CONTEJ^TS OF VOL IV. 



STATE AND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



Page. 



Annual Repokt of the New- York State Agricultural Society, 3 



State Cattle Show at Poughkeepsie, 6 



Address of Hon. George Bancroft, 12 



Premiums awarded at Poughkeepsie, 19 



Proceedings at Annual Meeting, 1845, 31 



Officers of the State Agricultural Society, 33 



Premiums awarded at Winter Meeting, 32-43 



Address of Hon. J. P. Beekman, 34 



Report of B. P. Johnson, Esq., Cor. Sec'y, 43 



Report of Assembly's Committee on Agriculture, 47 



Analysis of Soils, by the late Willis Gaylord, 61 



Tribute to the memory of Mr. Gaylord, 61 



On Farm Management — Prize Essay, by J. J. Thomas, 76 



Jefferson County Report on Farms, 94 



Monroe County Report on Farms, 96 



Oneida County Report on Farms, 101 



Oswego County Report on Farms, 103 



Rotation of Crops— Prize Essay, by J . J . Thomas, 105 



Rotation vs. Summer Fallows, by Willis Gaylord, 1 18 



Extract from Report of Clinton County, 126 



Manures — Extract from Dr. Beekman's Address, 127 



Extract from Essay of Samuel Williams, 129 



Remarks of Messrs Humphrey, Bement, Emmons and Lee, at Albany 



Agricultural Meetings, 133 



Waste of Manures, by L. B. Langworthy, 135 



Subsoil Plowing, by J. Macdonald, Salem, 140 



Trial of Plows — Report of Committee on, 147 



Wheat Culture — in the Southern Counties, by Dr. Lee, 151 



Wheat Crops of Western New- York, by H. O'Reilly, 154 



Extract from Dr. Beekman's Address 156 



from Report of Maj. E. Kirby, 159 



from Report of Wm. Parsons, 161 



Statement of E. J. Ayres, respecting' his Premium Cropj 161 



of M. Watson and J. Selover, 163 



of J.M'Gonegaland E. B. Lucas, 164 



ofWm. Wright, 165 



Spring Wheat — Statement of Wm. Hambleton, 165 



