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GEN£:SEE FARMER. 



EB. 



1845 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE N. Y. STATE 

 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Albany, Jan. 16, 1845. 

 Mr. Editor — Tn compliance with your re- 

 quest, made before I left Rorhcster, I will give you 

 a brief account ot the proceedings of the State Ag- 

 ricultural Society, at its annual meeting, which took 

 place in the hall of the Old State-House, in this 

 city, yesterday. Hon. John P. Bekkman, president 

 of the society, presided. There was a fair attend- 

 ance of the friends of agricultural improvement from 

 different portions of the state. The following dele- 

 gates were in attendance from county societies, viz. i 

 Abraham Bockee, of Dutchetis ; S. A. BroWn, of 

 Chautauque ; Henry S. Randall, of Cortland ; John 

 P. Bcekman, of Columbia ; John Greig, of Ontario ; 

 Daniel Lee, of Erie ; Abraham Van Bergen, of 

 Greene ; E. Kirby, of Jefferson ; John A. Lott, of 

 Kings ; Carlos P. Scovil, of Lewis ; Benjamin Enos, 

 of Madison ; T. H. Hyatt, of Monroe ; Mr. Fonda, 

 of Montgomery ; Mr. Southworth, of New York ; 

 Elon Comstock, of Oneida ; T. M. Brown, of Onon- 

 daga ; Robert Denniston, of Orange : George Vail, 

 of Rensselaer ; Ebenezer Mack, of Tompkins ; J. 

 McDonald, of Washington ; T. R. Lee, of West- 

 chester ; A. Birdsall, of Broome : David Rogers, of 

 Saratoga. 



From the report of the Treasurer, it appears that 

 the amount of the receipts for the year has been 

 $4,865 80, and the expenditures, thus far, $3,833 90, 

 and a portion of the premiums are yet to be paid, 

 and some other expenses. The receipts are about 

 $600 more than they were the last year, and the ex- 

 penditures nearly $1,000 more. 



The Corresponding Secretary made a report, sta- 

 ting that he had opened a somewhat extensive cor- 

 respondence with the friends of agriculture through- 

 out this country not only, but with distinguished in- 

 dividuals in England, Scotland, France, Germany, 

 fcc: and that several valuable communications 

 had been received, in return, from Professor John- 

 son, Prince Albert, and others, and that more were 

 expected in time to be published in the regular vol- 

 ume of Transactions. 



The Recording Secretary made a report, stating 

 the number of societies formed in the several counties 

 to be about fifty, as near as he was able to estimate 

 them ; that volumes of the State Society's Transac- 

 tions had been sent to most of them ; that consid- 

 erable correspondence had been kept up by him ; and 

 he read over a schedule of the property belonging to 

 the Society. 



A committee of three from each Senatorial dis- 

 trict was appointed by the President, to nominate of- 

 ficers of the society for the ensuing year, and to fix 

 upon the place for holding the next annual fair. The 

 committee were as follow : 



Firi<t District — Mr. Lott, of Kings ; Mr. J. E. 

 Southworth and Mr. Folsom, of New York. 



tSrcond District — IMr. Denniston, of Orange ; Mr. 

 Bockee and Mr. E. Crosbv, of Dutchess. 



Third District — Mr. Van Borgen, of Greene : 

 Mr. Geo. Vail, of Rensselaer ; Mr. L. Tucker, of 

 Albany. 



Fourth District — Judge Savage, of Washington, 

 Mr, Fonda, of Montgomery ; Mr. Mann, of Her- 

 kimer. 



Fifth i)fs<r?c<— -Mr. E. Kirby, of Jefferson ; Mr, 

 ]E. Comstock, of Oneida ; Mr. Enos, Madison. 

 ^ixth District — Mr, E. Mack, of Tompkins, Mr. 



Birdsall, of Chenango; Mr. Faulkner, of Livingston. 



tScvcnth District — Mr. J. M. Sherwood, of Cayu- 

 ga : Mr. H. S. Randall, of Cortland ; Mr. T. M. 

 Browne, of Onondaga* 



Eighth District— Mr. S. A. Browne, of Chau- 

 tauque ; Mr. T. H. Hyatt, of Monroe ; Mr. D. Lee, 

 of J]rie. 



The committee, through their chairman, Jtidge 

 Savage, reported in favor of holding tlie next Fair 

 and Cattle Show at Utica, several responsible citi- 

 zens of that place having pledged themselves to pay 

 all the expenses of making the necessary erections, 

 fee, for the Fair. A similar proposition was also 

 submitted from the citizens of Auburn, on condition 

 that the Fair should be held at that village. The 

 committee reported the following list of officers for 

 the current year, and the report was adopted by the 

 meeting : 



FOR PRESIDENT, 



BENJ. P. JOHNSON, of Oneida. 

 FOR vice-preside:^ts, 



1 st district — James Lennox, of New York. 



2d district — Thos. L. Davies, of Dutchess. 



3d district — E. P. Prentice, Albany. 



4th district — H. W. Doolittle, Herkimer. 



5th district — Benjamin Enos, Madison. 



6th district — O. C. Crocker, Broome. 



7th district — H. S. Randall, Cortland. 



8th district — Geo. W. Patterson, Chautauque. 



Daniel Lee, Erie, Corresponding Secretary. 



L. Tucker, Albany, Recording Secretary. 



Thomas Hillhouse, Albany, Treasurer. 

 additional members. 



Thos. S. Faxon, of Oneida ; E. Kirby, Jefferson ; 

 Alex. Walsh, Rensselaer ; George Vail, Rensse- 

 laer ; J. M'D. Mclntyre, Albany. 



The several committees chosen to award premi- 

 ums on field crops made their reports, which I have 

 not room for, in detail, in this communication. They 

 will soon appear in the official proceedings. I would 

 state, however, that the first premium on wheat was 

 awarded to Matthew Watson, of Canandaigua, who 

 raised 215 bushels of wheat on four acres and twelve 

 poles of land, being nearly fifty-two and a half bush- 

 els per acre. 



To our friend Col. Randall, of Cortland County, 

 was awarded a gold medal, worth $12, for the " best- 

 managed flock of sheep." His flock consisted of 55, 

 about one-half pure Merinos, the remainder were 

 half-biood Merinos and South Downs. He states, 

 that he has yet 39 of his flock on hand. The fol- 

 lowing is an abstract of his profits on the flock : 

 Expenses of keeping 55 sheep one year, • • • •$82 50 



Received for wool, $119 99 



Received for those sold, 726 00 



845 99 



A pretty fair profit, truly ! 



In the evening, at the Capitol, Dr. Beekman de- 

 livered the annual address, which was highly credit- 

 able to him, and interesting to his hearers. Mr. 

 Johnson, the new President, was introduced to the 

 meeting, and made some very appropriate remarks. 



I have not time for further particulars now ; and 

 if this imperfect sketch will be of any interest to 

 vou or your rcalers, I shall be repaid for my trouble. 



T. H. H. 



The New York Commercial Advertiser thinks the 

 people of that city spend more money for tobacco 

 than they do for bread. 



