1900 
THE 
53 
RURAL NEW-YORKER] 
THE NEW YORK STATE AGRICUL¬ 
TURAL SOCIETY. 
The annual meeting of the New York 
State Agricultural Society was held at 
Horticultural Hall, Albany, N. Y., January 
17. Kather a lively time was expected over 
the election of officers for the ensuing 
year, and there was a larger attendance 
than has been usual of recent years. The 
members of the Society were, however, 
agreeably surprised to find that the con¬ 
tending interests had got together the night 
before the meeting and come to an agree¬ 
ment, which avoided any contest at the 
regular meeting, and paved the way for a 
satisfactory adjustment of differences. Much 
of the credit for the peaceful solution of 
the difficulties is credited to JLieutenant- 
Governor Woodruff, who is also president 
of the Society. There wex - e three different 
interests concerned, including the old ex¬ 
ecutive committee of the State Society, and 
their fx-iends; an opposition within the 
membership of the Society, including many 
men prominent in the County Association 
of Agricultural Hairs, and the Right Har¬ 
ness Horse Association. The opposition to 
the present board secured a large number 
of proxies to be used at the annual elec¬ 
tion, ai _the members of the existing 
board cured a number of proxies, so 
that i ion of officers promised to be 
rathei .. .^^exciting one. At the meeting 
Tuesday night, however, it was discovered 
that both tne old board, and the opposition, 
were in favor of State management of the 
State Hair, and it was agreed to adjourn 
the annual meeting until March 21, allow¬ 
ing the old officers to hold over in the 
meantime, and to appoint a committee of 
nine, of which the .Lieutenant-Governor 
the privileges of such membership as has 
been our privilege to enjoy up to the 
present period of our history, and that the 
charter of the said organization should 
not be repealed.” 
The Lieutenant-Governor is quite out¬ 
spoken in reference to improvements which 
he thinks are necessary at the Fair 
Grounds. He stated that Senator White, 
of Onondaga, was to introduce a bill pro¬ 
viding for a mile track at the Fair 
Grounds, to replace the half-mile track 
now there. He also insists that another 
entrance be provided to the Grounds, that 
the stubble fields give place to green lawns, 
that the cinder paths be replaced by more 
agreeable material, that shade trees and 
ornamental shrubbery, and floral decora 
tions, be provided, and that the buildings 
should be treated to a coat of paint, for 
the purpose both of preservation and at¬ 
tractiveness. The present board, Presi¬ 
dent Woodruff stated, appreciates the 
necessity of these improvements, but on 
account of the lack of funds is unable to 
meet the situation. Under State control 
he hopes to be able to secure the necessary 
funds to make the improvements. These 
matters were considered by the officers of 
the Association, and Governor Roosevelt, 
at a conference in Syracuse during the 
Fair week last Fall, and the outlines of the 
present plans practically agreed upon, so 
that the Governor is evidently in sym¬ 
pathy with the present plan, and whatever 
recommendations are made by the commit¬ 
tee of nine are quite likely to meet with 
his approval. 
The committee of nine held a brief con¬ 
ference Wednesday afternoon, and are to 
meet again in two weeks to formulate a 
plan of action. The object of postponing 
the election of officers of the State Asso¬ 
ciation to March 21 was to give the Legis¬ 
lature, In the meantime, an opportunity to 
pass the legislation along the lines sug¬ 
gested. D. 
"Think of Ease 
But Work On.” 
should be one, Tor the purpose of formu¬ 
lating a plan by which the management of 
the Fair would be taken over by the State. 
This agreement on the part of the contend¬ 
ing factions was approved at the annual 
meeting on Wednesday, and the Lieuten¬ 
ant-Governor appointed the following com¬ 
mittee: Senator 11. S. Amb.'er, chairman of 
the Senate Committee on Agriculture; As¬ 
semblyman Litchard, chairman of the As¬ 
sembly Committee on Agriculture and 
former president of the State Grange; W. 
Judson Smith, of Syracuse, F. C. Schraub, 
of Lowville, S. U. Willard, of Geneva, and 
F. W. Cullinan, of Oswego, members of 
the Executive Hoard of the State Society; 
J. H. Durkee, of Sandy Hill, president of 
the County Hair Association, and H. H. 
Long, of Westchester, of the Ligiit Harness 
Horse Association. 
This committee is expected to draft a bill 
which, if passed by the Legislature, and 
approved by the Governor, will take the 
management of the State Fair out of the 
hands of the State Agricultural Society, 
and place it entirely under State manage¬ 
ment. There is some difference of opinion 
as to just wnat ought to be done with the 
State Agricultural Society. The State Fair 
has been held under the auspices of the 
Society for over 60 years. The Society also 
inaugurated, and for a number of years 
conducted, the farmers’ institute work, 
and, in fact, performed most of the State 
functions in reference to agricultural and 
horticultural matters. Since the organiza¬ 
tion of the State Agricultural Department, 
however, these functions have been taken 
over one by one by the Department, until 
the last year there was nothing left for 
the State Society except the management 
of the State Fair. Last year there was a 
deficit in the Fair accounts, and it was 
necessary to get special appropriation from 
the State of $25,000 in order to meet this 
deficit, and provided for new buildings and 
repairs. The regular State appropriation 
of $ 22,000 has also been made annually for 
premium purposes, so that last year the 
State appropriated $57,000 for Fair purposes, 
and it was a condition of the special $35,000 
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Pansies, side by side, each a different color? If so, 
you know that the effect is charming beyond con¬ 
ception. Did you ever see Chi Ids’ Giant Pansies, mar¬ 
vels in beauty and true to color ? If not. you have- 
not seen the beauty and perfection now attained. 
As n trial offer, we will mull for 26 cents I 
50 seeds Pansy Giaut, Pure Snow White, 
50 “ “ “ Coal Black, 
50 ‘‘ 44 “ Cardinal Red, 
50 “ 44 “ Bright \ ellow, 
50 “ * “ Azure Blue, 
50 “ *' 44 Bright Violet, 
50 “ '* 44 Striped, Variegated. 
A little book on Pansies, telling all about culture, etc. 
A booklet of 95 pages on House Plants; tells just 
how to care for every kind of window plant. 
THE MAYFLOWER magazine 3 months; finest 
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The 7 Pansies, 2 Hooks, Mayflower and Cat’g, 25c. 
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Seeds, Bulbs, Plants and New Fruits, 156 pages, 500 
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John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N- Y. 
appropriation that the State Society’s in¬ 
terest in the Fair Grounds be ceded to the 
State, and this was included in the bill 
authorizing the appropriation; so that the 
Fair Grounds at Syracuse are now the prop¬ 
erty of the State, to be held as long as an 
annual State exhibition is held on the 
grounds. It is held by some that the char¬ 
ter of the State Association should be an¬ 
nulled, it having no duties now to perform. 
Others held that this old and venerable 
Association should be maintained, and 
given some voice in the management of the 
Fair, and possibly some new functions 
adopted by the Society. Then, again, some 
are in favor of placing the management of 
the Fair entirely under the control of the 
State Agricultural Department, while others 
insist that the management of the Fair 
should be placed in the hands of a special 
commission appointed by the Governor. 
The following resolutions introduced by Mr. 
S. T. Betts, of Syracuse, and unanimously 
adopted at the annual meeting, serve to 
show the sentiment towaxds the preserva¬ 
tion of the old Society: 
‘‘Resolved, That it is the sense of this 
meeting that the New York Stato Agri¬ 
cultural Society, which was incoi’porated 
in 1832, and which has ever since exerted 
a wide iniiuence in this great Empire State, 
be continued as said oi’ganization; but 
that if it seems expedient and wise by the 
Society that the future direction of its af¬ 
fairs be placed under State management 
that this action be taken by our organiza¬ 
tion, but that in case such a change of 
management does occur that the present 
membership of our Society retain and enjoy 
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