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COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.' 
at Wyocena, on the 2d Tuesday of June; at which time the 
Premium List and Uommittes of Judges are agreed upon. 
This Society held its annual exhibition, for 1858, on the 23d 
and 21th of September, at Portage City; the citizens of that 
place generously furnishing and fitting the grounds, and paying 
to the Society the sum of §175 besides. 
The weather, during the Fair, was fine, and the attendance 
large and enthsiastic. 
Whole number of entries 316; including Morgan and Black 
Hawk Horses, 11; Horses of all work, 23; Durham Cattle, 
12 ; grade and working Oxen, 22 ; Devon cattle, 4; Spanish 
Sheep, 11 ; long wooled and grade Sheep, 10; Swine, 2, (Suf- 
folks); Poultry, 4; Dairy products, 8; Fruit, 30; Garden and 
Farm products, 51; Farm Implements, 3 ; Domestic Manufac¬ 
tures, 7; Needle Work, 50; Drawing and Painting, 24; Mis¬ 
cellaneous Articles, 34. 
The show in the Ladies Department, and in the Fruit and 
Vegetable Departments, never was surpassed in the County. 
The stock on exhibition was also good, although the show was 
not so large as it should have been, and the whole affair only 
showed what may be done in Columbia County, when our far¬ 
mers shall have determined to have the most prosperous Society 
and the most successful fairs in the State. 
At a meeting, at the close of the Fair, the following resolu¬ 
tions were adopted: 
Resolved , That the liberality of the citizens of Portage 
City, in contributing so largely toward meeting the expenses of 
the year, fully justified the officers of the Society in holding 
the exhibition in their city. 
Resolved , That the manner in which the Fair Grounds 
have been fitted up, the taste showed in fitting up the Hall 
for the display of Fruit and Vegetables, and other arti¬ 
cles there exhibited—the contribution by the ladies—the 
music furnished to enliven the exercise of the day, and the at¬ 
tention and uniform courtesy manifested, not only toward the 
Officers of the Society, but those^ contributing articles to the 
