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D. Tompkins, Haverstraw ; Jacob J. EckersoiijClarlisfown. Cor. 

 Secretary, A. Edward Sulfern, Haverstraw. Rec. Secretary, Sam- 

 uel W. Canfield, Blauveltville. Treasurer, Mathew D. Bogert, 

 'Clarkstowij. Executive Committee, Richard Coe, Clarkstown-j 



E. JohnsoD, Spring Valley ; J. R. Vanhouten, Orangetown j A. 

 De Noyelles, HavcTStraw. 



E. JOHNSON, 



ST. LAWRENCE. 



In compliance with the- provisions of the act " For the promo- 

 tion of agriculture and household manufactures,*' I herewith 

 transmit a report of the transactions of the "St. Lawrence agri- 

 cultural Society," fur the year 1852. This society was organized 

 in January last, and its success has far exceeded the anticipations 

 of its warmest friends. The fair was held on the 15th and 16tli 

 •of September ; the attendance was much larger than was expect- 

 ed, and the buildings prepared for the exhibition of farm products 

 and household manufactures were on too small a scale. The 

 farmers of St. Lawrence have become awake to the great interests 

 involved iti the f)ursuit of agriculture; they have for a long time 

 neglected to develop her agricultural resources. No county in the 

 State, not excepting Orange, can produce better butter or cheese 

 thyn St. Lawrence ; though it must be admitted many of her 

 farmcr.-s, through i^jnorance and want of proper care and attention 

 in the manufacture, lose a large proportion of the profits of the 

 dairy. Tlie cattle of St. Lawrence have become quite famous in 

 the eastern markets, where they are generally sent. Tlie native 

 cattle are remarkMl)ly fine, and it is not uncommon to find tlum 

 equal to the lull-bloods. Durhams are the most numerous of thje 

 foreign breeds J next Devons, and a few Ayr.^hires have been 

 brought into the county. It is dcmbtfiil whether the finest qua- 

 lity of wool can be raised in this climate, though the breeding of 



