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1851, by the adoption of the accompanying constitution, and 

 the election of the following officers, viz: 



David Whitcomb, President ; 



Nathan Lewis, Vice President; 



D. Thacher, Secretary; 

 Jacob Vernon, Treasurer; 



E. G. Mayhew, Librarian. 



The following persons were elected Directors for the ensu- 

 ing year, viz : 



James Elliott, of Addison township. 



E. S. Dunlap, of Washington township. 



Samuel Hahn, of Liberty township. 



Edward Gird, of Brandywine township. 



Stephen Collins, of Sugar Creek township, 



Wm. C. Picket, of Moral township. 



Jno. Neibel, sen., of Jackson township. 



Wm. Cotton of Union township. 



Henry J. Gaines, of Marion township. 



Randolph Rutherford, of Hanover township, 



Jno. M. Dodd, of Hendricks township. 



Nicholas Kern, of Van Buren township. 



Wm. Moore, of Noble township. 

 The society consists of sixty-seven members, and has 

 adopted the accompanying code of by-laws, for its govern- 

 ment. 



At the last meeting of the society, December 27, 1851, 

 eighteen dollars and sixteen cents was appropriated for sub- 

 scription to the following periodicals for the ensuing year, 

 viz: "The Indiana Farmer," "The Cultivator," "The Plow" 

 and "The Horticulturist" of New York, "The Prairie Far- 

 mer" of Illinois, "The Dollar Farmer" of Ky., "The Plow, 

 the Loom, and the Anvil" and "The Pennsylvania Farm 

 Journal" of Pa., "The Ohio Agriculturist" "The Western 

 Horticultural Review" of Ohio, "The Journal of Agricul- 

 ture" of Massachusetts, and "The American Farmer" of 

 Maryland. 



