The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-20
GREAT ANNUAL FAIR
NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,
Held at Auburn.
AUBURN, Sept. Is. 1916.
SECOND DAT

compensation
at the gate and note them as they pass-such multi
formity of vsages contours habitudes and "propsns
ties" as phrenoogiss might say And all are here
witk many motives there dverstes Of confor
mation-a rushing forward in moving living mass
DEPRESSING at different points objects appear before
them. Well, these fairs great affairs and when
experience shall have laugh. those who manage them
Little economy AID precision in arrangement they
will be very agreeable convoc ations and moro useful
and important to the agricultural interests of the
Empire State.
Notwithstanding the particular notice in the pro-
gramme of arrangements that articular accommoda
tons would be provided for reporters fnd up to this
hour the only facilities to be enjoyed such each
may have his pocket, and obtain by the
of his own locomotives But would not be con.
sdered censurng the committees they have as much
they attend and the shorness of the time
pIoyed in making arrangements, should excuse them
| have devoted as much time this forenoon Is my
strength wou allow, In going over the grounds, and
through the different departments of deposit and shall
give brief notice of those things greatest Importance
other occasion for to give every thing now in detail
would make too long a tale for present purposes.
Among the cattle noticed first line of working
matches from the farm of the president Of the society
j. NJ Sherwood, Esq These were ten yokes of superb
cattle attached to fasners cart beautifully decorated
with covering OF evorgreens, wrought in frame re-
sembling more beautiful portable arbor, green
house. than an OK cart Seats were prepared in this
Dor on wheels upon which seated ladies, as it
passed Attached to thu arch sheaf of wheat and
on the bottom of it several specimens of pro.
auctions of the farm zach carrots beets &c of very
large growth, though not designed for competition.
sheldon, Esq of Tennet presented eleven pairs of
cattle five pairs of which working teams and the
remainder steers partially broke These were superior
cattle, and admired by all who saw them.
r Mseswort. OF eenesee.s great farmer and deep
presented six pair of working four years DID, and
i've pairs Of steers of she first order. They large
Among the imported stocks F.. p Prences full-bood.
ed Durham bull Cao," lwhitc) four years old, and
admired; and also +" Tecumseh," Of the same stock,
owned by Mr. Packer. of Saratoga This animal is only
Two year' Old now yet he nearly as large as his SIRE
Dir. Viii. Of Troy has several very fine and valuable
cows yeArlags and calves tf the shorthorned Durham
laIg- COW noticed called :" Victoria"
~. Button, of Newark, Wayne county, has here's
/ery large and wellformed Durham bull, Z" Osceola"
His weight is 1850 He is five years old
MIR. hyatts Cinderella" from Rochester short
herned Durham hefer, is splendid animal His .peci
Of Hereford also very fine but, like ell OF that
stock appear bette than they are for dairy purposes
suppose.
fers and yesrlng bull Of excellent form and in good
hesh. They appear remarkably fine, and show great
Among the Devonshires, saw mono that appeared tc
excel those presented by Squire M Brown Of Elbrdge
old and Of hrss
beside two bulls.
H willard has two fat steers, one half Devonshre
the united weight of each being about 4,OsO. They
would make grand feast for our army on the WI
grounds Of Mexico.
MIR Oliphant Of Mount Morris, has here an OK which
weighs 800 and is the largest upon the ground
among the curiosities in the stock line, noticed
calves each Ave months and each in excellent order
The calves woro all brought up on the milk Of two
and in all probability Sn Of hs
calves onc-fourth Durham.
OF sheep, there superior specimens of Coswold
South Down. Saxon, Bucks and Ewes, beside
American of the best quality. But the time will
doubtless when farmers will understand the impor.
lance of paying still greater attention TO this kind
stock If they intend to compete with foreign
kets In clip OF in fabric.
OF Swine, really worth mentioning to.
day there will be in this afternoon, there will
Of NIL sorts OF stock.
Horses are yet not the ground in great numbers.
Among farm implements, &c, of rare construction and
recent Invention, notice great many L will notice
few TO show the reader the perfection to which ap
proximsie in invenoDs-as well laborsaving novel
or these perhaps the grain may be first This is
box extending the entire length, arranged that while
the wheels turn in carry ing the machine forward, the
wheats forced down in exact proportions. The machine
Is drawn by one horse, and the man who attends it rides
in comfortable chair in the of the wheels. should
like to SOW wheat in that way, think. II is great
ing OF muscular strength at any rate.
Near this is hand corngrinder from the agriculture
implement mandatory OF Taylor Co, OF Rochester
will grind corn shelled, the cob, very rapidly 1t
very convenient especially to those who live at dis
lance from mills or where mills stop running in dry
season and then, too, it saves toll
saw case Of very fine farming and mechanical tools
from the mandatory of F. Waters & Co., Wesfeld,
Mass.
case Of the most superior gold pens from the manu-
factory of B. r. Norton Co., s, racuse The same kline
OF which the one now is specimen. ut Like
quill" II think must send you one.]
But as wish to send in this notice OF the agri-
cultural meeting oflas night. will defer my notes OF
meeting held at the Court House, in this place
last evening at O'Clock for the purpose of discussing
the best manner Of rendering the soil Of New York far
mers, and the business Of faI ming more preftable
On motion of CHRsroPHER MoReAs, Esq, Hon. Mr..
seat and after stating the object OF the meeting, nvi
taton was given by hi m TO any gentleman present to ad
Mr.. NorT Of Albany, was called for He said he
should be happy to speak but having teen very bus
engaged in wool gathering" he should be unable to
holding this fair in the central and prolific portion
OF the State the question Of what alterations in the whea
per tor the occasion. He had noticed in passing
through tho country that other sowing practsed
than upon sumner fallow He thought this practice
would be found to be pernicous Upon grounds thu
prepared only eighteen 30 bushels OF heat gene
rally raised Al the west larger quantity be pro
ducedby single ploughng. Shall farmers go west
snail we en1eavor TO learn how may obtain the
amount of proceeds with less labor three plough
ty of a extensive sheep husbsndry, as a means
preparation Of the SOL. case related Of gentle
by poughng his sheep pasture sowing it, his crop
entirely successful Farmers will find that the
o. s s can &c onS
compete with those in the fertile west Many have
thought that to keep large number Of sheep larger
number Of acres must be possessed This is not So
frequent breaking up and sowing of their pastures will
not only benefit the soil but be found profitable. But he
would refer the subject to gentlemen present, who
practical farmers
Mr. MoRRELL said ii was evident VIC should do
thing TO render our soil more productive He thought
the hints OF Mr. Mott valuable, but he would prefer 10
keep more cattle horses and swine, and fewer sheep
The wool business is already overdone but what shall
we do lie thought the practice Of summer following
bad. In that he agreed with Mr. Mott We cannot &c
better, perbsps, than to peas This is good preps
ratory crop. He would end the black ed pea
Let The land Dc ploughed in the fall after taking off tbs
peas ana ne farmer VIII get large crop of wheat beside
found far superior to increasing their cks especially
while not more than twenty Eve per pound be-
obtained Tor wool His experience had show that no,
moro than three sheep could DO safely kept upon one
x&xtX sfA suppose four sheep could be kept; these
fs1<a{K Rtalt three dollars in WOOL and perhaps
>ev3<H ~ It's increase each per acre. The profits
wXR afsn very small after taking out their keep.
ME&x W., Ofs thought diversity OF stock prefer sbe