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and by subscription, which still remains in its treasury, no Fair hav- 

 ing been held in 1842, on account of the Fair of the State Society 

 having been held in this county. The officers of the Society for 

 1843, are as follows: — Teunis Van Vechten, President, Albany; J» 

 McDonald Mclntyre, Oscar Tyler, C. N. Bement, Amos Crary, P. 

 S. Vanderbergh, John Haswell, Abraham Verplanck, Wm. Murphy, 

 Robert S. Lay, and David Conkling, Vice-Presidents; Luther Tuck- 

 er, Albany, Cor. Sec'y; A. E. Brown, Treasurer; Thomas Hillhouse, 

 Rec. Sec'y; Samuel Cheever, E. P. Prentice, L. G. Ten Eyck, John 

 S. Walsh, and James Wilson, additional members of the Board of 

 Managers. 



CAYUGA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



From this Society no report has been received. It held its second 

 Annual Fair on the 12th and 13th of October. The exhibition of 

 farm stock, implements of husbandry, domestic manufactures, butter, 

 cheese, &c., &c,, and the attendance of farmers was such as to show 

 that a deep interest is excited in the affairs of the society, and that 

 its beneficial influences were extensively felt and appreciated. 

 James M. Sherwood was elected President; Wm. Richardson, Rec. 

 Sec'y; Wm. C. Beardsley, Cor. Sec'y; and John B. Dill, Treasurer. 

 These officers all reside at Auburn. One Vice-President, and one 

 member of the Executive Committee, were also appointed for each 

 town in the county. The copies of the "Transactions of the State 

 Agricultural Society," received from the State, were directed to be 

 deposited with the Vice-Presidents in each town, to be loaned out,, 

 that all farmers might have the advantage of their perusal. 



CHAUTAUQUE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This Society was organized on the 12th day of October, 1836. 

 The constitution and by-laws were adopted at a meeting of the Soci- 

 ety on the 4th day of January, 1837. It was by the exertions of a 

 few individuals, striving against many discouraging aspects, that the 

 society retained its organization until the passage of the act of May, 

 1841, when the friends of the society were aided by a general feeling 

 in favor of their efforts, by almost the whole community. Since the 

 passage of the act " for the encouragement of agriculture," the Chau- 

 tauque County Agricultural Society has been considered by our farm- 

 ers in an altogether more favorable point of view; and I have reason 

 to believe that the few who first exerted themselves in its behalf, may 

 yet see their most sanguine anticipations fully realized. 



