Best pair cotton stockings, Mrs. H. Seymour,..

wool mittens, Mrs. Schermerhorn,..

Best ornamental needle work, Mrs. E. S. Marsh,..........

" ottoman cover, Mrs. L. E. Patten,

"counter pane spread, Mrs. S. B. Hinsdill,

"worsted work, Miss Kent,

"hearth rug, Mrs. H. R Williams,

"best tidy nett, Mrs. W. Woodward,

"French needle work pocket handkerchiefs, very pretty,

Mrs. T. Sinclair,.......

"floral design,.

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS.

Best axe, Cook, Blain & Gunn, -
Best lot of tools, comprising broad-axe, hand-axe, shingle
shave, carpenter's shave, set cooper's tools; all of which
does great credit to the manufacturers, and were worthy
of separate premiums, and were such as eastern or Eu-
ropean manufacturers might be proud of producing; all
of which were from the shop of Messrs. Cook, Blain &
Gunn, city of Grand Rapids,..

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There was exhibited furniture from the shop of Messrs. Powers & Ball, of this city, worthy of premiums, which was neatly manufactured, but probably owing to some one of the committees, supposing that it did not come under their head, I regret to say it was neglected.

Upon the whole examination of the exhibits, and the general feeling seen and felt, the progress of this society is onward, and is destined to become of very general interest, all it wants is the co-operation of all the different branches of industry, and a feeling of determination not to be outdone by our neighboring counties; all of these things can and will be accomplished from present appearances. There was a larger amount of premiums paid this season than of any former year. The society was addressed by different individuals on the ground, which I trust had its effect. Go ahead, farmers, mechanics and artizans; push along, and never take hold of the plow and look back.

D. HATCH,

Secretary.

REPORT

OF THE LENAWEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FOR 1858.

J. C. HOLMES, Esq., Sec'y Mich. State Ag. Society:

SIR-At the annual meeting of the Lenawee County Agricultural Society, for the year 1852, the following officers were elected, and have since served:

President-PETER R. ADAMS.

Recording Secretary-Thomas M. Cooley.
Treasurer-Langford G. Berry.

Corresponding Secretary-Wm. H. Scott.

Vice Presidents-F. C. Beaman, A. R. Tiffany, J. W. Kennedy, P. Wilson, J. D. Thompson, H. M. Dayton, Wm. Ten Brook.

Executive Committee-E. J. Baldwin, C. Baldwin, R. Bidleman, H. S. Bowen, J. Cheney, D. H. Deming, S. Eaton, J. Gillam, S. S Goff, B. J. Harvey, J. Iveson, F. A. Kennedy, J. Miller, W. H. Osborn, G. D. Perry, O. M. Roode, E. Rulan, J. W. Scott, D. Shaver, W. Ten Brook, and N. S. Wheeler, being one from each township in the county, and one from the village of Adrian.

Under the management of these officers the Society has been prosperous, and I propose in this report to give you a brief statement of its operations during the past year, and of the general condition of agriculture and horticulture in the county, so far as I may be able to do so.

WEEKLY MFETINGS.

Every Friday afternoon during the season, the society has held meetings for the exhibition and comparison of horticultural produc

tions. Great interest was manifested in these meetings during the entire season, the attendance was asually good, and notwithstanding the severe drought that prevailed a large portion of the season, a fine show of choice flowers was generally made. To this show by far the largest contributor was MRS. VOLNEY SPALDING, by the lamented death of whom in the latter part of the season, the cause of horticulture in this county, suffered a severe blow.

FRUIT.

The show of fruits was also generally good. Cherries, plums and grapes in particular. were exhibited in great perfection, and giving evidence of the peculiar adaptedness of our climate and soil to their culture. Finer specimens of the Elton, the Black Tartarian, the Graffion, the Belle de Choisy and some other varieties of cherries are seldom seen than those exhibited at these meetings. The plum is cultivated here almost exclusively by amateurs, the ravages of the curculio having discouraged its culture generally. Experience shows, however, that the obstacle arising from this source is less formidable than has been supposed-that the destruction of the insect in any particular locality or season, reduces their number materially the next, and leaves the possibility of producing this delicious fruit with such care and attention only as the firuit will well repay.

In their report to the executive committee, the committee on fruits say:

"The committee in concluding their labors take great pleasure in saying that a decided improvement is visible every year in the culture of fruit in this county. There is scarcely a valuable variety of fruit not very recently originated that is not now in cultivation in our midst; and an improved taste in fruit culture is not confined as formerly to a very few, but by the aid of our weekly meetings and of our yearly fairs, is being gradually extended to the community at large. We see less and less every year of the worthless old varieties, and our nursery men and those of the neighboring states can bear testimony that immense numbers of valuable fruit trees are being every year transplanted among the citizens of Lenawee. The weekly meetings of the society have been much better attended this year than the last, and those of us who have been in the practice of attending such meetings in other places believe that the interest ta