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ter work, and loss on lumber, amounts to $1275.00. The lumber 

 and labor are both procured as low as the market will admit. 



The premiums are intended to be graduated by the amount of re- 

 ceipts, which are estimated near the close of the fairs, and before the 

 awards, so as to leave only a sufficient sum in the treasury to meet 

 the probab4e expenses till another fair, and a prudent provision for 

 contingencies. If an edifice could be obtained, the premiums might 

 be doubled. 



It is designed to apply a portion of the unusually large receipts of 

 the last year in enlarging the library, and one thousand dollars has 

 been proposed for that purpose. A suitable plate for the diplomas, 

 executed by accomplished artists, is demanded by the character of 

 the Institute, which will probably cost six or seven hundred dollars. 

 The receipts from this time till the next fair, will, under ordinary 

 circumstances, fall short of the expenditures, more especially as a 

 large sum will be required in fitting up new rooms for the repository, 

 a change of rooms having been required by the common council. 



The whole amount paid for salaries for superintending agent, re- 

 cording and corresponding secretaries, and two clerks, who devote 

 their whole time, was last year, twenty-two hundred and fifty dol- 

 lars. A compensation, which, considering the variety, and complex- 

 ity of the concerns of the Institute, and the labor required, bears no 

 proportion to the salaries of the officers of our other city institutions. 

 Some fault finding papers have complained that the charge for re- 

 freshments, was extravagant. A calculation was entered into, which 

 showed that it was short of fifty cents per day, for each of the mana- 

 gers and attendants whose services were affiDrded without any other 

 compensation. The services of the same men could not have been 

 paid at five, or even ten dollars per day. The managers have used 

 their best endeavors every year to abridge expenses, and though 

 sometimes successful in some items, others have been increased, and 

 the amount in the end has not been materially diminished. Expen- 

 ses not anticipated occur from day to day, and no time can be spared 

 to seek after cheap workmen. 



As further means of promoting agriculture^ the trustees most re- 

 spectfully recommend the encouragement of the formation of farmers' 

 clubs. Their tendency will operate directly to create enquiry, ex- 

 amination, reading, observation, and experiments among farmers. 



At least one agricultural college should be established in every 



