New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06
NETWORK STA TR FAIR.
From Our Own Reporter.


pared with the continuous drzziug cold rain all day
on Monday that all parties connected with or ia
erested in the State Fair quito buoyant with hope.
The rain yesterday kept back great many persons
who had entered their stock and other things for exh
bilion, delayed the work of arrangement, and threw
it upon to-day.
The floral and fruit hall appeared the most back
ward Of any part Of the exhibition this morning, aud
would hardly have been ready day bat TO- the highly
praise worthy conduct of some of the women Of FL
mira who in epite of rain and mud, aud the chilly,
ffeless rorm they had to work in, turned out early,
and yo ked all day upon the decorations Of ths hall
that with few hours Of finishing strokes this morn
ing il was uade ready for the fruit and flowers whi,h
will undoubtedly burst upon the view of visitors IN
great spendor tomorrow morning. So far, the fruit
show il splendid.
The rsio greatly delayed the arrangement of agri-
cultural implements and machinery consequently,
that depsItmtD Ut has been busy o-day. 1t will
be q grand festure of the exhibition tomorrow.
The show of dairy products ard eeeds, fear, will
not be what il should be, for the single County
of Chen uug although the numb'r of entries on tue
books indicate an abundance. The visitors who will
come in tomorrow morning will probably brloe 10
msny things, aud there may he many more entries as
the books remain open tilt ii o'clock Tuesday. The
count which understanding over 300 entries
took from the books at o'clock, and know many
were u ade after that. -
The contrast between this Fair and the fret held
u
was at Syracuse in 1884, is worthy OF par tcuar no lse
That wss in an open common without stalls for cats
or buildings for small articles and without much order
or good esuts except as planted the seed whlea mas
produced the present growth, and gwen 70 the SIse
indeed 10 the whole country an Impetus IN agricultural
inn rovemeDt that can hardly be measured in our ord-
nary method of cslcuatir dollars and cents
Little almost DO preparation or expense was gwen
to the accommodation of the first exhibition, and some
of the struct es of later years have been deficient In
many particu ara Now as l have befofe stated the
accommod atoms of the very best ORDER and nearly
all things in readiness to receive the articles o9iore
they begin to come in. The Secretary, Col johnson,
and the General Superintendent John HAROLD cannot
he PIX ken of in terms of too high commentator Tor
what they have done to make everything comfortable
and pleasant to exhibitors and pleasant and instructive
to visitors. -,
la regard TO cattle stab es, all other societies may
learn some upeful lessons from this exhibition Au
the neat cattle are shown broadsde to the visitor with
tie eide upon which they are used TO Bang approach
in front and they covered witt god roof, add
sheltered upon one side by el0seoo srded fence be-
fore the animals came in all the stables were nicely
Uttered with straw, and good hay placed ready IN the
feedb boxes
The horses were provided in the came manner, aud
are 30 comfortable that there has been most peIssant
effort on the part of owners TO smug9e 10 their ord
nary driving horses to live day or night az
tere the owners getting four tickets OF al nlssod ior
ten dollars paid for the entry. This cheat was largely
pracced at Albany last year, as Il has bsen at other
places and will be to small extent here, n's~ith-
standing
There is one say which think would stop il: charge
every horse four dollars for entry, and refund the
money TO all which proved 20 be entered actually
to compete for prizes.
mur0ytd ag,cu ursl IMPLEMENTS 70 faci tte the labor
of fsrmers can only notice few ne ones or those
which happen to see, and think o0st necessary 10
call the at en,ion # farmers to for their Interest.
The very best thing 10 this lioe that ses an at
tachmen to the steam engines built by Wojd Of Uuea,
for farm use, which makes them entirely SAFE 10 the
hands Of inc perienc-d persons 10 10 placed on Tue
eide ofthe boiler and shows the hight OF the water Ia
glass tube as stands in the boiler but if the engm'
eer thoud fell asleep, or be away when the WAFER gsS
below given point, the steam opensa XaVe "ulCh
starts the pump and throws IN supply OF water I
Should that be ont of order the water IN the supply
tauk fail 30 that it falls little lower IN the boiler
whistle is opened viii IN blows shrl see .m to give
warning OfdaDger One Of these englnss OF lur ooss
power csn be had complete for SlOO, ana is qae po
able; or with wheels end geercg to move ITSELF $1CO
found a straw cutter, lied Root n Lioyd uglon
stra cutter structed upon an entirely ne princi
pie, which | like very nu;h for lts simplicity ana
great esse Of working aud its eli leney Inc kane Is
a straight bl.de 20, iirnIy in anng form upon two
posts AID the box containing the stalks or straw Is
hung Oh pyots aud attached 70 the axle OF toe crank
go that it life above the knife, wh-n ieedlng ar
IapgeeIt pt shes the for ward aud then the BOX
cor es down. making the cut almcst By ia own weght
II locke 10 u as though il c)ud be made and prJht
ally sold for So aud would not be hke' 10 geto out Oh
Re air, ard he knife is EASILY kept IN order.
cbeese vine cider etc. strikes me az one 81 the best
end most powerful cheap handpresses that have ever
se+ n.
NJ Wood which en- almost certain IL 1st WoIk 10 the
foil satisfaction of tbose who grow osiers. IL is ex-
trt toelv staple and il composed OF graguiee srsW
which lee across dix that the small ends oil the
willow being inserted in the snail end OF the ew,
orc rolled over snd carried through 10 the bat Of the
yellow which then has arrived at some OF the large
threads scco,dipg to the length of the stick, aad IN s
p sage is entirely stript Of its bark The Whoie ma
chine car. be carried IA on d man Dach
Tb.re is 4 whole 1sd fuD of mowers and reapers,
aud IT ere as wei all the imp lements appear 70 be
got up not for show but for sa'e IN highly nuisaeo
mariner III this respect there is great Improvement
every year.
Not being sble to ssy which ia the best moving ma
chine applied to a. Il. Dickenson, OF Horn0y, NJ IL
who has nsec many Of them with bls own nauds, aho
seen almost every variety carefully tested sna mas
finally fettled upon one manufactured BY huopAd ~
Ithica. 1t certainly looks well ,,
There is a new attachment to mowing-machine
exhibited here patented by Bartlett tins year IL
potsto-ogger A circular fiat bar Of iron, with teeth
in the rear in halfcrce form, made TO scoop under
the potatoes and eft them out OF the dirt.
Other valuable improvements 10 agricultural ma
cLinery shall point out rs chance to discover 1Lem'
ELMIRA, Wednesday morning. Oct 3, 1860.
The prospects of the Fair this morning are rather
gloomy The weather did not come of az clear as was
hoped for last evening and early this morning an over
cast sky looked threatening of rain, and doubtless has
a tendency to keep back a great many visitors;
certainly the early trains did not bring in such large
accessions as came here by the came cOnyeyances at
the corresponding time when the Fair was held here
five years ago. Perhaps the increased rate OF fare
has hao some effect to keep the people back Yester
day, however, the trains were more crowded than
usual on Tuesday and the town Was pretty we'll ted
bnt not TO such an extent AS rendered il out OF the
question 10 get comfortable beds though in general