STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 559 



Balance on hand from last year, §10 00 



The receipts at the fair were, _ .' 227 00 



Paid out for premiums, 171 50 



Expenses, 46 00 



DANIEL TUTTLE, President. 

 Orlando Hurd, Secretary. 



SULLIVAN. 



The annual fair and cattle show of the Sullivan County Agri- 

 cultural Society for 1856, was held in Monticello, on the 9th day 

 of October. The concourse of people, as usual on such occasions 

 in this county, w^as immense; but truth compels me to say that, 

 as usual, the exhibition w^as unworthy the farmers of Sullivan, and 

 the occasion. Our agriculturists generally, and even members of 

 the Society, evince a backwardness in adding to the interest of 

 fairs, which is far, very far from commendable. It is hoped that 

 a better time is coming. 



Officers for the present year : 



President, Lewis Moore, Monticello, and 14 Vice-Presidents; 

 Secretary, James L. Stewart, Monticello; Treasurer, Cornelius 

 Hatch, Monticello; Cor'g Sec'y, James E. Quinlan, Monticello; 

 Executive Committee of six. 



JAMES E. QUINLAN, Cor'g Secretary. 



TIOGA. 



This Society was incorporated in 1855, and since has success- 

 fully sustained itself, and still exists with increasing prospects of 

 usefulness. The effects and usefulness of this Society in the 

 county for go(j(l, cannot be (piestioned. The marked ini})rove- 

 ment in the stock exliibited at the last county fair, from tliat 

 wliich was exliibited in 1855, tends to encourage the Society to 

 make greater exertions during tiic present year. Tlie farmers 

 are becoming more and more alive to tlie importance of improving 

 their stock. The great superiority in llesh,and in milk and but- 

 ter, and the liigli j>rices whieli tliorougli-bred stock brings, as 

 compared with the old or native brcedSj are stimulating all who 



