IV NOTICE. 



In this report will be fouud a description and figure of the locust 

 from the Isthmus of Darien, which is committing such destructive 

 ravages in the Southern section of our country. The Minne- 

 sota grasshopper from Lord Selkirk's settlement is also figured and 

 described. These show the farmers what enemies are to be 

 contended with. 



The articles by Professor Johnson of Yale College, on soils, 

 their physical properties, &c.; by Professor J. A. Nash, on Ameri- 

 can agriculture, and by C. E. Goodrich, on the diseases of the 

 grape and sugar cane, will be found interesting and useful. 



The census returns have been given in full so far as the agri- 

 culture of the State is concerned, and as they are far more 

 extensive than previous ones, will be found valuable not only 

 for the present, but for future reference. 



The exercises at the dedication of the Agricultural Rooms, will 

 be read with interest by every farmer in the State. The day long 

 hoped for has arrived, when at the capital of the State, most 

 commodious rooms have been secured, which for all time to come 

 will be preserved as the head quarters of the great agricultural 

 interest of the State, where will be exhibited the various imple- 

 ments, machinery and products, showing the state and progress' 

 of agriculture from year to year. 



The address by Hon. Wm. Jessup will be found a most excel- 

 lent one, on the Moral Grandeur and Dignity of Jigricultural 

 Labor. ' The farmer as he reads it will be better satisfied with the 

 position which he occupies in our land, and every succeeding 

 year it is hoped will render him better prepared to sustain and 

 support the profession which he has chosen. 



In connection with the report on butter, we have given a very 

 valuable paper on dairy cows and their management, by T. Hors- 

 fall, England, and one on the nutritive and fattening qualities of 

 grasses, by Professor Way, of England. Although a portion of 

 these articles have been published in this country, yet we deem 

 them of such practical value to the great interest of our State, as 

 to justify their publication in our Transactions. They embody 

 the most valuable experiments which will prove of inestimable 

 advantage to the careful dairyman, as he will find Mr. Horsfall's 

 paper a clever and able examination of the most profitable 



