The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-04

have been used to the old "hand-drop-
ping" The openers are independent of
each other, and three rows can be dropped
ut once. The seed-yalyes are adjustable,
and the machine can be easily changed into
drill.
Notice of other improvements in agricul-
tural implements must be deferred until
our next issue.
MINERALS.
An hour cannot be more proftably spent
than in stroll through the room devoted
to minerals and farm products. General
Imboden has probably the largest collection
from lands for sale. We noticed in his case
specimens of iron ores, pig and wrought
iron, marbles, marls, GRANTEES, copper ores,
ochres, plaster, coal, kaoline, manganese,
barytes. lead. zinc, fire-clay, asbestos, silica,
stalactitic marble from Rockbridge, mad
stone, tufa, plumbago, gold quarts from
Fluvanna, Goochland, and Fauquier.
Colonel Albert Ordway, Of the Bucking-
ham Slate Company, also makes tine show
| of minerals, neatly and scientifically ar
ranged, embracing some rare specimens.
Samuel II. Cooke, of Albemarle, has the
| largest individual collection Of minerals,
ores, and earths-all Virginia products. His
specimens of magnesium, alluviat gold Qrom
| Buckingham, carburet Of iron Qrom Albe-
marle), and magnetic iron, deserve partlcu-
| lar mention.
CAPTAIN Jed Hotchkiss contributes twen-
tv-five beautiful specimens of iron ore from
| twenty-five different localities in Augusta,
and the University department OF Chem.
| istry Applied to Agriculture and the Arts" :"
sends a collection of fertilizers, ores, metals,
tbres, &c. There are also many scattered
specimens which we have not space to emu
| merate.
s,- FARM PRODUCTS.
In the same building are the farm pro-
ducts and many articles coming under the
head of miscellaneous" There are many
specimens of big potatoes, peanuts, cab
| bages, and other vegetables, while the NAM
| moth ears of corn, large oats. and fine, fat
wheat, will take many who have heard OF
the drought by surprise. Here, also, are
some magnificent specimens of leaf and
manufactured tobacco, contributed 5y N.
M. Wilson, d. II. Williams, l.. II. Fray
ser, John w. Carroll Uone Jack), and Il. t.
| Pilkinton. Then there are several bags of
| tine-ground sumac, bearing the names OF M.
| Myers & Co., Petersburg, w. Fl. McCor-
mick, Richmond, and Laundauer, Myers
IL Co. King and Queen. -.r
MISCELLANEOUS. g. ..s
| The miscellaneous department has, first
| of all. several barrels Of fine lager beer
| from Yuengling's James River Brewery.
Judging from the smack of the judges lips
| as this article was tested, we think Iueng-
| ling may count on 4 premium. Sauer has
some of his good domestic wines on eXhl-
bition, and Wertenbaker's Monticello Fac
tory, of Charlottesville, sends large assort-
ment of prime cigars, which the exhibitor
informs us he is shipping North, South,
| East, and West.
In the same department are brooms and
| broom-corn. Allison Il Addison's collection
of seeds Byrnes' old rye whiskey; iron
| work by Archer, Goodwin & Co.; brass
ware by J. A. Arnold e. Co.; ice-breaker and
mill without wheel, byS. Ii. Cooke; sas-
safras oil from PittSylyania county; quercl.
tron bark by s. NJ. Norvell; axe-helves from
the Greensborough handle-works; a new
rat trap, exhibited by Horace Butts; i'm
proved money-drawer, by w. H. Beverage !;
specimens of the Nonpareil Friedrich Com
pany's work; all Of which are well worth
Inspection. =,
DR.. Oliver, an English gentleman, well
known in connection with immigration and
other schemes for the material improvement
| of our State, exhibits his patent breech-
loading double-barrelled gun, which is de-
cidedly the best fowling-piece we have ever
seen, and which, while it is death to the
bird, is as safe rs a childs pop-sun in the
all who are fond Of cunning.
The slate exhibited by the Buckingham
Slate Company cannot fail to attract atten-
| ton. The enormous slab in the mineral de-
| partment is the biggest thing out.
HORTICULTURAL AND PoHoLoGICAL SOCIETY.
The annual meeting of the Horticultural
and Pathological Society was held last eve-
| ming in the hall Of the House Of Delegates.
| The report Of the Executive Committee was
| then read.
The President commences by congratu-
lating the Society upon the largely-increased
and Increasing membership. To-day they
number hundreds, while three years ago
| the total number of members was fifteen.
| The general interest in the Society has also
deepened and dilfused itself to an extent
truly encouraging. He then leaves the past,
and proceeds to speak of the work now be-
| fore the Society.
Appreciating the unsettled and impov-
| erished condition of the people, rendering
| it difficult to secure general attendance
| upon two State Fairs, the Executive Com
mittee, after mature deliberation, decided
to accept the offer made by the State Agri-
cultural Society for union of the two an
nual exhibitions. While the objections to
this step are certainly oYerweighed by its
| advantages this year, it Is hoped that I'D the
| future the Horticultural and Pathological
| Fair may be held earlier in the season. The
same reasons influencing the Executive
| Committee in Dostponing the Annual Fair,
coupled with the extreme drought during
the summer, prevented their having more
than one intermediate exhibition. This was
held during the strawberry season, on the
9TH of June, at st. Alban's Hall, and was
eminently successful. The display of fruits
and flowers was very tine, the attendance
unexpectedly large, and, besides, the eXhi-
bition was very gratifying.
The twelfth annual session of the Ameri-
can Pathological Society was held in Phlla-
delphia on September 10Th, at which the
Virginia Society was fully represented and
upon the invitation of the Virginia dele
gates, the Society determined to hold its
next annual session in this city.
+ The President then calls the attention OF
the members to the wide field to be occu-
pied by this Society. With State posses
sing every advantage of climate and soil, so
situated as TO defy competition in the early
northern markets, producing fruits that are
eagerly sought for in the European cities,
the condition of her labor so changed as to
point many of her citizens to these branches
of industry for q competence as well as
source of wealth, the Virginia Horticultural
and Pathological Society has before it u
work. Of the greatest magnitude properly to
aid and guide the development Of these
great interests.
Some statistical Information will assist US
in determining how to accomplish it. In
1865 there We're not over 100 acres in vine
yards in the entire State. At this date there
ure over thirty times that devoted to
grape culture. During the same period not
less than Il, 600 acres have been planted in
fruit trees. Previous to 1860 the exports Of
fruits and vegetables from the State rarely
reached 100000 per annum; now more
than 81 900, 900 worth are annually shipped
from Norfolk alone. 1t is essential to the