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or sixty others engrafted; they appeared to adhere 

 finely, soon after pushed out iheir leaves and 

 grew vigorously; indeed, they Rppenred to be 

 doing q'lite as well as those worked on llie stocks 

 oflhe Enrr'irfh Mazzard cherry. 1 then came to 

 the conclusion that the siory ol" their not growing 

 on the wild cherry was all humbug. And had I 

 possessed more leisure at that season ol' the year, 

 I fear that 1 should have come out wiih a com- 

 munication, stating my success in the experiment. 

 Rut soon my grails and buds begnn to wither, and 

 before midsummer the most of them had ceased 

 to be. Some few have remained green during the 

 spring and autimin, but 1 do not expect lo find one 

 of them alive in the sprincr. JB. H, 



J3vffalo Nursery, January, 1840. . 



N, Y. STATE AGRICULTUUAt, CONVENTION. 



From thp Cultivator. 



Jlssemblij Chamber, February 4, 1840. 



The convention was called to order by Mr. J. J. 

 Viele, of Rensselaer, on whose motion the Hon. 

 George W. Patterson, of Livingston, was called 

 to the chair, and Jesse Euel appointed Secretary 

 pro tern. 



On motion of IMr. A. Van Bergen of Greene. 



Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed 

 to report suitable names (or officers of this con- 

 vention. 



The chair appointed Messrs. Van Bertren of 

 Greene, Beekman of Columbin, Viele of Rensse- 

 laer, Tucker of Albany, and Johnson of Kings, 

 said committee, on whose report the (bllowing 

 jrentlemen were unanimously appointed officers ol" 

 the convention 



Robert Dekniston, of Orange, President. 



Chas. E. Clarke, of Jefferson,") 



Jeremiah Johnson, of" Kings, ! Vice Pre- 



Daniel ToFFEY, of ])utchess, j sidents. 



Benjamin Enos, of Madison, J 



Luther Tucker, of Albany, 



Henry D. GROVE,of Rensselaer, 



The counties being called over, about onehun 

 dred delegates enrolled their names as members of 

 the convention. 



On motion. Resolved, That Messrs. Beekman, 

 Bement, Van Bergen, Noit and Bergen, be a 

 committee to report the business to be presented to 

 the convention. 



On motion, of Mr. Beekman, Messrs. Duane, 

 Viele, and Buel, were appointed a committee to 

 examine a book called the Farmers" Library, and 

 report upon its merits as a common school book — 

 the book Iiaving been submitted by the author for 

 that purpose. 



The [bllowing preamble and resolution was in- 

 Iroduced by Mr. Nott: 



Whereas, a bequest has been made lo the peo- 

 ple of the United States, by the late Mr. Smithson 

 of England, for the purpose of improvino; the 

 intellectual and moral condition of mankind, leav- 

 ing it lo the congress ol" the United States to 

 desiunate the mode of its application; therefore, 



/?esoZucd, That a petition, signed by the presi- 

 dent and secretary of this convention, be presented 

 to congress, praying an appropriation of a portion 

 of said bequest, lor the establishment of an Agri- 



Secrelaries. 



cultural School. [Referred to Messrs. Beekman? 

 Morris and Nott.] 



The convention tlien adjourned to 4 o''clocic, P. 

 M. lo morrow. 



jlssembly Qwmher, Feb, 5, 1840. 



Mr. Beekman, fiom the business committee- 

 reported the (bllowing resolutions. 



1. Resolved, That in the opinion of this com- 

 mittee, the culture of silk is an object well worthy 

 its attention, and thnt a committee be appointed to 

 report upon its present stale, and what advance- 

 ment has been made in it in the United Stales, in 

 the last SIX years. [Committee Messrs. C. E. 

 Clarke of Jefferson, and C. Bergen ol Kinsrs.] 



2. Resolved, That this convention regard the 

 cullnre of the suiiar beet, with the view lo the 

 production of sugar and the feeding of slock, as a 

 branch of agriculture that may be rendered very 

 profitable lo the farmer, and that a committee be 

 appointed to ascertain what advances, if any, have 

 been made in the culture of the beet and the 

 making of sucjar therefrom, in the United States, 

 and how far it may enter into competition, with 

 other veselables or grains, in the feeding of stock. 

 [Committee, Messrs! J. B. Nott and Wendell.] 



3. Resolved, That ihis convention cause a com- 

 mittee to be appointed, whose duty it shall be to 

 report at a subsequent mectinij, if any, and whaS 

 improvements liave been made in the last twenty 

 years in the manairement of farms, and if so, to 

 what extent ii has added lo the resources of the 

 state, or the wealth, respectability, intelligence, 

 and comfort of our population. [Committee, 

 Messrs. Beekman and V'an Bergen.] 



4. Resolved, That a comnnitlee be appointed to 

 inquire into and repor't upon the particular method 

 ofiarminff adopted in some of the best cultivated 

 counties of" this state, and how far that methed 

 would be applicable to other portions of the slate. 

 [Committee, Messrs. Viele and Knickerbacker.] 



Whereas, doubts have arisen in the minds of 

 some as to whether there has been any improve- 

 ment in farming in the last twenty years, and if 

 there has, that it has been owing to natural causes, 

 and not to the advancement of the art ; therefore? 



5. Resolved, That a committee be appointed, 

 whose duty It shall be to investigate this subject, 

 and to report what would now be the profits and 

 value of two farms, (say of 100 acres each,) the 

 one cultivated under the present, and ihc other 

 under the old system. [Commitee, Messrs. Gay- 

 lord and Bement.] 



G. Resohed, That this convention would re- 

 spectfully urge upon the public, and especially 

 farmers, the great practical utility of reading agri- 

 cultural papers, as it would add much to their 

 usefulness as farmers and their intelligence as 

 citizens. 



The convention then look a recess to hear Mr. 

 Van Bertren's Address, and Proff-ssor Dean's 

 Eulocry before the State Agricultural Society, after 

 which it adjourned to 7 o'clock in the evening. 

 Jlsscmhly Chamber, 7 o'clock, P. 31. 



The precediniT resolutions, f"rom the business 

 committee, from ] to 6, were severally taken up, 

 and after discussion, adopted, and the several 

 committees annexed lo each, appointed. 



On motion of Mr. A. Walsh, 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed to 

 prepare and present a petition, on ihe part of this 

 convention, to the l^egislature now in session, for 



