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of the society; and the proper certificate and verification 

 being made to the County Auditor, an additional sum of one 

 hundred and twenty-seven dollars has been drawn from the 

 county treasury, making now in the treasury of said society 

 two hundred and ninety-five dollars. The society at its 

 meeting last mentioned appointed Calvin Fletcher, President, 

 as delegate from the society to the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture; and appointed an executive committee of five, to-wit: 

 Powell Rowland, Hiram Bacon, Abner Pope, sen., Isaac W. 

 Hunter and James Mars, to whom the business of the society 

 is intrusted, and who are particularly charged with all ar- 

 rangements, preparations and regulations for a county fair, 

 to be held next fall. Said executive committee and delegate 

 to the State Board, were instructed to use exertions to pro- 

 cure such amendment to the law of last winter, that all as- 

 sessments by or payments to any city or corporation for 

 licenses to exhibit menageries, circuses, theatrical perform- 

 ances, or other shows, shall go to the benefit of agricultural 

 societies and no part to such city or corporation. 



It will be perceived, that, from the late period of the sea- 

 son when our organization took place, no fair has been held ; 

 consequently no comparison of skill in agriculture has been 

 exhibited, or statistics obtained, wherefore the several inter- 

 rogatories propounded by the State Board cannot at present 

 be answered. 



The undersigned would remark however that there is an 

 evident improvement in agricultural and mechanical skill in 

 the county. An increase of the great staples which consist 

 mainly in wheat, corn, hogs and horses. It is believed that 

 the number and quality of neat cattle have not been improv- 

 ing, and no pains have recently been taken to improve the 

 breed of hogs. But some new importations have been made, 

 and it is due to a number of our farmers to state, that they have 

 recently made efforts to repair such neglect. It is believed 

 that the law recently passed by our Legislature, and the 

 efforts of the State Board, has and will exert a saluiaiv in. 

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