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chanics of the two counties, the good fruits of which will be developed 



at future Fairs, the members and friends of the Society have the best 



reasons for believing. 



Yours truly, 



J. A. HADLEY, 



Sec. of Jefferson and Lodge Agr. Society. 

 To Albert C. Ingham, Esq. 



Sec. of the Wis. State Agr. Society. ' 



KENOSHA. 



Kenosha, December 10, 1852. 



Dear Sir : — The Kenosha County Agricultural Society continues in a. 

 flourishing condition. We hold our meetings quarterly, at which there 

 is generally a good attendance, and an abiding interest is kept up. We 

 feel encouraged to go on in the good work, for we see that the best results 

 are being produced, and we shall claim, ere long, to be the banner 

 county of the State, if Ave are not already entitled to the appellation, for 

 we were the first to begin the work, and trust to be the last to abandon 

 it. 



By a change in our Constitution, our annual meeting was held on the 

 first Monday in December, Avhen the following persons were elected 

 officers for the ensuing year : 



President, Leonard Crocker, of Somers ; Vice Presidents, Levi Grant, 

 of Bristol, and G. J. Pease, of Salem ; Treasurer, George N. Towslee, of 

 Kenosha ; Recording Secretary, Frederick J. Brand, of Pleasant Prairie ; 

 Corresponding Secretary, T. J. Rand, of Kenosha. 



At this meeting, we awarded premiums on field crops, seeds and grain, 

 and voted to hold the next Fair at Kenosha. 



This Society held its Annual Fair at Bristol, on Thursday and Friday, 

 September 30th, and October 1st, 1852 ; at which time, notwithstanding- 

 the location, which was somewhat oiit of the way, there was a large 

 attendance. The Show lasted two days ; on the second day there was sup- 

 posed to be over four thousand people on the grounds. The show of horses, 

 cattle, and implements, was good. The Floral and Horticultural Show 

 was superior for this new State, and the ladies' department was pecu- 

 liarly excellent ; they, I am happy to state, take a great interest in our 

 Fairs. There were two hundred entries for premiums, and one hundred 



