subjects treated of, the author, and the volume by date, in which they are respectively embodied. Though so much has been accomplished, we believe the field is now but fairly opened, and kindly courts the exercise of investigation, experiment and sound argument, from the observing farmer, and from men devoted to science connected with Agriculture. The decided benefits which have been derived from recent investigations of the nature, organization, and food of plants, and in connection therewith the production and application of suitable manures, or fertilizing matters, must be apparent to all who have consulted the Transactions of the State Agricultural Society. While we admit the fertility of the inventive genius of our citizens, we have reason to regret the many obstacles remaining in the path of the farmer, preventing, in a degree, the most effective power of mechanism, to aid in his toil and labor. The science of force and motion (mechanics) is necessary and important to the perfection of the farmer's work. Some knowledge of practical mechanics is essential to a right understanding of the tools needful for his use, their proper construction and strength. The force of fluids, as well as solids, is important to him in draining, irrigation, in protecting his soil from injury by streams. The common occupation. of loading his wagon, and other farm operations, often give evidence of the need of knowledge, in relation to the laws of gravity. With these impressions, the committee suggests the propriety of offering a premium for the best essay on mechanics, or the science of force and motion (solids and fluids) to be divested, as far as practicable, of technicalities, and illustrating the importance of this branch of science in prosecuting successfully the ordinary pursuits of Agriculture. J. DELAFIELD, Chairman. do Agriculture of South Carolina, Hon. J. R. Poinsett, South Carolina, Hon. J. R. Poinsett, Agriculture of Pensylvania, W. Penn Kinzer,.... 1841 1844 1841 do Virginia, James M. Garnett,. 1841 do Indian corn, J. H. Salisbury, Angola grass, P. Lund Simmonds, London,.. Bees, care of &c., J. M. Weeks, Vermont, Bones as manure, Jas. F. W. Johnston, Durham,. do their best breeds, &c., Heman Chapin, 1844 1948 .... 1846 1842 1847 1841 1841 do do with sheep and root culture, D. S. Curtis, 1841 ..... 1842 English, their breeds &c., George Drake, Eng., 1844 Charcoal as a manure, J. H. Hepburn, Penn.,. do its cultivation &c., Geo. Geddes and others,. do Farm buildings &c., D. G. Mitchell, Conn.,...... 1842 Dairies, experiments in the management of cheese dairies, Farm management, Willis Gaylord,. Farms, size of, weeds, capital, Henry H. Hopkins, Farm-house, hints, A. J. Downing,... Farm management, J. J. Thomas, 1842 1847 do 1848 .... .... Grain weevil, account of, J. E. Gavit, Hemp, its culture, James Sawyer, Geology, advantages of, Algernon S. Roberts, Phila,..... Gypsum, and red clover, Wm. Penn Kinzer, Grain mill, iron, A. B. Allen,... 1846 1841 1848 Geological Survey of New-York, Professor James Hall,..... 1843 1844 1847 1848 1841 Hessian fly, history, character, &c., Asa Fitch, M. D.,..... 1846 1843 Insects and diseases of the wheat crop, John J. Thomas,. do and marl, uses of, James Hyatt, Manufacturing and wool growing interest, Samuel Lawrence, Lowell,.... Madder, its cultivation, M. B. Bateham, 1843 1845 1846 1846 1848 1841 1843 Massachusetts Ag. Society, origin and progress, John Welles,. 1844 Meteorology, J. H. Salisbury, ... 1848 Mulberry, its cultivation, D. Stebbins,..... 1841 Orchard, its culture and uses of the apple, J. J. Thomas, 1844 Plank roads, construction of, &c., Geo. Geddes, Plow, improvement of, A. B. Allen,... Rotation of crops, J. J. Thomas, Rotation, versus summer fallowing, Willis Gaylord, Science and Agriculture, J. J. Thomas,...... Silk, culture and manufacture, H. P. Byram, Kentucky, Ridder, in vol. 1848 was a mis-print. B. P. J. 1848 1845 do Silk, culture, Gideon B. Smith, Maryland, Silk, culture, &c., D. Stebbins,. Soils and their management, David Thomas, Stock, food for, E. N. Hosford,... Swine, breeds and raising, B. P. Johnson, do feeding experiments, J. Murray Bacon, N. Jersey, Sub-soiling, C. N. Bement.... Sub-soil culture, John McDonald, Sub-soil plowing, S. McLean, do J. Mallory, Statistics of New-York, S. S. Randall, Tomato, egg plant, &c., account of, J. H. Salisbury,... 1841 1847 1842 1844 1841 .... ... 1845 1847 1845 1846 1846 1841 1848 1848 1846 .... W. Johnston,.. 1847 Wheat, Italian, culture, &c., Jay Hathaway,..... experiments on varieties, Rawson Harmon, jr.,...... 1843 do profitable cultivation of, Dr. D. Lee, and others,... 1844 Wright, Silas, biography of, committee of the society, The committee has received a communication from Mr. Daniel Gates, of Madison county, with a statement of his method of constructing drains. It does not appear that any new feature has been introduced or applied by Mr. Gates; but he bears witness to the benefits derived from drains wherever water is retained in the soil, causing the production of a grass of little value for pasture or meadow. |