seedling exhibited. It is a beautiful, large 
white potato. Other vegetables were not 
plentiful, but all shown were first-class. 
The exhibits of eut-tlowers and plants can¬ 
not be designated as large, comparatively few 
of our prominent plant growers having con¬ 
tributed. Of the plants, four beautiful Water- 
lilies deserve to be mentioned. One is the 
Lotus, or Sacred Beau of India—Nelmubium 
Bpeciosum—flowers six or seven incites across, 
pinkish, tipped with rose. The others are 
Nyinphea cuemlea, blue, N. Devoniana, rose, 
and N. dontata, white. 
John S. Bush took first premium for his col¬ 
lection of hot-house plants; J. Lowell, of Pat¬ 
terson, N. J.. first premium for Geraniums. 
The Parsons and Sons’ Company, of Flushing, 
L. I., were awarded first premium for a choice 
collection of evergreens, among which Finns 
Maseoniaua aurea, a beautiful, golden-leaved 
Pine, especially attracted the attention of 
visitors. The same firm also took a special pre¬ 
mium for their collection of hardy deciduous 
plants. These were nearly all novelties, very few 
of them being in common cultivation. A vari- 
gated Snowball, recently imported from Japan, 
and a white-flowered Hibiscus were perhaps 
the most attractive plants in this collection. 
F. Rosenbcek, of Bayonne, N. J., made au ex¬ 
hibit of Ferns; he was awarded first premium 
for the six best Tree Ferns 
The best new plant was exhibited by W. C. 
Wilson, for which he received first premium ; 
it is an Oleobachia palustrie. Fine displays of 
cut-flowers were made by James Vick, Peter 
Henderson, Dr. F. M. Jlexamer aud others. 
Dr. Hexamer received first premium for the 
best collection of Gladioli and also for the 
best twelve varieties. Floral designs, bouquets, 
etc., wore quite numerous- 
The Society does not encourage amateurs 
to compete for premiums as strougly as might 
be desired. The horticultural interest, which 
it may be presumed tbo Society has at heart- 
will best be served by inducing private culti¬ 
vators everywhere to produce as good speci¬ 
mens and iu as large variety as can be fur¬ 
nished by specialists. c. c. G. 
NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 
Second Notice. 
[Special correspondence.] 
The stock show was very full and satisfac¬ 
tory. The novelty was the herd of Mr. T. A. 
Cole which ho has called “ Holderuess,” or 
“American Holderness”—a most unfortunate 
title. They are, in my judgment, worthy of a 
distinctive name, and such a name would 
make their fame. They are a brood of his own 
making and compare well with any of the 
other milch ami butter breeds. He bought a 
cow iu 1855, from imported stock, called Hoi- 
derness. The stock from which she spruug 
had beeu imported several years before. From 
the purchased eow and her bull calf Mr. Cole 
has produced a herd uuiform in appearance, 
aud the members of which seem to be excel¬ 
lent dairy animals. They are large-uddered, 
large and cven-teated, have as rich orange 
skins and Interior of ears as the Guernseys. 
In color these so-called Holderuesses arc black 
and white; the black shading from reddish- 
brown to black in the older cows. The calves 
are said to be bright-red when dropped. In 
form they are more like Short-horns than 
like “Holstein ” or Holland cattle, which they 
resemble in color only. There are now sev¬ 
eral hundred of the breed and they are in the 
hands of a number of farmers who value 
them highly. 
The herd of Swiss cattle exhibted by L.Hough¬ 
ton were remarkably good animals. They 
have a Jersey look, are very hollow in the 
back aiuLhave fine hind-quarters. 
The Jerseys were a very uiee lot, but noth¬ 
ing extraordinary. L. I, Bnrditt & Son’s 
“ Commandcr-in-Chief ” was a fine hull, as 
was also “ Rowley ” belonging to II. ami C. 
H. Holmes. Starin’s " Dexter of Staataburgh ” 
was a very stylish creature. Isaac U. Kelsey’s 
“Marshall’’had a magnificent color and flue 
points. “Ash-Bud," belonging to C. R. Ag- 
new, seemed to be a nice animal, but was lack¬ 
ing the much-admired solid color. Mr. Juo. 
D. Wing, the Vice-President, of the Society, 
had his usual string of haudsome unimals. 
Col. Curtis depended more on quality than 
quantity for merit. His “ Princess Caroline ’’ 
had a very rich color, aud other good points. 
Mr. Wing’s “ Oak-leaf ’’ made the fine record 
of 63} pounds of butter in 30 days. L. W. 
Ledyards “Fernwood Gift" was distinguished 
by a very fine head. One seldom sees a better 
in this country. 
The Devons of Walter Cole, A. F. Bronson, 
and B. F. Peck were above the average. John 
Merrymau and Erastus Corning about monop¬ 
olized the Herefords, aud Messrs. Sain’l. 
Campbell, J. F. Converse aud Eugeuo Ham 
showed the cream of the Ayrshires. Smiths 
aud Powell,and the Uuadi lht.V alley Stock Asso¬ 
ciation had the largest display of Holland cat¬ 
tle. Mr. Haight’s herd of Short-horns were 
notable for the milking pedigree of the ani¬ 
mals. The gem of the Jot was “ Baron of Mil- 
burn.” This flue bull was bred by Mr. 
Haight (calved March 6, ’77.) His aucestors 
on the female side include 6iich splendid milk¬ 
ing stock as Baroness, Double Rose, Red Rose 
2d, Lady Barrington, and Rose Ann. It will 
thus be seen that the “ Princess ” strain, so 
famous for its milk qualities, is strongly in¬ 
dicated- We may in the near future'present 
the likeness of the Baron to our readers, as ho 
is well worthy of his fame. The bull is 
now the property of Mr. R. n. Allen who 
bought him on the fair grounds, and has added 
him to his herd at Chatham, N. J. The Baron 
has takeu the first premium at both the N. Y. 
and N. J. State fairs. 
The Sheep and Swine were more than an 
average lot. Mr. Proctor had fine Berkshires; 
Col. Curtis had good examples of Victorias, 
and Durocs, and J. S. Woodward excelled in 
Essex. 
Smiths and Powell took about all the desira¬ 
ble stakes in the horse class with their excel¬ 
lent Clydesdales and Harnbletonians. 
Machinery. 
All departments of machinery were well 
filled, and many new things shown. Espe¬ 
cially is this the fact regarding “ creameries,” 
as in addition to the “ Cooley Creamer,” made 
by the Vermont Farm Machine Co., there were 
the Ferguson Bureau Creamery, a new device 
shown by Moseley A Stoddard, one by Bun¬ 
nell & Brown, aud two or three by other indi¬ 
viduals. It looks as if the current was setting 
strongly in the direction of “creameries." The 
Chadbora A Caldwell Manufacturing Co. have 
a very pretty exhibit of the “ Excelsior” lawu 
mower, aud the Dairy Supply Co. have the 
most complete display of appliances designed 
for the dairy, including their Monitor pendu¬ 
lum churn. The only other churn on the same 
principle is the Davis oscillating, made by the 
Vermont Farm Machine Co.—a new churn, 
very highly spoken of. The Blanchard churn 
is shown by a local dealer. Jones, Faulkner 
A Co., and C'bas Millar A Son, have complete 
exhibits of cheese-makiug apparatus, while the 
Boomer A Boschert Press Co., opposite, have 
their cider-umkiug machinery in full blast, 
under the skillful direction of Mr. Boomer. 
Further a-fleld, we come’to the heavy ma¬ 
chinery. The Iron Turbine wind-mill made 
by Mast, Foos A Co. of Springfield, Ohio, and 
the “Stover” are the most prominent objects. 
There are mowers and reapers galore. Bradley 
A Co., besides their regular styles, show a 
new manual-dolivery binder, which, with the 
Walter A. Wood biuder, was driven about the 
grounds to show the mode of operating. They 
attracted groat attention. R. H. Allen A Cj>. 
had their Dutton new mower, which has a new 
aud peculiar mechanism that is simple and 
very pleasing. We shall speak more fully of 
this invention in the future. Of potato dig¬ 
gers and potato bug exterminators, there were 
several devices shown. There was a test of 
the potato plows, which was satisfactory to 
the several exhibitors, ut least. c. h. e. k. 
FAIR OF THE QUEEN’S COUNTY AG. SO¬ 
CIETY AT MINEOLA, LONG ISLAND 
[Special Correspondence, Sept. 25.) 
This is the last day of this, the champion fair, 
of the great island of Long Island. The 
grounds of the Assoeiation'jand surroundiug 
country are much flatter than a pancake, so 
that a box as large as a piece of chalk, 
may be made to serve as an observatory 
from which a view “far as the eye can reach” 
spreads ou every side. There, withiu a mile is 
the City of the Plain—Garden City—founded 
by the late A. T. Stewart—a city iu the country, 
a quiet mouastery-like, beautifully-somher 
city, with streets that lead uowheru iu parlic- 
lar, and isolated, melancholy-looking houses. 
Fully Id,000 poople have atteuded the fair, 
and it has been the most prosperous season 
since 1869, when the Society was euablcd 
to pay oil its debts. There is little worthy 
of note. Mr. William Crozler took first 
premium for Jersey bull three years or over: 
for Jersey bull over one year aud under two; 
for Guernsey bull oue year old, and second 
premium for Jersey heifer, .ill Mr. Crozier’s 
cattle are fed on the soiling system. lie has 40 
head of cattle; 23 South-Down lambs, six horses 
and twenty pigs on his 40-acre home farm. J. 
W. Barnurn took first premium for Short-horn 
bull •• Oxford Lad” ; for Short-horn heifer oue 
year old aud for Short-horn calf. Beacon Farm 
(Delateaterjexbibitcd 16 fine Holsteins and took 
eight first and second premiums. 
For fat hogs, a Chester-white, weighing 900 
pounds, took first premium. The display of 
poultry was highly creditable. Strange to say, 
there were more Plymouth Rocks than all 
others together. There was one pair of the 
queer JapanSilkies.mauy Silver-spangled Ham- 
burghs; and many Golden-penciled Ham- 
burghs, than which there is no cleaner, or 
prettier breed ; the polished little Silver-laced 
Bantams, aud finally the dignified, haudsome 
French breeds, La Fleehe, Creve-eueur and 
Houdan. 
Trophy was the best tomato. St. Patrick, 
a new potato, attracted, mueh attention for Us 
length, size aud comeliness. There were 14 
Early Rose potatoes, weighing U pounds, 
which took the first premium for heavy weights. 
Prickly Comfrey, Pearl Millet; Early Amber 
Cane were exhibited among many commoner 
forage, plants. 
Among implements Walter A. Wood exhib¬ 
ited one of his celebrated self-binding har¬ 
vesters ; R. H. Allen A Go. one of Hughes’ Cas¬ 
tor-tooth smootlng harrows, the -principal 
novelty in which consists in the swiveled 
vibrating teeth. Horse-racing, here the first 
attraction, wa6 watched through stilling 
clouds of dust, with intense interest by fair 
women, brave men, children and babies. C. 
iltscrl buttons. 
A VARIEGATED TUBEROSE. 
Among the latest novelties in lloriculture is 
a variegated Tuberose, of which we represent 
a part of a leaf, showing the colo red margin. 
Mr. J. T. Rhea, of Grittin, 
Ga., with whom it originated, 
writes us as follows concerning 
it: 
“ Two years ago I discovered 
this plant growing in a bed of 
Tuberoses and observed that 
each leaf had a distinct yellow 
margin sunning from base to 
tip of the leaf. I watched it 
bloom and discovered nothing 
peculiar about the flower. At 
the usual time of taklug up my 
bulbs, 1 laid this one aside care¬ 
fully, aud uext spriog took the 
little sets from the rnaiu bulb 
aud planted all in a separate row f 
but in the same patch with 
other Tuberoses. Each one grew 
with its distinct yellowish-white 
stripe on the margin of the 
leaf, and now I have nine grow¬ 
ing bulbs, aud believe they will 
perpetuate their identical mark¬ 
ings. The plant grows as 
vigorously as any other, and 
presents a marked effect in a 
growing bed of Tuberoses " 
Of course, cases of this sort 
are usually more interesting for 
their novelty than even for any 
special beauty they may de¬ 
velop ; but in the present in¬ 
stance the novel variegation is 
really an additional attraction 
to the ordinary appearance of 
a bed of these flowers. 
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SUGAR FROM SORGHUM. 
My success iu making sugar from sorghum 
has exceeded my expectations. During a visit 
from a St Louis expert in sugar-refining yes¬ 
terday, he assured me that my “molado' 
would average me 40 per cent of dry sugar. 
I swung some out to-day and got SO per cent 
of first granulation. I attribute this success 
to three causes: improved varieties of cane; 
more correct modes of working, and the in¬ 
troduction of centrifugal machines. As to 
varieties of cane, I planted seven of them, 
two of which I have now finished working up 
with success; namely, Early Amber aud hy¬ 
brid sorghaui. The first is now well known; 
the second is supposed to be a cross of the old 
China aud Imphee and originated iu Penn¬ 
sylvania. My next working will be on a new 
variety named Amber Liberian. 
So far as I can see there is nothing to impede 
general success in this industry but the lack 
of experts and a prejudice against changing 
the customary routine of farming. Success 
depends eutircly on the defecation of the 
j uice at the boiling point without the use of 
any chemical agency, except lime. Western 
farmers have not been encouraged to engage 
largely in the business this season, as this 
is considered au experimental year in sorghum 
sugar making, but still my small works are 
taxed to the utmost. The works consist of a 
No. 4. heavy Cook evaporator of copper, aud a 
heater, together with setting tanks and a small 
copper finishing pan of my owu make. 
Madison Co., Ill, C. M. Schwakz. 
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ZINC LABELS. 
I notice, in the number for Aug. 30, “Pro¬ 
fessor Gale recommends, in the Kansas Far¬ 
mer, the use of 6trips of zinc for labels.” I 
can show you such labels made aud written 
upon with common lead pencils as much as 
eight.years ago, and if you visit my garden, 
yon will find many such labels, fastened to 
Gladiolus, Rose and other stakes. They are 
cheap aud durable, lasting a lifetime, if cared 
for. I find many gardeu and fruit yards en¬ 
tirely devoid of labels, aud others marked by 
a piece of shingle or slake, written on with 
pencil. These, as every one knows who has 
tried them, are very unreliable, as they soou 
break down or the writing becomes obliterated. 
I go to the tin shop, obtain some waste pieces 
of sine, cut thorn into strips about 3J inches 
long and ^ to f inch wide, punch a small hole 
near one end, purchase a few yards of copper 
wire—ordiuary bell wire—cut it into pieces 
about six inches long, put a piece of the wire 
in each piece of zinc, give it a twist—and my 
label is prepared ready for use. I keep a box 
of such ready for whenever needed. I think 
every one who will try the ziuc label will for¬ 
ever after discard wood, and those who have 
never labeled their trees and plants will be 
highly gratified with the experiment, and will 
ever after adopt the plan. Griswold. 
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BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Investigation of Diseases of Swine and 
Infectious and Contagious diseases incident to 
other Classes of Domesticated Animals. This 
volume of 293 pageB liberally illustrated, is 
issued by the Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. Of it, 177 pages are occu¬ 
pied with the reports of the nine veterinarians 
appointed in July 1878 by Com. Le Due as in¬ 
spectors to investigate “Hog Cholera.” In the 
remainder of the book pleuro-pneumonea, 
rinder-pest,glauders and various other diseases 
of domesticated animals are discussed. After 
a more careful examination of the work than 
has hitherto been possible, we shall refer to it 
at length hereafter. 
Quarterly Report of the Chief of the Bu¬ 
reau of Statistics relative to the Imports, Ex¬ 
ports, Immigration and Navigation of the 
United States for the three mouths ended 
March 31, 1879. 
Wholesale Price List of the Bloomiugton 
nurseries foi the fall of 1879, Bloomington, 
McLean Co., Ill. In this Messrs. J. S. Tuttle 
aud A. Follett, the proprietors, state that the 
rates given will not be binding after this fall. 
Catalogue of the Bow Park Herd of the 
Canada West Farm-Stock Association of thor¬ 
oughbred Short-horn and Clydesdale Horses. 
W. S. Little’s Semi-Annual Circular of 
Wholesale Prices for the autumn of 1879. Com¬ 
mercial Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
Wholesale Catalogue of the Gould Broth¬ 
ers’. Monroe County Nurseries. Rochester, N. 
Y., for the autumn of 1879. 
C. V. Riley’s Entomological Report, Author’s 
edition, from the report of the Department of 
Agriculture tor 1878. 
Transactions of the Twenty-sixth Annual 
meeting of the Medical Society of the State of 
North Carolina. 
Descriptive Price List of small fruits grown 
and for sale by J. L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa. 
Annual Report of the North Carolina Agri¬ 
cultural Experiment Station fur 1879. 
No. 1 of the Lake View Horticulturist, pub¬ 
lished by the Fithian Brothers, Bridgeton, N. J. 
a lif gfiaran. 
THE MANAGEMENT OF BEE-KEEPERS. 
It has occurred to me that a word ou the 
management of bee-keepers, would be in 
order at the present time, when there is little 
to be done m the management of bees. It has 
beeu my misfortune to visit so many wickedly 
indifferent and incomparably lazy apiarists, 
that if 1 address this notice to them I hope to be 
held excused by my intelligent go-ahead and 
successful brother bee-keepers. By those who 
are short of cash, aud cannot sell their honey 
I am frequently asked the question: “ What 
shall I do ? ’’ Well, let me tell you, and that 
very briefly. Iu the first place, get up early 
in the morning, and, afler you are up, don’t 
sit on a log with your hands in your pockets, 
but go to work. Fix up your apiary so nicely 
that every neighbor that comes alougwlll want 
one like it. Then you can sell him some bees, 
and possibly a 100 pounds of honey. Stick 
up over the hitching post, a ucat sign, saying, 
“ Bees ajsd Honey for Sale,” and have your 
honey so nice aud tempting, when anybody- 
calls, that the visitors eauuot help buying. 
Never send your houey to be sold on commis¬ 
sion, but sell it at home. Make a home market. 
Get the reputation of producing honey in the 
best marketable shape, and your honey will 
never go a-begging for customers. 
If you are in debt, stop outgoes; put your 
money in your pocket and button it up. Keep 
putting in all you can get, but don’t let any 
get out. There is a philosopher’s stone for 
you in a Dut-shell. Scrape up all your bees¬ 
wax on rainy days, but do not send it off by 
mail or express and lose half in charges; if 
you cannot sell it near homo, club with your 
neighbors and send a barrel of it by freight. 
If you cannot sell all your honey and wux for 
cash, trade for something you know you have 
got to buy. Wear old clothes, aud be careful 
ol them. Be careful of everything. Do not 
make many mistakes and blunders, but make 
everything and every day eouui something. 
Yes, aud Sabbath day, too ; give God the best 
day’s work of the week, iu laying up treasures 
that do uot pass away. J, G. Bingham, 
Cortlaml Co., N. Y. 
