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see a display so good ; yet it gave considerable encourage- 

 ment to those who intend becoming competitors another 



year. 



As we offered no premiums on field crops we have no par- 

 ticular modes of tillage to describe. 



Our society now numbers about seventy members with 

 prospects as flattering we trust as those of most societies in 

 our State — and with as great a field of usefulness open to us. 



WM. A. BARNES, President. 



Wm. C. Talcott, Secretary. 



THE FAIR AND THE PREMIUMS. 



The committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the 

 Porter County Agricultural Society, to determine what pre- 

 miums, to the amount of $80 in all, shall be offered, and for 

 what descriptions and qualities of animals and products, have 

 agreed upon the following 



LIST OF PREMIUMS 



To he awarded at the Agricultural Fair at Valparaiso, on Wednesday the 29tk oj 



October next. 



HORSES. 



Best stallion, - - - - - - - - $3 00 



Second best stallion, - - - - - - - 2 00 



Best stud colt, three years old, - - - - - -2 00 



Second best stud colt, three years old, - - - - 1 00 



Best stud colt two years old, - - - - - - 2 00 



Second best stud colt two years old, - - - - - 1 00 



Best brood mare and colt, - - - - - -3 00 



Second best brood mare and colt, - - - - 2 00 



Best span matched work horses, - - - - - - 2 00 



Second best span matched work horses, - - - - 1 00 



Best colt three years old, - - - - - - -2 00 



Second best colt three years old, - - - - - 1 00 



Best colt two years old, - - -^ - - - - 1 00 



