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Grafton ; George F. Dennison, Berlin ; Roswell G. Pierce^ Stephen- 

 town ; Seth Hastings, Nassau ; Jacob A. Ten Eyck, Schodack ; 

 Isaac Lovejoy, Greenbush; Henry W. Coon, Sandlake ; Joseph 

 Hastings, Brunswick, Vice Presidents. Seth H. Terry, Troy, Re- 

 cording Secretary. John J. Viele. Troy, Corresponding Secretary. 

 Francis N. Mann, Troy, Treasurer. 



S. H. TERRY, 

 Recording Secretary. 

 Troy, February 5, 1846. 



ROCKLAND COUNTY. 



Enclosed we se nd a statement of field crops raised in this county, 

 also a paper containing an account of the Annual Fair, together 

 with the election of officers for the present year. 



The following are the officers for 1846 : 



Isaac M. Dederer, of Orangetown, President. John W. Felter, of 

 Haverstraw, James Suffern, of Ramapo, and David P. Demarest, of 

 Clarkstown, Vice Presidents. Matthew D. Bogert, Corresponding 

 Secretary. Abraham J. Demarest, Recording Secretary. John C. 

 Blauvelt, Treasurer. A. B. Conger, of Haverstraw, Erastus John- 

 son, of Ramapoj Peter T. Stephens, of Clarkstown, John Westervelt 

 of Orangetown, Executive Committee. 



Fair held on the 15th October, 1845. 



I. M. DEDERER, 



President. 



Blauveltville, Rockland Co. January 30. 



SARATOGA COUNTY. 



The 5th annual Fair and Cattle Show of the Saratoga Co. Agricultu- 

 ral Society, was held at Ballston Spa, on Tuesday, and Wednesday, 

 the 14th and 15th days of October, 1845. The first day was devo- 

 ted exclusively to the exhibition and examination of animals and 

 articles offered for premiums, and called out an unusually large 

 assemblage of the friends of agriculture, from different parts of the 

 county. The exhibition was very creditable to all concerned. It 

 was an improvement, decidedly so, upon all the preceding fairs held 

 by our county society. The show of horses, cattle, and stock of va- 

 rious descriptions, exceeded those of previous years, and every thing 

 betokened advancement in the several branches of agricultural in- 

 dustry represented on this occasion. Although the regulations of 

 the Executive Committee prevented, to some extent, the bringing 



