TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



(jtrtmrittral 



Report of the Executive Committee for 1852. 



TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK : 



The Executive Committee of the New-York State Agricultural 

 Society pursuant to tlie act for the encouragement of Agriculture, 



Respectfully Report : 



That durinor the past year, the operations of the Society have 

 been carried forward with an increase of interest over those of 

 any former year ; and the results of their operations will be found 

 in the proceedings which accompany this report. In no former 

 year have the evidences of progress in every branch of agricul- 

 turcj and the mechanic arts connected with it, been of a more 

 cheering character. lu the various departments of the operations 

 of the farm, a perceptible advance is witnessed; and improve- 

 ments are being carried into effect in almost every county in the 

 State, which, a few years since, would have been regarded as 

 utterly impracticable. 



The subject of draining, which has been brought prominently 

 before the public tlirough the exertionsof the Society, and which, 



