366 BOAUD OF AGRICULTURE. 



There was a good show of cows and heifers. Sheep, though 

 not in great numbers, were of good quality. Of swine, there 

 were some nice specimens, and worthy of commendation. 



Milo B. Richardson, of Salisbury, showed one of the best, 

 most valuable, and finest bred Short-horn bulls that it has 

 ever been my pleasure to have seen, and I have no doubt but 

 that his worth will be appreciated by the farmers in this part 

 of the county. A cross by him with the Devon or native 

 breeds of cows cannot fail to be productive of the best results 

 in the increased size and milking qualities of their offspring. 

 The bulls owned by Robbins Battell and William Barnum 

 were excellent representatives of their class, and valuable 

 animals. 



Horses were in respectable numbers, of fair merit, but not 

 equal to what the good farmers with the facilities they have 

 at hand should raise. A valuable animal is always a pleasure 

 for service, to look upon, and of no more cost to the owner 

 than the indifferent and poor one. 



The trotting was well managed, spirited, exciting as it 

 always does the admiration of ladies and gentlemen. The 

 horses were driven by those evidently having the character of 

 gentlemen. 



The third day was wholly devoted to horses, but your Dele- 

 gate was obliged from the pressure of business to decline an 

 invitation to be present. 



The Hall was well filled with vegetables of all kinds — cab- 

 bages, beets, turnips, &c. , large enough. Yellow pumpkins and 

 squashes in close proximity with the new patterns of cooking- 

 stoves were very suggestive of that time-honored festival, 

 Thanksgiving — and made us hope that some one would ex- 

 tend an invitation to us to pass that day in this part of the 

 State. 



Fruit was not in great abundance, owing to the light crop. 

 I noticed some good apples and pears that were inviting and 

 of choice new varieties, showing the progress and taste of 

 tlie cultivators of them. 



In grapes there was a good display of the hardy varieties, 

 but it was too early in the season to have them well ripened. 



