Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, .mechanics and tne Use In I Art's
dS^S-KI 1 RICHMOND, NOV. 15,1856.
.Holloway 6c Oo., Publishers'^
' Vol.V. i ,...*■»•■  22.
Fifth Annual Fair of the Indiana
State Agricultural Society. .*■:,-■
CATTLE.
Compared with last year/the exhibition of
cattle in some respects is not so good. Among
the bulls, we do not find' Gold Dttst, of Putnam; Belmont, of Fayette, and Prince of
Wales,* of Putnam. But Balco, of Wayne;
Lord Albsrt Turley, of Hendricks; Fancy
Boy, and others, uphold the reputation of the
bulls. In addition, wo have several promising young ones, among 1 which may be especially named King of Trumps, ah imported
bull, owned by George Davidson, of Wayne
county; Sir Ido, exhibited by V. Lingenfelter, of Hendricks county; Perfection by
James Allen of Putnam, a calf from Fancy
Boy.    ..-"   " .■.:":.'•■."-   "'   */";
Among older bulls not exhibited here before, are Tom Dillard, from Gold Dust; Niagara, from Miami county, Ohio; Commodore,
from Hendricks, county; Gold Finder, Jr.,
from Owen county, Kentucky—by Dr. Gale;
Thomas, from .Decatur county, owned by 0.
P. C. Evans, and imported by tbe Scioto
Importing Company
There are many fine cows and heifers, and
some yearlings of high promise. The calves
are not numerously represented, but among
them is a heifer, Strawberry—not yet a year
old, owned by Solomon Meredith, of Wayne
county, and recently purchased by him from
R. G. Corwin, of Ohio, which was calved
by Mr. Corwin's Strawberry' and sired by
his bull New Year's Day.
' We understand that this calf cost two
thousand dollars, a high price, but it gives
promise. ":
Among'the cows shown are some by Mr.
Linginfelter, by Meredith, by Joseph Allen,
and by Mr. Matlock.
The number exhibited by the largest owners, are as follows:
Matlock, of Hendricks, 20 head.
Meredith, of Wayne, 15    ••
Linginfelter, of Hendricks, 13   ■■
Davidson, of Wayne, 11    -'
Joseph Allen, of Putnam, 4    "
Dr. Gales & Brothers, Owen co. Ky. 5   "
Charles Lowder, Hendricks, 4   "
Baker & Wolverton, Decatur, 4   ''
Of fatted cattle, the exhibition presents
. some gross specimens"   Davidson comes up
as usual with the fatness of Old Wayne.—
We laid thc tape on his barren heifer, 5 years
old, and found her girth, behind > the; shoulders, to be, 7. feet IL.inches; around.jthe.
paunch 8 fe"et 9inches; across the hips 2 feet
6inches. _ ■■; <
Mr. Tweed, of Marion, shows a Durham
steer, raised in Kentucky, that stands 16 1-2
hands high;, girts 9 feet, is 2 feet 7 inches
across the hips, and weighs 3000 pounds, at
5 years of age.
There aire several others, of lesser note,
but show how superior is the fattening quality of the Durham.     ,   •;;   . ' ;
In workingoxen there is scarcely anything.
We regret this, because: few more useful animals on the farm can* be found, than a well
broken yoke. .Why this, is, we cannot tell,
because there are good working cattle in the
State. We ought to give them,more prominence in our Exhibitions.   '   -,- ■    *.'. j
We notized 11 Devons,.but could find np
owner. Again we repeat, that the difficulty
which besets the reporter is too great to be
overcome, in gathering information, when no
cards or notices, are posted up on the stalls,
to show the owner's name and residence, the'
age, and breed or breeds of his stock. • Why
is it, that exhibitors and breeders will come
here, and so act, that not even the reporter
can find them or the character of his stock,
and go away in' consequence, unknown to
visitor and the people of the State?
MANUFACTURERS'   HALL,
The department devoted to domestic manufactures is well filled, and , strong, competition exists in many of the articles.
In knit stocks and flannels, jeans aud kerseys, the variety is large and the entries numerous. Mary Ann Glover, Orange county;
Fanny Brennaman, Marion county; Mrs. A.
Black, Hancock county, show some domestic,
products in the shape of flannel and other
woven goods, that * do their manufacturers
much credit^  -,   . . .1    ■:■■.' **.'" ■'-
The cotton .diaper and tow linen fabrics
shown by Miss Alice Williams, Muneie, and
Mrs. N. A. Coleman, Johnson county, are
foremost in quality in the domestic products
of the loom. A sample of linen thread, by
Mrs. Wm. Hull. Marion county, is very fine,
smooth and strong.    .'•.**   :      .*•':■■     ;:
In carpets the competition is not as large
as we have seen before, but the articles, some
of them especially, arc of decidedly superiot
merit. One article we noticed wove in flow-'
ers and figures as nicely as any products of
factories where carpet weaving is made a
feature.   In our note taking, we have forgot-