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species are not much relished by stock. ¥e do not 
know what species the individual alluded to, cultivates ; 
but we think persons who wish to obtain seed wheat that 
will not “ turn to chess,” would do well to be cautious, 
lest some of the seed of the lauded “ bromiis” may be 
amongst it, and should prove to be the very thing which 
they should especially avoid. 
Short-Horn Cattle. —¥e are informed that George 
Tail, Esq., of Troy, has lately purchased of Messrs. 
Lathrop, of South-Hadley, Mass., eight Short-horn 
cows and heifers. This herd has been well known for 
several years, and has comprised excellent animals. We 
are told that those purchased by Mr. Vail are mostly 
descended from a cross made with the bull Yorkshire- 
man, bred by the late Thos. Bates, and imported by Mr. 
Cope, of Pennsylvania. We may say in this connection, 
also, that Mr. Vail reserved, at his late sale, fourteen 
head of his former herd—numbering most of his imported 
cows and their immediate offspring, by the bulls Duke 
of Wellington and Meteor. He will continue to use 
Meteor and Fortune until he shall recieve a bull of the 
“ Duchess tribe” from England—having already sent 
out an order for such an one, as well as for two more 
heifers of the same family. We are glad to see that his 
enterprize and zeal continue unabated. 
Mowing Machine. —Mr. Morgan Butler, of New- 
Hartford, Oneida county, informs us that he has used 
Ketchums’s mowing machine for two seasons, and can 
cut with it an acre of grass per hour, with one pair of 
horses; that it cuts “as smooth as any farmer could 
wish;” leaves the grass spread evenly over the ground; 
that it will cut lodged grass, and that which is fine at 
bottom. He states that it is manufactured by G. W. 
Allen Sc Co., Buffalo. Price $100 to $115. 
The Vermont State Fair at Middlebury, on the 
10th and 11th September, will afford an excellent op¬ 
portunity for seeing Black-Hawk and other stocks of 
horses—it being the intention of the breeders to make 
a full display on that occasion. A great gathering will 
also be made of the different families of Merino sheep— 
both of recent importations, and the most noted descend¬ 
ants of former ones. 
Gooseberries. —We are indebted to Oliver Phelps. 
Esq., of Canandaigua, for a basket of very superior goose¬ 
berries, of the White-smith variety. Mr. P. has al¬ 
ways had great success in the culture of this fruit,—sel¬ 
dom having had any blight; and he attributes the exemp¬ 
tion to the bushes being syringed with soap-suds, while 
the fruit is forming. -—— 
Harrow and Garden Rake. —We thank our Hew- 
Brunswick friend for his kindness in sending drawings 
of these implements. The harrow he describes would. 
we presume, work well on new or rough land, but we 
do not see that it has any advantages over the “ im¬ 
proved Scotch harrow,” of which we may furnish a cut. 
The rake is similar to one in use here. 
O 3 " The fancy in the poultry line, will find the Span¬ 
ish fowls advertised by Mr. Lovett, the genuine arti¬ 
cle. 
Cattle Shows and Fairs this Autumn. 
STATE EXHIBITIONS. 
NEW-YORK.—To be held at Rochester—all articles to be entered 
and to be on the ground before 12 o’clock on Tuesday, Sept. 16. On 
Wednesday the exhibition will be open only to the Judges, Guests, 
and Members of the Society—(any person can become a member by 
the payment of $1.) On Thursday and Friday, it will be open to all. 
Tickets of admission, 12^ cents. 
AMERICAN INSTITUTE, New-York—Oct. 1, the Fair at Cas¬ 
tle Garden will open to visitors at 8 P. M.,—6th, special exhibition of 
Dahlias and Roses at Castle Garden—7th, testing of Plow at White 
Plains—8th, plowing and spading match at White Plains—15th, 16th, 
17th, cattle show at Madison Cottage, corner of Fifth avenue and 
Twenty-third street. Entries may be made on the 13th, 14th, and 
15th, on the ground, or at any time previous by addressing A. Chan¬ 
dler, Cor. Sec., 351 Broadway—16th, anniversary address, in the 
evening,' by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, of Boston. 
VERMONT.—In pursuance of a call made by over two hundred 
of the agriculturists and raisers of stock in this State, a public meet¬ 
ing was holden at Middlebury, on the 16th June, 1851, at which it 
was resolved that a State Fair be holden at Middlebury, on the 10th 
and 11th days of September next. The main object of the Fair is to 
make an exhibition of our stock, our cattle, our horses, and our sheep. 
The public may be assured that the best specimens of Black Hawk 
colts, Morgan, Hamiltonian, and Exclipse stock, and of French and 
Spanish Merino, and other breeds of sheep, the best Durham, Ayr¬ 
shire, Hereford, and Devonshire cattle, will be exhibited, and also the 
best specimens of native cattle, including oxen, cows, and young 
cattle. Officers and committees were appointed to carry the above 
resolution into effect—President, Hon. F. Holbrook, Brattleborough 
—Secretary, Maj. E. R. Wright, Middlebury. 
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.—The State Fair is to be holden at Man¬ 
chester—time not stated. 
RHODE-ISLAND.—At Providence Sept. 10, 11,12. 
GEORGIA.—At Macon, Oct. 29, 30, 31. 
OHIO.—At Columbus, Sept. 24th, 25th, and 26th. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—At Harr is burgh, in October. 
CANADA WEST.—Grand Provincial Exhibition at Brockville, 
Sept. 24, 25, 26th. 
Stale Fairs are also to be held in Maryland and Michigan, but at 
what time and places we are uninformed. 
NEW-YORK COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Oneida. —At Utica, Sept. 9, 10, 11 and 12. 
Saratoga. —At Mechanicsvllle, Sept. 9, 10, and 11. 
Essex.— At Elizabetown, Sept. 17 and 18. 
Lewis.— At Turin, Sept. 10,11. Address by Hon. Horatio Sey¬ 
mour of Utica. 
Cayuga. —At Auburn, Oct. 1, 2. 
Greene. —At Coxsackie, Sept. 24, 25. 
Oswego— At Oswego, Sept. 10, 11. 
Farmer’s Society of Otsego county, at Louisville, Sept. 25,2& 
Jefferson. —At Watertown, Sept. 10, 11. 
Dutchess.—A t Washington Hollow, Oct. 1, 2. 
Albany Prices Current. 
Albany, August 11. 
Flour. —The demand for flour during the month has been very 
limited; the trade buying only for immediate wants, and that from 
the East and River being very light. Quotations show a decline in 
prices, and the tendency is still downward. Accounts from all sec¬ 
tions of the Union, almost without an exception, unite in stating 
that the new crop of wheat will be more than an average one, and 
that the quality will be excellent. This will be so more especially 
with our own State, the samples already shown, bearing evidence 
of the excellence of the crop, and those shown in this city from 
Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, in plumpness and bright¬ 
ness, compare favorably with the best samples of Genesee. Of the 
condition of the Canadian wheat crop, of which we had such boun¬ 
tiful supplies, we have heard but little, and that is favorable. The 
low prices at which flour now rules has attracted the attention of 
shippers, and notwithstanding the depressed slate of the English mar¬ 
ket for breadstuff's, large shipments are making from New-York, the 
quantity sent forward since the 1st of July, from New-York alone, 
being 308,788 brls. of flour and 235,537 bushels of wheat, against 
