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New York State Agricultural Society. 



Vol. IX. 



undersigned in expressing a belief that the 

 approaching Annua! Convention will concen- 

 trate the efforts of the friends of Agricul- 

 ture in a manner eminently conducive to 

 the great objects for which Agricultural Or- 

 ganization is desirable. The mornings and 

 afternoons will be devoted to business, at the 

 Agricultural Hall in the Old State House, 

 at Albany ; and the evenings to sociable in- 

 tercourse among the members of the State 

 and County Societies, and other friends of 

 Agriculture and Horticulture from all sec- 

 tions of the State of Nevi? York, and from 

 several neighboring States. The courtesy 

 of the friends of the cause in and around 

 Albany, the undersigned also feels warranted 

 in saymg, will be manifested liberally in pro- 

 moting the comfort of gentlemen attending 

 the Convention on this interesting occasion. 

 The multiplicity of business and the immense 

 crowds at the State Pairs and Cattle Shows, 

 render it impracticable on those occasions to 

 convene the friends of Agriculture as fully 

 as desirable for deliberation, discussion, and 

 sociability ; and it is hoped and believed that 

 the January Convention will furnish oppor- 

 tunities for promoting these objects, to the 

 satisfaction of Agriculturists and friends who 

 may honor the convention with their presence 

 jrom this and other states. 



It may be added that the Agricultural 

 meetings, commenced satisfactorily last win- 

 ter, will be continued on each Thursday 

 evening of the approaching winter; and 

 friends of the cause generally are invited to 

 attend, at the Society's Hall. 



Among the business which will employ 

 the time of the State Society at the Annual 

 Meeting, will be an examination and decis- 

 ion on the merits of the Reports and Essays 

 and Books on the various subjects embodied 

 in the following schedule, adopted by the 

 Executive Committee — ^John P. Beekman, 

 President, in the chair— several of the pre- 

 miums, on important subjects, (as stated 

 when Premiums were first offered months 

 ago,) being open to competition from citizens 

 of other States as well as New York. 



PREMIUMS OFFERED-— 



To be awarded at the Annual Stale Agi'i- 

 cultural Convention in January, 1815. 



For the best series of Essays on the im- 

 portance of Scientific Knowledge in prose- 

 cuting successfully the ordinary pursuits ot 

 Agriculture and Horticulture, (copy right 

 reserved to the author,) $100. 



For the best Text-book on Agriculture and 

 Horticulture, for the use of schools, (copy- 

 right reserved as before,) $ 100, 



For the best Essay on Farm Management, 

 including details connected with the suc- 

 cessful management of a farm, a gold medal 

 worth *20. 



I'or the best Essay on the Rotation of 

 Crops adapted to the climate of this State, a 

 gold medal worth 820. 



For the best Essay on Subsoil Ploughing, 

 with results of actual experiments in the 

 State of New York, a gold medal or $ 20. 



For the best Essay on the Culture and 

 Manufacture of Silk, briefly stating results 

 already attained in the United States, a gold 

 medal worth ^20. 



For the best Essay on the Cultivation of 

 the Apple, for exportation as well as domes- 

 tic use, a gold medal worth $20. 



For the best Essay, detailing observations 

 made on the Culture and Diseases of the 

 Potatoe, with special reference to the pheno- 

 mena of the extraordinary visitation which 

 lias largely desolated the Potatoe Crop in the 

 United States, and embracing suggestions 

 tor counteracting the difficulty in the future 

 cultivation of that crop — a gold medal worth 

 $20. 



For the best Essay on the means of dif- 

 fusing Scientific Knowledge in connexion 

 with Agricultural and Horticultural Inform- 

 ation, through the instrumentality of the 

 Public Libraries and Schools, with a cata- 

 logue of books suitable for the purpose — a 

 gold medal, worth $20. 



For the best managed Farm, considering 

 the land, stock and produce, with details 

 exemplifying accurately the management 

 of said f^arm, showing the expense and 

 profit of cultivation, a <?old medal, worth 

 $20. 



For the most satisfactory Report of Expe- 

 riments in turning under green crops as ma- 

 nure, on not less than one acre of land, $10. 



Second best, 2 vols, of the Transactions. 



For the best experiment in the prepara- 

 tion and application of manures, with details 

 of the expense and all matters connected 

 therewith, $10. 



For the most satisfactory experiment on 

 a stock of cattle not less than four in num- 

 ber, in ascertaining the relative value of the 

 different kinds of food used, as compared 

 with hay — with a detailed account of the 

 fodder used, and the expense of raising and 

 feeding the same — the experiments to be 

 made in three winter months, or whenever 

 satisfactory experiments can be made, $20. 



Second best, 2 vols. Transactions. 



Tliird best. Diploma. 



For the best experiment in flooding and 

 irrigating lands, $10. 



For the best managed flock of sheep, in- 

 cluding particular statements of the breeds 



