1848. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
318 
References.—A. Secretary’s office. 
B. Treasurer’s office. 
C. Carriage entrance. 
B. D. B. Foot entrances. 
E. Carriage egress. 
F . Mechanics’ Hall. 
Gr. Manufacturers’ Hall. 
II. Dairy Hall. 
I. Horticultural Tent. 
K. Society’s Tent. 
L. L. L. L Refreshments. 
M. M. M. M. Sheep pens. 
N. N. Poultry houses. 
O. Implements and machines. 
P. Pens for Swine. ^ 
were several pair of matched horses, but they were not 
in general as good as those offered at previous exhibi¬ 
tions of the Society. 
The Cattle were more numerous than usual. There 
were specimens of Durhams, Herefords, Devons, Ayr- 
shires, and grades. Several of different breeds were 
from Canada, and some from Ohio. J. B. Ewart, of 
Dundas, C. W., and^GEO. Waters, of the same place, 
showed several fine cows, bulls, and heifers, of the Ayr¬ 
shire breed. Messrs. Dougall, of Amherstburgh, 
Davis, of Toronto, and Maj. Rooth, of Dundas, 
showed some good Short-horns, of various ages. Samuel 
Cloon, of Cincinnati, Ohio, exhibited a very large and 
showy Short-horn bull, five years old, called Sultan, 
and two handsome calves. Frederick Brown, of 
Hudson, Summit county, Ohio, exhibited two large 
Short-horn cows, bred in Kentucky. 
The Short-horns from our own state were numerous, 
but in general, we think the quality was not equal to 
most former exhibitions. The class, however, com¬ 
prised several fine animals. The principal exhibitors 
were Col. Sherwood, of Auburn, L. F. Allen, Esq., 
of Black Rock, Robert Rone, of Mt. Morris, Livings¬ 
ton county, Z. B. Wakeman, of Herkimer. 
The Herefords were not in great number, and the 
largest lot, Mr. Sotham’s were in rather low flesh; 
but Mr. S., Hon. Allen Ayrault, of Geneseo, and 
S. W. Holmes, of Chautauque, had some fine stock. 
The two-year-old bull and heifer of Mr. H.’s, were not 
excelled by any of their age on the ground. 
Of Devons, the display was larger than we have be¬ 
fore seen, and they were generally very good—in seve¬ 
ral instances fine. This stock is evidently becoming 
popular. There were thirteen lots in this class, em¬ 
bracing seventy animals. E. P. Beck, of Sheldon, 
Wyoming county, H. N. Washbon, Butternuts, Otse¬ 
go county, L. F. Allen, of Black Rock, J. W. Ham- 
lin, of Aurora, Erie county, Dr. E. C. Dibble, of Ba- 
trvia, R. Radley and Mr. Vernon, of Stafford, Gene¬ 
see county, showed excellent breeding stock. Mr. 
Hamlin’s three-year-old bull, Mr. Beck’s a year older, 
(of the same family,) and several of the cows and 
other stock offered by Mr. Washbon, Mr. Radley 
and Mr. Allen, were beautiful samples of the breed. 
There were but few Ayrshires, except those before 
mentioned from Canada. Jas. S. Wadsworth, Esq., 
of Geneseo, and Mr. Rone, of Mt. Morris, Livingston 
county, each presented a good cow of this breed. 
The show of fat cattle was probably the best ever 
seen in the State. There were twenty-eight animals, 
of different ages, and of every stage of fatness, from 
those which were only grass-fed, to those which were 
loaded with fat to the last degree. A pair of oxen, 
weighing near 3,000 pounds each, and of extraor¬ 
dinary fatness, were offered by J. & F. A. Alberger, 
of Buffalo. A pair of twin cattle, very large and fat, 
were shown by L. Brainard, of Attica. A short¬ 
horn cow, (Pink,) of great weight in proportion to the 
bone, was shown by Robert Hadfield, of Sheldon, 
Wyoming county. A grade short-horn cow, presented 
by Hon. A. Ayrault, of Geneseo, was very fat. A 
cross-bred Durham and Devon cow, offered by N. Kib- 
be, of Westfield, Chautauque county, was a fine animal. 
There were several pair of very superior fat steers and 
young oxen, from two to four years old, presented by 
Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Ayrault and Mr. Freeman, 
of Geneseo, Mr. Sheldon and Mr. Munson, of Sennett, 
Cayuga county, and Mr. Humphrey, of Victor, Onta¬ 
rio county. A red two-year-old steer of Mr. Wads¬ 
worth’s, deserves special mention. Considering him 
in regard to his form, size and quality, he was one of the 
most perfect animals of the ox tribe, we have ever seen. 
The working oxen, though in considerable numbers, 
made, with few exceptions, but a poor display in ap¬ 
pearance. There was but one team of ten yoke from 
any town, and that was composed of quite ordinary 
cattle. 
The show of Swine was very limited, and not in ge¬ 
neral to be commended. R. B. Howland, of Union 
Springs, Cayuga county, showed a good Berkshire boar; 
and there were some good Leicester hogs offered by C. 
R. Nichols, of Darien, Genesee county. 
The Sheep were perhaps equal in numbers to those 
of any former exhibition of the Society, but the Saxons 
and Merino’s were in fewer hands than we should have 
desired—in other words, there should have been more 
competition. There were a few Merinos from Ohio, 
several lots from Vermont, and a few Leicesters from 
Canada. A handsome lot of fat Leicesters were offer¬ 
ed by Samuel Peters, of London, C. W. The Me¬ 
rinos offered by Charles Button, of Franklin-Mills, 
Portage county, Ohio, were considered good. There 
