REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. 



To THE Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 



Sir, — We herewith submit the following Report of the Trans- 

 actions of the Norfolk Agricultural Society for the past year. 



The result of the year's operations of the Society is very satis- 

 factory, as during that time more ilian one hundred new members 

 have been added to the already large list, and a very mate- 

 rial reduction has been made in the debt which was necessarily 

 incurred in the purchase of lands, and the erection of suitable 

 buildings for the immediate and prospective wants of the Society. 

 The accommodations now afforded are ample and sufficient, the 

 grounds are well fenced and protected, and the buildings are in 

 excellent condition. 



The Annual Exhibition was unusually successful, the weather 

 being fine and the attendance very large, giving evidence of con- 

 tinued interest in the welfare and success of the Society on the 

 part of the people of the county. The Ploughing and Spading 

 Matches, always very interesting features in our Annual Exhibi- 

 tions, were fully equal to those of former years. The Show of 

 Horses and Stock, taken in all respects, was superior to that of 

 any previous year, proving conclusively that great and increasing 

 interest is taken in the raising of choice specimens of Blood and 

 Native Stock, of which Norfolk county possesses, at the present 

 time, some of the best in tlie State. 



