REPORTS FROM LOCAL SOCIETIES. 



BROCKWAY CENTER DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Yale, St. Clair Co., Mich., ) 



November 29, 1889. \ 



To the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society : 



Dear Sir — The Brockway Center District Agricultural Society held its 

 first annual fair on the grounds of the society September 25, 26 and 27, 1889. 



219 membership tickets sold at II each $219 00 



Gate receipts _•_ - 196 50 



Rent of ground during fair — 70 00 



Total .- 1485 50 



Amount of premiums awarded — - 270 00 



Expenses - 86 00 



Total $356 00 



Number of entries, 730. 



JOHN WARE, 



Secretary. 



ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE BROCKWAY CENTER DISTRICT AGRI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To all whom it may concern : 



We the undersigned inhabitants of the State of Michigan, desiring to form a district 

 agricultural society, under the provisions of sections 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 

 2309, 2310, 2311, and "2312, of the general statutes of the State of Michigan, compiled 

 and annotated by Andrew Howell, and the provisions of this chapter 55, title 10, of 

 revised statutes of 1846, and other laws applicable thereto, have associated ourselves 

 together, and do associate ourselves together, under the provisions of the said statute 

 laws of this State, as Brockway Center District Agricultural Society. 



First, said society shall be composed of the following named townships situated in 

 the counties of St. Clair, Sanilac and Lapeer, to wit : In St. Clair county, Brockway, 

 Emmet, Grant, Greenwood, Lynn, Kenokee, Clyde, Mussey, Riley, Wales, Burchville 

 and the village of Brockway Center. In Sanilac county, Flynn, Elk, Speaker, Free- 

 mont and Maple Valley. In Lapeer county, Burnside. 



Place of business shall be the village of Brockway Center, St. Clair county. 



The objects of and business of said society to be to promote the interest of agricult- 

 ure, horticulture and mechanic arts, hold fairs and exhibitions, and at its pleasure 

 distribute premiums for the best and most meritorious animals or articles exhibited in 

 the several departments, and as shall by its by-laws be provided for. 



