462 [Senate 



Agriculture and Horticulture of the county, &,c. It is proposed to 

 have a club in every town in the county, several of which have 

 already been formed. 



Among the subjects brought forward for consideration, the use of 

 alluvial deposits and swamp muck as manure,' has been urged with 

 perseverance ; and I am happy to say that a considerable number of 

 farmers have commenced the removal of these accumulations of centu- 

 ries, and I have no doubt the county will be very much enriched, 

 and the farmers will find their own interests greatly improved by 

 their use. 



An evidence that the county is taking an increased interest in 

 agricultural improvement was manifest at the county fair held at 

 White Plains, on the 8th of October, 1845. The display of stock of 

 various kinds, was very fine ; and the productions of the orchard, the 

 garden, and the vineyard, (including the common grain crops) were 

 w^orthy of commendation. The number of persons who visited the 

 fair, was large, far beyond any thing the society had anticipated, as 

 only a few weeks intervened between the time that the list of premi- 

 ums was made out and the day of the exhibition. 



The society awarded premiums for the year 1845, amounting to 

 upwards of four hundred dollars. It is proposed to increase the list 

 of premiums for the year 1846, to between six and seven hundred 

 dollars ; so as to give an impetus to all branches of industry con- 

 nected with the agriculture and horticulture of the county. 



R. T. UNDERHILL, M. D., 



President, 



JVew York, and Croton Point, 



WYOMING COUNTY. 



The fair was held on the 1st and 2d of October, and was one of 

 surpassing interest. It was held in Warsaw — the county town, and 

 though the weather was not favorable, and it was the second one ever 

 held in the county, the inhabitants of that village state that there 

 were more persons in attendance on the 2d day of the fair, than they 

 had ever seen together in that place on any other occasion, not ex- 

 cepting the great political gatherings of 1840 and '44. The exhibi- 

 tion of all sorts of stock and articles, was also very gratifying to the 

 friends of the society, and greatly exceeded both in quantity and 

 quality, the exhibition of last year. The increase of interest spring- 

 ing up in all parts of our county on the subject of agriculture, domes- 

 tic manufactures, and improvement in the breeding of stock, is most 

 manifest, and has been doubtless mainly stimulated by the operations 

 of our society for the two past years. 



