b ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW- YORK 



received, and we shall doubtless derive great advantage from some 

 of the varieties thus distributed. 



We need a large collection of grain and seed to distribute 

 abroad — and we rely upon those interested in Agriculture to 

 furnish us with the means to continue this exchange, for which 

 we shall ever be ready to make returns. We have received within 

 a few days a letter from Hungary, giving an account of the 

 successful trial of seeds forwarded them two years since, and from 

 France we have letters urging us to send larger collections for 

 distribution, as the inquiries from Agricultm-al Associations are 

 frequent, desiring American grain and seeds for trial. A wide 

 field is here opened to us, which at comparatively little expense 

 may eventuate in great good to our country. 



We ask of the farmers of the State, whenever they visit the 

 Capital of the State, to call at the rooms and see what has been 

 already done — and if you have the means of increasing the 

 interest or usefulness of the collection, let it be done — and thus 

 your name will go down to posterity with those who have bene- 

 fited their countrv and the world. 



In relation to the comj^letion of the rooms of the Society, it 

 is i^roper to observe that the last Legislature adjourned without 

 passing the supply l^ill, which contained appropriations for com- 

 pleting the Agricultiu'al rooms, and continuing Dr. Fitch's 

 Entomological investigations and other matters. As the mechanics 

 employed by the Commissioners of the Land Office were at work 

 when the Legislature adjoui'ned, and as the work must be sus- 

 pended unless means were provided, the Executive Committee, at 

 the request of the Commissioners, agreed to pay the mechanics 

 for the work to be done, and the rooms have been completed, at 

 an expense to the Society of $3,495.77 — and Dr. Fitch's salary 

 of $1,000 has been provided for and some other charges paid, 

 amounting in the whole to $4,595.77. The present Legislature 

 has passed a bill providing for these expenses among others. The 

 necessary amount will soon, it is expected, be ready to reimburse 

 the treasurer for the amount expended. 



It is important in the future operations of the Society, that 

 advances should be made in various departments, where as yet 

 but litte reliable information can be given to the farmer. This 

 is peculiarly important in relation to the value of the different 



