98 
RACINE. 
The annual meeting for the election of Officers for the Racine Counter 
Agricultural Society was held at the house of Jesse D. Searles, in York* 
yille, on Monday, January 3d, 1853. 
The meeting having been called to order by J. Mott Titus, Esq., of the 
town of Racine, Ezra Birchard, Esq., was chosen President pro tem.; 
D. D. McEachron, Vice President pro tem.; Albert G. Knight, Record¬ 
ing Secretary pro tem.; and James Russell, Jr., Corresponding Secretary 
pro tem. 
On motion of J. Mott Titus, the Society proceeded to the election of 
officers for the year 1853.—Hon. Stephen 0. Bennett, of the town of 
Raymond, was elected President; Wm. Ballack, of the town of Dover, 
Vice President; Daniel D. McEachron, of Yorkville, Treasurer; Philo 
White, of the city of Racine, Corresponding Secretary ; and Albert G. 
Knight, of the city of Racine, Recording Secretary ; with an Executive 
Committee composed of members from each town in the county. 
The third Annual Fair of the Racine County Agricultural Society was 
held on the 28tli and 29tli days of September, in accordance with the 
appointment of the Executive Committee. This Fair was not, perhaps, 
quite as successful as the two preceding ones, attributable, doubtless, in 
some degree to a dissatisfaction which prevailed, in the western part of 
the county, at the location of the Fair, which was not central, and partly 
to the fact that the farmers were more delayed with their work than 
usual, owing to the difficulty of procuring help, caused by the demand 
for labor on our rail roads and other public works. The attendance on 
the second day was quite large; the people, however, came more as spec¬ 
tators than as contributors to the general display. 
The exhibition of horses and cattle was very good, and of an excellent 
quality, comprising a number of colts, of two and three years of age, 
which would be creditable to any section of the State. Much competition 
prevailed among the owners of cattle, and there was quite a large repre¬ 
sentation of the pure breeds on exhibition. As by our premium list no 
distinction was made between different breeds of cattle—all breeds having 
an equal chance according to their true merits ; the Durham and Devon 
cattle came directly in competition as imported blooded stock; and it was 
