Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-23
NEW FORK CORRESPONDENCE.
New YORK. OCTOBER l3, ls47


TuRAL scrEscE-Ye yesterday visited the Agricultural Ma
ona Convention the of the American Institute in
the Park. Col TaAvERs, Of New Jersey, presiding
over It's deliberations with manifest dignity and proprety.
ne meeng was rather thny attended, but those who
present seemed TO be OF the right They seemed to be
men deeply Impressed with the high importance of agculu-
raj science Jealous In the of its advancement and bold
IN the ADOPTION OF measures for that end They appointed
committee 10 draw up report for general circulation the
subject OF agricultural schools and colleges They voted
SEND Delegation Washington during the approaching
sion oil Congress to urge upon that body establishment of
an Agricultural Department in the General Government Va
rous other important votes passed and committees APP
pointed in furherance of the great objects the Convention
COL TnAyERs, as well other gentlemen present. expressed
hrm belief that Congress ready and willing to do
any thing for the agricultural interest Of the country that might
be asked for provided the agricultural interest itself would
come forward and show what needed was the business
OF this Convention to gather light collect evidence and facts
and spread them before Congress- and favorable action would
PROFESSIONALLY follow. The the Committee on Agr
culture in Congress had done any thing except make
single report was simply from Of knowledge Of what
the agricultural interest of the country required.
Doctor USDEnHILL the Of grapes or rather the gem
teman who has become somewhat widely by his sue
cessfu cultivation of the grape in this vicinity made some in
teesting and may say eloquent remarks upon subject
which certainly to be Of the be expected to
afford matter for eoquence the of The idea
has generally prevailed for centuries past that the strength Of
manures the particles which support vegetation have
downward tendency into the EARTH are washed down BY the
ras and finally sink below the reach Of vegetation and die
out and lost Hence farmers imagine that they must try
to keep their the surface Of the SOIL that loose
sandy soils will not hold manures and that sub-sol of clay
is therefore of great Importance.
Dr. Underhis theory entirely the reverse Of all this He
nepdef &c,
of the earth that either by the action of the on the
earths surface, by the operations of Nature in some way
their constant tendency upward and what is not arrested
on its way for the support of vegetation escapes the at
mosphee and is lost in that way He has making ex-
pements and collecting facts for several years. and believes
them sufficient to establish his theory beyond question One
of his experiments for example, something like this He
took piece of barren SOIL and put into two feet be-
low the surface The first year influence seemed to rise
about half the surface and manesty felt by the
roots that descended far enough it. The second year
the influence of the reached the surface of the ground
and produced vigorous and oushing growth vegetation
He mentioned several other facts confirmation of the same
idea, but said he did wish go the subject fully at
this time, the meeting hin and was proposed to
have an adjourned meeting Tuesday next when he would
present written report which chairman of committee of
the Farmers Club appointed for the investigation this sub
Ject, he had been preparing.
CATTLE SHOW, Der. l4-Yesterday and to-day have
been to 23d street to witness the cattle show conducted
under the auspices of the American Institute The collection
Of animals fine, and of superior character Yes
terdy the exhibition attended by the Governor of the
State the Mayor of the city and other persons of distinction
and good degree Of public interest manifested the
slon There fifteen twenty very fine horses on the
ground and large collection of other animals which
may hardly be worth while specify One however was
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doubleday the largest raised in this country. His
weight stated to be four thousand and hundred pounds
height six feet six inches length feet inches and arg
est grh eleven feet. His and motions somewhat
like elephants He raised by Daniel c. Mason, of
New Hartford, Oneida county, New York. There was ano-
Their clever little pair of the ground that attracted
considerable attention before the mammoth on one
weighing twenyfour hundred and the other twenty
hundred pounds To-day long list Of premiums read
over to the company present. awarded by the judges to the
various competitors whose animals exhibited. Among
the horses the first premium awarded Trustee famous
English korse years DID, and the FASH
on which has acquired much reputation the
New YORK, OCTOBER 81, lS47.
In referring again the articles exhibiting the FAIR of
the American Institute may say thatihe exhibition of Silks,
and manufactured though very large, yet shows such
perfection both the material and the manufacture and
from such different and distant points, establish the fact
that all parts of country may be adapted to silk culture.
From Burlington Vermont there is beautiful piece OF white
wled silk, firm, smooth and even containing sxlywo and
half yards made by Mrs j. s. Pierce Some fine cocoons,
from Shaw and Pierce, of the place, marked spe
cmens Of twenty bushels There beautiful
specimens Of manufactured silks from different persons in this
city. From Wheeling, Virginia, there is good display Of
silks by John Fox, r Richard Aldred, and John W. Gill;
also, from New Orleans, by William G. Hewes There
silks and also from various Others but speak Of
these particularly coming from different sections of
the country
II can hardly be worth while burden your columns with
any extended catalogue of the almost countless articles
hibted They embrace specimens from almost every variety
of the mechanic arts and every branch Of industry, skill and
ingenuity Even the classes Of articles TO
to though may yet find occasion remark upon
Of them The wooen and goods from distant
points, well the Silks and present excellent specimens and
great variety stranger entering the Fair would be forcby
attracted by the variety Of machinery moved by steam power
These appeal both TO the eye and the Perhaps the most
appeal the eye by single class of articles is that
Of stoves in their endless variety and all their annual i'm
provemens.
One article ought not to neglect to mention, because IS
production in this country and that is large and ex-