THE. NORTHERN OHIO PAIR 
many others. The Foust Hay-Loader, made by 
tbe Meadville Agricultural Co. of Meadville, Pa., 
attracts much attention. 
There are a number of new Hay rakes on the 
ground that will be pushed next season. Among 
them we notice the Archer Bake, a new self- 
dump, made by Archer. Clegg <fc Co. of Day- 
ton, Ohio. Our old friend, B. C. Taylor of 
Dayton, Ohio, also exhibits his No. 4, which Is 
a new self-dump rake that has been fully tested 
the past season. The Ohio Bake, made by J. 
H. Thomas & Co., Springfield, Ohio, combines 
a number of superior points and will probably 
meet with good success. P. P. Mast St Co. 
have their new Champion self-dump on exhibi¬ 
tion. 
McDonald & Co., Wooster, Ohio, make a very 
fine display of Threshing Machines, etc. Edwin 
Batlis, Massllon, has his new Marsh Harvester 
and Baylis Wheel Harrow on exhibition. P. P. 
Mast Sc Co., Springfield, Ohio, make a fine show 
of Buckeye Force Feed Grain Drills, Anderson 
Steamers, etc. C. Russell Sc Co., Canton, 
Ohio, have one of tbelr 2V4-borse power upright 
engines at work, showing off at the same time 
the working of the self-rake on their Peerless 
Combined Mower and Reaper. Dcbston, 
Wood Sc Co. of Syracuse, N. Y., show their new 
grain separator, the “Queen of the Harvest." 
The number of portable steam powers on exhi¬ 
bition is very large,showing that this branch of 
Industry Is Increasing and that the manufactur¬ 
ers begin to realize that the use of steam on the 
farm is now not a 
at the East has been echoed aod re-echoed back 
and forth so long that ltseemed that the coun¬ 
try must be on the verge of bankruptcy. p uc h 
however. Is not the case. There has not been a 
time since the war that the farmers of the W Bt 
were in better condition than at present. Crops 
and prices are fully an average. Wheat, ’tis 
true, was light, but oats weie an average crop 
and corn, the great staple of the West, was 
never a larger crcp. Prices are also very satis- 
factory. Beef, pork, mutton anrl wool bring 
good prices, norsee also sell well, and butter 
eggs and poultry are In demand at good prices! 
while sugar and other groceries, as well as dry 
goods, are all unusually low. Prices of farm Id g 
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 16. 
TnF, Annual Exhibition of tbe Northern Ohio 
Fair Association was opened last Tuesday, on 
its gronnds here, which are within the city lim¬ 
its and accessible by either the Lake Shore and 
Michigan Southern HR., that run their trains 
hourly, or by horse railroad. Tbe grounds are 
very fine, covering about one hundred acres, 
with plenty of shade trees, fine buildings, etc. 
The exhibition has far excelled any of former 
years, tho total number of entries being 3,300. 
Tbe different halls are well filled, and in tbe 
Stock Department extra shedB were put up to 
accommodate the rush. 
To-day it rained hard up to noon, so that the 
attendance Is slim. Yesterday there must have 
been at least 10,000 people on the grounds. 
Gen. Haves, Gov. Notes and party visited the 
grounds and were tlie guests of President 
Robison. To-morrow, if tine, the attendance 
promises to be very large. On account of the 
rain to-day the Fair will lie continued over to 
Saturday. The Fair will probably lie a financial 
success and make up for tbe losses last year. 
The arrangements for members of the Press are 
miserable. There is not only no room set apart 
lor them, but it is almost, impossible to obtain 
information. Thethanksof yourcorrespondent 
are due to President J. P. Robison, Secretary 
Unions, and Mr. Blackman, the Sup’t of Cat¬ 
tle, for courtesies received. 
Floral Hall .—This building is crowded, and 
the display is very fine, especially In plants from 
private greenhouses and nurserymen in this 
city. It far excels any display of the kind that 
I have ever seen at a Fair before. The names 
of the different exhibitors are withheld, so that 
we cannot give them. Jn cut, flowers Rochester, 
as usual, makes the most imposing show. Jas. 
VTck has a very firm assortment of pansies, 
dahlias, etc., and Grosman Bros, a very fine 
display' of dahlias, verbenas, gladiolus, phloxes, 
eto. In an adjoining building, labeled " Briggs 
Bros. Hall,” the Messrs. Briggs, who were 
crowded out of Floral Hall, make a very line 
show, having no less than 275 varieties of gla- 
dlolas on exhibition, with a large selection of 
other out flowers. There Is also a large display 
by amateurs, but as the names were withheld 
wo cannot give them. 
Fruit Hall .—This Hull, devoted to Fruits, 
Garden Products and the Dairy, is well Ailed. 
The Bhow of apples is good, but not large, the 
season having been very poor. H. Kellogg 
has about 60 varieties on exhibition ; D. C. 
Richmond, of Sandusky, also had a flue dis¬ 
play. Messrs Ellwakgkr & Barry of Roches¬ 
ter, N. Y., 1.uve a largestiow of pears and plums, 
and carry off 18 first premiums. A. Faun- 
stock, of Toledo, had a largo display of apples, 
pears, etc. The show of grapes is not large, but 
what there is on exhibition is very flue. The 
show of garden produ ;e Is very Jurgo indeed, 
Ckosman Bros, of Rochester, exhibited 40 va¬ 
rieties of tomatoes. In tho Dairy Department 
there are a large number of factory cheeses en- 
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Artichokes.-A correspondent of the Country 
Gentleman recommends growing Artichokes 
He grew fifty-six buehels last year from one- 
thlrieenth of an acre, and expects to do much 
better this year. He adds that the same pfece 
of laud I* in artichokes this year that bore them 
last, which remark to those familiar with tbe 
artichoke seems rather superfluous. It would 
te more in point if he would tell (us when be 
grows anything else on that small piece of 
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but spoiling it for brewers’ use. Farmersshould 
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The New York State Fair—to be held at El¬ 
mira Sept. 27 to Oct. 1—will of course bo the 
great Agricultural Show of the coming week, if 
not of the entire season. The arrangements, 
under the superintendence of the President, 
Gen. A. S. DrvKN, and his associates and aids, 
are said to be very complete, and an unusually 
large and flue exhibition may be anticipated. 
Southern, Western and Central New York 
ought alone to make a grand demonstration, 
and with tbe aid of other sections of the “Em¬ 
pire," this year’s State Fair should equal, If not 
excel, even its most successful predecessors. 
No section of the Slate has Improved more In 
rural affairs during the past decade than the 
"Southern Tier,” and It Is expected that the 
producers of that progressive region will mani¬ 
fest. the truo spirit of “Progress and Improve¬ 
ment" at the coming exhibition. Let tho dis¬ 
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Foreign Demand for Produce.—The London 
Times says it ih now conceded that a greater 
than usual quantity of wheat will have to bo 
imported into England this year, and that “all 
malting barley must come from abroad." If 
this last assertion prove true, there must be a 
strong demand for American harlev the coming 
year. 
Iowa.—The increase of population in Iowa 
since 1873 is over 100,000. This indicates sub¬ 
stantial prosperity in a State more distinctively 
agricultural than any other in tbe West con¬ 
taining few large cities and a large majority of 
whose citizens are farmers. 
SATURDAY, SEPT. 25, 187 
OUR FALL CAMPAIGN! 
The Am. (‘ontological Society’s Meeting,at Chi¬ 
cago which we notice at length on p. 212, seems 
to have been a great success. Mr. J. B. Jones 
of Rochester, N. Y., seuds us some notes of 
which we can only give a few points, for want 
of space. He avers that it was a very interest¬ 
ing and profitable meeting—that the venerable 
Preotdeut Wilder still fills the chair with his 
genial manner and executive ability, securing 
the attention and respect of all present. On 
the afternoon of the 10th the members visited 
the Parks of Chicago, which two years ago wero 
a sandy, barren plain, but now transformed into 
beautiful grounds, with line drives lined with 
trees and plants, and 150 acres of the finest 
lawn to be seen anywhere. In the evening the 
111. Hort. Society gave a fine banquet, which 
was well attended and passed off pleasantly, 
Mr. J. says the display of Fruits was probably 
tbe finest ever made in this country, the thirty- 
three .states viewing with each other in efforts 
to excel. 
The Old Rural’s New Trial Trip 
RURAL BREVITIES, 
An incurable disease, of a contagious nature. 
Is carrying off many fine horses in Kansas. 
Tub usefulness of grasshoppers has at last 
been found. The brewers are after their hops. 
A Maryland farmer set out an acre of mul¬ 
leins in mistake, thiuking he was planting to¬ 
bacco. * 
Partridge* are sold under tho name of 
owls in Connecticut until the law allows 
shooting them. 
Old daddy-loDg-legs has a mission. He bus 
been observed to devour the larvaa of tne ter¬ 
rible potato beetle, and there are prayers for 
his health. 
Many shrewd people will secure both Regu- 
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(which wo mall free! at once. 
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Rural next year. 
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The Weatern New York Cattle Disease.—The 
following extract of a letter from James Law, 
professot In the Cornell University, will serve 
to allay apprehensions concerning this disease, 
to which we made reference lu last week's Ru¬ 
ral. It is believed that there Is no danger that 
the disease will spread. Prof. Law says: " The 
disease is quite distinct from tbe Russian cattle 
plague, the lung fever which has been imported 
into America at various times since 1843, or in¬ 
deed any of the specific fevers of cattle which 
aro propagated mainly by contagion. This dis¬ 
ease is the splenic apoplexy, and is in its nat ure 
enzootic, being confined to particular rich soils 
with an impervious subsoil. Though transmis¬ 
sible to other animals by inoculation, it tends 
to die out when carried from the place of its 
origin to higher and more porous soils. The 
outbreak at the particular time and place has 
been ljrgely determined by the plethoric con¬ 
dition of the stock and the trying weather of 
the last fortnight, but as tbe pasture has been 
abandoned and suitable attention given to the 
slok and healthy, there Is no ground for appre¬ 
hending a oontlnuance of tbe disease even 
among the infected herd. The contamination 
Sales of Short-Horns,—The announcement of 
a “ Great Series of Important Short-Horn Sales 
In Central Kentucky,” In our advertising de¬ 
partment, should be noticed by breeders and 
others Interested. These sales offer a rare op¬ 
portunity for the purchase of choice animals of 
fashionable strains, und will undoubtedly at¬ 
tract the attention and secure the attendance 
of br eeders of Short-Horns from various parts 
of the country. 
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ited the West, speaks thus favorably of the 
timesthere“ A recent trip through the States 
of Michigan, Illinois and Iowa, convinces me 
that the West Is In a more prosperous condition 
than has been supposed. Tbe cry of hard times 
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