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of feeling in favor of the objects of the society. Owing to a 

 severe drought at th^ time, the competition for the plowing match 

 was not very spirited. Only three entries were made, two only 

 of whom' did their work in the best style, one-fourth of an acre 

 in seventy-five minutes. 



The annual address was delivered by Daniel C. Moffatt, Esq., 

 of Goshen, an effort eminently fraught with sound and patriotic 

 views, after the delivery of which, the society elected the follow- 

 ing named gentlemen, officers for the ensuing year and adjourned: 



President, John J. Heard, Goshen ; Recording secretary, Charles 

 H. Wintield; Corresponding secretary, Hamilton Morrison, Mont- 

 gomery ; Treasurer, William L. Beakes, Goshen: Executive com- 

 mittee, John C. Wallace, Goshen; Alden Goldsmith, Blooming- 

 grove; Augustus Thompson, Crawford ; Edward L. Welling, War- 

 wick ; Archibald Beyea, Goshen. 



ISRAEL H. WICKHAM. 



President, 

 Middletown^ Bee. 29, 1853. 



ORLEANS. 



B. P. Johnson, Esq., Sec'^y: 



Dear Sir — Your circular, bearing date October 6, of this cur- 

 rent year, and propounding certain questions in regard to tlie ag- 

 riculture and agricultural productions of tliis county was duly 

 received. As I in part anticipated the questions by my commu- 

 nication of last year it will be unnecessary for me to give a de- 

 tailed^ answer to all the questions proposed. 



Wheat, our staj)le crop is much smaller this year than usual 

 This is in part owing to dryness of the ground at seed time, in 

 part to the severity of the winter, and furtlierniore^to the fainiera 

 relying upon tlie use of macliines (i^nod in tluniselves) newly in- 

 troduced, to the neglect of thorougli and seasonable cultivation. 



The wheat-worm, or midge, lias tbis year made its npiearfince 

 among us, but has not been destructive to iA\y great extent. By 



