Nett proceeds for the use of 10 acres well manured and planted with corn for 1849, $224.

I might give like copies of each crop and expense of all the crops that I have raised.

The nett proceeds of my farm for 1849, after paying all my expenses. for repairs, labor and living, amounts to $859.20.

Mr. Sutton has omitted altogether to give in detail such an account of his farming operations for the last year as the rules of the Society require to entitle him to a premium.

He does not mention the use of the hoe, nor does his specimen of account show any use of the hoe in his corn field after planting. The committee remark that it would be singular with the use of so much long manure upon his corn ground, if there were not too many weeds, to be got out of the hills by the cultivator or plow. If he wished to commend such a system of corn culture, he should have been particular to tell us whether any seeds spring up in his corn hills, and if so, what he does with them.

Mr. Sutton's farm is doubtless a good one. His buildings are of good character and well arranged His farm must, from the quantity of fence he gives, be well divided into lots, and his buildings and fences are all in good condition. He gives one experiment in under draining, which has proved very successful, more than doubling a crop oats the first year, and says he intends to pursue it.

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The product of his cows in butter is high for so large a number, as 6 to 12, to wit, 200 to 225 lbs. per cow. The course he pursues of rearing heifers until they come in, and then selecting and retaining only the good ones, is, in the opinion of the committee, to be commend. ed, and if more generally followed, our country would be filled with better milking stock.

The farm of Mr. SALISBURY is a good one-is highly productive-but his system of farming does not come up to what the committee think it should do, to entitle him to the society's first premium. They award

to him the second premium, a Silver cup of the value of thirty dollars.

To Mr. SUTTON they award a set of the Society's Transactions.

S. CHEEVER,
B. B. KIRTLAND,
DAVID SILL,

Committee.

FRUITS.

Dr. Herman Wendell, from the committee which consisted of Sanford Howard, R, J. Pardee and himself, made the following report, viz: The committee on fruits beg leave to suggest the following varieties as worthy of being added to the lists heretofore recommended for general dissemination and cultivation, viz:

APPLES-DOMINIE, WINE APPLE and PECK'S PLEASANT.

PEARS-DOYENNE D'ETE, ANDREWS, FLEMISH BEAUTY and URBAN

ISTE.

PLUMS-MADISON.

CHERRIES KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK, GRAFFION, BLACK EAGLE and DOWNER'S LATE.

PEACHES-OLDMIXON FREESTONE, BERGEN YELLOW and CRAWFORD'S LATE.

GOOSEBERRIES-WOODWARD'S WHITESMITH, CROWN BOв and

GREEN WALnut.

CURRANTS-KNIGHT'S SWEET RED, WHITE GRAPE, and MAY'S

VICTORIA.

RASPBERRIES-FASTOLFF, FRANCONIA and WHITE ANTWERP. And in addition they beg leave to report, that no new seedling winter apples or pears have been offered for the premiums of the Society; but that a very fine display of the well known standard varieties have been exhibited from various sections of our own and neighboring States, full lists of which are hereunto appended, viz: By Charles Ross of Washington county, Esopus Spitzenburg and Rhode Island Greening, Apples. By Charles Lee of Penn Yan, Yates co., Cabashea, a Western N. Y. seedling, variety of inferior quality, unworthy of dissemination. By John Parks of Gates, Baldwins. By Benjamin Hodge of Buffalo, Swaar, Smokehouse, Roxbury Russets and Newtown Pippins. By J. W. Bailey, Plattsburgh, Bailey's Spice. By Ellwanger and Barry,

Rochester, Northern Spy, Norton's Melon, Esopus Spitzenburgs, R. I. Greenings, Pomme Gris, and Golden Russets. By Ezra P. Prentice, Mount Hope, Albany, Rhode Island Greenings, Roxbury Russetts, Scarlet Nonpariels, Flushing Spitzenburgs, Bullock's Pippins, Winter Sweets, Herefordshire Pearmains, Ancient Britons, Golden Pippins, Gloria Mundis, Killham Hills, Swaars, Red Gillifleurs, Chandlers, Scolloped Gilliflowers, Hoary Mornings, and Newtown Pippins. By Dennis Clark, Palmyra, Swaar, Twenty Ounce, Esopus Spitzenburgs, Roxbury Russetts. Rhode Island Greenings and Red Gillifleurs. By Hiram Foster, Palmyra, Wine Apples, Poughkeepsie Russets, Tewkesbury Winter Blush, Rhode Island Greenings and Swaars. By R. G. Pardee, Palmyra, very finely kept Catawba Grapes, retaining their flavor; these Grapes were kept by sealing the stem of the cluster when the fruit was fully ripe and packing them in cotton. By L. P. Grosvenor of Pomfret, Conn., who well deserves the thanks of the Society for his fine display, Ribston Pippins, Chandlers, Nonsuch, Danver's Winter Sweets, Roxbury Russetts, Fall Harveys, Baldwins, Poughkeepsie Russetts, Rhode Island Greenings, Esopus Spitzenburgs, Pomme Royales and Hubbardston's Nonsuch. By J. C. Hubbard of Troy, Michigan, who will accept the thanks of the Society for his fine display, the comparison of which with the same varieties grown in our own State was exceedingly gratifying to the committee, Swaars, Pomme de Neige,Westfield Seek-no-further, Seedling Sweet, Rhode Island Greenings, Royal Russetts, Poughkeepsie Russetts, Pound Sweets, Roxbury Russetts, Esopus Spitzenburgs, Holland Pippin and Steele's Red Winter, a western variety, probably a seedling from the Esopus Spitzenburg, which it somewhat resembles, but to which it is inferior. By Dr. Herman Wendell, Albany, Inconnue, Van Mons Pears, White Winter Calville, Seedling Winter Sweet and Vandervere Apples. By Robert Patterson, Perry Centre, Wyoming co., Baldwins, Peck's Pleasants, Federal and Ribston Pippin Apples. By Henry U. Underhill, Macedon, Wayne co., Rhode Island Greenings, Poughkeepsie Russetts, and Esopus Spitzenburg Apples. By Samuel Morgan, Pine Grove, near Albany, Fall Pippins, Esopus Spitzenburgs, Vanderveres, Red Gilliflowers, Roxbury Russetts, Nonsuch and Baldwins; this exhibition of Mr. Morgan well deserves special commendation, as the fruit was grown on what has heretofore been called the Pine Barrens, they evince in their fine size and beautiful appearance what those lands by proper manuring may be made to produce. By J. H. Watts, Rochester, Northern Spy and Baldwin Apples. By J. J. Viele of Troy, Marston's Red Winter Apples. By Joseph Cary, Albany, very finely kept Isabella Grapes and also Cataw

bas. By Jas. D. Campbell, Rochester, Westfield Seek-no-further, Baldwins, Pomme Gris, Rhode Island Greenings and Esopus Spitzenburg Apples. By S. Miller, Rochester, Winter Virgalouse Pears. By Wm. H. Rogers, Williamson, Fall Pippins, Newtown Pippins, Blue Gillifleur, Westfield Seek-no-further, Talman's Sweeting, Poughkeepsie Russetts, Golden Russetts, Rhode Island Greenings, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Ramsdell's Sweet and Swaars.

They have awarded the premiums as follows, viz:

To J. C. Hubbard, of Troy, Michigan, a volume of the Transactions and Thomas on Fruits.

To L. P. Grosvenor, of Pomfret, Conn., a volume of the Transactions of the Society and Downing on Fruits.

To R. H. Brown, of Greece, Monroe co., a volume of Transactions. To J. H. Watts, Rochester, a volume of Transactions.

To J. D. Campbell, of Rochester, Thomas on Fruits.

To E. P. Prentice, of Albany, Downing's Fruits.

To John Park, of Gates, Monroe co., Thomas on Fruits.
To F. W. Lay, of Greece,

Downing's Fruits.

To Henry A. Underhill, of Macedon, Wayne co., a vol. of Transactions

To R. J. Pardee, for Apples, Downing's Fruits; for Grapes, Thomas' do. To Hiram Foster, of Wayne county, Thomas on Fruits.

To Dr. Herman Wendell, of Albany, for Pears and Apples, Downing's Fruits.

To J. W. Bailey, of Plattsburgh, a volume of Transactions.

To S. Miller, of Rochester, Thomas on Fruits.

To B. Hodge, of Buffalo, a volume of Transactions.

To S. Morgan, of Albany, a volume of Thomas on Fruits.
To Charles Ross, of Washington co., a volume of Transactions.
To Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, a volume of Transactions.
To Wm. Rogers, of Williamson, a volume of Downing's Fruits.
To Dennis Clark, a volume of Thomas on Fruits.

To Robert Patterson, of Perry Centre, Wyoming, a volume of Thomas on Fruits.

To J. J. Viele, of Troy, a volume of Thomas on Fruits.

To Joseph Cary, Albany, Isabella Grapes, Thomas on Fruits.

Descriptions of the Fruits recommended for general dissemination.

APPLES.

DOMINIE.

SYNONYM.

Rambouillette.

SIZE-Medium, being usually about two and six-tenth inches broad, by about two inches in depth.

FORM-Oblate, and somewhat globular.

EXTERIOR COLOR-Greenish yellow, with stripes and dashes of crimson, and a profuse sprinkling over the whole surface of whitish russet specks; it is also slightly russet around the base of the stem.

TEXTURE-Fine grained and tender, as well as firm, also quite juicy. COLOR OF FLESH-White.

FLAVOR Very pleasant, sprightly, vinous, sub-acid, and quite refreshing, but not rich.

CORE-Large and open.

SEEDS-Long, large, and light brown.

STEM-About an inch long, slender, inserted in a wide, deep cavity, and curved to one side. "

EYE-Small, and set in a broad basin, somewhat scolloped or ribbed. SEASON-From December, through the winter, and until April. GROWTH-The growth of the tree is very rapid, the wood smooth, light brown and hardy, the leaves large and easily distinguished. [Assembly, No. 175.]

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