40 LECTURES ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY.—ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STATE AG. SOC.—ETC. 
and go ahead with your studies every day; yet 
you will do more work than those dull-heads who 
neither read nor study at all. Farming work, 
above all others, is the best to make boys grow, 
and give them strong and vigorous constitutions. 
LECTURES ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. 
Dr. Gardner has already delivered nine lectures 
on Agricultural Chemistry, at the University of 
New York. 
1. On the composition of the air, its absorption 
by soils and fluids, the character of the gases of 
the soil. 
2. On the passage of fluids through vegetable 
and animal membranes, and its importance in 
vegetable phenomena. 
3. The structure and functions of plants. 
4. The sources of carbonic acid as food for plants, 
showing the necessity of humus in the soil for the 
cultivation of many plants. 
5. The sources of nitrogen, and means of in¬ 
creasing it in the soil. 
6. The oxygen and hydrogen of plants, and the 
processes of fermentation, decay, &c. 
7. The saline composition of plants, and its im¬ 
portance to the vegetable. 
8. The value of fodders, time of cutting grain, 
clover, wheat, &c. 
9. The physical character of soils, and the 
means and objects of pulverising, draining, fallow¬ 
ing, &c. 
We had notes of these very excellent Lectures, 
and intended to have given a synopsis of them in 
this number; but owing to the crowded state of 
our columns, we have found it quite impossible. 
They have been listened to by a large class in at¬ 
tendance with high gratification, and we are 
leased to learn, that they have excited so much 
attention in the public mind in this city, that Dr. 
Gardner will probably be called upon to repeat 
them. For the good of the agricultural public we 
really trust that this may be the case. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE N. Y. STATE 
AG. SOCIETY. 
We are favored by a friend with a short note, 
detailing the proceedings of the State Society at 
its late annual meeting on the 17th of January, at 
Albany, and are also indebted to the Cultivator for 
a proof sheet of the same in advance of its regular 
publication; but unfortunately both came too late 
for an insertion this month, our paper, with the 
exception of this page, being made up. We have 
only space for a short notice. No annual meeting 
was ever so well attended, and uncommon interest 
seems to have been imparted to its proceedings. 
The next show, (we will not use the impropei 
word “fairy”) is fixed to be held at Poughkeepsie, 
at which we are rejoiced, as we think it is justly 
due to the southern and eastern portions of the 
state. We shall now expect to see the Hudson 
river counties exert themselves. We are of opin* 
ion it will be the largest meeting, with the great 
est agricultural display, ever yet made in the state. 
Now would be an excellent time to revive the 
Hudson river Horticultural Society, and have it 
hold its show jointly with the State Society. All 
the late officers of the Society declined a re-elec¬ 
tion. Dr. John P. Beekman, Columbia, is chosen 
President for this year; Benjamin P. Johnson, 
Rome, Cor. Secretary; Henry O’Reilly, Albany, 
Rec. Secretary; Thomas Hillhouse, Albany, Treas¬ 
urer. The State Society has $3,000 in the Treas¬ 
ury, over and above all its last year’s expenses, 
which is a clever sum to begin the year with. 
We particularly regret the resignation of Mr. 
Prentice, as there are few better keepers of the 
strong box. 
MANAGEMENT OF YEARLINGS. 
To those who have the time to attend to it, we 
say, stable and tie up your yearlings, both steers 
and heifers; curry or card them at least once a 
day, and if you can afford them a few roots so 
much the better. Such treatment makes young 
cattle tame and docile, and you will have no trou¬ 
ble in milking them when they have calves, and 
if intended for family cows, they may be made to 
eat all kinds of slops and other rubbish from the 
kitchen. The steers also should be broken the 
winter after they are a year old, and for this pur¬ 
pose the farmer wants his small yokes, sleds, 
chains, and whips—the latter to be used very 
sparingly. Break steers well at this age, and 
there will be no trouble in doing it when they be¬ 
come oxen. 
Our Subscriptions. —Three times as many sub¬ 
scribers have flocked in upon us this month for 
the Third Volume, as we received during the first 
month of our Second volume, and a large share of 
these we are glad to see are new ones. We are 
highly gratified at this flattering testimonial of our 
labors by the public, and hope to record at least 
Ten Thousand good and true names upon our sub¬ 
scription list before the close of the year. We 
trust our friends will continue to exert themselves 
on our behalf. Every present subscriber can get 
at least two more, and many might send us from 
eight to sixteen additional names. 
