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1863, Oct. 1st and 2(J. Sixth exhibition; address by B. 

 Parley Poore. 



1864, Oct. 5th and Gth. Seventli exhibition ; address by 

 Hon. Allen W. Dodge ; poem by Gail Hamilton. 



1866, Oct. 4th and otli. Eighth exhibition; address by 

 Hon. Geo. B. Loring; poem by Mrs. M. A. Powers. 



1867, Oct. 3d and 4th. Ninth exhibition ; address by Chas. 

 L. Flint, Secretary of State Board of Agriculture ; poem by 

 John G. Whittier, " Once more the .liberal year laughs out." 



1870, October 6th and 7th. Tenth exhibition ; address by 

 Hon. Thomas Russell. 



1871, Sept. 21 and 22. Eleventh exhibition ; address by 

 Prof. James R. Nichols ; poem by P. P. Whitehouse. 



1872, Oct. 2 and 3. Twelfth exhibition ; address by Rev. 

 P. S. Boyd ; poem by S. Hoyt. 



1873, Oct. 2 and 3. Thirteenth exhibition ; address by 

 Hon. Geo. B. Loring. 



1874, Oct. 1 and 2. Fourteenth exhibition, and address. 



1879, Oct. 9 and 10. Fifteenth exhibition held. 



1880, Sept. 23 and 24. Sixteenth exhibition ; address by 

 Rev. J. F. Spaulding, and remarks by Hon. Geo. B. Loring, 

 B. Perley Poore and James P. King. 



These several exhibitions have been fully attended, and 

 great interest has been awakened in the cause of xVgriculture 

 and Horticulture thereby in this immediate section. In truth, 

 we may say, that previous to the organization of the society, 

 fruit culture received very little attention. It has been the 

 means of spurring the farmer and gardner to learn and profit 

 by the experience of those who have given thought and atten- 

 tion to the best methods af cultivating farm and garden crops, 

 and by other measures added much to the general improve 

 ment of our farms and their surroundings. 



The Library of the Association contains 300 volumes, and 

 has cost the Society -SoOO. 



It has received from exhibitions, in receipts and donations, 

 since its organization, $6586.83. The expenditures, iincluding 



