EEPORTS FROM COUNTY SOCIETIES. 593 



Expense— 



Cash book - |2 25 



Recording deed 75 



Sperr}' & Bnshnell 75 



Printing (Mather) 10 00 



Posters... 32 00 



Drayago 2 30 



Rubber bands 85 



§48 90 



Paid orders 230 74 



Dayton's orders 37 85 



Hitchcock's orders 82 00 



Hubbard's orders 30 75 



Rockwood's orders G 00 



$2,664 95 

 Balance on hand 261 79 



$2,926 74 



GEO. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer. 



KALAMAZOO COUNTY. 



The annual meeting of the County Agricultural Society was held at the Court 

 House in this village on Saturday, Januaiy 11th, 1879, at 1 P. M. There was 

 a very fair attendance of prominent farmers of the county. On taking the 

 chair President Cobb announced the first business in order to be the report of 

 the Secretary. Mr. Frank Little, Secretary of the Society, then made the fol- 

 lowing report : 



M?'. President and Gentlemen : 



As the Secretary of the Kalamazoo County Agricultural Society, I herewith 

 submit my annual report of the transactions of the Society for the past year. 



The gross receipts of the Society, together with a small appropriation from 

 the county, have been sufficient to pay all the premiums and expenses, leaving 

 our financial condition unimpaired. 



The fair of 1878 was held at National Park, September 26th, 27th, 28th and 

 29th. Weather favorable, except a sudden storm of wind and rain Wednes- 

 day afternoon, which did considerable damage to articles on exhibition in the 

 various halls. The receipts at the ticket office were largely diminished, a merely 

 nominal sum being received that day. 



There were well grounded complaints, I fear, in some of the departments of 

 inadequacy of accommodations, and want of repair of some of the buildings. 

 We can scarcely expect that our citizens will take costly paintings, delicate and 

 valuable articles out of their houses and manufactories, and expose them to in- 

 jury at the fair ground, for the sake of the small premiums offered. 



The general interest of the peopls in the Society is steadily increasing iu the 

 county. New names are being added to the membership, and every town is 

 represented in the list of exhibitors. 



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