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also buckwheat. Corn, good in some places, but poor in others. 

 Apples were an extra crop. Potatoes extra in some locations and 

 very poor in others, some had nearly three-fourths rotten, and 

 others no rotten ones to speak of. Ruta bagas an extra crop and 

 very firm and smooth. 



The past season has been uncommonly wet ; cold weather 

 lasted till very late, the stage going on runners till the sixteenth 

 day of April, and it held cold and wet so long that but little farm- 

 ing was done (except in very dry places) till June. 



Amonnt of premiums offered, including for trials of speed, 



$802.45. Amount of premiums and gratuities paid, including for 



trials of speed, $598.55. 



Leonard Fisher, Secretary. 



WEST WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Our Thirteenth Exhibition was held at Jonesborough, October 3d 

 and 4th, 1872. It was much better than was anticipated, under the 

 circumstances. The weather was favorable and the attendance 

 larger than at the fair of last year and receipts somewhat more. 



Owing to the unfavorable season, the amount of farm produce on 

 exhibition was below that of last year, yet the quantity and quality 

 were sufficient to show a steady improvement in agricultural 

 operations in this vicinity. The spring was so wet and back- 

 ward, that it was very late before farmers could do their plant- 

 ing and the wet weather continued throughout the whole season. 



The show of neat stock was as good if not better than that of 

 any previous exhibition. Some fine Durham cattle from the farm 

 of J. C. Talbot were shown, also some beautiful grades from the 

 farms of James Thompson and Arthur Moore. 



The horses were very creditable. There is as much interest 

 manifested by the people of this section in the improvement and 

 care of the horse as any other branch of farming. 



Sheep raising seems to have been nearly abandoned by the 

 farmers of this section, it being now chiefly confined to the 

 Islands along the coast, not enough being raised on the mainland 

 to supply the demand for mutton. 



There seems to be no marked advance in dairying here, although 

 the dairy products on exhibition were of fine quality. 



A marked interest in orcharding is felt by farmers in this sec- 

 tion. Many young trees are planted out yearly, which will soon 



