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substantial farmers, was a subject of frequent remark at the last fair. 

 This change is naturally accounted for by the growing interest taken 

 in agriculture, and the increased desire of farmers, to obtain informa- 

 tion of the new and improved productions of the field and the garden, 

 and the most profitable culture adopted with the new labor-saving ma- 

 chines, and convenient implements of husbandry sho\vn on these occa- 

 sions ; where there are always present those who will explain their 

 appUcation and benefits. The plan of the charter, combining all the 

 great interests of industry, is essential to an institution graduated on a 

 scale of expenditure required by the variety and magnitude of its ope- 

 rations. If an amount equal to the admission fees of the exhibition, 

 contributed by either of the great interests embraced in the charter, 

 were withheld, the institute could not meet its expenses. 



The following is a full account of all the receipts and expenditures 

 for the last year, and subjoined is a statistical table of the receipts of the 

 institute, the sources from which they have been derived, the separate 

 disbursements on account of the repository, the annual fairs, and the 

 total of each for seven years ; followed by a statement of the number 

 of premiums awarded by the institute from the year 1835 to 1845, in- 

 clusive. 



