766 



FARMERS" REGISTER. 



[No. 12 



county of Wayne, three hundred and fifty dollars; to 

 the county oi" Westchester, three hundred and fifty 

 doUirs; to the county of Yates, one hundred and sev- 

 enty-four dollars. 



§ 2. That when an a<,,'ricultural society shall be form- 

 ed in any county, orin two contiguous counties, and the 

 members thereof shall annually procure, or raise by 

 voluntary subscription, any sumof money, the pr^^sident 

 and tr.nisurer shall make and subscribe an afiidavit of 

 the facts of the foi'mation of such society, and of their 

 haviri<; raised a certain sum, specifyint^ the amount 

 thereof, which affidavit shall be filed with the comp- 

 troller of thi:5 slate, who shall draw iiis warrant on the 

 treasurer for a sum equal to double the amount of such 

 voluntary subscription, not, however exceeding the 

 amount to which such county or counties would be en- 

 titled, according to ihe apportionment aforesaid. 



§ 3. . hat the several agricultural societies which shall 

 be formed in this state,'during the continuance of this 

 act, shuU annually elect such and so many officers as 

 they shall deem proper, all of wiiom shall be actually 

 engaged in carrying on the business of i'arming; none 

 ol whom, however, shall receive any emolument from 

 his office; and it shall be the duty of such officers an- 

 nually to regulate and award premiums on such arti- 

 cles," productions, and improvements, as they may 

 deem best calculated to promote the agricultural and 

 household manufacturing interest of this state; h.aving 

 especial reference to the nett profits which accrue, or 

 are likely to accrue, from the mode of raising the crop 

 or stock, or the fabrication of the article thus offered, 

 with the intention that t!ie reward shall be given for 

 the most economical or profitable mode of competi- 

 tion; provided always, that no individual shall receive 

 more than two premiums at any anniversary meeting, 

 nor more than one first and one second jiremium at any 

 subsequent time upon the same animal, and that no 

 person shall receive any premium from an awarding 

 committee of which he is a member thereof; and pro- 

 vided further, that before any premium shall be deliv- 

 ered, the person claiming the same, or to whom the 

 same may be awarded, shall deliver in writing to the 

 president of the society, as accurate a description of 

 the process in preparing the soil, including the quanti- 

 ty and quality of manure applied, and in raising the 

 crop, or feeding the animal, as may be; and also of the 

 expense and product of the crop, or of the increase in 

 value of the animal, with the view of showing accu- 

 rately the profit of cultivating the crop, or of feeding 

 or fattening the animal. 



§ 4. That if an agricultural society shall not be or- 

 ganized in any county, or shall neglect to raise by vo- 

 luntary subscription, a si:m which shall entitle them to 

 the apportionment made to said county by this act, the 

 board of supervisors of said county are hereby empow- 

 ered, at their pleasure, during the continuance of this 

 act, to raise annually, in the manner the contingent 

 charges of said county are required to be raised, a sum 

 equal to one half the amount hereby appropriated to said 

 county. And whenever the president of said board of 

 supervisors shall certify to the comptroller that such 

 board of supervisors have resolved to raise such sum, 

 it shall be the duty of the comptroller to draw his war- 

 rant on the treasurer of the state, in favor of the trea- 

 surer of such county, for the sum ajipropriated for said 

 county by the first section of this act. 



§ 5. That it shall be the duty of the supervisors 

 ol every such county, to cause all the Uioney so raised 

 and received for agricultural improvement, to be paid 

 and expended at an annual agricultural exhibition, to 

 be held in such county, at such time as they shall 

 appoint, in such manner as shall, in their judgment, 

 best promote the legitimate object of this act, and sub- 

 ject to all the provisions contained in the third section 

 thereof. 



■^ 6. Tliat the se\eral presidents of the said soci- 

 eties, and of the boards of supervisors, who shall re- 

 ceive or expend any of the moueys hereby appropria- 



ted, shall annually, in the month December, transmit 

 ail such reports or returns as they are required to de- 

 mand and and receive, to the secretary of the state 

 board of agriculture, hereafter named and organized, 

 together with an abstract of their proceedings, exhi- 

 biting a detailed account of the expenditure of all the 

 moneys which shall couie into their hands under this 

 act, and stating to whom and for what purpose paid, 

 with the vouclieis therefor. 



§ 7. There shall be organized a State Board of Ag- 

 riculture to consist of five members, who shall hold 

 their offices lor five years from the second Tuesday of 

 iVbruaiy, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eighty 

 and shall receive, while necessarily employed in the 

 duties enjoined by tiiis act, the same compensation as 

 members of tlie legislatare. They may choose such 

 officers as they may deem necessary, and shall hold 

 quaiter-yearly meetings m the city of Albany on the 

 nist Tuesdays in February, May, August and Novem- 

 ber; and ma) also meet at such other times as may be 

 found expedient to fulfil the duties hereafter enjoined 

 upon them. 



1^ 8. There shall be assigned for the meetings of 

 the btate Board of Agriculture, and as a museum for 

 models, geological specimens, and agricultural produc- 

 tions, a suitable apartment in the state buildings now 

 erecting; which room and museum shall be kept in 

 order by the secretary, or by some person to be ap- 

 pointed by the board, and shall at all reasonable hours 

 be open and accessible to the public without chaige. 



§ 9. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Ag- 

 riculture to examine all reports and returns made by 

 the presidents ol the county agricultural societies, and 

 boards of agriculture; to select, tor publication, such 

 of them, and such other essays as they may judge ad- 

 visable; ana shall annually publish a volume to be dis- 

 tributed in the several counties of this state, by the 

 county agricultural societies, or by tlie boards of super- 

 visors thereof. And they shall examine, when in 

 session, and determine by practical experiment on the 

 merits of all new farm implements or machinery oiier- 

 ed for their examination, and may award discretionary 

 premiums, upon such as may be lound truly meritori- 

 ous and deserving of public patronage, provided the 

 whole amount expended in any one year shall not 

 exceed the sum of one thousand dollars for that pur- 

 pose; and provided further, that no such premium 

 shall be delivered to the person claiming the same, 

 until he has deposited with the board a model of bis 

 implement, machine ,or improvement. 



1^ 10. There shall be deposited in the room assigned 

 to the board, a complete set of mineralogical and geo- 

 logical specimens, properly arranged and labelled, from 

 the collections now being made by the geological corps 

 in the public employ; specimens of choice or rare ag- 

 ricultural productions, models of implements, drawings 

 of choice animals, books, and other articles which 

 may be presented to the museum, a registry of all 

 which shall be made by the secretary, and open to the 

 public inspection. 



§ ll. The said State Board of Agriculture shall re- 

 port annnally to the legislature, in the month of Janu- 

 ary, a statement of their expenditures and of Iheir 

 proceeomgs during the previous year; and also all 

 matters that they may deem calculated to promote the 

 inqnovement of agriculture and of household indus- 

 try. 



§ J 2. A reward of five hundred dollars shall be and 

 is hereby ottered to any person who shall discover and 

 will communicate to the State Board of Agriculture, for 

 the public benefit, a sure and efficient preventive of 

 the depredations of t"he insect dti'ominated the grain 

 worm; the efficacy of the said preventive to be tested 

 by the said board" during at least one year, and satis- 

 factorily confirmed, before the said award shall be given;, 

 and if ihe discovery shall jirove but a jiartial remedy of 

 the evil, it is made discretionary with the said board, 

 or a majoritj- of them, to award such part of the sum 



