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Tlie next meeting will take place on the first Saturday in August next, at 

 the court house in Lafayette, and it is hoped that every farmer in the county 

 will be present on the occasion. 



The new horse-power mowing machine, which has arrived since the last 

 meeting of the society, will then be exhibited ; also some new specimens of 

 flax cotton, and other things of interest to the agricultural portion of the 

 community. 



J. J. BINGHAM, Recording Secretary. 



VIGO COUNTY 



REPORT OF THE VIGO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 To the Indiana State Board of Agriculture : 



The Vigo County Agricultural Society hereby respectfully 

 submits its first annual report to your body: 



The society was organized under the provisions of an act 

 of the General Assembly, entitled, "an act for the improve- 

 ment of agriculture," approved February 14, 1851, on the 

 16th day of August, A. D. 1851, when the following persons 

 were elected officers, to-wit : 



George Hussey, President. 

 Thomas Durham, Vice President. 

 Samuel B. Gookins, Treasurer. 

 H. W. Allen, Secretary. 

 And the following persons were appointed Directors from 

 the civil townships of said county, as follows i 

 Corey Barbour, of Harrison township. 

 Frederick Markle, of Otter Creek township. 

 John Bell, of Nevins township. 

 Wm. Ladd, of Lost Creek township, 

 Thomas Sankey, of Riley township. 

 Wm. Brown, of Pierson township. 



