June, 1842. 



THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



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ent grnins and roots to be consumed on the farm 

 in feeding and fiutening animals. 



7, What animals are best suited to our climate, 

 and most profitable in the different sections in 

 the State. 



We cannot doubt that such experiments judi- 

 ciously made and faithfully recorded, would 

 greatly conduce to the public good ; and since 

 such experiments would often require a sacrifice 

 of expense and labor on the part of those who 

 make them ; we believe sound policy requires 

 that inducements should be offered at the public 

 expense, sufiicient to secure the attention and en- 

 list the efforts of those com|)etent to make and 

 record them. 



No mode of doing this, has giigge.sted itself to 

 yom- committee, which seems so feasible and at 

 the same time so equal, as to offer such indnce- 

 menls through the medium of the County Agri- 

 cultural Societies. In several counties such so- 

 cieties already exist, and should our views be 

 adopted, others will doubtless be est.iblished in 

 every county in the State. The general interest 

 already taken in these societies, the manifest good 

 they have done and are doing, very materially 

 points. lis to them as the proper instrmnents to 

 be employed in bringing about the greater good 

 tve seek to accomplish. 



Annual Meeting of the United States Agri- 

 cultural Society. 



Mashington. Ma;/ 4, 1843. 



The Society met to-day at the riitent Office, 

 when a number of delegates fiom the several 

 States appeared with their credentials, and the 

 Hon. J. M. Garnett, of Va., at 11 A. M. took the 

 chair, and J. F. Callan was chosen Secretary. 



On motion of the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, a 

 committee of three was appointed by the Chair, 

 to inquire into the e.xpediency of establishing in 

 this city, a periodical, to he devoted to the cause 

 of agriculture, and to he the official organ of ibis 

 society, viz: Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, D. C, Dr. Eli 

 Ives, Conn., and Rev. J. O. Clioide.-^, N. Y. 



Robert E. Horner, N. J., T. B. WaUeman, N. 

 Y;, Rev. O. B. Brown, D. C, Dr. G. B. Smith, 

 Md., and Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, D. C, were ap- 

 pointed a committee to report the order of busi- 

 ness for the future action of this meeting, and 

 the Society adjourned until to-morrow morning. 

 Thursday, May 5. 



At 9 o'cli;ck, A. M., the Society met at the Pa- 

 tent Office, and proceeded to the election of offi- 

 cers, and upon counting the ballots the following 

 named gentlemen were declared duly elected, 



Hpn. .Tames M. Garnett, Va., President. 

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

 Oliver Whittlesey, Ohio, Cor. Secretary. 

 Edward Dyer, Treasurer. 



Board of Control. 



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



Hon. Elisha Whittlesey, Ohio. 



John A. Smith, D. C. 



John S. Skinner, D. C. 



William J. Stone, ]>. C. 

 Fice Presidents. 

 Maine, Hon. Georce Evans. 



New Hampshire, Hon. Isaac^Hill. 

 Massachusetts, B. V. Fj-encli. 



Connecticut, Di. Eli Ives. 



Rhode Island, Gov. Fenner. 



Vermont, William Jarvis. 



New York, J. B. Nott. 



New Jersey, E. S. (Jreen. 



Pennsylvania, Hon. G. M. Keim. 



Delaware, Dr. J. W. Thompson. 



Maryland, Thomas Emory. 



Virginia, Ed. Ruffin. 



North Carolina, Hon. E. Debcrry. 



South Carolina, Wade Hampton. 



Georgia, Hon. Wilson Lumpkin. 



Alabama, Hon. Dixon H. Lewi..;. 



Louisiana, Hoji. Alexande'r Mouton. 



Arkansas, Hon. A. Yell, 



Tennessee, F. H. Gordon. 



Missis.sippi, Hon. R. J. Walker. 



Kentucky, Chilton Allen. 



Missouri, - " Hon. L. F. Linn. 



Illinois, Thomas L. Hinde. 



Indiana, Solon Robinson. 



Michigan, Hon. J. C. Crary. 



Ohio, Hon. John Hastings. 



Dist. of Columbia, Amos Kendall. 

 Florida, Hon. C. F. Mercer. 



Iowa, Timothy Davis. 



Wisconsin, Henry Dodge. 



The Vice Presidents of Virginia, District of 

 Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 

 are, ex officio, members of the Board of Control. 



The President addressed the Society in his 

 usual felicitous manner, at- the conclusion of 

 which, on motion of Dr. G. B. Smith of Md., the 

 thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Garnett, 

 and a copy of his address was solicited for jiub- 

 lication. 



The committee to inquire into the expediency 

 of establishing an agricultural periodical, report- 

 ed favorably to that measure, and their report was, 

 after some debate, adopted. 



The committee on business, reported the order 

 in which the business of the Society should be 

 taken up and acted upon, and a<lvised the amend- 

 ment to the Constitution as follows, in Art. 19: 

 "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 Woodbmy, made a written report, 

 in which they state 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 tliey would find their pecu- 

 niary condition much improved during the com- 

 ing summeraud fall, they recommend the holding 

 an exhibition 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, conclud- 

 ing with the following resolution, which was 

 adopted : — 



Resolved, That vtith a view to holding an exhi- 

 bition under the auspices of the Agricultural 

 So.':iety of the United States, in December next, 

 in the city of Washington, a committee of two 

 be appointed from each State and Territory, and 

 the District of Columbia, whose duty it shall be 

 to ascertain, how far the agricultural and scien- 

 tific societies of the country will unite in the pro- 

 posed liiir; and that this committee meet in Phil- 

 adelphia, at the U. S. Hotel, on the 6th day of 

 July next, at 5 o'clock, P. M., to decide n[ion the 

 expediency of holding the contemplated exhibi- 

 tion It shall also be the duty of this committee 

 in co-operation with the Board of Control, to 

 make all the necessary arrai>genients for this first 

 annual fair,and to associate with tliein such other 

 persons as they may think necessary in further- 

 ance of this object, all of whom together, shall 

 constitute 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 B. Wakeman, N. Y. ; 

 Robert 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 the fol- 

 lowing committee : — 



Maine— Wow. F. O. J. Smith, Hon. E. H. Allen. 



JVew Hampshire-^Hoa. Isaac Hill, Hon. Levi 

 Woodbury. 



Massachusetls—B. V. French, Hon. G. N. Briggs. 



Vermont — Wm. Jarvis, Hon. Hiland Hall. 



Rluide. /s/aji(/— Christopher Rhodes, Solomon 

 Townsend. 



Connecticut— 'Dr.^XWves, Hon.J. H. Brock way. 



JVeu> Yort— Thaddeus B. Wakeman, E. P. Pren- 

 tice. 



.Ve(« Jersey— S.. E. Horner, C. S. Olden. 



Delaware— \)i: Jas. W. Thompson, John Jones. 



Pennsylvania— D. Landreith, Geo. M. Coates. 



Maryland— Hon. J. D. Jones, Gov. Geo. How- 

 ard. 



Virginia— R^\. Jesse H. Turner, Thos. S. Plea- 



AorM Carolina— B,Q\: S. Weller, Hon. E. De- 

 berry. 



South Carolina— lion. J. C. Calhoun, Hon. W. 

 C. Preston. 



GVorg-ia— Hon. Lot Warron, J. A. Merrivvea- 

 ther. 



OMo— Hon. John Hastinss, Thos. Affleck, 



Tennessee— F. H. Gordon,' Hon. W. B. Campbell. 



jHahama—Hon. W. R. Kins, Hon. D. H. Lewis. 



Louisia7ia— Hon. E. D. White, Hon. Alexander 

 Mouton. 



Mississippi— M. W. Phillips, Hon. R. J. Walker. 



JiTeniitc^— Chiltonllen, Hon. P. ATriplett. 



Missoun — Hon. L. F. Linn, W. H. Saunders. 



Illinois — Thomas L. Hinde, Hon. Z. Casey. 



Jlrkansas— Hon. W. S. Fulton, Hon. A. Yell. 



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

 ard. 



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



M'isconsin — Hon. Henry Dodge. 



/oim— Timothy Davis, A. C. Dodge. 



District of Columbia— Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, J. 

 Pierce. 



Mr. Adam Lindsley, of the District of Colum- 

 bia, exhibited n piece of black Satinet, contain- 

 ing 23 yards, manufactured in his family in this 

 city. 



Mr. T.B. Wakeman offered the following reso- 

 lution, which was unanimously adopted : — 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Society are 

 due to the Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, Commis- 

 sioner of Patents, for the agricultural statistics 

 contained in his annual report to Congress, and 

 that the continuance of such statistics is worthy 

 the patronage of the national government. 



Silk in Massachusetts. 



One of the most satisfactorily conducted ex- 

 periments in the silk culture which we have seen, 

 was made in the family of Mr. Barton, Gill, Mass., 

 and reported by Mr. Colman, in his 4th re- 

 port. The management was under the direction 

 of Miss Barton, who not only fed the worms 

 but reeled the silk. Mr. Deane, the narrator, 

 says : — " Partly at my suggestion, the details of 

 this experiment were accurately noted. The 

 weight of the eggs hatched was 2i oz. The 

 worms spun in 28 or 29 days. The amount of 

 leaves consumed was 2,500 lbs. The weight of 

 cocoons was 248 lbs. The weight of reeled silk 

 was 20 lbs.; and the amount of labor was one 

 month; that is, the first half was greatly less 

 than that, and the last days something more. 

 The building used was the vacant corn house, 

 which of course should not enter into the list of 

 expenditures, and the fixtures were merely tem- 

 porary shelves of rough boards, and a few hurdles 

 to contain the worms, during their three first 

 ages. Neither sliould there be any charge for 

 eggs, as a great quantity were produced for 

 future use. The expenses therefore stand as 

 follows :— 



Labor, one month, ^12,00, board do. ^6,00 §18,00 

 2,500 lbs. mulberry leaves, 50 cts. per 100 lbs. 12,50 

 Gatherino: cocoons, camphor for curing do. 2,50 



Reelins; 20 lbs. silk at Id cts. per lb. 15,00 



Interest on reel and fixtiires 1,00 



Income. 

 20 lbs. silk, for which Mr. B. refused g5 per lb. ;? 100,00 

 The State bounty of 15 cts. on 218 lbs cocoons 37,20 



Deduct 



Sl-17,'. 



»,00 



Profit, including bounty, Ji;98,20 



Without it . 51,20 



In this case the cost of cultivation was less 

 than S2,50 per lb.; from which tl>e State bounty 

 was to be deducted. Miss Barton was able to 

 reel without difficulty, one and a half lbs. of silk. 

 Durini the three firs"t ages, the worms were fed 

 with choi)ped leaves ; during the two last, on 

 branches. The worms passed each entire age 

 without the removal of their litter, which service 

 was oidy performed immediately after moulting. 

 In what other way, we may ask, could a young 

 lady make as iiroiitable a use of her time, as was 

 done by Miss B. in feeding these industrious la- 

 borers ? And we may hope that such examples 

 will be followed, until such instances of success- 

 ful industry shall not be as rare as they now un- 

 fortunately are.—Mbayiy Cultivator. 



From the New Genesee 



State of Trade, Prospects t 



Agiicultnral Pre 



Flour and corn now bring 

 in om- Atlantic ports, pork = 

 hut when the reduced dutif 

 feet as per Sir Robert Pee' 

 tin export of beef, pork, la 

 land : even under the la' 



