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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Fee. 
IEW-¥©1R STATE AGRICULTURAli §OCIET¥. 
The annual meeting of this Society was held in this 
city on the 19th and 20th of last month. The session 
was commenced at the Assembly Chamber at 12 o’¬ 
clock on the 19th—the President of the Society, Geo. 
Vail, Esq. in the Chair, and Benj. P. Johnson, Esq. 
Secretary. 
After the meeting was organized, and an opportuni¬ 
ty offered to all who desired, to become members of 
the Society, Mr. Johnson read the annual report of 
the Executive Contfmittee, detailing their labors for the 
past year, which was accepted, and approved. 
Mr. J. M’D. M’Intyre, the treasurer, then read 
his annual report. The following balance sheet shows 
the condition of the financial affairs of the society:— 
Balance from last report and receipts from various sour¬ 
ces during the year,.■•••... .$6,457 19 
disbursements during the year :— 
Premiums paid, . •$2,266 73 
Incidental expenses,. 514 78 
Library,. 61 22 
Salaries,.-. 947 27 
Expenses, 1846,. 312 88 
Other expenses,. 547 75 
Invested 1st Oct. last,. 1,000 00 
- 5,650 63 
Balance on hand,.. 806 56 
$6,457 19 
The President stated that the permanent fund of 
the society now amounted to $8,000. 
Mr. L. F. Allen, of Black Rock, said, it would be 
recollected that at the last annual meeting, he had 
submitted an amendment to the constitution of the so¬ 
ciety, rendered necessary by the change in the consti¬ 
tution of the State. He moved to substitute judicial 
districts instead of Senate districts, as it now read.— 
It was a mere matter of form. The amendment was 
agreed to. 
Mr. T. Smith, of Schoharie, offered a resolution 
providing that a committee of three from each judicial 
district, be selected by the members from each district, 
to report the names of officers for the ensuing year, 
and to recommend the place of holding the next fair. 
Mr. Geddes, of Onondaga, gave notice that at the 
next annual meeting of the society, he would move an 
amendment to the constitution, so as to exclude the 
ex-presidents of the society from the executive commit¬ 
tee, they having been added to the board by an amend¬ 
ment adopted last year. 
Mr. G. W. Clinton, of Buffalo, said that he was 
instructed to present a resolution of the Common Coun¬ 
cil of that city, asking that the next annual Fair should 
be held at Buffalo. That city had waited patiently and 
properly, until every other section of the state had been 
visited—until they now supposed that their turn had 
come. The people of Buffalo were now strenuous and 
hearty in this matter, and full provision had been made 
by the citizens and the common council for the recep¬ 
tion of the society, and the accommodation of the Fair; 
should it visit that place, and the Fair be held there, 
he would promise for them at least a good western 
welcome. 
Mr. Viele, of Troy, moved the reference of the 
matter to the committee to be raised under Mr. T. 
Smith’s resolution. Agreed to. 
Mr. T. Smith, of Schoharie, presented a communi¬ 
cation from citizens of Geneva, asking that the next 
Fair might be held at that place. It had the same re¬ 
ference as the other. 
The following gentlemen were then announced as the 
committee of three from each judicial district:— 
1. George E. Sickles, Robert G. Campbell, Ambrose Stevens* 
New-York. 
2. Geo. B. Butler, Westchester; John E. Jones, Kings; Wessel 
S. Smith, Queens 
3. E. P. Prentice, Albany; J. P. Beekman, Columbia; Amos 
Briggs, Rensselaer. 
4. S Cheever, Saratoga; W. H. Butrick, Essex; J. T. Blanchard, 
Saratoga. 
5. A. Z McCarthy, Oswego; George Geddes, Onondaga; B. M. 
Huntington, Oneida. 
6. B. Enos, Madison ; J. Bennett, Otsego; Geo. W. Buck, Che¬ 
mung. 
7. B. F. Angel, Livingston; T. D. Burrill, Ontario; J. M. Sher¬ 
wood, Cayuga. 
8 A. T. Upham, T. Cary, J. T. Bush. 
Mr. T. Smith laid on the table a resolution declar¬ 
ing that the interests of the society would be promoted 
by fixing a permanent location for future^ State Fairs 
after the next one. 
Mr. L. F. Allen wished to make a report in part 
from the committee on fruits. This was acknowledged 
to be an important subject, and in addition to those re¬ 
ported last winter, he would recommend the following 
fruits as worthy of cultivation by the people: 
Pears — Summer —Bloodgood, Madeleine, Dearborn’s Seedling 
Autumn —Fondante d’Automne, Bartleit, Seckel, White Doyenne. 
Swan’s Orange, Steven’s Genesee, Louise Bonne d’Jersey, Beur- 
re Bose, Grey Doyenne. Washington. Winter —Beurre d’Arem- 
berg, Glout Morceau, Winter Nelis, Vicar of Winkfield. 
Plums —Jefferson, Schenectady Catherine, Reine Claude, Colum¬ 
bia, Huling’s Superb, Bleecker’s Gage, Albany Beauty, Washing¬ 
ton Bolmar, Prince’s Imperial Gage, Coe’s Golden Drop, Denniston’s 
Red, Peach, Lawrerue’s Favorite, and Prune d’Agen, for prunes. 
Cherrtes —Mayduke, Florence, Black Tartarian, Yellow Span¬ 
ish, Holland Bigarreau, Elton, Downer’s Late. 
Peaches —Early Tillotson, George IV. Grosse Mignonne, Morris 
White, Royal George, Yellow Rareripe, Crawford’s Eariy, Red 
Rareripe, Red Cheek Melocoton, Cooledge’s Favorite, Malta, Bre- 
vort’s Morris. 
Strawberries— Early Scarlet, Hovey’s Seedling, Swainstone’s 
Seedling. 
Mr. L. F. Allen laid on the table resolutions which 
he wished to have considered, after the address in the 
evening—proposing that the Smithsonian Institution at 
Washington should include agriculture among its ob¬ 
jects—and also that Mt. Yernon should be purchased 
for an Agricultural Educational Institution. 
Adjourned to 4 o’clock, P. M. 
Four o’clock, P. M. 
Mr. Angel, from the committee appointed for the 
purpose, reported the following list of officers for the 
ensuing year:— 
For President—LEWIS F. ALLEN of Erie. 
Vice Presidents—1st district, Ambrose Stevens; 2d, John A. 
King- of Queens; 3d, E. P. Prentice of Albany; 4th, Samuel 
Cheever of Saratoga; 5th, George Geddes of Onondaga; 6th, 
George W. Buck of Chemung ; 7th, Allen Ayrault of Livings¬ 
ton ; 8th, James C. Ferris of Wyoming. 
Rec. Secretary— Benj. P. Johnson of Albany 
Cor. Secretary— Ebenezer Emmons of Albany. 
Treasurer— John McD McIntyre of Albany. 
Executive Committee— Luther Tucker of Albany, John J. 
Viele of Rensselaer. Joel Rathbone of Albany, John T. Bush 
of Erie, Theodore C Peters of Genesee. 
The committee also recommended unanimously, that 
Buffalo be the place for holding the next annual 
Fair. 
The report was accepted, and the persons named 
elected. 
Adjourned to 7 o’clock, P. M. 
At 7 o’clock, P. M., the society convened at the 
Assembly chamber to hear an address by Prof. J. P. 
Norton of Yale College. Mr. N. gave an admirable 
exposition of the connexion of science with practical 
agriculture. His illustrations were unmerous and of 
so piain and simple a character as to be at once under¬ 
stood. He was listened to for upwards of an hour by 
