EEPORTS FROM COUNTY SOCIETIES. 615 



Sheep - 42 



Swi ne. 41 



Poultry - 40 



279 



Grain, vegetables, fruits and flowers 168 



Dairy, liousehold and domestic 88 



Painting, fancj' worlv and merchandise 191 



Implements, etc 42 



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Total of entries 768 



PKEMIDMS AWARDED. 



Horses, general list _ $148 00 



Horses, special list 272 50 



Cattle 1 57 00 



Sheep 61 00 



Spine 65 00 



Poultry 29 50 



§733 00 



Grain, vegetables, fruits and flowers 88 75 



Dairy, household and domestic 48 25 



Paintings, fancy work and merchandise - 88 75 



Implements, etc 18 60 



Total of premiums awarded $977 25 



RECEIPTS FOR 1881. 



Membership certificates .„ $175 00 



Excess advertisements in pamphlet 50 00 



Entrances in special classes. ..^ 148 00 



Eent of stands on grounds 177 50 



Gate tickets — adult and child 1,185 94 



Tickets, grand stand 65 44 



Incidental, O.P.Morton 1 00 



Interest on temporary loan 35 00 



Total receipts, 1881 $1,837 88 



EXPENDITURES. 



Paid premium checks, fair '81 $973 25 



Schoolcraft Agricultural Association 200 00 



Forage — hay and straw 122 75 



Prairie Ronde cornet band 50 00 



Stamps, envelopes, wraps and directing - 45 75 



Stationery, ribbons and blanks 20 94 



Assistants in treasurer's and secretary's oflice, etc 31 00 



Police, watch, marshal and gates 67 88 



Incidental expense account 73 45 



Sundry disbursements 33 64 



Secretary's salary and other contingencies 202 93 



$1,831 59 



FINANCES. 



Dr. 



Cash on hand. January 1, 1881 |1 ,126 10 



Receipts of 1881 1,837 88-.$2,963 98 



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Paid premium checks § 973 65 



Paid contingent checks 848 34 



Cash on hand January 2, 1882 1,142 39-$2,963 98 



In concluding my annual report, pardon an allusion, Mr. President, to this fact in 

 the history of this association, that it is now nine years since, from a somewhat 

 relapsed condition, certain gentlemen, whose names appear upon the journal, entered 

 upon the work of conducting the affixirs of the society. 



Nine annual fairs have been held since 1S73, the aggregate receipts from which 



