560 [Assembly 



The-saciety have awarded 30 volumes of the Transactions of the 

 State Society for premiums, and has given to each member of the 

 society a volume of Transactions. 



This CDUuty is best adapted to grazing and stock raising^ 

 and the dairy interest is increasing. There are also large 

 quantities of oats, wheat, corn, potatoes and barley, &c., 

 raised in the county. There is a large lumber business tione in 

 the south part of the county, which with the New-York and Erie 

 railroad, affords a good market for the surplus products of the 

 farmer. Our farmers are now getting from $7 to $9 for their sur- 

 plus hay; 38 to 40 cents for oats; 20 to 25 cents for butter. 

 Large quantities of these articles have been bought and sent to 

 New- York by the Erie railroad. The crops of hay, oats, va heat, 

 barley. &c., will probably average with former years. Corn was 

 hardly as good. Potatoes are much better than formerly, both as- 

 regards the quality and quantity raised. There has been a great 

 increase in the value of iarms and farming lands in this county, 

 owing to the increased value of the products of the farmer and 

 a ready market.' 



OJicers of the Society for 1853. — Joel Karr, of Almond, Pre- 

 sident; J. G. Osborn, Lewis Utter, E. B. Winans, Stepto 

 Woodruff, Daniel R. Stillman, L^aac Miles, Vice Presidents; Ezra 

 Starr, Angelica, Secretary; James Lockhart, Angelica, Corres- 

 ponding Secretary and Treasurer. 



JOEL KARR, Preiident. 



BROOME, 



BiNGHAMTON, (BrOOME CoUNTY,) ) 



bt/i Jafiuary, 1853. y 



Benj. p. Johnson, Esq., Secretary^ Sfc. 



My Dear Sir — I could not comply with the request in your let- 

 ter of the 16th of October, as early as as you desired, and I could 

 hardly spare a moment now, but for a desire to make some re- 



