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which deducts three dollars from such awards to non- 

 members for membershp, which membership is for life, 

 without assessments, and entitles the member to a voice 

 and vote in the Society's business, and a copy of its annual 

 publication of its transactions. The following places fur- 

 nished the new members : 



Andover 5, Manchester 1, 



Beverly 2, Methuen 7, 



Bradford 1, Nahant 2, 



Dan vers 1, North Andover 4, 



Essex 1, Rockport 3, 



Georgetown 1, Rowley 1, 



Haverhill 3, Salem 1, 



Lawrence 46, Salisbury 1, 



Sausfus 2. 



REPORT OF THE DELEGATE OF THE STATE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE TO THAT 



BOARD OF HIS VISIT TO THE ESSEX 



SOCIETY'S FAIR IN 1890. 



To the State Board of Agriculture. 



Gentlemen: — The delegate regularly appointed to 

 attend the fair of the Essex County society, Mr. Harwood, 

 of Barre, being unable to attend, I was requested by the 

 Secretary to substitute for him. 



The Essex County Agricultural Society held its show 

 this year in the town of Beverly, Sept. 23 and 24, and 

 were favored with good weather both days. This society,, 

 as the Board knows, has no grounds, nor money invested 

 in a plant for exhibition purposes. It is a travelling show, 

 and by being such it avoids a large expense. I understand 

 that not only is it out of debt, but has an endowment 

 fund, which together with what it receives from the state, 

 enables it to pay fairly good premiums, and to conduct 

 the affairs each year without possible loss, whether the 



