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The said committee obtained and leased five acres of ground 

 i^ear the center of the village, for the sum of twenty-five dollars 

 per annum, and enclosed it with a tight board fence, eight feet 

 high, and erected a building witliin the enclosure forty by sixty 

 feet, for the exhibition of dairy products^ mechanical implementSj. 

 domestic manufactures, &c. 



The annual meeting was held at Norwich on the fourth instant, 

 when premiums on field crops were awarded. Statements with 

 proper certificates as to measurement of ground, previous crops^ 

 &c., together with samples, were presented. 



Officers for 1853. George Juliand, of Greenej President, witb 

 seven Vice Presidents ; Jonathan Wells, of iVorwich, Correspond- 

 ing Secretary and Treasurer, and twenty Managers, one from each 

 tpwn^ the whole constituting the executive committee. 



CALVIN COLE. 



Oxford J January Ith^ 1853^ 



B. P. Johnson, Esq., Sec.^ S^c.t 



In answer to the inquiries in the cireular you addressed to me- 

 in the early part of October last, I have sought for the best in- 

 formation within my reach, and the result is as follows : 



First. The chief products of our county are butter and 

 cheese. 



Second. In consequence of the unusually dry season the past 

 Slimmer, there is but a small increase in butter from last year^ 

 while in cheese there has been a decrease. 



Third. Tiie estimated number of acres devoted to the produc- 

 tion of butter and cheese in this county is 150,000, and the quan- 

 ^ty of butter produced for market is about 3,500,000 pounds, and 

 the quality ranks high among the first in the State. The quantity 

 of cheese is about 1,500,000 pounds, and the quality will com- 

 pare favorably with any other in the State. 



Fourth. The other important productions of the county ar©= 

 seat cattle, sheep and wool, horses, swine, corn, oats, potatoes,. 



