New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-15
The GREAT CATTLE SHOW.

w visited Hamilton square again yesterday even
log, md found THAI the Agr cultural Board of the
American Institute had appreciated the interest
that ther Cattle show would exne in this city, much
setter til an We had given them sredit for The one
srsal gate Tor entrance and exit al-suEcienty
large; and if il viii reduce the e,pensh of the gate
koeser to hLf price, think from :he appearance Of
things yesterday, that he gate ma be reduced to
half Is presoat dimensions. We a.so acknowledge
our in supposDg tn 1t the four nc ncosed was
not lars enough for such Cattle Shcw As we hoped
would - grt up ,ndcr the management and prestige
# the american Institute. The space is entirely
adequate Or the accommodation OF all tire cattle aud
all the visitors. II Is true that the wealth Il Yesterday
wss not CT character To MAKE out-doo- exhibition
vcry n.ercs;Bg and il is also true that thu Gags float
in upon the Thirdavcnue cars announcing hat the
" Cattle show il now open, spread to the
brce 1e little before tho stock arrived and hus pro-
duced bad impression upon the visitors treating
An opinion in tie minds II such as 10 not know that
the American Institute always opens its doors to visitors
beo they have anything ready to be seen, trst it is
and always will be a miserable show of empty Boxes.
II j. not so; the boxes fill upater the visitors are
gone True. good many get the impression, as they
did yesterday, that for all practical purposes they
might as well look into lumber yard as into empty
arr mstasen-they pay their quarter, aud count the
pens. and calculate how many ar.mals might be ac-
cormodated-ifth they were there. For instance there
are % horss-stalls and Is Of them have been tskeu
quite enough for beginning There 81 sheep-pens
one gentleman has in two VI three of them % ve,y
fine wool sheep; and in several other pens, several
other gentlemen have II sheep of other grades of
which are as good South Down and Oxlorrishirc
bro eds as we have in America. The surplus ofempty
rens only shows that ample provision has been made
bv the managers for great sheep show, If the breed
rrs had brought the sheep. One OF them told US the
reason thew did not was because they were charged
dollar Hundred hay, Of such miserable quality that
it was ouy fit for bedding, and the bales were more
than ten per cent wood and Of them filled IN the
int, rior with dirty cbaff But what of that The lrsti-
tute without patronage cant afford to feed the stock
as other societies 10 without pay and the person who
il licensed TO sell the feed could not make living
profit if he sold good hay at dollar hundred
There is cortanly very extensive show of pig pens
ii OF then-and IL of them are occupied by that
INTEGRAL portion of the 30 900 900 Of pigs IN the Amcri-
con Republic Tcpres,lted by the figures d. counting
some that were certainly not counted in the last census
II is worth quarter 10 see some Of these pigs by any
enc Who is Judge Of and an aduirer Of beauty. If
tie visitor il not satisfied with beauty 40 seen in pig
lc, him GO TO the hen.ooeps and look up Shanghai
roostor. ard admire il as Chinese beauty. He will
also find several other sorts of fowls OF which
are pretty. There forty coOps of the various
soit, including rabbits enough to swear by Beside
this there are four goats in the cxhbition-one OF
which is broke to harness.
Tie fat bullooks the working oxen, the lnIk cows,
the bulb steers heers and calves, all told count 49,
and r,present the Durhams, the DevoLs, the Ayr
shiros, the Grades tie Natives. And very worthy
r,prceen.atyes they are too-some of them; some
others must be seea 10 be appreciated, and then-we
are sure they will not be. There are two Durham
lciiers belonging to Mr. Thone, that will always be
adm ired as the perfection Of breeding In that class OF
animals There are two Ayrshire cows that belong to
somebody that We cannot name, because he doat
chcos Sc 10 show his card that show perfection in thai
breed.
There are several cows of Bathgates noted Dutch
and Durham took, that the representatives of the
Lest any breed in this vicinity. There are some good
representatives Of the Devon family, among which
heifcr and two yoke Of four and five year old oxen
Owned by John Il. Andrew of West Cornwall, Ct,
may be looked upon with pleasure and profit.
Altogether this is not great Cattle Show, but 1t
is worth much more to the viritor than an exciting
rot;" and we hope will be extensively patronized
that measures will be taken another year, by men who
are interested in promoting Improvements, 10 make
show that they would rot be ashamed TO have seen by
breeders Of cattle in Europe, who may chance ~ be
in the city during the exhibition.