NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The regular meeting of the Executive Committee of 
the N. Y. S. Ag. Society for July, was held at Rochester, 
on the 12th. Present, Mr. Wadsworth, President; 
Messrs. Sherwood and Langworthy, Vice Presidents ; 
Mr. Tucker, Secretary,- and Messrs. Walsh of Lan- 
" singbUrgh, and Hillhouse of Albany, members of the 
Board. There were also present, the president and sev¬ 
eral of the officers of Monroe Co. Ag. Society, together 
with a number of citizens of Rochester, who took part 
in the deliberations of the committee, and evinced a 
warm interest in behalf of the efforts of the society. 
Propositions were made to alter the time of holding 
the fair to an earlier day than had been fixed upon, 
and to alter the premium list so as to give separate 
prizes to the different breeds of Short Horn, Hereford, 
and Devon cattle. Both propositions were, however, 
after full discussion, rejected. 
The committee, after viewing the different locations 
offered for holding the society’s Cattle Show and Fair, 
which is to be held on the 19th, 20th, and 21st days of 
September next, selected a beautiful spot on the west 
side of State street, about a mile north of the centre 
of the city of Rochester. The ground is elevated and 
dry, with a close heavy turf, and is admirably located 
for the purpose, being on one of the principal avenues, 
with a macadamized road and sidewalks extending 
to it. 
The question of enclosing the grounds, and charging 
the small sum of 12J cents for admission, as practised 
at the last fair in Albany, was discussed, when it was 
unanimously 
Resolved, That a committee of arrangements be ap¬ 
pointed, whose duty it shall be to prepare the show 
grounds for the exhibition, by causing eight or ten 
acres, as they may think best, to be enclosed with a 
high and substantial fence; to erect such building or 
buildings as they may deem necessary ; procure tents, 
build pens, &c.; and that to defray the expenses thus 
incurred, a fee of 12| cents be charged for admission. 
The following gentlemen were appointed for the 
purpose specified in the above resolutions :— 
Committee of Arrangements. —J. S. Wadsworth, Esq., Col. 
A. Sawyer, L. B. Langworthy, Lemuel Thompson, Gen. R. 
Harmon, C. F. Crosman, P. Barry. 
The following gentlemen were appointed judges, to 
award the premiums to he paid at the fair:— 
On Bulls, Classes I., II., III., IV. —James Gowen, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa.; William Garbutt, Wheatland ; C. N. Bement, 
Albany; Wm. Fuller, Skaneateles ; Z. A. Leland, Bath. 
On Coivs, fyc., Classes V., VI., VII., VIII .—Adam Fergus- 
son, Watertown, U. C.; Henry Whitney, New Haven, 
Conn.; H. D. Grove, Hoosiek; G. V. Sackett, Seneca Falls; 
Edward A. Le Roy, Avon. 
On Cows, fyc., (flosses IX., X., XI. —L. C. Ball, Hoosiek; 
Thos. Weddle, Rochester; Lyman Hibbard, Homer; John 
Ayrault, Perrington ; Elijah W. Sheldon, Sennet. 
On Cows, SfC. Classes XII., XIII., XIV .—Daniel H. Fitz- 
hugh, Mt. Morris; Wm. Parsons, Lockport; Jno. Web¬ 
ster, Hamburgh ; Abel Baldwin, Clarkson; Lee Comstock, 
Le Roy. 
On Working Oxen and Stem's. —Wm. A. S. North, Sche¬ 
nectady ; Israel Boies, Homer ; Obadiah Hoag, Lockport; 
C. A. Godfrey, Geneva ; E. Marks, Navarino. 
On Fat Cattle and Fat Sheep.— P. N. Rust, Syracuse ; 
Allen Frost, Rochester ; J. C. Mather, Schaghticoke ; 
Holloway Long, York ; William Otley, Phelps. 
On Stallions and Matched Horses .—Francis Rotch, But- 
ternutts ; Allen Ayrault, Genesee ; F. F. Backus, Roches, 
ter ; Samuel Greenleaf, Canandaigua; J. R. Speed, Caro¬ 
line. 
On Mares and Colts. —W. T. Porter, New York; D. D. 
Campbell, Schenectady ; Abram Yought, Mendon ; Joseph 
Christopher, Rochester ; Dan Hibbard, Cortlandville. 
On Swine. —T. C. Peters, Darien; E Wolcott, Rochester; 
Ezra Cornell, Ithaca; 0. F. Marshall, Wheeler ; Wm. 
Salisbury, Leeds. 
On Sheep, Classes I., II .—R. L. Allen, Buffalo ; S. E. 
Hudson, Palmyra; F. M. Rotch, Butternutts ; Ira S. Hitch¬ 
cock, Oneida Castle ; Jared Colman, Rochester. 
On Sheep , Class III. —J. P. Beekman, Kinderhook ; Wil« 
liam Randall, Cortlandville ; L. A. Morrell, Lake Ridge ; 
R. Harmon, Jr., Wheatland; R. C. Nicholas, Geneva. 
On Plows. —Geo. W. Patterson, Westfield; Myron 
Adams, East Bloomfield ; C. C. Dennis, Auburn ; John 
Moxon, Charlotte ; C. S. Button, Newark. 
On other Agricultural Implements. —L. B. Langworthy, 
Rochester ; J. C. Langdon, Troy ; Geo. C. Latta, Charlotte; 
T. D. Burrall, Geneva ; C. F. Crosman, Rochester. 
Plowing Match. —J. B. Nott, Guilderland ; Theron 
Brown, Wheatland; E. A. Howland, Ledyard ; William 
Gorham, Canandaigua; Jno. II. Robinson, Henrietta. 
On Butter and Cheese.- -Rob’t Deniston, Salisbury Mills ; 
B. P. Johnson, Rome ; Laurens Hull, Angelica; Dr. T. 
Goodsell, Utica ; Z. Barton Stout, Richmond. 
On Maple and Corn-stalk Sugar. —John Greig, Canan¬ 
daigua ; H. S. Randall, Cortlandville ; Thomas Hillhouse, 
Albany : A. B. Dunlap, Ovid ; John Yernon, Mt. Morris. 
On -Orville Hungerford, Watertown ; Henry Pol- 
hemus, Auburn ; T. Mellen, Madison; William Kidd, 
Rochester; Robert Rose, Richmond. 
On Domestic Manufactures. —Samuel Cheever, Albany; 
Lewis Brooks, Rochester; Geo. Byington, do.; M. W. 
Soper, Batavia ; J. B. Dill, Auburn. 
On Vegetables.— Abner Bryant, Buffalo ; Lemuel Thomp¬ 
son, Rochester; William Blossom, Canandaigua; Asa 
Rowe, Sweden; Dr. Beaumont, Lyons. 
On Fruits. —J. J. Thomas, Macedon ; John R. Murray, 
Mount Morris ; Benjamin Hodge, Buffalo ; N. Goodsell, 
Rochester ; Dr. Doty, Montezuma. 
On Flowers. — Alexander Walsh, Lansingburgh; P. 
Barry, Rochester ; M. B. Bateham, do ; S. E. Warren, 
Troy; James H. Watts, Rochester. 
On Discretionary Premiums.—J. B. Duane, Schenectady ; 
Jno. J. Viele, Lansingburgh ; Harvey Baldwin, Syracuse, 
J. McDonald McIntyre, Albany ; G. I. Pumpelly, Owego. 
Premium on Steers.'—T he following were added to the 
premium list:— 
Three Year old Steers. 
Best pair 
- $10 | Second best - 
Third best, volume of Transactions. 
- $5 
Best pair 
Two Year old Stems. 
- $8 | Second best - 
Third best, vol. of Translations. 
- $4 
M. B. Bateham, Esq., Rochester, was appointed As¬ 
sistant Secretary for the Fair. » 
J. M. Sherwood, Esq., was appointed a committee to 
make arrangements with the several railroad companies 
for the transportation of stock to and from the Fair. 
Hon. Isaac Hill, Dr. Alex. Kelsey, and Gen. J. Gould, 
of Rochester, Hon. C. H. Carroll, of Livingston, and 
Luther Tucker, of Albany, were appointed a committee 
on invitation and reception of strangers. 
The Executive Committee adopted the following 
Regulations for the Fair. —The premiums for 
Essays and for Agricultural Implements will be open 
to the United States; but all others will be confined 
to residents of this state, who are members of this so¬ 
ciety, or who may become so by the payment of one 
dollar on entering their articles, and to the members 
of the Monroe Co. Ag. Society, who shall have paid 
their membership for the present year. 
All persons who intend to exhibit cattle, horses, 
sheep, or swine, should give notice to M. B. Bateham, 
assistant secretary, Rochester, or to Luther Tucker, 
Albany, previous to the 10th of September, in order 
that the necessary accommodation may be made for 
them; and all animals must be on the ground by 9 
o’clock of the 20th. 
All those who intend to compete for the premiums 
on agricultural implements, butter and cheese, sugar, 
cocoons, silk, &c., should have their specimens on the 
