COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS. 



The reports from the County Societies, of which abstracts are 

 given, show, that the subject of Agriculture is receiving commen- 

 dable attention in most of the counties of the State. In several 

 of the counties from which reports have been received, it is to be 

 regretted that more attention has not been given in securing relia- 

 ble returns of the products of the county, and the improvements 

 made in Agriculture. 



The Secretary visited several counties, and delivered addresses 

 to the farmers — and it was gratifying to be assured that agricul- 

 ture is deemed of sufficient importance to secure the attention of 

 many of the most intelligent men in our State. The manifest 

 improvements in every section of the State visited, are indica- 

 tions of the advantages which have resulted from associated 

 effort. Farmers are availing themselves of the information which 

 is spread before them in the Transactions and agricultural jour- 

 nals of the day, and the superior manner in which farms are 

 being managed, gives assurance that their opportunities have not 

 been neglected. 



An abstract of the census, so far as Agriculture is concerned, 

 is given in the preceding pages. The year in which the census 

 of the crops was taken, 1854, was a most luifortunate one, from 

 the severe drought which prevailed throughout the State, affecting 

 very seriously many of the crops. Still it will be seen that the 

 resources of the State are most ample, and the general progress 

 of the great agricultural interest is onward. 



