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who shall visit the Fairs of other States for the purpose of 

 a friendly interchange of civilities with our agricultural 

 friends therein, and for the purpose of examining such new 

 varieties of stocks, implements, machinery, &c,, as they may 

 deem worthy of consideration, together with such details as, 

 in their opinion, would subserve the interests of their socie- 

 ties, and they shall report the same to the next annual meet- 

 ing of the Board. 



Which was adopted. 



Mr. Dennis offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That the Wayne county agricultural society be 

 empowered to make the premiums, to be awarded at its 

 coming Fair, open to all as far as its directors may deter- 

 mine. 



Mr. Levering moved to amend the resolution so as to ex- 

 tend its provisions to all county societies. 



Mr. Allen offered the following resolution as a compro- 

 mise : 



Resolved, That all county fairs shall be open for competi- 

 tion to all counties which have agricultural societies formed. 



Which resolution and the amendment of Mr. Levering 

 were lost. 



A vote was then taken on the question and the resolution 

 offered by Mr. Dennis, was not adopted. 



Mr. Nelson offered the following resolution: 



Resolved, That it shall be lawful for any person residing 

 in a county where no agricultural society is formed, to con- 

 nect himself with any other county society, and remain a 

 member of such society so long as no society shall be organ- 

 ized in his own county and no longer. 



Which was not adopted. 



A report by Mr. Levering from Tippecanoe county was 

 read by the President of the Board; after which, 



The board went into committee of the whole, to discuss 

 the various methods of draining and reclaiming wet lands; 



