NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
The meeting of the Executive Committee of the 
State Ag. Society for August, was held at the Society’s 
Room in Albany, on the 14th August—Present, 
B. P. Johnson, of Oneida, President. 
E. P. Prentice, Vice President, Albany 
Alexander Walsh, Rensselaer. 
George Vail, Rensselaer. 
Thomas Hillhouse, Treasurer. 
Luther Tucker, Recording Secretary. 
Letters were read from Hon. Wm. H. Seward, 
Auburn ; Hon. Luther Bradish, New York; Hon. 
Josiah Quincy, Jr., Boston ; Isaiah Townsend, Al¬ 
bany ; James Gowen, Esq., Philadelphia ; James S. 
Wadsworth, Geneseo; Francis Rotch, London; James 
Taylor, Birmingham; Hon. John Savage, Salem; 
Lewis F. Allen, Buffalo : Paris Barber, Homer. 
The Board then proceeded to complete the list of 
Judges to award the Premiums at the next State Fair 
The following are the 
Judges to Award the Prizes. 
Cattle, Class I .—James Gowen, Philadelphia; J. S. 
Skinner, New York; Thomas Hollis, Gilbertsville. 
Cattle, Classes II ., III, IV .—Adam Ferguson, Water- 
town, C. W.; F. Ingersoll, Vernon ; D. D. Campbell, 
Schenectady. 
Cattle, Classes V. and VI —J. R. Speed, Caroline; 
Wm. Fuller, Skaneateles; Aaron Petrie, Little Falls. 
Working Oxen .—Sanford Howard, Albany ; Andrew 
J. Bell, Lairdsville; Squire M. Brown, Elbridge. 
Steers. —E. P. Beck, Sheldon; Cliff Eames, Rutland ; 
Israel Boies, Homer. 
Fat Cattle and Fat Sheep. —Ela Merriam, Leyden; 
Lester Barker, Clinton; P. N. Rust, Syracuse. 
Stallions. —J. M. Sherwood, Auburn ; Wm. Jones, 
Queens Co.; Edward Long, Cambridge. 
Mares and Colts .—Anthony Van Bergen, Coxsackie; 
Willard Ives, Watertown ; F. P. Bellinger, Herkimer. 
Matched Horses. —Wm. Salisbury. Leeds; Duncan 
Robinson, Fishkill; H. S. Woodruff, Auburn. 
Sheep, Class I .—W. A. S. North, Duanesburg ; Robt. 
Musson, Gilbertsville; Jas. Parker, Jr., Trenton. 
Sheep, Class II. —S. Waite, Jr., Montgomery; W. H. 
Sotham, Albany ; Lyman Sherwood, Auburn. 
Sheep, Class III .—Chester Buck, Lowvilie ; Samuel 
Cheever, Stillwater; D. R. Gill, Henderson. 
Sheep, Class IV. —J. P. Beekman, Kinderhook; J. M. 
Ellis. Onondaga Hill; M. Y. Tilden, New Lebanon. 
Swine. —L. B. Langworthy, Rochester; George 
Webb, Pamelia ; Hiram Hopkins, Cortlandviile. 
Poultry. — C. N. Bement, Albany; T. H. Hyatt, 
Rochester; Storrs Barrows, South Trenton. 
Vegetables. —D. B. Fuller, Hyde Park; B. W. Dwight, 
Clinton ; H. L. R. Sanford, Volney. 
Ploivs .— George Geddes, Tyler; C. C. Dennis, Au¬ 
burn ; M. L. Brainerd, Rome. 
Waggons, Harrows , Cultivators, Fanning Mills , Ma¬ 
chines for cutting corn stalks, Horse Powers and Thresh¬ 
ing Machines, Drill Barrows and Straw Cutters. —H. S. 
Randall, Cortlandviile; G W. Patterson, Westfield; 
Myron Adams, East Bloomfield. 
All other Agriadtural Implements .—Pomeroy Jones, 
Lairdsville; John Williams, Jr., Salem; T. R Hussey, 
Auburn. 
Butter. —E. W. Bateman, Venice; Z. Barton Stout, 
Richmond Hill; Elijah Rhoades, Manlius. 
Cheese. —T. C. Peters, Darien; Thomas Burch, Little 
Falls ; Harrison Blodgett, Denmark. 
Sugar. —O. Hungerford, Watertown; E. Mack, Itha¬ 
ca ; George B. Rowe, Canastota. 
Silk .—Alexander Walsh, Lansingburgh; Samuel 
Thompson, Utica ; John Walsh, Albany. 
Domestic Manufactures .—Judge Conkling, Auburn ; 
Roswell Randall, Cortlandviile; Le Grand Cannon. 
Troy. 
Fruits. —J.J. Thomas, Macedon; Chas. Downing, 
Newburgh; P. Barry, Rochester. 
Flowers. —Professor Jackson, Schenectady; Benja¬ 
min Hodge, Buffalo; Charles Tracey, Utica. 
Plowing Match. —Lewis F. Allen, Buffalo; N. S. 
Wright, Vernon Centre ; E. Marks, Tyler; Wm. Otley, 
Oaks Corners ; John Johnston, Geneva. 
Miscellaneous and Discretionary Premiums. —Thomas 
Farrington, Oswego ; B. N. Huntington, Rome ; Joel 
Rathbone, Albany; J. J. Viele, Lansingburgh; Oliver 
Phelps, Canandaigua. 
Transportation of Stock. 
The Committee, on this subject, reported that 
arrangements had been made with the different Rail¬ 
road Companies, whose officers, with their usual libe¬ 
rality, had agreed to transport free of charge, all animals 
and articles designed for exhibition at the Fair. 
They further reported, that extra trains would be 
run, in which visitors to the Fair will be carried for a 
sum not exceeding half the usual rates on the roads 
Of their times of starting, notice will be given, as soon 
as the arrangements are completed. 
Splendid Sample of Wheat. 
The Recording Secretary presented the following 
letter with the accompanying sack of wheat:— 
L. Tucker, Esq., Rec. Sec’. N.Y. S. Ag. Society. 
Sir—I send you for the State Agricultural Society, 
a sack of the wheat considered the best grown in old 
Castile, and sent me lately by a friend in the north of 
Spain. 
The Talavera wheat, already familiar to English 
and American farmers, is also a Spanish variety. It 
came originally from Estremadura, a province in the 
south of old Castile, and of a milder, more uniform 
climate. The Castilian wheat, it may therefore be 
inferred, will prove a hardier species. 
I have sent to Gen. Rawson Harmon a similar 
sack, and proposed to him, should its introduction be 
accomplished under his experienced and enlightened 
management, to name this variety the Aguirre wheat, 
after D. Macsimo Aguirre, our excellent Consul at 
Bilboa, to whose good offices I am indebted for the 
specimens I have received. 
Gen. Harmon remitted me last winter, for a friend 
in France, several varieties grown under his care at 
Wheatland. Ten kernels taken indiscriminately from 
these, weighed, 
of White Provence (French),.8£ grains 
Wheatland Red,.5§ “ 
Virginia May,.5 “ 
Soul’s Red,. 54-10“ 
Soul’s White,.5 4-10 “ 
Talavera,.7 “ 
Improved White Flint, (a) .5 “ 
The “ Aguirre” weighed.8§ “ 
A person as little acquainted practically with the 
tillage of wheat as fche writer, would infer from the 
above table, that a certain weight of French Pro¬ 
vence, White, or “ Aguirre wheal,” would furnish a 
greater amount of flour, and less amount of bran, than 
an equal weight of either of the other varieties. 
The bread made from the wheat of old Castile, I 
have never seen surpassed in whiteness. In Spain, as 
you are perhaps aware, this universal article of con¬ 
sumption is not leavened. 
What I send is for distribution, if you think worth 
while. I will seal up four or five pounds which 
might be kept in the rooms of the Society, as a stan¬ 
dard whereby to determine the changes the wheat may 
undergo by culture in America. 
Respectfully, yours, Isaiah Townsend. 
