1847, 
63 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
NEW-YORK STATE AG. SOCIETY. 
Tiie annual meeting' of the New-York State Ag. Society was 
held at the Assembly Chamber of the Capitol, on the 20th and 21st 
days of last month—the President, J. M. SHERWOOD, Esq., in 
the chair, LUTHER TUCKER, Secretary. 
After the arrangement and call of the roll, the applications for 
premiums were distributed to the various committees. 
On motion of L. F. ALLEN, Esq., of Erie, a resolution was 
•adopted, that a committee of three be appointed from each Senate 
District, to nominate officers of the Society for the ensuing year, 
and also to recommend the place for holding the next Fair of the 
Society—the delegates present from each District to appoint the 
committee for their District. A recess was then taken, to enable 
them to fulfil this duty. On their return to the room, the following 
gentlemen were announced as the committee on nominations, &c. 
1st District.—Messrs. S. S. Benedict, J. S. Titus, and Wilson 
Small. 
2. Messrs. Lewis D. Berrien, Wessill S. Smith, and James E, 
Beers. 
3. Messrs. J. J. Yiele, J. P. Beekman, and A. Van Bergen. 
4. Messrs. Orville Clark, Thos. H. Marvin, and Abijah Beck¬ 
with. 
5. Messrs. Benj. Enos, John Dean, and A P- Grant. 
6. Messrs. Charles Cook. J. S. Wadsworth, and E. Mack. 
7. Messrs. G. V. Sackett, J. T. Rathbone, and J. M. Ellis. 
8. Messrs. Win. Buel, G. Hard, and J. T. Bush. 
On motion of BENJ. ENOS, Esq., of Madison, 
Resolved , That a committee be appointed to memorialize the 
Legislature to renew the law extending aid to the State and 
'County Agricultural Societies, which expire with the old Consti¬ 
tution. {Committee, Messrs. Enos, Johnson, and Tucker ] 
On motion of Mr. ALLEN, amended by Mr. GEDDES, the Con¬ 
stitution of the Society was so amended as to make all Ex-Presi- 
,dents permanent members of the Executive Committee.—agreea- 
.bly to notice given at the last annual meeting, by Maj. Kirby. 
Mr. L. F. ALLEN offered the following amendment to the Con¬ 
stitution, to be acted upon at the next annual meeting : 
The second section of the Constitution of this Society, shall be 
so amended as to locate the several Vice-Presidents thereof, one in 
•each Supreme Judicial District of the state, as may be organized 
by the Legislature, instead of the Senate districts, as heretofore; 
they being abolished by the new Constitution of the State. 
The following resolutions, introduced by Mr. J. S. WADS¬ 
WORTH, of Livingston, were passed, after an extended discus¬ 
sion, in which Messrs. Wadsworth, Geddes, Johnson, Viele, Al¬ 
len. Marks, Beckwith, Peters, Bloss, and others, took part : 
Resolved , That in the opinion of this Society, any restriction 
upon the transmissiofi to market, of the products of the soil and in¬ 
dustry of the country, are alike injurious to the interests of the pro¬ 
ducer and consumer, and when not required by the exigencies of 
the public service, are an invasion of the rights of the citizen. 
Resolved , That this Society regard the prohibition in the char¬ 
ters of the several railroads parallel to the Erie canal, against the 
use of said roads for the transmission of freight during the con¬ 
tinuance of canal navigation, even though the same tolls are paid 
thereupon as are exacted upon the canal for the same distances, 
as an unnecessary, and therefore, an unwise interference with 
the industry of the state. 
Resolved. That the Executive Committee of this Society, be di¬ 
rected to prepare and lay before the Legislature, a memorial, pray¬ 
ing that honorable body to authorize these railroads to carry 
freight at all seasons of the year, subject to the same tolls as are 
paid upon the Erie canal. 
Gen. VIELE, of Rensselaer, submitted the following resolutions 
for future consideration, which, on motion, were referred to the 
evening session: 
Resolved , That, in the opinion of this Society, the profession of 
practical agriculture cannot fail to be vastly improved by a gene¬ 
ral diffusion of scientific knowledge applicable thereto. 
Resolved , That by uniting scientific knowledge with practical 
skill, the profession of agriculture will obtain the elevated station 
that belongs to it, and we regard it as a sure method of improving 
the moral condition of the people; and that we believe that the 
time has arrived which demands that this subject should receive 
more attention than has hitherto been given to it. 
Mr. M’INTYRE. the Treasurer, read his report, showing the 
following receipts and expenditures for the past year : 
RECEIPTS. 
Balance per last report.... $546,21 
Memberships at annual meeting.. 137.00 
Wm. Buel, life membership,. 50.00 
Memberships at various times,.-. 10.00 
Dividend on Mohawk bonds, ... 105.00 
Interest on Bond and Mortgage,... 70 00 
Receipts at Auburn Show,...... 4,333.17 
Jos. Fellows, for Pultenev estate,...... 50.00 
State payment..... 700.00 
Interest on Mohawk bonds..... 105.00 
Transactions sold...;. 5.00 
interest on Bond and Mortgage,. 70.00 
PAYMENTS. 
Premiums paid,... $1,599.43 
Expenses at Auburn,. 710.82 
Salaries paid,. 706.00 
Sundry expenses,. 630.71 
Invested in Bond and Mortgage,.... 2,000.00 
Balance in hand,.. 534.42 
$6,181.38 
Evening Session. 
On the report of Judge SACKETT, chairman of the committee 
on nominations, the following gentlemen were elected officers of 
the Society for the ensuing year : 
President—GEORGE VAIL, of Troy. 
Vice-Presidents. 
1st District—W m. T. McCoun, New-York. 
2d “ John A. King, Jamaica. 
3d “ C. N. Bement, Albany. 
4th “ Samuel Cheever, Stillwater. 
0th “ O. C. Chamberlain, Richfield Springs. 
6th “ Eli C. Frost, Catherine. 
7th “ II. S- Randall, Cortlandville. 
8th “ Wm. Buell, Rochester. 
Recording Secretary —Luther Tucker, Albany. 
Corresponding Secretary— Joel B. Nott, Albany. 
Treasurer —J. McD. McIntyre, Albany. 
Executive Committee —William A. Beach, Saratoga Springs, 
Joshua T. Blanchard, Saratoga Springs, Luther Bradish, 
New-York, G. V. Sackett, Seneca Falls, Thos. J. Marvin, 
Saratoga Springs. 
The committee reported E. P. PRENTICE as Vice-President 
for the 3d District, but on his declining, (he name of Mr. DE¬ 
MENT was substituted. 
The committee also recommended SARATOGA SPRINGS, as 
the place for holding the next Stale Fair. 
Mr. L. F. ALLEN, chairman of the committee appointed last 
year to report a selection of Fruits, best adapted to the different 
portions of the state, said that they were prepared lo report only in 
part. They recommended a list of apples best adapted to home 
use and exportation. This list he would present, and ask that the 
committee might be continued. 
Mr. A. said that it was admitted that the climate of this state 
was well adapted to the cultivation of apples, pears, peaches, 
&c., and he did not doubt that within a year, the subject of fruits 
had become to be better understood than ever before, and more 
had been learned in five years than had been learned previously 
from the day of the landing of the Pilgrims. 
The study was deeply interesting. The whole people seem to 
have taken hold of it. The result is that immense quantities of 
excellent fruit are now annually exported ; and there are some 
farmers on the North river who make more from their orchards 
than from their whole farms beside. 
Mr. A. read the following list of apples, which he highly recom¬ 
mended :— 
Early. —Early Harvest, Early Bough, Strawberry, Williams* 
Favorite, Early Joe. 
Autumn. —Fall Pippin, Golden Sweet, Gravenstein, Jersey 
Sweeting, Rambo, Detroit. 
Winter- —Baldwin, Yellow Bell-flower. Hubbardston Nonsuch, 
Newtown Pippin,‘'Northern Spy, Blue Pearmain, Rhode Island 
Greening, American Golden Russet, Roxbury Russet, Swaar, La¬ 
dies’ Sweeting, Talman Sweeting, Esopus Spitzenburgh, Vande- 
vere, Waxen Apple. 
Mr. MARKS, of Greene, gave the following notice : 
Notice is hereby given that a resolution will be offered at the 
next annual meeting ot this society, for the alteration of the 
Constitution, so that the election of its officers by ballot may be 
dispensed with by a vote of two-thirds of the members of said 
society present. 
Thursday , Jan. 21. 
The Society convened in its room in the old State Hall, at 10 
o’clock A. M., when the reports of the several Committees on the 
award of Premiums, were read. 
Mr. ENOS, of Madison, from the committee to memorialize the 
Legislrtture for a renewal of the law in aid of Agricultural Socie¬ 
ties, reported a memorial which was adopted, and directed to be 
presented to the Legislalnre. 
On motion of Mr ALLEN, of Erie. 
Resolved , That $50 be appropriated, under the discretion of B 
P. Johnson. Esq.. Chairman of the Cheese Committee, for the 
purpose of obtaining the documents appertaining to the sixty cheese 
dairies of Herkimer County, as exhibited at the State Cattle Sho N 
in Utica, in 1845. 
On motion of Mr. WADSWORTH, of Livingston, 
Resolved , That the Executive Cornitlee be directed to offer pre 
miums for the present year, to the amount of $2,500, exclusive of 
books belonging to the Society. 
2. That $1,500 be appropriated for the expenses of the Society 
for the year 1847, other than for premiums, and that the authority 
of the Treasurer lo make payments from the treasury, upon the L 
order of the Executive Commitlee, be limited to that amount- 
Mr. ALLEN of Erie, gave 
$6,181.38 
