FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



GENESEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 1853. 



In performing the duty prescribed by the 13 th Article of the By- 

 Laws of the Genesee County Agricultural Society, the Executive Com- 

 mittee have much pleasure in reporting the continued and steady im- 

 provement manifested in the several branches of industrial occupation 

 throughout the county ; bringing with it its own reward, in the devel- 

 opment of material comfort, wealth and general prosperity. 



A more scientific mode of farming than that formerly in vogue, is 

 rapidly extending itself over the county, and greater attention is be- 

 stowed upon the judicious rotation of crops, the application of manures, 

 and the benefits to be derived from a thorough drainage of wet 

 lands. 



The Committee also observe an annually increasing interest taken in 

 the proceedings of this Society, by the agricultural portion of the com- 

 munity; and they have practical evidence that the general improvement 

 spoken of, is largely owing to the influence exercised by the Society; 

 more especially by the knowledge acquired, and the friendly emulation 

 excited at the yearly gatherings of intelligent citizens who throng the 

 County Fairs. 



A considerable share of the impetus to this important progress, in the 

 right direction, may also be attributed to the very general diffusion and 

 study of agricultural publications; and the benefits to be derived from 

 the free use of this indispensable assistance to successful fanning, cannot 

 be over-rated. 



