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The receipts for the last year have been : 



From members of Society, $418 81 



State of New-York, 183 00 



Strangers for admission into hall, 41 30 



$643 11 



Disbursements : Paid for premiums, $404 00 



Contingent expenses, 74 36 



Leaving balance in treasury, $164 75 



HART MASSEY, President. 



LEWIS COUNTY. 



Upon a general review of the county for the year, I think the 

 agricultural spirit has not been surpassed by any former season. The 

 State Fair, which was held in an adjoining county, afforded our citi- 

 zens the opportunity of witnessing that ample field of competition, 

 and large numbers of them attended it, and carried off no inconside- 

 rable share of the premiums as will be seen by reference to the list. 

 Our county society was as numerously and respectably attended as 

 on any former occasion, and but for the large attendance at the State 

 Fair I have no doubt the turn out and the competition would have 

 greatly exceeded our former exhibitions. 



The annual address was delivered by the Hon. Francis Seger. 



L. R. LYON. 



LIVINGSTON COUNTY. 



The following is an abstract of the doings of the Livingston County 

 Agricultural Society for the past year. The executive committee 

 having fixed upon the 28th of May for a plowing match, the occasion 

 attracted a very large audience, and though the day was from the mid- 

 dle till evening very stormy ; more than twenty teams were entered 

 as competitors. The work required was one-fourth of an acre of sward 

 land, to be plowed seven inches deep within two hours, each plow- 

 man to drive his own team. Though the ground was very dry and 

 stiff, and consequently the labor severe for the team, the work was 

 remarkably well done. The premiums were awarded at the court- 

 house, after which an address of much interest was delivered by the 

 Hon. Daniel Lee. A very interesting collection of plows and other 

 farming implements were exhibited near the court-house. 



From the interest which was evidently manifested, as well as from 

 the general concessions of all, this exhibition will be of decided ad- 

 vantage to the farming interest, as well in the introduction of more 

 improved plows as in the skilful manner of using them. 



The annual fair came off on Thursday in the last week in Septem- 

 ber. For the number and quality of animals exhibited, as well as for 

 the exhibition of all other articles, it exceeded all previous shows of 



