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immediate vicinity of the place where the exhibition was held. 

 This should not be the case ; a more general interest ought to be 

 awakened, and every town be represented. Those residing at a 

 distance, and particularly not on the line of a direct railroad com- 

 munication, are obliged to undergo some inconvenience in forward- 

 ing specimens, and also to the attending of their removal after the 

 exhibition. This may be obviated in a great measure, if an 

 arrangement can be made by which the articles thus exhibited can 

 be sold under some prescribed regulations of the Society, and the 

 proceeds accrue to the benefit of the contributor. The excellence, 

 beauty and intrinsic value of the specimens exhibited W(?uld attract 

 many who would wish to buy, and thus relieve the trouble of re- 

 moving the articles by the exhibitors. To secure the most effica- 

 cious plan for the subsequent display of a more extended character 

 in the vegetable department, some such a scheme might be adopted, 

 at least, it is deserving of consideration ; your committee trust 

 that the above suggestions, if deemed impracticable or inexpedient, 

 will induce those upon whom this duty may devolve, to devise some 

 other plan or plans that will not only retain the present degree of 

 interest in this department, but lead to the gradual extension of its 

 importance and of its utility to the productive industry of our 

 county. 



Respectfully submitted, 



HENRY WHEATLAND, Chairman. 



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The Committee on Fancy Articles, and other articles not included 

 under the other heads of Domestic Manufactures, Report : 



That upwards of 180 entries were made in this department, 

 consisting of two, three, four, six, and even more, separate articles. 

 They all evinced in their workmanship, cultivated taste and indus- 

 try, and they were generally of a useful as well as ornamental 



