THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
777 
NOV 24 
3 trims! r’l Societies. 
THE FIRST NATIONAL FAT-STOCK 
SHOW AT KANSAS CITY. 
[RURAL SPECIAL REPORT.] 
On the evening of September 28th, 1882, in 
pursuance of a request by the Live-Stock 
Indicator, a meeting, of which Mr. F. D- 
Cobum, its editor, was chairman, was held 
at the Metropolitan Hotel in Kansas City, for 
the purpose of taking some action toward the 
inauguration of an annual Fat-Stock Show at 
that place. Those assembled numbered 
but a dozen or fifteen, but they were in 
earnest. An organization was formed, a 
considerable sum of money subscribed, 
and such action taken as would secure enough 
additional to insure the holding ot the first 
exhibition, which was booked for the first 
eight days of the present month. C. F. Morse, 
manager of the Kansas City Stock-yards, was 
made President, Edward Haren, Secretary, 
and George Y. Johnson, Sec retar}' of the 
Kansas State Fair, was persuaded to assume 
the superintendency. With the assistance 
and grounds furnished by the stock-yard’s 
management, everything was in quite complete 
readiness, and promptly as per announcement 
the gates to River View Park, in West Kansas 
City, were thrown open, and the first show of 
the sort west of the Mississippi was in full tide. 
The weather was most favorable, though the 
streets, owing to previous heavy rains and 
expensive repairs in progress, were in some 
parts of the neighborhood nearly impassable. 
Neat cattle constituted the leading feature, 
and were present from Scotland, Canada, 
Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, 
Nebraska and Kansas. Those entered in the 
show proper as fatted animals numbering 182, 
exclusive of the car-load lots of range cattle 
and several hundred belonging to the great 
combination auction sale, were, as to breed, 
numbered as follows: Short-horns and 
grades, 9(5; Galloways and grades, 39; Here¬ 
ford? and grades, 38; Aberdeen-Angus, ti: Hol- 
steins and grades, 8. 
Sheep were represented by Shropshire 
Downs, South Downs and Cotswolds from 
Canada, South Downs from Illinois, and Cots¬ 
wolds and Merinos from Missouri. Indiana 
Live-Stock Indicator’s special, water set, $50. 
Largest and best display of fat cattle, bred and fed 
by the exhibitor, six entries; Stephen H. Trice, 
PlnttHbnrg, Mo. 
Breeders’ Gazette special Gold Medal.—Best beef 
animal bred and raised by exhibitor. Renick. Short¬ 
horn. Morrow ft Rentek. 
Tr-.imhnll, Reynolds A Allen's special, hay stacker 
$75. Best car loud 1U fat cattle, St ephen H. Trice. 
T nderwoorl, Clark A Co’s, special, cash Most 
valuable display of stock In the show, W. E. Camp¬ 
bell, Caldwell. Kan. 
EARLY MATURITY. 
Steers, spayed or bnrren heifer, showing the great¬ 
est average gain per day since birth: Heifer three 
years old and over: 1st, steer, Henrv Jones, grade 
Short horn, McClure Bros.. Hughesvllle, Mo.; 2d. the 
Angus steer Black Prince, Oearv Bros. 
Steer, spayed or hnrren heffer. two, and under 
three years, 1st. grade. Short horn steer Porter, J. 
H. Potts A Son; 9d. grade, short-horn steer Red, 
owned by Janie* Duncan. Osborn, Mo. 
Steer, spayed o' barren heifer tinder two vonrs, 1st. 
grade, Hereford steer Spot, P. W. Smith, NVoodland- 
vlllr. Mo,: 2d. grade, Hereford steer Jumbo, F. W. 
Smith. 
John Taylor’s special premium of #100 for best dis¬ 
play of fat cattle owned, bred and fed In Missouri, 
by the exhibitor. Stephen H. Trice. 
Farmers’ Review special $25 silver pitcher, best 
calf or any breed under one year, Sixteen entries: 
Netta. Hereford .1 S. Hawes, Colour Kan. 
. P-W-Smith’s special prize of *l(Vl for the best six 
half blooded Hereford Texas steers or heifers bred 
on the range by any exhibitor not to exceed 18 
months Old: one entry. W. E. Campbell 
W. E. Campbell'* Special premium of $25 for fattest 
COW or steer, three years and over, of any breed, 
fattened entirely on grass: 1st, W. E. Campbell- 2d, 
M. 8. Peters. Kansas City. 
North, Orrtson A Co.’s special $75 premium for best 
Short bom steer three years and under four. age. 
weight and style to bo considered, and to be Judged 
by Snort-bora breeders: Bunko, weight l.sMto 
pounds. E. B. Millet 
Dressed earcass. Not less than two entries In 
eneh ring considered. Only one entry for each pre- 
mtnni to be made by the same exhibitor. Best car¬ 
cass of Steer, spayed or barren heifer three years old 
or over, Galloway heifer. Queen, A B. Matthews. 
Best carcass of steer, spayed or barren heifer two 
and under three years old. 1st. Short-horn. W. H, 
Fulkerson. .Irrseyvllle, HI 
Sweepstakes of $|(lfi prize for best carcasaof steer, 
?£ a W <, £ r . , ’ arren heifer of any age Short-horn steer, 
w. H. Fulkerson. 
Cl.Y Smith’s special premium of $100 for best 
dressed carcass of steer or cow, awarded to W. H. 
Fulkerson, of JerseyvtUc, ill 
SHEEP. 
Long Wools,—B est wether or ewe. two years old 
or over, 1st and 2d, Geary Bros., Lincolnshire*. 
Best wether or i-we, under one year old: 1st, B. T. 
Gordon, Cotswold. 
Middle IVom a—B est wether or ewe, two vears old 
or over; 1st and 2d, J. H. Potts A Son; South Downs, 
Best wether or ewe, one and under two years; 1st 
and 3d, J. H. Pott* ft Son; South Downs. 
Grade* oit-t’iwisKrs.—Best wether or ewe. two years 
old or over; 1st. J, C. Buford, nurrlsonvllle. Mo.; 2d, 
B. T, Gordon, grade Cotswold ewe. 
Best wether or ewe, one and under two years; 1st, 
B. T. Gordon, grade cotswold ewe. 
Best wether or ewe. under one year: 1st, J. II. Potts 
ft Son. 2nd, B.T. Gordon. 
Sweepstake* Best wether or ewe, two an 1 under 
three years; .1. H. Potts ft Son. 
Best wether or owe. one and under 2 years; same. 
Best wether or ewe, under one year old; B. T 
Gordon. 
Grand Sweepstakes—Best wether or ewe In the 
show: 1st, J. H. Potts ft Son. 
Cody ft O tins toad’s Special—For best fat sheep (gold 
medal of their own manufacture); J. H. Potts ft Sou, 
South Down. 
Best dressed carcass. wether or ewe. two years or 
over: J. W. Roblusou, Independence, Mo. 
8WINK. 
of imported Aberdeen-Angus cattle from the 
herd of Estill & Elliott, of Estill, Mo,, came 
on immediately after dinner, and though the 
flood continued, it was noticeable that they 
brought- better prices than the Galloways 
which preceded them. Of the Leonard cattle 
24 animals sold for $8,520, and the general 
average was $355, Estill & Elliott’s 19 cows 
and heifers told for $8,340, average $439; eight 
hulls sold for $4,080, average $510; 27 animals 
sold for $12,420. 
Fine weather on Tuesday had a more in¬ 
spiriting effect upon bidders at the sale of 
Aberdeen-Angus cattle by Gudgell & Simp¬ 
son, of Independence. Mo., and the best aver¬ 
age of the season was realized. Their figures 
were: 13 cows and heifers sold for $9,630, 
average $741; 27 hulls sold for $11,925, aver¬ 
age, $442; 40 animals sold for $21,555. gene¬ 
ral average $539. 
On thesameday Mr. Matthews sold another 
small draft of imported Galloways as follows: 
11 cows and heifers sold for $3,560, average 
$328 ; 2 bulls sold for $560, average $280; 13 
animals sold for $4,120. general average $317. 
The Geary Bros., of London, Canada, sold, 
on Friday, from their imported Aberdeen- 
Angus. as follows; 21 animals sold, brought 
$9,880, or an average of $445,71 3-7 each. The 
fourteen cows and heifers brought $7,145, an 
average of $510,35 5-7 each, while the seven 
hulls brought $2,215, au average of $818.42 
6-7 each. 
At the conclusion of the Geary sale Hon. 
W. B. Ives disposed of Aberdeen-Angus and 
grades, and a Hereford bull thus: 11 animals 
brought $4,920, or an average of #447.27 3-11 
each. One Hereford bull brought #400; 11 
Angus cows brought $4,320, or an average of 
#540 each, while the two graded bulls brought 
#200, an average of $100 each. 
On Thursday, the closing day. the leading 
sale was that of 38 thoroughbred Herefords 
from the herd of Adams Earl, of Lafayette, 
Ind. The sales tent was crowded to over¬ 
flowing and the bidding extremely lively and 
spirited. The cattle brought the best prices 
of any that have been sold during the show, 
the cows ranging from $300 to $1,070 each, 
and the bulls from $100 to $1,020 each. The 
88 brought a total of $21,885, an average of 
$575.93 each. The seven bulls brought $4,260, 
an average of #008.57 each, while the 31 cows 
brought a total of $17,625, an average of 
was represented by V ictoria swiue, Illinois 
by Chester-Whites, Missouri. Kansas and 
Nebraska by Poland-Chinas. Berkshires and 
their various combinations aud grades. I am 
unable to give the exact number, but the 
many pens that had been supposed ample, 
were full. The awards in the various classes 
are shown herewith: 
CATTLE. 
Herefords— Best steer, spavecl or barren heifer, 
three years and under four. 1st premium, Wabash, 
Adams Karl, l.n Fayette, l«d.; 2d, Excelsior, A. A. 
Crane ft. Son, Oseeo, III. 
Best steer, etc., two year* and under three. 1st, My 
Maryland, A. A. Crane ft Son, 
Best steer, etc., one year aud under two, 1st, Sus¬ 
pense, OudPtell ft Simpson. Independence, Mo.; 2d, 
Queen of the Lilian. W. E. Campbell, Caldwell. Kan. 
Best cow. two years or Over. 1st, PUeoO, T. K. Sill¬ 
ier, Beecher III.; 2d, Princes* V., UudK'-li ft Simpson. 
Best steer or cow any u(fn (Dullh ft Goatee’s special), 
Adams Earle. 
Best Brass-fed steer or cow. three rears or over 
(8pectali, Rose, W. E. Campbell. 
short*horns.— B-st steer, etc., three rears and tin¬ 
der four. 1st, Renlek, Morrow ft ReuIck.CUntouville. 
Ky • 2d, Hnnko, E. B. Mlllett, Veuutign, Knn. 
Best steer, etc., two and under a. 1st, Saho, W. H. 
Fulkerson, Jerseyville, 111. 
Best steer, etc.,one year aud under two. Schooler, 
Morrow ft Renlek; 3d, Weathers, same. 
Best eow. three years or over. 1st, Rose of Ash- 
brook, O. s. Barclay, West Liberty,la.; 2d, Rose Bud. 
Morrow ft. Renlek, 
Best steer or eow (Folrhank’s special, stock scales 
worth $170). Renlek Mornnv A Renlek. 
Polled AxoisoaGAtLow. 1 T. - Best Steer, etc .three 
years nnd under rour: 1st Black Prtnee, Gearv Bros-, 
London, Out ; 2d, Bird. 3d, U. W. Henry,Kaunas City; 
both Aberdeeji Atijfu*. 
Best steer, two years and under three: 1st and U, 
Duke ot Gillespie and Duke of MontRomerv, A. B. 
Matthews, Kansas City; both imported Galloways. 
Best steer, etc., one year aud under two, no entries. 
Best eow, three years or over; 1st, Paris heifer, A. 
B. Matthews; 2d. Bruce's Queen, ilndm-li ft Simpson, 
Independence, Mr> : both Aberdeen Aiitfu*. 
Cady ft ot usticad’k sritciAL. water sxr Best steer, 
etc., any awe, Black Prince. Geary Bros. 
Holst kiss. — Best st cr, etc., one year and under 
two: GottlrJh, Luclon Scott, Leavenworth, Kan. 
Holst it tN Breeders’ Special, $hi); Best steer, same 
aa above. 
noLSTRiN Hitwaotiis' Si-KCIAL.—Best crude Holstein 
steer, etc., nnv nee: Hoots, Linden SeotL 
Grades or Crosses. —Best steer, ecc., three years 
and under four: 1st and 2d, starllKht and Lot hair, J. 
H. Potts ft Son, Jacksonville, Ill; both Short horn 
Krades. 
Best steer, etc , two years and under three : 1st. 
Benton's Champion, Hereford crude, Fowler ft Vun 
Nntta, Fowler, Ind.; 2d. Porter. Short horn grade, J. 
H. Pulls ft Son. 
Best steer, etc., one year and under two ; 1st, Tuck, 
Hereford snide, Took. Clark, Beecher, III, ; Jd, Jones, 
Short-horn Hl'nde, Morrow ft Renlek. 
Best eow, three years or over; 1st, Orphan Girl. 
Short-horn grade, J. U Potts ft Son: 2d,Louan,Short 
horn grade, M. 8. Peters & Co. 
Car loads, -Best ear loud lot 15 cattle,one year and 
under two, 1 entry. Morrow ft Renlek, Short horns 
and grades 
Best car-load of Si head, one year aud under two, 
1 st. W. E. Campbell. 
Best ear-load of 15 head, iltiuumerslouKh’s special) 
Tower? ft Gndgell. 
Ramie Catyi K.-Bost ear loud of 10 head, three 
year* and over. 1st, Towers ft Guduell, West Las 
Animas. Cop. 2d, W. K. Campbell 
Best ear loud of I* head, two year* and under three. 
1st and 2d, W. K, Campbell. 
Sweepstakes Bost steer, etc., three years and 
under four, 19 entries; J. H. Potts ft Son, grade Short 
Best steer, etc., two years atul under three, 12 en- 
trle*; Fowler ft Van Natta, Hereford-Short horn 
grade. 
Best steer, etc., one year ami under two, 21 entries; 
Thomas R. Clark, Beecher, ill., gTinln Hereford. 
Dost eow. three years or over, nine eutries, J. H. 
Potts ft Son, (trade Short horu. 
Orand Sweepstakes,— Bext animal In the show, 
nine entries, (only those which took sweepstakes 
*! r V'lklole in classes allowed to compete); 
J H. Potts &;8on, grade Short-horn steer. 
Berkshuucs.—B esr barrow or sow, one year and 
under two: 1st, B. T. Gordon, Liberty, Mo.; 2d. Tay¬ 
lor Bros,, Waynesvllle, Ill. 
Best barrow nr sow, under one vear; 1st aud 2d, 
Taylor Bros. 
PoLAND-CnrNAS.—Best barrow or sow, one year and 
under two; 1st. Taylor Bros.; 2d, H. C. Dawson ft 
Son, Bennett. Neb. 
Beil barrow or sow under one year; 1st, H. C. Daw¬ 
son ft Soiv 2d. Taylor Bros. 
Grady* ind Crosses. Best barrow or sow, one vear 
and under two, 1st, J. F. True. Newman. Kan.; 2d, B. 
T. Gordon. 
Best barrow or sow, under one year; 1st, Tavlor 
Bros.; 3d, H C. Dawson ft Son. 
Fat noos.-Bestlot, of not less than 80 fat barrows 
or Hows, one rear and uuder two: 1st, M. S. Peters ft 
Co., Kansas City. Kan.: 2d. John Tlgh, Dawson, Neb. 
J. Dotdft Sou s special, $il)(l. Best ear-tond. bred 
and fed tu Missouri, George S Newbv Plattsburg. 
Fowler Bros', special, il'o. -Best car-load, bred and 
fed tn Kansas, M. 8. Peters ft Co. 
Plankluton ft Armour's special, tux i,—Best car¬ 
load, bred and fed In Nebraska. John Tlgh. 
Kleth ft Co’K.bpaclat.—Best Ove hogs, red by exhib¬ 
itor, horn chair. John Tlgh. 
Sweepstakes.—Best barrow or sow one and uuder 
two years; M. S. Peters, Berkshire and Polund-Chlun 
cross. 
Best barrow or sow, under one year; Scheldt ft 
Davis, Dyer, Ind., Vietorln grade. 
Grand Sweepstakes,—Best barrow or sow In the 
show; 1st, John Tlgh, Dawson, Neb.: Berkshire; 2d, 
Scheldt ft Davis Dyer, Ind., Victoria 
Beat carcass or harrow or sow, one and under two 
years, M. S. Peters. 
Best carcass of barrow or sow under one vear, H. 
Davis, Dyer, Ind. 
THE PUBLIC SALES. 
The great series of auction rales of live 
stock, held daring the progress of the show, 
begun on Thursday, Nov. 1, by a joint offer¬ 
ing of 62 plainly-bred Short-horns belonging 
to T. VV. Ragsdale, of Paris, Mo., aud J, C. 
Garlaud, of Lentner, A summary of Mr. 
Ragsdale’s sales is eight bulls sold for $1,050, 
average $131; 29 animals sold for #3,275, gen¬ 
eral average #113. Mr. Garland's rales were: 
seven bulls sold for $715, average $102; 33 
animals sold for $3,585, general average $107. 
The aggregate average on combination sale 
was $109 per head. 
The first offering of black polls in the series 
was that by Mr, A. B. Matthews, whose 47 
head of young imported Galloways were sold 
ou i 1 riday. 20 bulls sold for #8,725, average 
$436, 47 animals sold for $20,200, general 
average $480. 
The second day of the black polls’ sales was 
occupied by the offerings of 33 Galloways, 
belonging to Hon. M. H. Cochrane, of Can¬ 
ada, and 44 head owned by Charles E. Leon¬ 
ard and L. Leonard, of Missouri. Mr. Coch¬ 
rane’s 18 bulls soli! for $5,005, average $281; 
38 bead sold for $10,855, general average 
$313. 
The Leonard cattle went as follows: 38 
females sold for $12,900, average $35844 aui 
mals sold for $16,670, general average $383. 
On Moudav the 5th the sale was continued 
by the offering in the forenoon of Galloways 
belonging to W. H. aud A. Leonard, of Mt. 
Leonard, Mo. The raiu poured in torrents 
and on that account only about half the aui- 
ruals catalogued were disposed of. The rale 
$568.57. 
The unprecedented series closed by a rale of 
quite ordinary Short-horns belonging to 
Robert Hall, of Virginia, Cass county, Ill., 
with this result: 44 animals brought a total 
sum of $5,560, or an average of $126.36,^ each, 
The 40 cows brought $5,315, au average of 
#182.87>3 each, while the four bulls brought 
a total of $345, an average of $61.25 each. 
JmpU'mcnts, & c. 
* 
AN INCUMBRANCE UTILIZED. 
What shall be done with the cumbersome 
steel-toothed hav-rake? It has served a very 
useful purpose for a month or two, and now 
that the harvest is over it will be an actual 
encumbrance for about 10 months of the year. 
Of course, it may be left in the field, exposed 
to the weather, if the farm is ran for the bene¬ 
fit of the manufacturer, and the farmer courts 
impoverishment. It is an awkward thing in 
the shed. Its wheels are so big and its shafts 
and axle so long, that it does not fit well with 
anything else. Besides the inconvenience of 
storage, it is somewhat vexatious to invest$30 
in a machine which represents dormant capi¬ 
tal for five-sixths of the year, especially to 
those who farm “for a living.” 
Considerations of this kind have led to au 
experiment which has proved so satisfactory 
that I write the result for the benefit of oth¬ 
ers. Our village wheelwright has converted 
a Thomas hay-rnko into a hand-cart, at an 
expense of $3.50, The light wheels, four feet 
in diameter, aud the simple platform frame¬ 
work, without u box attached, cause it to ran 
so easily that it has become indispensable. 
Indeed, it is used almost every day. It 
is a very simple matter to make the cart 
wheu wheels aud iron axles and bolts are fur¬ 
nished by the hay-rake. Change the irons 
to a shorter beam which will support the 
framework. This is easily done. The shafts 
should be eight feet long and project two- 
und-a-half feet behind the axle. Three cross¬ 
bars are fastened to the shafts with carriage 
bolts, costing about 25 cents. A floor is laid 
of thin boards five feet long and four three- 
quarter-inch holes are made in the shafts on 
each side, to keep the load away from the 
wheels, and two short legs, to support the 
shafts when loading, complete the transform¬ 
ation, and create a couveuienee that will cer- 
taiuly be greatly appreciated by all who use 
it. As no mortises are necessary, a bright 
l 
boy’can.make a rude, if not a better finished 
cart out of young timber growing on the 
farm. 
• I use it in carting fodder, in soiling cattle, 
dumping the load before the mangers. In 
building fences, in conveying bags of seed, in 
moving small lots of vegetables, or any other 
burden of 300 pounds or less, I find it vastly 
superior to the wheelbarrow, and a great relief 
at the muscles. Thus my hay-rake has become 
serviceable nearly all the year. Yet this does 
not represent the full value of the hand-cart to 
the farm; for in the aggregate, it has saved 
some days’ work for a team, which but for 
this convenient and easily-moving vehicle, 
would have been emploved in doing the work 
it has done. How vexatious it is to call off 
the team in a hurried season to do chores 
every farmer understands. 
I wish leave here to give a hint to manufac¬ 
turers of expensive fanning implements, who 
appall the owners of small farms by the mul¬ 
tiplicity of useful machines. Please give us 
more combinations. For instance, sell us a 
good one-horse cart with a wheel-harrow, 
using the same wheels for both. Or a com¬ 
plete outfit of labor-saving machines with 
inter-changeable portions which may reduce 
much of the cost. c. e. s. 
♦Beach View, N. J. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Ontario Agricultural Commission. Re¬ 
port of the Commissioners, 1881. From H 
McKay. Ottawa, Canada. This very ex¬ 
cellent report comprises 890 pages devoted 
to discussions upon fruit culture, forestry 
and arboriculture, beneficial and injurious 
insects, insectivorous birds, bee farming, 
general farming, dairying, horse breed¬ 
ing, poultry and eggs, etc. The few pages 
devoted to insectivorous birds in this re¬ 
port, are well worthy the attention of rural 
readers, considering the lack of knowledge 
of the feathered tribe that usually prevails 
among farmers. A hundred and seventv- 
three pages are devoted to general farming, 
in which the subject of improved stock is 
extensively discussed, and well illustrated. 
A diagram of a model steer, with parts 
named (as taught at the Ontario Experiment 
Farm) shows to a good advantage the various 
parts. Prof. Brown, of the Ex. Station, rays: 
** Beginning with the famous Durhams or 
Short-horns, I would say that either for beef 
or milk, I do not think there is anything that 
can equal them. I say this advisedly, after 
many trials of the different breeds. They 
may not do so well as some other breeds on 
poor pasture, but for improving other breeds, 
and for early maturity and weight in itself 
I do not think there is anything in the hands 
of man at the present time to excel the Short¬ 
horn.” This statement was made two or 
three years ago. At the same time Prof. 
Brown says of the Herefords: '’When we 
speak of the Hereford, we speak of something 
that does not, on the average, equal the Short¬ 
horn in weight or in early maturity, but we 
dc speak of something that will endure hard¬ 
ships better, and thrive better on poor pas- 
ture. The Hereford is verv considerably 
ahead of the Short-horn in regard to its value 
for grazing purposes. We must rav, there¬ 
fore, that the Short-horn is a better stall 
feeder than the Hereford, aud that the Here 
ford is a much better grazer thau the Short¬ 
horn.” From these remarks, we must con¬ 
clude that the Hereford is the right animal 
with which to pasture our Western grazing 
lands, and the awards made at the recent 
cattle show held in Chicago, as reported in our 
columns, seem to justify this conclusion. 
From present appearances, the Hereford is 
destined to occupy a first position in the West 
as a beef animal This volume is finely 
printed on excellent paper, and is copiously 
illustrated, and is well worthy of careful 
perusal. 
N. W. Ayer & Son’s American News¬ 
paper Annual. 1S83. Price, $3.00, car¬ 
riage paid. This volume contains a carefully 
prepared list of all newspapers and periodicals 
in the United States and Canada, arranged 
by States in geographical sections and by 
towns iu alphabetical order It contains spe¬ 
cial lists of religious, agricultural, and all 
known class pnblieations, gives the popula¬ 
tion of the TTuited States, and of each State, 
Territory, county and county-seat, as well as 
of the chief cities and towns, and of nearly 
every place in which a paper is published, the 
figures being taken from the Census of 1880. 
It contains a valuable fund of information 
for general business purposes, simply ar¬ 
ranged, capable of easy reference, and care¬ 
fully compiled. 
Programme ok the International Agri¬ 
cultural Exhibition, to be held by the 
United Netherland Agricultural Ass’n from 
August 25 till Sept, 6, 1884, at Amsterdam. 
