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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE N. Y. STATE AG. SOCIETY. 
2. To Myron Adams, East Bloomfield, $5. Product, 
43| bush, per acre. 
OATS, 
1. To Joseph F. Osborn, Port Byron, $10. Product, 
109| bush, on 1 acre, 11 rods, and 90 links. 
2. To David Jones, Kendall, $5. Product, 209 
bush. 11 lbs. on three acres and 11 rods, 
ruta-bagas. 
1. To If. S. Randall, Cortlandville, $10. Product, 
; 950 bush, on one acre and two rods. 
CARROTS. 
1. To Wm. Risley, Fredonia, $10. Product, 1,350| 
bush, on one acre. 
POTATOES. 
1. To H. D. Grove, Hoosick, $10. Product, 518 
bush, on one acre and 72 rods. 
ESSAYS. 
The President then read the Report of the Committee 
on Essays, from which it appeared that the prize for 
the best Essay— 
1. On the Diseases and Insects injurious to the 
Wheat Crop, was awarded to John J. Thomas, of 
Macedon, Wayne county—$20. 
2. On the Varieties and Culture of Wheat, to Raw- 
son Harmon, Jr. of Wheatland, Monroe county—$20. 
3. On the Introduction and Culture of new Agricul¬ 
tural Products, to John J. Thomas, of Macedon, Wayne 
county—$20. 
REPORT OF THE COR. SECRETARY. 
H. S. Randall, Esq., Cor. Secretary, not having 
prepared his Report, made a brief statement, from 
which it appeared that his efforts have been continued 
through the past year, with untiring zeal in behalf of 
the cause, 
treasurer’s report. 
The Treasurer, E. P. Prentice, Esq., read his an¬ 
imal Report, from which it appeared that there was in 
bis hands at the last annual meeting, the sum 
of.... ..$1,843 92 
Received at annual meeting from 69 
members. 69 00 
Of Joseph Fellows, Geneva. 100 00 
Of James Wadsworth, Geneseo. 50 00 
Of James S. Wadsworth, “ . 50 00 
Of W. W. Wadsworth, “ ........ 25 00 
Of Wm. P. YanRensselaer, Albany.... 25 00 
Of J. M. Sherwood, Auburn.. 22 00 
Of J. B. Murray, Mt. Morris. 10 00 
Of R. L. Pell, Pelham. 10 00 
Of A. Ayrault, Geneseo. 7 00 
Of Edmund Kirby, Brownsville. 5 00 
Of Orville Hungerford, Watertown.... 5 00 
Of C. H. Carroll, Groveland......... 5 00 
Subscriptions at Rochester. 278*00 
Monrpe Co. Ag. f Society. 328 00 
589 memberships at annual Fair...... 589 00 
.•Receipts at gate in sums less than $1.. 1,606 78 
From the State Treasury. 700 00 
For interest on funds. 92 99 
Various other sources... 87 25 
$5,906 94 
Advanced by Treasurer... 139 63 
$6,046 57 
The payments from the Treasury during the year 
were as follows 
For premiums, expenses, &c.$2,956 57 
Invested in Albany City stock. 3,000 00 
Premium on do.... 90 00 
$6,046 57 
Mr. Denniston of Orange, introduced a resolution 
directing the appointment of a committee of one from 
each senate district, by the chair, to report the nomina¬ 
tion of officers for the ensuing year, which, at the sug¬ 
gestion of Mr. Boclcee, was increased to three from 
each district. 
Mr. Randall moved as an amendment to Mr. D.’s 
resolution, that the committee consist of one person 
from each county represented, to be appointed by the 
delegation from the several counties, and that this com¬ 
mittee, in addition to nominating officers, report on the 
place for holding the next Cattle Show. 
This resolution and the amendments proposed, drew 
out a debate of considerable length, in which Messrs. 
Denniston of Orange, Lott of Kings, Johnson and Sey¬ 
mour of Oneida, Hodgeboom of Columbia, Randall of 
Cortland, Nott of Albany, and several other gentlemen 
whose names we do not recollect, participated. 
Mr. Denniston finally accepted the proposition to 
amend his resolution so as to refer to the committee the 
question of selecting the place for the Fair, in which 
shape it passed, and the following gentlemen were ap¬ 
pointed the committee to nominate officers and to select 
the place for holding the next Cattle Show. 
First District.— Messrs. Lott and Rappel ye of Kings, 
and F. S. Williams of New York. 
Second District .—Messrs. Denniston of Orange, 
Boclcee of Dutchess, and Youngs of Queens. 
Third District. —Messrs. Hodgeboom of Columbia, 
Vail of Rensselaer, and Prentice of Albany. 
Fourth District. —Messrs. Cheever of Albany, Dela- 
van of Saratoga, and Clark of Washington. 
Fifth District. —Messrs. Kirby of Jefferson, Enos of 
Madison, and Seymour of Oneida. 
Sixth District. —Messrs. Mack of Tompkins, Collier 
of Broome, and Faulkner of Livingston. 
Seventh District. —Messrs. Sherwood of Cayuga, 
Rhoades of Onondaga, and Randall of Cortland. 
Eighth District ,—Messrs* Lee of Erie, Follet of 
Genesee, and Backus of Monroe. 
Mr. Randall submitted the following, as a proposed 
amendment to the Constitution :— 
Resolved , That the Presidents of County Agricultural 
Societies shall be ex-officio members of the Executive 
Board of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society. 
On motion of Dr. Beekman, 
Resolved , That the President of the Agricultural So¬ 
ciety of the State of New York be authorized to appoint 
three individuals, members of the Society, whose duty 
it shall be for each to read an essay on some subject 
connected with agriculture, and that the essays be read 
at the meeting of the Society in January next. 
On motion of Mr. O’Reilly, resolutions were adopt¬ 
ed—1. That a committee of seven be appointed to com¬ 
pile and make arrangements for the publication of vol¬ 
umes from the Prize Essays of the Society, of suitable 
size for Common School Libraries—2. That a premium 
of $100 be offered for the best series of Essays “on 
the importance of scientific knowledge in prosecuting 
successfully the ordinary pursuits of Agriculture”— 
said series to be published also in one or two volumes 
suitable for the School District Library, the author be¬ 
ing entitled to the copy-right. The committee subse¬ 
quently appointed by the newly elected President, (Dr. 
Beekman,) in reference to these publications, consists 
of the Hon. John Greig of Ontario, Gov. Seward of 
