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fain the requisite o.iaterials at a moderate cost. Thev are a^j^-aldng 

 to the importance of securing the treasures in those great store- 

 houses cf nature, the immense alluvial and muck deposits that 

 abound in this countyc It is not strange the)' should wish to add 

 the enriching qualities of thf se deposits to many of their exhaust- 

 ed fields; it is nauch more surprising that they, as well as tho 

 fdrmers in many other sections of the country, should have laid 

 out thousands of dollars for costly manures from the city of New- 

 York, while thousands of loads of the best materials forenriching 

 their farms, which in many cases was in part washed from their 

 surrounding lulls, were accumulated in the deep valleys, in sight 

 of their own dwellings. This state of things cannot last long, 

 when the example of those wlio have made the trial shows the great 

 increase of crop, at snail expense, that this supply will give. 



The prospects of the society are brightening, our premium. list 

 is increasing in amount, and the number of articles enhanced 

 within its range. We have, during the past year, increascxi the 

 sum to a^bout one thousand dollars, and cur treasurer, as jouwill 

 perceive in his report, has paid out in cash, bfiide the books, di- 

 plomas, SiC.y distributed to those entitltd to premiums, over nine 

 hundred dollai-s ; and we have the means, with the one hundred 

 and forty- six dollars to be received from the State, to pay hun- 

 dreds more. 



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The exhibition of fine cattle was not so large as we could have 



wished, some of the usual exhibitors having parted with consi- 

 derable of their stock to fill orders from a distance, and othe4"i 

 had very fine animals too recently imported to entitle them to 

 compete for a premiu/n. Among the different classes exhibited 

 was a superior lotof Devons, by Edward G. Faile, Esq. 



Some owners of fine stock object to the three days their cattle 

 *ire, by present arrangement, kept from their homes. It is pro- 

 posed by many to meet this objection, to permit the entry of stock 

 io be made as lat^^ as ii or 12 o'clock on the second d^y of tb« 

 fair, so tKat that day and the following, and till 4 o'clock P. M., 

 -would bo the limit of time for which the stock exhibition would l>o 

 kept. This, it is supposed, will obviate all objections to the timo 

 of eiihlbitlon, asd secuxd a large number aiwther year. 



