444 
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
ciety hopes to be able, before another Fair, by subscription and 
otherwise, to raise a fund sufficient to fit up the grounds with 
suitable fences and buildings. 
CALUMET COUNTY. 
This Society held its annual Fair for 1859, at the village of 
Chilton, on the 5th and 6th days of Optober. 
The county of Calumet is comparatively new, and this was 
the third exhibition, of the Society, so that very large results 
should, of course, not be expected. 
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. 
The following is a condensed statement of the receipts and 
expenditures for the year, up to Nov. 1st: 
Total of receipts from all sources,.$200 12 
Total of expenditures,... 45 49 
Balance in Treasury,.$144 63 
The Annual Meeting of the Society was held at the Chilton 
House, on the 7th day of December, at which time a new Con¬ 
stitution was adopted, and the following persons were elected, 
Ofeicers for the ensuing year: —T. J. Potter, Presi¬ 
dent ; A. D. Kittell, John C. M. Peiffer, and Alonzo 
Pettit, Vice Presidents ; Ansel Watson, Pec. Sec'y ; Jno. 
P. Hume, Cor. Sec'y; and F. J. Curtiss, Treasurer. 
COLUMBIA COUNTY. 
From a handsomely printed pamphlet report of its proceed¬ 
ings for 1859, we learn that the Columbia Co. Agricultural So¬ 
ciety held its Eighth Annual Fair at Portage City, on the 20th 
and 21st days of September. The exhibition seems to have 
been well attended, and to have been altogether a success. 
Whole number of entries, '201. 
