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NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
NEW-YORK STATE AG-RICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
At the annual meeting of this society, held at 
Albany on the 15th and 16th of January, the re¬ 
port of the treasurer was read and accepted, 
which gave the following general results:— 
Receipts for the year, $ 15,316.91 
Disbursements, $12,903.84 
Balance on hand, including silver 
plate paid for, and premiums 
not yet presented, $2,643.07 
The following is a list of the officers elected 
for the ensuing year:— 
President .—John Delafield, of Seneca. 
Vice Presidents. —William Buel, of Monroe; Si¬ 
las M. Burroughs, of Orleans; Lewis G. Morris, 
of Westchester; AnthonVan Bergen, of Oneida; 
Benjamin Enos, of Madison; Ray Tompkins, of 
New York. 
Corresponding Secretary .—B. P. Johnson, of 
Albany. 
Treasurer. —-Luther Tucker, of Albany. 
Executive Committee .—Ambros Stevens, John 
B. Burnett, M. G. Warner, Josiah W. Bissell, 
Benjamin B. Kirtland. 
The Next Annual Fair .—The committee recom¬ 
mended Rochester, as the place for holding the 
next fair. 
GRAFTING. 
The following is one of the most usual modes 
of propagating many plants and trees, particu¬ 
larly where the stock is larger than the scion:— 
The stock is prepared as indicated by fig. 18. 
The lower part of the scion, A, should be made 
thin by slicing off a portion from each side, and 
forming a small shoulder at the top of the slope, 
as near as possible to which there should be an 
eye; the side of the scion on which the bark is 
left, should be broader and longer than the op¬ 
posite side, by one fourth, or frequently by one 
third, or more, according as the stocks are large 
or small. For the latter, the inside of the scion 
should be cut very thin, with a short slope; and 
when intended for large stocks, the same side 
should be left fuller, so that the scions may bet¬ 
ter resist the pressure to which they may be 
subjected when they are introduced into the 
cleft. They usually have two eyes to the scion, 
but the second is often superfluous; for the one 
nearest the small shoulder has an immense ad¬ 
vantage in this respect, that when the scion is 
introduced, as is represented at B, it is close to 
the top of the stock, and as soon as it begins to 
grow, it forms a basis on the latter, and thus 
co-operates in healing over the wound of the 
stock. This position of the lower bud ought to 
be attended to in all modes of grafting. 
The scion, such as it is represented, should be 
introduced in the cleft prepared as follows:—By 
means of a strong knife. The first of these 
should be placed across the transverse section 
of the stock, and driven into the latter in such a 
manner as to split the bark before the wood; 
and always taking care that the cleft extend but 
little, if at all, to the bark on the opposite side, 
at the lower part of the slope; and on the other 
side, where the scion is to be inserted, it ought 
to be, at first, shorter than the wedge-shaped 
portion of the graft. This being done, the in- 
Fig. 18. 
strument is quickly raised by one or more 
strokes, thus avoiding any kind of twisting; 
then the wedge-shaped beak, at the end of the 
handle of the cleaver, is introduced slightly into 
the cleft, so as to keep it sufficiently open for the 
introduction of all the wedge part of the scion; 
and this should be done in such a manner that 
the liber, or inner bark of the stock, may cor¬ 
respond as nearly as possible with that of the 
scion. But as we cannot always judge when 
this is exactly the case, it is better that the liber 
of the scion should be slightly outside of that 
of the stock rather than that it should be placed 
in contact with the young wood. 
The graft being properly placed, we cover the 
wound with a mixture of equal parts of fresh 
loam and cow dung; but it is better to do over 
