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exhibition, horses seemed to excel. This department was largely 

 represented in stallions, mares and colts. Matched horses for the 

 carriage and farm, and single horses. Never before have we had 

 shown so many fine animals of tlie above description ; nor were 

 other stock wanting to add to the interest of the show. 



The interest of the occasion was much enhanced by the large ex- 

 hibition of agricultural implements. This department, heretofore, 

 has been much neglected with us, but the inducements held out 

 by the society, in the shape of of large premiums, and the enter- 

 prise of some of our manufacturers, contributed to make this 

 part of the exhibition of great interest and utility. 



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In domestic manufactures, the exhibition was meager, owing to 

 the poor accommodations heretofore offered by the society for that 

 department. We hope by another year to erect a permanent 

 building, and to induce by fair premiums, the wives of our far 

 mers to exhibit specimens of their industry and handiwork. 



Officers for 1853. — C. R. Bond, of Geneseo, President; Ly- 

 man Turner, Geneseo; Samuel L, Fuller, Conesus; Aaron 

 Barber, Lima : Vice presidents : Ephraim Cone, Treasurer ; Henry 

 V. Colt, Secretary ; and a member of the Executive committee 



from each town in the county. 



ROBERT ROME, President, 

 Henry V. Colt, Secretary. 



MADISON. 



As President of the Madison county Agricultural Society, 

 it gives me great pleasure to report its prosperous condition. 

 The semi-annual meetings have been well attended, and great 

 interest displayed on the part of the members generally, to 

 make the operations of the society as beueticial to the whole 

 community as possible. 



The annual fair of the society was held at the village of Eaton, 

 on the 22d and 23d days of September, and is estimated to have 

 been a just indication of the increasing interest taken in the sub- 



