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previous to the first day of December next following their trial?, the re- 

 sults in detail, whether good, bad, or inditlerent. 



Art. 22. All persons to whom premiums may have been awarded 

 at any annual fair or other show of the Society, must apply to the Sec- 

 retary for orders on the Treasurer for the amounts, previous to the an- 

 nual meeting of the executive board, otherwise the amounts will be con- 

 sidered as donated to the Society. Persons to whom premiums may be 

 awarded at the annual meeting must apply for the same within three 

 months, or the amount will be considered donated to the Society. 



Art. 23. These by-laws may be altered, amended, or added to, at 

 any regular business meeting, provided the proposed alteration, amend- 

 ment or addition, shall have been submitted in writing at the last |)reviou8 

 regular meeting, and the same be adopted by two-thirds of those 

 present. 



Our new purchase for fair grounds is very eligibly situated and well 

 adapted for the purpose, having on it a fine natural grove, and though 

 not watered by a stream, water can be readily obtained by digging. 

 The soil, too, is favorable for such uses, and the plat can be made a 

 beautiful one, with comparatively a small outlay. The one which we 

 are now occupying, through the generosity of the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth^ 

 of Indiana, can be used a few years by the Society, which will be a 

 material help, and aid us in beautifying our own grounds as our means 

 will allow. When the railroads shall reach us, which are sur« to be 

 built ere long, we anticipate the pleasure of welcoming the Slat« Soci- 

 ety to a fair on the grounds of the Kent County Society. Our conven- 

 iences and our location will be then such as will make the matter desi- 

 rable for the State Society. 



I have delayed this report considerably, anticipating an article for it 

 on the gypsum deposits of our county, and the manufacture of plahter. 

 It is with much regret that I must forward this to you without the 

 promised essay. I shall go again to the city ere long, and will make 

 another elfort, and j;>erhaps furnish you with a supplemental report. 



That ourgypsum deposit is inexhaustible, every year is prDvini; more 

 and more clearly. There are now six mills running day and niL'lit, and 

 the number may be indefinitely increased. The deposit, I understand, 

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