REPOllT OF THE rrvESIDENT AND SECRETARY. 



To THE Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 



Sir, — In accordance with former usage, we submit the fol- 

 lowing Report of the Transactions of the Norfolk Agricultural 

 Society for the year 1859. 



Notwithstanding the unusual coldness of the past season ren- 

 dered it peculiarly unfavorable for agricultural operations, the 

 Annual Exhibition was one of the most successful ever given by 

 the Society. In common with the exhibitions of all the Agricul- 

 tural Associations held during the year, the display of Fruits and 

 Flowers was less attractive than on previous years, but the show 

 of Stock, particularly of young cattle, confessedly the most im- 

 portant department of the exhibition, was the best ever made in 

 the County, a fact which affords gratifying assurance of the good 

 influence exerted by the Society, and attests in the strongest 

 manner to the deep interest taken in its welfare and prosperity 

 by the people of the County. The other departments of the 

 Exhibition maintained their usual high order of excellence. The 

 receipts were unusually large, and the general result of the year's 

 operations of the Society will compare favorably with those of any 

 season since its organization. 



For more specific information with reference to the present 

 condition and future prospects of the Agricultural Interests of the 

 County, we would refer to the interesting and valuable report of 

 the Supervisory Committee, which, with the reports of the sev- 

 eral Committees of the Society, is herewith subjoined. 



MARSHALL P. WILDER, President. 

 HENRY 0. TIILDUETII, Recording/ Secretary. 



