A CONSOLIDATION OF BUEL’S CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
Cult. YoL VIII.—No. 9 
ALBANY, N. Y, SEPTEMBER, 1841, 
Cult. & Far. Vol. II.—No, 9. 
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TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND .' 
Cattle Show and Fair of the State Ag. Society. 
We publish to-day the proceedings of the Executive 
Committee of the State Agricultural Society, at their 
meeting on the 18th ult.. to complete their arrange¬ 
ments for the Show and Fair of the 29th and 30th of 
the present month ; the Rules adopted for the govern¬ 
ment of the exhibition ; and the names of the gentle¬ 
men constituting the several committees appointed for 
the examination of articles offered, and the awarding 
of premiums. 
The preliminary arrangements having thus been com¬ 
pleted, it now remains for the friends of Agriculture, 
for the farmers, the mechanics, and all who are anxious 
for the advancement of agricultural science and prac¬ 
tice, to come forward at once and give the Society and 
its objects their countenance and effectual support. 
There is the wealth, there is the ability, and we hope 
the inclination will not not be found wanting, to make 
the State Society to this country what the Highland So¬ 
ciety is to Scotland, the patron and the example of all 
the minor associations. An examination of the names 
of the gentlemen composing the several committees..will 
show that a sufficient guarantee is given for the impar¬ 
tial discharge of the duties assigned ; and we may be 
permitted to express the hope, that all so named, will he 
found promptly, efficiently and cheerfully, to perform 
those duties. It is presumed from the interest mani¬ 
fested, that the Show and Fair will be one hitherto un¬ 
equaled in the United States, and that the collection of 
animals, implements, &c. will he of the most satisfac¬ 
tory description. 
The Show and Fair of the Onondaga county Agri¬ 
cultural Society will be held at the same time and 
place, and we may expect that the farmers of that rich 
and populous county, will, by their show of line ani¬ 
mals, vegetable production, agricultural implements, 
&c. add much to the interst and pleasure of the two 
days. 
New-^Tork State Agricultural Society. 
Cattle Show and Fair at Syracuse. 
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the N. 
Y. State Agricultural Society, held at Syracuse, Aug. 
18, 1841—present, Messrs. Nott, Johnson (of Oneida^) 
Gaylord, Randall, and Tucker,—the following Viewing 
Committees were appointed to award the Premiums 
offered by the Society at their Cattle Show and Fair to 
be held at Syracuse on the 29th and 30th days of Sep¬ 
tember : 
ON CATTLE. 
ClaSs I— Bulls — of any breed, 3 years old and upwards 
Henry S. Randall, Cortland, I C. N. Bement, Albany, 
A. B. Allen, Erie, | William Garbutt, Monroe, 
J. McDonald McIntyre, Albany. 
Classes II and III— Bulls— of any breed, binder 3 years old 
Francis Rotch, OtsegOj . j J. C. Hathaway, Ontario 
Henry Rhoades, Oneida, | George Vail, Rensselaer,’ 
George J. Pumpelly, Tioga. 
Class IV— Cows— of any breed 3 years old and upwards 
Anthony Van Bergen, Greene, I Thomas Hollis, Otsego*, 
E. P. Prentice, Albany, | Ira Hitchcock, Oneida, 
Hiram Bostwick, Chemung. 
Classes V and VI— Heifers — any improved breed, under 3 years 
Lewis F. Allen, Erie, 7 Thomas Weddle, Monroe, 
Silas Gaylord, Onondaga, j John Gaskin, Otsego, 
Jonah Davis, Chemung. 
_ Class VII— Grade Cows. 
Garret Sackett Seneca, | M. Bullock, Albany, 
C. &. Button, Wayne, _ Thomas Goodsell, Oneida, 
William Ottley, Ontario. 
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Class VIII— Grade Heifers. 
S. W. Brace, Onondaga, I William Alexander, Otsego, 
John M. Sherwood, Cayuga. ) D. D. Campbell, Schenectady. 
Rufus Boies, Cortland. 
Class IX—Cows— native breeds. 
Myron Adams, Ontario, I Aaron Barns, Oneida, 
Thomas S. Meacham, Oswego, J-Crane, Herkimer, 
Tyler Fountain, Westchester. 
ON HORSES. 
William T. Porter, New-York, I William Bartlett, Cortland, 
Lewis F. Allen, Erie, | John J. Viele, Rensselaer, 
William B. Ludlow, Columbia. 
ON SHEEP—Class I— Long Wooled. 
John P. Beekman, Columbia. I Thomas Jackson, Otsego, 
John Snooks, Onondaga, j William C. Cornell, Monroe, 
John Holmes, Washington. 
Class II— Middle Wooled. 
A. B. Allen, Erie, I L. D. Clift, Putnam, 
Thomas Dunn, Albany, | Howell Gardiner, Saratoga. 
William Masson, Otsego. 
Class III— Fine Wooled. 
William Randall, Cortland, I L. A. Morrell, Tompkins, 
Henry D. Grove, Rensselaer, | J. W. Kneevels, Dutchess, 
Robert C. Nicholas, Ontario. 
ON SWINE. 
John Randall, Chenango, I Nelson Washburn, Otsego, 
Ezra Cornell, Tompkins, j Elon Comstock, Oneida, 
William Salisbury, Greene. 
ON PLOWS. 
Jesse R. Burden, Rensselaer, 
Anthony Van Bergen, Greene, 
Jeremiah Johnson, Kings, 
John J. Thomas, Ontario, 
Rawson Harmou, Jr. Monroe, 
Humphrey Howland, Cayuga, 
Henry Stephens, Cortland, 
Elias Phinney, Massachusetts, 
Isaac Hill, New-Hampshire, 
S. W. Jewett, Vermont. 
ON CULTIVATORS, DRILL BARROWS AND HARROWS. 
James McCall, Allegany, I Enoch Marks, Onondaga, 
L. C. Ball, Rensselaer, _ | George Walsworth, Oneida, 
Arvin Rice, Oswego. 
„ ti ON THRASHING MACHINES. 
K B Langworthy, Monroe, j G. W. Patterson, Livingston, 
Orville Hungerford, Jefferson, | Lauren Beach, Onondaga 
Micah Brooks, Livingston. 
... „ ON HORSE RAKES AND STRAW CUTTERS. 
Nicoll Halsey, Tompkins, I John B. Dill, Cayuga, 
Jabez Burrows, Chautauque, | Hiram Hopkins, Cortland, 
Chester Moses, Skaneat.eles. 
ON FARM IMPLEMENTS— not enumerated above. 
William Parsons, Niagara, I Jesse Ives, Cortland, 
Samuel Hecox, Wayne, j Joseph Hastings, Rensselaer, 
Ira Hopkins, Cayuga. 
ON SAMPLES OF GRAIN. 
Roswell Curtis, Cayuga, 
Warner Abbott, Onondaga, 
Pomeroy Jones, Oneida, 
George S. Taylor, Cortland, __ 
E. S. Beach, Monroe 
TT . ON SAMPLES OF ROOTS. 
Heman Chapin, Ont 'cio, I Lewis Eames, Oneida, 
S. P. Rhoades, Onomjiga, | J. F. Osborn, Cayuga, 
S. Burchard, Madison. 
-Arm. ON HOKTICUTURAL PRODUCTS. 
iiq VU ^ P a Y u £ f V I G-fant Thorburn, Queens 
Alexander Walsh, KenA'Maer, | E. Holbrook, Dutchess, 
Oliver Phelps, Ontario. 
COMMITTEE C,< VyRB y'N&FNwjtf’jvg 
State Society. 
Henry S. Randall, 
Harvey Baldwin, 
Luther Tucker, 
Wiliam Fuller, 
M. B. Bateham. 
Ononda^i^Co. Society. 
P. N. Rust, 
Jos. Savage, 
M. D. Burnett, 
E. F. Wallace, 
J. M. Ellis. 
The following gentlemen were appointed a commit¬ 
tee to solicit members and funds for the Society at Syra¬ 
cuse : J J 
M. D. Burnett, Esq. 
H. Baldwin, Esq. 
J. R. Lawrence, Esq. 
B. D. Noxon. 
P. N. Rust, 
J. Sanford. 
$10 00 
$10 00 
$10 00 
Additional Premiums, 
TO BREEDERS. 
F. Rotch, Esq. having given the Society $30 for that 
purpose, Premiums will be awarded to Breeders as fol¬ 
lows : 
To the breeder of the best thorough bred Bull, 
To the breeder of the best thoroughbred Cow, 
To the breeder of the best thorough bred Heifer, 
FOR WORKING OXEN. 
Willis Gaylord, Esq. haying contributed $20, for 
that purpose, a premium will be given 
For the best yoke of working Oxen, *12 00 
For the 2d best do. do. do. 8 00 
In awarding this Premium, particular reference will 
he had to the close matching, excellent training , and 
docility of the animals, as well as to their general good 
appearance. Committee Abel Baldwin, David Bun¬ 
dy and Dan Hibbard. 
EAT CATTLE. 
Mr. Rust offers a sweepstakes, twenty dollars entry 
for the best yoke of fat cattle. Committee :—B. p’ 
Johnson, B. D. Noxon and M. D. Burnett. 
A Plowing Match, under the direction of the 
Onondaga County Agricultural Society, will take place 
immediately after the 1 rial of Plows, on the second 
day of the Fair. 
Regulations for the Fair. 
I. A Committee of Arrangements, consisting of five 
members,will in conjunction with a committee consist¬ 
ing of the same number, appointed by the Onondaga 
county Agricultural Society, exercise a general supervi¬ 
sion and control on the day of the Fair. 
II. Clerks shall be appointed by the committee of ar¬ 
rangements, who shall occupy a convenient stand near 
the place of exhibition, who shall give to every one en¬ 
tering animals, cards, with the number of the pens which 
said animals shall occupy, and the premiums for which 
said animals are entered, written thereon—and such 
cards shall be conspicuously placed upon the pens con¬ 
taining the animals. A list of all such entries shall be 
kept by said clerks. 
III. No animals shall he removed from the pens until 
the close of each day’s exibition without permission of 
a member of the Committee of Arrangements. 
IV. Applicants for premiums on animals will be pre¬ 
pared with written statements, accurately detailing the 
age and method of feeding such animals ; iftid those 
drawing premiums may he required to make oath to the 
correctness of said statements. Such written state¬ 
ments will be delivered to the clerks on entering the ani¬ 
mals. 
V. All animals will be examined and premiums 
awarded on the first day of the Fair, and the viewing 
committees will commence their inspection at 10 o’clock, 
A. M. No spectators will be admitted to the yard, un¬ 
til after the viewing committees have performed their 
duties. 
VI. Implements, products, &c. will be examined on 
the second day of the Fair. Implements, particularly 
plows, will be put to a full and accurate test. 
VII- Any inhabitant of the Stave will be suffered to 
compete for premiums on animals and products, and any 
inhabitant of the United States for premiums on imple¬ 
ments, on the payment of one dollar, if not already 
members of the Society. 
VIII. Viewing Committees shall in all cases have 
power to examine applicants for pemiums personally, 
when more particular or satisfactory information is de¬ 
sired. 
IX. No premium shall be awarded without a compe¬ 
tition, unless the viewing committee shall deem the 
animal or product or implement exhibited, highly meri¬ 
torious nor in cases where there is competition, unless 
they shall consider such animal, product or implement 
worthy of the same. 
X. All reports of viewing committees shall be made 
in writing and signed by the members assenting thereto. 
XI. All persons intending to compete for the pre¬ 
miums on animals, shoull give notice to that effect on or 
before the 20th Sept, to Luther Tucker, Albany • H. 
S. Randall, Cortland Village • M. B. Bateham, Ro- 
Chester, or P. N. Rust, Syracuse—in order that the 
necessary accommodations may be made for them. It 
is desiiable also that those who intend to compete for’ 
the prizes on Implements should give notice as above 
by the 20th September. . 
Owners of stock throughout the State, and manu¬ 
facturers and patentees of agricultural and horticultural 
implements, throughout the United States, are invited 
to present their animals and implements. Samples of 
farm and gai den products, silk, cocoons, domestic manu¬ 
factures, &c. &c., are also solicited. 
SCr* Discretionary Premiums will be awarded on arti¬ 
cles not enumerated in the Prize List. 
OCr* The Society will dine at Rust’s, at 3 o’clock, P. 
M. on each day of the Fair. 
The officers of the Society and the Committee of 
Arrangements are requested to meet at the Syracuse 
House on Tuesday evening, Sept. 28. 
Illinois Swamp Grass. 
We have received from G. Churchill, Esq. a speci¬ 
men of the swamp prairie grass of Illinois. It is a 
good looking grass, some five feet in height, and ap- 
P ears t0 be an undescribed species of the Poa family. 
What effect cultivation would have upon it, or whether 
it would bear competition with the cultivated grasses 
such as Timothy, Herdsgrass or the Clovers, remains 
to oe seen. We are inclined to the ouinion that most" 
if not all, of the wild grasses must give way to what are 
called the artificial ones. It is possible, however that 
among the many varieties found in the broad ’west 
some may be found of superior value, and which will 
take a high rank among the artificial or cultivated 
grasses. 
