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L. L. French, Warren, Herkimer, fine sample peas, four varieties, Norton's Essay

0. Howland, Owasco, sample peas, Transactions.

Louis Chapin, Rochester, blue stem wheat, from Akron, O., Trans. Charlwood & Cummins, No. 14, Tavistock Row, Covent Garden, London, per Ellwanger & Barry, 144 varieties of field and garden seeds, for museum of society, Silver Medal.

J. Hosford, Mt. Morris, samples of grain, Transactions

N. Hayward, Brighton, garden seeds, Transactions.

J. P. Fogg, Rochester, sample Chinese wheat, from Niagara County, Transactions.

L. Vilmorin, Paris, France, a fine collection of wheat and barley in the ear, finely arranged in glass case, for museum of society, Silver Medal.

A. H. Ernst, C'ncinnati, beautiful specimens of an improved variety of English wheat, Diploma.

R. Peters, jr., bag of very superior wheat for distribution, Dip.

VEGETABLES.

Judges.-D. C. LeRoy, Chairman, Onondaga; James Flemming, Toronto; H. D. Dickinson, Lyons.

12 best stalks of celery, David Rudman, Irondequoit, $3.
6 best heads of cauliflowers, John Gray, Rochester, $3.
12 best white table turnips, John Donellan, Greece, $3.
12 best carrots, James Caudle, Greece, $3.

12 best beets, C. F. Crossman, Rochester, $3.
12 best parsneps, H. Mulholland, Brighton, $3.
12 best onions, John Donnellan, Greece, $3.

6 best heads of cabbage, John Gray, Rochester, $3.
12 best tomatoes, John Gray, Rochester, $3.

2 best purple egg plants, James Caudle, Greece, $3.

12 best sweet potatoes, R. S. Stevens, Attica, $3.

Best half peck Lima Beans, David Hamlin, Clay, $3.

Best bunch double parsley, Theodore Backus, Rochester, $3. 3 best squashes, James Buchan, Rochester, $3.

Largest pumpkin, John Gray, Rochester, $3.

12 best ears of seed corn, O. Howland, Owasco, $3.

Best half peck of table potatoes, James Buchan, Rochester, $3. 2. E. C. Bliss, Westfield, $2.

Best and greatest variety of vegetables owned by exhibitor, John Donnellan, Greece, $5. 2. C. F. Crossman, Rochester, $3. Special Premiums.-Z. M. Saunders, Watervliet, carrots, Trans. James Buchan, Rochester, cabbages, Transactions.

H. Mulholland, Brighton, half peck yellow Aberdeen turnips, Transactions.

The exhibitition, in this department, was highly creditable, and, in the opinion of many, superior to that of any previous fair. The committee beg leave to call the attention of farmers and gardners, to the following varieties of vegetables, not embraced in the list:

John Donnellan, Greece, exhibited the yellow Malta Turnip, a most valuable variety for table use. H. Mulholland, Brighton, presented half bushel of yellow Aberdeen Turnips, excellent for the table, and for field culture. The committee recommend a premium to him for the same of one vol. Transactions. James Caudle, Greece, exhibited fine specimens of the White Belgian Carrot. We recommend this variety for field culture, as growing larger, and producing a greater quantity on a given surface than any other variety. John Donnellan, had a fine show of the Tripoli Onion, the largest on exhibition. It is well worthy of trial; he also exhibited nine varieties of Squashes, very fine and of large size. Theodore Backus, Rochester, exhibited fine specimens of yellow skinned onions, raised near the corner of Troup and High streets, Rochester. There was submitted to the committee, a statement of the Ward Assessor, certifying that the produce of one-eight of an acre of this variety, was 145 bushels. Oliver Phelps, Canandaigua, exhibited 2 varieties of Turnip Cabbage, an article we would commend as worthy of more general cultivation. It is profitable for feeding cattle, and when young very fine for table use. The sample of sweet potatoes exhibited, was accompanied with a statement of cultivation and amount given.

Statement as to culture of Sweet Potatoes.

"I have raised Sweet Potatoes like these in my garden for the last twelve years successively, and never failed to have a fair crop. This has been a cold wet summer, and the crop is the lightest I have ever had; I have in a good season, taken up one hill, with a peck of potatoes on the vines, and generally much larger, and some four times as large as any now shown. The soil in which they are planted should be light and sandy, and plowed or spaded deep, and made very light and mixed with fine old manure. The hills should be high and raised at each time of hoeing, as the potatoes

run perpendicularly and require great depth of soil. I have never been able to preserve the seed through the winter, always procuring it in New-York in the month of March. The small second growth ones are used for seed and should be planted in a hot bed, in order to have them of sufficient size, to transplant so soon as the weather is warm enough, and not injure them by frost. These potatoes require but little care, and I have no doubt but that any quantity might be raised in Western New-York, almost if not quite as easily as the common potatoe, with no danger whatever from the rot." ATTICA, Sept. 16, 1851.

FLOUR-BREAD, CRACKERS, &c.

Judges-Geo. W. Tifft, Chairman, Buffalo; Wm. Fonda, Orleans; John F. Noye, Buffalo.

Best barrel flour, M. B. Seward, Shawmut Mills, Rochester, Small Siver Medal. 2. Lapham & Olney, Egypt, Trans.

Nine barrels flour, James P. Fogg, Rochester, a fine pastry flour. Two barrels superior flour, Paddock & Munson, Chapinsville, very excellent in quality.

One do do, John Putnam, Greece, a good substantial flour.
One do do, J. Lathrop, excellent family flour.

One do do, D. Cope, Chili, excellent in quality.

One do do, E. Sornberger, Rochester, excellent in quality.
One do do, D. W. Lee, Geneva, superior family flour.
One do do, A. Ward, Albion, excellent in quality.

One do do, J. P. Brown, North Bloomfield, superior family flour. Mrs. E. A. Bloss, Rochester, extra family bread and buiscuit, from C. J. Hills, superior flour, Diploma.

Bread and crackers, Jacob Howe, Rochester, very superior, Dip.

The judges have never examined so many samples of flour grading so near alike in quality, and it is, in their opinion, a strong proof of the great perfection attained in the manufacture of flour in this State. We can truly say that the Empire State stands far ahead in perfect milling.

Very soon after the Fair terminated at Rochester, the Hon. D. C. Le Roy, was taken suddenly ill, and his disease baffling the skill of his physician, soon terminated his life. His decease, so sudden and unexpected, cast a gloom over the neighborhood of his residence, where he was deservedly esteemed and those who became acquainted with him during his services here as a member of the Legislature in 1851, can well appreciate the loss which the county he represented has sustained, as well as the public at large. He took a deep interest in the cause of Agriculture, and had his life been spared, would have been found among the most ardent and zealous promoters of the improvements which are in progress in our State.

In 1850, he delivered a very able address before the Onondaga County Agricultural Society, an extract from which, on the "Application of Science to Agriculture," will be found in the Transactions of 1850, page 266.

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WOOLEN GOODS AND SILK, No. 1.

Judges-R. S. Doty, Chairman, Rome; Gen. John B. Lee, Albion; John S. Gay, Seneca.

Best sewing silk, E. M. Hartwell, Rochester, Diploma and $5. Best pair woolen blankets, Mrs. Horace Clark, Skaneateles, $6. 2. Mrs. H. Walker, Union Square, $4. 3. David J. Lee, Darien, $2. Best 10 yards flannel, Mrs. Sarah A. Chapin, Henrietta, $1. 2. N. Haven, jr., Watertown, $4. 3. H. Massy, jr., Watertown, $2. Best 10 yards woolen cloth, Leander Campbell, Alden, Erie county, $10. 2. Mrs. B. R. Voorhees, Amsterdam, $8. 3. Mrs. James T. Van Namee, Pittstown, $3.

Best 10 yards woolen carpet, M. L. Hungerford, Watertown, $10. 2. Alonzo Haven, Erie co., $8. 3. Mrs. E. C. Bliss, Westfield, $3. Best hearth rug, Mrs. Susan Cook, Sheffield, Mass, $5. 2 Eunice S. Tuttle, Henrietta, $1. 3. Mrs. Van Rensselaer Rowe, Rochester, $3. 4. Miss Matilda M. Bond, Rochester, $2.

Best rag carpet, 15 yards, Mrs. W. C. Burnett, Marshall, $5. 2. E. Bishop, Utica, $4. 3. B. F. Trimmer, Small Silver Medal. Woolen yarn, Miss C. McKnight, Syracuse, Small Silver Medal.

DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES, No. 2.

Judges.-O. Jewell, Chairman, Cazenovia; H. B. Timothy, Ransomville; Benjamin Enos, De Ruyter.

Best double carpet coverlet, Mrs. L. D. Hickox, Alexander, $5. 2. Mrs. Eliza Maker, Lockport, $4. 3. Mrs. Luman Shepherd, Skaneateles, $3. 4. Mrs. Juliet Chamberlain, Penfield, $2. 5. Mrs. Sarah A. Chapin, Henrietta, $1.

Best 10 yards kersey, Mrs. Henry Weir, Pittstown, $5. 2. Mrs. Jas. T. Van Namee, Pittstown, $4. 3. David Hamlin, Clay, $2. Best pair woolen knit stockings, Miss Harriet Holt, Leyden, $2. 2. Miss C. McKnight, Syracuse, $1.

Best pair woolen wove stockings, Miss Catharine McKnight, Syracuse, $2.

Best pair woolen fringe mittens, Mrs. Wm. Burns, Rochester, $2. Mrs. H. Clark, Skaneateles, $1.

Special Premiums.-Mrs. B. R. Voorhees, for a pair rose blankets, and a case of various articles, manufactured from raw materials, Silver Medal.

Miss Elizabeth Graves, Adams' Basin, for a pair of stockings, wool carded by hand, and yarn spun three threaded, "Downing's Fruits."

Mrs. Jane L. Clark, Clarkson, for 2 pair of stockings, "Thomas' Fruits."

Mrs. James T. Van Namee, for 15 yards mouslin de laines, manufactured in the family, a volume of Transactions.

Mrs. James T. Van Namee, for 15 yards linen diaper, spun by an orphan girl under 12 years of age, living in the family, Small Silver Medal.

Mrs. Wm. Pixley, Chili, for 1 pair ladies' woolen stockings, with skeins of yarn as sample accompanying the same, "Downing's Fruits."

James Bicknell, Westmoreland, for 1 carpet coverlet, small Silver Medal.

Mrs. Horace Clark, Skaneateles, for 5 pair woman's stockings, 5 pair of children's and 7 pair of men's, "Downing's Fruits."

Mrs. S. H. Church, Vernon, 1 pair of woolen stockings, 1 pair ladies' stockings, and 1 pair linen stockings, "Thomas' Fruits." Mrs. F. C. Lawrence, Skaneateles, for four pair of gloves and 6 pair fringe mittens, "Downing's Fruits."

Miss Catharine McKnight, 1 pair silk stockings, small S. Medal.

DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES No. 3.

Judges-Augustus Sanford, Ch'n, Norwich; S. C. Scovill; E.

J. Pratt.

Best 10 yards linen, Mrs. Horace Clark, Skaneateles, $8. 2. Mrs. Henry Weir, Pittstown, $6. 3. David Hamlin, Clay, $4.

Best 10 yards linen diaper, Miss Mary Tracey, New-Lebanon, $6. 2. Mrs. Amos Clark, Skaneateles, $4. 8. Mrs. Elijah Shepherd, Skaneateles, $2.

Best 15 yards tow cloth, Mrs. Henry Weir, Pittstown, $5. 2. David J. Lee, Darien, $2.

Best pair linen knit stockings, Mrs. E. Bishop, Attica, $2. 2. Mrs. S. Fuller, Westmoreland, $1.

Special Premiums.-Mrs. B. R. Voorhees, for 1 overcoat, made from the raw material, Diploma; 6 meal bags, Transactions; 1 cottage hat, collar and cuffs, Norton's Essay.

Caleb Gardener, Macedon, 1 sample linen floss, Transactions. O. A. Hyde & Co. Rochester, for 3 shirts and 3 dressing gowns, Transactions.

Miss Mary Ann Shelton, Rochester, 7 pieces cotton net work, Diploma.

Mrs. Wm. Baker, Lima, for 1 pair curtains, Transactions.

Mrs. Luman Shepherd, Skaneateles, 6 pair fringed mittens, "Thomas' Fruits."

Mrs. Luman Shepherd, Skaneateles, 5 pair linen pillow cases, Transactions.

Mrs. A. P. Lunt, Rochester, 1 piece cotton flannel, Transactions. Mr. E. G. Roberts, New-York, flax cotton, and goods made from same, Diploma and Silver Medal.

A. Anderson, Watertown, 2 boxes of cotton yarn, candle wick and batting, Diploma.

Mrs. A. Mabbett, Yates, 4 yards linen diaper, very fine, Trans.

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