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SUFFOLK COUNTY (N. Y.) FAIR. 
(RURAL SPECIAL REPORT.) 
The 36th annual fair of the Suffolk County- 
Agricultural Society, was held at Riverhead 
L. I., on the 2d, 3d and 4th of October. 
As this is a strictly agricultural fair, it is 
naturally affected by the condition of local 
crops; when they are good, the fair is a suc¬ 
cess; when they are poor, the fact is noticable 
at once in the exhibits. 
As stated in last year’s report, this is pre¬ 
eminently a farmer’s fair. Unlike the exhibi¬ 
tion given by the sister society at Mineola, 
but little attention is given to horse racing, 
and the fakirs are kept at a respectable dis - 
tance from the grounds. The farmers come 
to this fair, to meet old friends, look at the 
exhibits of their neighbors, and talk over local 
affairs. There is much to be seen and learned 
at such a fair, and it affords an excellent op¬ 
portunity for talking and doing business. 
This fact is appreciated by the fertilizer and 
implement dealers, who are usually out in full 
force. 
The main building was filled with fruits, 
flowers and the products of domestic industry 
including some very tempting cakes, pies and 
other products of culinary art. The fruit de. 
partment was fully up to the average. Mr 
Reeves showed a plate of Buerrd Nantais pears; 
they took a premium, and deserved it. There 
is no other tree of the kind in the county so 
far as is known. The apple tables were well 
filled; a peculiarity of this fair is the great 
number of unnamed, and unknown varieties 
This is due to the fact that a great number 
of seedlings are raised in the county. Some 
very remarkable quinces were also on the 
tables. 
In the vegetable building B. F. McCreary 
of Yapliank, showed a squash weighing 150 
pounds and a pumpkin weighing 130 pounds. 
Some beautiful specimens of cauliflower 
adorned the shelves and tables, and gigantic 
beets, watermelons and sweet potatoes filled 
the building to overflowing. The potato table 
contained the finest collection of potatoes I 
have ever seen. The leading varieties were 
Burpee’s Empire State, Burbank and Rural 
Blush. Mr. G-eo. Smith, of Peconic, exhibited 
13 White Elephant potatoes which weighed 
16% pounds. 
The building recently erected for poultry 
was not nearly large enough to hold all the 
poultry which was offered for exhibition. It 
is evident that poultry-raising is becoming one 
of the leading industries of the county. Some 
fine Plymouth Rocks were shown by E. L. 
Miles, of Sag Harbor. Robert Colgate had on 
exhibition two fine pens of Light Brahmas 
and Buff Cochins. The Silver-Laced Wyan- 
dottes attracted a good deal of attention. 
They are certainly handsome fowls, but for 
utility they are in no way superior to the 
plainer Wyandottes. Some fine ducks, geese 
and pigeons were shown. 
S. Terry Hudson showed a fine collection of 
implements, chiefly of his own manufacture. 
They included the Hudson potato digger, the 
Hudson riding cultivator, a new smoothing 
barrow and the Aspinwail Planter. The lat¬ 
ter implement attracted much attention, and 
it seemed to be the opinion of the potato 
growers that it will revolutionize the business. 
They are having a large sale in the county. 
A new potato digger, patented by Matrue & 
Keeler is a queer-looking machine, but it 
looks as though it might work well in shallow 
digging. Tiie Instant Coupling Company ex¬ 
hibited a new thill and pole-coupler. By its 
use shafts or a pole can be taken out and put 
back in a few seconds. It is* a novelty of 
merit. 
The display of cattle was hardly equal to 
that of last year. The Dix Hiils Dairy Farm 
had some fine representative Jerseys from 
their large herd. Two handsome Devons 
were shown by A. M. Salmon, of Peconic. A 
large number of grades, good, bad and indif¬ 
ferent were scattered in the stalls about the 
grounds. 
In the swine pens the Essex predominated. 
A few Berkshires and native grades were 
shown. 
Some fine sheep were exhibited, notably 
Shropshire rams, ewes and lambs from David 
Carll, of Dix Hills, and the ‘Native” lambs 
and ewes owned by Howard E. Hulse, of 
Baiting Hollow. 
In connection with the fair the society held 
its annual meeting in the County Court House 
on Wednesday evening. Austin Corbin 
Charles A. Dana, Gen. Porter and many 
other notable men weie present and made 
addresses. Altogether there is abundant evi¬ 
dence both in the exhibition and the annual 
meeting that the society is enjoying its usual 
health and prosperity, and that the county of 
Suffolk is still one of the banner agricultural 
counties of the State. J. H. G. 
ZhapUmmia, tic. 
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AMERICAN FARM MACHINES IN ENG¬ 
LAND. 
American farm implements are very much 
used in this country, but to what extent I 
should not like to say; and in many districts 
they are very popular for a great many rea¬ 
sons, viz., on account of their lightness in 
draft in comparison with English machines, 
simplicity of construction and ease of man¬ 
agement, being better materials—wood, iron 
and steel. They are also preferred for ease of 
repairing as each part is a duplicate of the 
original and they also combine lightness with 
strength and the mechanical construction of 
them is generally good. 
They are becoming more popular every 
year, and they need only to be used to be ap¬ 
preciated, and in fact so popular are they get¬ 
ting that some of the leading English manu¬ 
facturers are imitating them on every point 
where they are not stringently protected by 
patents. 
The implements most sought after are the 
A^ery and Oliver chilled plows, McCormick 
and Walter A. Wood’s Self-binders, reapers, 
and mowers; the Acme harrow, the Excelsior, 
Triumph and other grain drills, Tiger Rakes 
Bullard Tedders, Hoosier Broadcast Hand- 
seeders, feed cutters, evaporators and the 
Planet Junior tools lately introduced are tak¬ 
ing very well. 
Farm laborers are very much prejudiced 
against them for the reason that they do a 
great deal of the work originally done by 
hand, thereby lessening the demand for 
workmen; and some farmers are also opposed 
to them, especially the conservative ones, as 
they say that they should patronize home pro¬ 
ducts even if of higher price and inferior 
quality, before going to a foreign country to 
get what they require; but that feeling soon 
wears off when they use them, and find what 
good articles they are. 
The implements are generally suited to the 
English soil; but not to the old style of Eng¬ 
lish farming as the farmers have an idea that 
unless the machine is heavy and cumbersome, 
there is no strength or durability in it, which 
would be true in an English machine as the 
quality of the material is poor and the mechan¬ 
ical construction, in some cases, is decidedly 
defective. 
The conclusion I’have come to is that if the 
English farmer wishes to compete success¬ 
fully with foreigners he must use a good many 
implements of the American style, and also 
practice the American system of farming to a 
large extent; and. as our soil is more fertile 
and our climate_more temperate, larger crops 
can be grown and better prices can be ob¬ 
tained, and as our land can be worked nearly 
all the year round, what is needed is a sys¬ 
tem to economize labor in preparing the laud 
and harvesting crops, while still improving 
the cultivation, which I think may be done 
by the selection of improved American im¬ 
plements and good judgment and common- 
sense in their use. 
ROBERT H. PETHEBRIDGE. 
Devonshire, England. 
TEXTS FOR PREACHERS OF AGRI¬ 
CULTURE. 
Home-happiness is the central idea. 
Nothing will give this but love. 
Man and wife are equal partners. 
The wife, as equal partner, is entitled to the 
disposaLof one-half the profits. 
She should be free from labor some time 
every day, the same as a man. 
She owes it to her family and herself to 
take this time for w’hatever she most desires. 
Boys and girls are the best stock that is 
raised on a farm. 
Give the children something to do from 
which they can realize some money. 
If they attend school let them go regularly 
and punctually. 
See that their evenings are made profitable 
and enjoyable. 
Always dress neatly at home. 
Have an eye to beauty everywhere; it 
scarcely costs more to have pretty things about 
than to have ugly ones. 
Make the house convenient; save every 
possible step. 
Cupboards and drawers in one side of the 
kitchen and near the stove and sink are very 
handy. They may open into the dining-room, 
also, or the kitchen may be kept neat enough 
to set the table in, ordinarily. 
Live simply. The more rooms, the more 
work. 
Make the farm, garden and poultry-house 
furnish all they can of the living. 
Our strength, temper, intelligence and sen¬ 
sibility depend greatly upon the quantity and 
quality of our food. 
Eat ripe fruit or sauce every day and twice 
a day, if possible. 
Eat eggs regularly from two to seven times 
a week; there is no better brain food. 
Good coarse bread is the staff of life. 
Many ills are caused by fine wheat flour. 
Plant the garden in rows, and cultivate 
with a horse. 
B ave a good orchard and as many kinds of 
fruits as possible. 
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