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urgent request of the society, and addressed a large audience on 

 the last day of its meeting upon the show grounds. 



We desire to express our thanks to the gentlemen of the 

 society J for the attentions we received while with them, and hope 

 that we may have the opportunity of returning to them the 

 civilities we received, at some futui-e meeting of our society. 



From the benefit we ourselves have derived from this visit, we 

 are satisfied that a more frequent exchange of courtesies of this 

 character would prove highly advantageous. We need to know 

 more of the practices of farmers in other parts of the Union, to 

 learn what is most advantageous and useful in their practices, 

 and what can successfully be introduced among our farmers for 

 their improvement. We trust this interchange will be continued 

 and extended, as we cannot doubt the great advantages that will 

 result from it. We were gratified at meeting at Baltimore, with 

 Mr. Becar of Long Island, and Mr. Wainwright of Dutchess. 



Respectfully submitted, 



B. P. JOHNSON, 



WILLIAM KELLY, 



A. VAN BERGEN. 

 October 30, 1852. 



REPORT OF J. STANTON GOULD, 



Bclegate to the Fair 'of the R. L Society, on huprovcDicnt of 



JJgriculture, 



To THE Executive Committee of the N. Y. State Ag. Soc. : 



The undersigned, delegate of the Society to attend tlie fair of 

 the R. I. Society for tlie EncoiiiagenK'nt of Domestic Industry, re- 

 ports : Tliat lie attended the fair lield at Providence on tlie I5th, 

 16th and 17th of this month. It was very numerously attended, 

 and there was a very valuable and interesting collection of ar- 

 ticles, arrangetl in a very attractive manner. There were 1,059 



