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William Fuller of Skaneateles, President; Silas Cheesbm of De 

 Witt, 1st Vice President, and Fletcher Woodward of Camillus, 2d 

 Vice President; Enoch Marks of Onondaga, Cor. Secretary; Chester 

 Moses of Marcellus, Rec. Secretary; Thomas A. Smith of Syracuse, 

 Treasurer; and an Exective Committee to consist of one member from 

 each of the towns in the county. 



Whole number of members of the Society, about 400. 



Amount of money contributed, $208 00 



" received from the state, 204 00 



$412 00 



Paid in premiums, &c 411 25 



Balance on hand in the Treasury, $0 75 



Wm. Fuller, President, 



General observations on the Fair. 



The whole number of animals that were registered for premiums, 

 were as follows: 



26 pair of working oxen, in yokes; 9 pair of steers, matched; 70 

 cattle of other descriptions; 7 pair of work horses, and over; 40 hor- 

 ses of other descriptions; 129 sheep, and about 70 hogs. 



The working oxen, as the committee report, "were so geneially 

 good, that it was somewhat difficult to decide to which the premiums 

 ought to be avarded; and the steers were believed to give great pro- 

 mise of future profit. Among the cattle, were some fine Durhams 

 from the herds of W. Fuller, W. Cook, and others. The show of 

 sheep was highly creditable; coarse, middle and fine wooled sheep 

 were all represented, remarkably good, and by far exceeding any ex- 

 hibition heretofore held in the county. Many of the horses were 

 fine, but it was thought by good judges, that the colls were of a very 

 promising character, well calculated to make serviceable horses, and 

 that they showed a decided improvement in horses throughout the 

 county. The swine — this " interesting family," were well repre- 

 sented in all their various conditions of life, from fat to lean, from 

 young to old, male and female, from the round, plump, well-condi- 

 tioned, well made hog, to the more gaunt and lean kind; on the whole, 

 showing an assemblage that the farmers of Onondaga may well be 

 proud of. The amount of dairy products, and of household manu- 

 factures, was small. It is to be hoped that the ladies will not per- 

 mit an omission of this kind again to happen; an exhibition of the 

 products of their skill might easily have been given, w^hich would 

 have added increased interest to the Fair, and have proved highly 

 beneficial to the exhibitors. Will the ladies of Onondaga ever learn 

 that to be valued they must be useful, and if they are not industrious 

 and useful, they cannot nor will not be respected. 



