Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-09-27
ROCHESTER,, n. Y !
Sept. Is, 1851.

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ROCHESTER,, n. Y
Sept. lS, 1851.
This city probably never contained within
lis limits as many strangers as are now here,
attending the great Fair of the New York
State Agricultural Society. The Hotels are all
crowded and literally overllowina. Oar party
was fortunate in securing comfortable lodg-
! ings at Congress Hall, new Hotel near the
| Depot, TO, so large, Iu, lhiak better kept
/ than either of the others The ground npon
/ which the Fair is held, is an enclosure with
! boards, OF twenty nine acres, about mile
and half from the city. Probably not less
! than 800 vehicles OF all kinds were employed
in carrying visitors TO and from the Fair
ground, The road has been enyeloped in
one continued cloud of dust, so lha, one could
scarcely Distinguish an object twenty yads
ahead. The first two days only members
aud exhibitors were admitted, each member
and exhibitor being provided with a badge,
about eight thousand of which were disposed
of, at one dollar each. On Thursday the
doors were open for all, al one shilling ad-
mitance The receipts were about SlI, 900
This forms part of the funds, out of which
the premiums are paid. We were politely
received as members of the Pennsylvania
Society, and presented with badges, &C.
Mr. Kapp one of our party was selected as
one Of the Judges 10 award premiums for hor
ses. Quite number of these valuable ami
mails were OH the ground, and it was soon
discovered by the knowing ones, that Mr..
Kapp was well posted on this subject, and
| hence his appointment, which was unex-
pectedIy conferred upon him. The array of
fine cattle was said to be greater than at any
previous exhibition. The Durham short horns,
seem TO be most in favor, and greatly pre-
ponderaed in number. In size they are GER
taiuy ahead of all others. The Devonshire,
with their uniformly dark red color and curly
necks, were much admired, but in size and
weight they are small when comparej with
the Durhams. A noble Durham bull, the
property of Mr.. Ferguson, member of Par
| Lament, of Canada, was sold TO n farmer Of
Seneca county, for $3.50 Canada West fur
nished some of the finest stock on the ground.
There are probably 40 or so of these vaua-
Bile animals exhibited, one among them be-
| ng valued at ST, 900. One from the State of
/ Maine was perfectly white, and was much
admired for his strength and make. He ap-
| peaIed 10 be as savage and restless rs Ben
gal tiger, and was, as most Of them were,
secured by ring in the nose, and led by a
staff clHsped to the ring. Among the Curl
oSi,cs was Hungarian bnl and COW, Of the
color of gray squirrel. They are of the Or
dinary size, and were imported when calves,
few years ago. The tail of the bnl almost
reaches the ground, and terminates with a
fine large ,ufi or bunch of hair, which must
prove exceedingly serviceable in fly lime
A yoke of mammoth steers, weighing $500
pounds each, attracted much attention. The
stalls or sheds for horses, numbered abou,
1870. The cattle were mostly in open stalls
The stock of swine was not 50 large, bul
there were some fine porkers of the male
species, nearly as large as an OK. A Chinese
SOW with 10 pigs were exhibited by the
President, The stock of sheep | did not
much admire, except few South downs. A
pen about sixty feet in length, contained eve.
ry variety Of poultry. Some were large and
fine, bu am inclined to believe that David
Tagaart, ESD, of Northumberland, could
have taken The premium with a pair Of his
Chitlaaonas In the ceurre Of the field i:
Mechanics Hall, a ia,ae temporary huili
ing 70, all kinds Of implements and inycn,
uons. "Alauuacurer's I!aiIn is another
building, filled win domestic manufacturers
such as quilts, uuc mcrinos, shawls, cloth
needle work, carpets, hats and great variety
of articles. "Floral llalf' was covered with
canvass, and was constantly crowded will
ladies. The show of flowers were mos,l,
Dahlias. The exhibition of fruit was much
the most attractive, at least 10 my TASTE
The display Of peaches exceeded any lhins
ever saw. The Crawford carly, Roya
Kensngton, and Honest Johns, were uniyer
sally admired. The largest and finest O
, these were from Canada West. The collec
ion Of apples was equally Gne Another en-
f closure contained large assortment of arti
Giles from The Dairy. Another a variety Q
all kinds of vegetables. Farming imple
menls, such as ploughs, threshing machine.
straw cutters, McCormick's and lIussay
reaping machines, grass cutting machine,
f &c, covered a large space of ground.
{ The number of persons present on Thnr
= day, was yariously estimated at $4,000 /
3 iOO,0 600 persons, of all sexes, sizes and cor
: ditions. Though what WAS surprising
a some Europeans, not ragged man or be-
4 car was to be seen. A number of Bloome