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WESTERN NEW YORK PAIR. 
Tni: Western Now York Fair, at Rochester, 
Sept. 16-19, was a marked success. Our special 
reportor furnishes us with a mass of notes, from 
which we ure compelled, by our limited space, 
(o make the following abridged notice. So far 
as attendance and linanoini success are concern¬ 
ed, the Fair evidently met the expectations of 
Its managers. The Poultry Department was ex¬ 
tensive, the number of entries reaching 315. 
Our reporter speaks in extravagant terms ol 
this portion of the exhibition. There were 31) 
ent ries of Swine. The show of Cuttle was much 
smaller than last year, in consequence of the 
occurrence of the Livingston Co. Fair at the 
same time; but there were til entries—Devons, 
1U; Short-Horns, 26; Alderneys, 11; Ayrshire*,, 
1»; Natives, C; Grades, 25; Working Oxen and 
Steers, 11. Of Sheep, there were 30 entries of 
Merinos, 13 of Leicester. 3 of Lincolnshire, 13 of 
Cot-swolds, 4 of South Downs, and b other en¬ 
tries. Briggs & Bro. occupied nearly one-half 
of Floral Hall, making a magoUloeni display, 
including an immense floral balloon, over seven 
eel. high, the car of which was filled with the 
choicest Flowers. This firm exhibited over 200 
varieties of named Gladioli, and a tine array of 
Coxcombs, Including the Variegated Coxcomb, 
Colosca rarkgata (which we illustrated and de¬ 
scribed last year), and which attracted much 
attention. Their display of Phloxes, Pansies, 
Ten-Weeks' Stocks, German Asters, Tuberoses, 
&c., was evidence of the extent of the resources 
of these famous florists and seedsmen. Messrs. 
Grosman & lino’s exhibited a.flne collection of I 
Dahlias and Seedling Verbenas. W. S. Littlb, 
very fine collection of Roses. Frost & Co., 123 
varieties of Roses, 75 Verbenas. 40 Phlox, 65 
Geraniums, ami a fine display of Bouquet Bas¬ 
kets and Green.house Plants. Ellwangkr & 
Bahut exhibited 363 varieties of Ko*es. 72 Ver¬ 
benas, 80 Geraneimm, very lino display of Green¬ 
house Plants, Dahlias, Bouquet Baskets and 
Pyramids. L. C. Mauvul, Castor Bean Plants. 
R. J. Donnklly, a fine collection of Dahlias, 
Geraniums aud Bouquets, Mrs, M. A. Kim¬ 
ball exhibited a handsome collection of Bulbs, 
Cut Flowers, etc. Mrs. D. Lyday, a fine collec¬ 
tion of Cut Flowers, and a beautiful Cross and 
Crown, tnadc from Evergreens and Immortelles. 
The Fruit Department was well filled,consid¬ 
ering that the season has not been favorable 
for apples and pears. Ellwangkr & Barry 
exhibited a line collection, entering 173 varie¬ 
ties of pears, 10 of apples, 21 of hothouse grapoe 
and 32 outdoor grapes. Frost & Co., 41 varie¬ 
ties ol‘grapes and a line collection of pears. G. 
Bauuinger exhibited 24 varieties of outdoor 
grapes of very line quality. Grosman BROS, a 
line display of apples. B. J. Donnelly, 100 va¬ 
rieties of apples. Among the amateurs, Messrs. 
J. AT. Edmunds and W. G. Watson made a line 
display of grapes. R. W. Brown, D. W. Spen¬ 
cer, H. T. Leak, David K. Bed., J. M. Ed¬ 
munds and Mrs. Isabella Sprout, a fine dis¬ 
play of apples and pears. C. A. Paine of Pitts- 
ford, N. Y r ., exhibited a large collection of 
watermelons, and Lorenzo I). Elt of Brighton, 
N. Y.. a branch from a pear tree (Louts Bonne 
de Jersey) 3J^ feet long, having on 80 well grown 
pears, J. A. Craig, Jr., exhibited some fine 
specimens 0/ the Little Heath muskmelon. 
The display of Canned Fruits embraced some 
fine samples. 
The entries in t he Vegetable Department wore 
very numerous and t he general display good. 
Messrs. Ckohman Bros, of Rochester were 
the largest exhibitors, having 150 entries of 
garden products. A. H. Johnson of North 
Chili exhibited 51 varieties of potatoes, mostly 
of new seedlings. 
In the Dairy Department the entries were 
very few, consisting of about 20 jars of butter 
and a few cheeses from private dairies. 
The Wheeler & WIlBon Sewing Machine was 
exhibited by S. w. Diddle & Dutton of Roch¬ 
ester; they had seven entries, from ;i light fam¬ 
ily to heavy manufacturing machines; they 
were run by steam, the power being furnished 
by a two-horse Baxter Steam Engine exhibited 
by I,, s. Graves. 
A two story frame buildiug was well filled 
with a flue collection of Domestic Manufac¬ 
tures, Ladies’ Handiwork, etc. Warfield & 
Co. entered .V) different kinds of burning and 
lubricating oils. Kenyon A Hunt a line as¬ 
sortment of furs. A. K. A T. 11. Prichard a fine 
display of trunks, valises, etc. Jas. E. Hayden 
& Co. a new patent “Home Comfort" folding 
sola and bed. 
There was a very largo display of Agricultural 
and Farm Implements occupying t he center ol 
the trotting ring, and nearly filling the entire 
space. The Auderbon Steamer, Buckeye elide: 
Mill arid Buckeye Grain Drill, were represented 
by Messrs. I*. 1’. Mast A (X>., Springfield, Ohio; 
Randall’s Pulverizing Harrow ancf the Warrior 
Mower, by the Warrior Mower Co., Little Falls, 
M. Y.; Walter A. Wood's Prize Mower, by Rus¬ 
sell A' Smith, Rochester, N. Y.; Planet Seed 
Drill, Excelsior Lawn Mower, Remington's 
Clipper Plows, and the Superior Hay Tedder, 
by M akcellcs Brothers, Rochester, N. Y T .;the 
Farmer’s Favorite Grain Drill, by S. N. GALLUP, 
Macedon, N. Y.; the Johnston Wrought-Jron 
Mower, und Johnston's English Harvester, by 
the Johnston Harvester Co., Brockport, N. Y.; 
the Amerlcan Harvester. Bradley's Aumn Mow¬ 
er, Scotch Harrow, and Car hart'a Cultivator, by 
Bradley Mfg Co., Syracuse, N. Y'.; the Hoadley 
Portable Steam Engiue, by Hoadley Mf’g Co., 
Lawrence, Maas.; the Birdsel! Two-Horse Pow¬ 
er Clover Thresher, by the Birdseil Mfg Co., 
South Bend, Inch; the Wostinghouse Steam 
Power Thresher and Combined Clover and 
Grain Thresher, by G. Westing HOUSE & Co., 
Schenectady, N. Y.; the New Perry' Hay Ted¬ 
der, by Stuart Perry, Newport, N. Y.; the 
Dodge Mower and Combined Machines, and the 
Cornell Patent Double Tube Corn Sheller, by 
Dodge A Stevenson Mfg Co., Auburn, N. Y.; 
the Johnson Improved Cider Press, by 0. K. 
Johnson, Medina, N, Y.; the Buckeye Mower 
aud Combined Machines, byE, Gildeksleeve; 
the Kirby Two-Wheel Mower and Combined 
Machines, aud the Burdick Reaper, by D. M. 
Osborne A Co., Auburn, N. Y.; the New Kipp 
Engine, operated by the Anderson Boiler, by 
Whitman & Burrell, Little Falls, N. Y. There 
was a good display of Carriages, Sleighs and 
Farm Carts and Wagons. 
NEW JERSEY STATE FAIR. 
Thursday, Sept. 16, we visited the New Jer¬ 
sey Fair at Waverley, There seemed to be fif¬ 
teen or twenty thousand people on the grounds 
during the day—in the afternoon, especially, 
there was a great crowd, embracing more Gov¬ 
ernors and ex-Governors with their satellites, 
than we over before saw at one Agricultural 
Fair at one-time. The day was perfect, the 
grounds beautiful, the arrangements for the 
accommodation aud enjoyment of the crowd 
excellent, aud great good nature and good fel¬ 
lowship prevailed. The crowd were therefor 
a holiday evidently, and to see each other and 
any horse trotting that might occur. The 
grounds and buildings overlooking the horse 
track were constantly thronged. This throng 
overflowed into the Horticultural, Manufac¬ 
turers and Poultry Departments, and ran like 
a rivulet down past the swine, sheep and cattle 
pens. 
The Horticultural Department was better 
filled than last year. Every available inch of 
space was occupied. Kansas made a big show 
of fruits, and Ellwangkr & Barry of Roches¬ 
ter filled a liberal amount of space. Olm Bros, 
of Newark adorned the c entral portion of the 
tent with plants, and New Jersey fruits, vege¬ 
tables and “wines’’ were not wanting. 
There was a goodly show or Machinery. One 
novelty is worthy of mention. Ex-Gov. Ran¬ 
dolph exhibited u ditching machine which 
was being drawn with four horses, cutting six 
Inches wide and throe inches deep each time it 
passed back and forth through the field, depos¬ 
iting the earth excavated on either side of the 
ditch and fairly away from it. It certainly did 
its work well. It requires to be operated in 
soil free from stone. A small stone four inches 
in diameter will clog it temporarily, and it has 
to be removed. A larger machine and more 
. power might render such clogging unnecessary. 
The Poultry Department was well filled. The 
other live stock department*, (except, perhaps, 
horses,) while embracing many excellent ani¬ 
mals, were not especially noteworthy, though 
certainly creditable to those who exhibited 
them. 
We learn that, financially, the Fair has been 
a greater success than ever. There is no reason 
why, with its beautiful grounds in such close 
proximity to New York aud other largo ccntera 
of population, this Society may not win for it¬ 
self the ability to do for New Jersey agricultur¬ 
ists a great deal of practical and good work- 
wliy it may not stimulate by liberality and fa¬ 
cilities for exhibition the agricultural industry 
of t he State to a degree not yet attained. We 
are indebted the officers of the Society for at¬ 
tentions and information. 
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RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The Centenuial Horticultural Noddy has been 
organized in Philadelphia, with the avowed 
object of “Aiding the L’nited States Centen¬ 
nial Commissioners in the preparation of plans 
for the Horticultural Department of the Cen¬ 
tennial Exposition, the planting of the garden, 
the construction and management, of horticul- 
tural house*, and to provide for the proper rep¬ 
resentation of the great Interests of pomology 
and horticulture in the Exhibition.” The fol¬ 
lowing are the <.fib ers elect; 
I'm. -Patrick Harrv ol Rochester, N. Y. 
See. -A. W. Harrison of Philadelphia. Trcae.— 
Wm. Hacker of Philadelphia. Viee-I*i'oi't&.— 
W. L. Shaffer of Philadelphia; P. H. Workman 
of Georgia; J. B. Warder of Ohio: W. C. Flagg 
of Illinois; W. Strong of Massachusetts, and 
J. Slreugol of Culirornia. t'.x. Caw.—J. Mitohel 
of Philadelphia; P. Henderson of New Jersey ; 
J. L. OJmatexd of New York; Wm. Naundexs of 
Washington ; T. Meehan of Philadelphia; Goo. 
Ellwnnger <if Rochester, N. Y.: Cfias. Downing 
of Newburg, N. Y.: Dr. J. ft. Warder of Ohio; 
John J. Thomas of -.Yew York; Wm. Homely 
of Katisax; C. W. Kffrn of Missouri ; Charles M. 
Hovey of Boston; George Such of South Am¬ 
boy, -N. J.; Thus. J.Pullan of Hlghtsiown. N. 
J.jW.C. Bracken ridge ol New England; Dr. 
Swayzer of Alabama; Joslali Hoopes of Penn¬ 
sylvania; ft. \V. Sergeant of New York; H. U. 
llunewell of Massachusetts; Hugh Gra iam ol 
Philadelphia ; Dr. E. R. Hall of Bristol, K, X.; 
R. N. Copeland of Massachusetts ; 11. W. S. 
Cleveland of Chicago , Robert Buist of Phila¬ 
delphia. The Presiueut ana five members of 
the Committee were empowered to add ten 
names to the Committee, if found nocossary. 
The Executive Committee is to act in con¬ 
junction with the Centennial Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the Pennsylvania Horticultural So¬ 
ciety as an Advisory Board to consider and rec¬ 
ommend to the Centennial Commissioners such 
plans for the Horticultural Department of the 
Exposition as may be best suited to thu pur¬ 
pose. Meetings of the Executive Committee 
shall be held quarterly, and when called by the 
chairman, live members shall constitute a quo¬ 
rum. One member in each State and Territory 
shall be appointed by the President, to act as 
Chairmen ol State Committees, and these Chair¬ 
men shall have power to select aud appointany 
number of horticulturists in their several States 
and Territories to act as member* of the State 
Comuiittces. The duty of the State Commit¬ 
tees shall be to collect Information aud sugges¬ 
tions as to the wishes ol horticulturists gener¬ 
ally in regard to the Centennial Exposition, and 
to report such information, plans and sugges¬ 
tions to the Executive Committee. The Amer¬ 
ican Bornological Society being the acknowl¬ 
edged authority in the laud In relation to fruits, 
with regularly constituted officers and commit¬ 
tees in every State and Territory in the Union, 
and having voted to hold a session in connec¬ 
tion with the Centennial Exhibition in 1876, it 
is authorized and requested to co-operate with 
this Centennial Horticultural Society. 
the seeds this last spring. If some Northern 
gentlemen would only interest themselves in 
tea culture, in a few years our country would 
be supplied with Southern grown tea.” 
We tested the sample of tea sent us with the 
above note. An expert tea-taster and dealer in 
tea, pronounced the sample excellent of the 
class of tea known as “English Breakfast." All 
who lasted it pronounced, various!^, " Good,” 
“Very good,” “ Excellent,” See. We are obliged 
to Mrs, Screven for the sample. 
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Editors ns Patrons of Husbandry.—We see it 
stated by the Western Farmer that. “ Secretary 
Brajnard is reported to have said at the 
Watertown Convention, [of Patrons of Hus¬ 
bandry] last week, that ho was opposed to 
admitting Editors to the Order and wished it 
was rid of those it already had." What will the 
Editors of the “Organs" of the order say to 
this? There is friend Oolman of the Rural 
World who hopes to win the race he has been 
so long running, i. e., the Governorship of Mis¬ 
souri, through his zealous labors for the Order. 
Gen. Wilson of the Iowa Homestead and Secre¬ 
tary of the State Grangeof Iowa, would thus be 
got rid of if this Wisconsin Secretary had his 
wish. Coriiktt of the Prairie Farmer comes 
within the list, of editors who wo Patrons—and 
a score of others. What have they done inside 
the Granges which should beget such a wish for 
their expulsion? We are sorry that such a 
sentiment should be expressed by a high officer 
in the Order in Wisconsin, without an accom¬ 
panying demonstration of dissent on the part 
of the other members of the Order present. 
We confess wo do not understand what it all 
A Mutual Transportation Company has been 
organized in Illinois, the prime movers in which 
are Frank Gilbert, Hon. W. C. Flagg, Col. 
K. K. Jones, Col. A. W. Farrar, Hon. L. D. 
Whiting, Gen. E. B. Harlan, J. B. Phlnney, 
Dr. W. M. Huntoon, J. B. Baker and W. W. 
Corbett. It is, as we gather from the pros¬ 
pectus, proposed to purchase cars, or lease 
them and carry on a general transportation 
business, in the interest of producers, on the 
railways ol' Illinois and elsewhere. The rail¬ 
roads now trail port ears belonging to trans¬ 
portation companies, and it Ib proposed by the 
farmers and t hose interested in cheaper trans¬ 
portation, to compete with those companies in 
their own field of operation. This is a sensible 
movement. It is a great deal better and of 
more practical utility than waiting and w'orking 
for t he Nat ional Government to build a grand 
freight railway. That, however desirable it 
may be, involves too much delay and weary 
wailing. This is carrying the war into Africa; 
and those engaged in rite effort will soon dis¬ 
cover whether freight can be profitably trans¬ 
ported at less rates than now or not. 
-I M 
Another Commissioner of Agriculture.—One 
of flic daily papers has the following item“ A 
Washington rumor says that Commissioner 
Watts of the Agricultural Department is to 
resign soon, and that his successor is to bo 
Prof. Hoyt of Wisconsin, the Chairman of the 
International Jury tin Kduoatlon at Vienna. 
We have little doubt that if Commissioner 
Watts does “ resign soon,” Prof. Hoyt will 
want and try to get the appointment. He is a 
chronic office seeker and hiB cheap recommen¬ 
dation for the place Is his experience in manip¬ 
ulating politicians. We hope this rumor is not 
true, so far as it concerns Hoyt. There is no 
better man available than J. R. Dodge. 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
We call at tention to the advertisement, “ Fast 
Trotting Stallion Wanted, ” and “ Glendale 
Stock Breeding Farm." 
The flax crop of Willametta Valley, Oregon, 
Is said to be from one-third to one-half larger 
than any previous season. 
To those who inquire, wo say we cannot tell 
where plants of the English strawberries recent¬ 
ly Illustrated in tlie Rural New-Yokkek can 
be got unless ol the party named in the article. 
Wk are reminded of the days of grape ex¬ 
citement by the receipt of a box of Walter 
grapes from L. M. Ferris Se Son, Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y. It is as good as ever, and ripens this year 
with Hartford Prolific. 
The Germantown Telegraph says:—“Any 
journal or publication which pretends to advo¬ 
cate agricultural success, and at the same time 
advocates free-trade, is not hing but a downright 
deception. The t wo can no more amalgamate 
than can oil aud water.” 
Domestic Tea from Georgia.— Mrs. R. I. SCREV¬ 
EN, Liberty Co., Ga., writes the Rural New- 
Yorker:—“I teke pleasure in sending you a 
sample of Southern grown tea which 1 prepared 
in April, from plants growing on my father’s 
(Mr. William Jones, former Editor and Pro¬ 
prietor of Southern Cultivator. Athens, Ga.,) 
farm in this county. The tea was not prepared 
with any special care, as It was intended only 
for family use. I would be glad to hear your 
opinion of it. The tea plant grows luxuriantly 
here, and bears seeds every year in great abun¬ 
dance. Thousands of plants are growing in 
this country of various sizes, from 10 to 12 feet 
high, down to plants that have just spruugfrom 
Henry W. Troy, designer, has shown us a 
specimen of his skill with pencil and brush 
which represents a counterfeit $5 LL 8. note 
pasted on a piece of letter paper, framed, cov¬ 
ered with glass, which is broken, aud a part, of 
the glass gone. It is an admirable piece of 
work, and very effectively eounterielts the real. 
BUSINESS NOTICES: 
The long evenings are now coining, and the chil¬ 
dren should have good games to help pass them 
pleasantly, Avilude, with Its birds and their de¬ 
scriptions, is the best ever published. Sold by all 
booksolleis and toy dealers, or sent post-paid, on re 
celpt of seventy-five coats, by West A Lee, Worces¬ 
ter. Mass. 
"From Its meritorious character deserves the wid¬ 
est circulation.”—Banner of Light. 
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The Ladies prefer Eureka Machine Twist, on ac¬ 
count of its superior strength, smoothness aud elas¬ 
ticity. Every spool is full length. _ 
