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ERIE COUNTY. 



The Fourth Annual Fair was held at Buffalo, on the 25th and 26th 

 of September. It was regarded as equal to any preceding. Among 

 the premiums awarded by this society, were, for corn, 81 bushels per 

 acre ; spring wheat, 36 bushels ; barley, 60 bushels ; and potatoes, 

 320 bushels per acre. 



Officers. — Henry B. Ransom, Clarence, President ; Abner Bryant, 

 Augustus Raynor, Wm. Mills, Timothy S. Hopkins, Moses Case, 

 Amos Chilcott, Henry Atwood, Alonzo Havens, Ezra Chaffer, Vice- 

 Presidents ; Warren Bryant, Buffalo, Secretary j Robert McPherson, 

 Treasurer. 



HERKIMER COUNTY. 



The report of the Annual Fair, held October 4, and containing 

 only the names of the successful competitors for the premiums, speaks 

 of the improvement upon the fair of last year. 



JEFFERSON COUNTY. 



This flourishing Society held its Annual Fair at Watertown, on 

 October 1st and 2d. An interesting and able report was made by E. 

 Kirby, Esq., chairman of the committee on farms, from which ex- 

 tracts are made on Farm Management, and on the Wheat Crop, un- 

 der the appropriate heads of this volume ; the annual address by 

 Charles E. Clark, Esq. A proof of the prosperity of the Society is 

 furnished by the fact, that $409 have been paid by members of the 

 Society the past year, which, with $45 for the addmission of stran- 

 gers into the show hall, and $183 from the State, amounts to $637. 



Officers. — Charles E, Clarke, President ; George White, Noah- 

 diah Hubbard, P. S. Stewart, Titus Ives, Elisha Camp, Edward 

 Whilford, Curtis Goulding, Azariah Doane, Levi Miller, Vice-Presi- 

 dents ; Willard Ives, Corresponding Secretary ; Adriel Ely, Record- 

 ing Secretary ; O. V. Brainard, Treasurer. 



LEWIS COUNTY. 



The Fair was held on the I3th of September, and much exceeded 

 that of the previous year. Premiums were awarded on Spring Wheat, 

 for 42 and 3Sh bushels per acre; Ruta Baga, 877 bushels; Corn, 

 114^ bushels ; Potatoes, 420 bushels ; and Barley, 57 bushels. For 

 accounts of the culture of these respectively, see the respective heads 

 on those articles in this volume. The annual address was made by 

 M. M. Norton, Esq. 



Officers. — Ela Merriam, President; Homer Collins, Isaac W. 

 Bostwick, Harrison Blodget, Oliver Hough, Horace Clapp, Lyman 



