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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



JUNE 15, 184S. 



From ihe Albany CuUivnlor. 



ANNUAL MRKTIN(; OF THE U. S. AGRI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETV. 



Il'asldngton, Mitij 4, ISn. 



The Society rnot todny at the Patont Office, 

 wlien u number of ilelei;ales from the several 

 Slateg, appenred witli their credentials, and the 

 Hon. J. M. Gab.nett, of Virginia, at II o'clnck, 

 A. M., tiiuk the chair, and J. F. Cali.a.^, Secretary. 



On motion of the Hon. H. L. EllBworth, a com- 

 mittee of threo was appointed by the Chair, to in- 

 quire into the expediency of establishing in this 

 city, a periodical to be devoted to the cause of ag- 

 culture, and to iie the official organ of this Socie- 

 ty, viz: Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, D. C. ; Dr. Eli Ives, 

 Conn., and Rev. J. O. Choulep, N. Y. 



Rob'l E. Horner, N. J., T. 15. Wakeman, N. Y., 

 Rev. O. B. Brown, D. C, L)r. G. B. Smith, Md., 

 and Hon. II. L. Ellsworth, D. C, were appointed a 

 committee to report the order of business for the 

 future action of this meeting, and the Society ad- 

 journed until tomorrow morning. 



Thursday, May 5, 1842. 

 At 9 o'clock, A. M., the Society met at llio Pa- 

 tent Office, and piocecded to the election of offi- 

 cers, and upon counting the ballots the following 

 named gentlemen were declared duly elected, viz: 



Hon. James M. Garnett, Virginia, President. 

 J. F. Callan, D. C, Rec. Secretary. 

 Oliteii WhitTi.f.sev, Ohio, Cor. Secretary. 

 Edward Dver, Treasurer. 



Board of Control. 

 Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, D. C. 

 Hon. Elisha Whittlesey, Ohio. 

 John A. Smith, T). C. 

 John S. Skinner, D. C. 

 William J. Stone, D. C. 



Vice Presidents. 

 Maine, Hon. George Evans. 

 New Hampshire, Hon. Isaac Hill. 

 Massachusetts, B. V. French. 

 Connecticut, Dr. Eli Ives. 

 Rhode Island, Gov. Fenner. ^ 



Vermont, William Jarvis. 

 New York, J. B. Nott. 

 New Jersey, E. S. Green. 

 Pennsylvania, Hon. G. M. Keim. 

 Delaware, Dr. J. W. Thompson. 

 Maryland, Thomas Emory. 

 Virginia, Edmund Ruffiii. 

 North Carolina, Hon. E. Deberry. 

 South Carolina, Wade Hampton. 

 Georgia, Hon. Wilson Lumpkin. 

 Alabama, Hon. Di.\on H. Lewis. 

 Louisiana, Hon. Alexander Mouton. 

 Arkansas, Hon. A. Yell. 

 Tennessee, F. H. Gordon. 

 Mississippi, Hon. R. J. Walker. 

 Kentucky, Chilton Allen. 

 Missouri, Hon. L. !•'. Linn. 

 Illinois, Thomas L Hinds. 

 Indiana, Solon Robinson. 

 Michigan, Hon. J. C. Crary. 

 Ohio, Hon. John Hastings. 

 Dist. of Columbia, Amos Kendall. 

 Florida, Hon. C. F. Mercer, 

 lowu, I'imothy Davis. 

 Wisconsin, Henry Dodge. 



The Vice Presidents of Virginia, District of Co- 

 lumbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, 

 lire, CT officio, members of the Board of Control. 



The President addressed the Society in his usual 

 felicitous manner, nt the coiiclusinn of which, on 

 motion of Dr. G. 11. Sknilh, of Md., the thanks of 

 the Society were voted to Mr Garnett, and a copy 

 of his address was solicited for publication. 



The committee to inquire into the nxpeMiency of 

 establishing an ugricullural periodical, reported fa- 

 vorably to that measure, and their report was, «ftcr 

 some debate, adopted. 



'Ihe committee on business, reported the order 

 in which the business of the Society should be 

 taken up and acted upon, and advised the amend- 

 ment to the Contitilcjlion as follows, in Art. lit: 

 " and the Board shall have power to prescribe the 

 mode in which it shall be withdrawn,"' and that a 

 " draft from the President, countersigned by the 

 Recording Secretary," as now required, shall no 

 longer be necessary. 



The Board of Control, through its chairman, the 

 Hon. Levi Woodbury, made a written report, in 

 which they slate in consequence of the severe 

 pressure of the times, and the Society's limited 

 means, they had declined holding a Fair in the 

 present month, as required by the Constitution ; 

 but in the hope that they would find their pecuniary 

 condition much improved during the coming sum- 

 mer and fall, they recommend the holding an exhi- 

 bition in this city, early in the month of December 

 next. 



T. B. Wakeman, Esq., of New York, from the 

 committee on business, made a report, concluding 

 with the following resolution, which was adopted : 



Jicsolreil, That with a view to holding an exhi- 

 bition under the auspices of the Agricultural Soci- 

 ety of the United States, in December next, in the 

 city of Washington, a committee of two be ap- 

 pointed from each State and Territory, and the 

 District of Columbia, whoso duty it shall be to as- 

 certain how far the agricultural and scientific soci- 

 eties of the country will unite in \ho [iroposed fair ; 

 and that this committee meet in Philadelphia, at 

 the U. S. Hotel, on the Gth day of July next, at 5 

 o'clock, P. M., to decide upon the expediency of 

 holding the contemplated exhibition. It shall also 

 be Ihe duly of this committee in Co-operation with 

 the Board of Control, to make all the necessary iir- 

 rangements for this first annual fair, and to asso- 

 ciate with them such other persons as they may 

 think necessary in furtherance of this object, all 

 of whom together, sliall con.stitute the Board of 

 Managers to conduct the exhibition to its final 

 conclusion. 



The Chair appointed the following gentlemen to 

 select the general committee above, viz: Dr. Eli 

 Ives, Conn. ; Thaddeus I!. Wakeman, N.V. ; Rob't 

 E. Horner, N. J. ; Dr. Gideon B. Smith, Md. ; J. F. 

 Callan, D. C. ; Thomas Crux, Va., and Hon. R. J. 

 Walker, Miss. ; who reported tho following com- 

 mittee : 



Maine, Hon. F. O. J. Smith, Hon. E IJ. Allen. 



New Mampihire, Hon. Isaac Hill, Hon. L. Wood- 

 bury. 



Massachusetts, B. V. French, Hon. G. N. Briggs. 



Vermont, Wm. Jarvis, Hon. Ililand Hall. 



Rhode Island, Christopher Rhodes, Sol'n Towns- 

 end. 



Connecticut, Dr. Eli Ives, Hon. J. II. Brockway. 



New York, Thaddeus B. Wakeman, E. B. Pren- 

 tice. 



New Jersey, R. E. Horner, C. S. Olden. 

 Delaware, Dr. Jas. W. Thompson, John Joni 

 Pennsylvania, D. Landreith, Geo. M. Coaics 

 Maryland, Hon. J. D. Jones, Got. Geo. Ilowan 

 Virginia, Rev. Jesie H. Turner, Thos. S. PI 

 sants. 



North Carolina, Rev. S. Weller, Hon. E. Dcb< 



S. Carolina, Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Hon. \\ . C 

 Preston. 



Georgia, Hon. Lot Warren, J. A. Merriwealhet 

 Ohio, Hon. John Hastings, Thos. Affleck. 

 Tennessee, F. H. Gordon, Hon. W. B. Campbel 

 Alabama, Hon. W. R. King, Hon. D. H. Lewi 

 Louisiana, Hon. E. D. VVliite, Hon. Alex. Mol^ 

 tun. 



Mississippi, M. W. Phillips, Hon. R. J. Walkei 

 Kentucky, Chilton Allen, Hon. P. Triplett. 

 Mifsouri, Hon. L. F. Linn, W. H. Saunders. 

 Illinois, Thos. L. Ilinde, Hon. Z. Casey. 

 Arkansas, Hon. W. S. Fulton, Hon. A. Yell 

 Michigan, Hon. J. E. Crary, Hon. J. M. How 

 Florida, R. W. Williams, Hon. C. F. Mercer. 

 Wisconsin, Hon. Henry Dodge. 

 Iowa, Timothy Davis, A. C. Dodge. 

 Dist. of Columbia, Hon. H. L. Eilewnrth, J 

 Pierce. 



Mr T. B. Wakeman offered the following reso 

 lulion, which was unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the thunks of this Society ut, 

 due to the Hon. Henry, L. Ellsworth, Commissioinit 

 of Patents, for the agricultural statistics containiji 

 in his annual report to Congress, and that the coD* 

 tinuance of such statistics is worthy the patroniji 

 of the national government. 



From the Alhauy Cultivator. , 



— 'I 



THE PEACH TREE. 

 Editors of Cultivator : — I think tho lovers of 

 peaches, and especially those who arc desirous of 

 raising the peach tree, and who are deterred from 

 BO doing by the difficulty of preventing its destruc- 

 tion by the peach worm, will be gratified to learl 

 that the very best way of effecting that object, 

 (the prevention of the peach worm,) is to make • 

 pile of stones around each tree, and in close con- 

 tact with it, to the height of about 12 or IS inchee. 

 This, if done and continued, before the trees hare 

 become diseased by the attack of the worm, will 

 effectually prevent their decay from that cause ever 

 afterwards. Let the skeptic try it. A.^o.■^. 



Bloody Murrain A. Huyck, in the Albany Cul- 

 tivator, says he has cured several cattle of bloody 

 murrain, by the following recipe : — Take one pint 

 of fat, melt it — add one gill spirits of turpen- 

 tine — then put in hnlf a pound of sulphur — stir 

 it till it is thin — put it in a junk bottle, and ])uur it 

 down tho animal. 



Mr Colnian't Fourth Report. — Several inquiries 

 having been made for Mr Cidman's Fourth and final 

 Report on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, we 

 have succeeded in obtaining a (eyr copies, which 

 are for sale at this oflice, at $2 00 each. It ii » 

 large octavo volume, of over 500 psgee, and chuuU 

 be in every farmer's library. — .llbany Cult. 



Why for sale:' Wo supposed the Common- 

 wealth had paid for all the reports struck off, and 

 that no charge would bo made upon the book aaj 

 where.— Ed. N. E. F. 



