584 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Ill the department of swine we had a very fine show of animals ; and, while 

 recognizing f nlly the good qualities of all, and without disparagement of others, 

 would note a list comprising twenty-seven pure blood Poland China hogs, by 

 an exhibitor from this county. A number of these animals had been awarded 

 first and second prizes at the I>''ortherii Indiana Fair of 1875, and also at the 

 Michigan State Agricultural Fair at Jackson in 1876. 



While alluding to the enterprise and general progress that has been made 

 and is going on in the various branches of agriculture in our count}', and the 

 fact that we have already won enviable distinction in the line of stock growing, 

 as well as in the various products of the field, the garden, and the orchard. It 

 is also proper to state in this connection that it is but a short time, compara- 

 tively, since one of our prominent farmers, whose broad acres lie within the 

 borders of this county, won the first premium offered by the Michigan State 

 Agricultural Society for the largest and best cultivated farm in the State. 



I will now call your attention more particularly to the immediate business 

 and transactions of the past year. 



The whole number of entries in the several departments for the fair of 1876 

 were as follows : 



Horses 148 



Cattle - 78 



Sheep 64 



Swine - 56 



Poultry 47 



Grain, vegetables, fruits, and flowers 630 



Dairy and household, domestic manufacture, and fancy work .- 267 



Merchants' goods, paintings, furniture, carriages, implements, etc 230 



Centennial museum and babies 73 



Total number of entries 1, 593 



The following is the summary of premiums awarded in the various depart- 

 ments : 



Horses — general list $193 60 



" special list 380 00 



Cattle - . - - 192 00 



Sheep - 78 00 



Swine 47 00 



Poultry - 25 50 



Grain, vegetables, fruit, and flowers 155 50 



Dairy, household, and fancy .- 105 75 



Goods, paintings, implements, etc 151 00 



Special — babies 66 00 



Total of premiums awarded _ $1,393 75 



Financial statement of receipts and expenditures for the fiscal vear ending 

 January 13, 1877: 



RECEIPTS. 



Advertising in pamphlet '76 S164 00 



Kent of stands on the ground 131 50 



Speed subscriptions 220 95 



