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NEW YOiK STATE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.—NEW YORK FARMERS 1 CLUB., 
NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 
A meeting of the 'Executive Committee of the 
•State Agricultural Society was held at Bagg’s Hotel, 
Ut'ca, on the 10th July. Present: 
B. P. JOHNSON, President. 
H. W. Doolittle, Herkimer, E. P. Prentice, 
Albany, H. S. Ranjdall, Cortland, Vice Presidents. L. 
Tucker, Recording Secretary. D. Lee, Corresponding 
Secretary. Georoe Vail, Troy, T. S. Faxton, Uii- 
ca, Ma.t. Kirby, Brownville, J. M. Sherwood, Au¬ 
burn, George Geddes, Onondaga, Managers. 
The President of the Oneida County Agricultural 
Society, E. Comstock, and a number of the officers 
and members of the Society were present at the 
meeting. 
The following gentlemen were appointed a Com¬ 
mittee of Arrangements for the Show : 
B. P. Johnson, Rome; Alex. Walsh, Lansing- 
burgh ; J. M. Sherwood, Auburn; George Geddes, 
Tyler, Onondaga Co.; Luther Tucker, Albany; 
E. Comstock, Rome; T. S. Faxton, Utica; Spencer 
Kellogg, Utica. 
The following gentlemen were appointed a Com¬ 
mittee to confer with the railroad and boat companies, 
in relation to the transportation of stock and articles 
designed for exhibition: 
J. M. Sherwood, Auburn; Horatio Seymour, 
Utica; M. D. Burnet, Syracuse; L. B. Lang- 
worthy, Rochester; Tnswis F. Allen, Buffalo; 
George Vail, Troy; Thos. Hillhouse, Albany. 
The judges for the Show were appointed, and 
the list will be published as soon as it shall be ascer¬ 
tained from the gentlemen appointed that they will 
serve. 
The following additional premiums are to be given : 
For the best corn and cob crusher, to be operated by 
horse power,.$10 00 
For the best thorough-bred stallion, 4 years old, 20 00 
2d 
best draught 1 
2d 
best fat cow or heifer 
2d u 
3d 
“ 10 00 
“ 20 00 
“ 10 00 
M 10 00 
“ 5 00 
vol. of Transactions. 
each 
$ 10 ; 
A 
best grade yearling heifer - 5 00 
2d “ M Colman’s Tour. 
3d “ “ vol. of Transactions, 
best heifer calf “ Colman’s Tour. 
u native yearling heifer - - - 5 00 
2d “ t; Colman’s Tour. 
3d “ “ vol. Transactions, 
best heifer calf Colman’s Tour. 
“ samples, of not less than three cheeses from 
of 10 dairies in any one county, $20; 2d best 
3d best, $5. 
Committee on behalf of the citizens of Utica 
of wkijQb, his Honor, E. A. Wetmore, Mayor of the 
city, was, chairman, waited upon the Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the State Society. The several locations 
lor the Show grounds, which had been selected as 
proper places for the Exhibition, were examined by 
the officers of the State Society, and they decided that 
ihe grounds on Mr. Thorn’s farm, on the New Hart¬ 
ford turnpike, were, upon the whole, best adapted for 
the .exhibition of the Society, and the ^accommodation 
of the owners of stock who may attend. 
The spirit manifested by the citizens of Utica, was 
most gratifying to the officers of the Society, and 
gives assurance that everything desirable to make the 
approaching Show one of the most splendid exhibi¬ 
tions ever witnessed in this State, will be done so far 
as the citizens of Utica are concerned. 
We will not for a moment doubt that the farmers 
of Oneida and of the adjoining counties, will present 
an exhibition of their stock, dairies, and domestic 
manufactures, and worthy, not only of Central New 
York, but of the Empire State. 
The additional premiums offered for samples of the 
best ten dairies in- any one county, it is believed will 
secure an exhibition from the best dairy counties, 
more extensive than has ever before been seen at the 
Shows of the Society. 
Permit me to say to the citizens of Utica, that there 
is much labor to be done, to have everything in order 
for the Show. Your enterprise and your energy is 
known and appreciated. If you would excel Pough¬ 
keepsie, let me say, it will all need to be put in re¬ 
quisition. That it will be so, I shall not doubt, un¬ 
less reluctantly convinced when our grounds shall be 
thrown open to the thousands who will be in attend¬ 
ance on the 16th and 17th of September. ' 
Persons desirous of becoming members of the 
Society, and of competing for the premiums, are 
requested to enter their names at the stage office of 
J. Butterfield & Co., adjoining the National Hotel. 
Genesee street, Utica. The fees for membership 
are$l. An Officer of the State Society. 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB. 
Meetings will be held at the American Institute th# 
1st and 3d Tuesdays of each month, at 12 o’clock, M 
At the first meeting last month, Mr. Meigs read 
some translations from the Revue Scientifique et In - 
dustrielle, on the subject of soiling cattle. Another, 
stating that a gentleman had sold to a Paris perfumer,, 
rose-leaves, from half a hectare of land, to the amount- 
of 1650 francs. The article was equal to any obtain¬ 
ed in Constantinople, and might be easily cultivated in 
the United States. 
Hon. Branch T. Archer, Gen. T. J. Green, and Mr. 
Rose, of Texas, were then introduced to the meeting, 
and Dr. Archer delivered an Address, on the advan¬ 
tages and capabilities of Texas. Gen. Green promised 
at some future meeting to make some further remarks 
on Texas. 
Some New Zealand grass was next produced, 
showing a remarkably strong libre. 
A conversation now ensued on the diseased livers 
of western beeves. Some thought it arose from over¬ 
driving. Dr. Underhill was of opinion that nine out 
of ten of all western cattle were diseased in the liver. 
The subject of the day being called for, Dr. Under¬ 
hill made some interesting remarks on the manner of 
preparing the ground for turnips, rata baga, carrots, 
&c. The carrot crop was recommended as excellent 
food for horses and horned cattle. 
Superior new potatoes about seven inches in cir¬ 
cumference, were then presented by Mr. Ross of As¬ 
toria. They were planted on the 30th of April, and 
thus, in about sixty days were brought to maturity by 
electricity. Mr. Ross has another battery applied to 
various vegetables, which has not accelerated their 
growth at all. This may be owing to the fact that 
peach trees rise above the poles which support the 
wires. A distance of about 60 feet between the zinc 
and copper plates intervenes in this battery. It is 
arranged just like the one which is working well. 
