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samples ; of Merinos, from Messrs. Blakeslee & Atwood, of Connecti- 

 cut, and from Messrs. Jewett, Sanford, and Wright, of Vermont, 



The show of swine was large, and comprised good animals of all 

 the most noted breeds in the country — Berkshires,Leicesters, ChinaSy 

 Neapolitans, &c. 



In the Plowing Match, there was much less competition than 

 •was expected ; and much of the work was deficient in execution. 

 The great fault arose from a desire to do too much work in a giyen 

 time, which fatigued the teams, caused disorder, and broken and 

 crooked furrows. There were, however, one or two very commend- 

 able exceptions. 



On the afternoon of the second day of the exhibition, the officers 

 and members of the society, with the thousands, both male and fe- 

 male, in attendance, assembled under the great tent to hear the fol- 

 lowing 



ADDRESS, BY HON. GEORGE BANCROFT, 



Of Massachusetts. 



Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Agricultural Society : 



Farmers of New-York — The hour of separation for this dazzling 

 array of beauty, this vast multitude of men, is at hand. Fruits rich- 

 er than ever graced the gardens of Pomona — a paradise of flowers — 

 needle-work the most exact, delicate and even — ingenious farming 

 implements and manufactures of all sorts, cloths of the finest quality, 

 from your own looms, and from looms in Massachusetts — horses, fit 

 to win prizes at Olympia — milk-white cattle, more beautiful than 

 ever grazed on the banks of the Clitumnus, and never were dreamed 

 of by the highest genius of the Dutch painters — all these and more 

 have arrested our gaze and filled us with wonder and delight. And 

 now I am commissioned to summon you, and through you the popu- 

 lation of this mighty commonwealth, to come up and join us, as, un- 

 der the auspices of the State, honor and distinction are awarded to 

 agricultural industry and genius. 



A spectacle like this around me, of culture, order, and the peace- 

 ful virtues, cannot be surpassed in the world. In this hour, hushed 

 be the spirit of party ; be it utterly exorcised and banished from this 

 enclosure, which is consecrated to the peaceful triumphs of the agri- 



