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THE CULTIVATOR. 
BTew-lTarh: State Agricultural Society. 
Annual Meeting, Jan. 18 and 19, 1842. 
At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held at Al¬ 
bany, on the 20th October, A. Walsh, Esq. ofLan- 
singburgh, in the chair, it was unanimously resolved, 
that the Premium list for Field Crops and Butter and 
Cheese, he enlarged and amended so as to read as fol¬ 
lows : 
PREMIUMS ON BUTTER AND CHEESE. 
For the best sample of Butter, not less than 100 pounds, - •• $30 
For the second best do do 20 
For the third best do do 10 
For the best sample of Cheese, over one year old, not less 
than 100 pounds,. 20 
For the second.best do. do 10 
For the best do., less than one year old, not less than 200 
pounds,.-. 20 
For the second best do. do io 
The butter offered for premiums may be presented 
in tubs, jars or firkins. Each lot must be numbered 
but not marked, and any public or known mark must 
be completely concealed, nor must the competitors be 
present. In default of either of these requisitions the 
claimant will not be entitled to a premium. 
The claimant for premiums on butter, must state in 
writing, the number of cows kept on his farm ; his 
mode of keeping ; the treatment of the cream and milk 
before churning ; the mode of churning, winter and 
summer ; the method of freeing the butter from the 
milk ; the quantity and kind of salt used ; whether salt¬ 
petre or any other substances have been employed ; the 
best time for churning and keeping butter in hot weath¬ 
er; and the best mode of preserving it in and through 
the summer and winter, and in what vessels. 
Those who present cheese for the premiums offered, 
must state in writing the number of cows kept ; wheth¬ 
er the cheese is made from one, two or more milk¬ 
ings ; whether any addition is made of cream ; the 
quantity and kind of salt used ; the quantity of rennet 
used and the mode of preparing it; the mode of pres¬ 
sure and the treatment of the cheese afterwards. 
PREMIUMS FOR FIELD CROPS. 
For the best acre of Wheat, $30 
For the second best,. 10 
The best acre of Barley, ■ • • 15 
For the second best,---- 8 
For the best acre of Rye, ■ • 15 
For the second best,■••••• • 8 
For the best acre of Oats ,-• 15 
For the second best,. S 
Best acre of Indian Corn, • 20 
For the second best,-. 10 
The best acre of Potatoes,-§15 
For the second best,. 8 
Best acre of Sugar Beets, ■ • 15 
For the second best,. 8 
Best acre of Ruta Baga, • • • • 15 
For the second best/-. 8 
The best acre of Carrots, • • 15 
For the second best,. 8 
For the best acre of Peas, • 15 
For the second best,. 8 
Those who present claims to premiums for farm crops 
must state in writing the following particulars:—the 
condition of the soil at the commencement of cultiva¬ 
tion for the crop ; the previous cultivation, product and 
manure used upon it; the quantity of manure the pre¬ 
sent season ; the quantity of seed used ; the time and 
manner of sowing, cleaning, and harvesting the crop ; 
the amount of the crop determined by actual measure¬ 
ment ; and the expense of cultivation. The land shall 
he measured by some sworn surveyor, and the claim¬ 
ant of the premium, with one other person shall certi¬ 
fy to the above particulars. 
Applicants for the premiums on butter, cheese and 
farm crops, must make known their determination to 
Luther Tucker, Albany, (if by letter, post-paid,) on 
or before the first of January next, and the parcels de¬ 
posited in such place in Albany as the Ex. Committee 
may hereafter direct, on Tuesday morning, the 18th of 
Jan. before 10 o’clock, at which time the committee will 
proceed to examines the lot offered for premiums. 
At the same meeting of the Executive Committee, on 
the motion of Willis Gaylord, Esq. Miss Margaretta 
Morris, of Germantown, Pa., John Haknam, Esq., 
North Leighton, Yorkshire, England, and Elias Phil*, 
ney, Esq. of Lexington, Mass., were unanimously elec¬ 
ted honorary members of the New-York State Agricul¬ 
tural Society. 
The following members were admitted : 
Life Members —[By the payment of $50.] 
Wadsworth,James S.,Geneseo'. | Wadsworth, Wm. W., Geneseo. 
Subscription Members. 
Gaylord, Willis, Otisco, ■ • $20 | Morris, W. II.,West Farms, $5 
Annual Members— [By the payment of $1.] 
Abbot, W. B., Syracuse. 
Avery, Harry, LaFayette. 
Ackley, Norman, Rochester. 
Allen, L. F., Black Rock. 
Baldwin, Abel, Clarkson. 
Brewer, Henry, Enfield. 
Bateham, M. B., Rochester. 
Bacon, J. W. Waterloo. 
Barber, G., Cortland. 
Beaumont, A. L., Lyons. 
Barnes, Mr. 
Bur chard, S. B., Hamilton. 
Baldwin, Denison, Springport. 
Baker, Joseph, Manlius. 
Beebe, James, Sullivan. 
Beardsley, S. R. 
Cross, John D. 
Cheesebro, Henry, Auburn. 
Cosset, Rufus, Onondaga. 
Carter,Mrs.Darius,East Bloom¬ 
field. 
Cook, William, Oneida co. 
Case, Solomon, Vernon. 
Cook, Jacob M., Skaneateles. 
Crane, Mr., CarmeL 
Clary, Eli, Salina. 
Church, Dennis, Riga. 
Colton, Willard, Lenox. 
Cornell, William C.- Henrietta. 
Campbell, J. 
Chapin. IJeman, East Bloom¬ 
field. 
Delano, Howard, Mottville. 
Dickey, P.W., Ontario. 
Dutton, Mrs., Utica. 
Douglass, A., Skaneateles. 
Durkee, Jireh, Utica. 
Dean, John, Westmoreland. 
Fowler, Augustus,Skaneateles. 
Franklin, Joseph L., Flushing. 
Fonda, Jacob A., Iloosick. 
Gaylord, Silas, Skaneateles. 
Greely, Horace, New-York. 
Gardner, N., Otsego co. 
Godfrey, Charles, Geneva. 
Gasper, Caleb, Marcellus. 
Gould, Ph'tres, Skaneateles. 
Garbutt, William, Wheatland. 
Goodsell, Thomas, Utica. 
Gilbert, John, Lyons. 
Herrick, Don F., Oswego. 
Holbrook, A., Whitesboro. 
Hopkins, Hiram, Cortland. 
Hulbert, Elijah, Waterloo. 
Hitchcock, Ira S., Oneida Cas¬ 
tle. 
Harrop, Thomas. 
Hutcbins,Thornas,Onondagaco. 
Howell, J. W., New-York. 
Hinman, John E., Utica. 
Holladay, Elias G., Dansville. 
Heffron, Oren, Dryden. 
Hopkins, G., Auburn. 
Hendrick, Levi, Wolcott. 
Harmon, Rawson, Jr., Wheat- 
land. 
Johnson, Abner A., Denmark. 
Jones, Smith. 
Johnston, John, Geneva. 
Jackson, Uri, Jr., Butternuts. 
Jennings, Chester, Turin. 
Kinney, Moses. - 
Lawrence, E. 
Lyon, L. R., Lyonsdale. 
Langworthy, L. B., Handford’s 
Landing. 
Losee, Lewis. 
Ludlow, W. B., Claverack. 
Leavenworth, Hendrick & Co., 
Wolcott. 
Leonard, Mr., Carthage. 
Munger, Asa, Auburn. 
Mayell, Jefferson, Ballston. 
McMaster, Truman J., Auburn. 
Miller, Francis T., Liverpool. 
McKnight, Joseph, Onun. Co. 
Musson, Robert S. Gilbertsville. 
Marsh, D., Pompey. 
Moses, Chester, Marcellus. 
Morrell, L. A., Lake Ridge. 
Mellen, Thomas, Madison. 
Nurse, A. W., Madison county. 
Noxon & Leavenworth, Syra¬ 
cuse. 
Newberry, A. S., Walerville. 
Olds, Calvin, Marlborough, Vt. 
Pitts, John A., Albany. 
Perluns, W. C., Oneida county. 
Pratt, F. Jr., Onondago county. 
Palmer, Wm. S. 
Phelps, Samuel, Cayuga co. 
Rotch, Francis M., Butternuts, 
Rowe, George B., Caiiistota. 
Randall, Wm., Cortlandville. 
Rhoades, E., Syracuse. 
Rowley, Seth. 
Reynolds, J. P., Jordan. 
Robbins, John. 
Reeves, John, Onondaga co. 
Sears, Francis. 
Sackett, G. V., Seneca Falls. 
Sotham, William H., Albany. 
Starr, Seth, Sullivan. 
Salisbury, Wm., Leeds, [$3.] 
Sage, A. G., Madison. 
Sherwood, J. M., Auburn. 
Snook, John, Skaneateles. 
Thompson, J. B., Onondaga. 
Thomas, David, Aurora. 
Thomas, John J., Macedon. 
jTownsend, John, Albany. 
jTalcott, William, Ovvego. 
Taylor, Russell, Marcellus. 
Taylor, Richard, LaFayette. 
Townsend,Samuel, Canterbury. 
Warren, P., Manlius. 
Weed, Harry, Camillus. 
Wilson, Elijah, Vernon. 
Woodward. Fletcher, Geddes. 
Wright, William B., Rome. 
Whitney, George, Rochester. 
Weddell, Thomas, Greece. 
Wood, Samuel, Wheatland. 
Wooley, H. P. Burnt Hill. 
Whitney, E. G., Rochester. 
N. YORK COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Oneida County Fair. 
Messrs. Gaylord h Tucker —The Oneida County 
Agricultural Society’s Fair and Cattle Show has just 
closed, and it gives me great pleasure to say to you, 
that the exhibition has in every respect exceeded my 
most sanguine expectation. The show of cattle, swine, 
and sheep, was most excellent both as to number and 
quality. The show of blood cattle good, and of young 
cattle and working oxen finer than I have ever seen. 
Our farmers may well be proud of this day, and those 
who have forboded ill to our society, I am glad to say, 
are disappointed, and the fast friends of the cause are 
much encouraged from this exhibition to renewed exer¬ 
tion in the good cause. On Tuesday evening the cat¬ 
tle, horses and swine began to arrive—and this morn¬ 
ing, the streets of Hampton were filled with cattle ar¬ 
riving from the east, west, north and south. The stock 
of Craj'-, Maj. Hitchcock, Ingersoll, and others of 
Vernon, excited much observation, and three yoke of 
cattle and steers of Samuel Look of Schuyler, Herki¬ 
mer county, which he sent up here to be seen, were 
very much admired. 
The exhibit of domestic manufactures, though not as 
large as was desired, was much of it very fine, and the 
articles wrought by the ladies were truly admirable. 
In the dairy department, the exhibition of butter and 
cheese, as to the quality exhibited, was worthy of the 
best dairy county in the State—and I only wish some of 
your wealthy citizens had been here to have shown 
their liberality as well as their taste and judgment, in 
purchasing some of the premium butter and cheese. 
In the sugar department and in the silk we had some 
very fine samples, which show, that in the above ar¬ 
ticles, this county is not deficient. 
The show of horses was good—and in some particu¬ 
lars very superior. A pair of matched horses of our 
friend Ira S. Hitchcock of Vernon, which took the first 
premium, could not easily be beaten. 
We had a fine fat bullock of four years old, which 
though not of the mammoth size of friend Rust’s at 
Syracuse, yet with a weight of 2,156 lbs. he was not 
to be passed by without receiving attention. 
The stock of sheep was vastly superior to Syracuse, 
both as to number and quality. 
The number of people present exceeded all expecta¬ 
tions, and had the day been pleasant, this little village 
would have been so full that instead of one-half not 
being accommodated, as was the case to-day, not one- 
quarter of them would have been- 
The reports from the towns on crops, were, consider¬ 
ing the dryness of the season, very respectable. Corn 
97, 84 and 83 bushels per acre ; Oats, 84 and 61 ; Win¬ 
ter Wheat, 374; Barley, 59 ; Potatoes 384 ; Ruta Baga, 
426. This too, actual measure, and full weight. 
We had a good dinner at Mr. Paterson’s at 2 o’clock, 
and after dinner, a procession was formed under the di¬ 
rection of Col. J. E. Hinman of Utica, as Marshal, 
and proceeded to the Presbyterian Church, where the 
exercises were opened with a most appropriate prayer, 
by Rev. T. A. Spencer, pastor of the church, and after 
appropriate music by the band and choir, P. Jones, Esq, 
President of the Society, delivered a most excellent ad¬ 
dress, a copy of which we shall publish. 
The number of Horses entered for premiums were 
33 ; of Bulls 16 ; Cows 13 ; Working Oxen 13 yoke ; 
24 Steers'; 22 Heifers; 16 Calves; 92 Swine; 80 
sheep. 
Of farm implements and samples of grain there was 
a very fair exhibition. To-morrow we are to have our 
plowing match, and our premiums declared. We shall 
pay out in premiums about $625, and to say we have 
done this, the present season, is doing as we think well. 
Great credit is due to the enterprising farmers in West¬ 
moreland and Vernon, for the efforts they have made, 
and I trust they will find when they hear the premiums 
declared to-morrow, that their exertions have been 
crowned with success. A full report of our proceed¬ 
ings will be published in our county papers, where you 
will be enabled to learn the details of our exhibition. 
Yours, B. P. J. 
Village of Hampton, Westmoreland, Oct. 21, 1841. 
P. S. In looking over the reports of the committees 
and the papers connected with them, from our Fair, I 
find a statement relative to the quantity of milk from 
a three years old heifer, which was exhibited and re¬ 
ceived a premium. She was a mixture of the Devon¬ 
shire with some good native stock, of a beautiful deep 
red, and was a very fine animal. She belonged to Frede¬ 
rick Ingersoll, a very enterprising farmer of the town 
of Vernon. 
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was 94 lbs. Heifer kept in common ordinary way, but 
never stabled. Presuming this statement would be in¬ 
teresting to your readers, I have taken the liberty to 
send you the same. Yours, B. P. J. 
Cortland County Fair. 
Messrs. Editors —The fair took place in Cortland 
village on the 6th inst. The day was beautifully fine. 
The show of animals was large, and of a very superior 
quality. Indeed it is a matter of doubt, in my mind, 
whether there is a county in the state, which contains 
more cattle of the improved breeds. The show of 
young animals, from three years old downward, I have 
never seen excelled. There was a yoke of three year 
old steers, a little more than half bred Durhams (five- 
eighths,) which I think I never saw equalled. There 
were others not far behind. The two year old heifer 
which received the first premium at the State Fair, stood 
“ neck and neck” as the sportsmen say, with some fif¬ 
teen or twenty competitors,and the committee in their re¬ 
port remarked that it was truly difficult to decide where 
the claimants were so numerous and so nicely balanced 
in merit. There were some good yearlings, and some 
remarkabl 3 r fine calves. The show of swine was pret¬ 
ty good—sheep ordinary—horses good, in mares and 
colts, hut not one valuable stallion on the ground! It 
is astonishing how few good stallions there are in the 
country. We have been overrun with dull heavy-heeled 
dung-hills, and little sprightly hut powerless and dimi¬ 
nutive blood horses. Blood is well enough where you 
can get size and strength with it, but there is no aristo¬ 
cracy among brutes, (unlike men !) which will supply 
the place of actual excellence. But to return to our 
Fair. At 3 P. M. the Society partook of a good dinner 
at the Eagle, after which Hon. John Miller of Trux- 
ton, addressed the Society in his usual happy and forci¬ 
ble manner, and then we adjourned in “ high-heart” for 
another year. H. S. R. 
Cortlandville, Oct. 15, 1841. 
Columbia Cattle Show and Fair. 
Editors of Cultivator —The Cattle Show and 
Fair for Columbia county, was held yesterday, to 
the pride and gratification of many hundreds of our 
yeomanry. The preceding night had been rainy, 
and from the shortness of the notice, and the ill suc¬ 
cess which had attended previous efforts to get up 
similar exhibitions, it was feared the present would 
prove almost a failure, but at ten o’clock, long trains 
of farmer’s wagons were seen entering the city from 
every avenue, and by eleven o’clock, the streets 
were literally thronged. The articles, other than live 
stock, were deposited in the court house. The chief 
attraction here, was one of Week’s patent bee-hives, 
exhibited by Rensselaer Livingston of Livingston, the 
agent of the patentee. It received the warm commen¬ 
dations of all the apiarians who visited it, and very ma¬ 
ny expressed their determination to purchase them the 
ensuing spring. A carpet was exhibited by John Van 
Dusen of Johnstown, worked in worsted throughout by 
his wife, which was spun and dyed by herself; it was 
6 yards fiy 3|, and was highly creditable to her taste 
and perseverance. There were mammoth specimens 
of squashes, beets, &c. edge tools, cocoons and sewing 
silk ; one specimen of the latter, exhibited by Seymour 
Smith of Clermont, was reeled on the common yarn 
reel, and spun on a common wheel. This gentleman 
expressed his belief that all the silk required for a 
farmer’s family might easily be made in this way. The 
show of cattle, horses, and hogs, was truly fine. Capt. 
Eleazer Cady of Chatham, had a Berkshire boar, and 
a sow and pigs, that extorted the highest encomiums 
from all who were on the ground. I certainly never 
saw more beautiful creatures than the pigs ; every line 
and curve in their bodies was as perfect and symme¬ 
trical as the Etruscan Vases, and there was a quiet 
dignity and repose about their manners that contrasted 
very pleasantly with their swinish brethren of other 
families. Some very splendid Bulls were on the ground, 
and the working cattle were well worth looking at. 
The gem of the exhibition, however, was a calf, 5\ 
months old, which for size, symmetry and beauty, &c. 
I believe equal to anything ever imported ; he was 
reared by-Blakeman of Tagkanick, in this county, 
and received, as he richly deserved, the first prize. 
