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and peculiarly happy in arrangement. There was an 
evident determination manifested by those who attend¬ 
ed the fair to go ahead, and by the experience annually 
gained, correct the errors into which such associations 
are liable to fall. Ohio is a noble State, and the rapid 
advances she is making in the improvement of her 
stock, and in agriculture generally, would seem to bor¬ 
der on the marvelous, were it not accounted for by the 
well know energy and spirit of the American people. 
Genesee Agricultural Society. 
The exhibition and fair of the Genesee Agricultural 
Society was held at Alexander on the 13th and 14th of 
October. In cattle and horses, the show Avas fine ; but 
in sheep and hogs, and mechanical and agricultural pro¬ 
ductions, there was a marked falling off from last year. 
As usual, the plowing match was the most exciting part 
of the exhibition, and quite a number of teams were en¬ 
tered for competition. The quantity of land was one- 
eighth of an acre each, and the plowing Avas done in 
from 12 min. 10 sec. to 16 min. 20 sec. This must be 
considered quick plowing, and the work in general Avas 
very well done. We are sorry to learn from the Presi¬ 
dent of the society, T. C. Peters, Esq. that Old Gene- 
gee, one of the richest farming counties in the State, 
and Avith some 7,000 farmers, did not raise by member¬ 
ship, or contributions, enough to drarv from the State 
the sum to Avhich they Avere entitled, into more than 
$60. But these minor matters will be corrected another 
year, defects in management will be gradually correct¬ 
ed, and the farmers of this beautiful and prosperous 
county place their society in the position to which it is 
entitled by its wealth and its locality. 
Ag. and Hort. Society of Henrico* Va. 
"VVe find in the Richmond papers interesting accounts 
of the second meeting of the above society, (the first 
was held in May last, and noticed in the Cultivator,) 
which Avas held on the 20th and 21st days of October. 
The number of persons in attendance was very great, 
principally active and spirited cultiA r ators of the soil; 
the exhibition received the encouragement and patron¬ 
age of the patriotic ladies of Richmond and the vicini¬ 
ty ; and the AAffiole proceedings Avere characterized by 
that noble spirit of liberality and good feeling which 
marks the high-minded farmers of the Old Dominion. 
We rejoice in the success of this association, as we do 
of all similar ones, asAve are convinced the example of 
the Henrico and Frederick County Societies Avill have 
a happy effect in arousing the spirit of the Virginia agri¬ 
culturists, and directing their attention to that object of 
the first interest, the improA'ement of the soil and the 
methods of culture. 
The meeting in May had for one of its principal ob¬ 
jects the exhibition of stock of various kinds ; and the 
October meeting Avas in the main devoted to hearing the 
reports of the farm vierving committees ; an examina¬ 
tion of horticultural products ; and hearing an excellent 
address from the President of the society, the Rev. J. 
H. Turner. The reports from the viewing committee 
were, as we have always found such reports to be Avhen 
well made, xrnry interesting, as shoAving the different 
modes of managing farms, and the best methods of ren¬ 
dering them productive. It is gratifying to learn from 
the report of the executive committee that the finances 
of the society are in a flourishing condition. At the 
meeting in May, premiums to the amount of $205 Avere 
nAvarded ; at the October meeting $375 were appropri¬ 
ated ; and the treasurer’s account exhibits a balance on 
hand of $445. We are pleased, too, to perceive that 
most o 1 the farmers, Avhose premises were inspected by 
the committee for arvarding px - emiums on farms, were 
subscribers to agricultural papers, among Avhich the 
Cultivator occupies a prominent place. This is adding 
one more to the already numerous proofs existing, of 
the beneficial effects which such papers are exercising 
on the community. 
The farm report made to the society by the President 
is a striking proof of the compatibility of a love of agri¬ 
cultural pursuits Avith a highly cultivated mind. His 
detail of the manner in Avhich he brought a ferv sterile 
acres to such a state of productiveness as to enable him 
to add to the size of his farm as desired, may be read 
with profit, and if Ave can make room for it, shall trans¬ 
fer it to our pages hereafter. But the grand principle 
acted upon by him, has been forcibly sketched by him¬ 
self in the folloAving extract, Avhich Ave make from his 
address delivered on the second day : 
“ The simple principle for which I contend is, that 
no man should have more land than he can manage to 
profitable advantage. According to this rule, some 
would lop off one-half, and others as much as nine- 
tenths, and I have no doubt the remainder would prove 
more profitable than the Avhole. These surplus lands 
are not mere dead capital—they are living capital, for 
they prey upon and consume our other profits. The 
proper rule to go by is this— make what you have a gar¬ 
den spot —a second Eden, and then you may venture to 
clear or buy more land.” 
The specimens of fruits, floAvers and vegetable pro¬ 
ducts were very numerous and fine ; and the crops 
which received premiums were honorable to the men 
who cultivated them. They proved, too, that with pro¬ 
per skill in the treatment of their soils, Virginians need 
not emigrate to the far west to derive from their labor 
the necessaries or the luxuries of life. 
We had promised ourselves liberal extracts from the 
address, but xve find the space necessarily allotted to 
such notices is already much exceeded, and give only 
one more extract, which is not only forcibly expressed 
but eminently true : “ A spirit of energy and enterprise 
has been enkindled by our society, which has called 
into action a degree of effort never known among us 
before. I feel myself warranted in saying, that many 
acres of land have been manured, and many barrels of 
corn, and many bushels of beets, turneps and potatoes 
raised, and many specimens of the domestic arts furnish¬ 
ed—all of which have been called into existence in con¬ 
sequence of the poAverful stimulus of our society. And 
this is the v r ery thing Ave had in vdexv in our associa¬ 
tion. We arouse every man to do the best he can for 
himself, and just in proportion as he succeeds in this 
Ave pay him in distinction and in money.” 
N. YORK COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
Albany. —An agricultural society Avas organized in 
this county on the 23rd September last. The'folloAving 
officers Avere elected : Stephen Van Rensselaer, Presi¬ 
dent; John McDonald McIntyre, Albany, John Has- 
Avell, Bethlehem, Oscar Tyler, Bern, Abraham Ver- 
plank, Coeymans, Caleb N. Bement, Guilderland, John 
A. Baker, Netv-Scotland, Amos Gray, Knox, Robert S. 
Lay, Westerlo, PeterS. Vandenbergh, Watervliet, Da¬ 
vid Conkling, Rensselaerville, Vice-Presidents ; A. E. 
Broivn, Albany, Treasurer ; Thomas Hillhouse, Wa¬ 
tervliet, Recording Sec. ; Luther Tucker, Albany, Cor¬ 
responding Secretary. 
At the late Fair of the Cayuga Co. Ag. Society, 
John M. Sherwood of Auburn, was elected President; 
a Vice-President, and member of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee was chosen for each town in the county ; Wil¬ 
liam Richardson, Auburn, Rec. Sec.; Wm. C. Beardsley, 
Auburn, Cor. Sec.; John B. Dill. Auburn, Treas. 
Officers of the Clinton Co. Ag. Society :—Wil¬ 
liam F. Haile, President; A. North, William Hedding, 
R. Keese, and S. Arnold, Vice-Presidents ; G. M. Beck¬ 
with, Rec. Sec.; J. C. Platt, Cor. Sec.; J. Bailey, 
Treas. 
Officers of the Dutchess Co. Ag. Society. —Henry 
Slants, Red-Hook, President; John Wilkinson, Union 
Vale, Thomas SAvift, Amenia, and Stephen S. Thorn, 
Fishkill, Vice-Presidents : Ohadiah Titus, Washington, 
and Edgar Sleight, Fishkill, Secs.; George Wilkinson, 
Poughkeepsie, Treas. 
Greene Co. Ag. Society. —The following list of 
officers of this Society has been furnished us by A. 
Marks, Esq.:—Anthony Van Bergen, Coxsackie, Pre¬ 
sident ; William Salisbury, Leeds, Timothy J. Miller, 
Greenville, George Griffith, Athens, Christopher L. 
Kiersted, Durham, and Elisha Blackman, Cairo, Vice- 
Presidents ; Almeron Marks, Durham, Rec. Sec’y; 
Richard Van Dyke, South Cairo, Cor. Sec’y ; Corne¬ 
lius Rouse, Catskill, Treas. 
Officers of the Herkimer Co. Ag. Society :—Ar- 
phaxad Loomis, President ; Samuel Look, Schuyler, 
Vice-President; Aaron Petrie, Little Falls, Sec.; Fred¬ 
erick P. Bellinger, Treas. Delegates to the State Ag. 
Society :—A. L. Hatch, Elias Fink, Timothy J. Camp¬ 
bell, John Ingersoll, Z. B. Wakeman, A. L. Fish, 
Aaron Petrie, John Markell, James Keith, Hiram Eng¬ 
lish, E. Varney, H. Burrell, Samuel Look, George 
Springer, Peter Morgan, and R. Sandford. 
Officers of the Lewis Co. Ag. Society :—Clemence 
Whitaker, President ; Johnson Talcott, Carlos Hart, 
Charles D. Morse, Harrison Blodgett, Elias Gallup, and 
Alburn Foster, Vice-Presidents ; Stephen Leonard, Cor. 
Sec.;’ Charles Dayan, Rec. Sec.; Harvey Stephens, 
Treas. 
Madison Co. Ag. Society. —An Agricultural Socie¬ 
ty Avas organized in this county on the 1st September 
last, and the following officers appointed :—J. D. Led- 
yard, Cazenovia, President; Elijah Morse, Eaton, H. 
G. Warner, Sullivan, J. H. Dunbar, Hamilton, Vice 
Presidents ; A. Krumbhaar, Cazenovia, Cor. Sec’y ; 
A. S. Sloan, Eaton, Rec. Sec’y ; Uriah Leland, Eaton, 
Treas. 
Ontario Co. Ag. Society. —At the Annual Fair 
held at Canandaigua, on the 12th of October, the fol- 
loAving officers were elected for the ensuing year :— 
John Greig, Canandaigua, President ; Charles God¬ 
frey, Seneca, Heman Chapin, East Bloomfield, Peter 
Mitchell, Manchester, Joseph Fellows, Geneva, Wm . 
Ottley, Phelps, and Joseph Garlinghouse, Richmond, 
Vice-Presidents ; Wm. W. Gorham, Canandaigua, Rec. 
Sec.; Oliver Phelps, Canandaigua, Cor. Sec.; James D. 
Bemis, Canandaigua, Treas. 
Orange. —A Society Avas organized in this county 
in September last, and the Fair was to have been held 
at Goshen, on the 17th November ; butAve have not re¬ 
ceived its proceedings or list of officers. 
Queens Co. Ag. Society. —A Society Avas organ¬ 
ized in this county, on the 9th Oct. as we learn by a 
letter from A. G. Carll, Esq. under favorable auspices. 
The folloAving officers Avere appointed :—Effingham 
LaAvrence, Flushing, President; Geo. D. Coles, Single- 
ton Mitchell, Walter BoAvne, Jr. T. B. Jackson, Geo. 
Nostrand, and Platt Willitts, Vice Presidents ; Albert 
G. Carll, Jericho, Cor. Sec’y ; John G. Lambson, 
Hempstead, Rec. Sec’v ; D. E. Youngs, Treasurer, and 
D. W. Jones, R. W. Mott, Ezra Miller, T. H. Betts, 
John Johnson, and Israel Heudett, managers. 
Saratoga Co. Ag. Society. —At its annual meet¬ 
ing on the 6th October last, HoAA'ell Gardner of Green¬ 
field, Avas elected President; Calvin Wheeler of Pro¬ 
vidence, 1st Vice President'; Jacob Denton of Sarato¬ 
ga Springs, 2d Vice President; Hiram Hoivard of Mil- 
ton, Treasurer ; Archibald Smith of Ballston Spa, Cor. 
Sec’y ; John A. Corey of Saratoga Springs, Rec. Sec’y : 
and an Executii'e Committee of two from each toivn 
was also appointed. An address vras delivered by Hon. 
Samuel Young, a copy of Avhich was requested for 
publication, and the President of the Society, E. C. 
Delavan, Samuel Young, James Thompson, Halsey 
Rogers, Edrvard Davis and A. Y. Lansing, were ap¬ 
pointed delegates to the New-York State Agricultural 
Society for the ensuing year. 
Schenectady Co. Ag. Society. —An Agricultural 
Society has been organized in this county, and the fol- 
loAving officers Avere appointed :—William A. S. North, 
Duanesburgh, President; John I. De Graff, James Walk¬ 
er, Gerrit W. Veeder, Abraham Pearse, Theo. W. 
Sanders, James Smilie, James Ferguson, and Daniel D. 
Campbell, Vice Presidents; Archibald L. Linn, Sche¬ 
nectady, Cor. Sec’y ; Alexander G. Fonda, Rec. Sec’y ; 
William B. Walton, Treasurer. 
Steuben Co. Ag. Society.— The Fair of tliis socie¬ 
ty Avas held at Bath, Nov. 10, and though the Society 
had been but recently organized, it exceeded in numbers 
and interest, the expectation of its friends, shoAving 
that the farmers of Steuben “ participate in the gene¬ 
ral forward march of their brethren in all sections,to ele¬ 
vate their calling, and to make it in reputation what it 
is in fact, the most honorable and consistent occupation 
of man.” 
The folloAving gentlemen were elected officers of the 
Washington Co. Ag. Society, at its anniversary 
meeting on the 12th October :—John Savage, Salem, 
President; William Baker, Fort Ann, Ahira Eldridge, 
White Creek, Reuben M. Norton, Cambridge, and John 
Baker, Granville, Vice-Presidents; John" McDonald, 
Salem, Cor. Sec.; Asa Fitch, Jr. Salem, Rec. Sec.; Jes¬ 
se S. Leigh, Argyle, Treas. 
Great Crop of Oats. 
In a late number of his Visitor, Gov. Hill gave an 
account of a fine oat crop he had raised the present 
year, described the process of cultivation, and invited 
any one Avho had grown abetter crop to communicate it 
to the public. The four acres of Gov. Hill, gave 275 stooks 
of 12 bundles to a stook, and the thrashing of a part of 
the crop shows a yield of about 70 bushels per acre • 
handsome certainly,but as a west New-Yorker Avould sa\q 
“ nothing extravagant.” The playful challenge of Gov- 
Hill, has called out a Vermont farmer, Drances June, 
Avho in the Vermont Chronicle has given an account of 
his oat crop on four acres, and the manner in Avhich the 
Green Mountain Boy has used up the champion of the 
Granite State, is a caution to all oatgrorvers. Mr. June 
says,—“ Our lands were about under equal cultivation 
to begin Avith. In the season of 1839, my land was 
ploived up in the SAvard. In the month of May, 1840, 
it AvaspIoAved and thoroughly harroAved ; then 20 loads 
of good manure Avere spread to the acre, and all plow- 
ed in to the depth of four inches, and harroAved doAvn 
smooth. Then the four acres were planted to potatoes ; 
and I harvested 977 bushels from the lot. In the spring 
of 1841, the land Avas ploAved once, and I sowed 16 
bushels of oats upon the four acres. The oats stood 
remarkably Avell ; but few lodged, and the cause, I think 
Avas, that we had no rain to limber or burden the stalk 
after the oats began to fill. The piece Avas reaped and 
the oats bound in large bandies, so large that it was 
difficult in many instances to stook tAvelve bundles in a 
stook. I had them stooked in that manner for the sake 
of counting correctly, and the result was 588 stooks. 
If New-Hampshire has beat Vermont in oats this year, 
let us knoAV it, and Ave will try them next season.” 
This is truly “ prodigious,” and if Mr. June’s oats 
yield as much per stook as Gov. Hill’s, it will be one of 
the heaviest, if not the very heaviest crop of oats on 
record, being at the rate of 147 bushels per acre! The 
greatest crop yet groAvn in the United States, avus by 
our friend Osborne of Cayuga, of 130 bushels to’* the 
acre ; and if on thrashing his crop, Mr. June should 
exceed Mr. Osborne, Ave opine the latter will try again. 
There is one statement in Mr. June’s account Avhich Ave 
Avish our farmers when they come to soav oats next 
spring to remember, and that is the quantity of seed 
per acre, four bushels. A celebrated English farmer a 
feAv years since observed that, “ the best method of 
solving oats he kneAV Avas to scatter them Avith a sho¬ 
vel from a cart;” and our experience, as Avell as the 
statement of Mr. June, would go to shoiv that the 
quantity of seed used for this crop is much oftener too 
small than too large. Vermont is one of the best states 
in the Union for spring crops, and if she has produced 
many crops like the above the Avonder will cease at 
her being at the head of the states in the A’alue per 
head of her productions ; that state averaging 148 dol¬ 
lars, Avhile the next highest is only 111 dollars, and 
the average of the whole not 80 dollars. We shall 
hope to have from Mr. June an account of the product 
after thrashing, as in the case of such crops nothing 
should be left for guessing or for doubts. 
Grape vines in Winter. —There are few of the 
grapes requiring protection in the winter, that are wor¬ 
thy the attention, or will repay the care of the farmer, 
still some may have such vines, and for the benefit of 
those we would state that the Maine Cultivator recom- 
mends as a preservative from frost, a covering of hem- 
lock boughs, as turning water better, and being more 
compact than stratv, which is most generally used. 
