THE CULTIVATOR. 
281 
EXHIBITION AND FAIR 
OF THE 
NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
From all we see and hear, we confidently expect that 
the Exhibition of the State Agricultural Society, which 
is to take place at Utica on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of 
this month, will be at least equal in interest to any one 
which has previously been held in the country. We 
presume the collection of people will be verv large, and 
have reason to think there will be no lack of agricultural 
and horticultural productions, or of the evidences of me¬ 
chanical skill. The show of stock of all kinds will un¬ 
questionably be large, and may be expected to sustain 
the reputation of our farmers in this respect. Utica, it 
will be recollected, is the centre of the great dairy dis¬ 
trict of the state, and hence we may expect a richer dis¬ 
play of butter and cheese than has been made before; 
and in connexion with this department, we shall also 
look for a better show of milch cows , the most important 
stock for that region, as well as for a large part of the 
country. 
Excellent arrangements have been made at Utica in 
relation to the various departments of the exhibition, and 
we are fully satisfied that the citizens of that flourishing 
city are determined to do all in their power to promote 
the interests of the Society on this great occasion. 
Mr. Quincy, of Massachusetts, who has consented to 
deliver the address, is a gentleman well known as being 
warmly devoted to the advancement of agriculture and 
all the industrial arts, and is not unused to speaking on 
such subjects. Having had the pleasure of listening to 
him on a like occasion, we venture the assurance that 
no reasonable anticipations will be disappointed. 
We call particular attention to the list of awarding 
committees, and the regulations in reference to the exhi¬ 
bition as given below. 
REGULATIONS FOR THE FAIR. 
All members of the Society, and all who may become 
members at the time of the Fair, by the payment of $1,00, 
will be furnished with Badges which will admit the 
person and his wife and children under 21 years of age, 
to the exhibition at all times during the Fair. Tickets 
t o admit a single person, 12| cents. 
Members will be allowed to enter in carriages with 
their families, but no hacks or other public conveyances 
will be permitted to enter except when the inmates are 
members of the Society, without paying a dollar for each 
entrance, and the inmates, if not members, to furnish 
themselves with tickets. 
Gentlemen may become members and obtain badges at 
the stage office of J. Butterfield & Co., and at the 
bookstores of I. Tiffany, G. Tracey, and Bbnnett, 
Backus & Hawley, Genesee-street, Utica, or at the 
Business Office, at the show-yard. 
All exhibitors at the Fair, must become members of 
the Society, and have their articles entered at the Busi¬ 
ness Office before taking them into the enclosure. 
The trial of Plows will take place on Tuesday, the 
16th—consequently all competitors must have their plows 
on the ground on the morning of that day. 
All those who intend to compete for the premiums on 
agricultural implements, butter and cheese, sugar, co¬ 
coons, silk, &c., should have their specimens on the 
ground on the ]6th, that they may be deposited in their 
appropriate places, and the rooms suitably arranged on 
the day previous to the Fair. 
No premiums will be paid on animals or articles taken 
away before the close of the Fair. 
Every thing intended for the exhibition, must be on 
the ground at or before nine o’clock, on the morning of 
Wednesday, the 17th. 
Animals and other articles offered for exhibition, 
must be labelled with the owner’s name and residence 
at full length. 
The Committees to award Premiums. 
The several Committees to award Premiums, are re¬ 
quested to report themselves at the Society’s room, at 
Bagg's Hotel, on Tuesday evening, the 16th, or at the 
Business office, on the show grounds previous to ten 
o’clock on Wednesday morning, the 17th, after which all 
vacancies will be filled, and the committees will enter 
upon their duties at twelve o’clock. 
The Judges are requested to furnish their awards to 
the Recording Secretary by twelve o'clock on Thursday, 
that a list may be made out from which the Treasurer 
can pay the prizes immediately on the reports being read 
from the stand. 
The Judges will not award the prizes offered, unless 
in their opinion the animals or articles exhibited are 
worthy of the premiums. 
Prize animals and implements at the previous exhibi¬ 
tions, will be allowed to '“.ompete for the prizes; but 
they must receive a highei prize, or in a different class, 
to entitle them to a premium. Should the same premium 
heretofore given them be awarded, they will receive a 
certificate to that effect instead of the prize. 
No viewing committee, with the exception of the 
Committee on Discretionary Premiums, shall award any 
discretionary premium, without the previous permission 
of the Executive Board, expressed through the Presi¬ 
dent. 
The annual address will be delivered, under the large 
tent, at 3 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, by Hon. Josiah 
Quincy, Jr., of Boston. 
Immediately after the address, the reports of the Com¬ 
mittees to award the Premiums will be read, and the 
premiums paid at the Treasurer’s office. The Treasurer 
will also be in attendance at the Society’s Room, at Bagg’s 
Hotel, on Thursday evening, and on Friday, for the pur¬ 
pose of paying Premiums. 
On Thursday afternoon, the Premium Animals will 
be exhibited on the grounds, separate from the others, 
with cards showing the premiums awarded to each ani¬ 
mal, so that the public may have an opportunity of view¬ 
ing the animals which have been adjudged worthy of 
the Premiums of the Society. 
Transportation of Stock. 
Arrangements have been made with the different Rail 
Road Companies, whose officers, with their usual libe¬ 
rality, have agreed to transport, free of charge, all ani¬ 
mals and articles designed for exhibition at the Fair. 
Gentlemen who intend to send their stock by the Rail 
Road, must give notice at least one week previous to 
the Fair, to Luther Tucker, Albany; M. D. Burnet, 
Syracuse; J. M. Sherwood, Auburn; L. B. Langwor¬ 
thy, Rochester; or L. F. Allen, Buffalo; so that the 
necessary preparations may be made by the companies 
for their transportation. 
Extra trains of cars, both east and west of Utica, v/ill 
oe run, in which visitors to the Fair will be carried for 
a sum not exceeding half the usual rates on the roads. 
Of their times of starting, notice will.be given as soon as 
the arrangements are completed. The Packet Boat 
Companies have made arrangements to facilitate the con¬ 
veyance of visitors, at reasonable rates. 
It is expected that that the operations of the Magnetic 
Telegraph will be exhibited on the grounds during 
the Fair. It is intended by (he proprietors of this work, 
to have it ready for operation from Utica to Little Falls, 
a distance of twenty miles. 
Articles designed for exhibition at the Fair, may be 
directed to the care of Farwell & Harrington, Utica, 
who will take charge of them as directed by the owners. 
Judges to award the Prizes. 
Cattle , Class, I .—James Gowen, Philadelphia; J. S* 
Skinner, New-York; Thos. Hollis, Gilbertsville. 
Cattle , Classes II, III, IV. —Adam Furgusson, Water- 
town, C. W.; F. Ingersoll, Vernon; D. D. Campbell, 
Schenectady. 
Cattle, Classes V, and VI. —J. R. Speed, Caroline; 
Wm. Fuller, Skaneateles; Aaron Petrie, Little Falls. 
Working Oxen. —Sanford Howard, Albany; Andrew 
J. Bell, Lairdsville; Squire M. Brown, Elbridge. 
Steers .—E. P. Beck, Sheldon; Clift Eames, Rutland; 
Israel Boies, Homer. 
