condition," though the quality was otherwise good. No explanation is given in regard to the weights of the fleeces (29 lbs. 03 oz.) of the lot which took the second premium in the class of two-year-olds, the ficeces of the other lots in the same class weighing considerably more. It is remarked that there seemed to be entire unanimity of opinion between the judges and competitors, that the object should be to breed "sheep that will give quality of wool, rather than weight of fleece." As this was the first public shearing that the Society has held, it is probable that the regulations were less perfect than will be adopted on future occasions of the kind.

In connection with the shearing of sheep, as above noticed, premiums were awarded to the shearers. The rules governing the awards are not mentioned in the return.

OTTAWA COUNTY.

The ninth annual show of the Ottawa County Agricultural Society was held on the 30th of September, 1864. The place where the show was held, though not distinctly mentioned in the return, is understood to have been Lamont. The exhibition is represented as surpassing, largely, those of previous. years, and the Society is declared to be in a prosperous condition. The annual address was delivered by Hon. Henry Pennoyer, and is characterized as "short, pithy, and well suited to the occasion." It was resolved to purchase new show grounds, consisting of fifteen acres of land, near Lamont, at a cost of $300. The receipts and expenditures are stated as follows:

Officers.-Silvius Waters, President; Sylvester Luther, Secretary; Miner Hedges, Treasurer.

NOTE-At the date of printing this page, no returns had been received from the Michigan State Agricultural Society; though the Secretary of that Society had informed the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture about the first of January, that returns would soon be forwarded.

REGISTER OF

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS,

FOR THE YEAR 1864.

TAKEN AT THE

State Agricultural College of Mi bigan,

BY R. C. KEDZIE

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY.

LATITUDE, 42° 42′ 24′′; LONGITUDE, 7° 33' 19" WEST OF WASHINGTON. Height above the Sea, 895 Feet.