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marshes are capable of being drained of the surface water, 

 and in that condition are found to produce red-top grass of a 

 good quality, and in large quantities ; in their native state 

 they produce the earliest feed for stock in the spring, owing 

 to the warmth kept up by the springs which are usually found 

 scattered over them. 



Below will be found the names of the officers of the Steu- 

 ben County Agricultural Society, organized July 4, 1851. 

 No agricultural fair has yet been held. Arrangements are 

 made for holding a fair in the fall of 1852. 



Yours, &c., 



A. W. HENDRY. 



Officers of the Steuben Co. Agricultural Society. 



Alanson W. Hendry, President. 

 John Green, Vice President. 

 Leland H. Stocker, Secretary. 

 Abner Winsor, Treasurer. 



Board of Directors. 



Millgrove township — Orlando Wilder. 

 Jamestown township — George A. Milnes. 

 Fremont township — Samuel A. Stewart. 

 Clear Lake township — Stephen A. Powers. 

 Scott township — Geo. W. Wickwire. 

 Pleasant township — Geo. W. Balding. 

 Jackson township — Philo Clark. 

 Salem township — John Loughery. 

 Steuben township — Israel D. Morley. 

 Otsego township — James Clark. 

 Richland township — Horatio E. Gordon. 



Delegate to the meeting of the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture — Dr. G. W. McConnell. 



