1850. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
77 
But this conjoined happiness and progression demand the constant 
aids of augmenting knowledge. In your western migrations, you 
must bear with you, to plant on your new soil, the arts and sciences 
and daily discoveries of the east; and thus will population and civ¬ 
ilization extend together to the shores of the wide Pacific. 
And among the branches of knowledge which you will most use¬ 
fully carry with you, those which relate to the arts of rural life, will, 
above all others, contribute largely to the temporal welfare of your 
spreading people. That which we know in England, you soon learn 
to master and apply here; and what is known in the^Empire State, 
ought, in like manner, to diffuse itself hence over the vast dominions 
of your great confederacy. 
Though I have considered it my duty, in conformity -with your re¬ 
quest, to lay before you the observations I have put together in the 
present address—it would be presumptuous in me, after what I have 
seen in this show-yard, and in this city, to suppose that any thing I 
could say, would materially hasten the progress of agriculture among 
you, or turn you into any better paths than those you have already 
begun to follow. If any man wishes an evidence of what you are 
in energy, and what you are capable of in action, let him come to 
Syracuse, and look around him. It was brought as an action against 
the ancient Romans, that they made a country desolate, and called 
that peace. It is the nobler praise of the great modern Republic, 
that you find a country desolate, and cover it with people—a wilder¬ 
ness, and you plant it -with fertile farms—furnished with rare wig¬ 
wam encampments, and you strew it over with splendid palaces and 
great cities. Energy, discernment, constructive talent and adminis¬ 
trative skill, must all be united to accomplish such results, so rapidly, 
so safely, so securely. I thank you for inviting me to come among 
you, that I might see all this, and might enjoy the gratification which 
the sight of progress of such a kind imparts. It will be to me a 
source of future satisfaction, if I shall be able, on reflection, to be¬ 
lieve that my visit to your country has in any way contributed to 
the further or more safe advancement among you of that pursuit, 
which is the surest support of nations—whether in tire Old W orld or 
in the New. 
State Jlgriailtural Sorietw. 
Animal Meeting. 
The Ncw-York State Ag. Society convened in the 
Assembly Chamber, at 12 o’clock on Wednesday, the 
16th Jan., 1850—the President not having arrived, 
©n motion of B. P. Johnson, Esq., Hon. John P. 
Beekman, ex-president, was called to the chair. 
B. P. Johnson, Esq., Secretary of the Society, 
read the annual report of the Executive Committee, 
detailing the operations of the Board for the past 
year, which was listened to with great interest. 
Their labors have been, in every respect, eminently 
■successful, and it is believed that the influence and 
usefulness of the society is rapidly extending, not 
only over our own state, but to most of the other 
states. 
The report, on motion of Mr. Cheever, was ac¬ 
cepted, and ordered to be embodied in the Transac¬ 
tions of the Society. 
L. Tucker, the Treasurer of the Society, read 
his annual report, showing these general results:— 
Receipts. 
Bal. in the treasury j Jan. 17, 1849,. $433 55 
Sale of mortgage given for money previously loaned,.... 2,000 00 
From the State Treasury,.... 883 23 
For memberships at annual meeting,. 97 00 
Interest on investments,. 250 00 
Temporary loan,... 693 61 
Receipts at State Fair at Syracuse, .... 8,144 55 
John A. Taiutor, Hartford, Conn., for extra prize on Sheep, 100 00 
Sundry other sums, amounting to. 72 50 
$12,674 44 
Payments. —- 
Debts of 1848,. $2,037 15 
Premiums,..... 4,397 66 
Salary and travelling expenses of the Secretary, and sala¬ 
ry of Messenger, ...... 1,410 88 
Expenses connected with the State Fair,. 792 79 
Repayment of loan,... 600 00 
On account of Library and Museum—Repairs of Agricul- 
ral Rooms—Incidental Expenses, &c., &c.,. 1,334 66 
10,573 14 
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 16,1850,. 2,101 30 
$12,674 44 
On motion of Mr. Enos, the report was accept¬ 
ed, and ordered to be printed with the Transactions. 
On motion of Mr. T. C. Peters, it was ordered 
that a committee of three from each judicial dis¬ 
trict be appointed, to report the names of officers of 
the Society, and to recommend the place for holding 
the next Annual Fair. 
On motion of Mr, T. Smith, the delegations 
from each judicial district, were directed to select 
their respective members of the committee. 
The several district delegations then retired to se¬ 
lect their committees, which duty having been per¬ 
formed, and the names reported, the nominations 
were confirmed. 
Mr. Pardee, before this committee, desired to 
present a resolution in accordance with instructions 
from his county, urging that two fairs be held next 
year—the State to be divided into two districts with 
reference to them. He stated that the county So¬ 
ciety of Wayne had adopted this plan, and with 
great advantage, and desired to see the same thing 
by the State Society—and chiefly because the ten¬ 
dency would be to keep up the interest in these fairs, 
by holding them every year both in the eastern and 
western parts of this state. 
Mr. Cheever suggested that this could not be 
done without an alteration of the Society’s consti¬ 
tution—-and perhaps the assent of the Legislature. 
It would also be equivalent to dividing the Society 
into two. But, in any event, it was a matter with 
which the committee just appointed had nothing to 
do, unless the Society had the power thus to divide 
itself, and should do so. If that was done, the com¬ 
mittee should know it before acting. 
Mr. Pardee explained that the proposition was 
not to divide the Society, or to have two organiza¬ 
tions-—but on the contrary, that its union should be 
continued, and that under one organization two fairs 
should be held each year. 
Gen. Yeile moved a reference of the matter to 
the committee just appointed. 
Mr. Sherwood suggested a special committee — 
it being a matter of considerable interest at the 
west. 
Mr. T. C. Peters moved to lay the whole sub¬ 
ject on the table, which was agreed to. 
Recess until 4 o’clock, P. M. 
Four o'clock , P. M. 
Mr. Enos, of Madison, from the nominating 
committee, reported the following persons as offi¬ 
cers of the Society for the present year, and they 
were unanimously agreed to, by ballot, by the Socie¬ 
ty :— 
President—E. P. PRENTICE, Albany. 
Vice Presidents— Ambrose Stevens, New-York; Lewis G. 
Morris, Westchester; Anthony Van Bergen, Greene; Z. C. 
Platt, Clinton; J. B. Bttrnkt, Onondaga; E. C. Frost, Chemung; 
Oliver Phelps, Ontario ; Nelson Van Ness, Chautauqua. 
Corresponding Secretary—B. P. Johnson. 
Recording Secretary—J. McD. McIntyre. 
Treasurer—Luther Tucker. 
Executive Committee—B. B. Kirtland, J. J. Viele, H. Wendell, 
A. Thompson, Henry Wager. 
The same committee, to whom was also referred 
the question of selecting a suitable place for hold¬ 
ing the next Cattle Show and Fair of the Society, 
reported in favor of holding it at Albany, if the ci¬ 
tizens furnish funds sufficient to erect such build¬ 
ings, &c., as the executive committee may require 
for the purpose of the Society. 
Mr. Butterfield’s resolution relative to holding 
a four days’ fair, was referred to the executive com¬ 
mittee. 
A communication was then read from James Cow- 
den, Esq., American Consul at Glasgow, inform¬ 
ing the Society of a fair to be held in London, for 
the exhibition of the industry and arts of all nations, 
during the summer of 1851. and expressing the hop® 
