114 
The expenditures of the Society for the fiscal year ending December 
1853, are as follows : 
Purchase of lands for show grounds . . . 8101 87 
Fencing and permanent fixtures .... 559 31 
Printing, clerk hire, and stationery . . . 115 44 
Premium list. 400 00 
The net income of the Society for the fiscal year ending 
December 1853, is. 
Amount of Society’s indebtedness . . . 
Yours truly, 
Josiah F. Willard, President. 
To Albert C. Ingham, Esq., 
See. of the TTis. State Ayr. Society. 
81,176 62 
842 54 
8334 08 
ADDRESS BY IION. JOSIAH F. WILLARD, 
PRESIDENT OF THE ROCK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.. 
Gentlemen of the Rock County Agricultural Society, 
and Mechanics' Institute, arid Fellow Citizens 
Again the Anniversary of our Society is here. Again we are met to‘ 
exliihit the products of our industry and skill, and, for a brief hour, to 
relax from our cares and labors, and indulge our social natures in making 
the acquaintance of our fellow laborers—comparing notes of experience 
and joyfully anticipating the future. And though not honored with the 
presence of a Seward, or a Greeley, to add the enchantment of their 
eloquence to the scene; yet we, as farmers and mechanics, can, I have 
no doubt, contrive to interest ourselves on such an occasion as the pre¬ 
sent, and derive both pleasure and profit from the interview. 
• We would not, however, depreciate or disparage the influences pro¬ 
duced by the eloquent addresses of such men as we have mentioned,. 
But in our particular case we conceive our very pursuits and profession 
have sufficient in them to inspire us with all that is necessary to enable 
us to appreciate and enjoy most fully-our annual festival. Farmers and 
mechanics have, within themselves, resources for enjoyment which other 
classes of community do not so eminently possess. The few remarks we 
