AMOVING STOCK TO THE SOUTH.—STATE AGRICULTURAL SURVEY.—NEW YORK FARMERS 5 CLUB. Ifj9 
sycamore. The tree which bears it is the syca¬ 
more (ficus sycamorus) of Palestine, a very differ¬ 
ent species from that known under this name in 
America. This tree would be a noble appendage 
to the park, and when properly cultivated and 
ripened, the fruit is pronounced palatable and 
healthy. 
BEST TIME FOR REMOVING STOCK TO THE 
SOUTH. 
This and the three following months is the best 
time of the year to take domestic animals from 
the north to the south. Removed in the fall, they 
stand a much better chance of getting acclimated 
without loss; they also endure the heat of the fol¬ 
lowing summer better than if wintered at the north. 
They should be taken there in moderate condition, 
and be carefully kept so the first year or two— 
horned cattle especially. They must be stabled 
at night as well as during the heat of the day, for 
the dews are as injurious to them, and perhaps 
more so, than the fierce vertical sun. The aver¬ 
age pulse of the ox is about forty in a minute 
at the north, while at the south it increases to 
seventy or more, and rises upon excitement to 
eighty—just double what it is here. This is a 
very important change in the arterial system, and 
if the animal be loaded with flesh, he is much 
more liable to disease and death. Valuable Dur¬ 
ham bulls have died soon after arriving at the 
south, merely because they were in too high flesh 
when taken there, and foolishly kept so for the 
purpose of making a better show. 
AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF THE STATE. 
We find the following announcement in the Au¬ 
gust No. of the Cultivator, respecting an agricul¬ 
tural survey of the state. We think that the differ¬ 
ent kinds of crops, their rotation, and the domestic 
stock of the country, should be noticed as well as 
soils, &c., otherwise the survey will be quite in¬ 
complete. Dr. Emmons, we understand, is well 
qualified for the undertaking, and we hope that all 
possible facilities will be rendered him to make his 
survey as perfect as possible. We would suggest 
to Dr. E. if he expects the agricultural press to 
give full notice of the survey, that it would have 
been quite as well to have forwarded each paper a 
circular to that effect. It was by mere accident 
that our eye caught the announcement, for we 
have something else to attend to than looking over 
every paragraph of our numerous exchange list; 
the labor of this alone would fully occupy the time 
of three persons. For one we must say, that what¬ 
ever it is expected we shall notice hereafter, our 
attention must be especially drawn to it by an 
original communication, or it must be marked for 
publication. 
To Agriculturists. —Dr. Emmons, who has 
heretofore been engaged in the geological survey 
of New York, is now employed by his Excellency 
the Governor, under the act of last winter, in ma¬ 
king an agricultural survey. He proposes, if pos¬ 
sible, visiting each county before the close of the 
season, for the purpose of making such observations 
in this department of the survey as shall serve to 
promote the great object of agriculture. The col¬ 
ection of soils forms a part of his duties. Obser¬ 
vations on drainage; the influence of slope and ex¬ 
posure on late and early vegetation; the extent of 
drift; the distribution of the mineral manures, as 
peat, marl, limestone, &c., and the extent of the 
different agricultural divisions or regions, are promi¬ 
nent objects of the survey. To assist in this work, 
farmers are respectfully solicited to collect speci¬ 
mens of soil, and transmit to Albany, by private 
conveyance, if possible, for the collection now in 
progress. Let the specimens thus transmitted, be 
accompanied with a description of the rock, sub¬ 
soil, slope, mode of cultivation, &c., &c., and such 
remarks as are essential to a correct knowledge of 
their true nature and condition. Agricultural sta¬ 
tistics in all the departments of husbandry are re¬ 
spectfully requested, and a communication of facts 
which may be deemed important to the promotion 
of husbandry in New York; also the collection and 
transmission of those insects which are injurious to 
vegetation. The soils, when it is important, will 
receive a chemical examination, as soon as possi¬ 
ble after the field work is completed. 
A co-operation in this work is highly important, 
in consequence of the limited time which has been 
assigned for it. 
NEW YORK FARMERS’ CLUB. 
The meetings of this Club will hereafter take 
place on the Second Tuesday of each month, at 
the hour of 12 M., at the Reading Room of the 
Depository of the American Institute in the Park. 
They are free to all , and there is no ceremony at¬ 
tending admission, or pecuniary charge whatever 
to any one frequenting them, either expressed or 
implied. Gentlemen from the country, and stran¬ 
gers in the city are particularly invited to attend. 
It is desirable for our gardeners and farmers to 
bring anything curious or extraordinary in the way 
of fruits, vegetables, grain, or flowers, for the in¬ 
spection of the members. The topics of discussion 
are various, and no one interested in agriculture 
can fail to be pleased at these unceremonious 
monthly meetings. 
The third monthly meeting of the New York 
Farmers’ Club took place on Tuesday the 15th 
August. General Philip Schuyler, late Consul to 
Liverpool, took the chair, and a body of between 
