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machine worked so finel}^ last season, and so many persons making 

 them, I proposed to the society to have a trial of them in July, 

 and give a premium from $25 to $50 for the best mower, and I 

 think every county society \v'ould be the gainer by it, as it would 

 not be so far off but that most of the persons in this county that 

 had any desire to see them work, might do so at little or no ex- 

 pense. 



LYMAN 0. SHERWOOD, 



President. 



Stateinent oj the financial condition of the Cayuga County Agri- 

 cultural Society J January 1, 1853. 



Balance in treasury, January 1, 1852, . . $1 55 66 



Receipts of fair, October, 1852, '. 639 26 



Received from State treasury, 151 00 



Subscriptions, &c., 92 56 



Expense of fair, &c., October, 1852,. . . ^399 52 



Amount of premiums paid, 308 00 



Cash in treasury, January 1, 1853, 330 96 



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CHAUTAUQUE. 



The annual cattle show and fair of the Chautauque county Ag- 

 ricultural Society for 1852, was held at the village of Forestville 

 on the 22d and 23d days of September. The show of cattle and 

 horses, and of agricultural implements, was creditable, and will 

 compare favorably with those of previous years. There was also 

 a fair display of domestic manufactures, and of miscellaneous in- 

 door articles. 



The society, in 1849, purchased a canvas tent 100 feet in 

 length by 40 in width, for the exhibition therein of miscellaneous 

 in-door articles. Th6 society having found the tent too small for 



