LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



NOTICE. 



The Sixteenth Volume of the Transactions of the New-Yorls 

 State Agricultural Society is presented to the farmers of New 

 York. This volume, it is hoped, will be found of equal interest 

 with those which have preceded it. It has been the endeavor of 

 the undersigned to make it useful to the farmers. This is the 

 great object that has been kept in view in the preparation of the 

 volumes of Transactions which have been submitted to the far- 

 mers of the State. 



There is a considerable portion of each volume occupied with 

 the proceedings of the Societies, as required by statute, and 

 although to the general reader these may not be as interesting or 

 useful as the more extended articles, yet, they have a local value 

 in connexion with the Societies, which render them useful, and 

 many of the proceedings are of a character that will interest and 

 profit every careful reader. 



The third series of Dr. Fitch's articles on the Entomology of 

 our State will be found of equal interest to those which have pre- 

 ceded it; and the attention which those have received, not 

 only in this country but in foreign countries, shows the great 

 value of this work. We are satisfied that no examination hith- 

 erto made by our State, will prove of as much practical value as 

 this. The farmer, the horticulturist, are directly interested in 

 this investigation. And, we may ask, what class of our citizens 

 are not interested? Every tree, and shrub, and blade of 

 grass ; every fruit, every variety of grain and vegetable, are alike 

 subject to the depredations of insects; and when their habits 

 shall be fully investigated and understood, what incalculal^le 

 benefits will result to the whole community. If no other inves- 

 tigation had been undertaken by the Society, this of itself will 

 secure more advantages and benefits to our State than all the 

 expense hitherto paid to the agricultural interest by the Legisla- 

 ture. 



