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Virginia State Ag. Society. —The planters of 
Virginia have done themselves great credit by the 
liberality and energy with which they have come for¬ 
ward in support of their State Agricultural Society. 
We see by the Richmond papers, that the society has 
now about $20,000 already invested, and subscriptions 
soon to be paid which will swell the amount to $50,- 
000. Their next fair is to be held at Richmond. The 
city council furnish the grounds necessary for the fall 
exhibition, properly fitted up, rooms for the officers of 
the society during the fa.ir, with the necessary police, 
and pay the society $1,000 in cash, while the citizens 
of Richmond pledge themselves to add $5,000 to the 
permanent endowment of the society. 
Vt. State Fair.— It is to be holden at Brattleboro’ 
Sept. 13th, 14th, and 15th. The inhabitants of Brat¬ 
tleboro’ generously pay into the Treasury of the Soci¬ 
ety two thousand dollars to be expended in Premiums 
The National Sheep Fair is to beheld at the same 
time and place. 
The Jefferson Co. Ag. Society hold their fair at 
Watertown, Sept. 21st and 22d. Solon D. Ilungerford, 
of Adams, President; John C. Sterling, Watertown, 
Treasurer ; Willard Ives, Watertown, Rec. Sec’y ; Hi¬ 
ram Holcomb, Watertown, Cor. Sec’y. 
Madison Co. Ag. Society. —This society has issued 
their premium list amounting to over $600, but we do 
not see the time stated when the fair is to be held 
The officers of the society £\,re S. P. Chapman, Clock - 
ville, Pres’t; A. Morse,Eaton, Treas.; and S. Lincklaeo, 
Cazenovia. Rec. Sec’y; R. D. Palmer, Lenox, Cor. 
Sec’y. 
Brookfield Ag. Society —Brookfield, in Madison 
county, has one of the most flourishing and efficient 
town societies in this State. Their receipts last year 
were $496,76, and they had a balance in their treas¬ 
ury at the close of the year of $282.92. We have re¬ 
ceived their premium list for 1854, which enumerates 
nearly 250 prizes, well calculated to draw out a full 
exhibition of all the domestic and agricultural products 
of the town. The premiums are payable mostly in ag¬ 
ricultural works. 
Franklin Co. Ag. Society. —Their annual exhibi¬ 
tion -is to be held at Malone, on the 20th and 21st of 
Sept. The Society appears to be in a flourishing con¬ 
dition, having a balance of $323,28 on hand at the 
close of last year’s doings. James Duane, Pres’t; II. S. 
House, Sec’y; H. II. Hosford, Treas. 
Yates County Fair —at Penn Yan, September 14 
and 15. 
Middlesex (Ct) Ag. Society. —The next show of 
this well managed society, is to be held at Middletown, 
on the 27th, 28th and 29th of September. We have 
from its efficient Secretary, Mr. D. Barnes, a pam¬ 
phlet copy of its constitution, by-laws, specifications 
for premiums &c., which give evidence that the society 
is managed by sound and discreet men. 
The Burlington Co. (N. J.) Ag. Society will hold 
their next fair at Mt. Holly on the 3d October. Their 
prize list embraces an unusual number of premiums, 
most of which are to be paid in books, &c. of perma¬ 
nent value to the recipients. Geo. B. Deacon, Bur¬ 
lington, President; B. Buckman, Secretary. 
Trumbull Co. (0.) Ag. Society —.This society has 
offered a liberal list of prizes for its next Fair, which 
is to be held on the 4th and 5th of Oct. Among them 
are a large number of agricultural periodicals, includ¬ 
ing the Cultivator, Country Gentleman, Ohio Cultiva¬ 
tor, and Ohio Farmer. 
The Brockvillc ( C. W) TIort. Society has issued a 
liberal premium list for the present season. It includes 
the usual Horticultural subjects, and an exhibition of 
Poultry. The Summer Exhibition is to b'e held on the 
29th of Juue, and the autumnal on the 14th Sept. 
Horse-Powers. — I would like to learn through 
your columns, which is the best kind of horse-power 
for a farmer with two horses—the swne.p or endless 
chain, to be used for threshing, chopping fodder, &c. 
Any of your readers who are acquainted with both, 
and will communicate on the subject, will confer a fa¬ 
vor on M. S. B. —■• 
Disease in Lambs. —I wish you or some of your 
correspondents to give us, through The Cultivator , the 
cause of and cure for a complaint with which several 
of our best lamb-raisers have found themselves put to 
the worst or unable to cure. A lamb is first taken 
with a stiffness in the neck, and is troubled to raise its 
head sufficiently to suck—a swelling is seen near the 
shoulders—the lamb droops and generally in a few 
days dies; If you can furnish us with a cure it will 
save the lives of many of our finest lambs. A Steu¬ 
ben Subscriber. - 
Messrs. Editors —I have been for several years, 
an attentive reader of The Cultivator, and would not 
take fifty dollars per year for what I have learned 
from it, which [ consider a large percentage on the 
cost of it. And now with your leave, I wish to make 
a few inquiries, which if you, or some of your corres¬ 
pondents who have had experience, will answer, you 
will certainly oblige one and I trust more of your rea¬ 
ders. 
I am just commencing on a farm of 150 acres, and 
am convinced from observation, that farming as prac¬ 
ticed by nine-tenths of our farmers, is not rendered as 
profitable or pleasant as it might be, if pursued in a 
more scientific and systematic manner, combined with 
discrimination and sound judgment. • My first query is, 
how can I enlarge my manure heap! I have no 
muck, turf, or road scrapings, within my reach, and 
cannot get dirt handily that is free from stones. I 
had thought of hauling spent tan from hemlock bark, 
two and a half miles, during winter when my teams 
were at leisure ; also saw-dust from hemlock and ma¬ 
ple, the same distance ; but the old farmers wag their 
sage heads, and tell me that it won’t do. The hem¬ 
lock sawdust, in its raw s.tate, they say is actually 
injurious. Now cannot one or all of these . articles be 
incorporated with the stable manure, and managed in 
such-a way as to pay cost 7 
How shall I manage thirty loads of manure which 
I now have, and wish to apply to rye and wheat 
ground in the fall 7 A great proportion of it lies in 
heaps as thrown from the cattle stalls, which were lit¬ 
tered with cut straw. If 4t lies in heaps until used, 
much of it, even after a thorough harrowing, will be 
left in lumps from the size of my fist up to that of a 
quart measure, and common sense teaches me that I 
do not get as much benefit from it as I would if it 
could be well pulverized before applying it. Will 
piling it up loosely, and turning it during the sum¬ 
mer, pulverize it without any loss by heating and 
evaporation, and if so how often must I turn it. 
