A CONSOLIDATION OF BUEUS CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
Cult. Yol. VI!f.—No. 10. 
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count. JESSE BUEL, 
Dated Septembe r 1, 1841. _ LUT HER TUCKER. 
Fourteenth Annual Fair of the Am. Institute. 
This association of individuals in the city of New- 
York, incorporated for purposes of the greatest nation¬ 
al importance, and intended to advance the agricultural 
interest, and foster and protect’ domestic industry, holds 
its fourteenth annual meeting at New-York, on the 11th 
of October, and several succeeding days. It is not ne¬ 
cessary here to refer to the extensive and beneficial 
agency which the Institute has already exerted by its 
annual exhibitions, by its numerous premiums, and by 
the encouragement it has afforded to the spirit of im¬ 
provement, shown in onr stock, our agricultural imple¬ 
ments and our manufactured articles. The course of 
the Institute has been constantly onward. Each suc¬ 
ceeding year has added to the interest of the Fair, and 
the number, variety, and importance of the animals 
and articles exhibited ; and the Fair of the present year 
promises to far exceed any that has yet been held by 
the society. This may in part be attributed to the in¬ 
creased means of the Institute, and partly to the great- 
er interest which the objects aimed at by the Institute 
receive from the_public. The Institute is the recipient 
of that part of the legislative grant made in favor of 
agriculture, which would fall to the city qf New-York, 
and thus most opportunely and fortunately for the 
public, its means of doing good are greatly increased. 
It will be seen from the extract which we give below, 
from the Circular of the Institute, of the new premiums 
which will this year be awarded, in addition to the for¬ 
mer ones on cattle, sheep, horses, hogs, farm and gar¬ 
den products, and labor-saving machines, that the sub¬ 
stantial interests are not overlooked or forgotten. The 
annual address, which is always by some distinguished 
individual, will this year be given by the Hon. Rever- 
dy Johnson of Maryland. There can he little doubt 
that the Fair this year will be most gratifying and ho¬ 
norable to the advocates of American agriculture and 
industry. 
“ 1. For the best assortment of agricultural labor-saving ma¬ 
chines exhibited by any one person or persons—a gold medal. 
2. For the most complete assortment of horticultural machines 
from any one person or persons—a gold medal. 
3. For the best plow—a gold medal or silver cup. Second 
best—silver medal. Third best—a diploma. 
4. For the best silk reel, an improvement on those before ex¬ 
hibited—a gold medal. 
5. For the best twisting and spinning machine, an improve¬ 
ment on any heretofore exhibited—a gold medal. 
6. For the best silk loom, an improvement, as above—a gold 
medal. Second best—a silver medal. 
7. For the best stocking loom for families, cheap, not liable 
to get out of order, and simple in its operations—an improve¬ 
ment on those before exhibited—a gold medal. 
8. For the best butter, quantity not less than 100 pounds—a 
gold medal. 
9. For the best cheese, not less than 100 pounds—a gold medal. 
10 . A premium for the best assortment of American Tropical 
fruits, flowers and vegetables. 
11. A premium for vases, urns and artificial fountains. 
12. For the best treatise on silk, for the young culturist, from 
the planting of the mulberry to the completion of the reeling of 
the silk—fifty dollars and a gold medal. 
13. For the best practical treatise on fruit and garden vegeta¬ 
bles—a gold medal. 
14. For the best design for an ornamental garden, with ex¬ 
planations—a gold medal. 
15. For the best assortment of specimens of fancy woolens—a 
gold medal. 
16. For the most complete assortment of specimens of Ameri¬ 
can hardware, the Managers will also award a gold medal.” 
to 
ALBANY, N. Y. OCTOBER, 1841 . 
National Society of Agriculture. 
It gives us great pleasure to state that our friend 
Solon Robinson, Esq., the zealous and able promoter 
of industry, and the original projector of a National 
Agricultural Society, has safely arrived at Washington, 
and that on the 4th of September a meeting was held in 
the Hall of the Patent Office, at which the incipient 
steps for the formation of such a society were taken. 
We perceive from a report of the proceedings kindly 
furnished ns, that the numbers in attendance were very 
respectable, and actuated by the best spirit. The meet¬ 
ing was called to order by the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth. 
than whom there is not in the country a more enlight¬ 
ened and decided friend of agricultural improvement. 
Mr. Robinson was called to the chair, and briefly ex¬ 
plained the objects of the meeting, after which the fol¬ 
lowing resolution, submitted by Mr. Ellsworth, was dis¬ 
cussed and unanimously adopted : 
‘‘Resolved, That the interests of agriculture imperiously re¬ 
quire the co-operation of its friends throughout the Union, to 
concentrate their efforts by the formation of a National Society, 
for the promotion of national industry, and to “ elevate the 
standing and character of the cultivators of American soil.” 
Resolutions were then adopted, that a meeting of the 
friends of such a society “ be held at the city of Wash¬ 
ington, on the second Wednesday of the ensuing session 
of Congress and that one gentleman from the Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia, and one from each State and Terri¬ 
tory, be a committee to draft a constitution for such so¬ 
ciety. The following gentlemen were named by the 
chairman as the committee : 
Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, District of Columbia; Hon. James 
M. Garnett, Virginia; Hon. Chilton Allen, Kentucky; Hon. Oli¬ 
ver H. Smith, Indiana; Hon. Thomas S. Hind, Illinois; Hon. 
LewisF. Linn, Missouri; Hon. Francis H. Gordon, Tennessee; 
M. W. Phillips, Esq. Mississippi; Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, Alaba¬ 
ma; Hon. Alex. Mouton, Louisiana; Hon. ffm. S. Fulton, Ar¬ 
kansas; Hon. Augustus C. Dodge, Iowa; Gov. James D. Doty, 
Wiskonsan; Hon. William Woodbridge, Michigan; William 
Neff, Esq. Ohio; Wm. P. Kinzer, Esq. Pennsylvania; Edmund 
D. Morris, Esq. New-Jersey ; Dr. James W. Thompson, Dela¬ 
ware ; Hon. John S Skinner, Maryland ; Hon. Edmund Deberry, 
North Carolina; Hon. Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina; 
Hon. Wm. C. Dawson, Georgia; Gov. Call, Florida; Caleb N. 
.Bement, Esq., New-York ; Solomon W. Jewett, Esq. Vermont; 
Hon. Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire; Hon George Evans, 
Maine; B. V. French, Esq. Massachusetts; William C. Chapin, 
Esq. Rhode Island; Hon. Thomas B. Osborn, Connecticut. 
We here gladly insert the remarks of Mr. Robinson, 
accompanying and explaining the report of the proceed¬ 
ings, in preference to any thing we could add ourselves 
in enforcing the propriety and necessity of such an or¬ 
ganization. It is indeed probable that before this sheet 
goes to the press, Mr. Robinson will have been among 
us ; and we cannot doubt his reception among his agri¬ 
cultural friends in the east and north, will be such as 
to convince him that they will not be behind those of 
any section of the Union, in a cordial support to his 
great undertaking: 
By this, my friends, you will see that the ball is now fair¬ 
ly in motion. I hope I have been fortunate enough in making a 
selection upon the spur of the moment, of the gentlemen named 
as a committee, to secure the services of such as will act 
promptly for the good of this great Cause. I hope they will in¬ 
terchange views with one another, arid at the day appointed for 
the meeting to organize the Society, I hope they will come to¬ 
gether, and have the satisfaction of meeting the largest body of 
the real friends of agricultural improvement ever collected to- 
« gether. 
I most earnestly hope that every individual friend of a Na¬ 
tional Agricultural Society, whom bounteous nature has pro¬ 
vided with the means, will attend the first meeting. I hope eve¬ 
ry Agricultural Society in the Union will send special delegates 
to the National Society. % 
1 have and shall recommend that the prnee of membership be 
fixed very low, as the great and grand object is to enlist a great 
number in this bond of brotherhood, and by concentrated effort 
of mind more than with money, to produce a happy effect upon 
society. 
A large meeting at the organization is highly important, to 
give tone and effect to the measure, and to encourage one ano¬ 
ther. It is probable also that steps will then he taken to found an 
institution where a course of scientific and agricultural lec¬ 
tures will be delivered every winter, free to every farmer’s son 
or daughter in the United States. 
Many of my friends have expressed a wish that the first meet¬ 
ing might be held in the present autumn. But it is thought by 
those with whom I have advised here, that the time of a session 
of Congress would be the most interesting. In fact, every free¬ 
man of this country ought to have the opportunity at least 
once in his life, of visiting the Capitol of his country at such a 
time. There is then enough to be seen and learned, sufficient 
to repay all the trouble and expense of such a visit. 
The Patent Office alone'is the greatest and best museum of 
useful curiosities in the Union. 
The Hall of Manufactures, 273 feet long, will be filled with 
ten thousand curious and wonderful things. It is already wor¬ 
thy of great interest, and before next winter will be much 
more so. 
No doubt manufacturers and mechanics will take advantage 
of the time of the meeting of the Friends of a National Society 
I of Agriculture, to make exhibitions that will be sufficient to in- 
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duce great attention, and from which a mass of useful informa¬ 
tion will be gathered. 
I cannot but look upon the first meeting of the friends of a 
National Agricultural Society as an epoch in the history of my 
country that will long be remembered. 
I hope all my correspondents to whom I have promised infor¬ 
mation upon this subject, will take thisaddress as particularly 
addressed to them. And I hope that every paper in the United 
States that is friendly to that interest which is the base o 
all others, will make known to its readers what is now doing for 
the promotion and organization of this society. I am confident 
that every agricultural paper will afford the information to its 
readers; and I hope in particular, that every editor of such pa¬ 
pers will attend the first meeting. 
From Washington, I shall continue my tour through the east¬ 
ern states, and I hope to have a personal interview with many 
of my agricultural friends. 
But above all things, let all remember “now is the time” for 
them to say that ‘‘something can, something must, something 
shall be done,” to advance the interest of agriculture in the 
United States. 
Be assured that I remain your earnest agricultural friend, 
„ SOLON ROBINSON 
Washington City, Sept. 6, 1841. 
The Hessian Ply. 
We make the following extract from a letter written 
by an intelligent and scientific correspondent in i enn- 
sylvania. The fact stated is a very important one, and 
will doubtless lead to important results. Miss Morris 
deserves the highest praise for the perseverance and 
success with which she has pursued her investigations 
into the habits of this most formidable foe of the wheat 
crop: 
“I have just been shown a letter from M. Morris, in which 
she says she has watched the progress of the Hessian fly from 
the time of depositing its ova on the berry, through all its trans¬ 
formations, until it became a perfect insect, and has had this 
season numerous stalks of wheat growing with the larvas in 
them. If this is the truth, (and there are probably many wit¬ 
nesses of the fact,) which we have no reason to doubt, it places 
her opinions beyond controversy. It also goes a great way to 
establish, mine as to the identity of the C. destructor, with the 
C. tritici. The only remaining difficulty is, that the egg is not 
always hatched in the berry, but sometimes in the stalk.” 
Ag. Association of the State of Louisiana. 
Under this title we are happy to perceive by the 
Baton Rouge Gazette, an association or society was 
organized at that place in June, which we cannot doubt 
will be eminently prosperous and beneficial. Officers 
were appointed, and by-laws adopted, and such ar¬ 
rangements made as will ensure its activity and effi¬ 
ciency. Louisiana possesses the elements of wealth in 
its agricultural productions to an eminent degree, as is 
proved in their present imperfect development, and the 
vast field for improvement which the society will occupy, 
will call out the talent and energy of the able and public 
spirited individuals engaged in the great cause of asri- 
cultural reform. The Gazette states that there was pre¬ 
sent at the organization a large number of the most re¬ 
spectable and intelligent planters, who evinced a deep 
interest in the subject, and an ardent desire that the un¬ 
dertaking might be successful. James Buhler, Presi¬ 
dent; Joseph Menard, Treasurer; A. Adams, Record¬ 
ing Secretary ; and J. Hueston, Cor. Secretary 
Oneida County Agricultural Society. 
At a meeting of the officers of this society, held at 
Rome, arrangements were made for an exhibition and 
fair on the 3d Wednesday in October, and from the spi¬ 
rit manifested it is evident Oneida is intending this year 
to outdo all her former doings in the cause of agricul¬ 
ture. A list of premiums to be awarded, embracing 
horses and mules, cattle, sheep, swine, dairy, grain and 
root crops, sugar, silk, domestic goods manufactured 
in families, with a variety of discretionary premiums, 
was made out, amounting to about ninety in number,' 
and intended to distribute among the farmers of that 
flourishing county the sum of $700. 
We were glad to see that the resolutions adopted at 
the meeting called the attention of the claimants for 
premiums to the requirement of the act of the legisla¬ 
ture, that such claimants should deliver in writing as 
accurate a description of the processes in preparing the 
soil, the expense and product of the crops, or the feed¬ 
ing and fattening of animals as may be, and we hope 
that all the state societies will keep this requisition in 
view, as a compliance with it is essential to carrying 
out the intentions of the act for the improvement of 
agriculture. 
Committees were appointed on the different classes 
of premiums, and such measures adopted as seemed 
best calculated to insure to the county the benefit which 
can scarcely fail to result from the organization and 
action of the society. 
