REPORT 



OF THE WASHTEXAW COUNTY AGMCULTUEAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, FOR 1853. 



J. C. Holmes, Esq., Secretary Michigan State Agricultural Society: 

 Sir — It becomes my duty to make a report of our Society for 1853. 

 I take great pleasure in saying that our Society is in a prosperous con - 

 dition, being free from debt, with a small amount of funds on hand 

 ■with which to commence the operations of another year. Our great 

 prosperity is owing mainly, no doubt, to the interest taken in the Insti- 

 tution by the farmers and mechanics of our county. We can see no 

 reason why our prosperity may not only continue, but constantly in- 

 crease, in proportion to the increase of wealth and prosperity of the 

 county. Our Society, in its origin, was limited in its means, and of 

 course in influence ; but now, with increased means, its influence is felt 

 in the agricultural and manufacturing interests of the county, far be- 

 yond the fondest hopes of the few friends of the enterprise, who first 

 put their hands to the Avork. The number of entries was 1050. 



L. DAVIS, Secretary. 



The following are tlie officers elected for the ensuing year : 

 President— WILLIAM FINLEY— Ann Arbor. 

 Vice Presidents — B. Follett — Ypsilanti. 



J. R. Wallace— Pittsfield. 



H. G. Noble— Dexter. 



D. Hixon — Bridgewater. 



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