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of the Fair. The judges were patient in their examinations, and 

 having performed their duty, reported to your committee the sev- 

 eral awards of premiums, with the names of the successful candi- 

 dates to which all parties cheerfully submitted. 



Your committee would suggest to the Agricultural Board (and 

 they hope it will not be considered amiss or out of order, or in 

 any way dictatorial to so respectable a body of men,) that in future 

 when they appoint judges for our cattle shows, they will select 

 men not only capable and judicious but also'working men ; those 

 that will devote their time and attention to so important an ob- 

 ject ; for we find from experience that many are appointed to fill 

 these stations, more on account of their standing and situation in 

 society, than for their working qualities. This remark does not 

 apply exclusively to the appointment of judges on cattle, but 

 more to the men who are selected for the standing committees of 

 the Institute, and elected by its members only because they are 

 gentlemen of high standing and character ; many of them never 

 attend any meetings of the committee, so that the very object in- 

 tended, to wit, their counsel and labor is lost, and it frequently 

 happens that for want of their attendance, a quorum can not be 

 had, and no business is or can be transacted, why then put such 

 men on any committee. 



Your committee will in anticipation of our future cattle exhi- 

 bition, suggest the propriety, if not the necessity of taking imme- 

 diate steps to procure a large and suitable plot of ground for that 

 purpose — our old place of exhibition, Madison cottage, has been 

 disposed of, and cannot be obtained. It has been proposed by 

 some of our friends that Hamilton square, long belonging to the 

 common council, about 3^- miles from the city hall, would be an 

 excellent place for us, a move to gain that object has been made, 

 but unless persevered in will be of no avail, and will totally fail. 

 It is the duty of every member of our Institute to exert himself 

 to attain so desirable an object. The benefit of having a perma- 

 nent and fixed locality would be incalculable, for when we once 

 erect our necessary fences,- stalls, pens, coops and other appenda- 

 ges, they will remain fixed and not be moved off the day after the 

 exhibition is over, and be rebuilt annually as has been the custom 

 heretofore , in fact this expenditure alone has been the largest 

 portion of our expense in preparing the cattle show. 



