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from almost every local association in our State ; and in addition 

 to these, a large attendance of those of our citizens, who have 

 given their best energies to develope the resources of our State, 

 and the improvement of its agriculture, in every department. 

 There is no feature of our exhibition more gratifying than this ; it 

 indicates that both at home and abroad, the pursuit of agriculture 

 has truly vindicated its right to be considered as of the highest 

 interest to the welfare of the whole people. It strengthens the 

 relations l)etween the State and the Society, from which an aid so 

 valued and so honorable is derived, and is an evidence, that all 

 that lias be(^n done, has been observed and approved by the in- 

 telligent scrutiny of those to whom the people have entrusted 

 the places of the highest trust. 



The annual record of our fair would be imperfect, if it failed 

 to award full justice to the admirable arrangements which were 

 devised and sustained in respect to the police, and watchfulness 

 and supervision of the ground. It was most creditable to the 

 citizens of Utica, that the good order which characterized the 

 occasion, was alike the result of a general disposition to obey, and 

 of the excellent regulations which, under the directions of John 

 Buttertield, Esq., and those associated with him, were institut- 

 ed ; and the prompt manner in which all the expenses of the 

 fair \ ere satisfactorily arranged by the gentlemen having charge 

 of the arrangements at Utica, Messrs. Faxton and Butterfield, de- 

 serves the highest commendation. 



The fair grounds were a decided improvement upon those of 

 previous years, and the substitution of tents for wooden structures 

 which were ad(tpted generally for the first time, was a most fortu- 

 nate selection ; adding much to the beauty of the exhibition not 

 only, but also materially dimini^hing the expenses attending the 

 preparations for the exhibition. These capacious tents atlbrded 

 ample space for the arrangement of the articles, and for the 

 accommodation of the public, and gave a charm to the wliole ex- 

 hibition, which it could not otherwise have presented. 



The gentlemen selected as judges, attended more fully than on 

 any farmer occasion ; their duties were most arduous, and were 

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