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For a description of the Fair, I enclose the following extract, togethei 

 with the premiums awarded, Annual Meeting, Reports of Committees, 



Yours reepectfully, 



WM. H. HARRISON, 

 Sec'i/ Van Buren County Agricultural Socy. 

 Paw Paw, January 28, 1854. 



LIST OF PREMIUMS 



Awarded at the Third Annual Fair of the Van Buren County Agri- 

 cultural Society, held at Paw Paw, on the 13th and 14th of October, 

 1853: 



FARMS. 



Best farm containing 80 acres, all under cultivation, Henry Wil- 

 son, $3 00 



A farm containing 80 acres, 60 under cultivation, Hiram Math- 

 er,. '. 2 00 



Both farms in LaFayette; no others competing with them. 



CATTLE. 



Best working oxen, 7 years old, T. B. Irwin, 2 00 



2d " " 8 " J. R. Monroe, 150 



Best " u 4 « J. Campbell, 175 



2d " '' " " O.Sisson,.. 125 



Best pair 3 year old steers, Charles P. Sheldon, 1 50 



2d " " " Oliver Warner, 100 



Best pair 2 year old steers, John Lyle, ,, 1 00 



2d " " " Orrin Sisson, ._.. 76- 



Best yearling, Abram Ives, 76 



2d " Charles P. Sheldon, 50 



Best single steer 3 years old, Orrin Sisson, , 75 



Best " 1 year old, 0. Sisson, 25 



Best bull, 4 years old, Charles P. Sheldon, 1 00 



2d " 4 " J. R. Monroe,.. - 75 



Best " 2 " E.Branch, _ 75 



2d " 2 " D.Morris, 50 



