New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-12
CONNIE CTICUT STATE FAIR.

From Our Own Reporter.
NEW. HAVEN, Wednesday, Oct IL, 1884.
The success of this frst effort to hold an Agrcul-
tural Fair in this State is nov fixed fact.
The Fair ground has been visited to-day byup-
ward of 5000 people. The sale Of tickets to-day
exceeded $1,000.
There have been 2ls different entries Of horned
cattle; loo entries of sheep, swine and poultry 100
entries Of implements; 2o5 entries Of dairy grain,
and farm products $50 entries Of domestic articles;
lO7 entries of fruits and flowers and IL teams enter
ell for the blowing match.
The atteDdsLce has been mainly from the country,
and pretty largely Of ladies. The show Of stock Is
very good AMI in working oxen never has been ex-
celled perhaps many State There is team OF twenty
yoke from the Portland quarres all entirely red bat
one or two yoke, aDd altogether the strongest and
haDdsomesf team have ever seen hitched together
One pair OF oxen in this team, year Old weighs 81
cwt and stand II hands high. There are but few
horses as tall
There are also about so yoke Of oxen from other
places. One pair, bred by Mr.. Bishop, whose farm
Is at East Rock, hall Durham and half Devon, are as
handsome as we ever saw. Mr.. Bishop also has
large show Of other cattle, horses and mules. The
beautiful RED Devons are in the ascendant. Tne
show of sheep Is not what Connecticut could have
done. Mr. Andrew OF West Cornwall VIII take the
principal prizes on long sheep for bis New Ok
fordshre breed.
There are but few swine and those nearly all OF the
Suffolk breed; the best are exhibited by p. I. Bar
mum of Bridgeport.
There is great chow OF fat trotting horses, upon
The best course ever saw in any shoEgrodnd.
Il is level and smooth, half mile round, and the
point of great attraction The great show Of horses
comes of to morrow.
There is q good show Of poultry OF ali yarieties.
The hen fever is pretty hot 10 this State.
The horticultural part of the show is frst-rate: l
did not expect 10 SEQ anywhere TINS year .ucn .
splendid show Of apples 1t would be rare sight to
see better collection.
Mr.. Hovey of Boston hns ITO kinds Of pears, and
there are good many from this State Iaere q
great show Of grapes particularly black Hamourgs.
Vegetables and farm products, butter, cneeee ana
grain, are far ahead of the New-York SHOW. nave
never seen better looking potatoes, and learn RON
farmers that they likely to be plenty ID me ote,
nearly all of late growth and COCA quehty Ior winter
Ears of yellow corn, from 10 10 ie ncnes iong are
particularly numerous. Turnips and all other root
crops. cabbage squashes. pumpkins &c, give assur-
snce that Connecticut can have real Thanksgiving
This fall Butter 10 plenty, sweet, yellow and neatly
put I'D. Cheeses are plenty but no! ia'ge.
There is a pretty good share 81 the domestic pro-
aucts az the household, which shows that industry
snope farmers wives ard daughters in Connecticut
For great carriage making town, the show Of ,hs
branch of industry is very small, but what see shown
are tip-sop and cheap.
The display Of implenents Of Agriculture Is inst
r.te. OF coarse Mr.. Munson, who keeps warehouse
here viii take The premium for the greatest display,
though oti ers ere here from New-York and Boston.
Among the new things in this line worthy Of notice.
10 an implement for covering potatoes. 1t looks a.
though II would work well. The same man has
horse ,e to cultivate potatoes, but it does not appear
sny improvement. upon the hone-hoe Of Ragglss &
Co. Mr.. Knox Of that firm has swivel ploW upon
the plan Of the Michigan pow-that ia, two shares 70
cAe beam. With this Geld can be plowed without
desd burrows.
There Is good corn or seed planter, 50 c,ntrived
that viii discharge gusno any other fertilizer o.
the sane time.
Webb patent straw enter. exhibited by Heath
& Co, Of Ithaca, n. T., is Of best new mschnss
Of the kind have yet noticed.
There is beehive-tbe last new beehive-inyee1tsa
by DIR. Eddy, of Massachusetts,, that certainly 49, 49,
look 40 though il would obyiate the rouo'e :" wv
moths. u
The people here are in fever Of delight at me sue
cess Of the exhibition, and II to-mosIown Plensens
they viii be placed in funds over ana s"o'e ~ tx
The town il very fuII-not spare bed to be had Ia
apy eomeafable location Coz Q s1onger.