1846. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



19 



Monroe Co. Agricultural Society. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Monroe Coun- 

 ty Agricultural Society, lield pursuant to adjourn- 

 ment, at the Office of the Genesee Far.mer, jn 

 Rochester, on the 10th day of Decemher, 1845, 

 the following named gentlemen \yere elected of- 

 ficers for 1846: 



JOHN II. ROBINSON, President. 



Elisha Harmon, ' "^ 



Caleb K. Hobbie, > Vice Presidents. 



Fred. P. Root, j 



.James P. Fogg, Treasurer. 



Jajies H. Watts, Rec. Secretary. 



JosiAH W". BissELL, Cor. Secretary. 



TOWN COMMITTEES. 



Wheatland — Jirah Blacknicr, Win. Gai-butt,Geo. Shrflcr. 



Chili — Wm. Pixley, Jacob f^trawn, John K. Ballentine. 



Riga — Charles Tenny, John Rovve, Dennis Church. 



Ogden — Jesse Harroun, Dr. Smith, Marcus Adams. 



Sweden — J. W. Spencer, Jacob Sutphen, Asa Rowe. 



C/ar/(son — Henry Martin, Adin Manley, Isaac Allen. 



Parma — Isaac Chase, Roswcll Atchinson, J. M. Webster. 



Greece — Geo. C. Latta, Robt. H. Brown, Hall Colby. 



Brighton — Romania Hart, S. P. Gould, N. Hay ward. 



Henrietta — Wm. C. Cornell, Eliliu Kirby, S. Leggett. 



Ri/sh — Thomas Wright, John Rovve, John Birdsall. 



Mendon — A. Cole, Benj. Eckler, Benj. Birdsall, Jr. 



Pittsford — Erastus Williams, H. Newcomb, H. S. Potter. 



Ptufield—YAv^s Beach, S. Miller, D. E. Lewis. 



Pirintun — Gideon Ramsdell, Z. Burr, John Ayrault. 



Webster — Dr. O. Reynolds, B. Woodhull, J. VanAlstyne. 



Jrondeqitoit — H. N. Langworlhy, J. Lyon, J. McGonegal. 



Rochester — B. F. Smith, L. B. Langwortliy, Amos Saw- 

 yer, Patrick Barry, James M. Whitney, Wm. Kidd, James 

 P. Fogg, T. H. liyatt, John Haywood. 



On mo'iori of James P. Fogg, 



Pfsnived '.■I,-' the thanks of the Society be tendered to 

 W.'.i. MiELi. of ii.'.tes, Anan Harmon of Chili, Ellwanger 

 & Bahry of Rochcsier, and to H. M. True of Rochester, 

 for their donations to the Society, for the purpose of in- 

 creasing its funds, of the premiums that had been awarded 

 them at the last Fair. 



Resolved, That this Society has heard w ith great pleasure 

 the anBcuncement that Dr. Lee has con.sented to deliver in 

 the city of Rochester, the ensuing winter, a course oifree 

 PuMie Lectures, on the science of Agriculture, and we would 

 recommend all interested in Agricultural improvements to 

 attend; believing as we do that the information thus given 

 to the community by a well known and competent Lecturer, 

 will be not only highly interesting, but benelicial and per- 

 manent. 



Rescdved, That the Treasurer of this Society be authoriz- 

 ed to appropriate the sum of Twetity Dollars to assist in 

 defraying the necessary expenses of these Lectures. 



Resolved, Tiiat all premiums not claimed in 3 months af- 

 ter the awards of the committees be considered as donations 

 to the Society. 



On motion of T. H. Hyatt, 



Resolved, That we approve of the plan of establishing a 

 State Agricultural School, under the patronage of the State, 

 and that we concur with the suggestions of the Cortland 

 Democrat, that Rochester (or vicinity,) would be a suitable 

 location for such an institution; and that, as a society, and 

 as individuals, we will use our best exertions to aid in its 

 establishment. 



Resolved, That a copy of these ResolutiouK be sent to the 

 Representatives in the Assembly for this county, and to 

 the Senators of the 8th District; and that they be requested 

 to use their exertions to procure the passage of a law for the 

 establishment of such Institution as that contained in the 

 foregoing resolution. 



The Treasurer made the follow ing Report ; 

 1845. Amount of Cash on hand, Dec. 30 1844, . ,$46 37 



Oct. 8. Amount received from 202 members, 202 00 



" 10. " " " the State 194 00 



$442 37 

 Nov. 8. Paid receipts from No. 81 to 156,inclusive, 308 25 



Paid expenses of Society, ((5 81 



Cash on hand, 68 31 



$442 37 

 James P. Fogg, Treasurer. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FIELD CROPS. 



Your C()nHiutI(>c lia\e examinod the fow certificates that 

 have been prrscntcd of l^icUl Crops, for proniiums — regret- 

 ting, at the same lime t!iat so \iran a competiiiou should bo 

 presented before them ; there being no competitors for 

 Wheat, Barley, or Oats, prominent grains in our field pro- 

 ductions. 



The only ones may be found in the followi^ig three com- 

 petitors for Com : 



The first premium awarded to Mr. Samuel Smith, of 

 Henrietta, for his acre of Corn, amounting to eighty cmd one- 

 fourth bushels per acre — Colman's Reports and $3. 



The second premium to Mr. John McGonegal, of Iron- 

 dequoit, for his a<;re of Corn, amounting to seventy-seven and 

 b'3-75ths bushels to the acre — Volume Transactions and $3. 



The third premium to Mr. Caleb K. Hobbie, of Iron- 

 dequoit, for his acre of Corn, amounting tojifty-jivehushela 

 per acre — Volume Transactions and $2. 



A special premium was awarded (there being no compe- 

 tition,) to Mr. Alfred Fitch, of Riga, for his crop of Man- 

 gel Wurtzel, 533 and 40-60;/t bushels on half an ac.rc — $3. 



Also, a special prenuum to Mr. Henry Livingston, of 

 Irondequoit, for his crop of Potatoes, containing 230 and 

 l-4th bushels jier acre — no competition — $3. 

 Caleb K. Hobbie, f 

 Jirah Black:mer, > Co7nmitlee. 



Nathaniel Hayward. ) 



The Society awarded to J. Onderdonk, of Greece, for 

 nine varieties of Seedling Potatoes, exhibited at the County 

 Fair, — Volume Transactions and .$2. 



To JIatathias Gariutt, of Gates, for four varieties of 

 Seedling Potatoes, (exhibited at same time,) — $3. 



To H. N. Langworthy, of Irondequoit, for several varie- 

 ties of Seedling Potatoes — shown at same time — .$3. 

 To James Hart, Irondequoit, for best two year 



old Colt, $3,00 



To Mr. Stottle, Chili, 2d best, .f 2,00 



To Robert Martin, 3d best, _ Vol. Trans. 



To J. C. Rich, Penfield, $1 and Vol. Trans., for Honey — 

 overlooked by Com. at the Fair. 



To Martin Smith, Wheatland, Vol. Transactions, in- 

 stead of Diploma. 



On motion, it was 



Resolved, That Wm. C. Bloss, M. L. Angle, and Thos. 

 H. Hyatt be Delegates from Monroe County Agricultural 

 Society to the Annual Meeting of the State Agricultural 

 Society, to be holden in Albany, on the 21st of January next. 



On motion, the Society adjourned to the Second Tuesday 

 in Februari/, 1846, at 10 o'clock, A. M. i 



JOHN H. ROBINSON, President. 



J\MES H. Watts, Rec. Secretary. 



Acknowledgments. 



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 Seneca Falls, Dansville, and many other sections of Wes- 

 tern New York, for publishing the Prospectus for Volumo 

 VII — and also for their very friendly and complimentary no- 

 tices of this publication. 



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 of the Farmer. The augmentation of our subscription 

 list, during the past month, has far exceeded our most san- 

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 lists of over twenty new subscribers, forwarded us by per- 

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 are indebted to numerous old patrons for similar favors. 

 Many of those who have ordered from five to twenty-five 

 copies, have generously sent us the full amount of fifty 

 cents for each copy — refusing to retain the per ccntnge of- 

 fered in our published terms. 



lO' The Reader will notice that we commence the New 

 Year and Volmnc in an entire new dress. All our type, &.C., 

 are new and of the host kind. The publisher is a prictical 

 printer, and personally attends to the publication of the 

 Farmer, and its patrons are assured that he will use all prop- 

 er exertions to have it correctly and promptly isstied on the 

 first of each month. 



We request the friends of this journal to use a little effort 

 to increase its circulation in their respective neighborhoods. 

 They can thus essentially aid in sustaining the Genesee 

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