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Feb- 
THE CULTIVATOR 
The United States Agricultural Society. 
The Sixth Annual Meeting was held in pursuance of 
appointment at Washington, 13th January, Mr. Wild¬ 
er, the President, taking the chair, and about 70 
members being in attendance, representing 19 States. 
The opening address by President W. was appropriate 
—congratulatory to the Society, and referring in terms 
of commendation to the increased disposition on the 
part of the general government to pay attention to the 
claims and interests of Farmers—mentioning the satis¬ 
factory results of the Syracuse Trial and the Louis¬ 
ville Show—alluding to the loss sustained by the death 
of two of the Society’s Vice Presidents, Messrs. Gr. W. P. 
Custis of Ya., and T. J. Rusk of Texas—declining, for 
himself, a third time, re-election as President, having 
jj six years discharged the duties of the office at much 
personal sacrifice—and, in conclusion, briefly reviewing 
! the good influences exerted by the association, and the 
benefits to be derived by the country from perfected 
systems of husbandry, 
“Till plenty, rising from the encouraged plow. 
Shall fill, enrich, adorn our happy land.” 
Mr. B. 0. Tayloe, of the Dist. of Columbia, re¬ 
sponded,—expressing his regret at the proposed with¬ 
drawal of Mr. Wilder from the presidency, and com¬ 
plimenting the energy, fidelity, and dignity with which 
he had adorned the position, and, after some further 
remarks, 
Committees on Nominations and the Treasurer’s ac¬ 
counts, were appointed as usual. The subject of Mr. 
Morrill’s Bill, donating lands to Ag. Institutions, was 
referred to a committee of five, and it was voted that 
the committee on obtaining from Congress an act of 
organization for the Society, should renew their appli¬ 
cation for this purpose. In answer to a call from the 
chair, 
Mr. H. F. FrencF of New-IIampshire, made some 
remarks on the recent visit made by him to Europe, in 
which he acted as a delegate of the Society to several 
Agricultural Exhibitions. He discussed especially the 
subject of plowing by steam, replying to various inter¬ 
rogatories from different members. 
The Chair announced the committee on the subject 
of Mr. Morrill’s bill to be Messrs. Johnson of New- 
York, Tilghman of Maryland, Loring of Massachusetts, 
Tayloe of the Dist. of Columbia, and Arney of Kansas. 
Dr. Antisel was then introduced, and proceeded to 
address the Society on “ the necessity of having a more 
perfect knowledge of the mineral necessities of our 
crops developed,” and concluding with the recommen¬ 
dation of an appropriation for suitable experiments. 
Mr. Calvert of Maryland, spoke warmly in ap¬ 
proval of Dr. Antisel’s paper, and offered a resolution 
which was passed, appointing a committee to memorial¬ 
ize Congress for a specific appropriation to carry out 
the investigations proposed. 
The Chair announced the awards to the reapers and 
mowers at Syracuse, as follows : 
mowers. 
First premium—Gold Medal and Diploma—To Ball, 
Aultman & Co., of Canton, Ohio—Miller & Aultman’s 
patent. 
Second premium—Silver Medal—To Walter A. Wood, 
of Hoosick Falls, N. Y.—Manny’s patent with Wood’s im- 
« provement. 
d Third premium—Bronze Medal—To Martin Hallenbeck, 
nj of Albany, N. Y. 
. ( Diplomas awarded as follows :— 
To T. D. Burrall, of Geneva, N. Y., for simplicity of 
construction and solidity of workmanship. 
To R. L. Allen, of New-York, for concave knife-blade, 
and general excellence of material and superior work¬ 
manship. 
To Buffalo Agricultural Machine Works, Buffalo, N. Y., 
for cheapness and ingenious adaptation of cutter to uneven 
surfaces. 
REAPERS. 
First premium—Gold Medal and Diploma—To C, H. 
McCormick, of Chicago, Ill. 
Second premium—Silver Medal—To Walter A. Wood, 
of Hoosick Falls, N. Y—Manny’s patent with Wood’s im¬ 
provement. 
Third premium—Bronze Medal—To Warder, Brokaw 
& Child, of Springfield, Ohio. 
Diploma to Jonathan Haines, of Pekin, Ill., for Illinois 
Harvester. 
COMBINED MACHINES 
First premium—Gold Medal and Diploma—To Walter 
A. Wood, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y.—Manny’s patent w r ith 
Wood’s improvement. 
Second premium—Silver Medal—To Buffalo Agricul¬ 
tural Works, Buffalo, N. Y.—Kirby’s improvement. 
Third premium—Bronze Medal—To Warder, Brokaw 
& Child, of Springfield, Ohio. 
TRANSFERABLE AUTOMATON RAKES. 
First premium—Bronze Medal—To Seymour & Morgan, 
of Brockport, N. Y. 
STATIONARY HAY OR COTTON PRESS. 
First premium—Silver Medal and Diploma—To Wil¬ 
liam Deering & Co., of Albany, N. Y. 
PORTABLE HAY OR COTTON PRESS. 
First premium—Silver Medal and Diploma—To Wil¬ 
liam Deering & Co. 
GRAIN CRADLES. 
First premium—Bronze Medal—To H. Robinson. 
SCYTHE SNATHS. 
First premium—Bronze Medal—To Frost, Burke & Co # 
The second day a communication was received from 
Joshua Vansant, Presidentof the Maryland Institute, 
inviting the Society to hold its next show at Baltimore. 
A favorable report was presented by D. Jay Browne, 
from a committee appointed last year to investigate the 
merits of the Chinese Sugar Cane, and a long debate on 
the subject took place. A medal was awarded to Jo¬ 
seph S. Lovering of Philadelphia, for experiments 
and samples of sugar made by him. Resolutions in 
favor of Mr. Morrill’s land bill were reported and 
adopted. The following list of officers, was then brought 
in by the Nominating Committee and unanimously 
elected : 
President—Gen. Tench Tilghman, of Maryland. 
Vice Presidents—J. D. Lang, Maine; H. F. French, 
New-Hampshire ; Frederick Holbrook, Yt; John Brooks, 
Massachusetts ; B. B. Thurston. Rhode Island ; S. H. 
Huntington, Connecticut; B. P. Johnson, New-York ; W. 
P. Robeson, New-Jersey ; David Landreth. Pennsylvania; 
John Jones, Delaware ; Odin Bowie, Maryland ; Philip 
St. George Cocke, Virginia; H. K. Burgwyn, North Ca¬ 
rolina ; F. W. Alston, South Carolina ; Richard Peters, 
Georgia ; C. C. Clay, jr.. Alabama ; M. W. Philips, Mis¬ 
sissippi ; J. B. De Bow, Louisiana; Lucien Buttles, Ohio; 
W. L. Underwood, Kentucky ; T. Fanning, Tennessee ; 
D. P. Hollaway, Indiana ; H. C. Johns, Illinois ; T. R. 
Barnett. Missouri ; A. B. Greenwood, Arkansas ; Michael 
Shoemaker, Michigan; D. L. Yulee, Florida; Guy M. 
Bryan, Texas ; Le Grand Byington, Iowa; B. F. Edger- 
ton, Wisconson ; A. C. Bradford, California ; H. M. Rice, 
Minnesota; J. H. Lane, Oregon ; W. W. Corcoran, Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia ; M. A. Otero, New-Mexico ; D. Ander¬ 
son, Washington Territory ; J. M. Bernhisel, Utah ; B. B. 
Chapman, Nebraska ; W. F. M. Arny, Kansas. 
Executive Committee—Henry Wager, New-York; J. 
McGowan, Pennsylvania ; Josiah Ware, Virginia ; Fred¬ 
erick Smyth, New-Hampshire; Henry Wilson, Ohio; 
John Merryman, Maryland ; James W. Brown, Illinois. 
Treasurer—B. B. French, Washington, D. C. 
Secretary—Ben. Perley Poore, Newburyport, Mass. 
Since the foregoing was in type, we have received 
the following letter from a correspondent, which, al¬ 
though in some respects a repetition of the above, will 
still be read with much interest. It is dated Washing¬ 
ton, Jan. 15 : 
