March. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
Buel, five from J. H. Watts, all of Rochester; eleven 
from F. W. Lay, and twenty from Robert Brown, of 
Greece, Monroe co.; twenty from Hart Massey, of Wa¬ 
tertown, Jefferson co.; nine from C. Goodrich, of Bur¬ 
lington, Yt.; besides several from Wilson & Co., of Al¬ 
bany, and from P. Barber, R. C. Owen, and W. King, 
of Homer, Cortland co. The large size and fine appear¬ 
ance of many of the specimens excited much admiration, 
and showed very conclusively that the art of cultivation 
has lost nothing with the increase in the extent of fruit 
culture. - 
Virginia. —The annual meeting of the Virginia State 
Ag. Society, was held at Richmond, on the 11th Dec., 
at which a permanent constitution was adopted, and the 
following officers. elected; 
President — Philip St. George Cocke. 
Vice-Presidents —Edmund Ruffin, Willoughby New¬ 
ton, Lewis E. Harvie, S. T. Stuart, Thomas L. Pres¬ 
ton, Gen. &. H. Lewis. 
Executive Committee —Wm. Boulware, E. G. Booth, 
W. G. Overton, William H. Richardson, Richard Irby. 
Rec. Sec. —C. B. Williams. 
Cor. Sec. —Frank. G. Ruffin. 
Treasurer —Bernard Peyton. 
Delaware County. —Officers of the Delaware Co. 
Agricultural Society, for 1853 : 
Samuel A. Law, Meredith, President. 
Martin Keeler, Jr., Kortright; Geo. D. W he Her, 
Deposit; HiramOlmstead, Walton; Henry Dowie. An- | 
ues; Silas White, Franklin; N. M. Blish, Stamford; 
und Alex. Mable, Delhi, Vice-Presidents. 
Alfred Redfield, Delhi, Secretary. | 
M. L. Farrington, Delhi, Treasurer. 
The past year has been one of unexampled prosperity 
to the Society, as well as to the farmers of the county. I 
The last annual fair was held at Delhi in the early part 
of October, and called out a larger concourse of people 
than ever assembled on any previous occasion in the 
county. The premium list was larger and more varied 
than any previous one, and for most of them there was 
a spirited competition. An address from S. A. Law, 
then as now. President of the Society, was listened to 
with interest. 
The Society commences the present year with a large 
balance in its treasury, and with flattering prospects. 
Essex County. —Officers of the society for the ensu- 
suing year: 
President — Winslow C. Watson, Port Kent. 
Vice-Presidents —David Judd, Elizabe‘thtown; Har¬ 
ry Glidden, Elizabethtown; Norman Page, Chesterfield; 
Chilion A. Trimble, Crown Point; William S. Flack, 
Essex; Monroe Hall, Jay; Phineas Norton, Keene; 
Brewster M. Hodskins, Lewis; Absalom P. Morse, Mi¬ 
nerva; George W. Goff, Moriah; Alexander Ralph, 
Newcomb; Daniel Ames, North Elba; Jacob, Parmer- 
ter, North Hudson; James H. Pierce, St. Armand; 
Erastus B. Potter, Sehroon; Thomas Delano, Ticonde- 
roga; Samuel Root, Westport; Paul B. Boynton, Wills, 
borough; Artemas Beach, Wilmington. 
Secretary —George S. Nicholson, Elizabethtown. 
Treasurer —Levi D. Drown, Elizabethtown. 
Jefferson County.- —At the late annual meeting, 
the following officers were elected for 1853: 
John Winslow, of Watertown, President; Hiram 
Dewey, of Orleans; William Sill, of Rodman; JohnC. 
Cooper, of Adams; Benjamin Maxon, of Houndsfield; 
John Bradley, of Brownville; Stephen Johnson, of 
Clayton; Phineas Hardy, ofLeray; Alexander Parker, 
of Watertown; Aaron Shew, of Pamelia; Asahel W. 
Danforth, of Philadelphia, Vice Presidents. 
Executive Committee —John A. Sherman, Moses 
Eames, M. R. Patrick, Alfred Fox, S. D. Hungerford, 
James Brodie, Howell Cooper, Curtis Goulding, Jr., 
Asa B. Carter. 
Treasurer —Tallcott H. Camp; Rec . Sec. —Hiram 
Holcomb. - 
Oneida County.— Annual meeting at Hampton, Jan. 
6, when the following officers were chosen: 
President —Roland S. Doty, Rome. 
Vice Presidents —Geo. Bristol, Kirkland; Thos. It. 
Walker, Utica. 
Executive Committee —John Thompson, Augusta; 
Thos. D. Penfield, Camden; Daniel G. Drummond, 
Lee; H. N. Carey, Marcy; Henry Rhodes, Trenton; 
J. W.,Jones, Utica; George Benedict, Verona; Jairus 
Knapp, Westmoreland; James II. Sherrill, New Hart- 
jord. Treasurer —Henry R. Hart, Whitestown; Sec¬ 
retary —Levi T. Marshall, Vernon. 
Queens County.-—T he following officers have been 
elected for the ensuing year: 
President —John A. King, Jamaica. 
Vice-Presidents —David W. Jones, Oyster Bay; 
William L. Laing, Hempstead; Robert M. Bell, Flush¬ 
ing; Joseph Tompkins, Newtown; George H. Horse- 
field, North Hempstead; Benjamin I. Doughty, Ja¬ 
maica, 
Managers —Timothy Carman, Oysterbay; Micajah 
M. Pettit, Hempstead; Edward A. Lawrence, Flush¬ 
ing; George Hulst, Newtown; William J. Mott, North 
Ilempsteacl; Bernardus Hendrickson, Jamaica. 
Cor. Sec. and Treasurer —John Harold, Hempstead. 
Rec. Sec. —Lendal E. Pratt, Flushing. 
Sullivan County. —The officers for the present year, 
are— Lotan Smith, President; one Vice President from 
each town; Richard Oakley, Trea.; James L. Stewart, 
Ree. Sec.; and James E. Quinland, Cor. Sec. 
Saratoga County, N. Y.—The following are the 
oNcers for 1853: 
President, Silas G. Smith, Stillwater. 
Vice Presidents, Samuel G. Eddy, Stillwater; J esse 
lx, M°ad, Galway. 
Ccr. VeCy, Cramer Vernam, Mechaniesville. 
Rec. Sec'y, John A. Corey, Saratoga Springs. 
Treasurer , Reuben. S. Burtis, Mechaniesville. 
Wyoming County, N. Y.—Officers for 1853: 
President , Newb try Bronson, Warsaw. 
Rec. Secy, II. L. Comstock. 
Cor. Sec y, Wm. LAPol, Jr. 
And a Vice President for each town, and a town vi¬ 
gilance committee. - 
Washington County, N Y.—At the recent annual 
meeting, Milo Ingalsbe, oi South Hartford, was 
elected President; Dr. Jameo Savage, Argyle; Maj. 
Wm. Baker, Fort Ann; Dr. John E. Newcomb, White¬ 
hall; Arch. Bishop, Granville; Peter Hill, Coila; Wm. 
Forbes, Fort Edward, Vice Preside!!io; Le Roy Mowry, 
Greenwich, Rec. Sec'y; and J. S. McDonald, Salem, 
Assistant; Rev. E. H. Newton, Cambridge, Cor. Sec'y; 
Ahira Eldridge, White Creek, Treas. 
Windsor County, Vt. —At the annual meeting, on 
the 10th of Jan., the following officers were elected: 
President, Barnabas Deane, of Wethersfield. 
Vice Presidents, Hampden Cutts, of Han land; Chip- 
man Swain, of Windsor. 
Seretary, Lorenzo Kent, of Woodstock. 
Traasurer, Charles Marsh, of Woodstock. 
_ Franklin County, Vt. —Annual meeting at St. Al¬ 
bans, Jan. 14, when Harmon Northrop, of Fairfield, 
was chosen President; John Sheldon, of Sheldon, and 
Daniel Storey, of Fairfax, Vice Presidents; V ictor At¬ 
wood, St. Albans, Treas'r; and C. 11. Hayden, Sec'y. 
Labor Saving Machinery. —It is said that the 
labor which is done in England, (chiefly, no doubt, by 
means of steam,) would, if done by hand, require the 
labor of every able bodied man on the face of the globe. 
How would those persons, who object to labor-saving 
machinery, like to go hack to the old, tiresome, dis¬ 
heartening processes of doing everything by the strength 
of human muscle? And carrying the objections out 
by restoring old fashioned stages, travelling in sloops, 
turning.the earth with a bull-plow, buying poor cotton 
cloth at fifty cents a yard, selling wheat at twenty-five 
cents, and threshing with a flail? 
