A CONSOLIDATION OF BUEL’S CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
Cult. Vol. VIII.—No. 6. 
ALBANY, N. Y. JUNE, 1841. 
Cult. & Far. Vol. II.—No. 6. 
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National Agricultural Society. 
We are pleased to perceive from the public journals, 
particularly those devoted to agriculture, that the sub¬ 
ject of a National Society for the promotion of Agricul¬ 
ture, as proposed by our public spirited friends Messrs. 
Robinson and Garnett, through the Cultivator, is be¬ 
ginning to be discussed in a manner which shows it has 
attracted much attention, and is looked upon with great 
favor. We do not the less rejoice at these indications 
of public feeling, because we were so unfortunate as to 
differ from these gentlemen, and some others of our ex¬ 
cellent friends, not as to the utility of such an institu¬ 
tion, but as to the expediency of attempting its forma¬ 
tion at the present time, and as our columns have shown, 
shall not the less willingly render every aid in our pow¬ 
er to the formation of such an institution, when the ag¬ 
ricultural public shall signify their willingness to sup¬ 
port it in a proper and efficient manner. 
To succeed in the organization of a National Society, 
one which shall answer the end designed, and be an ho¬ 
nor to the men who have projected it, and the country 
which supports it, union and concert of action is neces¬ 
sary ; funds must be procured and secured ; and noth¬ 
ing, so far as it can be prevented, left to uncertainty. 
Of the ability of the country, we have never doubted ; 
of the zeal, public spirit, and intelligence of many, we 
have received the most ample assurance ; and should 
the result of the effort prove that we have been mista¬ 
ken as to its expediency at this time, none will more 
heartily rejoice than ourselves at this correction by the 
public voice. Means alone are wanting ; provide these, 
and the most serious obstacle vanishes at once. 
State Aid to Agriculture. 
We are gratified to announce that the bill introduced 
for the aid and improvement of agriculture, into the 
Legislature of this State, has become a law, and 
that, if not all that some of our agricultural friends ex¬ 
pected, still its influence must be powerful for good. It 
appropriates eight thousand dollars annually, of which 
$700 goes to the N. Y. State Ag. Society, and the re¬ 
mainder is divided among the several counties in pro¬ 
portion to their population, on conditions and restric¬ 
tions which must ensure its’faithful application to the use 
intended by the State when granting the aid. It will be 
seen that no county can receive its share of the money 
unless a County Society is organized, and a sum equal 
to that appropriated is raised by the association to be 
added to and expended with that for premiums. This 
is a very important provision, and one on which we 
think the great efficiency and utility of the aid afforded, 
will depend. Every county in the State, therefore, 
which has not already an efficient society organized, 
should make no delay in effecting this object. Men of 
spirit, talent, enterprise, thorough farmers, or who feel 
a deep interest in the advancement of agriculture, must 
take the lead in this business, and the many will soon 
be interested in the result, and cheerfully follow the 
movement that we think will eventuate in so much good. 
Let every thing like sectional or political feeling be re¬ 
ligiously eschewed in the management of these socie¬ 
ties. They are intended for the people, to benefit the 
many, and so the funds appropriated must be sacredly 
regarded. 
We think it may reasonably be anticipated that the 
Reports which are to be made to the Secretary of State 
from the State Society, and the County Societies, will 
form an annual volume of the most instructive and use- 
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ful kind, and which will form a record or history of Ag¬ 
riculture in this State, invaluable to the farmer. The 
Agricultural law of 1817, has done much for the fame 
ofDs Witt Clinton, and the good effects resulting from 
it. have not yet ceased to be felt. The farmers of the State 
have demanded, and the Legislature have again grant¬ 
ed aid to the agriculture of the State. Let such a use 
be made of this money, and such a spirit awakened in 
the community, that the agricultural prosperity of the 
State shall be commensurate with its unequalled posi¬ 
tion, and its immense resources. 
1)3* We would call the attention of County Clerks to 
the duty devolving on them to give the requisite notices 
for meetings, in such counties as have not already or¬ 
ganized Agricultural Societies. These notices should 
be issued immediately. 
An Act for the Encouragement of Agriculture. 
[Passed May 5, 1841.] 
The People of the State of Ncw-York, represented in Senate 
and Assembly, do enact as follows : 
§ 1. The sum of eight thousand dollars per annum, shall be 
and hereby is appropriated for the term of five years, for the 
promotion of agriculture and household manufactures in this 
State, in the manner following, to wit: to the county of 
$205 Oneida,.$255 
123 Onondaga,. 204 
Albany,. 
Allegany, •••• 
Broome, 
Cattaraugus, • 
Cayuga,. 
Chautauque, • 
Chemung, 
.... 67 
86 
•••• 151 
•••• 143 
.... 62 
Chenango, . 122 
Clinton 
84 
133 
75 
106 
157 
186 
71 
50 
60 
Columbia,. 
Cortland,. 
Delaware,. 
Dutchess,. 
Erie,. 
Essex,. 
Franklin, . 
Fulton and Hamilton. 
Genesee,. 179 
Greene,. 91 
Herkimer,. 112 
Jefferson,. 
Kings,. 
Lewis,. 
Livingston,. 
Madison,. 
Monroe,. 
Montgomery,. 
N.Y. to Am. Institute, 
Niagara,. 
183 
143 
53 
117 
120 
194 
107 
950 
93 
Ontario, . 130 
Orange,. 152 
Orleans,. 75 
Oswego,. 131 
Otsego,. 148 
Putnam,. 38 
Queens,. 91 
Rensselaer,. ISO 
Richmond,. 34 
Rockland,. 36 
Saratoga,. 121 
Schenectady,. 51 
Schoharie,. 97 
Seneca,. 74 
Steuben,. 13S 
St. Lawrence,. 170 
Suffolk, . 97 
Sullivan,. 47 
Tioga, . 61 
Tompkins,. 114 
Ulster,. 137 
Warren,. 40 
Washington,. 123 
Wayne,. 126 
Westchester,. 146 
Yates,. 61 
N. Y. S. Ag. Society, • 700 
§ 2. When the New-York State Agricultural Society, and any 
county agricultural society now formed, or which may hereaf¬ 
ter be formed in this state, or the American Institute in the city 
of New-York, shall raise by voluntary subscription any sum of 
money, the president and treasurer shall make and subscribe an 
affidavit of the facts of the formation of such society, and of their 
having raised a certain sum,specifying the amount thereof,which 
affidavit shall be filed with the comptroller of this state, who 
shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for a sum equal to the 
amount of such voluntary subscription, not however exceeding 
the amount to which such county or state society would be en¬ 
titled, according to the apportionment aforesaid. 
) 3. The New-York State Agricultural Society and the seve¬ 
ral county agricultural societies now formed or which shall be 
formed in this state, during the continuance of this act, shall 
annually elect such and so many officers as they shall deem 
proper; and it shall be the duty of such officers annually, to 
regulate and award premiums on such articles, productions 
and improvements, as they may deem best calculated to pro- 
mote the agricultural and household manufacturing interests 
of this state, having especial reference to the nett profits which 
accrue, or are likely to accrue, from the mode of raising the 
crop or stock, or the fabrication of the article thus offered, with 
the intention that the reward shall be given for the most econo¬ 
mical or profitable mode of competition; provided always that 
before any premium shall be delivered, the person claiming the 
same, or to whom. the same may be awarded, shall deliver in 
writing to the president of the society as accurate a description 
of the process in preparing the soil, including the quantity and 
quality of manure applied, and in raising the crop, or feeding 
the animal, as may be ; and also of the expense and product of 
the crop, or of increase in value of the animal, with the view of 
showing accurately the profit of cultivating the crop, or feed¬ 
ing or fattening the animal. 
§ 4. The president of the State Agricultural Society, and the 
several presidents of the said county societies, who shall re¬ 
ceive or expend any of the moneys hereby appropriated, shall 
annually, m the month of December, transmit to the comptrol¬ 
ler a detailed account of the expenditure of all the moneys 
which shall come into their hands under this act, and stating to 
whom and^ for what purpose paid, with the vouchers thereof; 
and the said presidents of the several county agricultural soci¬ 
eties shall annually transmit in the month of December, to the 
Executive Committee of the New-York State Agricultural Soci¬ 
ety, all such reports or returns as they are required to demand 
and receive from applicants for premiums, together with an 
abstract of their proceedings during the year. 
§ 5. The Executive Committee of the New-York State Agri¬ 
cultural Society shall examine all reports and returns made by 
the presidents of the county agricultural societies, and con¬ 
dense, arrange and report the same, together with a statement 
of their own proceedings, to the secretary of state, in the month 
of January in each year. 
§ 6. The presidents of the several county societies, or dele¬ 
gates to be chosen bv them annually for the purpose, shall be 
ex-officio members of the New-York State Agricultural Socie¬ 
ty- 
§ 7. It shall be the duty of the county clerks in the several 
counties of this state to cause notice to be given in one or more 
newspapers in each county, of the time and place of a meeting 
to be held in such county for the purpose of organizing such 
county agricultural society; and notice thereof shall be given 
at least four weeks previous to such meeting. 
§ 8. This act shall take effect immediately. 
State of New-York, ) This act having been approved andsign- 
Secretary’s Office, j ed by the Governor, on the 5th day of May, 
1841, I do hereby certify that the same became a law on that 
day. JOHN C. SPENCER, Secretary of State. 
New-lTork State Agricultural Society’s Fair. 
LIST OF PREMIUMS. 
In another part of our paper for this month will be 
found a notice of the time and place of holding the au¬ 
tumnal Fair of the State Agricultural Society, and the 
list of premiums which will be awarded on that occa¬ 
sion. It is to be hoped the arrangement is such as will 
meet the approval of the friends of agriculture through¬ 
out the State, and that all will unite to aid by their ad¬ 
vice, contributions, and presence, the progress and use¬ 
fulness of the Society. New-York can have the most 
efficient State Society in the Union ; it depends on the 
friends of agriculture now to say whether they will will 
it. We are unwilling to believe that the liberality of 
the State, to the State and the county Societies, will not 
give an impulse to agriculture which shall be most be¬ 
neficially felt. There must be no jealousies, no rival¬ 
ries, except in doing good. Let every journal in the 
State lay the hill for the promotion of agriculture, be¬ 
fore its readers. Let every farmer read it, and at once 
resolve to become a member of the county or State So¬ 
ciety, or both. Let those counties in which no Society 
has yet been organized, if there are such, see that it 
is done without delay ; there is no time to lose if one is 
expected to go into efficient operation this year, and 
without such Society, the money granted by the State, 
must be lost to the County. Fairs, cattle shows, plow¬ 
ing matches, &c., are our holidays ; and when the la¬ 
bors of the summer are over and the golden harvests 
of autumn gathered to the barns, we should not deem 
the two or three days required to attend them, or the 
annual dollar or two essential to their support, time and 
money thrown away. If we wish to see agriculture as¬ 
sume the interest and importance here, it does in Great 
Britain, we must awaken the same zeal and liberality 
towards fairs and shows that is felt there. 
Cuyahoga Agricultural Society. 
This active and flourishing Society held its annual 
meeting at Cleveland, and appointed the following offi¬ 
cers : M. Lindly, President, A. Sherwin, 1st Vice Pre¬ 
sident, A. M. Coe, 2d Vice President, J. Houghton, 
Treasurer, G. B. Merwin, Secretary. 
Committees were appointed on the following sub- 
jects : Agriculture, Farms, Silk, Manufactures, Cattle, 
Horses, Hogs, Sheep, Plowing Match, Grasses and 
Horticulture. 
Premiums to the number of 91. on the several classes 
of articles above enumerated, are offered, exhibiting a 
commendable spirit and liberality in the Society. We 
are particularly gratified at noticing that a part of the 
premiums are in valuable agricultural works ; and we 
would hope that all societies will keep this mode of dis¬ 
seminating agriccultural information, steadily in view. 
Among the works offered as premiums in the several di¬ 
visions, we find the Cultivator, Chaptal’s Chemistry, 
Buel’s Farmer’s Instructor, Colman’s Agricultural Sur¬ 
vey of Massachusetts, Jackson’s Geology, Book on Su¬ 
gar Beet, Practical Farmer, Bridgman’s Gardener, Ken- 
rick’s Orchardist, American Silk Journal, Grazier’s 
Guide, Cobbett’s Advice to Young Men, Treatise on 
Sheep, Ellsworth’s Swine Breeder, and Western Farm¬ 
er. There are few farmers who would not be better 
pleased, and would not receive more benefit, by the re¬ 
ception of such works as are named above, and others 
that might be added, than by the same, ora greater 
amount in money. Let Agricultural Societies remem¬ 
ber this, in making out their premium lists. 
Sales of Berkshires. 
Mr. Lossing of this city, informs us, that he has re¬ 
cently sold his famous breeding sow Maxima to Mr. 
Curd of Kentucky, for the handsome sum of $300. The 
animal is well known to breeders of Berkshires, as one 
of the largest of her kind in this country. Mr. Lossing 
has also sold his imported boar Newberry, to the same 
gentleman, for $200. He was shipped a few days since, 
and weighed, including cage, 880 lbs 
