■^fj2 WEST WASHINGTON SOCIETY. 



Prior to this season it has been customary to offer premiums in 

 the five towns embraced in the limits of the North Knox Society, 

 which towns were formerly comprised within our limits. This 

 gave those farmers in their limits who were opposed to the crea- 

 tion of that Society, and who refused to patronize it, an oppor- 

 tunity to exhibit at our fairs. The oflBcers of the North Knox 

 Society complained that this was unfair and unjust, whereupon 

 our Trustees decided to consider the above five towns outside of 

 our boundaries, and to allow none from that Society to compete in 

 ours. This action cuts off the above mentioned dissatisfied class 

 of farmers, and compels them to exhibit at the North Knox or not 

 at all. They feel that this is hard usage, as it deprives them from 

 exhibiting their produce where larger premiums are offered, and 

 where they can find a read}'- sale at remunerative prices for all 

 products carried in. A union of the two societies is the only 

 reraedj' for this state of things. 



On the whole our fair was a success financially and otherwise; 

 the Society is out of debt and has a small fund in the treasury. 

 During the last half day there was a baby show, in which forty 

 little innocents figured conspicuously, drawing a crowded house, 

 and adding very materially to the receipts of the fair. 



The farmers of Knox county are gradually turning their atten- 

 tion to a better and more scientific manner of conducting farm 

 operations ; are introducing better stock, and manifesting a deter- 

 mination to rely more exclusively upon agriculture as a means of 

 livelihood than heretofore. They are quite certain to succeed, as 

 we have all the needed facilities to insure prosperity in this most 

 honorable and health giving employment. 



WEST WASHINGTON SOCIETY. 



By James L. Bucknam, Secretary. 



The Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of this Society was held in 



Jonesborough, September 2Uh and 29th. The weather being 



stormy on the 28th, the Society postponed the exhibition to the 



following day. 



The attendance on the first day was fully up to the average, and 

 the exhibition was in all respects superior to any ever held by this 



