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332 Polk county, April 3, 1854; first fair, Dallas, October 12, 1854; James M. Fulkerson, president; John E. Lyle, secretary.

Washington county. May 25, 1854; first fair, West Tualatin (Forest Grove), October 5, 1854 ; Thomas G. Naylor, president ; J. M. Keeler, secretary.

Linn county, May 3, 1856 ; first fair Albany, October 10, 1856 ; Delazon. Smith, president ; D. H. Bodine, secretary.

Lane county, April 7, 1859 ; first fair, Eugene City, October 11-12, 1859 ; Avery A. Smith, president; Stukeley Ellsworth, recording secretary; E. E. Haft, corresponding secretary.

Jackson county, February 8, 1859; first fair, Jacksonville, October 4-5, 1859 ; W. C. Myer, president ; J. H. Reed, secretary.

Benton county, August 2, 1859; first fair, Corvallis, October 13; A. G. Hovey, president; E. M. Waite, secretar}^ Multnomah county, November 19, 1859 ; first fair, Portland, October 2-3, 1860 ; Thomas Frazar, president ; Albert G. Walling, secretary.

Clackamas county, April 28, I860; first fair, Oregon City, September 27-28, I860; A. L. Lovejoy, president; William Abernethy, secretary.

The Umpqua Valley Agricultural Society was organized late in the summer of 1860; first fair, Oakland, November 2, 1860; R. M. Hutchinson, president; J. R. Ellison, secretary pro tem.

A pomological convention was held in Salem, October 20, 1858, as the result of a call by fruit-growers from Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington and Yamhill counties, and the "Fruit-Growers' Association of Oregon" was organized, with Amos Harvey, Polk county, president, and Chester N. Terry, Salem, secretary. The meeting was a successful one and thirty-one exhibitors were present.

The original members of this association were as follows:

Barnhart, C. Harvey, A. Stanton, Alfred Brock, D. Howell, Joseph Stone, E. G. Cox, Joseph Jones, George M. Ruble, William Cornelius, G. Ladd, J. W. Taylor, William B. Davenport, T. W. Lewelling, Seth Terry, Chester N. Gilbert, I. N. Pearce, Ashby Walling, J. D. Cox, William Prettyman, Perry Woodsides, J. Gilmore, S. M. Schnebley, D. J.

By concert of action all the county fairs in the year 1859 sent delegates to a convention appointed for February 22, 1860, in Salem. Nine counties were represented in the convention, of which J. Quinn Thornton was president, and Joseph G. Wilson, secretary. After discussion, the "Oregon State Agricultural Society" was organized, with William H. Rector, president, vice-presidents to represent every county; Samuel E. May, corresponding secretary; Lueien Heath, recording secretary; John H. Moores, treasurer — all of Marion county. An invitation was extended to the representatives of the "Oregon Fruit Grow- ers ' Association ' ' to merge that body with the Agricultural Society, and on Sep- tember 10, following the necessary action to that end was taken. On that day George Collier Robbins, Portland, was elected president. It being found im-