REPORT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL FAIR OF THE AMERICAN 



INSTITUTE. 



To the President and Managers of the American Institute : 



Gentlemen — The Agricultural department of the Institute, in com* 

 pliance with general usage, submit the following report of their 

 proceedings at the Annual Fair, together with some general remarks 

 for promoting the advancement of this most important art. 



The committee, consisting of the following persons, viz : 



Philip Schuyler, President, 

 Nicholas Wyckoff, Vice President, 

 J. Lawre?:ce Smith, Secretary, 

 R. T. Underbill, Thomas Addis Emmet, 



Charles Henry Hall, Jordan L. Mott, 



Thomas Bridgeman, Lewis G. Morris, 



"W. J. Townsend, John G. Bergen, 



Henry A. Field, James Depeyster, 



Robert S. Livingston, Samuel Walker, 



Thomas Bell, John 0. Choules, 



Charles Dennison, H. A. S. Dearborn, 



E. M. Dodd, R. L. Pell, 



Edward Clark, James Rennie, 



Francis Barretto, Roswell L. Colt, 



James Monroe, Ambrose Stevens, 



Benjamin L. Benson, D. S. Mills, 



Robert Grant, 



held various meetings preceding the fair, for the purpose of prepar- 

 ing a list of premiums which they deemed would be productive of 

 exciting emulation among the numerous class of competitors for the 

 same, and advance this most important interest. 



