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peas, or or corn sown broadcast. The committee re¬ 
ported by Ebenezer Mack, of Tompkins county, their 
chairman. 
IV. Clover Seed. —A volume of the Transactions 
was awarded to Henry Brown, of Enfield The re¬ 
sult on three acres and ten rods of ground was, ten 
bushels of seed, weighing sixty pounds per bushel— 
one bushel and eleven pounds at the rate of fifty-two 
pounds to the bushel; and half a bushel of tailings, 
weighing thirty-eight pounds per bushel. 
V. 1 .— Ruta Baga. —First premium to John G. 
Smedberg, of Prattsville, Greene county—he having 
raised eleven hundred and sixty bushels on one acre, 
and twenty-one hundred and seventy-three bushels on 
two acres and five rods. The second premium was 
awarded to Henry S. Randall, of Cortland—his crop 
being eight hundred and twenty bushels per acre. 
The third premium, for seven hundred and twenty- 
four bushels per acre, was awarded to C. B. Meek, 
ef Ontario county. 
2 . Carrots. —First premium to William Risley, of 
Chautauque—his crop being ten hundred and fifty- 
nine bushels per acre. One applicant only. 
3. Mangel Wurtzel. —First premium to C. B. 
Meek—his crop being eleven hundred and one bush¬ 
els per acre. One applicant only. 
i. Sugar Beets —To J. F. Osborn, of Cayuga 
county, the third premium—his crop being six hun¬ 
dred and fifty-seven bushels per acre. One applicant 
only. 
5, fi Potatoes and Cabbages. —No applicants for 
the premiums on either crop. 
VI. Butter. —Only two applications were made for 
premiums on butter. The committee awarded the 
first premium to George Vail, of Troy—being a silver 
medal. Mr. Vail’s cows are Durhams. Six of them, 
kept on grass feed, produced in thirty days, two hun¬ 
dred and sixty-two pounds nine ounces of butter— 
averaging for each cow forty-three pounds twelve 
ounces. The milk of one of these cows was kept by 
itself for thirty days, and yielded in that time fifty- 
two pounds nine ounces of butter. 
VII. Sheep. —The committee, consisting of Major 
Kirby, J. M‘Donald MTntyre, and C. N. Bement, to 
whom was referred the statement of Mr. Henry S. 
Randall, of Cortland (the only claimant for a premium 
“ for the best managed flock of sheep”), awarded 
him a gold medal worth $12. 
Various Committees on Agricultural Books, Essays, 
&c., now reported, which will be spoken of hereafter. 
Election of Officers —1845.—The committee of 
three from each Senate district, appointed to nominate 
officers for the current year, and also to designate a 
location for the next Annual Fair and Cattle Show— 
through their chairman, Judge Savage, reported the 
following names for officers; and the nomination was 
unanimously confirmed by an election according to 
law, viz.:— 
BENJ. P. JOHNSON, of Oneida, President. 
1 st district— James Lenox, of N. Y., Vice President. 
2 d district— Thos. L. Davies, of Dutchess, V. P. 
3d district—E P. Prentice, of Albany, V. P. 
4th district—H. W. Doolittle, of Herkimer, V. P. 
5thdistrict— Benjamin Enos, of Madison, V. P. 
Oth district—O. C. Crocker, of Broome, V. P. 
7th district—H. S. Randall, of Cortland, V. P. 
8 th district—G.W. Patterson, of Chautauque, V.P. 
Daniel Lee. of Erie, Cor. Secretary. 
L. Tucker, of Albany, Rec. Secretary. 
Thomas Hillhouse, of Albany, Treasurer. 
Thomas S. Faxon, of Oneida, 
E. Kirby, of Jefferson, 
Alex. Walsh, of Rensselaer, 
George Vail, of Rensselaer, 
J. M’D. McIntyre, of Albany, 
Additional 
members. 
State Fair and Cattle Show of 1845,—The same 
committee discharged their remaining duty by report¬ 
ing in favor of Utica, as a proper location for the 
next State Fair and Cattle Show—a committee of the 
citizens of Utica, viz.: T. S. Faxon, John Butterfield, 
Alfred Churchill, Benjamin N. Huntington, H. Green- 
man, and David Gray, Jr., having pledged themselves 
to prepare the grounds with all such erections as shall 
be required by the Executive Committee of the State 
Society, so as to be in all respects ready for the Soci¬ 
ety to occupy at their next Annual Show, and also to 
furnish such police officers and clerks as may be re¬ 
quisite for transacting the business of the Fair and 
Cattle-Show, without expense to the State Agricultu¬ 
ral Society. 
The Society then adjourned till seven o’clock in the 
evening; at which time the members and other friends 
of agriculture met in the Assembly Chamber, the use 
of which was granted for the occasion. 
The Annual Address —Was then delivered by the 
Hon. John P. Beekman; who, in the course of his 
remarks, reviewed the progress of Agriculture in its 
main features, from an early period down to the pre¬ 
sent time. Practical observations on the character of 
modern agricultural implements, as well as theoretical 
views on modern science in its connection with ordi¬ 
nary farming operations, were blended in the progress 
of his discourse, and he referred with feelings oi 
strong satisfaction to the onward course of improve¬ 
ment manifested in the operations of the Agricultural 
community all over the State. He referred to the 
beneficent influence of the legislative bounty, small as 
that bounty is, in stimulating attention to farming, 
affairs; and commended the efficient as well as eco¬ 
nomical spirit with which the legislative appropria¬ 
tion had been turned to the advancement of agricultu¬ 
ral improvement. He also alluded to the effects of 
this improvement upon private happiness and public 
prosperity; and expatiated on the comforts brought 
within reach of our whole industrious population— 
the humblest among whom, if discreet and enterpris¬ 
ing, may enjoy comforts which not long ago could 
scarcely be compassed by persons of moderate fortune. 
On concluding his remarks, the speaker (Mr. Beek¬ 
man) introduced his newly elected successor, 
Mr. Benjamin P. Johnson, who then made a few 
remarks, expressive of his views of the honor con¬ 
ferred upon him by his election as President of the 
State Agricultural Society—and assured the audience 
that his efforts would be increased by a sense of the 
additional responsibilities devolved upon him by the 
new official position in which he had been placed, 
through the partiality of his agricultural friends. He 
urged all around him to remember the motto on the 
escutcheon of our noble State—“ Excelsior” —and 
inquired what motto was more consonant with the 
aspirations of those who seek advancement—higher, 
still higher—in the scale of agricultural and intellect¬ 
ual progress ? 
It was then, on motion of Judge Jones, of Oneida, 
Resolved , That the thanks of the State Agricultural 
