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interest, in the preparation of additional machines for the various 

 purposes of farm use. The expenses of this trial were necessarily- 

 large, but it is believed, the benefits derived from it are of such 

 marked and it is hoped enduring character, as fully to justify 

 the trial made. It can hardly be necessary to repeat the trial 

 of these machines, until some new and improved ones shall have 

 been put in actual operation, and have satisfactorily demonstrated 

 their value by the judgment of the practical farmer. 



The report of the committee, which is annexed, is ample and 

 full in its description of the trial, and will, it is believed, like the 

 report on the trial of plows in 1850, by the Society, be regarded 

 as a standard for those who are interested in the use of the im- 

 plements which have been passed upon. 



The executive committee desire to express in this report, in 

 behalf of the farmers of New-York, the obligations they are 

 under to the gentlemen, who at much personal inconvenience 

 and sacrifice, gave their undivided energies to this work, and 

 they doubt not, that the consciousness that they have done a most 

 important, as well as desired work, for the farmers of our State 

 and country, will be to them a source of gratification for all future 

 time. To the citizens of Geneva, who interested themselves in 

 the arrangements for this trial in a most satisfactory manner, the 

 Society are greatly indebted. 



Grasses. 



The executive committee have long felt that too little attention 

 was paid to the cultivation of grasses in this State. While the 

 demand for pasturage is constantly increasing, the number of our 

 cultivated grasses is but few, and no means have been taken 

 heretefore, as in Great Britain, to add to their number those best 

 adapted for pasturage, for the dairy, or for fattening animals. As 

 it is obvious to every attentive observer, that in this direction, 

 the energies of our farmers are to be more particularly directed 

 than formerly, the executive committee have directed their 

 attention to the subject, and have adopted a selection of grasses, 

 which they deem best calculated to aid in the improvement of 

 our herbage, and have called the attention of our farmers to the 



