A CONSOLIDATION OF DUEL’S CUTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
Cult. Vol. IX.— No. 7. ALBANY, N. Y. JULY, 1842. Cult. & Far. Vol. III.— No. 7 
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THE CULTIVATOR. 
“TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND.” 
CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR AT ALBANY. 
The next Cattle Show and Fair of the New-York State 
Agricultural Society is to be held in Albany, on the last 
week of September next. The List of Premiums, amount¬ 
ing- to about $2,000, has heretofore been published. It 
embraces almost every variety of farm stock and imple¬ 
ments, farm and garden products, butter, cheese, maple 
sugar, silk, and other domestic manufactures, &c., &e., 
being a much more extensive list than over before offer¬ 
ed in this state. At the meeting of the Executive Commit¬ 
tee in June, the judges to award the prizes were appoint¬ 
ed, a list of which is given in another part of this paper; 
and we think the public will see in their names, abun¬ 
dant assurance that justice will be done to all competi¬ 
tors. From present indications, we are inclined to be¬ 
lieve, notwithstanding the state of the times, that this 
Fair will far exceed, in the number and quality of the 
stock, implements, &c. exhibited, as well as in the at¬ 
tendance of the public, any thing of the kind ever got up 
in this country. The facilities for traveling to and from 
Albany, from all quarters, are such as will undoubtedly, 
with the attractions offered, induce a very general attend¬ 
ance from our own and the neighboring states. The Fair 
is to he held on the beautiful grounds adjoining the new 
Bull’s Head Tavern, Troy Road, on the northern bounda¬ 
ry of the city; and such arrangements have already been 
made, as to enable us to assure those who intend to bring 
stock, either for competition for the prizes or for sale, 
that all necessary accommodations will be provided for 
their convenience. The Show Yard is to be made large 
enough for the entire exhibition, and is to be enclosed with 
a good board fence sufficiently high to prevent ingress or 
egress except at the gates. The exhibition will commence 
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, on which day the trial of Agri¬ 
cultural Implements will take place. 
On Wednesday and Thursday, the 28th and 29th, 
the general exhibition will be held. 
On Friday, the 30th, there will be a public sale of 
such stock as shall be sent in for that purpose. It is ex¬ 
pected that there will be a large number of high bred 
animals of all kinds offered, catalogues of which will be 
circulated a day or two previous to the sale. 
CULTIVATION OF WHEAT. 
A farmer of Stirling, in a communication in the Mark 
Lane Express, says that he has in a great measure suc¬ 
ceeded in obviating the evil of having wheat freeze out, 
or as we term it, winter kill, by plowing in his seed. 
He first prepares his fields by summer fallowing, liming, 
&c. and then puts in his wheat in the following manner: 
“I sow my wheat by a plow drawn by two horses, five 
or six inches deep, and cover it with the next furrow at 
ten or eleven inches breadth. I never harrow it after 
sowing, and there is no treading upon the land.” The 
wheat thus covered grows in drills, being in the deepest 
part of the furrow, and the writer finds that it comes up 
better than when sown broad cast, while the roots are 
longer and stronger, and consequently the plant escapes 
freezing out in the spring. 
Ket»~'|)0rk State &gticultttral Soeietu. 
Thr regular monthly meeting of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the N. Y. S. Ag. Society for June, was held at 
the office of the Cultivator, on the 8th, at 10 o’clock, A. 
M. Present—the President, James S. Wadsworth, Esq. 
of Geneseo; Hon. Anthony Van Bergen of Coxsackie, 
Vice President of the 3d district; Messrs. Geo. Vail of 
Troy, Alex. Walsh of Lansingburgh, Henry D. Grove 
of Hoosiclc, and James L’Amoureaux of Albany, mem¬ 
bers of the Committee; and Messrs. E. P. Prentice, Trea¬ 
surer, and L. Tucker, Secretary. 
Letters were read from several gentlemen—among 
them one from the Hon. Daniel Webster; and one from 
L. B. Langworthy, Esq. Vice President of the 8th district. 
The Board then proceeded to the appointment of County 
Corresponding Committees, agreeably to the provisions 
of the 4th section of the Constitution,—when the follow¬ 
ing appointments were made: 
County Corresponding Committees. 
Albany— C. N. Bement, Albany; W. N. Sill, jr. Cedar Hill; Tho¬ 
mas Hillhouse, Watervliet. 
Allegany —Hon. Laurens Hull, Angelica; Jas. McCall, Rush- 
ford. 
Broome —Hon. John A. Collier, Binghamton. 
Cattaraugus —Sam’l Barrows, Olean; H. W. McClure, Frank- 
linville. 
Cayuga —D. Wright, Auburn; Ellery Howland, Venice ; Ab¬ 
ner Hollister, Cato. 
Chautauque —Geo. W. Patterson, Mayville; Hon. T. B. Camp¬ 
bell, Westfield; Jabez Burrows, Mayville. 
Chemung —Eli C. Frost, Catharine. 
Chenango —Wm. S. Randall, Norwich; Wm. Doolittle, p. m., 
Susquehannah; R. B. Monel], Greene. 
Clinton —Levi Platt, p. m., Plattsburgh. 
Columbia— Dr. J. P. Beekman, Kinderhook; J. S. Gould, Stock- 
port; W. B Ludlow, Hudson. 
Cortland —Dan Hibbard, Cortland Village; P. Barber. Homer. 
Delaware —Sam’l Law, p. m., Meredith; Wm. Frisbee, Delhi. 
Dutchess —Henry Staats, Red Hook, J. W. Kneevels, Fishkill; 
D. H. Holden, Poughkeepsie; Theodore Allen, Hyde Park. 
Erie —L. F. Allen, Black Rock; T. C. Love, Newstead ; Beni. 
Hodge, Buffalo. 
Essex —William B. Ross, Essex. 
Franklin— Hon. Luther Bradish, Moira. 
Fulton —James McIntyre. Johnstown. 
Genesee —T. C. Peters, Darien; Lee Comstock. Le Roy. 
Greene —George Grilling, jr. Cattskill: A. Marks, Durham. 
Herkimer —A. Loomis, Little Falls ; W. W. Mann, Frankfort. 
. J ejferson —Micah Sterling, Watertown , Edm’d Kirby, Brown- 
ville ; Abner Baker, jr. Watertown. 
Kings —John G. Bergen, Brooklyn; A. Bergen, Flatbush. 
Lewis —Isaac Bostwiek, Lowville. 
Livingston—A. Ayrault, Geneseo; C. Metcalf, p. m. Geneseo. 
Madison— Alex. Krumbhaar, Cazenovia; B. Enos, DeRuyter; 
S. B. Burchard, Hamilton. ’ 
Monroe —Rev. H. Colman, Rochester; Gen. R. Harmon, jr. 
Wheatland; Dr. Abel Baldwin, Clarkson. 
Montgomery— T. J. Van Deveer, Amsterdam; G. Goertner, jr. 
Canajoharie. 
New-York —C. H. Hall, Harlem ; Sam’l Fleet, Jordan L. Mott, 
Isaac Adriance, Dr. R. T. Underhill, William Partridge, Rev. Jno. 
O. Choules, T. Dunlap, Gideon Freeborn, Abraham Bell, R. L. 
Allen, D. K. Minor,William A. Seely, New-York City. 
Niagara— P. B. Porter, jr. Niagara Falls; William Parsons, 
Lockport. 
Oneida —Benj. P. Johnson, Rome: Dr. T. Goodsell, Utica; Ira 
S. Hitchcock, Oneida Castle; H. Rhodes, South Trenton. 
Onondaga —Willis Gaylord, Otisco; H. Baldwin, Syracuse; G. 
Geddes, Geddes ; William Fuller, Skaneateles. 
Ontario —JohnGreig, Canandaigua; R. C. Nicholas, Geneva ; 
Myron Adams, Bloomfield. 
Orange—A. J. Downing, Newburgh; Chas. Morrell, Goshen; 
Amos Brentnall, Canterbury. 
Orleans —Cornelius Plocker, Kendall. 
Oswego —Arvin Rice, Hannibal; E. W. Clarke, Oswego. 
Otsego—Francis Rotch, Butternuts; S. Doubleday, Coopers- 
town; J. £. Cary, Cherry Valley. 
Putnam —L. D. Clift, Somers. 
Queens —Effingham Lawrence, Flushing. 
Rensselaer —J. J. Viele, Lansingburgh; L. C. Ball, Hoosick 
Falls; J. C. Mather, Scaghticoke. 
Richmond —Dr. Samuel Ackerly, Richmond. 
Rockland —Edward De Noyelles, Haverstraw. 
Saratoga —J. H. Beach, Saratoga Spa; H. Rogers, Fort Edward. 
Schenectady— D. D. Campbell, Schenectady. 
Schoharie—Wm. C. Bouck, Fultonham ; Hon. J. Westover, 
Richmondville. 
Seneca— A. B. Dunlap, Ovid. 
Steuben— Z. A. Leland, Bath; O. F. Marshall, Wheeler; Ste¬ 
phen Arnold, Tyrone. 
St. Lawrence —Henry Van Rensselaer, Ogdensburgh; Zenas 
Clark, Potsdam; Josiah Sandford, Stockholm. 
Suffolk —B. Hunting Foster, Southampton; W. J. Wood, p. m., 
Huntington. ’ 
Sullivan —Charles Broom, Fallsburgh. 
Tioga—Charles F. Johnson, Owego. 
Tompkms —L. A. Morrell, Lake Ridge ; Ezra Cornell, Ithaca. 
Ulster —J. E. Hornbeck, Accord ; Jas. Sherman, Milton. 
Warren —Lewis Numan, Glenns Falls. 
Washington —John Crary, Salem; E. Long, Cambridge. 
Wayne —L)r. C. S. Button, Newark; E. Price, p. m. Lyons. 
Westchester —W. H. Morris, West Farms; Governeur Morris, 
Harlem. ’ 
Wyoming —J. Horsfield, Perry; Sam’l Howard, Perry Centre. 
Fates—Jared Patchen, Benton Centre. 
VIEWING COMMITTEES. 
The Board next proceeded to the selection of Judges 
to award the Prizes at the Exhibition and Fair to be held 
in September, and made the following appointments: 
On Bulls, Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4—Felix Renick, Chilicothe, O.; 
J. Barney, Port Penn, Del.; Adam Ferguson, Watertown, U. C.; 
Thos. Husten, Circleville, O.; C. M. Giddings, Cleveland, O. 
On Cows, &c. Classes 5, 6, 7 and 8—Henry Clay, jr. Lexing¬ 
ton, Ky.;William Neff, Cincinnati, O.; Sam’l D. Martin, Colby- 
ville, Ky.; William Fitzhugh, Hagerstown, Md.; D. K. Town¬ 
send, New Haven, Ct. 
On Grade Cattle, Classes 9, 10 and 11-Neilson, New 
Brunswick, N. J.; G. V. Sackett, Seneca Falls; William Gar- 
butt, Wheatland; Thomas Hollis, Gilbertsville; Charles God¬ 
frey, Geneva. 
On Cattle, Native Breeds, Classes 12, 13, 14 and 15—Sam’l 
Jacques, Charlestown, Mass.: Geo. Griffing, jr. Catskill; Gov¬ 
erneur Morris, Harlem; Tyler Fountain, Peekskill; Henry 
Burrell, Salisbury. 
On Working Oxen and Steers— Robert Colt, Pittsfield, Mass.; 
Allen Ayrault, Geneseo ; William Fuller, Skaneateles ; Joseph 
Haswell, Hoosick 4 Corners; George McKie, Cambridge. 
On Fat Cattle and Fat Sheep —P. Reybold, St. Georges, Del.; 
Edward Tonkin, Clarksville, N. J.; --Wheeler, New-York; 
T. Kirkpatrick, Albany ; B. D. Noxon, Syracuse. 
On Horses —John C. Stevens, New-York; J. M. Sherwood, 
Auburn; W. T. Porter, New-York; Edward Harris, Moores- 
town, N. J.; L. C. Ball, Hoosick Falls. 
On Swine— William Lincoln, Worcester, Mass. ; William B, 
Ludlow, Hudson; William Parsons, Lockport; JohnE. Brown, 
Brownsville ; Ezra Cornell, Ithaca. 
On Sheep, Class 1—Francis Rotch, Butternutts; E. C. Dele 
van, Bailston; D. D. Campbell, Schenectady ; Effingham Law¬ 
rence, Flushing; Bailey Montross, Fishkill. 
On Sheep, Class 2—A. B. Allen, Buffalo; Z. A. Leland, Bath ; 
Enoch Marks, Navarino; R. S. Musson, Gilbertsville ; D. S. 
Curtis, Canaan Centre. 
On Sheep, Class 3—J. P. Beekman, Kinderhook ; Edward A. 
LeRoy, Avon; L, A. Morrell, Lake Ridge; Thomas L. Davis, 
Poughkeepsie ; Edward Long, Buskirk’s Bridge. 
On Plows— Henry Colman, Rochester; Henry Burdon, Troy; 
Anthony Van Bergen, Coxsackie ; J. B. Nott, Guilderland; J. S. 
Gould, Stockport. 
On Threshing Machines, Fanning Mills, Straw Cutters, and 
Horse Rakes— C. N. Bement, Albany; L. B. Langworthy, Ro 
Chester; W. A. S. North, Duanesburgh; Orville Hungerford, 
Watertown ; George Geddes, Geddes. 
On Harrows, Cultivators, Drill Barrows, and any other Ao 
ricultural Implements, not enumerated— George W. Patterson, 
Mayville; Thomas Hillhouse, Albany; Rawson Harmon, jr. 
Wheatland ; John B. Dill, Auburn; J. Horsfield, Perry. 
On Silk, Silk Reels, &c.— H. S. Randall, Cortland Village; 
R. C. Nicholas, Geneva ; Samuel Ackerly, Richmond; A. Grid 
ley, Auburn ; G. V. Sackett, Seneca Falls. 
On Butter— Benj. P. Johnson, Rome; Micah Sterling, Water 
town; Robert Deniston, Salisbury Mills; --Delmonico, 
New-York; William Van Wyek, Fishkill. 
On Cheese— H. Baldwin, Syracuse ; Edward Perry, New-York! 
Henry Holmes, Greenwich; Wilber Sherman, Lansingburgh; 
T. C. Peters, Darien. 
On Vegetables— T. Bridgeman, New-York; James Wilson, 
Albany; - Colman, New-York; M. B. Bateham, Roches¬ 
ter; Dennis Eelden, Troy. 
On Fruits— A. J. Downing, Newburgh; James Powers, Cats- 
kill; J. J. Thomas, Macedon; R. S. Underhill, New-York; Al- 
den Spooner, Brooklyn. 
On Flowers— Alexander Walsh, Lansingburgh ; Rev. J. O. 
Choules, New-York; Prof. J. W. Jackson, Schenectady; A. P. 
Heartt, Troy; T. Dunlap, New-York. 
On Domestic Manufactures —L. F. Allen, Buffalo; A. L. Linn, 
Schenectady ; Oliver Wiswall, Hudson; T. Dunn, Albany ; Amos 
Briggs, Scaghticoke. 
. On Maple Sugar —L. Bronk, Coxsackie • T. C. Mather, Scagh¬ 
ticoke; Myron Adams, East Bloomfield ; P. N. Rust, Syracuse; 
Arvin Rice, Hannibal. 
On Horticultural Implements and Garden Ornaments —E. P. 
Prentice, Albany; S. S. Fowler, Greenbush ; John Townsend, 
Albany ; E. Holbrook, Hyde Park; Oliver Phelps, Canandaigua. 
On Discretionary Premiums on Articles not enumerated— 
J. J. Viele, Lansingburgh; J. B. Duane, Schenectady; William 
Partridge, New-York; Samuel Williams, Waterloo; W. A. 
McCulloch, Greenbush. 
On motion, it was Resolved, That the Mechanics and 
Manufacturers of this state he invited to send specimens 
of their manufactures to the Fair of the State Agricultu¬ 
ral Society, and that suitable arrangements be made for 
their exhibition, under the direction of a committee to 
he appointed by themselves. 
Resolved, That Farmers and Gardeners generally, be 
particularly requested to send in for exhibition, such 
samples of the products of their farms, gardens, and or¬ 
chards as they may deem worthy of special notice. 
y# 3 The next meeting of the Executive Committee is 
to be held at the office of “ The Cultivator,” on the 2d 
Wednesday of July, (the 13th,) at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
SWEEPSTAKES—TWO YEARS OLD BULLS. 
.A gentlemen of Connecticutt, requests us to say that he 
will show a two years old bull, at the Fair of the N. Y. 
State Ag. Society, to be held in this city in Sept, next, for 
a sweepstakes of $25 entrance, provided three others shall 
be entered, so as to make a purse of $100. On mention¬ 
ing this proposition to a friend, he directed us to enter 
his name as one of the subscribers. Any other gentle¬ 
men disposed to become subscribers to this, or to propose 
sweepstakes for any other animals, will please give no¬ 
tice to the Editors of the Cultivator, that their proposi¬ 
tions viiay be timely noticed. 
