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NEW YORK STATE AG. SOCIETY.—-PRESERVATION OP SEEDS. 
pumpkin seeds may be the immediate cause of 
diabetes. Yet even for these, if the pumpkins be 
boiled or steamed, we do not believe any harm will 
come from their eating the seeds ; on the contrary, 
we have no doubt they would prove highly 
nutritious, 
NEW YORK STATE AG. SOCIETY. 
At the regular monthly meeting of the Execu¬ 
tive Committee of the New York State Agricultu¬ 
ral Society, held at their rooms in Albany, on the 
10th of December, the following resolutions were 
adopted:—Present—Messrs. Sherwood, Yail, Pren¬ 
tice, Tucker, and McIntyre. 
On motion of Mr. Yail, Resolved, That the com¬ 
mittee on loaning the surplus funds of the Society, 
appointed at the last meeting, be continued with 
same powers. 
On motion of Mr. Tucker, Resolved , That the 
thanks of the Society be presented to Lewis F. 
Allen, Esq., for a copy of his American Herd 
Book, presented to the Society. 
The Executive Committee then took up the form¬ 
ing of the several committees, on awards, for the 
next annual meeting of the Society, in January 
next. The following gentlemen were appointed:— 
On Farms. —J. P. Beekman, Columbia; Anthony 
Van Bergen, Green; Mr. Fuller, Onondaga. 
Experiments and Essays. —A. B. Allen, New 
York; E. Emmons, Albany; Sandford Howard, 
Albany. 
Designs for Farm Buildings —Geo. Geddes, On¬ 
ondaga ; Jno. McD. McIntyre, Albany; E. Mack, 
Tompkins. 
Cheese Dairy. —Benjamin P. Johnson, Oneida; 
Thomas Plillhouse, Albany ; Ira Hopkins, Cayuga. 
Butter Dairy. —Zadoc Pratt, Greene; Robert Den¬ 
nison, Orange ; E. W. Bateman, Cayuga. 
Selection of Fruits. —L. F. Allen, Erie ; A. H. 
Stevens, New York; A. Thompson, Tompkins; J. 
C. Platt, Clinton; J. Jackson, Schenectady. 
Wheat, Barley, Rye, and Oats. —Daniel Lee, 
Monroe; Squire M. Brown, Onondaga; John Wil¬ 
kinson, Dutchess. 
Indian Corn, Corn Fodder, and Peas. —A. Fitch, 
Washington; JBenj. Enos. Madison; C. S. Button, 
Wayne. 
Root Crops. —C. N. Bement, Albany; John C. 
Mather, Rensselaer; S. B. Burchard, Madison. 
Hops, Flax, and Broom Corn. —Samuel Cheever, 
Saratoga ; John Rankin, Ontario; Justus Harwood, 
Albany. 
Tobacco, Cabbage, Clover, and Grass Seed .— C. 
Marks, Onondaga ; G. T. Racket, Seneca; John 
Walsh, Albany. 
On motion of the President, Mr. Sherwood, Re¬ 
solved That Messrs. Prentice, Tucker, and McIn¬ 
tyre be a committee to make arrangements for the 
annual meeting of the Society, in January next. 
The next annual meeting of the State Agricultu¬ 
ral Society will be held in the city of Albany, on 
Wednesday and Thursday, the 20th and 21st of 
January, 1847, commencing at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
Farmers and the public generally are invited to 
attend. An extra meeting of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee will be held on Tuesday, the 19th of Janu¬ 
ary, at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
PRESERVATION OF SEEDS FOR SHIPPING. 
A correspondent wishes to know the best mode 
of packing up seeds for transportation through 
warm climates. We know of none better than the 
following, recommended by Dr. Linnaeus, in a letter 
dated at Upsal, December 8th, 1758, and addressed 
to John Ellis, then Governor of the colony of 
Georgia:— 
Seeds may be brought from abroad in a. growing 
state, if we attend to the following method :—Put 
your seeds into a cylindrical glass bottle, and fill 
up the interstices with dry sand, to prevent them 
from lying close together, and that they may per¬ 
spire freely through the sand; then cork the bottle, 
or tie a bladder over the mouth of it. Prepare ano¬ 
ther glass vessel so much larger than that which 
contains the seeds, that, when it is suspended in it, 
there may be a vacant space on all sides, of about 
two inches distance, between both glasses, for the 
following mixture :—Four parts of nitre (saltpetre), 
and one-fifth of one part of equal parts of common 
salt and sal ammoniac (muriate, or hydrochlorate of 
ammonia) ; these must be well pounded, and mixed 
together, and the spaces all round, between the 
outward and inward glasses, well filled with it. 
This saline mass, which should be rather moist, 
will always be so cold, that the seeds in the minor 
glass will never suffer during their voyage, from 
the heat of the air. This experiment has been 
tried, and has not failed. 
Seeds may also be preserved, during the voyage, 
by immersing them in equal parts of melted bees¬ 
wax and mutton tallow, or in melted beeswax 
alone, at as low a temperature as these substances 
can be reduced without congealing, and keep them 
in the coolest part of the ship to prevent the wax 
or tallow from melting. 
An Excellent and Cheap Pudding. —One pint 
of rice; twelve apples of good size, and sour; pare, 
core, and slice them ; mix the rice and sliced apples, 
and put all into a bag and boil for half an hour. 
The bag must be large enough to allow the rice to 
swell, and yet no larger than the rice, when swell¬ 
ed, will fill. Eat with any sauce that suits the 
taste ; butter and sugar are excellent. 
To Remove Dust or Motes from the Eye — 
Farmers, as well as many other persons, are often 
so exposed in their labors as to get dust or motes in 
their eyes, and frequently suffer considerably before 
they can find any means of relief. The following 
simple remedy is almost always near at hand, and 
in most cases will prove effectual:—Fill a cup or 
goblet with clear cold water, quite to the brim, and 
place the eye in distress in such a position as to be 
completely within the water in the cup ; then rapidly 
open and shut the eye a few times, and the dust or 
mote will be immediately washed away. If a cup 
or other vessel be not at hand, the eye may be 
placed in a spring or bucket of water. 
To Strengthen Cider or Yinegar.— Suffer 
them to be repeatedly frozen, and separate the ice 
from the liquid as long as it will freeze. 
