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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Oct. 
others, of Schenectady, and Allen, of Oswego. Dr. 
Undejrhill, of Croton Point, showed fine specimens 
of his grapes. 
The articles in the “ Ladies’ Hall” were compa¬ 
ratively few in number—we cannot speak of the quali¬ 
ty, as we did not make a particular examination. 
Live Stock. —Under this head the show of horses 
was decidedly best. There was a large number of 
stallions, and they were generally superior, but the 
mares, with few exceptions, were by no means of the 
best character. 
The Morgan horses from New Hampshire and Ver¬ 
mont, made a splendid display, and elicited much ad¬ 
miration. There was Mr. Wier’s “ Gifford Morgan,” 
twenty-one years old, with his noble family of stallions 
and mares, of various ages, (six in all,) Mr, Hill’s 
Black-Hawk and some others. The old Gifford 
pranced in the van of the cavalcade with all the fire, 
action, and gaiety of a horse of six, instead of twenty - 
one years. He appeared conscious of his honorable 
position, and seemed to look with the pride of a patri¬ 
arch on the bold “ Green Monntain Morgan ,” and other 
fine animals which sprung from his loins. We under¬ 
stand that Mr. Wier refused an offer of two thousand 
dollars for this horse, from some gentlemen in the 
western part of this state.* The horses of Mr. Hale, 
of Massachusetts, and Mr. Blodgett, of Vermont, 
attracted much attention. 
Black-Hawk was prevented from being shown in his 
accustomed plight, on account of lameness caused by 
an accident, which occurred a few days previous to the 
show, but which, however, did not prevent his winning 
a match in trotting* which took place on the Saratoga 
course, on the 14th. We believe those who saw him, 
were convinced that he is a horse of uncommon power 
and great value. 
Of horses within the state, we noticed among those 
for “all work,” Morse’s Grey, owned by Mr. Morse, 
of Lansingburgh, and a young horse got by him, owned 
by Mr. Milliman, of Galesville, which took the first 
premium in this class. Many of the bes.t horses of 
Rensselaer and Washington counties, were got by 
Morse’s Grey. A pair of beautiful iron greys of this 
stock, presented by Mr. Eycleshimer, of Washington 
county, were greatly admired. 
Of the blood horses, Tornado, by American Eclipse, 
presented by Mr. E. Long, of Cambridge, Washington 
county, N. Y., seemed to bear away the palm in the 
estimation of the' spectators. He is a very fine horse 
—the best we have ever seen of Eclipse’s get. Moga- 
dore, presented by Mr. Bdtler, of Wayne county, was 
a well-made horse, in most parts, and showed excel¬ 
lent, action. There were several pair of fine, showy 
matched horses. A pair owned by Mr. Patten, of 
Jefferson county, were much praised. 
An interesting part of the horse-show, was the ap¬ 
pearance of four beautiful and spirited little ponies, 
two of them ridden by sons of Mr. E. P. Prentice, of 
Albany, and the others by sons of Mr. J. H. Prentice, 
of Brooklyn. They galloped over the show ground in 
fine style,—the good horsemanship of the boys attract¬ 
ing as much attention as their miniature steeds. 
Cattle. —The Durhams were much less in number 
than usual, and generally not of so good a quality ; yet 
there were a few of the very best character. The bull 
Marius, bred in England by the late Earl Spencer, 
now owned by Messrs. Bell & Morris, of Westches¬ 
ter county, is a capital animal—taking him “ all in 
all,” we have never seen his superior. An offer of 
$400 for this bull, by some Canadian gentlemen, was 
not accepted. Mr. Vail’s Meteor, winch received the 
first premium in his class three years ago, was on the 
ground. He is an excellent buil. Of Durham cows, 
* He covered eighty mares the past season, at $15 each.. 
Esterville, presented by Mr. Prentice, of Albany, and 
Grace, presented by Mr. A. Stevens, of New-York, 
were entitled to rank among the very finest cows of 
this breed that we have ever seen. Mr. Vail, of Troy, 
had a numerous delegation from.his herd, among which 
we noticed the cow Hilpa , imported from the herd of 
Thomas Bates, Esq., of Yorkshire, England, and seve¬ 
ral promising young animals. 
In the show of Herefords, we greatly missed the 
display formerly made by Messrs. Corning & Sotham. 
Mr. George Clark, of Otsego county, exhibited 
Major, a bull of excellent points and constitution, but 
too low in flesh to attract general attention. Mr. E. 
Wells, of Johnstown., exhibited two fine cows and 
some young stock of this breed. 
The Devons were out in considerable force and made 
a rich show. Mr. Washbon of Butternuts, Otsego 
county, exhibited twenty full bloods and ten grades. 
They were driven to the show, a distance of over one 
hundred miles, in seven and a half days. There was 
some prime animals among them, and the general con¬ 
dition and appearance of all was first-rate. We un¬ 
derstand that Mr. Washbon made sale of several 
at very satisfactory prices. Messrs. Norfleet and 
Battle, of North Carolina, and Mr. Hayes, President 
of the Montreal, Ag. Society, each purchased a beau¬ 
tiful pair of calves. 
Some good Ayrshires .were exhibited by Mr. Pren¬ 
tice and Mr. Bement. Mr. P.’s yearling bull of this 
breed, was not surpassed, if eqtialled, in good points, 
by any one of his age on the show grounds, including 
all breeds. 
The falling off in the show of working oxen was 
very obvious. There were no competitors for the pre¬ 
miums offered for the best twenty yoke from any one 
county, or for the best ten yoke from any one town, and 
only seven competitors for the premium on the best 
pair. Mr. Sheldon, of Sennett, Cayuga county, 
showed two pair of excellent oxen, and a very fine pair 
of three-year-old steers. Mr. J. S. Wadsworth, of 
Geneseo, showed several pair of very likely steers. 
Mr. Jerome, of New Hartford, Connecticut, showed a 
beautiful pair of three-fourths blood Devons, which 
were much admired. Had their behavior at a load, 
been equal to their appearance when not at work, they 
would have acquired great honor. 
The fat cattle were not numerous. We noticed the 
“ Tompkins county steers,” so called, owned by War¬ 
ren Halsey, of Ulysses. Their weight was said to be 
6,500 pounds. We thought these equal to any fat 
cattle of their age, (five! years,) that have ever been 
presented at our shows. In a tent adjoining the show- 
grounds was a “mammoth Ox” from Chautauque county, 
six years old. Whether he would or not weigh, as his 
owner alleged, “ over 4000 pounds he was a coarse 
ungainly monster, only fit to astonish those who are un¬ 
acquainted with the proper points of cattle. 
Sheep. —The most attractive part of this division of 
the show was the two imported improved Oxfordshire 
rams, presented by Mr. Clayton B. Reybold, of De¬ 
laware city, Delaware. They are now three years old. 
About a year ago, one of them weighed 288 pounds, 
and the other 32Cf pounds. The lighest one had 
17 pounds of wool, and the largest one 12 pounds. 
Their great size is not more remarkable than their fine 
form, they are almost models of symmetry. The smaller 
one is, considered in all respects, the best long-wool 
sheep we' ever saw. They were purchased in England 
of Mr. Large, the breeder, who has of late carried so 
many prizes on this description of sheep at the Royal 
Agricultural Society’s shows. 
Mr. S. C. Scoville, of Salisbury, Connecticut, pro 
sent four imported Saxon rams and five imported ewes. 
They were selected in Germany with great care, by a 
