112 

 MARION COUNTY. 



REPORT OF THE MARION COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To the Indiana Stale Boai'd of Agriculture : 



The undersigned President and Secretary of the Marion 

 County Agricultural Society, respectfully report ; 



That on the 9th day of September, 1851, a number of 

 citizens exceeding thirty of said county, mostly farmers and 

 mechanics, met at the court house and organized themselves 

 into a society for the improvement of agriculture in said 

 county, and adopted a constitution and by-laws in conformity 

 with "An act for the encourgement of agriculture," ap- 

 proved February 14, 1851, and agreeably to the rules and 

 regulations furnished by the State Board of Agriculture, and 

 elected 



Calvin Fletcher, President. 

 Powell Rowland, Vice President. 

 James Johnson, Treasurer. 

 Royal Mayhew, Secretary. 



And the following named persons directors from the nine 

 several civil townships of the county, to-wit: 



John Jameson, Hiram Bacon, Samuel Frazier, Jeremiah 

 Johnson, Abner Pope, sen., Isaac B. Sandusky, Jacob Smock, 

 Isaac W. Hunter, and Demas L. McFarland. 



Said society raised by subscription of members at said 

 meeting a sum exceeding fifty dollars, and adjourned to meet 

 again on the first Saturday of November, at which time it 

 appeared that quite an accession of members had taken place, 

 and again adjourned to meet on the 27th day of December, 

 when the society again met and it appeared that the sum of 

 one hundred and sixty-eight dollars had been paid in by that 

 number of members, paying one dollar each to the Treasurer 



