1851 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
281 
• of these snarling articles, which is unworthy of the pa¬ 
per, hut which is suited to the market for which it is 
written—and which may give some of our people, an 
idea of what the real feeling is among those who manage 
affairs here. 
In our minister here, Mr. Lawrence, we have a repre¬ 
sentative who, in my judgment, does great credit to his 
country. No one can be more indefatigable in his en¬ 
deavors to promote the best interest of his country, and 
his attention to his countrymen,and his endeavors to facili¬ 
tate them in all their movements here, entitles him to the 
warmest commendations. He has been unceasing in his 
efforts* *to further the great objects of the exhibition; and 
if it shall not prove in the end, all that it was hoped it 
might have been, it will not be from any want effort on 
his part, in every respect commensurate with the great 
work. I feel under very great obligations to Mr. L. for 
his constant endeavors to facilitate my labors in every 
direction. Truly yours, B. P. Johnson. 
The Patent Office Report. 
Agricultural Department, 
* U. S. Patent Office, July 5,1851. 
Editors of the Cultivator —Gentlemen: In your 
remarks on the Report of the Commissioner of Patents 
for 1849-50, you say, (! ¥e should have been much in¬ 
terested with many of the articles, had we not read them 
before in the Southern Cultivator and Genesee Parmer, 
which had been made the medium of giving them to the 
public before the report was issued.” 
The above statement is a mistake. No part of the 
report named was printed in any journal before it was 
submitted to Congress and became a public document, 
and accessible to the press generally. The New-York 
Tribune and Washington Republic copied a few chapters 
from this public document, and from those daily papers 
a part was copied into the Genesee Parmer and South¬ 
ern Cultivator. The report was not 11 issued” from the 
press of the public printer till many months after it had 
left the Patent Office.* The report for 1850-51 has been 
a public document over four months, and yet not a line 
of it has appeared in the Genesee Farmer or Southern 
Cultivator ; although I have been anxious to find time 
to copy for the last named journal, a very able essay 
from the pen of one of the Editors of the Albany Cul¬ 
tivator, which this report contains. 
By publishing the above you will oblige me, and cor¬ 
rect an error. Yours respectfully, Daniel Lee. 
* We are unable to discover the “ mistake” to which our corres¬ 
pondent alludes. We are not informed as to the precise time when 
the report was “ issued.” We received the only copy to which we 
have had “ access,” in June last, and saw the document for the first 
time only a few weeks previously. How it could be “ accessible to 
the press generally, ” till it was regularly “ issued” or circulated, is 
not understood. In the Genesee Farmer for June 1850, is an article, 
ostensibly original and editorial , entitled “A General View of Ameri¬ 
can Agriculture.” This article is entirely an abstract of Chapters I 
and II, given in the report, pp. 22-28. Not a word is said about its 
being “copied” from the “New-York Tribune,” “Washington 
Republic,” or any other work. This was one year before the docu¬ 
ment was “ accessible to the press generally.” In the same periodi¬ 
cal, for July 1850, that part of the document embraced in pp. 6-13 is 
given under head of “Patent Office Report—Part II,” with the 
signature of Dr. Lee. We cannot particularly refer to the articles 
which appeared in the Southern Cultivator , not having the files at 
hand. 
Cattle Shows and Fairs this Autumn. 
STATE EXHIBITIONS. 
NEW-YORK.—To be held at Rochester—all articles to be en¬ 
tered and to be on the ground before 12 o’clock on Tuesday , Sept. 
10. On Wednesday the exhibition will be open only to the Judges, 
Guests and Members of the Society—(any person can become a 
member by the payment of $1.) On Thursday and Friday , it will 
be open to all. Tickets of admission, 12£ cents. 
VERMONT.—In pursuance of a call made by over two hundred 
of the agriculturists and raisers of stock in this State, a public meet¬ 
ing was holden at Middlebury, on the 16th June, 1851, at which it 
was resolved that a State Fair be holden at Middlebury, on the 10th 
and 11th days of September next. The main object of the Fair is to 
make an exhibition of our stock, our cattle, our horses, and our 
sheep. The public may be assured that the best specimens of Black 
Hawk colts, Morgan, Hamiltonian, end Eclipse stock, and of French 
and Spanish Merino, and other breeds of sheep, the best Durham, 
Ayrshire, Hereford, and Devonshire cattle, will be exhibited, and 
also the best specimens of native cattle, including oxen, cows, and 
young cattle. Officers and committees were appointed to carry the 
above resolution into effect—President, Hon. F. Holbrook, Brattle- 
borough—Secretary, Maj. E. R. Wright, Middlebury. 
NEW-HAMPSH1RE.—The State Fair is to be holden at Man 
Chester—time not stated. 
GEORGIA.—At Macon, in October. 
OHIO.—At Columbus, Sept. 24th, 25th, and 26th. 
PENNSYLVANIA.—At Harrisburgh, in October. 
State Fairs are also to be held in Maryland , Michigan , and Rhode 
Island , but at what times and places we are uninformed. • 
NEW-YORK COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Oneida. —At Utica, Sept. 9, 10, II, and 12. 
Saratoga. —At Mechanicsville, Sept. 9,10, and 11. 
Essex.— At Elizabethtown, Sept. 17 and 18. 
The New Postage Law, which went into effect oh 
the 1st of this month, (July,) fixes the rates as follows: 
I. Letters. —Letters of half an ounce or under, not 
over 3,000 miles, pre-paid, 3 cents—not pre-paid, 
5 cents. Each additional half ounce, at the same 
rates. For any distance exceeding 3,000 miles, 
double these rates. 
Sea Letters .—For any distance over 2,500 miles, when 
carried wholly or in part by sea, 20 cents the half 
ounce, and for any distance Under 2,500 miles, 10 
cents. 
Drop Letters. —Letterg*placed in the post-office for dis¬ 
tribution only, one cent. 
Advertised Letters, one cent extra. 
II. Newspapers. —Weekly papers, not exceeding three 
ounces in weight, in counties where published, free. 
Out of the county, under 50 miles,.... 20 cents per year. 
Between 50 and 300 miles,. 40 “ “ 
“ 300 and 1,000 miles,. 60 “ “ 
“ 1,000 and 2,000 miles,. 80 “ “ 
“ 2.000 and 4,000 miles, ....... 1.00 « “ 
Over 4,000, miles,. 1.20 “ “ 
Semi-weekly, double—tri-weekly, treble—and daily 
papers, five times the above rates. 
Monthly papers, one-fourth, and semi-monthly, one- 
half the above rates. 
III. Other Printed Matter.— On each circular, en¬ 
graving, hand-bill, pamphlet, periodical, maga¬ 
zine, book, and every other description of printed 
matter, as follows: 
For 500 miles or under,. 1 cent per oz. 
Between 500 and 1,500 miles. 2 “ “ 
“ 1,500 and 2,500 miles,. 3 “ “ 
“ 2,500 and 3,500 miles,. 4 “ “ 
Exceeding 3,500 miles,. 5 “ “ 
Important Provisions. 
I. “ Subscribers to all periodicals shall be required to 
pay one-quarter’s postage in advance; in all suck 
cases , the postage shall be ONE HALF the fore - 
going rates A 
II. The postage on all printed matter, other than news¬ 
papers and periodicals, to be PRE-PAID. 
III. Bound books, and parcels of printed matter, not 
weighing over 32 ounces, shall be deemed mail- 
able matter. 
