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ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW YORK 
COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS. 
Albany. 
To Col. B. P. Johnson, Sec’y JV. Y. Slate Agricultural Society: 
^ The twelfth annual Fair of the Albany County Agricultural 
Society was held on the Washington Parade Ground, in the city 
of Albany. The Fair was a success beyond any ever before held 
in this county. At the annual meeting, held on the 30th of Feb¬ 
ruary, 1866, Mr. Jacob Messenger was elected President; Mr. 
Jacob Simmons, Vice-President; Mr. J. M. Bailey, Secretary, and 
Mr. John J. Mull, Treasurer. During the month of January last, 
J. M. Bailey resigned, and the present Secretary was elected to 
till the vacancy. The officers of the society being supported by 
an excellent board of managers, determined to hold a Fair which 
would be a credit to themselves and an honor to the county. This 
they believe was accomplished, though not without a great deal 
of hard work. The lack of interest felt for the success and wel¬ 
fare of the society by so many prominent citizens, both in the city 
and in the country, was the greatest difficulty the officers had to 
encounter ; and it was only after repeated efforts that this indiffer¬ 
ence was overcome. The officers, believing it essential that the 
interest of both the city and county should bo more practically 
united than they had previously been, called a public meeting at 
the City Hall. This meeting was largely attended by many 
piominent men of the county. The enthusiasm that was mani¬ 
fested and the interest that was awakened at this meeting seemed 
to infuse a new life into the society, and from that time there was 
an inteiest manifested in the success of the then coming Fair that 
the most sanguine hardly hoped for. At an adjourned meeting, 
an auxiliary association, “The Albany City Merchants and Manu¬ 
facturers Association,” w r as formed by the citizens of Albany, 
with Mr. Wm. J. Scott as President. This association devoted 
itself more exclusively to the mercantile and manufacturing depart¬ 
ment. J oo much praise cannot bo given to Mr. Scott and his 
associates for the energetic manner in which they thus aided the 
officers in their labors and contributed to the success of the Fair. 
Mr. Wm. C. Schuyler w'as assigned the museum department, 
