536 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK 



One acre, strict measurement, produced 163| bushels in the 



ear. The cost of harvesting, about $3 per acre. 



WILLIAM KNOX, President, 

 C. S. Brumley. Secretary. 



NIAGARA. 



Our fair was held in the village of Lockport, on the 9th 

 and 10th days of October, 1856. The exhibition of neat cattle, 

 horses, sheep, swine, agricultural products, domestic manufactures, 

 &c., &c., was very large, surpassing any previous fair. 

 Finances: 



Cash on hand from last year,, _ §98 15 



Received at fair, 756 20 



854 35 

 Paid premiums and expenses, 728 21 



Onhand,__ §126 14 



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Officers for 1857. — James D. Shuler, President, Lockport; 12 

 Vice Presidents; R. Sears, Secretary, Lockport; John Van Horn, 

 Treasurer, Lockport; and 6 directors. 



DANIEL MORSE, Secretary. 



ONEIDA. 



Annual fair, Sept. 23d, to 25th, at Rome, was well attended. 

 The exhibition in most departments was not inferior to any former 

 ones. The display of cattle good; of horses, superior to any 

 previous exhibition. The address by Hon. Horace Greeley, was 

 well received, and a copy solicited for publication. 



Officers for 1857. — Calvin Bishop, President, Verona; S. A. 

 Bunce, Secretary, Vernon; James Rees, Treasurer, Utica. 



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ONTARIO. 



The annual winter meeting of the Ontario County Agricultu- 

 ral Society, was held at Canandaigua, on the 4th of February, ult., 



