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I endeavored to present the plans and objects of our Society 

 with reference to agricultural education, the thorough trial of im- 

 plementSj the performance of well conducted and reliable experi- 

 ments in agriculture, and the collection ofauthentic statistics, be- 

 fore the board of managers of the R. I. Society, and at their request 

 reduced them to writing. The board assured me of their willing- 

 ness to co-operate wuth our society for the furtherance of these 

 objects. 



They have already accumulated some very valuable statistics 

 collected from every farmer in the State, by agents paid by the 

 Society, which were kindly given to me by S. H. Smith, Esq.^ 

 chairman of the board of managers. From these accounts it ap- 

 pears the average production of Indian corn from an acre is 30^ 

 bushels, the maximum being 100 bushels. The average of rye is 

 12| bushels, the maximum production is 40 bushels. The aver- 

 age crop of onions per acre is 377 bushels, the maximum produc- 

 tion is 600 bushels per acre. The average production of carrots 

 is 421 bushels per acre, and the maximum production is 1000 

 bushels. The total value of the agricultural productions of the 

 State is §3,072,837, being an annual increase from each acre of 

 improved land in the State of $8.61. 



JOHN STANTON GOULD. 



REPORT OF JONATHAN EDGCOMB, 



Delegate to Ohio and Michigan State Fairs. 



B. P. Johnson, Esq., Secraary^ kc. : 



Sir — It is with dilfidence I address you on the subject of agri- 

 cultural exhibitions in our country, for they have, in many in- 

 stances, transcended my most sanguine expectations. 



Being one of the number appointed by your Executive Com- 

 mittee as a delegate tu the State Agricultural Exhibitions of Ohio 

 and Michigan, and not having seen any account in our journals 

 from tlie pen of any of my honorable colleagues, in refi-rence to 

 ihose State Fairs, permit me to give you a brief statement of what 



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