New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-30
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STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
A GOOD EXHIBITION AT ALBANY.

| AND DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES, ETC.
,vpo,t rur SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TTuBUSEl
ALBANY. Sept. 2s-Although the project had been
fayorably considered by her business men from tiue
to time during an indefinite period, IT was not untn
last December that an association was forIned ioi
the exhibition and Improvement OF the Vailed pro
ducts Of the industry of Albany, and of the fertile
and prosperous valleys which necessarily seek her
wharves and depots on their way to the great me-
tropolis. Even then there was hesitation on inc
part of persons of large cautiousness but the enter
prise was in good hands. stock was widely DIS
tributed and choice made Of a suitable location.
Real work. however was not begun until the State
Agricultural Society. after some cOquettnRs, had
agreed TO hold its Autumn Fair upon the premises OF
the new Association-Obligang itself to pay Tor the
privilege 25 per cent of the fees received tor al
mission at the gates.
This contamination, seemingly so favorable for
both parties was not effected until late IN May, nut
Immediately thereafter a large force Of workInen
was employed, contracts were made for the Deccs-
sary buildings, and thenceforward the chosen bnt
chaotic premises were the scene OF remarkable
activity. bitches dug for drainage. low places
filled in, roughnesses smOothed away and the bu-
merous structures pushed rapidly toward compile
ton. One cannot walk the neatly graded
premises to-day and through the several spacious
and substantial cottages and halls, and beside the
hundreds of pens and sheds for stock, without re-
cognizng the legitimate results of spirit of enter
prise which has in it such force is almost certain
to push its way to a speedy and permanent Success
The grounds, on the Troy Road" 10 minutes
by steam and 40 minutes by horse-cars from the
Delavan House, are about 80 acres in extent tho
eastern half almost level and then gently rising
toward the western boundary TO a hight OF
80 feet Standing upon the elevated land the visitor
commands in the distance broad and beautiful
view of the valley of the Hudson and OF the noun
taIns that fence it in while just below HIM is
diversified surface adorned not only with the varied
structures IN their fair proportions, but by groves OF
fine old trees 1t is true that there is such carpet
of green as your New-Jersey neighbors are Justly
proud of in their grounds at Wavery-fair IN d
double sense of the term-but give us time say the
Albany Association. and we will take the rag from
even that boosted BUSH 1t is certain that the New
York State Society has seldom if ever had better
accommodations for its Autumn Show. lt has had
vastly poorer ones. Your correspondent remembers
well some unhappy days in September, 49, which IL
was his melancholy duty TO pass inside the rough,
implanted fence that nclosed the drouth-dned anu
treeess wheat stubbe at Elmira upon which that
wear the Society had pitched its heml0ck barracks.
In other places, and at other times 1t had. meti-
phorcally speaking, houses of clay with 1oundt-
lions in the dust'-facts the suggestion OF when 10
habitu6S OF these Exhibitions, must HtcoS ni'o o
effect of making the present premises ana theli APP
pOintments, unfinished as they are, seem cOmely as
the tents of Kedar' 1t is TO be hoped that me 80
cetv has cut loose now for good from that III
devised series of eXtempOre shows winch leave no
aftermath of agreeable recollection. 1t Is TO he
hoped that an association with sterling character,
and its substantial service to the foremost interest
of great State, will settle down in way OF yearly
festival TO something permanent ana worthy o. i'S
envable position in the list of agricultural forces
The present Exhibition, as the telegraph INFORMED
you was opened sept a. Those OF tns nl%ia lI
wakeful in the small hours OF the previous night,
felt grave concern lest the Inauguration prove
unpropitious 1t certainly looked that way 10
was none of your driZZles; II never Iaintd Dul IL
poured. All the aerial seemed III the hush
the very windows of heaven were WIDE OPEN ana
the floods fell As If. however to reproVe th2y'e
Martha-like managers. it slaCkened, and hnally
cleared in the very nick of time, and the human tue
set promptly toward the Fair. There was no dust
to soil the store clothes and the bolied SHIRT IN
which the farmer arrays himself Tor TINS the event
of the year. But let HIM beware OF the acrated
mud which will be sure TO marx the progress OF
impetuOus and incOnsiderate Young America. Com
Ing in a day after date. joined the throng which.
by this time, had sweed TO quite an army. AT the
gates ten nimble-tngered money-changers were
stationed not of them but had his hands Inll
in a double sense. Inside the Enclosure (Which IL
not formed by of those repu5lve coSefences, but
by open. neatiy-painted pckets albeit hish enongh
to restrain the vaultng ambition of the lnqusltlve
small boy, the scene is moving IN tho extreme.
You have been to a State Fair, and you know how
il is; if not call Hogarth and Dickens ana let 'heh
sketch the scene | can only hope 10 supply
glimpse of the multitude of contributions, mammoth
and minute, which go to make up the complete eA-
hbtiOn, the mere catalogue of which occupies ~
less than 200 closely printed pages, and covers 800
MANUFACTURES AND MACHINERY.
The most imposing of the series of buildings and
appropriately stationed in the center OF the Judlc
ousy scattered group. is Manufacturers Hall"
1t is rectangular in shape, $50 feet wide by 80 in
length, designed in the modern Swiss style, and con-
structed of timber supported on substantial! brick
piers Sj2 of them being required for its firm iounda
ton. The immense structure, which is surmountcd
by dome 60 feet square at the base and 90 feet high,
covers of 10000 square feet and IL is literally
packed with manufactured goods oil az conceVa3le
kinds not merely the floor being used, hut the sizes
are lined with such articles can be suspended with
safety or which, in this position, best display their
attractive parts. Much ingenuity is used by the
various exhibitors, and the whole appearance -
bazaar-ke in the extreme.
The Machinery Building also of very appropri-
ate and attractive architecture in dimensions 81 by
1872 feet, is used exclusively for the exhibition Of
machinery in motion. large engine beng employed,
and eight long lines Of shaftlng for the transfer or
power TO the mechanical results or inventive genus
which seem TO leave but slight work for the jack
knife of the coming gentleman from Connecticut.
Almost everything is here from pumps TO portable
saw-mills, from cOrn-huskerS 10 cOtlOn-glns, WIN
the multitude of Intermediates.
The show of stoves is great that an entire
structure is requiredand one 30 by 30 feet at that
to give them bare standing space and Their pipes
have little elbow room either. All Of them are
highly polished. and most of them are fired up TO
their best endeayor; and while necessarily much
alike in their internal mechanism, they IN ont
ward semblance as varied as the individual mcm-
bers in the crowd of thrifty housewives who exam
ine their respective merits against the coming need
The heavier of the hand and horse power farm
implements are arranged the slopiDg surface Of
the hill, and cover, pretty thckly, three or four
acres of land Painted in bright hues they glisten
in the sunlight and give brilliant dash Of coloring
TO the fair picture In this department most of the
prominent manufactures are represented, many of
them bringing with them their sheaves from
Vienna.
DEPARTMENT OF THE DAIRY.