Expenditures. $355 00 417 50 There were paid out for premiums, trials of speed of trotting horses, &c., at the July meeting,.. For payment of expenses of the July meeting, and improvement of the grounds of the Association,. Paid in premiums at the October meeting, and expenses attending the same, and in improvements of the buildings and grounds of the Association, 1,128 00 $1,900 50 Officers.-E. O. Grosvenor, President; Witter J. Baxter, Secretary; Geo. C. Munro, Treasurer. KALAMAZOO COUNTY. The time appointed for holding the Annual Show of the Kalamazoo County Agricultural Society, viz: the 6th, 7th and 8th of October, proved very unfavorable, on account of stormy weather. Still, the exhibition of stock, fruits, vegetables and other products, as well as implements, &c., was never better. The inclemency of the weather, only, by preventing the attendance of people, caused a deficiency in the financial returns. The Annual Address was delivered by Sanford Howard, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. The receipts and expenditures of the Society for the year are stated as follows: Speaker's expenses, help in office, gate-tenders, &c.,.. 87 25 Hay,.. 16 00 F. Little, services as Secretary,.. 100 00 174 51 $477 30 Officers.-W. H. Cobb, of Kalamazoo, President; Eli R. Miller, Vice President; Henry E. Hoyt, Secretary; H. F. Cook, Treas urer, with an Executive Committee consisting of five members. KENT COUNTY. The sixteenth annual show of the Kent County Agricultural Society was held at Grand Rapids, on the 29th and 30th of September, and the 1st of October, 1864. The display of animals and articles appears to have answered expectations. The comittee on fruits speak of the collection of apples, pears and grapes as being "as fine as they ever saw on exhibition.' receipts and expenditures of the Society for the year are stated as follows: The The Society owes on 34 acres of land purchased at $100 per acre, $1,388 75, which debt is being yearly lessened, and the grounds improved. Officers.-E. H. Knapp, President; S. R. Atwater, Secretary; G. S. Deane, Treasurer, with an Executive Committee consisting of five members. MACOMB COUNTY. The fifteenth annual exhibition of the Macomb County Agricultural Society, was held on the grounds of the Romeo Stock Association, in the village of Romeo, from the 6th to the 8th of October, 1864. The weather was very unfavorable on account of rain, but the show on the whole, is pronounced a decided succes." The number of sheep exhibited is said to have been larger than at any former show of the Society, and the display of cattle and horses, implements, &c., was good. The annual address was delivered by R. F. Johnstone, Secretary of the State Agricultural Society. It appears that this Society had, by the passage of a resolution extended to the citizens of the counties of Oakland, St. Clair and Lapeer, an invitation to compete at its shows, on condition that the Societies of those counties should grant a similar privilege to the citizens of Macomb county. The invitation was responded to by the Agricultural Society of Oakland County, and there was an interchangeable competition to some extent. The receipts and expenditures of the Society for the year are given as follows: Receipts, Balance received from former treasurer, · $52 30 Bonds of the township of Armada (money lent).. 400 00 Interest on the above bonds one year,. 28 00 Sale of tickets at "Shearing Festival,". 86 60 Officers. Charles C. Leech, Utica, President; Charles Andrews, Vice President; C. W. Whitney, Secretary; A. W. Sterling, Treasurer, with a Board of Directors consisting of eight members, a Business Committee consisting of three members, and an Auditing Committee consisting of three members. This enterprising and flourishing Society held a "Sheepshearing Festival" on the 8th of June, 1861, at which very liberal premiums were paid for rams and ewes sheared on the occasion. The return of the Secretary does not give the particulars in regard to the rules by which the judges and competitors were governed; it gives the names of the successful competitors and the weights of the fleeces. The weights of the carcasses of the sheep were not returned. It is inferred that the sheep were required to be washed, as it is stated that some were ruled out on the ground of not being washed. But there seems to have been much difference in the condition of the fleeces of the different sheep, according as the washing was well or ill done The breed of the sheep is not mentioned, though it seems probable it was the Merino, or families of that breed. The results of the trial, however, appear to be of so much interest that it seems proper to preserve them. They are, therefore, presented in a condensed form, as follows, the persons named having been awarded premiums in the order in which they are placed: Rams-Three Years Old and Over. 9 lbs 05 oz. 3. Harvey Mellen, Romeo, The award in the class of two-years-olds, of the second premium to Mr. Thorington, and the third to Mr. Chandler, though Mr. C's ram had the heaviest fleece, is probably explained by the statement that the wool of Mr. C.'s ram was not so long and more gummy than that of Mr. T.'s. It is mentioned that Alexander Wattles, of Troy, showed a ram whose fleece, said to have been "extraordinary fine," weighed, unwashed, 16 lbs. 13 oz., but he could not compete in the regular classes, because not washed. Ewes--Best Five, Three Years Old, or Over. Whether any of these ewes reared lambs, is not stated in the return. It is mentioned that some were offered that had lambs, "but did not raise them, and could not compete." The fleeces of the ewes which took the second premium in the class of three years old and over, are said to have been "in very bad |