciding first on the American Sheep, and decid¬ 
ing to place them first,; but Mr. Needham's words 
which we have placed in italics are decisive, and 
he thus squarely makes up the issue that Mr, 
Campbell's sheep beye been deprived of the po¬ 
sition in the official prize list to which they were 
entitled by official award. In answer to Mr, 
Campbell’s question we reply, if this fact can be 
established, Mr. RANDALL will “be as free to do 
him strict justice as he has shown to foreigners.” 
And Mr. Randall will, to the extent of his poor 
abilities, join in dealing out another kind of jus¬ 
tice to the foreign scoundrels who have thus 
wronged and insulted an American exhibitor. 
But, in truth, Mr. Needham has assumed a 
very grave responsibility. The weight of testi¬ 
mony is altogether against him. He express!} 
declared at Rutland that, “notwithstanding and 
in defiance of" the murmurs of the press and 
people, “ the general committee with manly in- 
dopcndance ratified the action of the sub-committee 
by a unanimous vote he also declared that this 
decision was officially promulgated. The general 
committee consisted of “ ejgbtecn noblemen and 
gentlemen” of different countries, whose selec¬ 
tion on such an occasion would seem to give suf¬ 
ficient warrant of their prominence and charac¬ 
ter. We are called on to believe that this body 
of men, after making and officially announcing a 
unanimous decision, subsequently reversed their 
action, without the knowledge of the American 
committeeman or the American successful com¬ 
petitor, or else that they connived at a fraudu¬ 
lent change in the prize list—in cither case a 
crime as foolish as base, because a change in an 
announced award could not be made without the 
knowledge of the thousands who attended the 
exhibition, of the reporters of the newspapers 
and through them of the world. The only other 
hypothesis which can be presented is that those 
who superintended the publication of the official 
prize list, changed it without the privity of the 
committee. This, as in the other case, would be 
known to the public; and it would be known to 
[Continued from page 303, last No.] 
i Cattle, 
It was generally remarked that the show of 
Cattle was very slim In point of numbers, but 
very choice in quality. Perhaps a better display 
of Short-J for ns was never seen at any of oar 
State Fairs. In perfection of form and purity 
of blood the animals exhibited from the herds 
of Hon. Ezra Cornell, Ithaca, and James O. 
Sheldon, Esq., Geneva, can hardly be surpassed 
In this country. Mr. C. exhibited no less than 
twelve cows and three bulls. An eight months 
old calf, “Lucia,” of his attracted much, atten¬ 
tion, and was thought a splendid model of a 
young Short-Horn, receiving the honorable or¬ 
der of the “blue ribbon.” Mr. Sheldon’s herd 
on the grounds consisted of the bull “2d Duke 
of Geneva,” five cow's and one yearling heifer. 
In the class of cows bts “ Mazurka 13 ” took the 
first premium. She was in high condition. Her 
color was pure white. His “Gem of Oxford,” 
which took the second prize, was not less ad¬ 
mired by judges. Her color is roan. Clark 
n. Hayes, Unadilla, exhibited two cows and 
two bulls. “Moss Trooper," a red bull, is very 
neat and perfect, and weighs over 2,800 pounds? 
Ayrshire# were also shown by Mr. Hates. 
I Messrs. Walcott <fc Campbell of New York 
Mills, had six specimens of this breed on 
! the grounds, from their celebrated herds. The 
eows exhibited handsomely all the strong char¬ 
acteristics of the breed for milking — fine, trim 
heads and necks, sleek limbs, yellow skin, and 
large milk veins and udders. Their imported 
bull “Tarbolton” was particularly fine, and his 
form was strongly In contrast with the massive 
Short-Horns. 
Alderney# were shown by non. Sam. Camp¬ 
bell, New York Mills, W. B. Dinsmore, Staats- 
burg, R. H. Pomeroy, Mohawk, T. D. Curtis, 
Saratoga, and C. H. Hayes, Unadilla. This 
class of stock attracted a good deal of attention. 
Their good milking qualities were very apparent. 
Mr. Dinsmobe’s bull was particularly fine. Mr. 
C cut ts showed a bull and a calf—the latter taking 
the “ blue ribbon,” and the former being worthy 
of it had his pedigree not been a little obscure. 
Three animals—a bull, cow, and a yearling, 
shown by C. G. Morse, Greene,— were all the 
Jferrfurdswc saw on the grounds. Devons were 
shown by James Hilton, Albany Co., and he 
had the honor of being the breeder of the bull 
that took the first prize. Its owner is James 
Swart, Hoffman's Ferry. There were some 
Grade Short-IIorns of fair quality, and S. G. 
Smith, Saratoga Co., exhibited one pair of fat 
oxen, estimated to weigh 0,000 lbs. 
£heep. 
The display of Sheep attracted, of course, 
much attention. Groups of men could be seen 
at all hours of the day, bending over the pens 
and eagerly pointing out and discussing the 
qualities of the occupants. Often some were 
trotted out to obtain a better view of the wool 
and other fine points. Although the Merinos 
outnumbered the Long Wools, the latter made a 
very creditable display, representing, we think, 
that class of sheep in this State more fully and 
favorably than the Merinos did theirs. Wm. 
Chamberlain , Red Hook, showed a large col¬ 
lection, mainly of his famous Silesian Merinos. 
His Grade Sheep on exhibition could hardly he 
distinguished by appearance from the full* 
bloods, showing thu strong Impress made by 
strength and purity of blood. D. W. Childs, 
Vt., exhibited a thrcc-ycar-old ram, and his last 
fleece, weighing twenty-six pounds; the weight 
of the ram after being shorn was 108 lbs. He 
was very wrinkly. Baker & Harrigan, Com¬ 
stock Landing, N. Y., showed one pen of very 
The exhibition of houses was not at all satis- 
} factory. The facilities for seeing them were 
poor Indeed, except when they were displayed 
^ on the track. The stalls they occupied being 
furnished with doors and locks, the animals 
were mostly blanketed and quite Inaccessible for 
' close Inspections without causing considerable 
trouble. A few pairs of matched horses were 
showy. An own brother to “ Dexter,” a three- 
ycar-eld stallion, was much admired. We should 
1 like to see a better exhibition of draught horses 
at the Fairs. 
Ho a a. 
The display of these was first rate. One gen¬ 
tleman, a competent judge, who has attended 
numerous Fairs in the Western States, remarked 
that it was the best show of Swine he ever saw. 
They were clean, in good condition, and quiet. 
Farmers might take a hint to care better for 
their stock of this kind from the example which 
the exhibitors set before them. Said one who 
had some fine pens of Cheshire#, “I get forty 
dollars a pair for my pigs when they arc old 
enough to, wean. The demand is mostly from 
the North-Western State?. They are shipped in 
crates.” Henry Moody, Saratoga, showed 
Berkshires. One sow with nine small pigs were 
wholly black in color. H. D. Jacobs and A. C. 
Clark, Jefferson Co., exhibited several pens of 
fine Cheshire#. S. & W. 8. Allen, Vermont, 
showed Chesters. Wc doubt whether purity of 
blood can be claimed for tiffs class of stock, but 
they are superior to ordinary hogs in the hands 
of farmers, and would greatly improve the 
breeds of almost any locality. 
1* o ii 1 1 r y. 
This department attracted ugood deal of at¬ 
tention. Few had ever seen so large and varied 
a collection of two-legged farm stock, and many 
had no idea there were so many kinds. There 
were a dozen varieties of pigeons, and nearly 
fifty varieties of other fowls. One hen was of 
the venerable age of 17 years, and a majestic 
gobbler that could betir up a 35 lb. weight on 
the scales “ put in bis i&ppearaucc." S. «te W. S. 
Aj.len, Vergcnnes, V'.f*iud E. A. Wendell, Al¬ 
bany Co., N. Y., were tie largest exhibitors. Mr. 
Ai.len considered the Black Spanish one of the 
best layers, but they wont set. Brahmahs and 
Dorking# are good setters and mothers. 
Fnmn Implements nnd Machinery* 
This department of the Fair we think was the 
leading feature. There was a fine display of 
farm implements and machinery; it wouldaston- 
ish a farmer unused to such exhibitions to see 
the aid which Science and Invention oiler him. 
There were two plows on the ground Buch as 
were used fifty years ago; one had a wooden 
mould-board, the other but one handle with a 
cross pin in the top of it to grasp with the 
hands. By them stood some of the best plows 
of the present time. They were the types of t he 
farmer’s implements of the Fast and the Pres¬ 
ent. But the tendency of the Present is towards 
a profuse offering of machinery to the farmer. 
The care of so many implements, many of them 
complicated, is excessive. The men are relieved 
of labor but the master is tasked. A skilled 
mechanic ana a well stocked workshop are a 
necesity on the farm where-all the modern labor- 
saving machinery is employed. 
The display of reapers and mowers was large. 
Most of the machines which were in competi¬ 
tion at Auburn were present. The announce¬ 
ment of the premiums awarded at that trial drew 
considerable attention to the prize-takers, and 
the exhibitors of them w^re feeling very well. 
The collection of implements for haying was 
remarkable. Among the numerous horse-rakes 
we noticed three styles of the woodeu revolving 
pattern, dignified by wheels, levers, and a dri¬ 
ver’s seat attached. There were five Hay-ted¬ 
ders, one of them being a combined tedder and 
loader, numerous hay-forks, and a hay-loader, 
which, being attached behind a wagon, by means 
of revolving forks and an endless apron, wonld 
carry the hay from the winrow to the hay-rack. 
French’s llmkcr promises to be the best ma¬ 
chine yet brought out for husking corn. It is a 
new thing and has not been extensively tried. 
The stalks are first passed between two rollers, 
the under one of wood and the upper one having 
blunt, straight knives affixed to it. These knives 
do not cut the stalks completely, but separate 
the ear, which, with the husks around it, falls 
upon a set of small, inclined, rubber-covered 
rollers. These catch the hueks and silk, tear 
them from the ear, which falls from the lower 
end of the rollers quite clean. The husks are 
. ton’s two-horse Cultivator. It is in fact two 
- cultivators joined hy a flexible bar and drawn hy 
a team. Both sides of a row or two rows are 
• tilled at once. Ingraham’s Cultivators are almost 
perfect of their kind. They are put together 
without a mortice and the steel teeth are revera- 
; Side. Monroe’s Rotary Harrow attracted much 
attention and high praise from those who saw 
it work. It Is circular in form and revolves as 
it advances. The show of plows was small, 
i some enormous 6ide-hill plows being the most 
noticeable. 
Thrashing Machines were numerously repre¬ 
sented. Palmer’s Straw Preserving Thrasher de¬ 
livers the straw nearly uninjured, and in good 
shape for binding. It is wide enough to admit 
long rye straw Eidewise, It Duals out the grain 
between two corrugated iron cylinders. 
Several firms, manufacturing endless chain 
horse-power thrashers, considered themselves 
aggrieved by the action of the State Agricultu¬ 
ral Society, in awarding a premium to that class 
of machinery on trial at Auburn last summer.— 
They presented a remonstrance to the Executive 
Board, stating that owing to the pressure of 
work at that season, and the want of gralus with 
which to try their respective machines, they 
agreed not to compete, and thu premium was 
given to the only machine on the grounds. The 
remonstrants deemed this award an act of injus¬ 
tice to themselves and the public. Per contra, 
the firm who won the premium assert that the 
remonstrants entered machines at the trial and 
then withdrew them. 
Patric’s Stock ramp is undoubtedly one ol 
the best in use by which cattle pump water for 
their drink. By means of its peculiar]packing 
every drop of water which gets into the pump 
must come to the trough, and that, too,Jby so 
slow and steady a movement of the platform 
that the animal standing on it is u?t frightened. 
It was Illustrated and described in the Rural of 
Dec. 2S, 1865, to which wc refer our readers for 
detailed information. It took, we believe, the 
first premium. 
Among the new and useful dairy implements 
wc noticed Adams’ But»r Worker, which'takes 
the old fashioned butter bowl and ladle as a]basis, 
and adds such mechanical appllauces^as render 
the labor light, quickly done, »ud avoids the use 
of the hand. Wc think the inventer ol^this will 
do well to put it. prominently before thejpublic. 
The Excelsior Wheal Gleaning Machine separates 
cockle from wheat by the novel use of cloth 
and brushes, the cockle sticking to’ the cloth, 
which is passed over rollers and when Jit reaches 
the proper place the brushes !remove it. The 
mill also separates other foul stuffjby the usual 
methods. 
Betts’ System of Wire Fence was shown with 
all the machinery of the Inventor for construct¬ 
ing it. The fence is composed of posts one rod 
apart to which five wires are attached by staples. 
Every fifteen inches an upright strip ofjwood, 
one inch square, is affi sed to the wires Jby staples. 
By means of the machinery, adapted to l making 
the various parts, which the inventor”shows, 
this fence can be put up very fast. The cost of 
materials is about 6evenly-five cent6 per rod.— 
Two men with theQmplemeuts ;cau build forty 
rods per day. 
The American Fruit Dri/inglJfouse, for drying 
rapidly all fruits and vegetables, seemed to be 
an apparatus of much utility. It is complete in 
itself, and dries from three to live bushels of 
fruit at once. As all danger of burning is avoid¬ 
ed, and the drying quickly performed] we Bhould 
think it would meet the wauts off many. 
But we have not space to notice] more in par¬ 
ticular. Here were implements for all] kinds of 
farm labor; root cutters that worked so nicely 
that a farmer would almost be persuaded to grow 
roots for the sake of using them ;'a model of a 
machine which, as the horses drew it along, cul¬ 
tivated the soil, picked up the stone, and rolled 
down the lumps and made the surface smooth. 
There were several patterns [of;movable fence 
and farm gates; there were ‘corn and cotton 
planters, cotton gins, cider-mills aud presses, 
stump extractors, ventilators, rollers, farm wag¬ 
ons, feed-cutters—a long list ofjmachines that is 
not in our note-book or memory. 
-•- 
The Largest Cheese Ever Made. — The 
Schenectady Union of the 13th instant mentions 
the arrival at that place on that day, by Central 
Railroad, of a mammoth cheese from the Inger- 
sol Cheese Company, C. W. Its destination was 
the State Fair at Saratoga. It was made from 
one milking of seven thousand cows — embracing 
all the cows within a circuit of many miles. 
The cheese is 6ix feet, ten inches in diameter, 
three feet thick and weighs seven thousand 
pounds. In pressing it four large jack screws 
were employed. The cheese was encased in the 
original pressing hoop and jffaeed on a truck 
manufactured specially for the occasion. The 
owners have been offered $100 per day, for five 
days, for an exhibition of it at the Toronto Pro- 
the general committee, who, to avoid becoming fine ram lambs, sired by young “ Gold Drop” saved separately. If driven by horses or steam yincial Fair. It was expected that enough 
parties to the fraud, would be required imrnedi- and Mr ’ Hammond’s “ Green Mountain.” The it wonld husk as fast as two men could feed in wou m ^ made at the Saratoga Fair to p^y the 
cool and wet for the season, and so continued up to 
the 22d. Last week, especially, the weather was de¬ 
cidedly moist, cool and equinoxialish, interfering with 
the Fairs and preventing advantageous farm work. 
The corn crop is eo backward that fears are enter¬ 
tained that it wili be canght by the frost, and we 
hear complaints of the potato crop being seriously 
affected by the rot. Altogether, the season front 
April to October has been one of the most variable 
aud remarkable ones ever known in this region. 
■--- 
Illinois Implement Snow.—There was a grand 
exhibition of Farming Implements under the aus¬ 
pices of the Illinois State Ag. Society at Mattoon, 
commencing on the 4th Inst. A great variety of plows 
were ou exhibition, many of (hem of marked excel¬ 
lence, There were plows for general purposes, for 
sod or turf, gong plows, treadling, sub-soil and two 
horse plows with wheel attachments. The gang 
plow attracted marked attention, as it cut through 
the ground to the depth of a foot or more with four 
horses attached working abreast. But the more gen¬ 
eral favorite was a two-horse plow with a wheel at¬ 
tachment, enabling the plowman to ride at his ease, 
Instead of toiling along the furrows at the rate of fif¬ 
teen or tweDty miles a day. On prairie ground, free 
from roots or Ehruhs, this implement la reported to 
work well, though obnoxious to the charge of being 
the lazy man’e favorite. As the harvest was over 
there was less attention paid to mowers and reapers, 
though a good show of each was on the ground.— 
There were seeders and corn shellers — the latter 
worked both hy Bteam and horse power,—-each pre¬ 
senting something suited to the taste or w ants of the 
farming community. On the whole the display was 
highly satisfactory, showing, as it did, that the inven¬ 
tive genlu9 of the age keeps pace with wants which 
the extensive operations prosecuted on the prairies 
have produced. But for the Improvements made in 
agricultural Implements, It would be impossible to 
sow the seed and harvest the crops now grown in 
that prolific region. 
AGRICULTURAL Fairs Postponed.— In consequence 
of the extremely unfavorable weather of last week, 
several Fairs In this region were postponed. t The 
Monroe Co. Fair has been postponed two weeks, un¬ 
til Oct. 3d, 4til and 5th. Gen. Banks is to deliver an 
address on (he 4th. The Wyoming Co. Fair has been 
adjourned to Oct. 2d and 3d—the Niagara Co. Fair to 
Oct. 9tb, 10th and 11th—and the Brockport Union 
Fair to Oct. 11th and 12th. We trust these and other 
postponed Fairs will bo favored with good weather 
next time, and prove successful. 
Minor Rural Items. — A gentleman of Salem, 
Mass., sends the N. E. Farmer au account of his fowl 
products for one year. He had 17 old hens, 34 pullets 
aud 20 ducks. The whole cost of these, value of 
fowls Included, for one year, was $271.11. Their pro¬ 
duct for that time $347.10, showing a profit of $75.99 
or about twenty »oveu per cent. 
— A man sent to the N. Y. Farmers' Club .recently 
an account of his experience in artificial chicken 
hatching. Ho labored zealously, most of the time, 
during Iw o months: experimented on 1.000 eggs and 
produced 10 chickens l 
— A farmer jn Starksboro, Yt., has a yoke of match¬ 
ed black oxen fo ur years old which measure 17 hands 
lilghl Length from the roots of the horn to the rump 
9 feet and G inches ; girth 9 feet; depth, from the top 
of the shoulder to the brlEket, 5 feet; weight about 
0,000 pounds. Trained to tbebuEiness, these oxen, In 
backwoods phrase, would make a leg “hum” If 
hitched to It aud bidden to go. 
— The aggregate amount of wool purchased in the 
villages of Monroe and Lansing, (Mich.,) tip to the 
14th nit., was 224,000 pounds at an average price of 55 
cents. Tie trade was languid. 
— The value of cattle, sheep and swine in Great 
Britaiuand Ireland, according to published statements 
last spring, was $050,644,086. 
--- • 
Nova Scotia Government Stock Farm. —The 
authorities of Nova Scotia have purchased a farm of 
350 acres at Shnbernacadle, which is to be placed un¬ 
der the supervision of the Board of Agriculture for 
the special purpose of rearing pure stock. As Inci¬ 
dental to the raising of stock it is propoeed to make 
the farm a model onein all respects, so far as climatic 
influences will permit. 
ately to expose and denounce it. 
We wish Mr. Needham a happy deliverance 
from the position he has opened. But virtually 
he occupies the position, of a single witness tes- 
* We call attention to our remarks ou this subject 
when we published the Hamburg Official Prize List 
Sent. 9,1805. Mr. Campbell’s and Mr. Needham's 
defarations, which follow, show that they consider the 
American Sheep defeated ou the show ing of the of¬ 
ficial record. 
famous “Gold Mine" was shown by Perot & 
Burgess, and Mr. Percy had a pen of fine ewes 
and one yearling ram. 
Among the Cotswold# we noticed, the flocks of 
E. Gazlky, John D. Wing, S. T. Dcell and 
Burdett Loomis were represented. The latter 
gentleman showed a lot of imported Cotswelds, 
selected from the flocks of Wm. Hewes and 
Robert Garne, North Leach, Eng, A ram, 
saving implements of the age. It cuts the po¬ 
tatoes, drops and covers them, doing with the 
aid of one horse and a man the work of six or 
eight men. Five or 6ix acres per day can easily 
be planted with it, and the work well done. 
The seed iB dropped at any desirable distance 
apart, though obviously rows can only be made 
genciee. _ _ _ 
Salt and Weevils.— It is said, we know not 
how truthfully, that a quart of fine salt sprink¬ 
led in ten bushels of wheat will be ample to 
keep out the weevil from the mass so prepared. 
Field peas and beans may be protected in the 
same way. 
PREMIUMS AWARDED ON STOCK 
AT N. Y. STATE FAIR. SARATOGA, 8EPT„ 1866. 
CLASS I.— CATTLE— Short-Horns. 
Bulls, 3 years and over —1. C. I. Hayes?, Unadilla, 
‘Moss Trooper,’ $20 and Dip.; 2. J. J. \ andervere, 
Port Jackson, Monitor,’$15. 
Two years old—1. E. Cornell. Ithaca, ‘Kirleaving- 
±on,’ 20; 2. J-L. lugalsbv,So. Hartford,‘Taujus’ 10. 
* One year—1. Jas. O. Sheldon, Geneva, ‘2d Duke of 
Geneva.' 15: 2. C. I. Hays, ‘ Rosa Duke.’1". 
Calf-1. G. U. Brown, Washington Hollow, ‘Ar- 
years and over—1. J. O. Sheldon, Mazurka 
18 20 and Dip. 5 2. Jas. O. Sheldon, Gum of Oxford, 
, d o E/.rs. Cornell, Ithiaca, Lucllla. Trans, 
Two vear heifer*—L Ezra Cornell, Lucrttia, 20. 
One year-1. Ezra Cornell, Princess, 15; 2. J. O. 
SbeFdon, 4th Maid of Oxford, 10; 3. E. Cornell, Mis- 
Ch CalVc 9 -L Ezra Cornell, Lucia, 5; 2. Ezra Cornell, 
L Herd Prize- Jas. O. Sheldon, Great GoldJMedal. 
DEVONS. 
Bnllg _i jas. Swart Hoffman's Ferry. 20 and Dip. 
Bull Calf—I- J° ? - Hilton, New Scotland, 5. 
Cows— 1- same, 20 and Dip. 
Hmfers—2 year old—1. Jos. Hilton, 20. 
Hellers—1 year old—1. Home, 15; 2. samo, 10. 
rerefobds. 
Hull Calf—B. G. Mores, Red Falls, Tjpfis. 
Cow— B, G. Mores, 20 and Dip. 
Heifer Calf—B. G. Moras, 5. 
AYES HIRES. 
Bulls, 3 years and over—1. Wolcott & Campbell, 
New York Mills, 20 and Dip. 
Two wars—1. O. Howland, Auburn. 20. 
One year—1. C. I. Hayes, 15: 2. O. Howland, 10. 
Calf—1. Wolcott & Campbell, 6. 
Cows, 3 yeare and over—1. C. I. Hayes, 20 and Dip.; 
2 Wolcott & Campbell, 15; 3. same. Trims. 
Two year Heifer—1. Wufcott & Campbell, 20. 
One year—1. Jas. Thompson, Balleton, 15; 2. Wol- 
cott &‘Campbell, 10; 3. O. Howland, Trans. 
Calf—1. Wolcott & Campbell, 5. 
ALDER KEYS. 
Balls, 3 years and over—2. B. G. Mors?, 15. 
TwoyearB— 1. W. B. Dinsmore, Staatsburgh, 20; 
