STATEMENT 



Showing the number of Premiums awarded to the Agri- 

 cultural Department from 1835 to 1845. 



The reports of the agricultural and horticultural productions of the 

 farm and garden exhibited at Niblo's Garden, the annual ploughing, 

 and spading matches, and farmers*, gardeners, and silk culturists con- 

 vention, referred to by the managers, are appended. The voluntary 

 donations by liberal individuals to increase the premiums on cattle and 

 other live stock, and on silk, will encourage competition. Large 

 premiums are required to induce breeders at a distance to encounter 

 the trouble, expense, and risk of the journey. A new subscription has 

 been opened for the 19th annual fair under the most promising circum- 

 stances. A very considerable number of donors have already sub- 

 scribed to promote the breeding of fine stock, and a gold medal is of- 

 fered by the president of the Institute for the encouragement of the 

 cultivation of flax. The increase of country visitors, particularly of 



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