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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Nov. 
land which abounds in this vicinity, and greatly improve 
its quality. It may seem to some like a great underta¬ 
king, to purchase the acid at some distant place, trans¬ 
port it home, and use it. 11 The strong stuff,” as some 
say, u I should be afraid to use it?” Well, now it is all 
imaginative difficulty. Just try it friends, and give us 
the result. S. R. H. Hadlyme, Sept. 5, 1851. 
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Agricultural Exhibitions. 
Addison County Vermont. —The show of this socie¬ 
ty took place at Middlebury, on the 25th of September. 
The number of animals exhibited w r as less than usual, in 
consequence of the weather being rainy the day preced- 
ceding; there was still, however, quite alarge collection of 
horses, cattle and sheep. Of the horses, most of the best 
specimens were the progeny of the well-known horse 
Black-Hawk, from six months to four years old. Some 
of these were very fine. A three-year-old colt, the pro¬ 
perty of Mr. Johnson, of Middlebury, is a beautiful an¬ 
imal. 
There was a large collection of working oxen and steers, 
some of which made a good appearance; but most of the 
cattle w r ere in rather low condition, in consequence of the 
pastures being parched with drouth—there having been 
but a trifling amount of rain since July. We are sorry 
to see that the farmers of this section, in general, bestow 
but little attention to their cattle; at least their cattle do 
not indicate the exercise of much skill in breeding—being 
too commonly, coase, hard-fleshed and large boned. It 
is to be hoped, however, that the laudible efforts now 
being made by a few individuals, will in a few years cor¬ 
rect this evil. 
The sheep were mostly Merinos. They comprised-spe¬ 
cimens of the French sheep imported by Mr. Jewett, the 
Silesian, imported by Messrs. Sandford & Co., and the 
descendants of the old Spanish stock. Of the latter, se¬ 
veral lots offered by Mr. Hammond of Middlebury, were 
of superior character; and in symmetry, uniformity of 
appearance, and quality of wool, do much credit to Mr. 
H. as a breeder. 
There were a few sheep shown under the name of Lei- 
cesters, but in general, they were by no means well- 
bred. The varieties of English sheep—as Leicesters and 
South Downs—would probably be profitable in this sec¬ 
tion for mutton, if well selected and well managed ,• but 
those who intend going into this business, would find their 
account in procuring the right kind of stock to begin 
with. 
The show of fruits and vegetables was not large. 
There were some very handsome apples, showing that this 
fruit may be produced here in great perfection. The 
farmers would do well to turn their attention more to the 
business, and raise new’orchards to take the place of those 
which are becoming old and unproductive. The collec¬ 
tion of apples offered by Mr. Albert Chapman, of Mid¬ 
dlebury, would have been considered fine at any exhibi¬ 
tion. — 
Bucks County, Pa. —This society held its show and 
fair at Newtown, on the first of October. The gather¬ 
ing of the people on the occasion was one of the largest 
we have have ever seen at an exhibition of a county so¬ 
ciety, being estimated at 12,000 to 15,000. This society 
has established itself on an excellent basis 5 we believe 
this was its eight annual meeting, and the demonstration, 
both in regard to the spirit prevailing among the people, 
and the character of the exhibition itself, was such as 
reflected credit on the association and the county. The 
officers and members of the society may congratulate 
themselves on the flattering success which lias at last 
crowned their patriotic labors. The society has pur¬ 
chased a lot of land, of about four acres, enclosed it with 
& suitable fence, divided it into proper divisions, and 
erected proper buildings, sheds, pens, &c., and have pro¬ 
cured canvass, tents, and provided other necessary re¬ 
quisites for the exhibitions. We were much pleased with 
all these arrangements, which were evidently designed 
with a correct understanding of the objects to be accom¬ 
plished. 
There was a very respectable display of agricultural 
implements, most of which were manufactured in the 
county. We saw plows of good workmanship, made by 
Geo. Buckman, Upper-Makefield, and others by A. 
Blaker, Newtown. There were also on the ground, drill, 
reaping, and threshing machines, and most other articles 
used in farm labor. 
Horses, cattle, and sheep were quite numerous. Ow- 
ing to the very severe drouth which has prevailed in this 
section, (there having been but little rain from June to 
October,) live stock in general is much lower in condi¬ 
tion than usual. Some good cows, and other cattle, were 
offered by Messrs. J. C. and Adrian Cornell, Longley, 
and others; and some mutton sheep, mostly of mixed 
blood, by the same. Among the latter we noticed some 
a cross of the African broadtailed breed, offered by Wm. 
W. Carr. There was a large show of poultry—com¬ 
prising geese, ducks, turkies, and tnost of the varieties 
of fowls. 
The fruit and vegetable departments were quite as 
good as could have been expected, considering the drouth, 
and the fact, also, that there is almost an entire failure 
of apples and pears throughout this section of country. 
The manufacturing departments appeared to contain 
many articles worthy of notice, but from the great pres¬ 
sure of the crowd, it was impossible to examine them. 
Our attention was attracted by a beautiful specimen of 
raised worsted work (a chair), and a handsome paint¬ 
ing (village at sunset), by Misses Olivia and Margaret 
Staveley, daughters of Wm. Staveley, Esq., of Par¬ 
tridge-Hall Farm. 
We shall give some notes in regard to the farming of 
Bucks county, in a future number. 
Philadelphia County, Pa. —This “ ancient and hon¬ 
orable” association held its exhibition for the present year 
on the 8 th and 9th of October. To this society belongs 
the proud distinction of being the first of the kind or¬ 
ganized in America—dating from 1785. Among its 
founders we recognize the names of many of the promi¬ 
nent men of the revolution—as Timothy Pickering, 
Robert Morris, John Jay, Richard Peters, Benj. 
Rush ; and among its honorary members and correspond¬ 
ents were Arthur Young, Sir John Sinclair, and 
other celebrated British writers on agriculture of that 
