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the kind in this county. The number of farmers, with their wives, 

 and sons, and daughters, in attendance, was very great. 



The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : 



Asa Nowlen, President; Aaron Barber, Campbell Harris, D. H. 

 Fitzhugh, Vice Presidents ; Curtiss Hawley, Sec; Ira Merrill, Trea- 

 surer; Charles Colt, Geneseo, Asahel H. Warner, Lima, 0. Comstock, 

 Avon, A. Hallenbeck, Caledonia, P. C. Fuller, Conesus, G. T. Oly- 

 phant, Mount-Morris, Roswell Root, York, Charles Pierce, Livonia, 

 Charles Shepard, Sparta, W. W. Wooster, Leicester, Richard Johnson, 

 Groveland, Horatio Dyer, Springwater, Managers. 



It was resolved to hold the next Cattle Show and Fair at Avon. 



There cannot be any doubt but that there is an awakened feeling 

 in the agricultural interests of this county. It is manifested in the 

 improved appearance of the farms, in the great pains in procuring the 

 best breeds of domestic animals, in the increasing numbers who at- 

 tend our annual fairs; and in fine, it is obvious that the doings of 

 the society have produced, and are producing, a better and more 

 profitable state of husbandrv. 



C. H. BRYAN, Sec. 



MADISON COUNTY. 



The county agricultural society respectfully submit to the State Soci- 

 ety the following report : 



Madison county held its first annual Fair at Morrisville, in the fall 

 of 1842, with some interest and by very great exertions on the part 

 of its friends. The second fair was also held at the same place with 

 about the same success, engaging and securing the interest of a few of 

 the farmers in the vicinity, and still holding on to those whose minds 

 were more enlightened, and felt a deeper interest in the rising pros- 

 pects of the good that would result from the society, when they 

 could see the majority of their fellow citizens engaged in this noble 

 enterprise. They might be found scattered in all most all parts of 

 our county. 



Under these circumstance, it was thought best to change the place 

 of holding our annual fair, and shift to the different villages in the 

 county, awakening an interest deeper and lasting, wherever a fair 

 should be held. We are happy to say that in this we have not been 

 disappointed, but our expectations have been more than realized. 



Our third fair was held in Cazenovia, which was one of very great 

 interest, and we think has given to this society an accelerative mo- 

 tion which will not be easily stopped. 



The fourth annual fair was held in the village of Hamilton, on the 

 1st and 2nd days of October, the weather being fine, the exhibitions 

 of stock and farming products being numerous, and exhibiting a de- 

 cided improvement upon former years, especially in the products of 

 the dairy. 



The second day was improved by a plowing match. The judges 

 found it extremely difficult to decide, the plowing all being done in 

 the most workmanlike manner. 



