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To carry out the first of these objects, eleven cohimittees 

 are appointed, as follows: 



1. On grain crops. 



2. On grass crops. 



3. On stock. 



4. On root crops. 



5. On fruits. 



6. On bushes, timber, &c. 



7. On soils. 



8. On manufactures. 



9. On improvements. 



10. On wages and profits. 



11. On agricultural papers, books, &c. 



The society is to hold quarterly meetings, at which these 

 committees are to report; each committee to make but one 

 annual report, embracing every thing properly belonging to 

 its jurisdiction, and after receiving the sanction of the society, 

 the report is filed away. From these reports, the President 

 and Secretary are to compile their annual report to the State 

 Board. 



For the purpose of carrying out the second object, the 

 members residing in their respective townships, together with 

 other members choosing to attend, are to meet in the town- 

 ship, once every month, and discuss agricultural questions. 

 This two-fold organization, it is confidently expected, will 

 create an interest in the welfare of the society, and enable it 

 to collect correct statistical and other useful information. 

 This organization has not yet been carried out fully, as time 

 and perseverance, will both be necessary to do so. 



2. Of the County. — Along the borders of the county, 

 flow Salt, Beanblossom and Clear creeks, and the western 

 fork of White river. From these towards the centre of the 

 county, the land rises, in some parts, in hills, but generally, 

 in gentle undulations. The hills vary from fifty to three 

 hundred feet in height. In the bottoms of these creeks, the 

 solid sandstone is found, but as the land rises, numerous lay- 



