AVON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 259 



Department D. 

 Class. 



1 Dairy and Household. |24 75 



2 Domestic and Mechanical .'. 15 00 



1259 25 

 All of which is respectfully submitted. 



\V. E. KOGERS, 



Secretary. 

 Alpena, Nov. 33d, 1885. 



AVON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 17, 1885. 



To the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society : 



Dear Sir — On January 13, 1885, was held the annual meeting of the Society, 

 at which the amendments to Articles fifth and sixth of the Articles of Associa- 

 tion (presented at our last annual meeting, and laid upon the table for further 

 consideration), was taken from the table and adopted. The amendment pro- 

 vides that " each member shall be entitled to but one vote " (and not one vote 

 for each share of stock held by a member or stockholder, as heretofore). 



The following officers Avere elected for the ensuing year : 



President — John M. Norton. 

 Treasurer — Enos R. Mathews. 

 Secretary — Theo. Dahlman. 



Directors — J. Van Hoosen, 0. H. P. Griggs, G. G. Green, H. L. Lintz, W. W. 

 Thorington, I. Barwise, W. Graham, J. G. Toles, E. H. Dewey. 



April 18, J. M. Norton resigned as President and John J. Snook was appoint- 

 ed to fill vacancy. 



July 25, E. R. Mathews resigned as Treasurer and Arthur E. Collins was 

 appointed to fill vacancy. 



The sixth Annual Fair of this society was held October 13, 14, 15 and 16, 

 and was as a whole a very successful and pleasant one, notwithstanding the 

 extreme inclemency of the weather on the first day, which caused the Board of 

 Directors to extend the time one day for the receiving of entries, sixteen hun- 

 dred and ninety-five of which were recorded. 



The Honorable Loreuzo Babcock, of New York, delivered an able and inter- 

 esting address " On Farming " to our people on the third day, which was duly 

 appreciated by the society. 



The rule prohibiting gambling, and the selling of liquors of all kinds on 

 the grounds, was strictly enforced, much to the interest of the society, as we 

 believe. 



Over twelve hundred entrance tickets were sold each day (on an average). 



All the departments of the Rochester schools (comprising over three hun- 

 dred i^upils) were dismissed a half day on account of the Fair, and all child- 

 dren under ten years of age were admitted free. 



The following is a condensed statement of the entries at same and the pre- 

 miums awarded, etc. 



Membership numbers 178 for 1885. 



Total niimber of Premiums awarded was 793, 



