rvEPOKT OF THE PRESIDEI^T AND SECRETAllY. 



To THE Secretary op the State Board of AGRicur/riJiu;. 



Sir, — In obedience to the Laws of the Commonwealth, the 

 President and Secretary of the Norfolk Agricultural Society 

 herewith make return of the doings and expenditures of said 

 Society for the year 1855. 



The Society, since its last annual exhibition, has added to its 

 grounds, by purchase, eight acres of land, at a cost of $2500, 

 which has been enclosed by a tight board fence, at a cost of 

 S750. 



This addition was required, to afford room for a course or track 

 in which animals might be displayed and their qualities of beauty 

 and speed tested, in presence of the numerous spectators which 

 are accustomed to attend the annual exhibition. 



An increased amount of Premiums, guaranteed in part by the 

 pubhc spirit and liberahty of members of the Society, in order to 

 increase the attraction and add to the interest and usefulness of 

 the Horse department of this ShoAV. The experiment proved to 

 be highly successful, affording an agreeable and wholesome pas- 

 time to a large and inteUigent concourse of citizens from this and 

 the neighboring counties, including ladies, who were accommo- 

 dated with seats, elevated and commodious, enabling them to 

 overlook the entire enclosure devoted to the display of horses, 

 Avithout danirer, and out of the reach of annovance from the crowd. 

 The income produced by this addition to the attraction of the 

 Show, will undoubtedly compensate for the additional outlay for 

 the land. 



The number of entries for Ploughing and Spading were not 



