CONTENTS. 



Report from the Committee of the Assembly on Colleges, Aca- 

 demies and Common Schools, on an Ao^ricultural and Scientific 



School and Experimental Farm, April 24, 1847, vii 



Bill brought in by the same committee to authorize the American 

 Institute to establish an Agricultural and Scientific School,-- xv 



Report of the American Institute for the year 1846, 1 



Receipts and expenditures of the Institute, Feb. 1846, to Feb. 



1847, 2 



Receipts and expenditures, 1839 to 1S46, - 12 



Premiums awarded, 1835 to 1846, 13 



Report of the managers of the 19th Annual Fair, 14 



Premiums awarded at the 19th Fair, 20 



Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, 71 



Report of special committee on farming animals, 71 



" of committee on plowing and spading matches, 80 



" on field crops, 83 



" farm of D. S. Mills, 83 



" " " Messrs. Bell and Morris, 86 



" " " Gcuverneur Morris, 88 



" " garden of Henry Smith, 91 



" farm of W. J. Townsend, 93 



" " S. B. Townsend, 94 



" " " Jeremiah Johnson, 96 



" " " Corporation city of N. Y., 98 



" " corn of David Johnson, 102 



" " Horticulture, 103 



Statements of exhibitors at the 19th Fair, 124 



Department of arts and manufactures, 148 



Report of committee on cotton, woollen, silk and linen manu- 

 facture, 148 



" on the progress of machinery, 162 



" " Trinity Church Organ, 190 



" " Roads and Bridges,--- 193 



" " Bishop's Railroad Bridge, - 193 



