swear to the correcmess of his survey, and that it 

 was made with a chain .aid compass ; aiid the claim- 

 nut of the premium, with two other persons who as- 

 sisted in measuring, shall certify mider oath as to the i 

 quantity produced from the piece of land mentioned | 

 in the certincate of the surveyor ; and a sample of 

 grain shall be presented at the ;mnual meeting, with 

 the oath of the applicant that tliat same is a fair sam- 

 ple of the whole crop. 



mSCELLA>iEOUS. 



Wrought Iron Gate with cast iron pillars $10 



Best iron WTieelbairow Silver Medal. 



C)mament;J cast iron Vase on pedestal $8 



Be.-<t sample Drain Tile Silver Medal. 



Best quarter of an acre Ozier Willow $8 



DISCRETIOK.tRY PREMIUMS 

 Will be awarded for such implimeuts, products, &.C. 

 cot enumerated, as shall be deemed worthy of notice 



or encouragement, 



REGULATIONS. 



The premiums for Essays and Agricultural Imple- 

 ments wall be open to citizens of other States : all 

 others will be conline(^to residents of this State who 

 are members of this Socierj-, or who may become so 

 by the payment of one dollar on enteiing their arti- 

 cles. 



Tlie trial of plows will take place at Utica, on Tues- 

 day, the 15th day of September. 



No premium will be paid on any animals or arti- 

 cles taken away belbre the close of the Show. 



Premiums not claimed within four months after 

 they aie awarded, will be considered as donations to 

 llie Society. 



^\J1 persons who intend to exhibit Cattle, Horses, 

 Sheep or Swine, should give notice to TSeodore S. 

 Faxon, Utica, or Luther Tucker, Recording Secre- 

 tary, .\lbany, previous to the 10th of September, that 

 the" necessary arrangements may be made for their 

 accommodation ; and all animals must be on the 

 ground by 9 o'clock A. M. of the ITih of September. 



All those who intend to compete for the premiums 

 on Agricultural Implements, Butter and Cheese, Su- 

 gar, Cocoons, Silk, izxf. should have their specimens 

 on the groimd on the 16th, that they may be deposit- 

 ed in their appropriate places, and the rooms suitably 

 arranged on the day previous to the Show. 



Applicants for premiums are requested to pay par- 

 ticular attention to the notes atMched to the premi- 

 ums on Fat Cattle and Fat Sheep, Butter and Cheese, 

 Field Crops, Maple Sugar, ifcc. 



The statements reqviired from those who compete 

 for Field Crops, must be sent to Luther Tucicer, 

 Recording Secretaiy, Albany. pre\ious to the 1st of 

 January, 184(1, and the premiums will be awarded at 

 the Annual Meeting of the Society, ou the third 

 Wednesday of January. 



Competitors for the premiums on Essays must 

 forward their manuscripts to the Recording Secreta- 

 r)', Albany, previous to the 1st ot Januaiy, 1846. fi-ee 

 of postage. 



No jircmium will be awarded, unless, in the opin- 

 ion of the Judges of the class in which it is offered, 

 the anini.ll or aiticle is worthy of such premium. 



Prize animals and imjilements at the previous ex- 

 hibitions will be allowed to compete Ibr the prizes ; 

 but they must receive a higher prize, or in a diti'eront 

 class, to entitle them to a premium. Should the 

 same premium heretofore given them be awarded, 

 they will receive a ceitilicate to that eftect, instead of 

 the prize. 



Animals and other articles offered for competition 

 must be labeled with the names and residences of 

 the owners at full leneth. 



No viewing Committee, with the exception of the 

 Committee on Discretionary Premiums, shall award 

 any discretionary premium, without the previous 

 permission of the Executive Board, expressed 

 through the President. 



^^ We have in type brief notices of several new 

 Works on Agrictilture, Gardening, &c. which we are 

 obliged to defer to our nest issue. 



(223) 



The American Farmer — Baltimore. — This 

 oldest of Agricultural papers ha.s changed its 

 form and dress, from a quarto of 8 to an octavo 

 of 32 pages ; but it is animated by the same pa- 

 triotic spirit, and aiming at the same honorable 

 ends, witli a zeal and courage that bid defiance 

 to time and circumstances. The July Number 

 contains no less than 7C different items and seve- 

 ral illustrations. Among these is one labeled 

 with the name of Riversdale, the residence 

 of Charles Calvert, Esq. (a seat of genuine old- 

 fashioned Maryland ho.spilality,) atid his Cow, 

 Cinderella. 



^Vhetlier the design of the artist was to binng 

 the white cow into bolder relief, by blackening 

 evely thing near and aroaud her, we know not. 

 but traly the picture more resembles a " coal- 

 field" than tlie verdant Riversdale we have 

 been accustomed to admire. The Am. Fanner 

 goes, however, for substance, not for show ; and 

 he who is not glad to get it for $1 a year must 

 be very indifferent to what is going on in the 

 Ae:ricultural world around him. It is a much 

 better paper now than when -we sold it for four 

 or five times as much, and would truly be ^vorth 

 its reduced price of Si, were it only to be used 

 for ladies' hair paper ! 



Good Sigks for the South. — Such do we 

 regard the multiplication of Agricultmal Jour- 

 nals. Two have just reached us: The North 

 Carolina Farmer, edited by S. Jemay, Ra- 

 leigh. The Editor tells us that the spirit of im- 

 provement is abroad ii Georgia, South Caro- 

 lina, Tennessee and Virginia, and adds, as to 

 the prospect in North Carolina : " We are grat- 

 ified to state, to the honor of the Counties of 

 Granville, Orange, Mecklenburg and Bun- 

 combe, that they have all well organized Agri- 

 cultural Societies, which have been some time 

 in operation, and are marching fot-ward in tlie 

 work of improvement." For ourselves, we 

 much doubt whether any people on eai'th better 

 understand tlie philosophy of Agriculture than 

 the leadmg men of the very region described. 

 The misfortune is, want o{— perseverance in 

 resolution to bring about an amendment in State 

 policy and individual habits and practices. 



The Carolin"i.\n is another staunch advo- 

 cate of tlie good cause — both discreet and vigi- 

 lant, as the following may .show : 



Fine F/ockg of Sheep in the Vicini/y of Co- 

 lumhia, South C'lro/ina. — The practical Agri- 

 culturist and genuine lover of rural affairs would 

 be both aratified and amply repaid by visiting 

 the magnificent flocks of Sheep belonging to 

 Col. Wade Hampton and Mr B. F Taylor, in 

 the neighborhood of this city. Those who ■wish 

 to be convinced of the fact that we can success- 

 fully rai.«e fine sheep iu our Soutliern climate, 

 should go by all means. Examples like the.'^e 

 are wordi more than a heaped up mountaiu of 



