A CONSOLIDATION OF DUEL’S CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
Cult. Vol. IX.— No. 11, 
ALBANY, N. Y. NOVEMBER, 1842. 
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THE CULTIVATOR. 
“TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND.” 
We do not consider it necessary to make any apology 
to our readers for the space we occupy this month with 
the proceedings of the State Agricultural Society, and 
those of such other Societies as have come to hand. 
We are confident the friends of agriculture will peruse 
them with much satisfaction, affording the most cheer¬ 
ing proof, as they do, that the public feeling the present 
year has been enlisted in the support of these societies 
to a far greater extent than heretofore. Notices of new 
publications in readiness for this number, must be defer¬ 
red till our next; as must many of the favors of our cor¬ 
respondents, and answers to inquiries. 
CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR 
OF THE 
NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Cattle Show and Fair of the New-York State Ag¬ 
ricultural Society was held agreeably to the announce¬ 
ment, on the 27th, 28th, and29th daysof September; and 
high as were the expectations that had been formed of 
the great Farmers’ Meeting, they were, we think it 
perfectly safe to say, fully realized. The experience of 
the last year at Syracuse, had not been in vain, and in 
making the arrangements for the present meeting, the 
knowledge thus acquired was turned to the best account; 
and the whole passed off in a way which will cause the 
three days of the Fair to be long remembered by every 
farmer who had the high pleasure of attending it. The 
immense number of animals on the ground for premium 
or for exhibition; their admirable arrangement, which 
gave all who chose an opportunity of seeing the whole; 
the multitude of spectators constantly within the enclo¬ 
sure; the splendid equipages, and crowds of beautiful 
women; and the intense feeling of interest and gratifica¬ 
tion manifested by all, rendered the days of the Fair 
proud and auspicious ones for the interests of Agriculture 
in the state of New-York. 
The ground selected by the committee of arrangements 
for the Fair, was at the Bull’s Head Tavern, on the Alba¬ 
ny and Troy Road, a short distance above the beautiful 
mansion of Gen. Van Rensselaer, at the northern verge 
of the city. The excellence of the road, one of the finest 
in the United States, and the line of accommodation coach¬ 
es that ran continually between the city and show ground, 
rendered the place easy of access at all times. The pro¬ 
prietors of the establishment, have enclosed an extensive 
area in an oval form, with a substantial, high, and close 
fence; and within this fence, graded and leveled, is a fine 
carriage track of exactly one mile, which is much used 
as a trotting course by the amateurs of good horses in the 
neighboring cities. This enclosure was obtained for the 
exclusive use of the Society during the Fair, and the re¬ 
sult proved that it was most admirably suited to the oc¬ 
casion. To the east of the grounds, spread out rich and 
highly cultivated fields, through which the great Erie 
Canal meanders on its way to the Hudson; and still be¬ 
yond, flows the silvery river, its bright bosom dotted 
with white sails, or ruffled by the passage of some of 
those splendid steamboats that make this river their tho¬ 
roughfare. The fence encloses some forty acres, about 
one-third of which was occupied by the arrangements of 
the Society. The plan of the grounds, which accompa¬ 
nies this paper, will exhibit at a glance, the general na¬ 
ture of these arrangements. By the most competent 
judges, and those most familiar with exhibitions of this 
kind, the Show and Fair was pronounced decidedly supe¬ 
rior in extent and interest, to any that had before taken 
place in this country. 
The first impressions on entering the gate, were of the 
sublime and imposing kind. Near the center of the oc¬ 
cupied ground, a large pavilion was erected, in which, 
arranged on tables, shelves, &c., the vegetables, butter 
and cheese, roots, horticultural implements, articles of 
domestic manufacture, fruits, flowers, &c. &c. were placed 
for exhibition. Here the rare, rich, and beautiful col¬ 
lection of fruits contributed by the Messrs. Downing, of 
Newburgh, and the unrivaled products of Mr. Holbrook, 
of Hyde Park, arrested the attention of every observer. 
Nor were the fruits, &c. presented by many other gentle¬ 
men, much inferior. The mouths of the bystanders wa¬ 
tered at the sight; and while the practical were contrast¬ 
ing the immense difference between fine and inferior 
fruit, the more poetical were wandering in their imagi¬ 
nations to the fruits and the flowers of Eden. A canvass 
hall,some one hundred feet in length by twenty in breadth, 
was filled with a beautiful and well arranged display of 
the products of Mechanic skill, a proper notice of which 
will be found in its place; and which deservedly attract¬ 
ed much attention from the thousands thronging the 
grounds. If any one has been disposed to question the 
ability or mechanical skill of the American workman, a 
walk through this hall, must, it is believed, have done 
much to relieve him of his scepticism. 
The implements of agriculture were arranged in the 
open spaces between the vast circle of animals and the 
tents, and exceeded in manufacture and variety, any thing 
of the kind we have ever witnessed. Among these were 
Harrows, Cultivators, Drills, Threshing Machines, Horse 
Rakes, Fanning Mills, Straw Cutters, Portable Steam Ge¬ 
nerators, Mott’s Furnaces, Corn and Cob Crushers from 
Baltimore and from Richmond, Plows, common and sub¬ 
soil, Hoes, Hussey’s Reaping Machine, (a figure of which 
has appeared in the Cultivator,) with a great variety of 
miscellaneous implements, as the auctioneers say, too nu¬ 
merous to mention. A new Horse Hoe, the invention of 
Mr. Langdon, of Troy, attracted much notice. The prin¬ 
ciple appears novel, and we were assured by a gentleman 
who tried it effectually the past season, that it operated 
admirably. It has a double broad winged share, flat and 
sharp edged, to cut weeds and loosen the soil, with dou¬ 
ble guards on each side, to pulverise the earth as it is 
moved by the share. On the ground were also wagons, 
carriages, sleighs, &c. in great numbers, and very fine 
specimens of work. More than 30 plows were entered 
for trial before the committee on plows. This single 
fact demonstrates the importance of meetings where such 
implements can be tested; and further, the interest which 
both makers and users feel in this grand implement of 
agriculture. 
The number of animals entered for exhibition and pre¬ 
miums, was great, not far from six hundred. We place 
the several classes together in the following table, to 
show at a glance, the number and kinds: 
Improved Breeds—Full blood. 
Bulls over 3 years old,• 21 
Two year old Bulls,. 11 
Yearling Bulls,. 17 
Bull Calves,. 20 
Cows,. 63 
Two year old Heifers,. 18 
Yearlings, . 16 
Heifer Calves,. 24 
Grade Cattle and Natives,- 25 
Working Oxen, some very 
fine,. 20 
Fat Cattle,. II 
Horses,. 53 
Swine, from 120 to 150, say 140 
Sheep,.200 
Besides these, which were entered for competition, 
large numbers of others were on the ground for exhibi¬ 
tion merely. Among these were some beautiful Durham 
cattle, owned by Mi 1 . Henry Whitney, of New Haven, 
Connecticut; and from New Jersey, the splendid Norman 
horse “ Diligence,” imported by Mr. Harris. 
It was a subject of general regret that more of our native 
cattle were not offered for exhibition and premium; and 
that those presented should have been no better. We 
have multitudes of animals in the country, not indeed 
equal to the Short Horns and Herefords, but such as no 
good farmer need be ashamed of, and specimens of 
which should always be found in numbers at our Fairs. 
Greater numbers of grade animals should always attend; 
since opportunities of comparison, as well as observation, 
are wanted at such times; and where numbers are pre¬ 
sent of all grades, as well as pure, the influence of. blood 
is made more clearly apparent. But there was another 
deficiency among the animals more deserving of reproof 
from farmers than even the want of native cattle. We 
like the Devons; we like their color, their bright eye, 
and their quick, elastic step; and we have never, we 
think, tasted finer beef than the Devons have produced. 
We are sorry to say that in this respect the show was 
not what it might have been; for our country has fine 
Devons, pure and grade, that would not essentially suffer, 
even whet) placed by the side of the Durhams or Here¬ 
fords. Every one who has had an opportunity of look¬ 
ing on the fine cattle of New-England, where this blood 
is abundant, or those of some parts of our own state, will, 
we think, admit the justice of these remarks. It is to b® 
hoped, hereafter, that the Durhams, splendid as they are, 
will not be the only cattle to be seen at our Fairs; but 
that our native herds, particularly our fine native milk¬ 
ers, and our Devon stock, pure and grade, will be fully 
represented. ' 
Among the animals not particularly noticed by th® 
