forty-five to one hundred and thirteen bushels per acre, at a cost of 

 from twenty to fift}' cents per bushel, according to the competitor's 

 statements which are printed in this pamphlet. Every practical farmer 

 should read them, as the matter is worthy of your careful consideration. 

 The value of tobacco stalks for raising potatoes is demonstrated in 

 that statement, while the statements for beets furnish food for thought. 

 We have printed the four reports presented for premiums, and would 

 recommend all interested in raising swine to read the one embracing 

 that industry, while the others contain man}' interesting ideas. 



It has become an acknowledged fact, that agricultural societies 

 improve the community and that improvement becomes more and more 

 manifest. Farmers mingle with each other, get new ideas, compare 

 the best methods of farm improvement and the best farm machinery, 

 each as demonstrated by some active farmer, and eventually they are 

 able to bring their farms to the highest fertility by the cheapest 

 methods and are able to produce larger crops at larger profits. Not 

 only this, but they compare their products with those of others, select 

 the best, and improve the varieties of their crops ; they are also them- 

 selves improved, for people are gregarious, and by a constant social 

 intercourse they necessarily reach a higher mental and moral capacity, 

 and are enabled thereby to enjoy, to its fullest extent, the wonderful 

 workings of Nature into close communion with which they are brought 

 while pursuing the daily routine of farm work. Remember every effect 

 must have a cause, and as the Society is an outgrowth of its members 

 severally, let us have your hearty cooperation ; prize the general 

 welfare of the Society and community above the mere premium, and 

 interfest yourself in the great object for which we are organized. Bring 

 whatever you have of merit to the show, and this will still further aid 

 in maintaining the high position we now hold among other similar 

 organizations. There are some members who are alwaj^s willing to 

 help with time or money, and it is to these, as well as the officers, that 

 are due the improvements of the past year at the hall and grounds, in 

 making a new poultry stand, arranging the tables in the hall so as to 

 give more room and a better light to the increasing exhibits, as well as 

 clean show cases and office windows. For these and other favors we 

 are truly grateful. 



