On the Diseases of Insects injurious to the Wheat Crop, by John J. Thomas, Report of experiments in the manufacture of Cornstalk Sugar, by M. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW-YORK, in its influence on the Agricultural 232 251-350 TRANSACTIONS OF COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. EXTRACTS from some of the Addresses delivered at County Fairs and Cattle Remarks of Lieut. Gov. Dickinson, in Queens county, on the importance of Ag- riculture in its influence on Social and Political Welfare,........ Remarks of Wm. P. Van Rensselaer, President of Rensselaer County Agricul tural Society, on the Defects and Destinies of American Agriculture,..... Remarks of F. J. Betts, President of Orange County Society, on the Influence of Science in ennobling the Practice of Farming, Remarks of Benj. P. Johnson, President of Oneida County Society, on the Pub- lic Policy in reference to Agriculture, .... Remarks of Edmund Kirby, President of Jefferson County Society, on the Ef- fects of Legislative Beneficence towards the Agricultural Societies, Remarks of T. C. Peters, President of the Genesee County Society, on the Rights and Duties of American Farmers,... Remarks of John P. Beekman, President of Columbia County Society, on the Remarks of Daniel Lee, Member of Assembly, at the Erie County Fair, on the Remarks on the General Results of the Fairs for 1843, by Luther Tucker, late Introductory remarks on the Importance of Organization by means of With a paper and engraving on the Improved Geddes Harrow,. Cayuga County Agricultural Society,.... .... ..... Broome County Agricultural Society, ........ .... 550 552 560 574 576 579 579 581 582 583 584 586 592 593 595 596 598 .... 598 -601 601 607 617 619 622 625 ERRATA. Several errors have been noticed since the sheets of this volume were struck off. They were, however, chiefly typographical, and where they are otherwise, the reader can generally readily correct them by the context. One of the few errors that require notice here, is that within three lines of the close of page 278, where the word Southern" is wrongly printed, instead of "London." " The reference on page 255 should be to plate VI, not VII. One of the plates numbered X, should be XII, being the second of the three plates representing "Organic Remains of the Niagara Group." And on page 262, the reference should be to plate XV, not XIV, in third line from bottom. OFFICERS OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1844. PRESIDENT. JOHN P. BEEKMAN, of Columbia. VICE-PRESIDENTS. JAMES LENNOX, of New-York, BENJ. P. JOHNSON, of Oneida. RECORDING SECRETARY. HENRY O'REILLY, of Albany. TREASURER. THOMAS HILLHOUSE, of Albany. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES GEORGE WILKINSON, of Poughkeepsie, J. M'D. M'INTYRE, of Albany, GEORGE VAIL, of Troy, ALEX. WALSH, of Lansingburgh, JOEL RATHBONE, of Albany. LIFE-MEMBERS-BY THE PAYMENT OF $50, OR MORE. John P. Beekman, Kinderhook, Erastus Corning, Albany, William P. Van Rensselaer, Albany, James Lennox, New-York, Luther Tucker, Albany, |