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New-York State Agricultural Society,

Albany, Feb. 14, 1833.

The committee appointed at the first meeting of the society, to report" on the practicability and utility of establishing an"nual fairs, for the purchase and sale of live stock, seeds, " and other products of husbandry, and of household labor,” respectfully report :

They have found much difficulty in obtaining information on a subject entirely new in this state. The differences in agricultural and commercial habits and circumstances in Europe and in this country, renders the experience of those parts on this subject of little avail to us, and there is but scanty information to be gained here in relation to it. After a diligent and personal inquiry in the Middle and Northern States, your committee cannot learn that any thing of the kind is in existence except in Massachusetts. They have attempted it there, in connexion with their county agricultural societies, but it does not succeed as well as would be desirable. A large fair for the sale of cattle and other animals is held weekly at Brighton near Boston, and is very extensive and flourishing; but it has a mixed character, which, while it promotes its utility, renders it different from such fairs as we contemplate, at least, for the interior of the state. There, the butchers come from a large district of country, and meet not only farmers, but a greater number of drovers, and a middle class of people who act as agents or commissioners for the farmers.

In examining the subject in itself and as applied to our state, your committee can hardly believe that if fairs for the sale of live stock, &c. were properly organized in different parts of the state, they could fail of being beneficial to both farmers and purchasers; and nothing is wanting to insure this success but a general concurrence of both those classes. We would then see the results produced upon those branches of industry which attend others in large markets. The farmers, better informed of the prices, would not be exposed—on the one hand to be de

ceived by speculators--nor, on the other, to keeping his produce in consequence of erroneous information. The purcha ser would be able to make up in a short time, the amount of purchases which it would have taken weeks to assemble, and could at the same time give to farmers prices augmented by competition, and by the saving of expense attending this way of procuring his supplies.

If, however, this concourse of sellers and purchasers was only partial, the great object of these fairs would not be attained, and a subsequent discouragement would probably retard, if not prevent, their ultimate success.

Your committee therefore do not feel warranted in recommending at present the establishment of these fairs upon the extensive plan which they are confident would be very beneficial if it could be fully carried into operation. They have consdered that much of the live stock in this state, and to the west, passes through Albany on it way to Boston, New-York, and the neighborhood of those cities. The concentration of a part of this stock, at least once a year, at a proper time and place, could add nothing to the expense of taking them to market, and would offer great advantages to sellers and purchasers. They believe that a fair held in Albany, and one in New-York, would give the opportunity of testing the merit of these institutions, and mature data upon which to establish others. The different county societies which have been organized during the past year, will then examine the subject for themselves; and these fairs being introduced by degrees, and as the wants and feelings of the people call for them, will, it is hoped, spread generally and successfully throughout the state. Your committee, therefore, beg leave to introduce the following resolution :

Resolved, That a fair for the sale of live stock, seeds, and other products of husbandry and of household labor, be held in the city of Albany, on the second Thursday of October next, and one in the city of New-York, on the fourth Thursday of the same month and that the civil authorities and agricultur

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al societies of those places be requested to make preparations for the holding of those fairs.

On motion of Mr. Hickock, of Rensselaer,

Resolved, That the thanks of the society be presented to Dr. William Darlington, of Pennsylvania, for his able and lucid communication on the use of lime in agriculture.

Resolved, That the corresponding secretary tender to Major John Adlum, of Georgetown, the expression of our thanks for the book and box which he has sent to the society.

Resolved, That the corresponding secretary address a circular to the presidents of the several county agricultural and horticultural societies already organized, or which may be organized the present year, requesting them to transmit to this society, at its annual meeting, an account of their several proceedings, with their views of the means best adapted to improve our husbandry and to diffuse useful knowledge among those who manage its labors.

Resolved, That 500 copies of the proceedings of this meeting be printed in a pamphlet, and that the corresponding secretary include in it such communications as he may have received, and shall deem worthy of publication.

On motion of Mr. Lynch, of New-York,

Resolved, That this society entertains a lively sense of the zeal and usefulness manifested by LE RAY DE CHAUMONT, (late president of the society) in promoting the interests of agriculture in this state; and regret that he has declined a reelection to the office of president, on account of a visit to Europe.

Resolved, as a testimony of respect, that LE RAY DE CHAUMONT, be and he is hereby elected an honorary member of this society.

Mr. Lynch, from the committee appointed to recommend suitable persons for officers of the society for the current year, made a report:

Whereupon the following persons were duly elected to the offices annexed to their respective names, viz.

JESSE BUEL, of Albany, President.

GERRIT WENDELL, of Washington,
WILLIAM JAY, of Westchester,

VINCENT LE RAY DE CHAUMONT,

Vice Presidents.

of Jefferson,

HENRY W. DELAVAN, of Saratoga,

JOHN F. BACON, of Albany, Recording Secretary.
Dr. J. P. BEEKMAN, of Columbia, Corresponding Sec'ry.
CHARLES R. WEBSTER, of Albany, Treasurer.

JOHN TOWNSEND, of Albany,

ALEXANDER WALCH, of Rensselaer,
HORATIO HICKоCK, of Rensselaer,

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Additional Members

of the

Exec. Committee.

The following gentlemen were appointed a general com

mittee, viz.

Albany-William N. Sill, Rufus
Watson, D. B. Slingerland.
Allegany-Philip Church.
Broome-Virgil Whitney.
Cattaraugus-Staley N. Clark.
Cayuga-Joseph L. Richardson,
E. Manchester, James Wood,
Nathaniel Garrow.

Franklin-Luther Bradish..
Genesee-Martin O. Coe, Shu-
bal Dunham, Horace Healey.
Greene-Anthony I. Van Ber-
gen, John Adams.
Herkimer-Wm.C. Crain, Fred-
erick P. Bellinger, Daniel C.
Henderson.

Chautauque-Squier White, J. Jefferson--Noadiah Hubbard,

Mullet.

Chenango-Thomson Mead, U-
ri Tracy, John Latham.
Clinton-Josiah Fisk.
Columbia-John P. Beekman,
William B. Ludlow, William
H. Wilson.
Cortland-Samuel G. Hathaway,
Jesse Ives.
Delaware-Jabez Bostwick, M.
Keeler.

Dutchess-David Hosack, Wm.
Davis, James Grant, Isaac R.
Adriance.

Erie-Peter B. Porter.

Essex-Henry H. Ross.

Edmund Kirby, Egbert Ten
Eyck.

Kings-Joseph Canselyea.
Lewis-Isaac W. Bostwick.
Genessee-James S. Wadsworth,
Charles H. Carroll.
Madison-Matthew Pratt, Joseph
Bruce, Sylvester Buelur.
Monroe-Isaac Moore, Wm. Gar-
but, James Sperry.
Montgomery-Stephen Reynolds,
Archibald M'Intyre, Samuel
Jackson.

New-York-S. Fleet, Dr. J. R.

Rhinelander, Wm. Wilson,
Jacobus Dyckman, Thomas

Hogg, Abraham Bell, Charles
Oakley, Gideon Lee, Alpheus
Sherman, Wm. Shaw, James
B. Murray.
Niagara-Benjamin Barton.
Oneida-George Brayton, Eli
Savage, Gardner Avery, Israel
Stoddard, Ephraim Perkins.
Onondaga-David Monro, John
C. Brown, James Geddes,
Dan Bradley.
Ontario-Robert C. Nicholas,
Thaddeus Chapin, M. Fair-
child.
Orange-George D. Wickham,
Jacob S. Waldron, Samuel S.
Seward.

Orleans-Abraham Cantine.
Oswego-William M. Cheever.
Otsego-Abm. Roseboom, John
Russell, Pascall Franchot, I.
Hays.
Putnam-
Queens-John A. King.
Rensselaer-Richard P. Hart,
William Aikens, Abm. Knick-
erbacker, Henry D. Groove.
Richmond-Richard Crocheron.
Rockland-Cornelius I. Blau-

velt.

St. Lawrence-William Bacon,
Theodosus O. Fowler.
Saratoga-Earl Stimson, Philip
1. Schuyler, John A. Steele.
Schenectady-Wm. A. S. North.
Schoharie-William C. Bouck,
William Deitz.

Seneca Tompkins Delavan, E.
Woodworth.
Steuben-Andrew P. Dickinson,
William Kernam.
Suffolk-Selah B. Strong, Nic-
oll Floyd.

Sullivan-William Gillespie.
Tioga-David Williams, Caleb
Baker.
Tompkins-Nicoll Halsey, C.
H. Monell, Benj. Jennings.
Ulster-Levi Hasbrouck, Jaco-
bus Hardenbergh.
Warren-William McDonald.
Washington-John McDonald,
Alexander Livingston, Tho's
N. Clark.
Wayne-George Barrell, Myron
Holley.
Westchester-Wm. Jay, Peter
V. B. Livingston, Philemon
Halsted.

Yates-Thomas I. Nevins.

On motion of Mr. Viele, of Rensselaer,

Resolved, That the thanks of the society be presented to the Hon. Ambrose Spencer, for the faithful manner in which he has presided over its deliberations.

The society then adjourned, to meet again at the time designated in the constitution.

J. BUEL, Sec'ry. p. t.

A. SPENCER, President, p. t.

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