1853. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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A fair average product of an acre of orcharding, 

 in good bearing condition, may be estimated at two 

 hundred to three hundred bushels a year ; and at 

 this rate, we doubt whether so great an amount of 

 animal. nourishment can be obtained from the same 

 extent of land, in proportion to the expense, by 

 any other crop. We should not hesitate, there- 

 fore, to recommend the cultivation of apples as food 

 fo.r stock. 



THE ROCKINGHAM FAIR. 



Pursuant to notice, a meeting was held at the 

 Town Hall in Exeter, for the purpose of forming a 

 County Agricultural Society, on Thursday, the 28th 

 day of October. 



The meeting was organized by the choice of 

 Henry F. French, Chairman. Wm. H. Hills, 

 Clerk, pro tern. 



After some discussion touching the general ob- 

 jects of the meeting, a committee of three was 

 raised to report a Constitution. 



After a short adjiiurnment the Committee made 

 their report, and an interesting discussion upon 

 the several articles of the Constitution as reported 

 followed. 



The Constitution as finally adopted is as follows : 



CON STITUTION. 



1. This Society shall be styled "The Rocking- 

 ham Fair." 



2. Its object is the improvement of Agriculture, 

 Horticulture, and the Mechanic Ajrts in this Coun- 



3. Its officers shall be a President, four Vice 

 Presidents, a Secretary, Treasurer and three Trus- 

 tees, and a Collector for each town. 



4. The President, Secretary and Trustees shall 

 constitute the Executive Board, of which the Presi- 

 dent shall be Chairman, and the Secretary, Clerk. 

 This Board shall by a major vote manage and con- 

 trol all the affairs of the society, and adopt all 

 such measures to promote its objects as they think 

 proper, subject, however, to the direction of the 

 society, at any regular meeting, and to its by- 

 laws. 



5. The President, Secretary, and Trustees, shall 

 be elected by ballot, at the annual meeting. All 

 other officers shall be appointed by the Executive 

 Board, except such as may be elected at the annu 

 al meeting, in such manner as the meeting shall 

 direct. 



6. The Secretary shall keep a -fair record of all 

 the transactions of the society, and of the Execu 

 tive Board. The Treasurer shall keep a correct ac- 

 count of all money received and expended, and 

 shall give bonds as the Trustees shall direct. Their 

 records shall be, at all times, open to the inspec- 

 tion of any member. 



7. The annual meeting shall be held in the Au- 

 tumn, at such time and place as shall be appoint 

 edby the Executive Board. 



8. ^Members shall be admitted, on such terms 

 as shall be, from time to time, prescribed, and the 

 society may assess such members not exceeding 

 one dollar year, each. 



9. Any person paying five dollars at one time 

 to the Treasurer, shall be a life member, and shall 

 pot be liable to assessment for five years. 



10. The foregoing articles may be altered, at 

 any annual meeting, by a vote of two-thirds of the 

 members present. 



A committee of ten was then raised to report to 

 the meeting in the afternoon a list of officers to be 

 balloted for under the fifth article, when the meet- 

 ing adjiurned to two o'clock, P. M. 



At the afternoon session, the last named Com- 

 mittee made their report, and an election of offi- 

 cers took place under the Constitution, and the 

 following gentlemen were with almost perfect 

 unanimity elected for the ensuing year : 



Henry F. French, of Exeter, President. 

 Joseph T. Gilman, of Exeter, Secretary. 

 James Pickering, of Newington, "1 y- 

 JosiAH Bartlett, of Stratham, 1 Presi- 

 Mosfes Eaton, Jr., of S. Hampton, | jg„/e 

 David Currier, of Derry, J 



WinthropH. Dudley, of Brentwood, ^ 

 Thomas J. Melvin, of Chester, > Trustees. 



John M. Weare, of Seabrook, ) 



After this organization, the Chairman gave no- 

 tice that he had received the names of seventeen 

 gentlemen from Exeter, who desired to become 

 Life-members, under the 9th Article of the Con- 

 stitution, and gave their names. Two other citi- 

 zens of Exeter added theirs on the spot, when 

 gentlemen of other towns followed the example, 

 until fifiy-tliree members bad subscribed, — thus 

 raising a fund at once of $265,00. 



A suggestion was made that measures be taken 

 forthwiSi, to raise a fund of $5,000, by the ad- 

 mission of Life Members, to place the Society be- 

 yond the chance of failure. The whole matter was 

 left with the Executive Board. 



It was voted that the publishers of all papers in 

 the county and also of the Granite Farmer, be re- 

 quested to publish the proceedings of the meeting, 

 and the meeting adjourned without day. 



The following is a list of the members who have 

 already joined the Society as life members. The 

 whole number is eighty-three. 



At a meeting of the Executive Board in the 

 evening, Retire H. Parker, of Exeter, was appoint- 

 ed Treasurer. 



Exeter.— 3. T. Gilman, H. F. French, Nath'l 

 Gilman, Jeremiah Robinson, Retire H. Parker, 

 Nath'l Gordon, Jos. G. Hoyt, Isaac Flagg, D. W. 

 Gorham, John Hoyt, Grin Head, Daniel Melcher, 

 Wm. P. Moulton, Wm. Conner, Geo. G. Smith, J. 

 W. Odlin,.R. F. Goodwin, J. H. Shapley, Amos 

 Tuck, John F. Gould, Sam'l B. Clarke, S. W. Lea- 

 vitt, A. P. Blake, Abner Merrill, Wm. Wadleigh, 

 Charles D. Towle, Jos. B. Flagg, A. S.Thayer, A. 

 W. Lovering, Charles Conner, Thomas Conner, 

 John P. P. Kelley, E. S. Durgin, Geo. Gardner, Asa 

 Jewell, Wm. B. Morrill, S. W. Dearborn, J. 0. 

 Long, John Sullivan, E. H. Valentine, Joseph L. 

 Cilley, John Dodge, C. T. Bunker, Samuel H. Ste- 

 vens, Timothy Tilton, S. H. Piper, Joshvia Getchell, 

 Jacob Carlisle, Jewett Conner, Daniel F. Hayes, 

 Edmund EUiot. 



Stratham. — Josiah Bartlett, J. H. Diraan, Frank- 

 lin Clark, J. B. Wiggin, John E. Wiggin, Geo. 

 Wingate. 



Kingston. — Gideon Webster, William Webster, 

 J. M. Bartlett. 



Danville. — Wm. Hoyt. 



South Hampton. — Moses Eaton, Jr. 



Newmarket.— B. B. Tuttle. 



East Kingston. — James M. Sanborn, R. ^ • 

 Currier. 



Plaistow.— Levi B. Tucker, Wm. H. Hills. 



