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On motion of A. Y. Moore, 



Resolved, That tlie President be requested to draft a memorial to 

 tlie Legislature for aid for the years 1853 and 1854; also for pubhsh- 

 ing the Transactions of the Society for 1852, 1853 and 1854. 



Committee appointed to act as a business committee for the succeed- 

 ing year : 



Mr. Dort, Mr. Shoemaker, Mr. Holmes. 



Committee appointed to examine and report upon reports of farms 

 and farm crops : 



Mr. Jay R. Monroe, ilr. Smith, Mr. Moore. 



Committee appointed to examine the petition, and accompanying 

 documents presented by Mr. Roberts, of Wayne County, respecting 

 the Potato Rot: 



Mr. Green, Mr. Dort, Mr. Butterfield. 



At 8 o'clock, P. M., adjourned to 9 o'clock, A. M., of Wednesday 

 15th. 



Wednesday 1 5th, half-past 9 o'clock, A. M., committee called to or- 

 der. 



President in the Chair. 



The several sub-committees not being ready to report, the committee 

 adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock, P. M. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Hah-past G P. M., committee called to order. 



Mr. Dort in the Chair. 



Committee on Rules and Regulations reported; their report, after 

 considerable discussion and some amendments, -was adopted. 



The committee appointed to report a list of premiums to be awarded 

 at the Fair of 1853, was under discussion at 9 o'clock, P. M., when the 

 Society adjourned to 9 A. M. of the 16th. 



Thursday, Dec. 16th, 9 o'clock A. M. 

 The committee called to order. ',•■ 



The President in the Chair. 



At half-past 9 A. M., the President being called from the room, Mr. 

 A. Y. Moore, was called to the Chair. 



