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do something toward supplying this section with fruit, which is 

 now imported altogether from other sections. 



This has been a season as noted for its wetness as that of last 

 year was for drought. It was with extreme difficulty that farmers 

 did their planting, many not being able to get in half their usual 

 quantity of seed, and the continuance of the wet weather through- 

 out the whole summer made it extremely difficult to secure the 

 hay crop. Much was spoiled in curing, and large surfaces of low 

 meadow were not cut at all, being overflowed. 



Potatoes came in fair and not very badly affected with rot, 

 although on account of wet it was very troublesome harvesting 

 them. The influence of this society seems to be working a 

 healthy improvement in the pursuits of the farmers in this section. 



James L. Bucknam, Secretary. 



YORK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Twenty-fifth Annual Exhibition of this Society was held in 

 Saco and Biddeford on the 8th, 9th and 10th of October last. 

 Special effort was made to have the Show and Fair for this year a 

 perfect success, and extra pains were taken in advertising, etc., 

 but unfortunately the early part of the week was very stormy and 

 the grounds were consequently in a very bad condition. But 

 very few entries were made at the grounds ; those few however 

 were very fine, and but few farm products were exhibited at the 

 Fair ; but the fancy articles exhibited by the ladies were more 

 numerous than usual and of a much better and richer quality. 



The attendance throughout was excellent, so that the financial 

 condition of this society remains in about the same condition as at 

 the time of my previous report. 



The Trustees have had several meetings during the past year, 

 at which great interest was manifested for the success of the 

 society, though nothing definite was done that would tend to 

 create a greater interest in the cause of agriculture, but all were 

 satisfied that some arrangement should be perfected to make the 

 receipts larger so as to be able to offer larger premiums. Our 

 exhibitions have been well attended, but owing to the large num- 

 ber of life member tickets passed in, the receipts have been small 

 and are growing less every year as all who take an interest in the 

 success of the society become life members, and conseqnently our 

 receipts hardly pay the premiums. 



William S. Noyes, Secretary. 



