New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-03
MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
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DErRoIr. Sept 18.-The twentieth annual
Fair OF the Michigan state Agricultural Society has been
held in Detroit this week. commencing Tuesday Untii
last year these Autumn festivals have been held each
year different cities and towns In rotation throughout
the State But the Society has leased 40 acres OF ground
two miles from this city, and erected permanent buildings
for the exhibition OF articles requiring pIoteeon me
and have a mile track. ard grand stand.
The attendance on Tuesday and Wednesday was not
large, the weather having been unpropitouS But on
Thursday 10000 and on Friday about large number
OF visitors. were the grounds Tue departments most
,Ss SS1pS se' ss0 4 afsg
perhaps as good the average. but some very me
herds absent There were lis entries III ths depart
ment Devons and short-horns being tho strongest
though there were several ine specimens OF ~yresnre
Hereford. and Galloway stock a magulnceht Dun oi
the last named breed looking like buffalo than
domestic animal. exhibited by the state Agrcutura
iun imported by the Agricultural College Is OF the
best specimens ~ the Deyons on the ground Neither OF
these competed for premiums. fine two-year old she
den Duke belonging to Seymour rovnel OF Utica. Mich
igau descendant Of the Durham stock owned by James
Another. belonging to Henry Warner Of Dexter. Mich
gan, three yearod ana taking the irst premun was
81 horses. dpaynt great variety VI STOCK, ana com
pairing favoraby in this respect win almost any r'i'e
fayoriie account ~ the fancy prices ana thcr Woo
producing capabilities which have maze lnen an oyJG.
OF speculation Iecesefs are aiso ikeu Pi..ty WI,
but sheep for mutton are comparatively negeceu Tue
greater portion OF the Co-vod and southdoNns, we're
exhibited by Canadian breeders whose " Ieet arc On
their native heath In this department. Ihere Is gehef
cas. 81 sheen The Com ittees made Of men bet
ter acquainted with the spanish Mcrnos and long wooed
sheep than with the other KIND. aud their decisions are
often criticised Agricultural implements. 10 the nnmbcr
Of 3d. exhibited All conceivable engines by when
cr.p cut eathered put into the barn. torn from
It's ku-k and sheath and poured into recepaoes Tor ship
throwing about their long and sin ngers dssect
ing and grinding the kernels and ciutching the nay
swinging II uto the aud tossing IL from side 10 SIDE
Most OF tnsse SswYoTs eonirbuied part To hi.
Of nj 4ffu
Ohio ia becoming what New-JerSey and Connect
Msss.Sh9seiis Of locomotives. The wyandotte
Rolling Mills exhibited boiler plate OF Bossemef
rails made from Lake superior iron. specimens Of the ore
being also In the collection. Three billiard tables from
"a many manufacturers In Detroit were exhibited The
field aud garden products were limited there not being
sixty entrees aud these not specially notable The
state Agricultural College exhibited bnt did not com.
pete for prcmiu sixty varieties OF potatoes raised nj
The College. aud forty Of tomatoes one Oh The latter
the Michigan Agricultural College ia In fourishng
condition regards students but not sustained pecu
MARTY by the State ~ IL ought to be- IL has eighytwo
students and hard wording and enthusiastic faculty 1t
the beat COLLEGE OF the Kind In the ana s
graduates are IA demand as INSTRUCTORS ia other coeSes
sJme OF professors have been solicited to take posi-
professor 81 botany and horticulture mas been se
cured for Cornell University but rule The members
Of The faculty are too much interested IN The institution
to leave until II Is an unqualified success IL costs the
State about t?5faO per annnm
The peach giou OF Michigan IA rapidly increasing In
notoriey aud Importance IS situated upon the eastern
Of Lake Michigan, chiefly IN Berrien County Though
extends the LAKE IN touhtJ Iouhtj
interior Prom 100 10 $50 square miles are now ho-
this delicious fruit, aud apples
lums grapes, and berries The prevailing wind comes
from south es tempered 10y the waters OF the lake,
giving An condolences the climate which makes 10
Favorable peach culture The soil In ghta sandy
losm-requires careful cultivation but 10 fcrtalzers
Clean thorough culture Is necessary 10 keep down
ths vigorous growth OF weeds and grasses. IL
IA scarcely 10 years since keen and intelligent
brain recognized the requisites OF magnificent orchard
i'm this region is4G planted and they,
though showing signs Of old ana dying slowly yield
annually and Ave bushels each. and have their aged
limbs propped up to sustain their generous crop Now,
$50 proprcor owning from ~ TO 90 each produce
400 bushels each year Ton acres Is much most
conveniently aud profsbly handle; but as the
work pretty light the women ana elderly children can
assist aud profit be largely retained In the family OF
the proprietor In Berren County alone, the receipts
this year all kinds Of fruit Will amount 10 nearly
threeqnarters OF million OF dollars Ia 1860 oOOg bas-
kets OF peaches were considered n heavy yield; In
1861. 10000 u light one. In 1880. the forest
growing ali this vast region with the ex-
cepon OF n few acres, whose products proved THAT pop
lars pnes cakes beeches must make way for the peach,
the pear the plum. and the sppe. Land very dear at
o. S. IS few has risen 10 $780, 500,
$500 and q 900 Twenty i've hundred
table aud straw berries Of which 1900 bushels
raised this year. said To mako returns In about the
time that Of a crop or Winter wheat. Ninety
pear In 667 brought their owner t2OO Two clerks
from Cincinnati leased for IA years. aud sold IL,
with four years run for $4,000 the the pur
chaser netted $4,000 II OF tho clerks specuators
aud other who struggling for bare existence Ia
cities could be tempted into such enterprises
this and each should make more producer ana one
less consumer he would find that IT besseth him that
gives and him that takes" OF course there some
shades TO this picture