

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 



INDIANAPOLIS, February, 1852. 



To the General Assembly of the State of Indiana : 



In obedience to the requisitions of the law creating the 

 State Board of Agriculture, the undersigned respectfully pre- 

 sents the first annual report of that Board. 



I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, 



JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, 

 President of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture. 



PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 



The S tate Board of Agriculture, was organized on the 27th 

 of May last. The proceedings and expenses of the May and 

 •Tanuary sessions are herewith attached. 



The wisdom of the law of the last session, is made most 

 manifest in the number of county societies that have organ- 

 ized undier that law. More than thirty counties have adopted 

 an organization, and twenty interesting reports are herewith 

 submitted. Your special attention is called to the very full 

 and highly interesting reports from the counties of Monroe, 

 Elkhart, Tippecanoe, Wayne, &c. 



It is very remarkable that a pursuit in which more than 

 four-fifths of our population are engaged, should have remain- 

 ed so long without that spirit of emulation which the meetings 



