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als in future, from forwarding articles for exhibition. It is impossible, 

 perhaps, to convince a person who does not stand zs,nuinber one, that 

 he has not beeu slighted; and that his products, weighing all the cir- 

 cumstances, have met with a just decision. At the present anniver- 

 sary prizes have been adjudged to a great majority of contributors, 

 as a mark that whoever has aided in the development of a nation's 

 resources, shall carry home some memento of what he has done for 

 his " country's good." 



The committee, in the discharge of the duties assigned them, can- 

 not but feel an honest pride in having witnessed the delight and sa- 

 tisfaction imparted to the ten thousand inquiring minds that have been 

 led to the American Institute by the spirit of patriotism and a lauda- 

 ble curiosity. They feel convinced, that by energetic and good ma- 

 nagement, the whole community may be awakened to the vast impor- 

 tance and utility of those annual Fairs. By their encouragement, ge- 

 nerous feelings of independence are fostered, and the invaluable 

 knowledge disseminated throughout this great and flourishing repub- 

 lic, that " perfect agriculture is the true foundation of all trade and 

 industry, and that it is the source of the riches of States." 



In the language of the report of the New-Haven Horticultural 

 Fair^ lately celebrated, " We hope the time is not distant, when ex- 

 hibitions of this kind will become common in all our towns and vil- 

 lages, and take the place of shows, which abstract large sums of mo- 

 ney from the pockets of our citizens, without rendering them any 

 equivalent. Agricultural and horticultural exhibitions are calculated 

 not only to stimulate to greater industry and skill in the culture of 

 the soil, but we believe the effect on the moral feelings is exceeding- 

 ly happy. That person must be destitute of all generous feelings, 

 who could view the products of our fields and gardens, as exhibited 

 at this Fair, without having his bosom glow with adoring and grate- 

 ful emotions towards the Lord of the harvest, who crowneth the year 

 with goodness, and whose path drops fatness, who adorns the lily of 

 the field, and who clothes the pastures with flocks,, and covereth the 

 valleys over with corn," making them " shout for joy, and also sing." 



The several committees of judges, in all their respective depart- 

 ments, having furnished to the Managers of the American Institute 

 distinct reports on such subjects as came under their supervision, it 

 devolves on this committee to report on the survey of standing crops, 

 made under the direction of the Managers, at the following dates: — 



On the eighth day of September, 1S42, your chairman, accompa- 

 nied by Mr. Jeremiah Johnson, chairman of the agricultural commit- 

 tee, Mr. Nicholas Wyckoff, Mr. W. J. Townsend, and Mr. J. Hop- 

 kins, examined a field of cabbages of about twenty acres, comprising 

 part of the farm of Mr. Lambert Wyckoff, at Bushwick, Long-Is- 

 land. The plants having been set about three feet apart early in the 

 spring, had arrived to good maturity; and although a great propor- 

 tion of the crop had been sent to market, that part which remained 

 was uniformly in fine condition. A dozen cabbages was selected 

 from less than an acre of land, the average weight of which was 

 twenty-four pounds nine ounces and a quarter. On perambulating 



