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Below we enumerate some thirty of the One Hun¬ 
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Articles offered as Premiums to those who form 
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Is too long to give here, hut Is published, with full 
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Every urtlclo offered Is genuine—*Hie host of Its kind 
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PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT.' 
MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
AN ORIGINAL "WEEKLY* 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Editor oud ^Proprietor. 
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A GRAND RAILROAD ENTERPRISE. 
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Chlcbering Piano. 
Prince &. CO. Alelodeon. 
Dodge Mower, No. I.. 
Gold Watch (Am. Watch Co).. 
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Weed Sewing Machine.. 
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Dumb Knitting .Muiiiiue. 
Watcrtuiry Clock. 8 Day. 
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Moline P. p. Plow. 
Collins ,V Co's Cast C. S. Plow.. 
Universal Wringer. 
Novelty •' . 
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" " Table Spoons... 
11 Dining Forks... 
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Pen rl-Mon riled Album. 
Tiffin liorse Iiake.. 
Allen’s Cylinder Plow. 
Holbrook's Swivel Plow. 
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SATURDAY 7 , FEBRUARY 7 19, 1870. 
PUBLISHER'S 
♦ - 
SPECIAL 
NOTICES. 
New Clnlis — Hiilisci'lplioiiH Tneronwing.— 
Every Agent and ether friend of the Hi uai l» re¬ 
minded Hint it is yet ill Season to form new clubs for 
this volume, ns we can furnish buck numbers to all 
desiring them. Now, therefore, is the time to start 
new, and make additions to present clubs. And 
many are doing this-for our daily receipts, which 
led off somewhat a week or IwO ago, lire increasing 
Showing the augmenting popularity of the Upiial, 
uiul also indicating that money (which has been very 
scarce In many parts of the country) Is becoming 
easier. Be that «s It may our receipts are in creak¬ 
ing, and we Invito all to aid in swelling the aggre¬ 
gate— thereby enabling us to furnish a still better 
paper. Friends, if you will “push things” we shall 
soon have nmro than that covoted hundred thousand 
mail subscribers. 
Please Don’t Kcmii by Express —or, If yon 
do, pay , barges-for it is not pleasant for us to invest 
from 50 cents to ?1 or more for the transmission of n 
single subscription, Or even «d cluhs, nt our low rates- 
It is much cheaper, nod guile as safe, to send by 
Draft, P. 0. Money Order, or Registered Letter—And 
remittances by either of these modes may he made 
nt ouu risk. “ Please reform It altogether.'' 
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weeks to come, unless we arc otherwise ordered, so 
that alt may have the complete volume for reference 
and binding Hence those who k&vedelayed to send 
early—on account of the temporary scarcity of 
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causes- cal) still be supplied. Anticipating a large 
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have thus tar printed a heavy extra edition, and can 
therefore promptly respond to all orders until It is 
exhausted. Agents and Intending subscribers will 
please note this, and send on their orders according¬ 
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How to Remit.—The best, way to remit for clubs, 
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Rural New-Yorker to a relative or friend, as a 
present, we only charge the lowest club rate -$2.50 a 
year. Tha lowest price for copies thus sent to Cana¬ 
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Additions to ('In bn are always in order, whether 
In ones, twos, lives, tuns, or any other nuinbur. A 
host of people arc dropping other papers about these 
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BUSINESS NOTICES. 
CLOTHES WKINGEES, 
Of all kinds, repaired promptly. XL C. BROWNING, 
3! Cortlundt St., Now York. 
THE BEST THING 
For preserving leather and keeping the feet dry, is 
Frank Miller’s .Leather Preservative and 
WATERPROOF OIL BRACKING. 
ORGANIZING FARMERS’ CLUBS. 
We have n half dozen inquiries for the Lest 
method of organizing mid con ducting Farmers' 
Clubs. It is u very simple matter. And the 
more simple the inunncr in which It is done the 
more efficient will be I he work of the Club. One 
of the most successful clubs wo over knew had 
no other organization (Inin this: A dozen fann¬ 
ers resolved to meet of a scliool-liouso every 
Saturday afternoon (o talk over farm matters. 
Arrived at the school-house, (hoy chose a Chair¬ 
man, from among their number, to preside. A 
Secretary wits also elected, who made a summa ry 
ol the discussions for a local paper. A topic was 
broached,and the Chuiriunn called upon a m' in- 
ber to give his experience, which ho did in an 
informal, conversational way. Other members 
followed. Before the mooting closed a topic was 
selected for the Club’s consideration nt the next 
meeting. Sometimes, in theitlisenceof a chosen 
topic, members sent slips of paper to the Chair¬ 
man, on which were written inquiries concern¬ 
ing tho best practice In any branch of husbandry 
upon which information was deslml. These in¬ 
quiries wore rend by the Chairman, and dis¬ 
cussed and answered by members. 
H it is desirable lo organize formally, it can be 
done by meeting, choosing a chairman and sec¬ 
retary, and appointing a committee to report a 
plan of organization. This committee, if sensi¬ 
ble, as most farmers are, will report the simplest 
form practicable—a constitution something liko 
this: 
CONSTITUTION. 
1. This organization shall be known as Sensible 
Fanners’ Club. 
2. Its officers shall consist of a President, two 
Vice-Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer, to be 
elected annually by ballot, 
3. The President, or, in his absence, one of the 
Vice-Presidents shall preside at the meetings of 
the Club, The Seerelury shall keep records of 
the discussions and furnish the same for publi¬ 
cation in the county and agricultural papers. 
The Treasurer shall receive all moneys collected 
for the Club, and pay out the same on the order 
of the President aud Secretary. 
4. Any person may become a member of tho 
Club upon t he payment ol £1 to the Treasurer. 
6. The annual meeting for rhe election of offi¬ 
cers shall be held the first Kid urday iu January. 
Now, we might add a half dozen sections to 
this constitution; but any body of men who de¬ 
sire mutual profit, simply, and to elicit truth 
from each other, may cohere without trouble 
with only so much of a formula of words to bind 
them together. If it is desirable to establish a 
Library and appoint a Librarian, a clause pro¬ 
viding therefor can bo added. But the less red 
tape and machinery there is, and the less for¬ 
mality consistent with mutual courtesy, for¬ 
bearance and propriety, the more real work will 
be accomplished and pleasure and profit real¬ 
ized. if it is desirable, a regular order of busi¬ 
ness may bo adopted. On page 48 of the Rural, 
for January 15, wo ga ve tho Order of Business 
of a Farmers’Club, in Michigan, which is a very 
good one. It is as follows: 
1. Discussion of Market Reports. 
2. Inquiries nod Answers. 
3. Results of Experiments. 
4. Discussion of dialed Subject for the Meeting. 
tn place of meeting at a school-house or other 
public place, 60010 of the most effi’lent organi¬ 
zations of lhis character meet upon the farms 
of Its members iu rotation, have a field day, a 
discussion, and a good dinner. This stimulates 
each member and his family to have everything 
In apple- pic order and something won h showing 
in the way of farm crops and accessories illus¬ 
trative of the system adopted in the manage¬ 
ment of tho farm. It promotes good-fellowship 
in a community, and institutes a comparison of 
skill, taste aud system which could not other¬ 
wise obtain. 
Another thing;—See that reports of tho pro¬ 
ceedings of the Club are furnished the local 
paper -or that I ho editor is present to make a 
report, for himself. This extends the infiuettce 
of, and increases the interest in, the organiza¬ 
tion. ll will add to Iho value of real estate in a 
neighborhood second only to the policy of build¬ 
ing school-houses and churches, planting trees, 
aud mailing good roads. 1 f each member works 
vro hono publico the locality where such an or¬ 
ganization is, will allrnct to it men of brains 
and capital without, aid from any other agency. 
Our recent article upon tho exactions of rail¬ 
ways is awakening a vast deal of attention from 
tkoso who suffer thereby. The farmers of the 
West arc complaining bitterly of the exactions 
of the railroad and freight lines for the transpor¬ 
tation of their produce to market. Thirty cents 
a bushel is the charge on wheat from the Missis¬ 
sippi to New York. This la too much i hut it is 
as little as we arc likely to see it moved for with 
our present facilities. The truth Is, the fertility 
of tho great Interior basin is such, and its 
growth In population and railroads so unexam¬ 
pled, that the main lines across tiie Allcglmnics 
are unequal to the business to be done. The 
remedy for tills state of things is additional 
trunk lines between the seaboard and the sys¬ 
tems of tho Great West. New and better lines 
of railroad present the most feasible mode of 
relief, but additional canal accommodation will 
be required also. 
Wo notice that, an important lino of railroad 
is to be carried from the tide-water of i be Chesa¬ 
peake Bay to the river navigation of the West 
by the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio 
Railroad, (which is now running from Richmond 
to the White Sulphur Springs of West Virginia.) 
to the Kentucky boundary at the mouth of tho 
Big Sandy. Tills will form a very direct, line of 
railroad between the best .harbor of the Atlantic 
Coast and ilm prominent cities of the We i. As 
two hundred and twenty-seven miles of the line 
are built, and some work Is already done on the 
two hundred miles yet. to be built, its comple¬ 
tion Is a matter of only a few months. A promi¬ 
nent feature of this line, astilo from its direct¬ 
ness, will be Hie fact that its grades are less than 
those in common use on the more northerly 
linos; fully hall of the line having grades not 
exeeediug twenty foot to the mile, and the 
whole is remarkably light. 
It will open up to settlement and to market a 
large extent of country now destitute of rail¬ 
roads. Tho wheat and tobacco lauds of Vir¬ 
ginia, arid the tobacco and grazing lands of West 
Virginia and Kentucky will be especially bene¬ 
fited. In the Kanawha Valley are valuable 
deposits of coal, which will bo brought at once 
into use by the extensive iron furnaces in that 
region. Few roads, indeed, now Iu progress will 
fill so much needed and useful u function us the 
Chesapeake and Ohio. 
Among the promoters of the enterprise al¬ 
luded to are such well-known New Vork mer¬ 
chants as Messrs. C. P. Huntington, A. A. 
Low, Wm. II. Asm nwall, David Stewart, J. 
G. Claim. it, and others. Messrs. Fisk & Hatch 
are the Financial Ageutsof I lie Company. Their 
energy and capital will do a groat service to 
Virginia at this time, and In a less degree lo the 
consumers and producers of the whole country. 
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honorable, vigilant as an observer and learner, 
there are many men with more fame who de¬ 
serve public gratitude less. He was a radical 
temperance man; and Ills will contains a clause 
giving $1,000 to South Pass., III., for the purpose 
of conveying wuter intoit and establishing there 
a perpetual fountain, where all may slake their 
thirst, and thills remove one excuse for visiting 
saloons for tho purpose. He also left liberal 
legacies to school districts and to his County Ag¬ 
ricultural Society. We wish more men, with as 
good Impulses as J. H. Carpenter, were alive, 
aud I bat aJI such might live longer than he did. 
“ The American Herd Book — Containing pedi¬ 
grees of Short-Horn Cattle, with Introductory 
Notes, by Lewis F. Allen." Volume IX. of 
this standard work comes to us in two parts, 
separately bound—toe first comprising Bulla, 
and tho second Cows. Both parts are admirably 
executed and profusely illustrated with litho¬ 
graph portraits. The work comprises 1.020 oc¬ 
tavo pages. Mr. Allen thus states his cogent 
reasou for dividing the work and making l wo 
boo.vs instead of one as heretofore“ The num¬ 
ber of pedigrees for this volume being largely 
Increased, together with an extraordinary num¬ 
ber of illustrations, making the materiel too 
bulky for a single book, J have concluded t. 
divide it. into two parts,as being less liable to 
injury in the frequent, examinations which may 
be required. This arrangement, I trust, although 
at a somewhat in creased cost, will be more satis¬ 
factory to subscribers.’’ 
Horticulture for Women Is going to be "the 
style." Schools of horticulture are establishing. 
It is a great field that is opening. We want 
every woman, young and old, who roads the 
Ritu al, to take interest in this movement. Wo 
know we have scores, nay hundreds, of women 
florists among our readers. Let such exchange 
experience and practice through our columns. 
We do not want apostrophes to flowers and 
rhapsodies over their bewildering beauty; but 
we would like to have each tell the other, con¬ 
cisely and briefly, bow she dues things. Let us 
sec how far this horticultural talent is developed. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Ayrnult’s Fnt Steers Chronic-Lithographed.— 
Mr. George A i r lt AUDI’, “Ayrault Place,” Pough¬ 
keepsie, N. Y., portraits of whose lat steers wo 
gave iu our itv'UC of Hus fill) iust., has presented 
us with a splendid chromo-lithograph of these 
animate—tin accurate copy of a $.100 pain ling by 
Miss Clowes, made by Hatch & Co., Litho¬ 
graphers, Herald Building, New York. This Is, 
we believe, the large h iq.d best uni mill ehromo 
published in tbl. t.'ftiTfu'y, and is u on-lit to 
American art, as well as to the successful Amer¬ 
ican feeder and herdsman whose cattle are thus 
admirably presented. The low price at which 
this ehromo cuu bo obtained ($12) places a pic¬ 
ture of these animals, equal in accuracy of por¬ 
traiture. color mid detail, to the costly painting 
above named, within tho reach of every man 
who likes to look at. fine animals, or who de¬ 
lights in rural or farm scenes. Aeonmpunying 
each ehromo is a chart giving tha live weight of 
each animal at three years of age, the annual 
gain of each, tlicir greatest gross weight, aud 
the net dressed weight respectively, wiih a de¬ 
tailed account of the manner of feeding—all of 
which will interest and profit every farmer and 
feeder. Wc have seen much more cosily paint¬ 
ings in peoples’ parlors for which we tvould pay 
less money than for ibis beautiful cattle ehromo. 
Journal of the New Yorlr Stole Agricultural 
Society.— AVc delight to commend good things. 
One good thing we notice In iho February num¬ 
ber of the Journal is the record of the doings of 
some of the Formers’ Clubs of tills State. With 
this exception we should suppose, If we did not 
know better, that the State Society publishes its 
Journal for the benefit ol English readers. Does 
it? If not, why does it. publish it at all? For 
the mailer it contains is just about as interest¬ 
ing to New York farmers as iL would be to the 
King of Timbuetoo (if there is such a being) to 
know that JOHN Brown’s soul is marching on J 
The State Society has an Entomologist ; why 
does not the Journal contain some of i he re¬ 
sults of bis observations? It also has a Chem¬ 
ist; why docs not its pages give us sonic evi¬ 
dence that lie is alive? It has an Engineer: 
what (s he doing for the Society ? 11 lias a Con¬ 
sulting Veterinarian; why do not the Society’s 
members get something In return forth? honor 
conferred by such an appointment? Seventeen 
thousand dollars in the treasury and publish 
such evidence of profound stupidity every 
month as is this Journal! 
Implement Inquiry. —Geo. Gray — We know 
nothing of the implement of which you ask in¬ 
formation. 
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Choice Fruit from Ilansas.—Wo have afore¬ 
time told our readers about, the line fruit, espe¬ 
cially Apples, grown in Kansas; and in the 
Rural of Oct. 2d, last, gave an Illustration of 
the display of Kansas fruits at tho meeting of 
the American Fomological Society, Phiia., for 
which tho Grand Gold Medal of the Penn. 
Hurt. Society was awarded. We take pleasure in 
acknowledging the receipt of a barrul of apples 
from Mr. Wm. B. Tanner, President, and Dr. J. 
StaymaN, Secretary, of tho Leavenworth Hor¬ 
ticultural Society. The assortment comprised 
over twenty choice varieties—Including Domi¬ 
nie, Jonathan, Wine Sap. King. Northern Spy, 
Lady Finger, Rome Beauty, lluwle’s J.raot, R. 
1. Greening. Swaar, Ben Davis, Pennoek, Show 
Crab, Sc. The various samples were shown, 
tasted and discussed at a recent Rural Anni¬ 
versary, and their size, beauty and fine flavor, 
were admired and commended by politologists 
aud others present. 
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Obituary—Joseph It. Carpenter.—The Jones¬ 
boro, III., Gazette informs us of the death of our 
old friend and correspondent—a man who lias 
lived and labored to some purpose in the West, 
and whose work and writings have always been 
on the side of Progress and Improvement. An 
indefatigable worker, scrupulously honest and 
THE SEASON 
(The rletntU na reffwdt Senann atiH Crops nre now of minor !ror>ort- 
flnee. But it U of importance lo farmer* to know tlrv prit'da paid for 
f»trni produce nil over ilie Rlp.al P4tf>b. Give u» briefly, then, I Ufa 
winter, such items o»mrmjnp the senson and temimratpfe o* dmy he 
of interest, nnd especially the prices paid for all Kinds of form pro¬ 
duct:, and such facts us to tho Stolk on baud a k WlAy be reliable. 
—Ki»a, Rural.] 
Montrose, Westmoreland Co., Va., Feb. 7.—The 
winter, thus far, has been remarkably mild, 
(only one freeze, of two inches,) generally April 
weather. Wheat, though sown late, is looking 
tolerably well. The first snow since Christiana 
fell yesterday, but melted before dark; this 
evening it commenced again.—: m. ir. o. 
Cnnyonvtllc, Dnuglnss Co., Oregon, .Inn. 13.— 
The first ten days of this month was freezing 
nights nnd thawing days; tbo last throe have 
been warm and rainy; the twelfth bees were 
out In profusion. Wheat, 75c. per bushel; oats, 
37>fic.; corn, none in market; butter, 50c. per 
pound; potatoes, 50c. per bushel; onions, ftc. 
per pound; pork, ftjbTo. per pound; apples, 50o. 
per bushel.—A. M. jo. 
B.lght Street, Col. Co., !*/»., Feb. 7. — Tho 
weather, for the past two mouths, has been vary 
changeable. Ronds Imro been almost mipns- 
sable. Some days more liko April than January 
weather. Wheat sells at £1.10; corn,80c.; oats, 
40c.; potatoes, 40e.; liny, $15@$16 per ton: beef, 
£11 per cwt.; pork, $15 per cwt. Fruit scarce 
and of poor quality. Clover seed quite poor. 
Money scarce -Fed. 8.— A fall of snow to-day 
of sixteen inches.— H. h. b. 
Guilford, Chenango Co,, N. Y., Jan. 20. —We 
aro having a very pleasant, open winter, which, 
if it continues, will make hay plenty and cheap. 
Butter uot all sold yet, but moviug slowly at 40c. 
One farmer and his two sons recently shipped 
108 firkins at that price via Midland Railroad to 
Sidney, on Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, 
being the fix^stshipment on that road from this 
place. Corn $1.25; oats 00@70c.; potatoes 75c.; 
eggs 30c.—M. is. m. 
Harrington, Yale# Co,, N. Y., Feb. 4. — Thus 
far this lias been an open winter, with but a few 
days of sleighing; roads in fine condition for 
wheeled vehicles. Glover seed Is being thrashed; 
it is the poorest crop of seed obtained for many 
years, a groat portion not yielding u peek of 
clean seed peraero! During the past two months 
much Injury lm-s been done to fall corn grain by 
frequent freezing and thawing. Hay $11 per 
ton; all cereal crops are a drug in tho market. 
Potatoes 30c. per bushel; stock in good condition. 
—l. n. s. 
shrett, Wayne t.o., Ohio, Feb. 1.—We are hav¬ 
ing very open, changeable winter weather, ex¬ 
ceedingly wet,—the highest water or flood last 
month for the past twenty-three years. Im¬ 
proved farms rate at $50 to $150 per acre here, 
according to improvements and location. Al¬ 
though we have had two productive years the 
last past. Tamers arc not prospering as they 
should. Prices of farm produce are too low,— 
below the cost of production, nnd farmers have 
not the ability to demand such prices as would 
pay, bul are compelled to take such prices as 
others sec proper to give.—H- M. 
Nnujemoy, diaries Go., !U8., Feb. 10.—The pre¬ 
sent winter has bceu unusually mild. Have had 
no snow and no frost in the ground, and but four 
days cold enough lo make Ice. Owing to the 
drouth we made but little corn; wheat and oats 
were good, and are all sold. The wheat, is now 
looking very well, aud many farmers are nearly 
through plowing for oats, and should the present 
weather continue, most of the sowing will be 
done by the end of t ho month. Wheat is bring¬ 
ing Sl-25@-l.-15; oats, 60@75c.; corn, $1.00@1.05; 
rye, $1; barley, $1.25; dressed hogs, 13@14jtfc.; 
improved farms on river from $20 to $40 per 
acre; interior, $10 to $30. Freights to Baltimore, 
3 to 6c. per bushel.—Q. t. 
Manchester, Vi., Feb. 3.—December and Janu¬ 
ary have been very mild : indeed much of Janu¬ 
ary has been warmer apd pleasanter than Octo¬ 
ber was; have had very little snow. Com worth 
$1.25; oats, 60c.; rye, $1.16; buckwheat, 90c.; 
potatoes, 50c.; apples. $4@$5 per barrel; dressed 
hogs, lie. per pound; beef, lie.; mutton to give 
away. Horses af© worth from $400 to $800 per 
span; oxen. $2OO@,$3O0 per yoke, or about 8c. 
live weight; cows are now worth from $35 to 
$60; common sheep will sell for what t heir pelts 
are worth; full bloods are held nominally at 
from $10 to $25 per head. Hay, $15 to $30 per 
ton. Good farms may be bought at from $00 to 
$S0 per acre. Rough spruce lumber $18 to $20 
per M; dressed, $5 additional; hemlock $4 less. 
Some are giving from eight to ten per cent, for 
money on short time.—B. 
INDUSTRIAL 
The American InMltnte held its annual elec¬ 
tion of officers, at the Cooper Institute. New 
York, on the 10th Inst. Tho attendance was large, 
five tickets were in the field, and the canvass 
was quite spirited—resulting in an unusually 
run vote. The following ticket received a large 
majority; Prea.— Horace Greeley. Vice- 
Prc* fir-Urn. Hall. Charles P. Iirly, Nathan C. 
e y ‘ ‘^'--Goorao Peyton. Car. See.— 
Samuel D. Tillman. T)cm— Sylvester B. Com- 
SIOCK* 
Mamuirr- ofthr Frur-WiHlrim H. Butler. Orestes 
Cleveland J. 4»ro«|ien Herrint, Churkin Wager Hull, 
VVilHam ». Carpenter, George Ti meson, J. Wilson 
Stratton. James kniclit. Thomas ltlcUs. Thomas 
Rutter, Samuel It. Wells. William E. Peitr.sc, Joseph 
R. Lyman, J. Trunidull Smith, Walter Shriver, Then. 
D. Stetson, James K. Smith. Charles E. Kuril. E. S. 
Dlek iis.ui. C Danes IL Clayton, Henrr J. Newton, 
Charles Kooinc, Oscar A. Nathusius. Frank Kvordell. 
OotnMtUf. on thr Admission of Mnnhers — 1 Thonms C. 
Small, .fames U, Drake, John W. Chamber*, J. Owen 
Louap, Stephen B. Krnm. fifiiuuiv—Thos .11 Affrl- 
ancc. Ih<■was Williams, Jr.. Charles Uhrrniherlain 
Simeon Baldwin, J. Do Laruatar. Libre ry-James Ki 
Campbell. SWwnrd Walker. Du Dots D. Partnelee. 
Oscar Mason, Stephenson Tnw|r», Ii.noaitoru M. 
M. Livingston. Alliro Howell, Nathaniel Wheeler, 
it™! 1*5 A. Butler, C. Williams. Muou/ncrurcs and 
Mnthinera —Hamilton 70. Towle. < hnrles 15 . Emery, 
George II. (bibcock, Frank L. Pop". Robert Weir. 
f.’irmutrv,.yinemlotn/at>d GmiIooi/-C harin F. Cliau- 
dler. Dubois D. Parmelee, Julias G. Pohle, .1. S. New- 
berry, Albert, G. Kelley. Oulical Sdf-nrr -John B. 
to eh. John E. Davit. John Frey, L. Bradley. P. H. 
Aarirter WeTjtcL Clnlt Knqinrrrinqiimt Architecture— 
Wll um J. McAlpirie. Hol.a rt G Hatfield, Hamilton 
E. Towle, Samuel McEl.oy, Edward S Ronwlck. 
Aarlcultnre - Natlmn C. Ely, John Crane. P. T. Quinn. 
J*. M. Jlexumrr. .Install Ji. Mary, ffnrtieulture -Will 
Dam >. ( nrpenter, Brnjtunm C. Townsend, Joshth 
Henderson, Isaac Buchanan, Janie* IIorr. Com~ 
merer-J V, C. Smith, Edmond Dwiylit, Thomas 
Lodwio, James H. Sackett, John if. Muc). 
New York «fnie Ag. Soc.—The annual meeting 
of this society was held at Albany February 9 
The report of the Executive Committee was 
mid by tho Secretary. The Treasurer presented 
his report sis follows: 
RKCKIPTS: 
Cash and V. S. Securities from last account.$ 17 .(i 77 .nr. 
Life Momherriilps. 
Annual .Memberships..U... 
St a to A pproprlution. 
State Appropriation tor Entomologist. 
T. ll. Fit lie for Special Premium . 
State Fair Receipts at. Elmira. 
Refreshment Rental at Elmira. 
Net Local Subscription at Elmira. 
Interest Account.. 
Miscellaneous.,.......'.. 
507.01) 
200.00 
1,700'.'.'. 
1,000.00 
200 flu 
16,083.87 
500 00 
f58.44 
i,2*.».n) 
7li.:fl 
$39,805.11 
PAYMENTS: 
Premiums,. Sec., at Annual Meeting.S 2 IJ .01 
Premiums <ii previous years.‘ 1 ,rd 
Salary of Bntomulogist.... 1.100.0,1 
Snlnrics and traveling expenses. 5,48i.:~2 
Library and Museum.... 
Incidental expenses., . brt.W 
Postage account. 4 S 4.13 
Printing and stationery. 1 ,Z »'..55 
Abortion In Cuttle Investigation. f»', 70 
State Fair expense* at Elmira. 6 . 1,7 
State Full' Premiums. Ac., .Ve. 0.212.,'5 
Cash and U. S. Securities now on hand. 17,977.45 
$39,805.11 
The following resolutions, after dlscussiou, 
wore adopted: 
Item lived, That the New York State Agricultural 
Society approve of the proposed amend moot to the 
tariff, repealing Hie " twontr per rent." doty on all 
“ live HliiumlH Imported for breeding purposes," aud 
that, w e respectfully request its adoption. 
Hem teed, That n rert.illed copy of these resolutions 
be forwarded by the secretary to the presiding offi¬ 
cers of both Houses ..if Congress. 
Officers for tlio current year were elected as 
follows: Vrrs'l- Solon D. Hungi km«ud, Jeffer¬ 
son: Vice P/ra'tH—TI looms H. Faile, Jr., New 
York ; Samuel T. Tabor, Queans; J. Winnie, Al¬ 
bany; Frank f). Curl is, Saratoga; JamesGeddos, 
Onondaga; Wm. M Ely, Broome; B. F. Angel, 
Livingston; lilchard 1 Lurch, Allegany. Opr. Sec. 
—Thomas 1 ,. Ilurtetui, St. Lawrence. Her, Sec.— 
.lidin Haven, New- York, Trru.i.— l.mher H. 
Tucker, Albany. Kr. Com. William Chamber- 
lain, Dlitehess; Robert J. Swim. Seneca; Ford- 
ham Morris, New York; Milo Inglesiiec; Wm.lt. 
Watson, Orleans; I'M win Tlioruc. Dutchess; Jo- 
seph Juliaud; James W. Wadsworth, Livingston. 
Tho oily of Utica wns recommended as the 
place For holding the next State Fair. 
Tho following resolution, after imnc discus¬ 
sion, was laid over lo the next annual meetiug: 
That the Interests Of the State Agricultu¬ 
ral Society would In* greatly promoted by the adop¬ 
tion of the rotary plan for holding Annual Fairs, and 
tfiat Albany. Rochester un.l Iltleii 1,0 rreommended 
n* suitable places to be selected for beginning this 
system. 
Itvsnlved, That the Executive Committee of the So¬ 
ciety be requested to devise menus to carry this reso¬ 
lution into effect. 
New England Agricultural Society.—The fol¬ 
lowing are the officers elected at the Annual 
Meeting iu Boston, Fob. 1: 
Pres.—Hon. Geo. B.Loring,Salem.Maas. Sec.— 
Daniel Needham, Groton, Mass. Trcas.— QeoAV. 
Riddle, Manchester, N. H. 
MASSACiitrsurrs. Viee-Pree., Wm. s. Clark of 
Amherst College. Trustee#- S. H. Howe, Boston ; 
Thos.Saunders, Stilem; Klch'd Goodman. Lenox; 
John Johnson, Jr., Framingham; Wm. Burney, 
Springfield; Peter Umler. Quincy; Levi stock- 
bridge, Amherst; Jus. F. Thompson,Nantucket; 
J. A. Harwood, Lit He ton. 
New HAMl’smui:.— Vicr-Pre#., Fred’k Smyth, 
Manchester. Trustee#- D. II. Gooddl, Antrim; 
W. F. 1 1 .midi, Franklin; Warren Brown, Hamp¬ 
ton Falls; Chits. Williams, Manchester; John If. 
lidilev, Portsmouth; G. A. Pillslmry, Concord; 
Redd. El well. Languon; G. M. Murphy, Dover; 
G. Clarke. Atkinson. 
Rhode Island—IT cc-Pras., Ama.su Spragne, 
Cranston. Trustees — Obadiuh Brown, North 
Providence; L. B. Frieze and W. E. Barrett, 
Providence; T. II. Buffum, Middleton; E. D. 
Pearce, East Providence; Cyrus Harris, River 
Point; 11.Gh Russell, Warwick: H. J. Brown, 
Cumberland; J. D. W. Perry, Bristol. 
M a ink. — Vtce~Pres„ T. S. Lung, North Vassal- 
boro'. Trustees—B. L. Goodall, iraco; Columbus 
Stewart. North Anson; Seth Seam mono. Scar- 
boro’; W. T. Pierce. Btmgor; G.W. Richer, Bath; 
J. F. Anderson, North Wludnani; Calvin Cham¬ 
berlain, Foxcroi't: G. F. Shepley, Portland; P. B. 
Gilmore, Orono. 
Vermont,— Vice-Pres.. E. S. Stowell, Cornwall. 
’lYustrr#- G. Campbell. Westminster; H. Clark, 
Rutland; <>• S- Bliss, Georgia; I 7 - Winslow, Put- 
nev; G. C. Chandler, Montpelier; L. T. Tucker, 
Ito'yalton; II. M. Hull, East Burke; L. S. Drew, 
Burlington; H. 13- Kent, Dorset. 
Connecticut.— Vlca-l i r<#., E. H. Hyde, Staf¬ 
ford. 1'ntsUcs—S. M. Willis, Wethersfield: B. 
Sumner. Woodstock; Burden Loomis, Windsor 
Locks; H. 8. Collins, Collinsville; G. C. Hitch¬ 
cock, New Preston; S. C. Colt, Hartford; It. L. 
Stewart, Middle Huddam; T. S. Goid, West Corn¬ 
wall ; J. Camp, Norwalk. 
Western N. Y. Hurt. Sue.—At the annual meet¬ 
ing held at Rochester January Will the follow¬ 
ing officers were duly elected: Pres.—P atuxok 
Barry, Rochester. Mcc-Prcis’ts— T. C. Maxwell, 
Geneva; C. L. Hoag. Loukpnrt; W. B. Smith, 
Syracuse. Sec. and lYms.—S. P. Wake Ice. Roch¬ 
ester. Er. C'om.—J. J. Thomas, Union Springs; 
K. w. Sylvester, Lynns; J. Larrowe, Ham- 
moudspoi'c; C. A. Bronson. Geneva; E. A. 
Frost, Rochester. Com. on Native Fruit #-Charles 
Downing, New burg; J- J. Thomas; H. E. Hooker, 
Rochester; S. S. Graves. Geneva; E. Moody, 
Lock pert. Com. on tbrewu Fruit —Georgo Ell- 
waugnr, Rochester; John Fisher, Batavia; E. 
W. Hcrejideou, Geneva; H. H. Farley, Union 
Springs; S. B. Garrett, Lyons. Com, on Nomen¬ 
clature—3. J. Thomas ; N. P. Townsend, Lock- 
port; Mr. Clark, Naples; A. Merrell, Geneva; 
S. H. Gould, Rochester. 
Cortland Co., N. Y., Ag. Soc. —Officers elect 
for 1810: Pres.—A. W. Blodgett. Vice-Pre#.— 
C. B. GoodeU. Sec.— J. C- Carmichael. Treats.— 
Morgan H. Webb. Ex. Board—A. L. Chamber- 
lain, C. C. Taylor, Wm. P. Randall, Jno. P. Hart, 
George Murray. 
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