New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-09
THE UPPER CANADI CATrLE SHoW.


This annual exhibition came Of the last week IN
September, at Toronto the capita city oi t'- r'''-
irce aud ~as, usual, sell a'ei1el .! t"r u" ''''
OF tie ueig borfg country, be-ie many nom "''al'
couuti,s, and i.w from the state II NrT-i"'A' We
attended the show for day. and ~ W. d'7c"'r'e'
new feature 10 the syancrment whF'h 'ah"iA" "-''.
culture ha. made upon the Grrefal G1vrFniTn' %
the county and the uuicpaI Authorizes OF I'''no'
w. note It fr hr IMITATION, Ia case may b. "ppro'e"'
If nt,r OVID Cover melt and authorizes ~ home.
Inn ediaely vet OF the c.iy couple Of miles DIS
tart ana running tack from Lake Oniaro. toe TOW
erruent held large tract Of Military kr-'rve lanl'
compr-irc several hul dred Gcres. 90 which an "i d.
lapda;ed fertilization stands, or lies partly BOTH bnt
spread rg ont INTO beautiful pl,in, long ago d'. or
esied, used pretty much a. common by the
town.Yeople TIE Gog,rument have granted suih-
cie1ty large portion Of tn, land TO the Pfovnca AZ
rcuuTal Society for their show grou1d-, N Perpetuty
and the City Of Toronto have given $4,000 for the
erection Of Crystal Palace" upon tie premises, to
be used by the Society wherever required. and at OTHER
tines to be occupied by other industrial a'sooiatous
for exhibitions of art ind taste-the whole property
with It's erectiors and other Improvements. probably
worth at least $4,000. - much j. already conceded
to tie accommodation of the State Agricultural Society
at tue, place. similar donation, excepting the Cry'-
tai Palace has been made al Kingston, at the foot OF
Lake Ontario, and another, understand, i solicited
at London. 10 the heart of the fertile Western District
which If obtained. the annual Provincial shows viii
alternate between tie three places. most c"m"hoas
arrangement for the Province ana better probably, as
general accommodation, than the miscellaneous get
tings up hitherto practiced by the Society
The grounds, thema. Ives, are yet in " the raw
II 4 Al ar.ral .I md "A
series Of outer buildings got up f, the accommodation
Of farm stock and the larger agricultural implements
The palace Is found full Of all small haudicrah work.
and the arts well arranged the ground floors and IN
the galleries, aud commodiou-y placed for inspection
OF all these the show highly reputable. Oi
fruits, grapes and vegetables which were also there
usual, the display superior a. better country
in our northern climate than large portion of Upper
Canada for these products, does not exist The apples
were grand the peaches good, the pears respectable
and the grapes, house grown equal any AMI open
air The best are erey saw The Isab,las were mag
ufcent, both in the sizes Of the berry and branch.
So too were suudry clu,ter of CataSba rarely rpeu
ing SO far north. But when state that We saw
clusters Of Black Hamburg of two pounds weight,
and berries a. large Dawson plums, and golden
4 Chasselas Of equal proportions, grown in the
/ open air, all fully ripe, American genealogical
! world may well wonder at Canadian grape culture.
That this wonderful growth of open-ar grapes may be
/ fully known state that they were shown 10y Mr. W.
n Read Of Port Dalhousie the south shore of Lake
Ontario, five miles north of st. Catharnes, at the
mouth ofthe Weaud Canal. Protected, H. that locality
is, by the mountain, the abrupt termination of the
table land OF Lake Erie, AGO feet above Lake On
iano and six seven miles distant on tie South, the
Sumner climate IL saidto be extraordinarily proptous
to the growth and npening of peaches, grapes, and
melons samples Of uncommon excellence of all which
were here produced Indeed the south shore of Lake
Ontario all the way from Hamilton to Sodus Bay Is par
tcularly favorable to fruit growing, owing to is happy
Combinations OF warm, frIabe, limestone soil, the
deep waters of the lake, which act in producing an
equabe temperature upon it, immediate vicinity, and
the prote ctlun from the mountain" in rear from the
raw sharp, westerly winds. We thought we also OBJ
served another, ana artiG ial influence which had
assisted in this extraordinary production Of these
grapes, in the Isabelas well the Black Ham
/ burg and Chasseas. IL was twist in the stems of
the cluster, made some time before rpeung, by which,
according to- pcmologica theory, the sap may ascend
from the root ana lower branches into the fruit but
cannot return producing the same result as ringing
the branches OF iru; tree familiar to all garden
en-. This part however will not assert scerain,
/ but the stems 80 looked under our examination. This
is an item well worth inquiring into by our grape
growers.
The show Of horses not superior. excepting the
capital specimens Of dreit-horses which have become
quite numerous from some importations of the
Clyiesjae," brought out twelve or fifteen years
ago, and again within the past year or two. W. saw
il posing native animals the ground crosses
of the Clyde stallion upon the best native Canadian
mir af maj which ~ fupk "A
turn after, the owner, Mr. Armstrong, a farmer of
Markham had refused 81 900 for. The Scotch farm.
en- who are the prncpa! breeders, are remarkably
attached to and proud Of their beasts Of this breed.
In cattle the short-hons were numerous and good.
Many mpo'tations of exceleo bulls and
ibited as well ar OF thoroughbred natives. Soao Of
Devons mauyexcelent specimens OF which weres shown.
recent feature of the Csnad shows is that of the
Galows ~ cattle With all their uncouth appearance and
apparent lieorty by the side of the short-bon and
Devon, they show excellent economical qualities com
binirg tLnit and early ripeness, sad although
had, from their general hh'Ory, associated them
Only with superior beef-making qualities, their
owners assured us that they quite equal 20 the
general run of other breeds for the dairy. Ofthis
however, We want positive proof before giving de-
cision. At ell events, in the haods of the Scotch
Canadian farmers, who are increasing their numbers
rapidly possible with the means in their bands,
and declare them superior well fayorite breed
for their purposes, the Galloway will soon have OPP
portuny Of fair tria for dairy a. well a. beef pur-
poses by the ride Of the short horns,
Deycns and Ayshires. OF the latter, saw bat few
the ground, and they IN way superior They
evidently lot fayorte with the mass of the
Upper Canada farmers.
Il any ole wants to see long-woolei sheep in ell
thair urrir1iinn and glory fhl. sih Of Finland n.