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The afternoon was most agreeably spent in listening to an address 

 appropriate to the occasion, by Z. J. Conant, D. D., and the election 

 of officers for the ensuing year, reports of the different committees 

 who decided on the various propositions committed to them, and 

 paying the premiums by them awarded. As an evidence of the in- 

 terest felt in the society on this occasion, we would present the fol- 

 lowing : the congregation were called upon by the President to give 

 their names as members for another year, when in a few moments, 

 more responded to the call than had ever been members at any pre- 

 vious year, thus saving much time and labor of committees soliciting 

 members, and forming a basis for the officers of the society in deter- 

 mining the amount to be paid in the next premium list, which has 

 heretofore been mostly made on anticipation, as members seldom join 

 until after the list is published. We are fully of the opinion that this 

 is the most favorable time to start the subscription list of. members 

 for the coming year, as an interest has been awakened by the fair, 

 and men will be more ready to part with a dollar when their feelings 

 are awake to the object, and they then have a year to produce some- 

 thing of merit at the next fair, and will use some exertions to get the 

 dollar back, making the next fair still more interesting. 



The state of our funds are as follows : 



Balance of former years in the hands of our Treasurer, . . $50 00 



Received for membership this year, 189 00 



Received from the State, 120 00 



Total, $359 00 



Paid out for premiums, $290 00 



" for printinp; and incidental expenses, .... 30 00 



^ ^ V 320 00 



Balance now on hand, $39 00 



As a specimen of our crops, we present the following on which 

 premiums were awarded at our last fair : 



Wheat, amount per acre 53j bushels. 



Best acre of Indian corn, amount 122f. 



Second best, 120 J bushels per acre. 



Third, 117 bushels per acre. 



Best acre of barley, 67 bushels. 

 " peas, 56|f bushels. 



Best half acre of potatoes, 213 J bushels. 



We had 54 different competitors on sheep, at the fair and about 

 the same number on cattle. 



The following is a list of officers for the ensuing year : 



S. B. Burchard, Hamilton, President ; Elijah Morse, David Hop-, 



