Agriculture is the most liealtli.fu.1, the most useful, and the most 
noble employment of Man.-- Washington. 
Vol. I. New-York, August, 1842. No. 5* 
A. B. Allen, and R. L. Allen, Editors-. Saxton & Miles, Publishers, 205 Broadway. 
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The American Institute. 
The charter for the incorporation of this 
valuable institution, was granted by the Le¬ 
gislature of the State of New York, to be lo¬ 
cated in this city, May 2, 1829. Its objects, 
as recited in the act of incorporation, were 
“ for the purpose of encouraging and pro¬ 
moting domestic industry in this state and 
the United States, in agriculture, commerce, 
manufactures, and the arts, and any improve¬ 
ments made therein, by bestowing rewards 
and other benefits on those who shall make 
any such improvements, or excel in any of 
the said branches, and by such other ways 
and means as shall appear to be most expe- 
dieT^” A noble object truly, and how well 
carried out by those interested with its 
management, the long' file of records of its 
transactions, and the united testimony of the 
community who have participated in its 
benefits, will amply show. In the incipient 
stages of its existence, its influence was 
limited, from the want of efficient organiza¬ 
tion, and such an amount of pecuniary means 
as were essential to its success. But after its 
more thorough organization, a plan of opera¬ 
tions was matured and adopted, which, with 
the aid of more extended pecuniary contri¬ 
butions, have enabled the competent and 
devoted men who have directed its efforts, 
to realise, in no inconsiderable degree, the 
benefits anticipated from its creation. These 
benefits have been two-fold; 1st, the collec¬ 
tion of information on the various subjects 
embraced in its charter, for the purpose of 
disseminating it abroad over the community, 
through all the means available for this 
object; by a well selected and extensive 
library, by popular discussions and lectures, 
but principally by the aid of the press, which 
has been made the vehicle of spreading 
throughout the United States, a vast amount 
of the most important facts connected with the 
best interests of every citizen, in the vari¬ 
ous reports and addresses from committees 
that have, from time to time, been appointed 
for this purpose ; and 2nd, the excitement of 
a laudable competition through its annual 
fairs, which, in collecting a great number 
and variety of the best specimens in every 
occupation both of nature and art, have stimu¬ 
lated to an incredible extent, the development 
of American industry, skill, and resources. 
These fairs are got up in the most liberal, 
attractive, and efficient form. In the midst 
of a city containing more than one-third of a 
million of active and intelligent citizens, the 
commercial emporium of the United States, 
accessible to its remotest borders by its 
direct channels of communication, the oceaa, 
