STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 573 



with any other like portion of territory in the State. Mr. Daniel 

 Suplee of the town of Starkey, who by-the-by is one of our best 

 and ablest farmers, has to-day in his yard probably one of the 

 best full-blood Durham bulls in Western New- York; and in fact 

 we have seen many imported animals of long and high sounding 

 names and pedigree greatly his inferior. 



In fact through the iniluence and the success of our laudable 

 efibrts to improve, refine and enlighten the people in an agricul- 

 tural point of view, by keeping up our Society and our annual 

 fairs, the agricultural newspaper enterprise is greatly indebted. 

 Greatly to the credit of our citizens, scarcely a farmer can be 

 found who does not read some work on agriculture — take one or 

 more agricultural papers, or who has so thrown off ail bigotry, or 

 sufficient at least as to be greatly influenced by those of his neigh- 

 bors who do read. We have been credibly informed that there 

 are taken in this county over 500 copies of Moore's Rural New- 

 Yorker alone, and in which many valuable suggestions, "facts 

 and figures," are weekly given, with which the farmer, from time 

 to time, is wont to compare his judgment and his experience; he 

 is led to think — to read more — to talk, and to talk intelligibly, if 

 not scientifically, on agricultural subjects; and thus tlie mind is 

 improved, his condition in life bettered, his happiness, comfort, 

 and that of his family increased, and the world benefited by his 

 having lived in it. 



The annual address was delivered by our townsman, the Hon. 

 D. A. Ogden, late Consul to Honolulu. 



The annual winter meeting of the Society convened at Wash- 

 ington Hall, on Saturday, December 18, and was called to order 

 by Col. Gilbert Sherer, President. 



Tlie report of the Treasurer was read by Wm. S. Judd, which on 

 motion of Cliarles Wagener, Avas adopted. 

 Receipts: 



Received for memberships, $278 00 



" " admissions to fair grounds, 400 63 



« from festival, 100 00 



" for rent of fair grounds, 20 00 



" from treasurer of 1 855 ,._ 8 54 



Due from State to Society, 61 00 



$868 17 



