TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL REPORT— FOR THE YEAR 1844. 



The labors of the Executive Committee of the New- York State 

 Agricultural Society for the past year, having this day been brought 

 to a close, I submit this as my report of its proceedings. The offi- 

 cers of the society who were elected on the 17th of January, 1844, 

 to conduct its operations for the year, immediately after such election 

 entered on the performance of their respective duties. The offi- 

 cers of the society having long felt the necessity of a suitable building 

 in Albany, in which to hold their meetings and preserve their collec- 

 tions, application was made to the State officers for rooms in the old 

 State Hall for such purpose, and was at once cheerfully granted, so 

 that their meetings for the last year have been held in that building, 

 which, by its commodious situation in the centre of the city, as well 

 as by its internal arrangements, is well adapted to this purpose. The 

 executive committee at once met, and made out a list of premiums, 

 to be awarded at the ensuing fair to be held in September, in 

 Poughkeepsie. This list, the several premiums awarded, the subjects 

 designated for premiums, the persons who successfully competed 

 for them, together with all the particulars of the fair, will 

 form a portion of this report. Ever since this society has been 

 in existence, it has been a desideratum that as soon as a location of a 



