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of the Professor, gave every token that his remarks were good and 

 well appreciated. 



The total number of entries for exhibition were 1,184, of which 

 800 were stock and the balance the various farm and household 

 products connected with agriculture. 



Receipts: 



521 life members, $10, $5,210 00 



Donations,.. 200 00 



702 annual members, * 701 00 



Receipts at gate, (12^c. tickets,) 1,216 40 



Entries for sweepstakes, _ 165 00 



Stone sold, 10 00 



Balance of last year, 186 07 



$7,780 47 

 Liabilities and Expenditures: 



Paid Edgecomb k Garfield, extra on amphitheater, §7,063 08 



Paid mason work, labor, &c., 1,665 88 



" Grading track and grounds, 501 01 



" Premiums, Sept., 1856, _ ],052 50 



" Premiums, Feb., 1856, _ 98 00 



$10,380 47 



The business of our winter meeting was confined to the award 

 of premiums for seed and field crops and farms, and the election 

 of olhcers for the year. As nothing of novelty or of much impor- 

 tance was elicited in relation to the cultivation of the products 

 taking premiums, I close this part of my report witli the following 

 extracts from statement of Mr. Metcalf, to whom was awarded 

 the first premium on farms : 



" My farm is situated in the town of Gorham, half a mile 

 south of Reed's Corners. It was originally covered with heavy 

 tirnU'r of oak, maj)le, elm, basswood, ash and some hickory; the 

 prin('i])al timber, however, was oak. I purchased said farm Aj>ril 

 1, 1850; it contained 128 acres, at $50 per acre. Previous to 

 my coming in possession, it had been rented for five years by E. 

 Godard, who j)ractice<l tlie skinning system of farming. There 

 were 80 acres of stubble, and not one foot seeded to clover on tlie 

 whole farm when I t(X)k possession, (April 1, 1850.) I contrac- 



