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large proportion of the cattle exhibited, and, as before remarked, many 
were superior animals of their kind. As it is the sole intention of organ¬ 
izations of this kind to improve the standard of agriculture by exciting 
the pride of the farmer in procuring the best seeds and fruits, imparting 
useful information regarding their proper adaptation to the soil, and their 
most successful mode of culture, besides stimulating the farmer to the 
rearing of choice stock ; we can but believe that the vast improvement 
in agricultural products and blooded stock, as evinced by our last Fair, 
is attributable in a great degree to the efforts of our Society. 
The receipts of our Society for the past year have been about one 
hundred and forty dollars. We are not able to report the exact amount, 
as the Treasurer did not attend our annual meeting and present his report 
as is customary. 
The following is a list of the officers for the year 1854 :—Henry Col¬ 
lins, Caledonia, P. 0. Racine, President; Charles McEachron, Yorkville, 
Vice President; Eliphalet Crane, Racine, Treasurer ; Charles Clement, 
Racine, Corresponding Secretary ; John F. Gray, Whiteville, Recording 
Secretary. 
S. 0. Bennett, President. 
ADDRESS BY GEN. CHAMPION S. CHASE. 
DELIVERED BEFORE THE RACINE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, AT ITS 
THIRD ANNUAL FAIR, SEPTEMBER 29, 1853. 
Gentlemen :—As your President has stated to you, owing to a misun¬ 
derstanding in regard to the respective duties of the officers of your So¬ 
ciety, scarcely a week has elapsed since I was first solicited to address 
you on this the occasion of your Annual Fair. This fact alone will relieve 
your minds from any fear that I am about to inflict upon you a lengthy 
essay upon farming, even had I the ability or disposition so to do—and 
much less will you expect from me any occult theorizing, or attempt at 
profound reasoning, on the great and I believe now well defined science of 
agriculture. Still, having been bred a farmer myself, it has afforded me 
not a little pleasure in the last few days to fill up the leisure left to me 
out of the duties of my present profession, with endeavoring to arrange 
a few thoughts upon the subject which particularly interests us at this 
time, so that I could present them in a manner to meet your approval 
