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2d best do.—B. S. Carpenter, Elmira,. 5 
3d best do.—C. W. Eels.Westmoreland, Oneida Co., Trans. 
Best yield of Syrup from Chinese Sugar Cane—E. C. 
Bliss, Westfield, Chatauque Co.,....... 5 
Best Crop Peas—Miss Amanda Newton, E. Bloomfield, 8 
2d do.—L. L. French, Richfield, Herkimer Co.,. 5 
3d do.—L. L. French, “ “ .Trans. 
Best Crop Beans—E. C. Bliss, Westfield, Chau. Co.,.. $8 
Rest Crop Sugar Beets—E. M. Bradley, E. Bloomfield, 8 
Best Crop Carrots—E. M. Bradley, East Bloomfield, 8 
2d do.—E. S. Hayward, Brighton, Monroe Co.,. 5 
Best Crop Timothy Seed—C. W. Eels, Westmoreland,. 5 
2d do.—E. S. Hayward, Brighton, Monroe Co.,. 3 
GRAINS, ETC. 
Best Bushel W T inter Wheat—Amos Colliding, Le Ray, 
Jefferson Co.,. 3 
Best Bushel Spring Wheat—A. E. Van Allen, Defreest- 
ville, Rens. Co......-•. 3 
2d do.—Gr. K. Eels, Clinton, Oneida Co.. 2 
3d do.—Amos doubling, Le Ray, Jefferson Co.,.. 1 
Best Bushel Rye—David Conradt, Brunswick, Rens. 
Co.,... 3 
2d do.—Amos Goulding, Le Ray, Jefferson Co.,- 2 
3d do.—Wm. Richardson, Albany Co... 1 
Best Bushel Two-Rowed Barley—Norman Gowdy, 
Lowville,.. 3 
Best Bushel Oats—C. W. Eels, Westmoreland, ___ 3 
2d do.—David Conradt, Brunswick, Rens. Co.,.. 2 
3d do.—W. P. Ottley, Phelps, Ontario Co.,. 1 
Best Bushel Yellow Corn—C. W. Eels. Westmoreland, 3 
2d do.—W. Newcomb, Johnsonville, Rens. Co., .. 3 
3d do.—David Conradt, Brunswick, Rens. Co.,.. 1 
Best Bushel White Corn—David Conradt, Brunswick, 3 
Sample Dried Sweet Corn—L. L. French, Richfield, Her¬ 
kimer Co.,... Silver Medal. 
Best Bushel Peas—Amos Goulding, Le Ray, Jeff. Co., $3 
2d do.—L. L. French, Richfield, Herkimer Co., ....... 2 
Best Bushel Beans—Edwin Miller,Constableville,Lewis 
Co.,..... 3 
2d do.—David Conradt, Brunswick, Rens. Co......_ 2 
3d do.—Wm. Newcomb, Johnsonville, Rens. Co.,.._ 1 
Best Bushel Timothy Seed—Edwin Miller, Constable¬ 
ville, Lewis Co.,....... 8 
2d do.—E. S. Hayward, Brighton, Monroe Co... 2 
3d do.—C. W. Eels, Westmoreland, Oneida Co.. ...... 1 
Best Bushel Buckwheat—Henry Schoonmaker, Bethle¬ 
hem, Albany Co.,.-... 3 
2d do.—Wm. Richardson, Bethlehem, Albany Co...... 2 
3d do.—L. L. French. Richfield, Herkimer Co.,. 1 
Best Bushel Flax Seed—Henry Wier, Johnsonville, 3 
2d do.—W. Newcomb, Johnsonville, Rens. Co......... 2 
Best Collection Grasses and Herbage—Mrs. J. T. Van 
Namee, Pittstown, Rens. Co.,........... 15 
Sample Potatoes—Wm. Richardson, Bethlehem,.. Trans. 
Dioscorca Batatas—J. G. Sickles, Stuyvesant, Columbia 
Co.,.......Trans. 
DAIRY PRODUCTS. 
Best Three Tubs Butter—S. H. Case, Oswego, Oswego 
Co.,.....— Cup valued at $15 
2d do.—A. M. Haight, New-Lebanon, Columbia Co., 
Cup valued at $10 
3d do.—J. S. Halbert, Chemung, Chemung Co.,. 5 
Best Sample Winter Butter—E. Merriam, Leyden,Lew¬ 
is Co., .............. —..... 5 
2d do.—Mrs. Wm. Newcomb, Johnsonville, Rens. Co., 3 
3d do.—L. L. French, Richfield, Herkimer Co.,... Trans. 
Best Three Cheeses—E. F. Carter, Evans Mills, Jefferson 
Co.,.... Cup valued at $15 
2d do.—John Gillett, Scott, Cort. Co.,.. Cup valued at 10 
3d do.—Norman Gowdy, Lowville, Lewis Co.,.. 5 
4th do.—A. M. Haight, New-Lebanon, CoL Co.,... Trans. 
WINTER FRUITS. 
Best Twenty Varieties of Apples—R. H. Brown, Greece, 
Monroe Co., .... Dip. and $4 
2d do.—E. S. Hayward, Brighton, Monroe County, 
Downing and $2 
Best Ten Varieties of Apples—G. K. Eels, Clinton, Oneida 
Co.,...... Dip. and $3 
2d do.—D. Conradt, Brunswick, Rens. Co.,..Barry and $1 
3d do.—Henry Wier, Johnsonville, Rens. Co., .... Trans. 
Best Collection Winter Pears—Elisha Dorr, Albany, 
Small Silver Medal 
Currant Wine—Elisha Dorr,-Albany, Small Silver Medal 
Specimen Bucks Co. Fowls—Wm. Richardson,... Trans. 
Hon. A. S. Upham, the retiring president, then deliver¬ 
ed an address, mainly upon the position and education of 
the farmer, and was followed by the newly chosen in¬ 
cumbent, in a few appropriate and interesting remarks. 
The thanks of the Society having been expressed, and 
copies requested for their Transactions, Hon. M. P. 
Wilder briefly and happily responded to a call upon 
him—alluding to his connection with several of the gen¬ 
tlemen, and especially with Gov. King in the U. S. Ag. 
Society, and referring to his own efforts in past times, 
for the establishment of such an institution in Massa¬ 
chusetts, as he now congratulated our State upon pos¬ 
sessing in the Agricultural College. Gov. King, after 
several calls then took the floor, and made some elo¬ 
quent remarks, bearing upon the position occupied by 
the State, both Agriculturally and Commercially, and 
calling upon its farmers to maintain their own and its 
standing, by keeping it as it now is, foremost among 
its sister states, and by handing down to their children, 
an inheritance even better than that received from 
their fathers. 
Judge Cheever then followed—giving more in de¬ 
tail than had been before presented, the present condi¬ 
tion of the College, of which, as our readers are aware, 
he is the presiding officer. The building is to be con¬ 
structed of stone from an excellent quarry on their own 
premises, and every effort will be exerted on the part 
of the trustees to do what they do, thoroughly and 
prudently, to attempt no more than they can accom¬ 
plish, to act within their means, and to go on just as 
fast and no faster than these permit. 
Hon. A. B. Dickinson followed—adverting with 
much effect to the services rendered to our Agriculture 
by our Mechanics, illustrating this by a comparison be¬ 
tween our tools and those of the English,—denying a 
statement that had been made to the effect that our 
farmers did “not understand their business,” claiming 
for them far more praise than superficial observers gen¬ 
erally award, and illustrating this point by alluding to 
the large number of men in his own immediate locality 
who went there as boys with nothing but strength of 
arm and heart, and are now worth their tens and 
twenties and fifties of thousands, made wholly and ex¬ 
clusively in their calling as farmers. 
The comparison instituted by Major D. between Eng¬ 
lish and American implements, next elicited from Sec¬ 
retary Johnson a full and very interesting account of 
the prejudices against the latter existing in England 
at the time of the celebrated World’s Fair, at which 
he was a delegate, and of the final triumph over them 
accomplished by our pitchforks, our plows, and above 
all, our reaping machines. Col. J. held the undivided 
attention of his audience for nearly three-quarters of 
an hour, and was frequently interrupted by laughter 
and applause. 
Meeting of tSie New Executive Committee. 
Friday morning the newly chosen Board of officers 
held their first Executive meeting at the rooms of the 
Society, Mr. Kelly taking the chair in the necessary 
absence of Judge McCoun. The Fair was decided to 
be held at Syracuse the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th days of 
October, and the usual contracts between the Society 
and the local committee were perfected. The reports 
of experiments handed in for Premiums, were referred 
to the Secretary and Treasurer for examination. Oth¬ 
er customary business of a first meeting in the year 
having been accomplished, the Board adjourned until 
the 18th of March, when the premium list will come 
up for consideration, and it is hoped there will be a full 
attendance for its revision and final preparation for 
the press. 
