RECOMMENDATIONS. 



NEW YORK AGRICTJLTTTRAL SOCIETY, 



January, 1850. 



Extract from the Report of the Committee on Professor NORTON'S 

 work, entitled " Elements of Scientific Agriculture " (John Del- 

 lafield, Esq., Oakland; Hon. John P. Beeckman, Esq., Kinder- 

 hook; Hon. George Geddes, Fairmount, Committee). 

 ' 'As a work of science it embodies every principle and funda 

 mental feature of Agriculture which has been developed to this 

 period, and having the stamp of truth, arrayed in simple yet per 

 spicuous language. It would seem expedient that no effort should 

 be spared to carry this work to the home of every man, whether 

 directly or remotely connected with the pursuit of agriculture, 

 until science shall unfold to us other facts and further developments 

 of Nature's laws. This work should be the Elementary Text 

 book for every person, old and young, who studies the cultivation 

 of the earth; it should form a prominent object in every school 

 district of the state, and be strong alike in the affections of teacher 

 and pupil. 'We adjudge to Prof. Norton the Premium of One 

 Hundred Dollars.' A resolution was unanimously adopted by the 

 Society, recommending, and also by the Executive Committee, 

 directing the printing of one thousand copies of the Essay, to be 

 awarded as premiums of the Society." 



I certify the above abstract of the Proceedings of the Society 

 and Executive Committee. B. P. JOHNSON, 



(Copy.) Corresponding Secretary. 



SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ) 

 Department of Common Schools. \ 



ALBANY, April 2.)th, 1850. 

 Messrs. E. H. Pease $ Co.: 



Gentlemen: I have examined the manuscript copy, and several 

 of the printed sheets of Prof. Norton's "Elements of Scientific 

 Agriculture," and am of opinion that it is a work of great value 

 and interest to all classes of the community, and especially to 

 those engaged in agricultural pursuits. It is a clear, concise, and 

 full exposition of the elementary principles connected with the 

 science and art of practical farming; and I know of no more valu- 



