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MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES DISCRETIONARY PREMIUMS. 



No. 112. One bearskin robe, W. W. Andrus, Book. 



" 447. One parlor stove, C. Sturdevant & Co., 1 00 



" 446. 2d parlor stove, C. Stiu-devant, & Co.,. 50 



" 534. One American Eagle stove, D. ZelofF, 1 00 



" 536. 2d " " " " 50 



" 536. 3d " " " " Book. 



" 571. One dozen patent clothes pins, 26 



At the close of our Fourth Annual Fair, the Society was called to 

 order by the President, when we were permitted to listen to a very 

 interesting and instructive address, delivered by the Hon. James L. 

 Cono-er, a copy of which address the Society unanimously solicited (by 

 vote) for publication, and to be entered upon the records of the So- 

 ciety. 



The following gentlemen were elected oflBcers for the ensuing year, 



viz: 



President— WILLIAM CANFIELD— of Clinton. 



Secretary — Dexter Mussey — of Rome. 



Treasurer — P. K. Leech — of Utica. 



Executive Committee — James B. St. John — of Armada. 



Ira H. Butterfield — of Utica. 



Lorin Andrews— of Washington. 



M. S. Hadley— of 



Jeremiah Sabin — of Richmond. 

 In closing this report, allow me to say, that the county of Macomb ^ 

 is one of the lake and river counties, and has generally been regarded 

 as a wet, marshy district ; but during the past five years, the farmers 

 of westera New York, in their migrations westward, have had their at- 

 tention directed to this county, and instead of the low, swampy land 

 anticipated, they have been surprised to find it rolling, generally dry, 

 and in every respect as well fitted for agricultural purposes, as the far 

 famed lands they had left ; consequently a very strong current of emi- 

 oration has flowed in this direction, which, together with the impetus 

 given to farming by the organization and operation of Agricultural So- 

 cieties, has caused a very material advance in real estate ; and yet, as is 

 always the case, when enterprise and improvement are the order of the 

 day, the farmer clears a much larger per cent, on the present value of 



