, 1860-01-27

United States Agricultural SocIcty..-
Eighth Annual Session.
Especial Curt 1;cudcueo Il thu n aud Tr!ba7r.I
WAs1rzeTes. jar. IL. 1ste.
The members Of the United States A;tivuI,u-
rll Society held their annual session at tho
Smithsonian Institute Hall, in this city. coin.
'neDeins oa Thursday and u5iourn'ng on SIur-
day. President Tiis huan presided.
James 9. G. Kennedy delivered an Adj,csa
on Agricultural Statistics Of the next ccusus.
liz spoke Of :hc necessity Of every farmer Lgirg
in June next III give tic ccu=u: u'sr.
shals full answers as 10 .lle products oil num
for the preceding year.
Mr.. Mack,cll Of Miuucsotn ma1e somc re-
marks in favor Of establishing gu Agricultural
Bureau in the Department VI The Interior, aud
recommended that members Of Congress in=.eaJ
Of sending Pa ent Office Reports to The petit
Jogging lawyers and small politicians iii their
dtstl lictr, to substitute thu leading farEcls.
Several ether members spoke in favor &; The
establishment cf an Agricultural Bureau tu
whish sa:is les Of Agricultural prcdu:ts corlI
be ssnt from every part of,he country =. :
During tue aeba:s on this subject President
Buchanan came il. au1 vas received with ? sul!-
abls welcome by President Til ,llnan, i. Which
he mate proper response.
DR.. 1.orirc delivered an addtcss Gil cattle
breeding. Previous to delivering lii address,
Dr.. l.. said lie had u pleasant duty t. perform,
namely, the presentation Of The grand medal Ct
t.. .sociciy, which l,ud been awarded II j. ".
Fawlcs, Of Lancaster, Penn. the ins eHtsr or
the American Steam PIow. Tic inveItor HIM
sclf not hciog present, PRESIDENT Buchanan re-
ceived the III. dill on LchaIrof MIR: Fawkr:, with
suitable aeknow]et g,nent- TIC iEedal Is 81
magnificent piece Of workmanship, costing about
Fawkcs's r'ow had stood the test aad gisea SUI
ticient satisfaction to prove !. 4 succe.s. It
struck me that the award Was premature; HAT
the experiments with the Sleam fl'w su the
prairits Of your State had been anything .l:e
tLau satisfactory to tie assembled f,ra.ess.
lishctl in the Pass AND TR1ncSE-
After IN elaborate discussion Of tho r.!ati,e
value for the purposes Of breeding Of native ard
Imported English cattle, Or. Lorin= came to
The conclusion that 1t is not desirable to depend
upon our native cattle for improving The .'res-
CHI sock, but to look fort that object to i1ort:-
tions from abroad, England and Scotland princ;-
pLlly, With the horse tile case is the reverse;
ne can gain little or nothing by importing, be-
cause the American tro:ting horse is net equal
led in the world, and never has been for all the
qualities that make horse valuable.
nr. L.. o. Tnyioe, Of lie District Of Columbia,
differed .rith Dr. Loring in his views us to the
great superiority Of the American horse oycE
the Ens1.*h, and the unadvisableness Of con-
tin.,in;: to import English horses to improve
AMI keep up our American breeds. Messenger
was imported orer fifty years ago, from. whom
lad sprung some Of cir best stock, Including
tue famous Eclipse. lie thought ALSO the IL.
n,ous Ethan Allen stock Of Vermont :: SIS from
the same origin. The best trottcr i'll the world.
Flora Temple, was descended from the LEooded
horses Of Kentucky, us ther were from the
horses of Virginia, and these last from those
Of England at an early day. Flora had trotted
the fastest time ever known, md had gone i,rr
mile ia two minutes ana III seconds, aud zcvc.
raj times in from .'.aV' tu :. .'ae2.." Mr.. Tayloc
thought the superiority assumed for our An,cri-
eau horses not correct: aud thai it was question.
able il our blooded horses are equal to s2luse OF
ENGLAND, The famous Sir Arc!,y was ii I'm tie
Ergli,h horse Uionledc, aud the best ,rot,ine,
lo,ees III this part uf The counlry I,.l iu Long
Island were from the Easlis1, horse Trustee.
A general discussion took place, bu. tie
above esnhodics the material ideas adducei.
Mr. Con5er made IN oral report from the
Committee OH tue Trca5u-ers Account. Que
Of the cbiet poin's of the report was complaint
Of their inability tu ascartatn from the accuuAts
rendered in refer, nce to the Chicago Fair, what
we're ,Lr receipts Of tl,at Fair. The expenses
there we're l,oI than 81 600, one.hatf OF which
might hare been SAVED. Othrr points were 4
proposition 10 incrc:se til. sa1aries Of the Treas.
urer and Secretary, and that 3onesury members
visiting F:lrs .nust pay thrir own expenses.
l,y the Treasurer, {Whose accounts were stated
by llle chairman to he a. correct Us they could
have been Under the circnn.stauccs,) by Mr.
C,nvrr, the SECRETARY, 3lr. i. 7. Johuston, Mr.
Wilder, and the Chair.
The CrA1n n,sa,,oncl several cases Of at
tempted .lariug e>tortion by persons ut Chicago,
and testified 10 the scveti:s Of tho aoors there
one instancc Of ii certain Individual who mana.
ge.l TO yet appoint: 10 take charge Of tie re-
frts,pent depot u,e;nt for the editorial 1ratcr-
nifty; that he supplied them with Il shameful
0nan'i'y Of Hquots. and that scores Of topets
guzzlcd liquors at tue occiety's expense. under
the pretext that they were cditors-and that
after this individual had wasted several hundred
dollars If the :;ociety's m"ncy in this scauta-
,ous way, hal cciua!iy charged the Society ten
,l,lloy* day for his disrace!ul scrviccs-and
when the acting Manager Vi ,s Fair refused 10
give him au order on tue Treasurer tor The
amount Of his whisk.v:vcntling. services, be
actually c,rpiated him. lie leIated several other
INSTANCES nearly us bad as th,s, though uune
cast.c quite un to it iu brzs'uess.
Ar or tho President 1.nd concluded, Mr.. Olcott
sail that the Society had held eight exhil'ilicns
il seven Suites. aud had received *.0o,'H'] as
prucc+ds, out Of all which they had but *5,tW1
left. This tells buddy in coul larison with the
manner in wl,icl, tic tails of the Royal Agricui-
tural S3cfety Of England nre conducted. Their
rneaus are not spent aud wasted IN 1strrc show
ard ns,ertation. Shall wo not toi!ow The l,rac.
lice of the Royal Agricultural Society, the lar.
gest and most impnrlant III the world, where he
kaw 1T one tair on. hlulred and tiftysis rortI-
BILE engines and eighty 'shtts!resh'ng nacbine>,
requiring ten days OF previous examination,
,,u: wlicle there were no bills Tor scAris and
ribands and liquor, but only such expenditures
as were uroper apl Indispensable? The ft.-
ceip Of the past year from our fair nni all
suurces was 40,00J, and We have savcd only
SI,Q'u, md all without onr doing one.tcnth uf
the benefit to our country that IS done br the
En.isl, society to theirs. There were no sca1ts
or ribands at the Englist, fair. Earls, dukes,
nn.l ,narquises. members Of the society, were
there satisfied tu u.nve about unl investigate
everything tLey wished 10 see With merely u
small leather badge in he tutto,s.hole. Private
c,ul men there paid their own expenses. aud
thcr. were I'll bills to the extent Of 81, 40
for liquors sioa<. Ifanyillng Ike proper ccon-
o,ny lad been otserred by tfis society siDcc sa
commencement, it would lave been in a cou,i-
tion IN hare pursued its proper objects with
pu,yer and SUCCESS. We should hayc i,ad Il
building, and publications such as wcusd hare
tecn worthy nt us.
Mr.. Cnnger's motion was then carried.
Mr.. Wilder then rose to offer the report Of
tic nominating committee on nominations for
officers Of the society for next year. They arc
as follows:
-: rrss'ien'. Hou. lirs1r wAaEc4 Of Wt.sss. New
>; F.. 1'ir F.rils.r:
MI .C!tud. n Ata,nn,a. Henry ieaya1d, Mich.
Svlst-:sr No"ty. A1te NJ. H. ". lstce. Mt
Ttsnt N..:,!l,.. tnd!ant. J. Il. sEsctt, Missouri.
4. y. Mckee. Ca1ifc!.a' H.s. t,eu u \. H..
II. Iyer. t'nnncG'cEt. leSrEr laFtehoE1i. J.
A.; Fuller, D4cE,ah. L. = JelEA1Gr. y. 7.
John J. ,AS4 u.2urv. Man. a.',terc. Nt v Msx.co.
WV Cegc. IAN. NC. 7. N@~r. NthrAska-
!. \. Marry, Florida. i. +. HuE*.n: NC.
). i. tuckm.s.cs, I!i:.ass- J. ii: f,arc 0r@en. .
l.erts::4 bx!,xtan. Iowa A. fcOueats. ttnr.
" F.. A1ny, ,k'mas. Eli.hi Dy.r. Il; !:
". l. tnl+EsT. I'll kett' Ct kyi J. II. Al ton. :. T..
!. u. q. Beiiow. lu4Is1aIn, 1hos All: &, T+14A.
John t:rnk., A4s.. VIM. II. Hooper !tah.
Ja* II. Mell.ny, Mary Lind frrl. II, In" Vermont.
il..,i"s .'ss, 9s:'e ~ ri wl.eSS.,n lHs,
Isaac L. $.evtns. Wa.hinetcn Territory.