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We recommend that, in future, the sheds and pens be built by 

 contract, according to such plans as shall be prepared by the 

 committee of arrangements. That the contractor be required to 

 take, and remove the materials at the close of the exhibition, so 

 that the Institute pay only for the labor done, and the deteriora- 

 tion of materials. 



Your committee would state, that the revision of our By-Laws, 

 by which members of the committee were prohibited from receiv- 

 ing premiums, caused some of them to resign, and otiiers did not 

 act, so that a larger amount of duty was thrown on the remaining 

 members than they could with convenience perform. They 

 would acknowledge their indebtedness to Judge S. Van Wyck, 

 Mr. Nicholas Wyckoflf, and Mr. Francis Barretto, for their kind 

 assistance, which materially aided us in conducting the exhibi- 

 tion to a successful close. 



The increasing interest which the jiursuit of agriculture is 

 attracting throughout the country; the attention paid to it, and 

 facilities afforded by many of our State Legislatures, seconded 

 by an unusual zeal among the rural population in the formation 

 of societies, and the eager pursuit of practical information, ad- 

 monishes us that the era is now rapidly approaching so long 

 contemplated by our Institution, when the ]ius])andmau shall 

 till his fields with greatly increased intelligence, with less of 

 toil and greater certainty of reward ; consequently, witli these 

 incentives before us, we must not relax in our duty, but continue 

 to urge forward with all oui' force the attainment of objects so 

 much to be desired. 



We submit a statement of the receipts and expenditures at the 

 Cattle Show, as reported by the committee on finance. 



L. G. MORRIS, ) .. 

 DAVID BANKS, \ ^<^'^^^^^'^^^^- 



