New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-16

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| QUEENS COUNTY AGRICUL TURAL
FAIR.
From Or spe, II! is>orer
| The eipbtee 9TH annual Fair Of the Queens County
Agricultural So,Tie,y was bed yesterday in the village
of Hampstead and wa, as is Usual very cretisaole
s:fair The grounds are locsted At the outskirts Vi
the village, ani wee about ten acres in extent in
closed by high boa d fence Opposite the entrance
vss tie large tent Which contained the principal
portion Of articles On exhibition. There WAS a tent
r the occupancy of the President Of the Society and
another for refr.shmens small track was prepared
fer the exhibition Of horses but so for totns further
thar to show he god gu Ait es OF the animals;
| Dung the day, up to o c,ock 10 'he si'ernoon'
ard there could DO, have been mach lees thsu l,ooo
vehicles in towr. A srge numb ~ OF people sso came
by railroad the ter O'Clock train vcC Bfooklyn bring
irg 400. aud altogether TIE Number ot Visitors
| reached about 500. A novel ten came 10 from
| Flushirg. Two market wagons were attached 70.
gether, and canopy was construcof with sheaves Of
corn ard ~Lest. TIE car was Hawr' by hi'eea hne
ilcps were aso displayed and altogether this train
presented novel and attractive featare. There was
fslI display Of agricultural implements carriages and
| wagons.
About 100 head Of Cattle and nearly suany 1ortes,
were on exhibition including quite lumber Of olooded
| amin ale. OF Sheep and Swine there were but few:
| The show Of Farm Products was very eredAaoe, aud
far exceeds the exhibition in the class a. the State
Fair now being held in New jersey. Grapes, Pears,
snd Apples, formed the principal feature in the fruit
| department; ard Of these there was al abundance.
Tie ladies' Of Queens County contr outed largely to the
exhibition with articles OF Neede-work, Paintings,
| Crayors, &c.
| In the afternoon, Mr.. VIM. II. Oa'erdouk Of North
| Hampstead delivered the Aurual Aiiress under the
tent which was spoken Of in high terms by those who
, listened to it.
His E,cslIency Gov King was president, and occu.
pied seat upon the speakers stand AT the close OF
the address, the Governor Was called upon aud maie
some remarks. lie said that he had come out of the
way and from his dutie TO enjoy the pleasure Of NEST
ing the farmers of Queens County. He referred to
the times Of The past when farmers in this county Gull
| tivated from 40 70 500 acres Time had worked
changes and the ajority Of farms ranged from
fifteen thirty acres. but there were made to do their
duty. Gov. King sso referred to his connection with
| the Agricultural Coileee, which he hoped would be
opened in April next. The people Of Seneca County
bad raised $40 90, and induced the Legislature to ap-
| propriate an additional $4,000. With this amour.
they purchased about 200 of land the borders
Of seneca Lake for the establishment OF the Col
lege for the purpose Of giving young men an agrl-
cultural and practical education. lie asked tue citl-
zers of QueeLs County TO aid in this enterprise BY
| contributing toward this noble proe
The list Of premiums were announced shortly AFTER
o'clock after which the visitors took their departure.
The 10 clock train Of cars from Brooklyn to Hemp
stead made the passage in hour au1 % minutes dts
| lance II les. returning, they announced to
start at p m, but left ut o'clock and ~ minutes,
arriving in BrooklJ in hours and 20 minutes
| The following some of the principal premiums
| awarded:
Best Thorough Bred Bull, years old and up up. s,.
Best sai TGoica.s Bred Ball j; Old and up
Bs. Gov. year: sSt.
g 81 Gov s,. md gp.,5Sd s,a.i S.s~
I'd Beet Heiier years aud upward ......H g. Niche.
% Be-. m'i Ier year Oh Raios
Be-: Bull Stephen s y b: nor,
Best hsneI c14IiI OTHER f.s IaoIcrca Baro
B.. ald years easn a'hno..
Beat HeLaf 'esI 'aAu'' i''''
Best dairy 'phen Rl,hlnore
Best s'h WoSs.,c j.r;
Be-. yoke Of Working Samuel Wfst'
% bs., yoke Working II k,e.
Bee. yole Steers, years samae, yses,n'
Best yOhs s,er' 2yesTs Old "iam''
Pa. Sind YEAR. elc and upw ard DR. j. b. L.wr-uoe
3d.. sas iyes old and Upward jupiter IT," r. Z Thorn.
rs s,as bs,wreu and ys.r. old Layton
Bes. stud, owned and bred in The county, year; ,,.
q be-, Stud, owned ana bi.a in county
Be-: stud year old wu Sniin
a. "a "a OWNED in the county month. before
the BEccD Mas BRGD IL me rsTr
Be- 81, ai MAJ. WIN aS Si s At her C. BaaaM
| B.s, Brood Mare owned IL the county SIX mouth.
previous exhibition with oa a. her feet d. Bera
months prrviou. 70 eShbion...... John Miller
ss , T,se aI Msi s.f 5reS af the Downing
Best naeL.d Horses owned in the county 'i1 months
's . 4, ,Ss gonh te. he P wett.
TRoTTNG HORSES.
Bet tyen old and Jordan Layton
q b., year old aud .s s. ,ba
I'd best year Thomas " MI son
"a BIS, 2year old william Capsnser
Beet year old " m DevnS
g.. TT tss Mare or Geidns tr the road ssnae
N I rro, Ing Mr- 6edng for the road Rlshrnore
| B.s u.ir Pr cid lraes smith
| q be-, pair 2yssr old mules. henry w ra'
psr POSle' saH1si 4 J9 r.,,:.
sipplE. wooLrD AID LoSc-wooL,p sHEEP;,
% t.s tree Ewe,-Mdde wooded VIM Townsend
tl,s Ew,.-Lons wcoIsd Henry I. Hewlett
B,,, Bo.r month, upward MDonad
% b,. Boar months ana upward II So"es
| Be-. Bsedirs Sow, months and upward Asn McD9aa!d
Bts; '1 h' s'''''''"'''' p " "e-'
% b.,, nple Butter no. es. han tx pounds, M Rons
Be,, sample 'I poune' Butter made By sr,
under q fasM IsiIlx.S1s
Bs., !,p.y Fem IuPem'nn + M'yseJ &c e.
Beat MOVING Son, u
e.: sra. M.sssI Co
De-: Magyar CO.
Bes On it.e.; ;.'''..''..'''''''''''''''A ~, r.
Tie Annual Fair OF the Wyoming County Agricui'
tural Society will be held ct Warsaw on Tussdsy and
Wednesday, Sept. q and q. Horace Greeley will
deliver the Annual Address Wednesday, Sept. .
n.