No. 112. 1 531 



President, John A. King, Jamaica. Vice-Presidents, "bnvid 

 W. Jones, Oyster Bay ; William L. Laing, Hempstead ; Robert 

 M. Bell, Flushing; Joseph Tompkins, Newtown; George H. 

 Horsefield, North Hempstead; Benjamin I. Doughty, Jamaica. 

 Managers, Timothy Carman, Oyster Bay ; Micajah M. Petit, 

 Hempstead; Edward A. Lawrence, Flushing; George Hulst, 

 Newtown; William J. Mott, North Hempstead; Rernardus Hen- 

 drickson, Jamaica. Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer, John 

 Harrold, Hempstead. Recording Secretary, Lendal F. Pratt, 

 Flushing. 



The Sf^cretary read a communication from t'le president of the 

 Oswego County agricultural Society, suggesting the appointing of 

 five delegates to a convention, to be called by the State Agricul- 

 tural Society, for the purpose of considering the necessity of ap- 

 plying to the Legislature for the passage of a bill, making the 

 necessary provision fur a State Agricultural School. The follow- 

 ing delegates were appointed: John A. King, President; John 

 Harrold, Secretary ; Hon S. S. Smith, George F. Jerome, Benja- 

 min T. Kissam. 



An increased and interesting correspondence has been held 

 during the past year, with t'le members of this society and otht^rs, 

 to whr)m we are iudehted tor many suggestions contained in this 

 report. By these tokens of amity the labors of office are greatly 

 decreased; we trust they will C'>ntinue. The prospects of the 

 society vvere never so encoViraging as at present. 



JOHN HAROLD, Cor. Scc'y. 



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Mr. Puksiucnt and (;k.nti.kmkn ok 



THK Queens Coi nty Ac^KiciLri hal Society : 



When honore<l with the invitation to deliver the address at thia 

 iinniversary uieetiiit; ot yoursociet> ,ni\ tirst impulse wastodecline 

 upon the principle that in all j)ursuits and av«>cations, those only 

 or chietiy are to be listeiU'd to, who are expert in the rn^itterg 

 wher»'ot they are to treat ; and my knowledge and experienee of 

 agriculture are limited indeed. 



