96 THE CULTIVATOR. March, 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
NEW-YORK. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Agricultural Rooms, Albany, Feb. 11,1847. 
Present—George Vail, President; J M. Sherwood, ex-Presi- 
46111; Wra, Buel, Sam’l Cheever, C. N. Bement, Vice-Presidents; 
J. M’D. McIntyre, Treas.; B. P. Johnson, Secretary; T. J. Mar¬ 
vin, YV. A. Beach, J. T. Blanchard, A. Stevens, Executive Com. 
mittee; E. P Prentice, Dr. A. Thompson, Wm. H. Sotham. 
Mr. Prentice, from the committee on the premium list, reported 
that the committee had been unable to complete the list in time for 
this meeting; and the same was recommitted to the committee to 
report to the Board at their next meeting—and the Secretary was 
added as a member of the committee. 
Letters were read from Hon. Adam Ferguson, Woodhill, Canada 
West, Geo. Geddes Esq , Fairmount, W. II. Sotham, Albany. 
A communication from E. E. M. Gale, M. D., on the cause of 
abortion in cows, was read, and referred to the committee of pub¬ 
lication. 
Communications from Hon. Benj. Enos, Madison county, and 
the President, on the adoption of rules for measuring corn crops, 
&c., were read and referred to the committee on premium 
list. 
Statement of a crop of oats raised by Hamilton Morrison, was 
presented and read, and no premium awarded, as the rules re¬ 
quired by the Society as to the measurement of the land, and of 
tlte crop, had not been observed by the applicant, nor any sample 
of his grain presented. 
On motion of Mr. Stevens, the plan of show grounds at Auburn, 
was ordered engraved, under direction of Messrs. McIntyre, 
Tucker, and Stevens. 
On motion of Mr. Johnson, the President, Mr. Sherwood, and 
Mr. Stevens, were appointed a committee to prepare regulations 
for grain crops. 
The Secretary was directed to return the thanks of the Society 
to P. L Simmonds, Esq., of London, for his valuable communication 
to the Society on Grasses, and torward to him the Transactions of 
the Society for 1844 and 1845. 
On motion of Mr. Johnson, vols. 4 and 5 of the Society’s Tran¬ 
sactions were ordered to be furnished to the N. Y. Historical So¬ 
ciety. 
On motion of Mr. Stevens, 
Resolved , That a set of the Transactions of the Society be fur¬ 
nished to the New-York Agricultural Association. 
Messrs. Johnson, Stevens, and Bement were appointed a com¬ 
mittee to superintend the preparation and printing of the Transac¬ 
tions of the Society. 
On motion of Mr. Stevens, 
Resolved , That the show and fair of the Society be held at 
■Saratoga Springs , on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of September, 1847, 
and that the first day be devoted exclusively to the examinations 
by the committees, and the 2d and 3d days to the exhibition—on 
condition that the persons who have presented a written guarantee 
to the board, furnish a bond executed by themselves or others, in 
exchange for the same, at the next meeting of the board—condi¬ 
tioned that this Society shall not be charged with any of the ex¬ 
penses of the fair at that place. 
Messrs. Howard, Bement, and Johnson, were appointed a 
committee to prepare subjects for the weekly agricultural meet¬ 
ings. 
Resolved , That the meeting adjourn to Thursday, the 18th inst., 
at 11 o’clock, A. M. B. P. JOHNSON, Secretary. 
P. S. The premium list of the last year, is left with the Secre¬ 
tary, at the Society’s rooms, in the old State Hall, where pre¬ 
miums will be paid in the absence of the Treasurer. 
Officers of County Societies who have not forwarded their re¬ 
ports. are requested to do so immediately to the Secretary. 
Publishers of papers and others who have business with the So¬ 
ciety, are desired to direct their papers and letters to the Secre¬ 
tary, at the Agricultural Rooms, Albany. 
B. P. JOHNSON, Secretary. 
At the meeting on the 18th, the Premium List for 1847, was com¬ 
pleted, and will be published in our next. 
VERMONT COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
CHITTENDEN.—At the annual meeting of this Society, the 
following gentlemen were unanimously elected officers for 1847 : 
President , Rev. M. Bingham. Williston ; Vice-Presidents. C. Smith, 
St. George: F. Wilson, Hinesburgh. Secretary , C. Goodrich, Bur¬ 
lington. Treasurer. N Stearns, Williston. Board of Managers, 
Henry B. Stacy, Burlington ; Thomas H. Canfield, Williston; Or¬ 
ville N- Clark, Mihon ; Heman H. Newell, Charlotte; Daniel Pat¬ 
rick, Hinesburgh ; Geo. Saxton, Shelburne ; Orville Shaw, Jeri¬ 
cho; Lemuel B. Platt, Colchester ; Henry Stanton, Essex; Timo¬ 
thy Sibley, Westford; Levi Whitcomb, Richmond ; Samuel Wells, 
Underhill ; John Snyder. Huntington; Nathan Lockwood, St. 
George; Moses Colton, Bolton. 
Subsequently the Managers met and made out a Premium List, 
for 1^47, amounting to over $600. 
FRANKLIN.—The annual meeting of the Society for this 
county, was held at St. Albans, on the 19th of January, when the 
following officers were elected : Benj. B. Newton, Preset. Philo 
England and Bradley Soule, F. Pres'ts. A. M. Huntington. Treas. 
M. F. Palmer, St. Albans, Sec y ; and a Board of Managers, con¬ 
sisting of one from each town in the county. 
WINDSOR.—The annual meeting of the Society for this county 
was held at Woodstock, on the 13th of January, when the foilow 
ing officers were elected for the present year : John Porter, Esq., 
of Hartford, President- Joseph W. Colburn, Esq., of Springfield, 
and Solon Danforth, Esq., of Barnard, Vice-Presidents. Charles 
Marsh, Jr., of Woodstock, Sec'y. Norman Williams, Woodstock, 
Cor. Sec'y. Eliakim Johnson, of Woodstock, Treasurer. A Board 
of Managers, consisting of one or more persons in each town, was 
also appointed. The Treasurer reported the receipt of $605.45— 
Payments,$303.63, leaving a balance of $302/82 in the Treasury. 
ADD1SON.—At the annual meeting, held at Middlebury, on 
the 27th Jan., the following officers were elected: Hon. Silas H. 
Jenison, President. Elias Bottom and David Hazard, Esq., Vice- 
Presidents. Elijah W. Blaisdell, Jr., Sec'y. Julius A- Beckwith, 
Esq., Assif't. Sec'y. Harrry Goodrich, Treasurer. A Board of 
Managers, consisting of one from each town, was appointed. 
RUTLAND.—The annual meeting was held at Rutland, on tire 
6th Jan., when the following officers were elected:—Hon. Frede¬ 
rick Button, of Clarendon, President; W. L. Farnum, Esq., of 
Poultney, and W. R. Sand ford, Esq., of Orwell, Vice-Presidents; 
J. C. Thrall, of Rutland, Rec. Sec'y ; Samuel H. Kellogg. Esq., of 
Pitisford, Auditor ; Hon. W. C. Kittridge, of Fairhaven. Cor. Sec'y. 
Also a Board of Managers, consisting of one from each town in 
the county. 
O? For notice of Premium Crops of these Societies, see articlo 
on “ Crops of Vermont,” in another part of this paper. 
CONNECTICUT COUNTY AG. SOCIETIES 
HARTFORD.—At the annual meeting of the Hartford Co. Ag. 
Society, held at Hartford, Nov. 4, 1846, the following persons wer* 
appointed officers for the year ensuing :—D W. Grant, of Bloom¬ 
field, President ; Egbert Cowles, of Farmington, and Norman Por¬ 
ter, of Berlin. Vice-Presidents ; Francis Gillette, of Bloomfield, 
Cor. Sec'y ; F A. Brown, of Hartford, Rec. Sec'y; A. W. Butler, 
of Hartford, Treas.] Julius Catlin, of Hartford, Auditor. 
At the same time, the usual Committees for awarding Premium# 
for the year, and Town Committees of three in each town, were 
appointed. . 
NEW-YORK COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
WAYNE.—At the annual meeting , Jan. 9th, the following off!* 
cers were chosen for 1847 :— President, Reuben H. Foster, Lyons; 
VicePresidents, Joseph Watson, Galen; Joel Hall, Marion; James 
H. Ferris, Butler ; Wm. P. Nottingham, Palmyra ; Henry Shaver, 
Jr., Arcadia; Jedediah Wilder, Huron; W. D. Cook, Sodus. Re*. 
Secretary, E. N Thomas, Rose. Cor. Secretary , J. J. Thomas, 
Macedon. Treasurer, G. H. Dickerson, Lyons. Executive Com¬ 
mittee, Samuel E. Hudson, Palmyra ; Truman Hemingway, Pal¬ 
myra ; Wm. R. Smith, Macedon ; Aaron Griswold, Galen ; A. G. 
Percey, Lyons ; Elizur Flint, Rose. 
CHAUTAUQUE.—At the winter meeting of this Society, the fol¬ 
lowing premiums were awarded:— 
Indian Corn. —1. To Jabez Burrows, of Chautauque, 114 bushels 
per acre—2. To Melchert Thumb, of Ellery, 98 bu. 27 lbs.—3. To 
Elam C. Bliss, Westfield, 78 bushels. 
Wheat. —1. To Geo. Hull, Westfield, 39 bu. 26 lbs. per acre— 
2. To Timothy Judson, Portland, 34 bu. 50£ lbs—3d. To Elam C. 
Bliss. 29 bu. 2 lbs. 
Spring Wheat. —2d prize to E. C. Bliss, 25 bu. 29 lbs. per. aero. 
To the same, 2d premium tor Barley —1st for Flax. 
Carrots. —1. To E. C. Bliss, 194J bu. on one-eighth of an acre— 
2. To W. & L. Risley, of Promfret, 163 bu. on one-eighth of an 
acre. 
Potatoes. —1. To Lemuel Cottrell, of Chatauque, 154 bushels oa 
half-acre—2. To E. C. Bliss, 131 bu. [The list of officers for this 
year we have not seen.] 
GREENE.—Officers for 1847 :— President , Hon. Zadock Pratt, 
Prattsville ; Vice-Presidents, Uriah Stevens, George Beach, J. T 
Cook, C. L. Kierstead, and Stewart Austin ; Rec Secretary , H. L. 
Day; Cor. Secretary, R. Van Dyke ; Treasurer, Stephen Hotchkiss; 
Ex. Committee, John McGiffert, of Athens; Morris Hallock, of 
Coxsackie; Joel Wickes, of Cairo; William Newkirk, of Catskill; 
Cyrus Field, of Durham; George Budd, of Greenville; Marcus 
Beach, of Hunter, Isaac B. Hinman, of Lexington ; Anthony Van 
Bergen, New Baltimore; Henry Larraway, Prattsville ; James 
Robinson, Jr.,of Windham. 
OSWEGO.—The seventh annual meeting of the Oswego Co. 
Ag. Society was held on the 6th Jan., at Mexico, when the fol 
lowing officers for the ensuing year, were appointed, viz :—Brad¬ 
ley Higgins, of Richland, President; Samuel Foot, Phoenix, and 
John Baker, Parish, Vice-Pres'ts■; I. W. Tiffany, Mexico. Treas'r.; 
E. C. Mitchell, Rec. Sec'y.; Joseph E. Bloomfield, Mexico, Cor. 
Sec'y ; John Woodbury, Richland; A. Herbert, Mexico; and 
Levi Matthews, Mexico, Ex Committee ; H. L R. Sanford, Ful¬ 
ton ; G. L. Sherwood, Richland; and J. N. Dewey, Com. on 
Printing. 
The next fair is to be held at Mexico, on the 29th and 30th days 
of Sept next.” 
