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ken pieces, and prefer the coldest weather to pack in—a 
matter more important than thickness of ice. While 
packing, and when full, I throw large quantities of well 
water, at the lowest possible temperature, over the ice, 
on very cold nights, leaving front and rear doors open. 
I cover about middle of March with plenty of shavings, 
which I regard as altogether preferable to straw or saw¬ 
dust, especially the former, which I would never use. 
During the summer I see that the shavings are thrust 
down at the sides where ice melts. 
My ice house is shaded by a building in the rear, and 
trees at the sides. 
I have supplied friends with ice, when every other ice 
house in the city had given out. H. M. “ Greenvale 
Farm ,” Oswego, Sept. 24, 1852. 
State Fairs. 
Ohio. —The fair at Cleveland, on the 15th, 16th and 
17th Sept., eclipses all previous triumphs, and shows to 
a demonstration that Ohio is determined on not being 
beaten. The amount received for entries and admissions 
was $13,280.50, and the number in attendance is estima¬ 
ted at from 60,000 to 70,000. There were 375 entries 
of cattle, 175 of horses, and 200 of sheep. The number 
of animals on exhibition was, however, much larger, as 
lots were registered as a single entry. The show of Fine 
Arts, Manufactured articles, Dairy Products and Agri¬ 
cultural Implements was fine, and much more extensive 
than ever before. In enterprise and spirited resolution, 
the farmers of Ohio are eminent . 
Michigan. —The Fourth Annual Fair was held at 
Detroit, on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of Sept. The Michi¬ 
gan Farmer says of it, “the present show has proved 
a very auspicious and promising one for the Agricultural 
interests of the State. There was a marked improve¬ 
ment throughout 5 especially noticeable in the grade cattle, 
in horses, and in the department of domestic manufac¬ 
tures.” The address was delivered by Justus Gage, 
Esq., and though of a general nature, is practical, well 
written, and full of timely suggestions. 
New-Hampshibe. —The Third Annual Fair was held 
at Meredith Bridge, on the 6 th and 7th Oct., and was 
creditable to the Granite State. The Granite Farmer, 
in summing up its description of the show, remarks.- 
“ The exhibition as a whole, can hardly be said to have 
advanced from the last year. In the stock and fruit 
department, there was a decided advance, but in other 
departments, a failure to come up to last year’s standard 
was observed.” 
The Canada Fair. —The annual fair of the Provin¬ 
cial Agricultural Association was held at Toronto, from 
the 21 st of September, continuing four days. In the 
show of stock, the Durhams predominated. A small 
herd of West Highland cattle, imported from Scotland, 
were attractive as curiosities. The agricultural produc¬ 
tions were well represented, and are spoken of as very 
superior. The number of competitors for premiums was 
large and the fair well attended. In the department of 
Horticulture, accessions were received from Western 
New-York,and agricultural implements of American man¬ 
ufacture were shown. The address of the president, T. 
C. Street, Esq. is complimented in high terms. 
American Figs. 
The Working Farmer gives the following mode of pre¬ 
paring these, as exhibited by Charles Downing of New¬ 
burgh . Other fruits we have known to be successfully 
dried in a similar way. 
“ The peaches were first peeled, then cut in halves, the 
stones removed; next placed on plates, with their hollow 
sides up, and containing one-sixth of their weight of 
sugar. 
“ After having been sufficiently dried in the oven, they 
are stowed away in jars or boxes, like figs, the texture 
of which they materially resemble, while their flavor is 
entirely superior. They may be swollen by water, and 
used for pies, tarts, &c., and are very superior in quality 
to the ordinary dried peaches.” 
Shoulder-slip in Horses. 
Shoulder-slip consists of a rupture, and subsequent 
wasting of the fleshy fibres composing those muscles 
which lie outside the shoulder blade, and pass from it to 
the upper arm bone below. In a healthy condition, the 
action of these muscles consists in moving the arm bone 
backwards and forwards, and in keeping Its upper end 
or head in connection with the body when weight falls 
upon the shoulder joint. The fleshy substance of the 
muscles is attached to sinews which pass outside of the 
joint, and add materially to its strength and security, 
but all motion in the sinews is promoted by muscular or 
fleshy contraction. Jf an injury (such as a strain, for 
instance) should lacerate the fleshy fibres, they can¬ 
not, of course, determine any action to their sinews, and 
the latter become so lax as not to retain the shoulder 
bones in their natural position during motion; the head 
of the upper arm bone, in short, slips outward from un¬ 
der the weight, which, if its fleshy and tendinous relations 
were intact, it would support, and still keep its own pro¬ 
per situation. This rupture of muscular fibres is accom- 
panied by wasting of the fibres themselves; this process 
is frequently observed in the animal frame, and occurs 
in parts which are from any cause deprived of their usual 
functions. The affected shoulder, under the disease in 
question, becomes consequently much diminished in size, 
and the wasting being for the most part confined to 
muscles outside the shoulder blade, the outline of this 
bone may sometimes be visibly seen. The outward 
rolling motion of the shoulder joint is greatest when the 
horse is going down hill, and is sometimes so excessive 
in a trotting gate, that the animal seems in danger of 
falling. If sufficient time be allowed, and the horse not 
put to work too soon, he will usually recover from this 
affection. Months are sometimes required to ensure 
complete restoration, and in addition to the rest needed, 
much benefit is derived from an occasional application 
of blisters to the whole outer surface covering the shoul¬ 
der blade, and shoulder joint. Dr. Dick in North Bri¬ 
tish Agriculturist . 
Striped Bugs and Curculio. — fm. H. Ludlow 
states in the Working Farmer, that he is uniformly suc¬ 
cessful in repelling the curculio, by throwing plaster of 
Paris over the trees just after a shower, or while the dew 
is yet on. A sprinkling of plaster he says forms a com¬ 
plete protection against the striped bug. These reme¬ 
dies are easily tried, and a possibility of success should 
induce any one to make the experiment. 
The Tomato. —It is said that this fruit, which is of 
very modern introduction inio our gardens, has been in 
long use by the French and Italians—'and that among the 
old French settlers, on the banks of the Kaskaskia, in Il¬ 
linois, it has been cultivated and used for more than fifty 
years. 
