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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



ROCHESTER, AVGITST, 1841. 



Apologies and Promises. 



The absence of the mnnnging editor dnriiig th< 

 psst month, must serve os an excuse for nny defecte 

 that may appear in this number of our paper. For the 

 BaniB reason we have not yet completed the new ar- 

 rangements alluded to in our last. We can assure 

 our readers, however, that such measures are in pro- 

 gresjas cannot (ad to give them inereaecd satisfaction. 

 A new Power Press will be procured expressly for 

 this work, and a better quality of paper will be ob- 

 tained, so as to improve its appearance and secure 

 pnnetunlity. More attention will bo paid to the edi- 

 torial do|iartment than beret .fore, and more aid Is ex- 

 pected from valuable correspondents — so much for 

 this time. Now have patience with us readers; and 

 see if we do not perform all that we have promised, and 

 more too, before many months. 



§5 There simll l:ean anmial meeting cf the r^ociety on 

 the ad WeihiCBdny ami Thursday following in Octoher, at 

 .Aul.uni, (or at such pince na tlie Uoard nf Maiiasrra shall 

 direct) I'ur the purpose of holding the retulnr l\iir and e\hi- 

 Ijitioti nfdinncstic animals, inanulaL-tures, and articles, the 

 p:oduceoflher,irm. 



The officers of the l^ociety are requested to meet at the 

 American Hotel, at Auburn, on the lUtU day of Awgust, at 11 

 o'clock, A.M. 



Seneca County. 



An Agricultural Society for this county was formed at 

 Fayette on ilie29,h of June, lt41. The following persons 

 were appointed <tfricers : 



raEsineNT.— 0. V SackPtt. Peneea Falls 



Vice l-REsiDENTS.— Ur. John U liasium 

 Andrew Dunlap, j 



llii 



, Fa\ 

 ,rk, juii 



i Bur 



LodI ; Georgf 



Ovid; Klij.-.h 



ick ; Dr. Oak- 



Vander- 



Kt 



Fall* 



Boarduia 



('-.'RHF. 



a -■^ECRETiRV —A. I!. Dur.lDp. Ovid 



s.iino Secretaet.— f'.iiMuel Williams, Waterloo. 



Tre.isirer.-J,,Iiu U. Cue, Koiiinlu'. 



ToivxCu.M.MmEE3.— l)r.FuUTcn,(i.M,ller,JohnLeir-jrts, 



Lodl; Juilje Wooihvorlli, Truuian Uoaniiuan, Jcrciviah 



liappleye, Covert; \\m. K. .«chuvler, Alonson Woodworih, 



John Kiiine. Col. Fol- 



Stnrrctt, Ovid ; 

 well, Houiulus; 'J'uni 

 \V. Wilkijison. Vari 

 •lacnl, Pcicrson, Fi;vr; 



C.J 



l>aj, John A. 



\Vi 



Jolw 

 Willii 



■ '"(J. 



liiistophi 

 AuguFtui 

 licli, ^ 



Or 

 I'.e.idil 



hep. 



The I^air at Syracuse. 



Our readers will not forget the ?tate Agricultural Fair to 

 be held at .Syracuse on the iD:h and 30th of ncit month 

 (Sept ) The place selected is a good one, aud articles for 

 eihlbltion can be transported there with little risk or e.v- 

 renae ^Ve trust the farmers of Wes'cru i\cw York will 

 do themselves credit on the occasion. For list of premium-, 

 &«. see last month— further particulars hereaf.er. 



Monroe County Agricultural Society Notice. 



The Officers and Towir Conmiiltecs of this Society will 

 plejise remember the meeting on the 2bth August. The 

 jowii Cojnmittees are eipcctcd to make their reports at that 

 time, and arrangcmonls are to be made for the cominj ei- 

 bibition. 



d tinge. 

 „ - - _ . ry, (jcorge 



. i.n CIccf, Ilcorv rov\cis, Sciic.ta F.ills; ThnMi;i3 IMtCee, 

 Kbenezer Slunbon, Alevanilcr H. .Ni.holls, Tvrc: Israel 

 L,i>k, Urrin Soulhwick. Ahcl Uirdsey, Junius. 



Jrt. SI. (of the CrmslilutioTj.) Any person may become a 

 nieuilier of this society, by p.iyin'g into its treasury fift> 

 cents on .-iduilsslon, and fifty cejits annually thcrraf er, oii 

 or before the annual meeting, during his continuance as a 

 tueirdier. Any per.son paying five dolL-vrs en a.lniiKsion may 

 become a nieiid:er for five years 



The list of promiams, 4.C., will be pnldished in the 

 "Ovid Dee " 



Erie County. 



A meeting was held at Buffaln, on the S2,l of Jnly, to or- 

 ganize an Agricultural Society— Henry Johnson of Lancas- 

 ter, in the chair, and Aaron Riley, of Aurora, r^ccretary, 

 Horace S. Turner, Benj. Hodge, jr. Ah-x. Hitchcock, John 

 Webster, and Palmer Bowen, were appointed a Counnittcc 

 to report a Constitution aiid Bye-Laws, at the nest meet- 

 ing, to be held at the Court House in Buffulu, on Saturday, 

 .\ugust 14lh, tSrJUend, Farmer $ ! 



Niagara County. 



ThI, 



experiment of the kind, some 20 years since, hoe been 

 tritd and proved a failure; because tlic jireseiit om. 

 iiiences under much more favorable nuppiees. The'' 

 liberal bounty of the State, the irctcneed wealth and 

 enterprii-e of the agriculturists of the County at the pre- 

 sent time are sure guarantees of its eiicccss. 



The advantages to be derived fiom this Society, 

 will be increased wealth, midtiplied produce of the 

 soil, a vast imiirovenient to all kinds of stock, en- 

 hanced beamy and comfort fiom fruit-yards and orna- 

 mental shrubbery, and a new impulse to moral and 

 intellectual improvemtnt, and the niectinga of the 

 Society, the addresses delivered on such occasions, 

 the awarding of premiums, and tlie novelty and buEllo 

 ol the annual fairs will be sources of rniional amuse- 

 inent, h.-.ppily cajeulated to take the place of other 

 amusements of amoio dunpennis chnrncler. 



WM. KICUARDSON, 

 Auburn, JnlylG, 18-11. Rec. Sec'y of C. A. S. 



;,:. 



iffiCi 



society was organized at Lockpoil, Jane - 



Thi 



COUNTY AGRICULTl'RAL SOCIETIES. 



■oticesnf the formation of a goodly numlier of county so- 



■ -..-i have appeared during the past month, but having 



ibsent till almost our day of publication we are unable 



■hem that attention we could wish, and some muft 



■tntirely till next month. We intend to publisi: 



tjf the societies in the Slate, and give the 



Vxrs and time of holjinj the fairs, ia the 



■ounties. 



ayuga Countr. 

 'anized at Auliurn, July 22, l&ll. A 

 and the following persons appolnt- 



owland, licjyard. 



M. .Sherwood, Auburn ; Lorin*' 



'ell, Brutus; L. M. Holliste° 



'l\ D. O. Uurkee, Ira; U'm 



Tuthias Hutcbir.Bou, Uruoa • 



d Bell, Meniz; Isaac .«isson' 



wasco; Jonathan Itichuiond! 



lius; John W. iM.F;,dlen, 



■,e ; Ma'.thias Vanderhyden. 



L. F. Duubleday, Scipio; 



:raiie. Sprlugpurt; jMarlin 



Richardson, Auburn. 



fm. C. Beardsley, Auburn. 



lopkins. Auburn ; Thomas 

 rutus; Silas Dudley, Cito: 

 imucl Phelps, Ira; EIij..l 

 dbur, «cnoa; Isaac Cail. 



William Parsons, Preridtnt. 



John Goubl, jr., C. H Skeels. Vire PrtindeaU. 



D. S. Crandall. Reenrding Seerttftrif. 



Joel ."McCollum, C^rrttpoxdlug Sttreiery, 



Wni. O. Brown, Tremurtr. 



Other purticu'ars not at hand. 



Livingston County. 



A meeting was held at Gencreo, and a Soei 

 about a month since, but the particulars have been mislaid 

 in our absence -will give them ue.xt ihnnth. Wi^ rgain re- 

 ;ie:it our request that the Secretaries will send us accouutE 

 of the form.-ition and proceedings of Societies. 



Cr What is doing in Waj ne, Orleans, l hatauque, and 

 sever,il olLor couulie* in .Western .Now York, not heaic; 

 from 7 



formed 



tz; Mr, 



Sheri 



i' White, t.edyard; Josinii 



••: Cooper, Sterling; William 



.-. ., Victory; Wm. Webster, 



1 John Rooks, Niles; Peter 



larsdale, Summerhill. 



c CoHstitutioH, 



of connecting himfelf with 



treasurer fifty cents at the 



.ber, and one doll.-ir annualh 



dnesday and Thursday follow'- 



ontiimance as a member An\ 



.1 admission may become a inem- 



.emlier wishing to withdraw from 



dues and give a written notice to 



of his intenrim. 



To the Officers of the Cayn;a County Acii- 

 cnltural Society. 



GENTI.EMF..V — It will bc fccn by reference to the 

 proceedings of the meeting held on the 2-id intt., for 

 the purpose ol organizing an Aarieultural Society foi 

 ibc coumy of Cnyugn, that by Ke^olution, notirc was 

 g-ven that a meeting of the Ollicers of tbo hj. eict>^ 

 will be held on the 13th day of August next, to carry 

 out the objects of the Society. 



At this meeting all necessary Ijve-Laws, Knlea and 

 (legulations will be framed and adopted to carry into 

 lull clfcct the design of the Ae.=ociation. It v\-i!l b. 

 the imperative duty o*' every Olficer, President, Vioi 

 President and CominUtee man, to be punctually pre 

 sent at this meeting. Too much pams cannot be ta 

 ken in laying the foundation oftbe Society, for on thi, 

 depend the durability and UMjfulness of ihesupcratruc 

 turc. 



All the ofHcers residing in the several towns in the 

 county, should inmiediately make individual efflirts to 

 obtain members of the society, and if any such shouh. 

 be obtained, their names should be handed to the Re- 

 cording Secretary, and the amount of their subscrip 

 lions should be deposited in the hands ol the Treasur- 

 er, at the above mentioned meeting of the Officers. 

 .T.-1 1 "^ '''^ spirit. manifested at the meetin.' on the 

 ■?ad inst , and the high character ol the persoiTs inter- 

 ested (myself out of the question,) I havi 



New York State Agricultural Society. 



The regular meeting of the E.-!ccuiive Committee 

 of the New York State Agricultural Society for 

 June, was bold nt the Troy House, m Troy, on the 

 10. b, — the President in the Chair, 



Letters were read fjom Metsrs. H. S. Randall, H. 

 Munson, John II. Beach, Charles F. Johnson, A. 

 Bergen and Jabtz Burrows. 

 New members were admitted to the Society. 

 Mr. Tucker introduced the following resolutions, 

 which were unanimously adopted : 



1. RcioUed, Thot the Corresponding Secretary 

 be authorized and requested to open correspondences 

 with such individuals an he may deem proper, in the 

 Ecveral counties of our State, for the purpotc of elicit- 

 ing information on the following points : 



The present condition of Agriculture in each 

 County, with such changes as have already taken 

 place since the period of their first settlement — Aspect 

 of the county — Nature of the soil — What are the 

 principal products? — Where are the products ninikct- 

 cd ? — What kinds of cultivation are in use? — Wl.at 

 are the favorite bleeds of horses, cattle, sheep, 

 swine, &c. 1 Huw are the stock generally fattened 

 formaiket? What ploughs, harrows, and other ng- 

 ricultnial implements are in general use ? What ia 

 the general value of ibc land ? What kind of timber 

 generally prevails ? What agricultural changes are 

 requisite to advance the prcspeiity of the county 7 



2. Fc-soltdl, That the Corresponding Secretary be 

 aHthoriacd and requcsled to open correspondences 

 with such individuals as be may deem proper, lor the 

 purpose of eliciting information on 



The most profitable breeds of cattle, sheep, horses, 

 swine, &c., for our country — the best and most eeon- 

 omicnl method of rearing them — Their distases and 

 the metiiod of treating then:— The most profitable 

 vsrieties and the best method of cultivating thcseverol 

 varieties of giains and roots — The best and mof t pro- 

 litable melhod cf making butter and cheese — the 

 most emnomical method of fattening domistic ani- 

 mals — The Iieft and most economical method of win- 

 tering domestic animals— The cultivation of fruits — 

 Horticulture — the mott profitable Grafsee — Draining 

 — Rotation in crops — Mamiret — Uitctises of plurts, 

 and the remedies — Destruction of noxious weeds, Ac. 

 — Construction and mnn.igement of farm i.ut build- 

 ings, yards, &c. — Fences. 



3. ResulrrM, That the Corresponding Secreta-y 

 be authorized and rciuesied to opencojreepondenc;s 

 with such indiviiluals as he may deem proper, in 'he 

 United Stoles and Kuropo, for the purpose of eliciting 

 information on such agricultural subjects as may be of 

 volue to the farmers of oi;r .State. 



4. Itisulccil, That the Finance Committee be re- 

 quested to address a Circular to the friends of Agri- 

 culture in this Stale, setting lorth the importance of 

 the objects for which the New York Stale Agricultu- 

 ral Society wos formed — its inability to accompli^h 

 those objects or any useful purpose, without the aid 

 ami co-operation of the farmers and the friends of 

 agricultural improvements generally, and the conse- 

 quent necebsity of an appeal to them to extend their 

 lid to the Society by connecting themselves with it, 

 either as annual or life members, or by contribuiior.s 

 in aid of its funds. 



Mr. B. liement laid be/ore the Committee a com- 

 munication froin Solon Robinson, Esq., in relation to 

 a convention to be teld at Washington, to form a 

 Natwniil AgricultuTuI Socirly; whereupon, 



Rcsutt-ed, That the object is one of paramount im- 

 portonce, and the executive committee earnestly re- 



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