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gar of any benefit. Butter of my packing has opened as 
good in the West Indies as it was in Connecticut. I will 
remark, that to keep butter in ice-houses, when it re¬ 
mains frozen, will answer, if the butter is to be continu¬ 
ed in the same temperature; but if it is exposed to warm 
weather after being taken from the ice-house, it will not 
keep as long as if it had not been exposed to so cold a 
temperature.” 
Detection of acids in soils.— -Dr. C. T. Jackson 
says in the New-England Farmer that “ the petals of the 
spider-wort, or Tradescantia Virginica, a common and 
bright blue flower, seen in many grain fields and gardens, 
will furnish, on being bruised and squeezed in a linen 
cloth, a rich blue juice, which has the property of turning- 
red by acids and green by alkalies. The pulp, after being 
pressed, may be treated with a little alcohol, and will 
yield still more coloring matter. 
Good Cow.—Wm. Bellows, of Walpole, N. H., writes 
to the Mass. Plowman, that N. Giles, Esq. has a cow, 
“ probably half Devonshire and half native,” from whose 
milk there was made “from June 17th to 24th (fourteen 
milkings,) sixteen pounds and ten ounces of butter, which 
will keep till next spring.” In skimming the milk, it is 
only necessary to cut round the edges of the pan, and the 
cream may be all lifted in an entire sheet. The cow, it 
is stated, has had nothing but pasture feed in summer, 
and “ nothing but hay in winter; and this with roots and 
pumpkins while they last, is high feed enough.” 
Apple-te.ee borer.— A writer in the Mass. Plowman, 
from whose initials (T. W. H.) we take to be Dr. Har¬ 
ris of Cambridge, says—“ The apple-tree borer seems to 
have fled from this place. Neither beetle nor worm can 
I find among my own trees or those of my neighbors. 
Wishing to get a dozen or more of the borer-beetles to 
send to some friends abroad, I have been looking for 
them, in their season, during two years, without success.” 
A copy of Harris’ Treatise on Insects is offered to any 
person who will forward a dozen of the beetle of the ap¬ 
ple-tree borer. It is directed that they be taken without 
rubbing, and thrown into scalding hot water, which will 
kill them in one minute. 
Potash water for Trees.— The Boston Cultivator 
says a pound of potash to a gallon of water makes too 
strong a wash for apple-trees—he has known trees so 
much injured by it that the bark had to be scraped off 
that it might not bind the tree. A pound of potash to a 
common pailful of water, he thinks sufficiently strong. 
Bees.—D. Wakeman gives in the Cleveland Herald, 
his mode of catching the bee-miller or moth. He says: 
“ I took two white dishes (I think white attracts their 
attention in the night,) or deep plates, and placed them 
on the top of the hives and filled them about half full of 
sweetened vinegar. The next morning I had about fifty 
millers caught; the second night I caught fifty more; the 
third night being cold, I did not get any; the fourth night 
being very warm I caught about four hundred; the fifth 
night I got two hundred.” Were all these bee-moths ? 
(Galleria cereana.) We should like to know. 
CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR 
OF THE 
NEW- YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
At Poughkeepsie, Sept. 17, 18 and 19. 
The trial of Plows will take place on Tuesday the 17th 
—General Exhibition, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 
18th and 19th. 
All persons who intend to compete for the Society’s 
Premiums, must become members, which they can do by 
the payment of $1 at the time of entering their articles 
for exhibition. 
All members of the Society will be furnished with a 
Member’s Badge which will admit them and their fami¬ 
lies to the Show Yards. Tickets for admission, to those 
who are not members, 12^ cents. 
The List of Premiums to be awarded at this Fair, was 
published in our Feb. number, p. 55. Since then, the 
following alterations and additions have been made: 
Cattle —Best Ayrshire Bull, 3 years old, $15.—Second 
best, $10, 
Jacks —Best, $15—2d best, $10. 
Mules—Best pair, $15—2d best, $10. 
Sheep —In the Classes for Sheep, the prizes are for the 
best three Ewes, instead of the “best Ewe,” as hereto¬ 
fore published. 
The following is a list of the Judges appointed to 
award the several Premiums: 
On Farms —J. P. Beekman, Kinderhook; J. S. Wads¬ 
worth, Geneseo; Thomas Hillhouse, Albany. 
On Trial of Plows —Caleb N. Beraent, Albany; John 
Wilkinson, Union Vale; L. B. Langworthy, Rochester. 
On Farm Implements —T. V. W. Anthony, Fishkill; 
Geo. W. Patterson, Westfield; Alvan Bradley, Whites- 
boro. 
On Cattle , Class I —Alexander Grant, Dover; Anthony 
Van Bergen, Coxsackie; G. V. Sacket, Seneca Falls. 
On Cattle, Classes II and III—Henry Whitney, New- 
Haven, Ct.; Dr. J. A. Poole, New Brunswick, N. J.; 
Thomas Hollis, Butternuts. 
On Cattle, Classes IV, V, VI, VII, VIII— Adam Fergu¬ 
son, Watertown, Canada West; George Randall, New 
Bedford, Mass.; Elnathan Haxtun, Beekman. 
On Oxen and Fat Cattle —L. C. Ball, Hoosick; John 
T. Norton, Farmington, Conn.; Henry A. Mesier, Fish- 
kill. 
On Stallions—Lewis F. Allen, Buffalo; Theodore S. 
Faxon, Utica; John A. King, Jamaica. 
On Breeding Mares— John C. Stevens, New-York; 
George Fordon, Geneva; Gen. A. T. Dunham, Water- 
vliet 
On Matched Horses —John M. Sherwood, Auburn; Wm. 
T. Porter, New-York; Duncan Robinson, Fishkill. 
On Jacks and Mules ■—Jeremiah Johnson, Brooklyn; 
Noah Gridley, Amenia: Dr. Samuel McClellan, Nassau. 
On Sheep, Class I — Henry Rhodes, Trenton; Wm. A. 
McCulloch, Greenbush; Elias L. Barton, La Grange. 
On Sheep, Class II —Sanford Howard, Albany; Ed¬ 
ward T. Hallock, Milton; William Fuller, Skaneateles. 
On Sheep, Class III— Edmund Kirby, Brownville; 
Henry K. Morrell, Caroline Center; Hugh T. Brooks, 
Wyoming. 
On Swine —H. S. Randall, Cortlandville; Samuel 
Youngs, Oyster Bay; Samuel Wait, Montgomery. 
On Butter —-Alexander Walsh, Lansingburgh; Z. Bar¬ 
ton Stout, Richmond; R. L. Pell, Pelham. 
On Cheese —Hon. Elijah Rhoades, Syracuse; W. A. S. 
North, Duanesburgh; Tobias L. Hogeboom, Ghent. 
On Maple and Corn-Stalk Sugar —F. J. Betts, New¬ 
burgh; Myron Adams, East Bloomfield; Morgan Car¬ 
penter, Stamford. 
On Silk —0. Hungerford, Watertown; J. R. Barbour, 
Oxford, Mass.; Daniel Stebbins, Northampton, Mass. 
On Domestic Manufactures— Hon. Samuel Works, Lock- 
port; Ransom Cook, Saratoga Springs; Joseph Arnold, 
Kingston. 
On Vegetables —Wm. Wilson, Albany; T. Bridgman, 
New-York; D. B. Fuller, Hyde Park. 
On Fruits—J. J. Thomas, Macedon : J. F. Sheaf, 
Poughkeepsie; Albert Heartt, Troy. 
On Flowers —James Lennox, New-York; A. J. Down¬ 
ing, Newburgh; M. B. Bateham, Rochester. 
On Plowing —Joel B. Nott, Guilderland; Elon Com 
stock, Rome; ,Martin Springer, Brunswick; Henry Staats, 
Red Hook; Warner Abbot, Otisco. 
On Discretionary Premiums —-Hon. Robert Denniston, 
Salisbury Mills; Hon. Abram Bockee, Federal Store; 
Samuel Ackeiiy, M. D., Richmond, L. I.; J. J. Viele, 
Lansingburgh; J. B. Duane, Duanesburgh. 
On Cattle, ^-c. from other States—Ron. Levi Lincoln, 
Worcester; James Tallmadge, New-York; James Gow 
an, Philadelphia; H. L. Ellsworth, Washington; J. W 
Thompson, Wilmington. 
Feasting.— George Egerton, eldest son of Lord Fran¬ 
cis Egerton, M. P. for South Lancashire, lately attained 
his majority, on which occasion he gave a public dinner* 
at which several thousand persons were present; 4,000 
lbs. of meat were cooked, and 17 cwt. of plum pudding. 
There were 1,500 gallons of ale, 54 gallons ginger beer, 
36 gallons lemonade, &c. 
