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At the annual meeting* for the election of officers for the year 1054, 
the follow’ng gentlemen were duly chosen, viz :—President, Hon. Joseph 
Kerr, East Randolph.—Vice Presidents, Jesse Van Ness, Lodi; James 
T. Lewis, Columbus.—Secretary, Henry Converse, Wyocena.—Trea¬ 
surer, F. C. Curtis, Rocky Run.—Executive Committee, James C. Carr, 
Fall River; Reuben McFarlane, Portage City; William Wiley, Center¬ 
ville ; J. F. Hand, Rocky Run ; and Daniel S. Bushnell, Wyocena. 
The Circuit Court of the county of Columbia was in session on the day 
of the Fair, and the attendance at the Exhibition was probably greater 
on that account than it would otherwise have been ; nevertheless the 
friends of the Society were much encouraged and incited to renewed ex¬ 
ertions to subserve the important objects which the organization seeks to 
attain. The horses exhibited were most of them very good, and would 
compare very favorably with those of any portion of the State. The 
cattle presented were fine specimens of the native crossed with the Dur¬ 
ham breed. The sheep displayed were from the flock of E. H. & H. 
Scoville, of Lowville, and as specimens of the French and Spanish Merino 
they were probably unsurpassed by any in the State. 
The aggregate of entries for exhibition was good, and gave general 
satisfaction. 
Messrs. Morrison & Co. had on exhibition some steel and cast plows 
which were very superior articles, the best I have seen in the State. 
Yours truly, 
Henry Converse, 
Sec. of the Columbia Co. Agr. Soc. 
To Albert C. Ingham, Esq. 
Sec. of the TF7s. State Agr. Society. 
DODGE. 
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Dodge and Jefferson counties organized jointly an Agricultural So¬ 
ciety, and held their Fair, for 1852, at Oak Grove, in Dodge county. 
On the 22d of January, 1853, the Dodge County Agricultural Society 
was organized at the Court House, in the village of Juneau, and George 
W. Green, of Beaver Dam, was chosen President; Martin Webster, of 
Fox Lake, Vice President; Ephraim Perkins, of Juneau, Secretary; and 
Joel Rich, of Juneau, Tressurer. 
