COUNTY SOCIETIES. 



CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF THEIR PROCEEDINGS. 



ALLEGANY COUNTY. 



Organized in 1843, by the adoption of a constitution. The first 

 Monday in February, the day fixed for the annual meeting, the offi- 

 cers were elected. The annual Fair was held on the 8th day of Oc- 

 tober, where premiums were awarded to the amount of $142. The 

 amount offered for field crops, to be awarded Feb. 4, 1845, is $51.50. 



Officers. — Alvan Burr, President ; Stephen Woodruff, Luther 

 Couch, Vice-Presidents ; Ransom Lloyd, Recording Secretary j Lau- 

 rens Hull, Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. 



CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. 



The Annual Fair was held at Ellicottville in October, and well 

 attended. A decided improvement has taken place in stock of all 

 kinds, and in domestic articles, since the formation of the Society. 



Officers. — Abraham Searl, President ; Samuel Harvey, of Moor- 

 field, Vice-President ; Daniel Reed Wheeler, of Ellicottville, Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer. 



CAYUGA COUNTY. 



From this Society no report has beeen received. Published noti- 

 ces state that the Annual Fair was held early in October ; that the ex- 

 hibition, though commendable in many particulars, was decidedly de- 

 ficient as a whole ; and that an excellent address was delivered by 

 Dr. D. Lee of Buffalo. 



CHAUTAUQUE COUNTY. 



The report from this county speaks of the small beginning of the 

 Society ; and of the several years of struggle it maintained during 

 its early existence ; and of " the timely and noble act of the Legis- 

 lature of 1841, which brightened the prospects and added new life to 

 the cause of agricultural improvement throughout the county." One 



