44 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW- YORK 



In 1834, The Cultivator was started by the Society, with Jesse 

 Buel as its conductor. Its success was such as to induce Judge 

 Buel to take charge of the paper, subsequently, on his own ac- 

 count, and the paper has been continued to the present time with 

 great success. 



In 1836, a convention was held at Albany, and a very large 

 attendance of delegates from all parts of the State assembled, 

 and very interesting discussions were had. Similar meetings 

 were held for a few years, aiding and directing public attention 

 to the subject of agriculture. 



In 1838, a law was introduced into the Legislature, by Hon. 

 Lewis F. Allen, then a member of the Assembly from the county 

 of Erie, "for the encouragement of Agriculture-" but for want 

 of time it failed to become a law. 



In 1841, the act for the encouragement of Agriculture was 

 passed, appropriating $8,000 for five years, to be divided among 

 the Agricultural Societies, which has been continued to the pre- 

 sent time. The State Agricultural Society was reorganized the 

 same year, and a Cattle Show and Fair held at Syracuse, 

 which was a most creditable one, exceeding the expectations even 

 of the most ardent friends of the cause. These Fairs have been 

 continued to the present time, increasing in interest, utility and 

 importance every year. From 1841 to 1844 the Society had no 

 rooms, and was indebted to the kindness of Luther Tucker, Esq., 

 then Secretary of the Society, for a room in which the Executive 

 Committee held their meetings for business. In 1843, a resolu- 

 tion passed the Legislature, directing the Commissioners of the 

 Land Office to appropriate to the use of the Agricultural Society 

 suitable rooms on the first floor of the old State Hall. In 1844, 

 the Commissioners of the Land Office designated, for the future 

 use of the Society, the rooms formerly occupied by the Comp- 

 troller. Mr. Henry O'Reilly, then the Secretary of the Society, 

 occupied the rooms until December, 1844, when the Commissioners 

 of the Land Office passed a resolution, assigning the Treasurer's 

 room for the Society, in the rear of the wing of the main build- 

 ing on Lodge street, and directing the sign of the Society, which 

 had been on the front of the building, to be placed on Lodge 

 street. (The Secretary is not advised as to what influence caused 

 this singular proceeding on the part of the Commissioners.) In 



