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some of which took premiums, and your friend Hyatt, 
the “ printer-farmer,” was there with his little herd of 
Herefords and Durhams, seven in number, all of which 
took premiums. Don Quixotte, the Hereford, (2 years 
old in August,) took the first prize as the best bull over 
two years old in his class, which embraced Durhams, 
Herefords, Devons and Ayrshires,; and Emma, Here¬ 
ford, took the first prize as the best two year old heifer, 
in the same class. [“Don” and “Emma,” you will 
recollect, both took the first premiums as the best two 
year olds in their class, at the recent State Fair at Utica.] 
Albino, another of the seven, received the first prize as 
the best yearling bull in the same class with the Here¬ 
fords; he took the first prize last year, at the Pough¬ 
keepsie State Fair. There were several very fair Dur¬ 
ham bulls, of various ages, present; also a tolerable 
lot of grade and native cattle; there were also seve¬ 
ral noble pairs of working oxen, that would not suf¬ 
fer by a comparison with any that were at the recent 
State Show. Of hogs, there were but a few that might 
be ranked as good. Of sheep, there were a goodly num¬ 
ber, of fine and long wooled, of the Merino, Paular, 
South Down, Cotswold, &c. Gen. Harman’s Paulars 
were very fine. There was a tolerable display of farm¬ 
ing utensils, domestic fabrics, &c. There were several 
beautiful varieties of dahlias and other flowers, presented 
by Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, Mr. King, Mr. James 
Whitney, &c. The address was delivered by L. B. 
Lang worthy, Esq., Col. Randall, of Cortland, who had 
been invited, and was expected to perform that duty, 
having been prevented by sickness in his family. Upon 
the whole, the Fair went off as well as had been anti¬ 
cipated—and the farmers of Monroe have reason to be 
encouraged in their labors by seeing the evidences which 
were there exhibited of the onward progress of agri¬ 
cultural improvement. Elmwood Cottage , Oct. 9, 1845. 
T. H. H. 
Livingston Co. — Extract of a letter from C. H. Bry¬ 
an, Esq., Geneseo, Oct. 10:—“ Our cattle show and fair 
was decidedly more interesting and more numerously at¬ 
tended than any previous one. There could not have been 
less than 3,000 persons present.” 
Saratoga— The cattle-show was held at Ballston Spa 
on the 15th ult. and a letter from a gelleman present, in¬ 
forms us that it was “ decidedly the best one ever held 
in the county.” 
Hartford County (Ct.) Agricultural Society_ 
The exhibition of this society took place at Hartford on 
the 3d of Oct. From one of the officers, we have re¬ 
ceived the following sketch:—“We had fine weather, 
and a splendid show of fine cattle—more good animals, I 
think, than we ever had before. We had an excellent 
address, and a good dinner , &c. The exhibition of fruit 
was perhaps equal to any show of the kind in the coun¬ 
try. Vegetables were likewise superior—domestic manu¬ 
factures, arts, and fine arts also good. Mr. Ellsworth 
had a gold medal awarded him for his self-acting 
pump.” 
R. I. Horticultural Society.— The first exhibition 
this Society, was held at Providence, on the 1st of Oct., 
and “ exceeded in variety, quality and excellence, all 
expectations,” the number of samples of fruit alone 
amounting to 530. 
IMPORTATION of CATTLE into MASSACHUSETTS. 
The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, 
instead of having a public show this season, appropriated 
a portion of its funds for the importation of cattle. An 
agent, Mr. A. Beckett, of Lowell, was sent to Eng¬ 
land and Scotland for the purpose of procuring the best 
samples of the Devon and Ayrshire breeds to be found. 
Mr. Beckett returned to Boston about the first of October, 
bringing with him, as we learn from the N. E. Farmer, 
four cows and a bull of the Ayrshire breed, four North 
Devon cows and a bull, and a calf dropped by one of the 
Devon cows on the passage. They are spoken of as 
being very fine, each lot exhibiting the peculiar points 
and marks which are most prized in their breed. Their 
cost, original purchase and expenses added, is stated to 
be about $3000—or $300 each. The Devon cows were 
purchased of Lord Leicester, of Holkham, Norfolk, and the 
Devon bull of Mr. Bloomfield, whose stock is well 
known, and is considered equal to any in England. It 
was from his herd and Lord Leicester’s that Mr. Patter¬ 
son, of Baltimore, obtained his much admired Devons. 
The Ayrshires are spoken of as “perfect in their kind.” 
They were selected from several of the best herds in 
Scotland. 
We have no doubt this stock will be of great value to 
Massachusetts, and even to other states. 
CHINESE GOOSE.—(Fig. 102.) 
There are probably several varieties of geese in the 
“ Celestial Empire.” We have seen two or three kinds 
which have been brought to this country. One kind 
were uniformly of a dusky white color, though in other 
respects resembling the grey variety, for one of which 
the above cut was taken. This grey kind are very pro¬ 
lific, hardy, and profitable. We know of none equal to 
them in these respects. They will rear two broods in a 
season, and though the last ones do not come out till au¬ 
tumn, and the nights are frosty, they get along and grow 
through the winter without any trouble—laying and rear¬ 
ing a brood for themselves the next season. 
At the Fair at Poughkeepsie in 1844, Messrs. A. 
& H. Mesier, of Fishkill, exhibited some of these geese, 
which attracted much attention. We had the pleasure of 
making a visit to Messrs. Mesiers’ farm in August last, 
and there saw altogether the finest flock of these geese 
we ever met with. There were three or four broods of 
goslings which were hatched in May, grown up—appa¬ 
rently as large as the old ones—and the geese which 
hatched these were all then sitting for a second brood, 
which were expected out the first of September. 
The form of these geese is very handsome—their necks 
are long, with a graceful curve—their bodies round, aud 
thickly covered with fine feathers. The upper part of 
the bill rises in a knob—a characteristic of all the Asiatic 
goose-tribe, so far as we know—and both the bill and 
legs are black. Their general color is almost as uniform 
as that of our American wild geese. Their flesh is con¬ 
sidered superior. 
j These geese should not be confounded with the large 
'African variety, called by Cuvier swan geese , which are 
of enormous size, but rather unprolific. 
The above cut was taken for a Chinese goose belong¬ 
ing to Mr. C. N. Bement, to whom we are indebted for 
a loan of the cut. 
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; Dig out peat and muck, and let the frost and rains act 
on it through the winter. 
