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AWARDS AND PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS. 



The award of premiums will be read by the Secretary, at two 

 o'clock, after which the Treasurer will pay them at his rooms. 



Also, at the same time, the following officers were chosen by 

 the Society : 



President, Jrremiah E. Dodge; Vice Presidents, "William 

 HinviPHREY, Edmund Harleson ; Secretary, John Dodge ; Trea- 

 surer, James Prideaux ; Executive Committee, Hetstry Patch, 

 Jr., George Morris, Wm. Carter, Edwin Kilby, Dr. Young. 



The Frst Annual Cattle Show and Fair of the Society was 

 held at Lancaster on the 7th and 9th of October, 1856. About 

 $150.00 was received fro/n as many members, and expended by 

 the Society. 



The exhibition was in every respect a creditable one. The 

 display of Horses was excellent ; of Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, de- 

 ficient in numbers, but good in quality. The Mechanic Arts 

 and Domestic Manufactures were well represented. As the first 

 efibrt of the Society was well sustained by the public, the mem- 

 bers resolved that the prospects for a large and flourishing 

 Society were good, and that the Agricultural Enterprise of the 

 County, if concentrated and directed by the Society, would tend 

 to the development of resources as yet not fully appreciated by 

 the inhabitants of the County. 



At the annual meeting, after the close of the Exhibition, the 

 following officers were chosen for the ensuing year : 



President, Edmund Harelson ; Vice Presidents, James Pri- 

 deaux, H. Beebe ; Secretary, J. C. Holloway ; Treasurer, Jer- 

 emiah E. Dodge. 



Executive Committee — John Dodge, F. H. Bonnam, J. E, 

 Whitney, J. T. Brown, W. W. Wright. 



WINNEBAGO COUNTY. 



This Society was formed on the 11th day of April, 1855. At 



a previous meeting of citizens of this county, A. Picket, J. 

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