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REPORTS 



FROM 



COUNTY SOCIETIES. 



ELZHAET COUNTY 



REPORT OF THE ELKHART COUJTTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To the President of the Indiana 



State Board of Agriculture : 



In compliance with the law for the encouragement of agri- 

 culture in this State, the undersigned has the honor to submit 

 the following report : 



The Elkhart County Agricultural Society was organized 

 in the early part of last summer, 1851, according to the 

 "plan" recommended by the State Board. 



E. M. Chamberlain, President; N. Smiley, Treasurer; 

 and C. L. Murray, Secretary; with a Board of Directors. 



The first annual Fair was held in Goshen, the county seat, 

 on the 24th and 25th days of October, and was numerously 

 attended from all parts of the county, and from the neigh- 

 boring counties both in this State and Michigan. The 

 awards of premiums and reports of committees were as fol- 

 lows : 



