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Auscl Dickinson, Orrin Densiuore, Joseph Goodrich, James M. Burgess, and 

 Anson W. Pope ; Recording Secretary, Josiah F. Willard ; Corresponding Secre- 

 tary, Andrew Pahner ; Treasurer, John Russell ; and a Board of twenty Direc- 

 toi-s, being one for each town in the county. 



By its Constitution it is provided that the Society shall hold an Annual 

 Fair on the second Tuesday and the Wednesday following in October of each 

 year. 



Its first Fair was held at Janesville, at which the attendance and display was 

 such as to surprise and delight all. 



At the Annual Meeting held on the first Monday of December, A, D. 1851, 

 the following gentlemen were elected officers for the' ensuing year : 



President, Hon. Josiah F. Willard ; Vice Presidents, Messi-s. Z. P. Burdick, 

 John A. Fletcher, James M. Burgess, I. S. Love, John Winston, and Jesse Mills ; 

 Recording Secretary, Orrin Guernsey; Corresponding Secretary, John P. Dick- 

 son ; Treasurer, John P. Dickson ; and a Board of twenty Directors, being one 

 from each town in the county. 



The Society received during the year 1851, from all sources, the sum of 

 §292 91. Its expenditures for the same time were, for premiums awarded and 

 paid at its Fair, $166 00; for printing, stationery, &c. $40 00; lea^^ng a balance 

 in the treasury of about $86 00 to be carried to the credit of the next year. 



SHEBOYGAN. 



On the 9th day of April, 1851, a meeting of the citizens of Sheboygan 

 county was held at Sheboygan Falls, for the purpose of organizing a County 

 Agricultural Society. At this meeting officere were elected, and a Committee of 

 one from each town in the county was appointed to report to the Society upon 

 the soils of the several towns of the county. 



At a subsequent meeting, held July 4th, 1851, a Constitution for the perma- 

 nent government of the Society was adopted, and the following named persons 

 were elected officers under its pro\'isions. 



President, Dr. J. F. Seeley ; Vice Presidents, A. G. Dye, of Lima, and Hiram 

 Smith, of Sheboygan Falls ; Secretary, H. S. Anable, of Sheboygan ; Treasurer, 

 L. W. Davis ; Executive Committee, Messrs. Huntington Lyman, of Sheboygan, 

 Reed C. Brazelton, of Scott, S. Lombard, of Greenbush, B. L. Gibbs, of Lima, 

 and N. C. Harmon, of Linden. 



The Executive Committee subsequently fixed upon Wednesday and Thursday, 

 the 24th and 25th days of September, as the time for holding the First Annual 

 Fair and Cattle Show, and appointed the President, Dr. J. F. Seeley, to deliver 

 the Address. 



