1853. 
THE CULTIVATOR, 
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Agricultural Societies. 
Neav-York State. —The annual meeting of this So¬ 
ciety is to be held in this city on Wednesday, the 9th 
of February. On the 8th, 9th and 10th, there will be 
an exhibition of Fat Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Dressed 
Meats, Grain, Seeds, Dairy Products, &c., at Woolford’s 
“ Bull s Head,’’ 157 Washington-street, which promises 
to be one of great interest. 
At the meeting of the Executive Committee for Jan¬ 
uary, a very interesting report was read by Mr. Kelly, 
on the introduction of foreign grasses, and showing the 
necessity for a greater variety of grasses for our meadow 
and pasture lands. The subject is one of vast impor¬ 
tance, and the society will make arrangements for the 
importation of such varieties as were recommended by 
the committee, to distribute among such farmers as will 
engage to give them a fair trial, and report the results. 
A circular from the Oswego Co. Ag. Society, inviting 
a State Agricultural Convention, to be held during the 
present winter, to urge upon the legislature the claims 
of the farmers for a State Agricultural School, was read. 
The circular requested the board to fix the time and 
place for the convention. But as only four or five so¬ 
cieties had sent in their concurrence, it was thought best 
to defer action upon it until after the next meeting. 
The Seneca "County Society, will hold a winter 
exhibition at Waterloo, on the 3d of Feb., at which a 
liberal list of prizes will be aw arded for fat cattle and 
sheep, grain, seeds, roots, &c. We are glad to see these 
winter exhibitions increasing; and we trust it will not 
be long before all our County Societies will hold them. 
Otsego County. —-At the annual meeting of the Ot¬ 
sego Co. Ag. Society, held at the Empire House in 
Cooperstown, on the 23d of December, 1852, the fol¬ 
lowing officers for the ensuing year, were elected: 
President, Homer Colman ; Yico Presidents, Alex. 
H. dark, L. Proctor, Z. Martin. 
Executive Committee—Wm. Davison, J. W. Ball, 
Philip Potter, Thomas Higby, David Bundy, R. H. Van 
Rensselaer, A. Barnum, J. A. Cheney, J. Chamberlin, 
S. Baker, Richard Franchot, Wm. Frater, S. G. Cone, 
George Clarke, R. Day, Charles McLean, J. Rathbone, 
J. Walker. 
The next Annual Fail*, pursuant to former resolution, 
will be held at Cooperstown. 
Monroe County. —At the recent winter meeting, 
F. P. Root, of Sweden, was elected President; H. C. 
White, of Rochester, Ree. Secretary; E. S. Hayward, 
of Brighton, Treasurer. 
Cortland County.-— The annual meeting of this so¬ 
ciety convened at the Eagle Tavern in this village, on 
Thursday last. The declaration of premiums on field 
crops and fat hogs, was postponed until spring. The 
following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: 
Paris Barber, President; Moses Kinney, J. W. 
Rood, Lyman Hubbard, Manly Hobart, Vice-Presidents. 
Morgan L. Webb, Treasurer; Erasmus Bowen, Secre¬ 
tary; Amos Hobart, Corresponding Secretary; Israel 
Bois, Geo. J. J. Barber, Hiram Hopkins, Anthony 
Freer, Joshua Ballard, 2d, Amos Rice, Noah Hitchcock, 
Jr., Hamilton Putnam, Peter Walrod, F. H. Hibbard, 
Hammil Thompson, Executive Committee; Oliver Glo¬ 
ver, Ira Bowen, and Wm. L. Sherman, Marsharls. 
We understand a proposition was brought forward 
providing for the purchase of a suitable piece of ground; 
and the erection of suitable buildings thereon, for the 
purpose of holding the annual fairs. The proposition 
appears to us to be one possessing great merit, both as a 
matter of economy and in avoiding the trouble which 
the society has to undergo from year to year, under the 
present arrangements, and we shall be much surprised if 
it be rejected. We shall take occasion to speak of the 
matter further hereafter.— Cortland Bern. 
Wisconsin State. —Our Society was organized March 
12th, 1851, and held its first fair in October of the same 
year, at Janesville. This fair was eminently successful, 
far surpassing the highest anticipations of the most 
sanguine. No aid was received from the State, or any 
other source, aside from its own members. The second 
fair was held at the city of Milwaukie, on the 6th, 7th, 
8th and 9 th days of October, 1852. High as had been 
the expectations raised by the first fair, they were more 
than realized by this display. Over fifteen hundred 
entries were made, and of the animals and articles 
shown, nearly all were of positive merit. Especially 
was this true of the blooded stock, which was of a char¬ 
acter to do credit to the best eastern herds. The show 
of manufactured articles (domestic) was such as to sur¬ 
prise and delight all, while the exhibition of dairy pro¬ 
ducts gave ample assurance of the resources of Wis¬ 
consin. 
The officers for this year are as follows:— 
Hon. Henry M. Billings, President ; Martin Web¬ 
ster, Orrin Dinsmoreand N. B. Clapp, Vice Presidents; 
Albert C. Ingham, Madison, Cor. Secretary, and also 
Rec. Secretary; Simeon Mills, Treasurer; who, with 
five additional members of the society, constitute its 
Executive Committee. 
Hon. E. B. Dean, Warren Chase, II. B. Hawley, S. 
S. Daggett and J. D. Merritt, Esqs., are those addi¬ 
tional members. 
The society has received from the State five hundred 
dollars during this year. The annual meeting is held 
.on the third Wednesday of January, in each year. The 
address of the society, is Madison, Wisconsin. A. C. I. 
Agricultural Papers. —A large weekly paper has 
recently been started in New-York, by Messrs. A. B. 
Allen & Co., entitled The New-York Agricultor. It 
contains a variety of valuable and interesting matter, 
and is conducted with spirit and ability—$2 a year. 
t( The Farm and Garden ” is a monthly issued from 
the same office, and made up from “ The Agricultor : ”— 
$1 a year. Eight copies $5. 
The Western Horticultural Review , edited by 
Dr. J. A. Warder, Cincinnati, Ohio, is earning a 
reputation for ability, and exerting no inconsiderable 
influence in the culture of rural taste. Dr. Warder is 
a spiiited writer,, and makes his mark on whatever he 
touches. Monthly, at $3 a year. 
Journal of Agriculture. Wm. S. King, Editor. 
Published monthly at Boston, Mass., at fifty cents a 
year. This publication, having blended the waning 
light of the Green Mountain Culturist with its own 
ascendant star, will shine with increased brilliance. It 
numbers among its contributors some of the best agri¬ 
cultural writers of the day. 
Prairie Farmer. Published by John S. Wright 
and Luther Haven, Chicago, Ill., at $1 a year. The 
December number announces that its general editorial 
management will hereafter be in the hands 5f J. Am¬ 
brose Wight, its former acting editor, and that the 
horticultural department will be in charge of Dr. J. A. 
Kennicott, a writer well and favorably known to the 
horticultural world. With such an impulse the Prairie 
Farmer will continue to be, as it has been, one of the 
best journals of the day. 
New-England Farmer. Simon Brown, Editor; 
Fred. Holbrook and Henry F. French, Associate 
Eds. Published monthly, at Boston, Mass., by Ray- 
nolds & Nourse, at $1 a year in advance. This journal 
ranks high in the estimation of the agricultural public, 
and is sustained by able assistants and a corps of prac¬ 
tical correspondents. 
Moore's Rural New - Yorker presents a new vignette 
at its head, with the new year. It is a weekly of consid¬ 
erable merit and of unobjectionable character—$2 a year 
—published by D. D. T. Moore, Rochester, N. Y. 
Farmer's Companion and Horticultural Gazette , 
is the title of a new monthly, published at Detroit, 
Mich., at fifty cents a year. Charles Fox and Chas. 
Betts, Editors; Linus Cone, Corresponding Editor; J. 
C. Holmes, Horticultural Editor. The first number is 
quite creditable, and the work will no doubt be-an effi¬ 
cient means of improving the agriculture of the growing 
West. 
' The Ohio Farmer, published by Thomas Brown, 
Cleveland, has enlarged its size and improved its typo¬ 
graphical appearance. It contains a large amount of 
agricultural and general reading. 
