ANNUAL REPORT—COUNTY SOCIETIES. 
91 
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL 
ASSOCIATIONS. 
It is gratifying to observe a gaining activity on the part of 
the county agricultural societies. It seemed difficult at the 
close of the war, for some of them to rally and resume their 
labors with the old spirit and enthusiasm. Even yet we are 
scarcely up to the mark of 1860 in point of numbers; for 
there were then thirty-seven county societies in operation and 
holding exhibitions, whereas there are now but thirty-six. 
Besides these thirty-six county societies, however, we have a 
number of flourishing independent societies, embracing either 
portions of a county, adjoining portions of two or more coun¬ 
ties, or several neighboring counties. So that the total num¬ 
ber of industrial societies of various kinds has really made a 
little increase. Moreover the condition of the societies in 
operation is greatly improved, as will appear from the compar¬ 
isons made in the table below : 
I860. 1870. 
Total amount of annual receipts of county societies^17,664 29 $53,353 14 
Total expenditures of county societies. 16,548 01 50,969 21 
Total amount paid in premiums. 6,997 10 19,613 53 
Total amount in their several treasuries. 1, 356 06 6, 228 91 
Total amount of indebtedness. 162 46 989 68 
Such important facts as could be gleaned from the official 
reports of county societies are concisely presented in the fol¬ 
lowing table: 
