Stock hogs are scarce, and while they are selling at 8 cents in the southwest part of the State, in all other portions they are worth 10 cents per pound. The farmers generally are putting in more wheat than usual this fall. I have also sought political information, and find a most hopeful spirit prevailing among all the truly loyal people. [Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.] COLUMBUS, September 15. The third day of the State Fair has passed, greatly to the satisfaction of all concerned. The attendance yesterday, as compared with the second day last year, was very light, and the prospect was blue to the financiers, but to-day there has been an immense attendance, and the receipts have reached $10,000. The police regulations have thus far preserved the best order, only one complaint having been made of pocket picking, and the offender, a woman, was arrested. Ample arrangements were made for feeding the multitude at very liberal prices, and taken altother, the Fair has been engineered with great ability. In some respects the Fair has been quite inferior, but in the most important departments it is a decided improvement. The sheep alone are enough to save its reputation, as was seen to-day in the numerous sales at high figures that have been made. In agricultural implements and machines we observe an unusual number of new patents, showing that industrial progress has even strengthened itself during the war. In the show of fruit there is as much as could be expected, as the season has been unpropitious, and the National Pomological Society, in session at Rochester, takes away many of our fruit-growers. But the department is by no means without interest. J. Austin Scott, of Lucas county, Ohio, is on hand with no less than 132 varieties of excellent apples. He would have gone to Rochester, but for his State pride in patronizing this Fair. George Powers, of Wood county, displays twenty-five varieties of splendid pears. He shows a cluster of five on one stem of the Duchess D'Angouleme, that weigh more than half a pound each, and several clusters of the Bonne De Jersey that prove the thoroughness of his cultivation. He grew them on dwarf trees. Bateham and Hanford, of Columbus, have 70 varieties of pears. F. C. Weatherby, of Columbus shows ten varieties of very fine apples and H. C. Noble and Wm. Merion, of this city, also contributes nice samples. C. Manning, of Harrisburg, Franklin county, shows seventy varieties in grapes. Among the largest exhibiters are A. Pfeifer & Son, of Cincinnati, who have forty-one varieties, and take the first premiums for the best six, and second premium for the best three varieties, and also, the first premium for the best seedling, and the first for the best general collection. Morrison, Bell & Co., of Portsmouth, O., have twenty-two varieties at the Fair, out of the fifty-four which they are growing. Their principal object was to show the very fine Delaware vines which they have grown from the slip this season, and which attract marked attention. The finest Isabellas are exhibited by Samuel Kock, of Louisville, and Jacob Young, of Columbus. In the display of agricultural products, there is nothing remarkable. On the whole, this Fair is a success. [Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.] COLUMBUS, September 16. The Fair closed to-day to the satisfaction of all concerned, except those who think they should have got premiums. The receipts amount to about $12,800. The people of Columbus regret their neglect, and promise to do better next time. There was one thing remarkable about this Fair, and that is the fact that but one case of picking a pocket occurred on the grounds. The offender in this instance was promptly arrested. This good record is owing to the vigilance of Capt. F. Dewitt, of Columbus, assisted by the following well-known detectives: M. D. Brooke, of Newark; Thos. Kinstry, Cleveland; Larry Hazen and Sam. Payliss, of Cincinnati, all of whom received the thanks of the Board. Only one serious accident has taken place, which was the killing of a little child at the depot this afternoon. 10B. CATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN LIBRARY OF THE STATE AGRI- Annals of Congress. 1799 to 1824, inclu- | Indiana State Agricultural Reports. 1852 sive. Annals of Science. Vol. 1. American Short Horn Herd Book. Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. American Kitchen Gardener. Agricultural Chemistry. American Cattle Doctor. Agriculture and Domestic Animals. -3-4-5-6-7-8-9 and '60. Illinois State Agricultural Reports. 1853 to '60, inclusive. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society. Journal of Agriculture. 1853 to '63. American Archives of 1774, 5 and 6, in 9 Journal and Documents of Delegates of vols. American Shepherd. American Weeds and Useful Plants. 1835-6-7-8 and 9. Kentucky State Agricultural Reports. 1856 -7-8-9. American Institute Transactions of 1846 to Landscape Gardening and Rural Archi 1860, inclusive. Blodget's Climatology of the U. S. Cyclopedia of Agriculture. Vols. 1 and 2. Colman's Practical Agriculture. tecture. Loudon's Encyclopædia of Agriculture. Loudon's Aboretum et Fruiticetum Britan icum. Landscape Gardening, Parks and Pleasure Commerce and Navigation. 1850-2-3 and Lectures on Practical Agriculture. '61. Cultivator. Vol. 1 to 10, inclusive. Coate's Herd Book. Vol. 1 to 15, inclusive. Chemical Field Lecture. Complete Farmer and Gardener. Connecticut State Agricultural Reports. Cutbush's Chemistry. Vols. 1 and 2. Dana's Mineralogy. Domestic Animals. Every Lady her own Flower Gardener. Elements of Agriculture. Family Kitchen Gardener. Farm Drainage. Field Notes. 1861. Family Visitor. Vol. 1. Grape-growers' Guide. Hawes' Ohio Gazetteer and Directory. '61-2 and 3. Laws of Ohio. Morse's Gazetteer. Massachusetts State Agricultural Report, Vols. 1, 2, for 1853, 54, 55, '57, '58, '61, '62, and '63. Michigan State Agricultural Report, 1849, '50, '51, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58 and '59. Mysteries of Bee Keeping. Miles on the Horse Foot. Muck Manual. Munn's Practical Land Drainer. Maine State Agricultural Report, 1853 to North Eastern Boundary Arbitration. 1850 to 1859, inclusive. New Hampshire State Agricultural Report, New York State Agricultural Report, 1841 to 1863, inclusive. North American Coleoptera. Ohio Cultivator, 1845 to 1860, inclusive. Owen's Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Patent Office Report, Agriculture, 1849 to Patent Office Report, Mechanic and Agriculture, 1845, '46 and '47. Vols. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. 1857-8, Pennsylvania State Agricultural Report, Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Transactions of the Agricultural Society of Grape. Principles of Agriculture. Revised Statutes of Ohio, Vols. 1 and 2. Report of the Finances, 1849 to 1861. Rural Affairs. Revised Statutes of Ohio (Curwen), Vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Report of the Department of Agriculture. Smithsonian Catalogues. Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge, Vols. 1 to 13, inclusive. Strawberry Culture. Scotland, 1855 to 1863, inclusive. The American Agriculturist, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 16 and 17. The Cultivator, 1844, '45, '46, '48, '49, '50, '52 to '64, inclusive.. The Progressive Farmer. The American Bee Keeper's Manual. The Modern Horse Doctor. The Field Book of Manures; or, The American Muck Book. The American Gardener. Saxton's Rural Hand Books, Vols. 1, 2 The Farmers' Cyclopaedia of Modern Agri and 3. Smee on the Potato. Stephen's Book of the Farm, Vols. 1 and 2. Senate Results of Meteorological Observations, Vol. 1. Senate Commercial Relations, Vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Senate Documents, (U. S.) Sheep Husbandry. culture. The Plow, Loom and Anvil. U. S. Coast Survey, 1854, '55 and '56. Wisconsin State Agricultural Report, 1851, '52, '58 and '59. Wisconsin Farmer, Vol. 2. Western Agriculturist, Vols. 1 and 2. Statistics of the U. S., 1830, '40, '50 and '60, Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in (Census.) The Farmer's Library. England. Yount and Martin on the Hog. The Horse: in the Stable and in the Field. Yount and Martin on Cattle. The National Almanac. Year Book of Agriculture, 1855 and 1856. |