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ABSTRACT OF REPORTS. 
RICHLAND COUNTY. 
This Society was organized in accordance with the statute, 
in 1857. The first Annual Meeting was held in the Court¬ 
house in Richland Centre, on the first Thursday in December, 
when the following officers were elected for the year 1858 : 
William Dixon, President , D. L. Downs, E. B. Tenney 
and Allen Tinker, Vice Presidents , L. D. Gage, Secretary, 
Caleb Wagoner, Treasurer , M. Whitcomb, John S. Scott 
and George Green, Executive Committee. 
Met again on the second Wednesday in May, and appointed 
the town committees, prepared the Premium List, and selected 
judges for the several departments of the exhibition. 
The Fair was well attended, notwithstanding the unpleas¬ 
antness of the weather, and passed off very well. 
Among the most interesting entries were fine specimens of 
peach and apple trees, by A. G. James, Esq. ; the former hav¬ 
ing made a growth of seven feet in two years, and looking 
sufficiently hardy to be the ground of hope to many that even 
the peach may yet be enjoyed in this locality. 
L. D. Gage also exhibited good specimens of apple, pear and 
plum trees, and garden and ornamental shrubbery ; likewise, 
specimens of the Victoria pie-plant ; one of which, this season, 
(open growth from the seed) measured 5 3-8 inches at the base 
of the stem. 
The largest yield per acre of spring wheat reported was 
20 bushels, on sod. Largest yield of corn (seed, Ohio pre¬ 
mium,) was 127 2-3 bushels per acre. 
The annual address, by Mr. Walworth of the Observer , was 
very instructive and useful—a highly meritorious production. 
receipts and disbursements. 
Total receipts from all sources,.$215 00 
Expenditures,. 290 76 
Balance against Society,.$75 76 
