THE CULTIVATOR. 
Nov, 
378' 
Fair of the American Institute. 
The exhibition of this association for the present 
year, is thought to have been superior, in several 
respects, to any previous one. There was a larger 
collection of machinery and articles of a strictly 
useful character, than is usually seen here. Among 
the articles of this kind, we noticed very powerful 
iron shears, on the principle of Dix’s Anti-friction 
Press, which we understood were designed for exhibi¬ 
tion at the World’s Fair at London, next year. A 
steam engine of new and simple construction, was 
offered by M. P. Coons, of Lansingburgh. King’s 
Railway Washing Machine, also offered by Mr. 
Coons, appears to be an improvement. Grimes’ 
Improved Cooking Closet, by which baking, boiling, 
roasting, washing, and ironing may be carried on 
at the same time, appears to be an economical ap¬ 
paratus. 
Good assortments of agricultural implements 
were exhibited by A. B. Allen & Co., and John 
Mayher & Co., New-York. 
The show of animals was held at the Madison 
Cottage on the 16th and 17th of October. The dis¬ 
play of the different kinds of stock, though not 
large, was decidedly better in quality, in most of 
the classes, than we have before witnessed here. 
Horses were quite numerous, though most of them 
were too long-legged and too loose made to suit our 
notion of what horses should be for service and en¬ 
durance. A compact and heavy Norman horse, 
bred by Mr. Harris of New-Jersey, was shown by 
C. F. Howell, Astoria, L. I. 
The cattle comprised specimens of Short horns, 
Devons, Ayrshires, Alderneys, one Hereford, two 
Hungarians, and a large number under the denomi¬ 
nation of “ grades,” consisting of mixtures of the 
various imported and common stocks. There were 
but few full blood short-horns. A good bull, “Earl 
Seaham,” was shown by Sherwood &. Stevens, and 
a good cow and several young animals by Mr. Vail, 
of Troy. Seven imported Devons, of various ages, 
were shown by Ambrose Stevens. They were from 
the celebrated herds of Messrs. Quartly &, Mercer, 
Devonshire, England, and are most beautiful stock 
—combining size, substance and symmetry in a re¬ 
markable degree. W. P. & C. S. Wainwright, of 
Rhinebeck, exhibited four fine Devons. They were 
from the herds of Messrs. Baker and Geo. Turner, 
of Devonshire. The bull, four years old, is a su¬ 
perior animal. A good bull and cow were shown 
by J. N. Blakeslee, of Connecticut. 
R. L. Colt, Esq., Paterson, N. J., exhibited 
Ayrshires, Alderneys, and Hungarians. Among 
the 11 grades,” were several excellent milking 
cows. We noticed as particularly good those of¬ 
fered by Thomas Bell, (the same which were at our 
State Fair,) and those offered by James Bathgate, 
a cross of the Ayrshire and Durham, and those of 
R. R. Morris, a cross of the Holstein and Durham. 
There were several good fat cattle. The beauti¬ 
ful red ox, four years old, purchased by Mr. Bell 
of Mr. Wadsworth at the State Fair, is as fine as 
ever. Mr. B. has had the misfortune to lose his 
mate, having been over-heated on his way to Mr. 
B.’s farm. A pair of very heavy oxen, of good 
quality, was shown by John J. Coapman, Pough¬ 
keepsie. We saw but one yoke of working oxen, 
and they were not remarkable for any good qualities 
that we could discover. 
In respect to sheep, the show was very good. 
They were mostly long-wools and South-Downs, 
with a few Saxons and Merinos. The long-wools 
offered by Edward Halloclc, Milton, Messrs. Bath¬ 
gate & Bell, of Morrisania, were of good size and 
form, and strong constitution. There were several 
lots of excellent South-Downs, particularly those 
imported by Ambrose Stevens, and those offered by 
Edward Waite, Montgomery, Orange county, and 
D. B, Haight, Washington, Dutchess county. D. 
W. Catlin, of New-York, exhibited several Saxon 
rams and ewes, of the stock imported by him in 
connexion with C. B. Smith, of Connecticut. Good 
Saxons were also shown by Walter Wakeman, 
North-East, Dutchess county. J. N. Blakeslee &. 
Son, and Mr. Thrall, of Connecticut, showed ex¬ 
cellent specimens of Merinos. 
Of swine, some fine Suffolk pigs were shown by 
Edward Hallock; and a first rate imported boar, 
thirteen months old, of Fisher Hobbs’ Black Essex 
variety, was shown by Samuel Brewer, New-York. 
Several lots of white hogs, of a very large kind, 
called Lincolnshires, were exhibited. 
There was quite a display of poultry, comprising 
several varieties of geese, white and dark colored 
turkeys, several kinds of ducks, and a large assort¬ 
ment of fowls of the gallus family, among which 
the Malay tribe, under the names of Cochin-China, 
Shanghae, and half a dozen other names, were 
prominent. The principal exhibitors in this depart¬ 
ment were R. L. Colt, Paterson, Win. Moore, 
New-York. 
Frankliu Institute. 
This old established Institute are now holding 
their 20th annual exhibition of American Manufac¬ 
tures, in the buildings called the “ Chinese Museum,” 
admirably adapted to the purposes of the exhibition. 
On the main floor as you enter, you find the ma¬ 
chinery in operation—a display alike creditable to 
American artists and to the Institution. Several 
water rams are in constant operation, exhibiting 
their almost self-acting powers. Beautiful steam 
engines, some of miniature dimensions, are in opera¬ 
tion—and the variety of articles in this room, is 
deserving of the special attention which they are 
receiving from a crowd of visitors. Two of Wood¬ 
worth’s planing machines are in this room. Many 
ingenious articles are on exhibition which, did not 
time prevent, would meet a special notice. 
Adjoining this room, the stoves, grates, cooking 
apparatuses, &c., are exhibited in operation. Bread 
smoking hot, and cakes in like order, are being ex¬ 
hibited fresh from the ovens, and every desirable 
facility is here given to visitors to test the value of 
the different articles for actual use. The arrange¬ 
ments in this room exceed any thing I have else¬ 
where seen. Agricultural implements of various 
kinds are contained in the room first named. The 
No. of articles on exhibition in these rooms is 937. 
From the stove room you ascend to the grand ex¬ 
hibition rooms above, being the main rooms of the 
exhibition. This immense room with its gallery is 
arranged in the most admirable manner, so that 
visitors have an opportunity of examining every 
article without the inconvenience so often experi¬ 
enced. By having the exhibition arranged in several 
apartments, the crowd of visitors is broken up, 
and no inconvenience from the throng is experienced. 
The show of cotton goods is most admirable. I 
noticed the articles from several N. Y. establish¬ 
ments, among others the New York mills Oneida 
county, who exhibited very choice shirtings, cat- 
tonades, check gingham, and chambrays, and from 
Benj. Marshall, Troy. 
Of woolen goods the show is superb—some fine 
cashmeres from Seneca Falls, fine black cloth, Utica 
