The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-05
AGRICULTURE AND THE ACTS.

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Yesterday was the second day Of the exhibition -
Bsmi square and happy to record The fact that
during he afsrnooa the sgers made happy by
bright tkes, pleasant b,seEes, and crowd Of visitors
There regulates for the the fair put different
appessDes all things about 1smIon square, where
e,eJihi vac dun vet and .hesvy Tuesday. All was
hustle Excitement povsi. and variety "Wednesday.
At aoont tao o'clock the of and
peculiar beauty The ground Is gentle elevat
that Is very Quesly drained dried The Third
and Fourth avenue cars came up loaded vita sxpecsnt
crowds. kegant turn outs, and pretty fancy wagon,
dashed up to the Ell frances The vrious poin ntes
in the exhibition surrounded by knots of
visiI err, ano by magic, the formerly desertet vii.
rge became quite . lively little city. And all ae-
Of q little sunshine.
Inc outside speculatoIs too, suddenly became
bright, as shiIings and sixpences poured into
their hands. The gentleman who shows the very
largest bullock in the world succeeded in
his tent filed with Individuals FIR the
Camp Bouston'' hled with General 0tards SOL
diersa gentleman who sold for two shillings bottle
Of some substance warranted to
GEMS in three minutes " Informed US that business
.pr tty good, consdering"-shs p-opisto Of the oos
ing machine about, looking as Lively cricket
thousand segnents OF pie disappeared and
down as many throats-and this line Of outside booths
received several additions whether valuable not is
| .'matter Of taste
Viewed from the highest point OF the show ground
the landscape delicious one, aud worthy the pen
ellis OF several artists should have for
department The crowded. city seemed just far ,agh
astant TO have its rough edge melowed to the line of
beauty Between the dense piles OF br OK and marble
the Crystal Failure with its nose dome and Outer
Ing asss pointing gaily upwards the stock sent
oesdly downwards. The ISiing Observatory seen
like tail sentinel the Palace while to the east
west north spots OF rural beauty, here and
there dotted with white cottages the whole set OF by
the Safe Arsenal in The foreground. This prospect
would smost repay for the ride with sixty
seventy others some Of whom had considerable difficulty
| in getting sts nciDg Rom.
Within the epclo-nre, the was equally interest
ing The value Of the e,ceilsnt arapgeme ats made By
tie managers OF the exhibition now became apparent
although there must have been four people on
the ground at clock, there Gid not appear TO be
great ovid and NO believe thar succeeded ia
seeing all the estpg things that without
being all ipcommoded With two exceptions the
serin'endents of the various departments were
mendaticn for their attention to the pnohc,
and the lsSSs especially. Occasionally an individual
who es les into position Hn re ne i armed Win
bis own great Importance to such an extent as to
forget every thing else. Toere are, no rever,
but few specimens Of this amusing animal at Hamilton
square. In quepce every thing went of we'll The
ca,l. seemed to bear the ex anaion and the various
criticisms upon them with quiet dignity and patience
points dspayedthe fowls cecklsd aud the turkeys in
duged in Il cir peculiar vocal arrapgsments the horses
tr0tted kicked neghed snorted and pa we'd after the
usual style Of the noble annAl the cannoisieurs in
blood and bone looked wise and talked steriousy-
unfortunately people ignoapt Of breeding, and too
dest pretend what they didn't know admired every
thing; the aeies seemed delighted and the faces Of
those persons Who we're particularly interested in the
success Of the exhibition, were beaming all with
smiles.
We proceed to detail few particular points in tho
hbition which may be in teresng to the public. In
reo which Is necessarily hurried exhibitor may
find that his animal or article las escaped immortality;
but our reporters have endeavored to make notes Of
all worthy Of record
THE CATTLE.
The bulls cows, steers heifers and working oxen,
the field 1t is the most festare OF exhi
bition and the show Of extra stock very much larger
this A6e of the Atlantic. Within the past Ave
years several public spirited gentlemen have turned
ans tns snSp n the s Of steel
been without their reward The i'm provsmsnt is per
ceptbls to the duest comprehension and IN ths
paris0n which Is almost inv0lunary instituted all
vsere, the native suffers mensey and the fore. ner
rather the child Of foreign PARENTS is admired in she
proportion. 1t will be noticed in this exhibition
that though the cattle all Well up in flesh, they
not over fat and do not appear to have been FED for
Mr. Thomas Bell is superintendent of this department
and there are ninety nine entries Many persons bave
entered dozen or more animals under the same
Mr.. Thomas Gould shows foe Durham bull, three
years old All the gsod points Of this stock appear in
Mr. VAIL Of Dutcbess, shows his splendid short horn
ed urhsm: 'Sir William " pedigree aud ALL Sir Will
liam is white BULL pure blood, and is in excssnt con-
YouDg Exeter, three years old short horn bull is
shown by A. B. h. P. allen. fine animal we'll up in
B Reed, Rensselaer, county, shows . fat OK weigh.
ing 1000 lbs This animal attracted great deal OF
eAyy n
Joseph Miiman, washington county has three year
old Durham bull. not exceeded by any in the show.
Among the other specimens OF this class We notice
the three year old bull second Lord Of Eushone;''
mion, " owned by J. Aycreg Of Passaic, New York;
aroble Thite bull Grand Duke four years old,
last ,sa Ner% snd
North star the elder great creature the bovine
species the bull PtolemJ with An aistocratic pedigree
the hort horn bull Hepry Clay also full Of blood Nc
ae nssr enc s.ye snort
Mr.. Sherwood, OF Auburn, has ane short horn bull
A&C.s Haines show some fine Durhams.
Spencer, Wesschester has good lot Of short horns
those posted up IN sush matters; also the Ester
vile and Phoebe Seventh.
COWS Daisy, Phoebe Second Red Iad-, Roomer, Pct,
narchoness Princees, Kitty, Jessie, and fne yoke Of
70 hs nna Of b ans stock added
Hupgerford Doodle show the bull Robin Hood
vel, known animal who sustains the prestige of his
pedigree
horns
Lewis G Morrs's extra and imported stock attracts
great deal Of attention 1t is from the best blood abroad
Mr. +. G. Faile shows some fine look ing Devons The
bull Wenir gton seems Atty named
The show Of working oxen II limited In number: We
noticed. however, two or three good Jokes.
We shall refcr to the cattle again.
The sheep viii b found in one hundred and thirty
pens, running along parallel with the Third avenue
Mr. Norrcn II the superintendent Of this department
and performs his duties TO the satisfaction Of ALL 1hsre
about Eve hundred sheep on the ground We shall
not, however, attempt to notice them all.
The principal breeds are tho New 0xfordshire, the
Lsicester the Cotswold, the Slesa, the Saxony and
the French merno Perhaps tho most interesting fea
ture in this department II the exhibition Of imported
New Oxfcrdshre buck the property Of John andrew,
Of West Cornwall, Ct. This animal II rear old ana
weighs 2o4 pounds ID claimed for this stock that the
sheep sheer BETTER are better nurses Of their young
and sre harder than any yst imported In eng