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clover is now considered indispensable in the culture of our sta- 

 ple crop, -^vlieat. This has been good the past year, though in 

 some localities the weevil has appeared, doiDg some damage. 

 Other crops, includiag hay, have been good. Potatoes were su- 

 perior to any year since the prevalence of the ^' potato disease." 

 We are not advised that strong fertilizers have been used to a 

 great extent. In some instances, near Rochester, guano, to the 

 extent of 300 pounds to the acre, has been applied with good suc- 

 cess, giving an increase of ninety bushels per acre. The method 

 of application, was putting a small parcel in the hill, separating 

 the guano from the seed by a little soil. Those thus treated were 

 more successtul than where the guano was sown broadcast before 

 planting. Experiments of this character, witli different crops, 

 and many fertilizers, should be made under the direction of the 

 different county societies and the State Society. 



As a whole, our operations for the past year have been of a 

 highly pleasing and useful character, from which the best results 

 may be anticipated. We enter upon another year with renewed 

 zeal, hoping our efibrts will be crowned by accomplishing some 

 permanent good for that best of all causes, the cause of agricultu- 

 ral improvement. 



H. C. White, Secretary. 



MONTGOM&RY. 



B. P. Johnson, Secretary^ &;c.: 



The Agricultural society of Montgomery county held its An- 

 nual fair and Cattle show in the village of Fonda, on Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, the 6th and 7th days of October last. The 

 attendance '\7as supposed to be larger than upon any similar oc- 

 casion since the formation of our societv. The unusual number 

 of farmers, artisans, professional men, and ladies, called together 

 during the two days of the fair, aifordsa gratifying proof of the 

 increasing desire felt by all classes of our citizens for the promo- 

 tion of those important objects for which our association was es- 

 tablished. The spacious yard adjoining the Court House was 

 used for the exhibition of stock and the more cumbrous articles, 



