The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-20

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
The Agricl,vay Exhibition al Viona. The Commissioners
of Patents has received interesting account of the Aus
trian Agricultural Fair recently held at Vienna. In al
udng the progress Of the society the Commissioners
correspondent says:
The agricultural exhibition just closed is pronounced
to have been the only deserving that name which has
been held in Austria Although the Agricultural
Society itself has been in existence for hall century yet
originally confined to lower Austria its preensions
small and until recently it appears to have sustained
but faint life The Germans intelligent, but not
enterprsing ers of the soil thrifty, but prejudical
g Ii is not in the oriental character of the
Hungarian TO be active cultvator of the soil and il
probable that the of large estates in Hungary feels
the necessity of resortng Ia machinery TO supply the want
of that manual labor which he finds it difficult TO OBJ
tain, especially since the abolition of sericlom.
This exhibition it is everywhere said, will mark the
introduction of and more enterprisng in the
agricultural history Of Austria :"
We omit a long description of the building in which
the fair held and give the following in relation to
sheep
of all this vast collection of matter animate and in
animate the sheep and the wool attracted the most de
cidcd admiration" o 1.-THE mutton in Austria
not SO good as it Is England The sheep less fed
1t has been supposed understand, that the quality Of
the wool Is deerioratc by feeding the sheep literally An
English agriculturi,t residing in Hungary, has done
much however to explode this idea As in England, the
turnip is much used in iattening sheep
there are bD,UDU5uUU poills OF WOOL INouuccl
nually in Austria, of which % 10000 are exported
have taken steps to procure collection OF samples o
the different kinds Of wool, and hope TO forward them
with brief account of the breeds Of sheep producing
them, for the use of the Patent Office.
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" Next in success and interest to the show Of sheep
clme that of the horned cattle OF these there
400 bulls cows and oxen representing an aggregate In
the empire Of 600 and 1000 900 bulls am
Certainly among these were animals of remarka
bic size and beauty believe it the general opinion
that it would be difficult to surpss this exhibition Of cat
tie even in England
There are produced annually in the empire of Austria
5000 900, 600 masz "a is equal to about 32-l0C
of gallon OF milk 300 900, 900 pounds of butter and
200 eco 900 pounds Of cheese. Can Austrian pound is
equal to 23-l00 pounds avoirduposl
The writer states that the exhibition of horses
very generally pronounced failure From all he could
learn did not fairly represent the country The exh
bon of the productions Of the earth, though well
certainly gave triumphant evidence Of the agricultural
wealth Of the empire. The following particulars in re-
gard TO wine will be particularly interesting
THE exhibition of wines was very extensive. The
wines of Italy not exporable but many Of the wines
OF Hungary and Austria exportable One Of the
hbitoIs produced wines which had been to New York
and California, and which proved their capacity to
dure the voyage There be doubt of the fact
that large quantities of Hungarian and Austrian wines
purchased by French dealers TO he adultereteo
and then exported as French wines The wine ii
is said, is not unequently returned TO Austria in il,
aduterated State This commerce was particularly
tensiye last year. account of the failure of the French
vineyards In this manufacture great use is made OF
logwood (o of alcoholic quors,) and certainly
the compound cannot be beneficial to the drinkers
health,
The trade between Austria and the United States in
wines would to be the increase. Some 400 00U
gallons sent thther from Vienna during the last
year The whole production of the empire amounts
nuay to near forty millions amer Can elmer is within
a fraction of thirteen gallons)
In describing articles of economy the writer says:
There was a vast collection of objects and contri.
vaces apportainng the household and to the person
Many of them exhibited practical ingenuity i was
particularly struck by two the simplest and probably
the most useful of them all One arrangement ol
keeping food when sent into the field 1t consisted
of earthen pot placed in u wooden box and packed
around with hay For the purpose intended it is snid to
be by far the efficient of all known contryances
The other a pillow filled with shreds OF fine paper
The following is literal translation of the description
this very economical article The interior made of old
fine paper torn up for example, of letters. II is thus
that material stripped of all intrinsic value which
pueny can be procured in considerable quantity, be
comes of incontesabe utility 1t is only necessary t.
compare the pillows filled with this singular down with
those stuffed with hair feathers to perceive at
their superiority, whether TO soliity, freshness
elasticity.
The letter closes with description of the different
kinds of paper exhibited. and its manufacture.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
GryrR 4, ORDERS UEapor AnrErs on THE ARMY