598 



I assisted in the cultivation and measurement of the above mention - 

 ed crop of ruta bagas, and certify that the above statement is cor- 

 rect. 



ALFRED 00 ATE S. 



Personally appeared before me, Joseph Coates and Alfred Coates, who 

 made oath that the above statemant was true. 



JOHN ELLEWOOD, Justice of the Peace. 



January 2, 1854. 



The Committee then adjourned sine die. 



JOSEPH R. BOWMAN, Recording Sec'y. 



Note. — The whole amount of cash premiums awarded by the So- 

 ciety for 1853, is $405 75, for which drafts have been drawn upon the 

 Treasurer. 



The Secretary of the Society last year having omitted to make the 

 Annual Report to the Board of Supervisors, they refused to raise the 

 1- 10th of a mail, on the valuation of the County, required by law to 

 be raised for agricultural purposes, by which the Society lost about $275, 

 and the Executive Committee were compelled to curtail the premium 

 list on that account. 



It will be perceived, however, that the amount of the receipts of the 

 Society, the present year, over the last, for membership and entrance 

 tickets, is about fifty dollars, showing a steady onward movement on 

 the part of the Society. 



The Society expect to be able to erect permanent buildings upon 

 the Fair Ground the ensuing year, which will prevent the expenditure 

 of large sums yearly, for the erection of temporary buildings. 



I will conclude this Report with some extracts from our village pa- 

 pers. 



[From the Oakland Gazette.] 



It is very plain from the Exhibition held last week, that there ie 

 generally a substantial improvement in the art of farming. The horses, 

 working oxen, cows, sheep, swine, fowls, fruit and vegetables, very 

 far excelled any that have ever before been brought together in our 

 County Fairs, in competition with one another. In regard to the pre- 

 eminence in all those various productions of the animal and vegetable 

 kingdoms, the Viewing Committee needed, and we doubt not, received 

 the sympathies of the people. There were horses, oxen and cows, 

 from which it would puzzle a covetoxis man to make choice. 



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