Meeting of Ex. Com., JY. Y. S. Jg. Soc. 283 
Dr. E. Emmons resigned his office as Corresponding Secretary, 
and the resignation was accepted. On motion of Mr. Tucker, B. 
P. Johnson was appointed Corresponding Secretary, and the duties 
appertaining to the Agricultural Rooms are assigned to him in 
addition to the duties of the office. 
A committee on foreign fruits was raised for the Show at 
Buffalo, and additions to the Premium List made for that de- 
partment. 
On motion of T. C. Peters, the resolution heretofore passed, 
fixing the time of holding the Show, was reconsidered; and on 
his motion it was 
Resolved, That the time of holding the next Show and Fair of 
the Society be on the 5th, 6th and 1th days of September next', 
and that the Secretary give notice of the change of time through 
the Agricultural Journals. 
Hon. A. Van Bergen, of Coxsackie, exhibited his improved 
Cultivator. A very valuable and labor-saving implement. 
The manner of using it: 
1. It is operated with a double set of cutters to scarify and 
prepare the soil, and if necessary, by reversing these, all the 
rubbish can be taken off". 
2. By using paring blades after the ground is cleared by scari- 
fier if necessary. If not, the paring standards, two right and two 
left on the frame of the Cultivator. 
3. The mould boards are to be used inverted so as to turn the 
earth in form of a ridge. 
4. The mould boards are to be turned out, and to be used with 
the sub-soil point in the centre of the machine — the depth in all 
cases to be graduated by the wheel. 
The instrument exhibited is about three feet in width, of a 
square form, and this size is more particularly designed for root cul- 
ture. It can be made of any desired width, and will doubtless prove 
a very useful as well as labor-saving machine in the preparation 
and thorough cultivation of most crops. It may be seen at the 
farm of Mr. Prentice, at Mt. Hope. 
The Executive Committee proceeded to the selection of Judges 
for the annual show, and having completed the list, directed the 
Secretary to correspond with the persons appointed, and ascertain 
if they will serve, and report at the next monthly meeting, on the 
second Monday in June, to be held at the Mansion House, Buffalo. 
B. P. Johnson, of Albany; J. B. Burnet, of Syracuse; J. M. 
Sherwood, of Auburn; and T. C. Peters, of Buffalo, were ap- 
pointed a committee to make arrangements with the rail road 
companies, steam and canal boat proprietors, for the transportation 
of articles and stock for exhibition and visitors to and from the 
Fair. B. P. JOHNSON, Secretary. 
