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The city of Rochester, the mart of a very extensive district of 

 country of unsurpassed fertility, occupied by a population whose 

 industry and agricultural skill are sufficiently attested by the rapidi- 

 ty -vrith which, within less than the period of the ordinary life of 

 man, they have brought that portion of the State from an untenant- 

 ed wilderness, to be remarkable for the amount, the variety, and 

 the value of its agricultural exports, presented claims upon the 

 attention of the Society, which could not well be overlooked. 



Several topics of interest to the agriculturist were discussed at 

 the annual meeting of the Society referred to, and measures adopted 

 to secure the permanence and continued prosperity of the associa- 

 tion, which it is not deemed necessary to communicate on this oc- 

 casion. 



In conclusion, the Committee cannot refrain from expressing their 

 decided conviction that the Society, in diffusing valuable informa- 

 tion, in exciting an honorable and praiseworthy spirit of emulation, 

 in giving form and expression to the wants and interests of agricul- 

 tural labor, in bringing into contact individuals whose isolated pur- 

 suits have hitherto deprived them of all the advantages of associa- 

 tion and comparison of ideas, is performing those highly useful 

 functions, and accomplishing those important ends, which the Le- 

 gislature had in view in extending the public bounty to this and 

 other agricultural associations. 



Respectfully submitted, 



JAS. S. WADSWORTH, President. 



Luther Tucker, Secretary. 



