34 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



the original resolution, authorizing them to take all necessary- 

 steps for holding it, subject to the action of the Board of Mana- 

 gers, was amended by striking out the qualifying clause, and in 

 fact the zeal and assiduity of the board of agriculture, in the dis- 

 charge of their duties, fully justified the confidence which the 

 Board of Managers uniformly manifested, by leaving the entire 

 management of this department to them. 



The liberal offer of the Third Avenue railroad company having 

 been accepted, the lease of Palace Garden approved, and the 

 arrangement made with the New York Horticultural Society, the 

 managers lost no time in issuing their circular, announcing the 

 agricultural fair on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of September, (but 

 adjourned to the 21&t, 22d, and 23d of September, to accommo- 

 date the State Fair of New Jersey, and the Queens County Fair, 

 with expectations of large contributions from those fairs to our's, 

 which proved unfortunate, as it brought our exhibition into the 

 Equinoctial storm,) and the general fair for the 21st of September, 

 to continue to the 28th of October, 



No pains were spared in calling the attention of inventors, 

 patentees of new inventions, and agents for the sale of articles of 

 novelty and interest, nor was personal application to large manu- 

 factories, and others, omitted. The agent was untiring in his 

 exertions. Farmers, and the raisers of thorough-bred cattle, 

 horses, and sheep, (of whom, so great, we are proud to say, is the 

 daily progress of American scientific agriculture, the number is 

 rapidly increasing everywhere in the United States,) were invited 

 to avail themselves of the opportunity offered by the exhibition 

 at Hamilton Park, of showing to the people of the metropolis, 

 and the thousands who resort hither, what has been done, and is 

 doing to raise, perfect, and render more lucrative that branch of 

 ndustry in which the great mass of the people is concerned, and 

 on which, as on a sure foundation, the material interests of the 

 people rest. The artist and artisan, the mechanic and inventor, 

 on the other hand, who work up the material agriculture afibrds, 

 who raise the superstructure of which it lays the foundation, 

 would come forward, we were assured, with their accustomed 

 alacrity, to enrich our exhibition of art and industry. 



The subject of steam plows, alike interesting to farmer and 

 inventor, was early brought before the committee, and a discre- 

 tionary premium of one thousand dollars was off'ered for the best 

 working steam plow, American or foreign. 



Notices of the fair, and of the premium for steam plows, were 



