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 HISTORY OF STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 325 butter ; cheese ; field crops ; garden productions ; fruit ; manu- factures; farms, etc. The competitors were as follows, with number of premiums each received : Belshaw, George 7 Bristow, Mrs. E. L 1 Bruce, Mrs. W. P 1 Brumley, J. L 1 Clancy, C 1 Cogswell, John 1 Coleman, H 1 Coleman, N. G 2 Cox, S. A 2 Coulson, Isaac 1 Croner & Huff 1 Davis, Joseph 2 Davis, N 1 Dillard, S. M 1 Goodpasture, A 2 Gay, J. W 1 Hulin, Lester 4 Hanchett, Mrs. W. H 1 Henderson, Miss Iphigenia 1 Henderson, Mrs. J. H. D. 1 Jones, W. R 1 Knox, Samuel 1 Moore, J. L 1 Masterson, J. A 1 Miller, Hulins 3 McMurray, Mrs 2 McMurray, F 1 Osborn, W. T. 1 Saylor, S. H 1 Scott, Nimrod 1 Scott, W. J. J 1 Shaw, H 1 Skinner, E. F 1 Smith, William 1 Southwell, J 5 Stevens, W. M 1 Stewart, E 2 Swaggart, N 2 Thompson, S. G 2 Vaughn, W 3 Walker, H. M 1 Watson, J 2 Wilkins, Mitchell 2 Winter, John A 1 In speaking of this fair, the Oregon Farmer of October 22, 1859, says : "The large and varied exhibition of farm products, me- chanical skill, and the number of people on the ground, were enough to convince any one that Lane County possesses much of the enterprise and spirit of improvement which build up a prosperous and happy community. If Lane County does not contain more good stock than any other in the State, then the breeders have not brought them out, for we certainly saw more stock and pure blood at Eugene City than at any other point we have visited. * * * The address delivered by Governor Whiteaker* was appropriate and well received. "John Whiteaker was born in Dearborn County, Indiana, May 4, 1820, and was reared on a farm. He lived in Illinois subsequently, and was married in the latter State to Miss Nancy J. Hargrave in 1847. In 1849 he went to the California mines, returning to Missouri in 1851. In 1852 he came to Oregon, bringing his family, settling in Lane County the next