94 Third Annual KEroRT of the 



Racquette Valley and St. Regis Valley Agricultural 



Society $1,152 23 



Cobleskill Agricultural Society 1,165 83 



Prattsburgh Uniou Agricultural Society 402 2G 



Troupsburgh Agricultural Society 440 49 



Northern Tioga Agricultural Society 702 55 



Dryden Agricultural Society 645 56 



Union Agricultural and Horticultural Society 473 60 



Palmyra Union Agricultural Society 737 38 



Silver Lake Agricultural and Horticultural Society. . . 458 84 



Dundee Fair Association 443 91 



I have heretofore in my reports discussed at some length the 

 subject of State aid to fairs. I am an earnest advocate of building 

 up and maintaining the State fair, and believe that the success of 

 that fair during the last year amply warrants an additional ap- 

 propriation at the present time for further extending and improv- 

 ing the buildings on the fair grounds at Syracuse. Since the fair 

 has had a permanent location the State has given it substantial 

 recognition, and the fair of last year was far beyond any that has 

 been held in many years, both in attendance and the number and 

 character of its exhibits. It is absolutely necessary that certain 

 additional buildings should be provided at this time and I earn- 

 estly recommend an appropriation by the Legislature for that 

 purpose. 



I can not say more than I have heretofore on this subject. Ex- 

 hibits of this kind, at least one in every county, and a grand 

 culmination of the whole annually in the State fair is^ I believe, 

 the most direct way of getting before the public what the agricul- 

 tural population are doing and the result of their labors, and the 

 best way to stimulate improvements through the opportunity 

 offered of comparing views and examining the new methods that 

 are annually exhibited at these fairs. 



