MAINE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. J 95 



MAINE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This Societ}' held its Eighteenth Annual Fair at Lewiston, Sep- 

 tember 21, 22, 23, 24, 1880, in connection with the State Pomological 

 Society. The attendance and interest manifested at the Fair were 

 the best for several years. The show of fruit and manufactured 

 goods was large, filling Cit}^ Hall to repletion. Implements were 

 shown under a tent in the Park, there being as many as could be 

 exhibited under a tent 70 by 150 feet. 



The receipts for the Fair were over $16,000 ; the premiums and 

 expenses $11,000, leaving a surplus of over $5,000, the most of 

 which has been used in paying the debts of the Society. It is now 

 free from debt, and located at Lewiston for two years, on the most 

 favorable terms, and the outlook of the Society is most promising. 



The Cobarn Cadets from the State Agricultural College wei'e 

 encamped on the Park during the entire Fair, and won much credit 

 for themselves and the institution b}' their gentlemanly and soldierly 

 conduct. 



The officers of the Societ}' have for several years encouraged 

 camping b}- societies and families, and the same has been gaining in 

 favor until now. The Park during the Fair has really become a 

 " tented field," and is a source of much enjoj'ment to all partici- 

 pants. 



Much credit for the success of the Fair is due to the superintend- 

 ents of the several railroads in the State and neighboring Provinces 

 for cheap fares, and trains run to accommodate the people desiring 

 to^visit the Fair. Especially is this due to Superintendent Tucker 

 of the Maine Central Railroad, on the line of which the Lewiston 

 Park is situated, for accommodations in this direction. 



Appended to this report is a statement of the transactions, re- 

 ceipts and expenditures for the year, &c., prepared for the Society* 

 by its Treasurer, H. S. Osgood : 



