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entertaining tlie immense multitude; who could not be accommodated 

 in the hotels. 



Resolved, That we tender our thanks to the ladies and gentlemen 

 of Utica, who gave us their aid and exertions in preparing and arranging 

 the halls of exhibition on the show ground. 



Resolved, That we tender the thanks of the society to Dr. Alexander 

 Thompson, of Aurora, for his unrequited services preparatory to and 

 during the Fair, in the direction and arrangements of Floral Hall — the 

 designs and decorations of which elicited the universal admiration of 

 the thousands in attendance at the Fair. 



Resolved, That the society take great pleasure in testifying to the 

 Unremitted eiforts of T. S. Faxton, J. Butterfield, and the citizens 

 of Utica generally, in carrying out most successfully the pledge given 

 by the gentlemen named, on behalf of the citizens. 



Resolved, That we tender the thanks of the society to P. V. Kellogg, 

 sheriff, and to his deputy, Mr. Johnson, and the others in his employ, 

 for the admirable arrangements by which complete order was preserved 

 on the ground. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the society are justly due and most 

 cordially tendered to the officers and superintendents of the several 

 railroad companies from Albany and Troy to Buffalo, for their liberality 

 In transporting animals for the Fair free of charge, and visiters at 

 reduced prices. 



B. P. JOHNSON, President, 



L. Tucker, Secretary, 



The number of persons in attendance being much larger than at any 

 former exhibition, it was feared by many that the order which had 

 been so manifest at our other fairs, would not be observed. The 

 iadmirable regulations which had been made — ^the prompt and efficient 

 action of the officers in charge, and of the committee of arrangements, 

 secured the most complete order throughout the entire exhibition ; and 

 the results of this fair were most gratifying. 



The number of farmers in attendance was larger than at any of our 

 exhibitions, and evinces the strong impression which the proceedings 

 of the society are making upon this class of our population, for whose 

 benefit more especially, the society was instituted. We are encouraged 

 by the farmers to redouble our efforts, and to endeavor in every proper 

 method to aid them in the improvement of agriculture, and in the 



