HISTORY OF HEKEFORD CxlTTLE 



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CHAPTER XXXIX. 



Fair and Fat Stock Show Rp]ports 



ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW YOEK STATE FAIR 

 AND CATTLE SHOW IN 1841. 



The following is the record: 



Senate Chamber, Albany, Jan. 11, 3 p. m. 



Met pursuant to adjournment, H. D. Grove, 

 Esq., one of the Vice-Presidents, in the chair. 

 The committee appointed to nominate officers 

 made their report, which was read and ac- 

 cepted, and the following gentlemen were unan- 

 imously elected officers of the Society for the 

 ensuing year : Joel B. Ivnott, of Albany, Presi- 

 dent. Vice-Presidents; 1st District, Jeromus 

 Johnson, of Kings ; Sd, Kobert Deniston, of 

 Orange; 3d, Caleb N. Bement, of Albany; 

 ■4th, Edward C. Delevan, of Saratoga; 5th, 

 Benjamin P. Johnson, of Oneida ; 6th, Lewis 

 A. Morrell, of Tomkms ; 7th, Willis Gay- 

 lord, of Onondaga; 8th, T. C. Peters, of 

 Genesee. Additional Members of the Execu- 

 tive Committee ; Alexander Walsh, of Eensse- 

 laer ; George Vail, of Eensselaer ; Henry D. 

 Grove, of Eensselaer; A. L. Linn, of Schenec- 

 tady ; John D. Mclntyre, of Albany ; Henry S. 

 Randall, of Cortland, Corresponding Secretary ; 

 Ezra P. Prentice, of Albany, Treasurer; Lu- 

 ther Tucker, of Albany, Recording Secretary. 



On the third Wednesday in March, at a meet- 

 ing of the Executive Committee, consisting of 

 Messrs Ivnott, Bement, Vail, Prentice, Mcln- 

 tyre and Tucker, committees were appointed for 

 each county. At a meeting on the third Wednes- 

 day of May, present, Bement, Knott, Prentice, 

 Walsh and Tucker, the time and place for hold- 

 ing the first Fair was fixed to be at Syracuse, 

 Sept. 29th and 30th, and the premium list was 

 arranged and published. At a meeting of the 

 Executive Committee of the New York State 

 Agricultural Society, held at Syracuse, Aug. 

 18, 1841, present: Messrs. Knott, Johnson (of 

 Oneida). Gavlord. Randall and Tucker, the fol- 

 lowing Viewing Committees were appointed to 

 awart the premiums offered by the Society at 



their cattle Show and Fair to be held at Syra- 

 cuse on the 29th and 30th days of September : 



ON CATTLE. 



Class I. — Bulls of any breed, 3 years old and upwards — 

 Henry S. Randall, Cortland; A. B. Allen, Erie; C. N. 

 Bement, Albany; William Garbutt, Monroe; J. D. Mc- 

 lntyre, Albany. 



Classes II and III. — Bulls of any breed under 3 years old — 

 Francis Rotch, Otsego; Henry Rhoades, Oneida; J. C. 

 Hathaway, Ontario; Geo. Vail, Rensselaer; George J. 

 Pumpelly, Tioga. 



Class iv.— Cows of any breed, 3 years old and upwards — 

 Anthony Van Bergen, Greene; E. P. Prentice, Albany; 

 Thomas Hollis, Otsego; Ira Hitchcock, Oneida; Hiram 

 Bostwick, Chemung. 



Classes V and VI. — Heifers, any improved breed under 3 

 years — Lewis F. Allen, Erie; Silas Gaylord, Onondaga; 

 Thomas Weddle, Monroe; John Gaskin, Otsego; Jonah 

 Davis, Chemung. 



Class VII. — Grade cows — Garret Sacket, Seneca; C. S. 

 Button. Wayne; M. Bullock, Albany; Thomas Goodsell, 

 Oneida; William Ottley, Ontario. 



Class VIII. — Grade heifers— S. W. Brace, Onondaga; John 

 M. Sherwood, Cayuga; William Alexander, Otsego; D. D. 

 Campbell, Schenectady; Rufus Boies, Cortland. 



Class IX. — Cows, native breeds — Myron Adams, Ontario; 



Thomas S. Meacham, Oswego; Aaron Barnes, Oneida; 



Crane, Herkimer; Tyler Fountain, Westchester. 



To Breeders — F. Rotch, Esq., having given 

 the Society $30, for that purpose, premiums 

 will be awarded to breeders as follows : To 

 the breeder of the best thoroughbred bull, 

 $10 ; to the breeder of the best thoroughbred 

 cow, $10 ; to the breeder of the best thorough- 

 bred heifer, $10. ' 



FOR WORKING OXEN. 



William Gaylord, Esq., having contributed 

 $20 for that purpose, a premium will be given 

 for the best yoke of working oxen, $12 ; for the 

 second best yoke of working oxen, $8. In award- 

 ing this premium, particular reference will be 

 had to the close matching, excellent training 

 and docility of the animals, as well as to their 

 general good appearance. Committee : Abel 

 Baldwin. David Bimdy, and Dan Hibbard. 



Fat Cattle — Mr. Rust ofi'ers a sweepstakes, 

 twenty dollars entry, for the best yoke of fat 

 cattle. Committee ; B. P. Johnson, B. D. 

 Noxon, and M. D. Burnett. 



A plowing match, under the direction of the 

 Onondaga Countv Agricultural Societv, will 

 take place immediatelv after the trial of plows, 

 Ojj the second day of the Fair, 



