OFFICERS-Jesse Seeley, President, York; David Dyer, Vice-President, Sharon; Judah T. Ainsworth, Secretary, Medina; Samuel J. Hayslip, Treasurer, Medina. Managers-Wm. M. Eylee, Christopher Cottingham, Hiram Goodwin, George E. Webber, J. L. Beck, Wm. H. Witter, Lewis B. Nettleton, J. W. Stow, J. O. Phillips, Wm. Fitch, Lucius Warner, Dyer Strong, Lyman D. Hall, John Sears, H. P. Camp, Sol. Dimmock, Allen Warner and D. D. Dowd.

MEIGS COUNTY.

Last Fair held on our new Fair Grounds at Racine, on the 19th and 20th of September last.

OFFICERS -Waldo Strong, President, Salem Center; J. R. Ellis, Vice-President, Racine; J. R. Philson, Recording Secretary, Racine; Lewis Pain, Corresponding Secretary, Pomeroy; O. Branch, Treasurer, Pomeroy. ManagersPresley Fisher, Thomas Fessler, G. B. Forrest, Wm. Foster, J. J. Coombs.

MIAMI COUNTY.

The fourteenth annual Fair of this Society was held on the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st days of September.

The number of entries this year was 857. The exhibition of horses, grains and vegetables exceeded any former year. In the mechanical department was exhibited about the usual amount of articles. The show of grains and vegetables far exceeded any previous exhibition. No entries were made for farm or field

crops.

The number of memberships sold, 901; day tickets, 1,020.

The wheat and corn crop of this county greatly exceeds that of any former year. The average yield of wheat 25 bushels per acre; corn 60; barley 35; oats 40; potatoes 200. The past season was very favorable for the raising and harvesting of all our crops.

OFFICERS.-W. H. Gahagan, President; J. M. Dye, Vice-President; B. S: Kyle, Treasurer; G. W. Morris, Secretary. Managers-W. B. McClung, James Hart, W. H. H. Dye, Stephen Widney, J. J. Robinson.

MONROE COUNTY.

The principal crops raised in the county are the following:

Wheat-which was a very poor crop-not averaging over five or six bushels to the acre.

Corn-extra good crop-average thirty bushels per acre.
Oats-very good-much better than usual.

Tobacco-about an average crop.

The midge or red weevil is still working upon our wheat,

OFFICERS.-S. P. Jones, President; Wm. Hill, V. President; J. M. Kirkbride, Treasurer; J. R. Morris, Secretary. Managers-C. Alford, S. Ford, J. Kerr, W. Myers, W. T. Morris.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

The ninth annual Fair was held on the 11th, 12th and 13th days of October, 1860, at the Fair grounds belonging to the society, within the corporate limits of the city of Dayton. In view of the State Fair being held here the present year, it was thought best by a majority of our Board to hold our County Fair after the State Fair. Unfortunately for us the weather during each day of the Fair was

very unpropitious, and, therefore, very much lessened the attendance that we might reasonably have expected under more favorable circumstances. On account of the State Fair being held here, and in harmony with the extensive and admirable preparations made by the State Board for their annual Fair, we made an additional purchase of nine and a half acres of ground adjoining, at a cost of $4,500, which, added to the former tract, makes about twenty-three acres, all substantially inclosed by a board fence, and which for the purposes of an agricul tural society is unsurpassed for beauty and convenience of location. The Board also incurred an additional expense of $500 in bringing water by means of a permanent aqueduct, thus furnishing a bountiful supply of pure water in various parts of the grounds.

There appears to be a growing interest on the part of our farmers and mechanics in these annual Fairs, and had the weather been favorable a good amount of surplus would have been raised towards liquidating the increased debt incurred by the improvements above mentioned. As it was, however, the receipts of the society, during the three days of the Fair, were barely sufficient to defray expenses.

OFFICERS. Thomas Brown, President; Jefferson Patterson, V. President; D. H. Dryden, Treasurer; Thos. Sheffer, Secretary.

MORGAN COUNTY.

The ninth annual Fair of the Morgan County Agricultural Society was held on the 3d, 4th and 5th days of October, and was the largest we have ever had. Our Floral Hall exhibition was fine. The Manufacturers' Hall was also well patronized. The Farmers' Hall exhibition was excellent. We had about 200 horses on exhibition. The exhibitions of cattle, hogs and sheep, were the largest in numbers, and the finest in quality, we have ever had. The total number of articles, of all descriptions entered for exhibition, was 914.

We have purchased an addition of five acres to our Fair grounds, which now contains eleven acres, and is worth $1,500-upon which there are buildings including stalls, &c., worth as much more.

Our crops, taken as a whole, are the largest we have had for several years. The corn and oat crops are excellent in quality, and a large yield. The potato crop is also large, and of superior quality. The wheat crop is small, but the best we have had for several years. The hay crop is excellent, and got up in good condition. Our premium crops yielded per acre as follows: .

Corn crop, 122 bushels; oat crop, 52 bushels; and potato crop, 283 bushels. Mr. S. H. Scott, who raised the premium crop of potatoes, found, from experiment, that potatoes covered with sorghum, after passing through the mill, produced ten per cent. more than when covered with straw; and that either is better than cultivating in the ordinary way.

The peach crop was light. The apple crop is large, but the fruit not smooth. and promises not to keep well.

Our farmers are, of late years, paying considerable attention to the improvement of the breeds of their horses, cattle, hogs and sheep; and the old "pioneer" breeds are pretty well run out. They are also waking up from that inattention to manuring, deep plowing, subsoiling, &c., which our rich limestone soil has hitherto induced.

There are three or four agricultural papers taken in the county, but the number of each not ascertained. Number of agricultural papers awarded by the society-four.

OFFICERS.-John B. Stone, President; Wm. P. Sprague, V. President; D. B. Shivel, Secretary; Ford Sill, Treasurer. Managers-Seth Shepard, Samuel H. Scott, Samuel Miller, John E. Thomas, William Barkhurst.

MORROW COUNTY.

The financial prosperity of the agricultural portion of our county, is without a parallel; and when the farmers, stock producers and horticulturists are blest with an abundance, and marketed at remunerative prices, all classes feel that "times" are easy. In the absence of any particular instructions from the State Board, it is deemed unnecessary to go over the routine and statistics of the last year's report.

Our last Fair was held on the Society's grounds at Mt. Gilead, the 10th, 11th

and 12th days of October, and was well at ended. A feeling of confidence in the stability and usefulness of the Society is clearly manifest, and but few men of standing or worth in the county at present oppose openly the organization, as shown by the number of exhibiters and the amount exhibited. The total number of entries being near sixteen hundred, over three hundred horses, and near two hundred cattle, nearly all Shorthorns, and mostly pure breed.

Of jacks, mules, etc., the exhibition was very good. This branch of stock is receiving much more attention than formerly.

Of swine, there were a large number, and all were of excellent quality, especially the Leicesters, a very superior variety, becoming very popular in this and other parts of the State. There are some, however, who prefer the Suffolk, on account of their docility and aptitude to fatten.

Of sheep, there was a very large exhibition, especially the Spanish Merinos, which are generally preferred for wool. There was also a very respectable show of South Downs and Cotswolds, which varieties are generally preferred for mutton. We consider the financial condition of our Society good; although embarrassed a little, it is for good and substantial improvements. Our grounds are well fenced, and about one hundred covered stalls erected, and any amount of open ones; a Floral Hall, 84 feet long, and a large and commodious Dining Hall, a splendid track, one-third of a mile, and a beautiful fountain of pure spring water in the center of the ring.

OFFICERS.-G. W. Hi kett, President, Cardington; Smith Thomas, Treasurer, Mt. Gilead; J. T. Beebe, Recording Secretary, Mt. Gilead; W. S. Irwin, Corresponding Secretary, Mt. Gilead.

MUSKINGUM COUNTY.

The "Muskingum Valley Fair" was held by the Muskingum County Agricultural Society, on the grounds of the Society occupied by the State Board in 1859, commencing on the 18th of September, 1860, and continuing for four days. In many respects it was a decided success. To make it such, the premium list was much extended, and the premiums also, through the generous liberality of our