Thus you have a fence for about 29 cents per rod, and if old rails are used, it would cost still less. To make it secure against all animals, a third strand of wire may be necessary, which would increase the cost about 8 cents per rod. A heavy furrow plowed and thrown up against the fence on each side would increase its security. Advantages of this kind of fence for farm purposes:-1. A great saving of land, by having your fence straight, leaving no corners for the protection of briars, thistles, &c. 2. High winds have no effect on this fence, and consequently, there are no accumulations of snow drifts. 3. And last, but not least, you have a durable fence, needing little or no repairs for years. ONEIDA. In compliance with the provisions of the act "for the promotion of agriculture," I report respectfully to your board the transactions of the Oneida County Agricultural Society, for the year 1849. Our Fair was held in the village of Hampton, on the 26th and 27th days of September. The officers appointed by the society, to see that the necessary provisions for the fair were made, met on the 7th of September and approved the arrangements which the citizens of the village and vicinity had so amply extended to the society. The officers met on the morning of the 25th, and during the day an unusually large number of competitors had their entries made for exhibition. The ladies department, the products of the mechanic arts, those of the dairy, also fruits and vegetables, were properly arranged under the great tent belonging to the State Society, showing an unprecedented variety of useful and fancy articles to the thousands in attendance. The exhibition of horses, excelled any heretofore held, the number being unprecedented in most of the various classes. Our county produces those of nearly all the intermediate crosses, from the full bred English race horse, to those of the English dray; and for the carriage and road, many of superior excellence. It is not considered necessary here to go into a minute description of each class of this grand exhibition, as the entries in the secretaries' books in most departments exceed those made at any previous fair, in point of numbers. On the second day, the plowing match took place on the farm of John Townsend Esq., the lot first selected and surveyed out nearer the village having been relinquished for the trial of plows to the State society. The piece selected consisted of a gravelly loam, and the ground being very dry, two hours was allowed, the quantity of land being one-fourth of an acre, which was performed within the time required. The competition being animating and close, the performances proved highly creditable without a single exception, showing an increas ed interest and skill in one of the first and most essential branches of operative husbandry. Alter the plowing match, premiums were awarded to the amount of $487, in most cases by the unanimous opinion of the committees, by the approval of the public, and by the acquiescence and good feeling of the competitors generally. The benefits of county agricultural exhibitions, held under the sanction of the State authorities, is apparent, not only to the farmer and mechanic, but to the professional man, the capitalist, and the community at large. Among those resulting from the exhibition of our society, besides those as applied to agriculture, mechanism and the arts, are those which characterise the success of a people and enliven those kind sensations of feeling which add interest to society and benefit to mankind. Onieda county, situated as she is, in the cental part of the State, with lines of communication through her center, by the most approved means, with a soil partaking of nearly all the various qualities within the State, with the celebrated Trenton falls furnishing her fossils, corals, shells and trilobites, together with her romantic scenery, render her worthy not only of the interests of the farmer, but of the chemist, as applied to agriculture, to the geologist and to those of other scientific pursuits. I deem it sufficient to say, as I am warranted in doing, that our society was never in a more prosperous condition, and we trust the day will shortly approach when an agricultural college and pattern farm will be established by the State, where chemistry, geology, mineralogy, botany and other sciences as applied to agriculture will be taught, and where farmers sons will be taught not only the common branches of education, but those other studies which are specially adapted to their vocations in life. Then a new and permanent light will remove the darkness and prejudice which has so often proved detrimental to American agricul ture. A particular statement of the transactions of the society and its financial condition, is herewith presented in the accompanying report of the secretary. We further submit to you the statements of the successful competitors, agreeable to the provisions of the law. HENRY RHODES, President. ANNUAL MEETING, HELD JAN'Y 10, 1850.-Officers elected. President, Benjamin N. Huntington, Rome; Vice Presidents, Geo. Bristol, Kirkland, Pliment Mattoon, Vienna; Treasurer, Frederick Ingersoll, Vernon; Secretary, Levi T. Marshall, Vernon, and an executive committee of eleven. The following persons were appointed a committee to prepare a memorial to the Legislature for an Agricultural college and experimental farm Ira S. Hitchcock, Vernon; James Rees, New Hartford; George Bristol, Kirkland. : Premiums awarded on Grain. Best acre of winter wheat, John Thompson, Augusta, 55 bush. 15 lbs. Best acre of spring wheat, Geo. K. Ells, Westmoreland, 30 bushels, 54 pounds. Best acre of corn, Pliment Mattoon, Vienna, 96 bushels, 24 lbs. Best acre of barley, Eli R. Dix, Vernon, 56 bu., 14 lbs. Best acre of oats, Wm. C. Burritt, Marshall, 81 bu., 2 lbs. Best buckwheat, 220 rods of land, Rob't Eells, Westmoreland, 464 bu. Best acre of potatoes, quality and quantity considered, Henry B. Bartlet, Paris, 260 bu., 44 lbs. Best acre of potatoes, quantity considered, Henry B. Bartlet, Paris, 295 bu., 46 lbs. Best acre of rutabagas, Pliment Mattoon, Vienna, 660 bu. Best acre of carrots, Peter Auld, New Hartford, 1,032 bu. Winter wheat.-We annex the statement and proof of John Thomson, of the town of Augusta, of one acre of wheat, part of his crop which was measured and weighed separately, and yielded 551% bushels per acre. Soil, sandy loam; plowed four times to the depth of seven inches; two bushels of seed per acre; sowed 26th August. I certify that I surveyed with a compass and chain from a field of wheat, belonging to John Thompson, immediately before harvest, the past season, 20 rods in length by 8 rods in width, being one acre, and placed stakes at the corners thereof, for the purpose, as he stated, of his making application to the Oneida County Agricultural Society for a premium on the same. Sworn and subscribed before me this 31st day of Dec., 1849, HENRY L. HAWLEY, Surveyor. } T. T. FARMAN, Justice of the Peace. We, the subscribers, do certify that we assisted in harvesting, thrashing and measuring the above one acre of wheat, belonging to John Thompson, and that it produced by measure 53 bushels, and by weight 55,15-60 bushels. Sworn and subscribed before me this 31st day of Dec. 1849. } THEODORE T. THOMPSON, JOHN THOMPSON. T. T. FARMAN, Justice of the Peace. VERNON AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. This association has been in successful operation for the four past years with the most gratifying results; and has from year to year held its annual exhibitions with increasing interest and usefulness. The people of Vernon, who are somewhat proverbial for obtaining the lion's share of premiums in the county and State societies, have demonstrated through this organization the potent effects of association. It is in this way only that the resources of a town or county are brought to the public view. Although there are, doubtless, many towns in the State which have the requisite material for rivaling this town in the display here made at each annual and successive exhibition, yet such material is rendered as invisible as marble in the quarry, unless the legitimate means be used to develope its fitness and capacity. The people of the empire State would achieve much in organizing and sustaining in every town in the State an Agricultural and mechanical association, where those of all classes would annually and gladly assemble and exchange friendly salutations. And while the exhibitions of themselves become the source of engendering town pride, they also beget a commendable spirit of enterprize and emulation, which tends directly to the public good. The exhibitions of this society have proved nearly or quite as interesting as our county exhibitions, and in many departments equally as large. About 200 head of cattle were shown at the last exhibition, a majority of which were grade Devons, together with about 30 head, which are said to be pure bred of that breed, originally from the stock of Messrs. Hurlburt, and others, of Connecticut. All the departments were well represented with stock, which was alike creditable to the town and to the exhibitors themselves. But the great temple of fancy was the "ladies department," in which were to be seen not a few of the "beautiful and lovely," together with an extensive variety of the products of their industry, both of the useful and ornamental. The place selected for this repository, was a church, in which Flora's disciples did themselves honor in the tasteful arrangement of evergreens and flowers, which bedecked the nooks and corners, as well as the more prominent points of the architecture. The annual address was delivered by Col. B. F. Bruce, of Lenox, Madison county, who is not unknown as a convincing, powerful speaker. Officers of the association.-President, Salmon Case; Vice Presidents, Elijah Wilson, Calvary Wetmore, James H. Dunbar, Isaac Adams, jr.; Treasurer, Sydney A. Bunce; Recording Secretary, Luther R. Foote; Corresponding Secretary, Levi T. Marshall. We would say to the people of other towns in the State, organize your town associations; they will not only prove a social institution, but efficient and valuable auxilliaries to our county and State societies. L. T. MARSHALL, Cor. Secretary. ONONDAGA. The Annual Fair of the Onondaga County Agricultural Society was held at Syracuse, October 4th, 5th, and 6th. As the weather was very unfavorable, and the curiosity of the people had been so recently gratified, even to satiety, by the exhibitions at the fair of the State Agricultural Society, the number in attendance was |