The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-28
VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL So
CIETY FAIR-THE APPEAR
ANCE OF THE GROUNDS
ARTICLES EXHIBITED.


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First Day.
The fifteenth annual exhibition of the
Virginia Agricultural Society opened 10.
day, and the grounds presented quite 9
busy scene with the chiefs, marshals
clerks, and exhibitors hurrying to and
fro perfecting arrangements for a success
full exhibition. The attendance which is
usually small the first day, is beautifully
less than formerly this year however, this
should disparage no one as visitors
are we'll aware of the, difficulty In
making successful exhibit on The
first day owing to the tardiness ol
exhibitors in entering articles and Off
GERS in being in their proper places.
Doubtless to-morrow's sun will dawn
We doubt not that all who attend will be
fully satisfied with the exhibit made under
the circumstances. ~
Below we present bird's-eye view OF
certain departments visited to-day, which
will be continued from day to day until
we shall have visited them all:
POULTRY.
A good display of fowls is made in this
department, embracing in its varieties the
Roane, Aylesbury, Muscovy and Buff
Cochin ducks; Light Bramah, Buff Cochin
and Bantam chickens Hong Kong. Bremen
and other geese. Rush Burgess, esq.,, OF
Richmond, makes the finest display in this
line. Messrs. B. r.. d HI. L. Powers, of
"Rose Cottage" have several ooops of
beautiful pigeons, among which are the
Splashed, Agate, Ermine, Black, Tum-
blers, English Carriers, Red Mottled,
Fan-tailed, Broad-tailed, Shaker, Dragon,
Figure, Highfyer, Volant, &C., &c.
SHEEP.
The display of sheep is not as large as
that made last year, nor are the specimens
exhibited as large, though the stock is
good. None of them struck our eye criti-
cally, if they had we would have been at a
loss to have made special note, owing to
the cards explanatory not having been
placed over them.
SWINE, &C. a
The exhibit in this department, if mem.
ory serves us Alright, is not as large as
that of last year.
L. S. Cooper, of Linden Grove, CooI-
ersburg, Pa exhibits fine lot of SWINE
Of the imported English Berkshire breed.
The finest specimens are the SOW, "Hill-
hurst Rose," two years old, and the boar,
"Wharfdale Chief" two years old. w.
R. Polk, of Richmond, exhibits fine
boar, of the Chester breed, Harry two
years old. E. j. Warren, of Richmond,
also exhibits fine two-year old boar, Of
the Canada breed. w. r. Carroll of Or
ange Courthouse, exhibits a fine lot oi
Cashmere goats, the meekest of which is
Moses
RAW MATERIAL.
| In this department the Southern Ferti,-
izing company makes ine display, having
two hundred-pound bag of each Of their
different fertilizers, beside varied assort-
ment of field and farm products grown by
the same; two barrels Kanawha salt
white, clean and fine ground. Allison &
Addison exhibit twenty buckets of seed Of
different kinds. The corn, sweet and Irish
potatoes, turnips. cabbage, ETC., here dis.
played is very fine, especially basket o.
Irish red and white peach blow, and bas
ket of second crop early rose, and lot o.
Nansemond sweets, grown upon ground
from which a crop of early peas had been
taken.
The garden vegetables, class A. make an
extensive display, and the varieties en-
brace almost every thing grown, and are the
choicest of their kind. The Henrice
Roseneath farm exhibits fine assortment
of seeds of some sixty varieties, which
have decidedly fresh appearance. Thomas
Hooper, also of Henrico, exhibits fine
collection of seeds of sixty-fve varieties
and sixty varieties of vegetables. Griffir
& Brothers, also of Henrico county, made
a 6ne display of vegetables grown on theil
warm among which are some o. thu
| finest specimen of cauliflower we have
ever seen.
The fruit in this department is not very
extensive, but what is exhibited is very
| choice.
The coal and minerals in this department
excel all previous displays. The Powhatal
iron works, ON the canal, have specimens 0
pig made fIom Virginia ores, and larg
collection of useful minerals. s. H. Hans
makes an attractive display of eigh
varlties of coal. ~
| ART.
The honors of this department seem no
to be closely contested, judging from tn
number of exhibitors. Anderson has tn
largest and finest specimens of photographs
plain, in pas.elle, in oil, in ink, and in wate
colors. Chromos and paintings are scarce
The Southern Lithrographic company eS
hibit large number of specimens in 1.-the
, graphing. I. II. Pollock exhibits a beau
tiful medium-sized choir organ, handsomel
! carved in ivory.
AS our report closes the most enjoyabl
feature of to-day's entertainment IS in pr(
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