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WESTCHESTER. 



The Society of Agriculture and Horticulture of Westchester 



county, N. Y,, has completed its eighth annual fair, and at no pe- 

 riod since its establishment has its friends had more cause for 

 congratulation and encouragement than on the present occasion. 

 Many persons who for years past have been watching its progreas 

 with listlessness and apparent indifference, have more recently 

 awaked from this state of lukewarmness, and manifest a determi- 

 nation to make such changes in' the culture of their farms as will 

 secure a better return for the labor bestowed. They have also 

 given evidence of their desire for information, by attending our 

 fairs, and witnessing the variety of articles, useful and ornamen- 

 tal, there exhibited. Not a few at our last fair were taken by 

 surprise in beholding such a display of choice fruits as has never 

 before been exhibited in the county of We^tcV.ester, and rarely on 

 any occasion in the State, The vaiieties of beautiful and excel- 

 lent apples, pears, grapes, and other fruits, choice vegetables and 

 flowers, that were crowded into floral hall, were well calculated 

 to arouse a determinntionm the beholdeiiJ, and sticiuJate them to 

 commence tlie work, aod prove to the woild that good examples 

 are contasflou?, and that where .there is a will there will soon be 

 found a way to secure the possession of such valuable treasures^ 

 as are not only iiscfal and bi-autiful, but what is very important to 

 ythe tarmerj give an adequate return for the care and industry be- 

 stowed in securing a bountiful crop. 



There Is t^videatly a growing taste for choice £ruit^ among ail 

 classes of the community, -ah^ a well fi>unded impression exists, 

 that the free use of them contributes greatly to the promotion of 

 health. To this cause, as well as the delightful adaptation of the 

 taste and appetite for such productions, we m.ust ascribe the rea- 

 son for the great demand^ at fair prices, amid the most abundant 

 harvests, 



^ Farmers are more generally placing their manures and bestow- 

 ing their labor on a less number of acres than formerly j and in 

 this manner are making the soil capable of a greater yield, than 

 when they cultivated les^? perfectly a much larger surface. 



