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REPORT OF DELEGATES TO MARYLAND STATE FAIR. 



To the Executive Committee of the JV. Y. State Ag. Soc. : 



The subscribers, in pursuance of their appointment, attended 

 the annual exhibition of the Maryland State Agricultural Society, 

 which was held at Baltimore, the last week in October. We ar- 

 rived there on the second day of the exhibition, and two of our 

 number remained until the close of the exhibition. We were 

 received by the society and its ofhcers with great cordiality, and 

 every desired facility was afiforded us for a complete and thorough 

 examination of their exhibition, which was highly creditable to 

 the State, and upon the whole, one of the best exhibitions the 

 society has had. 



The society had permanent grounds of about twenty acres in 

 extent, which are enclosed with firm and substantial fence, and 

 suitable buildings erected for the society ; permanent stalls for 

 cattle, horses, sheep and swine, and abundant grounds for the 

 display of implements and machines. A permanent building is 

 erected for household manufactures, fruit, &:c., and one also for 

 vegetables. The arrangements are most complete and satisfac- 

 tory, and afford far better accommodation for exhibitors than can 

 be secured from temporary erections. 



A deficiency existed in the arrangement of the stock which 

 caused much more labor to the committees tlian was desirable. 

 Tlie cattle, instead of being arranged by breeds, as placed u})on 

 the premium lists, were arranged without reference to this, each 

 breeder having all his stock together. This was a very great con- 

 venience U) tlie breeder, l)ut does not give the judges tliat oppor- 

 tunity of furmiiig correct oi)iniuns as to tlie relative merits of 

 animals, which they could do if they were placed near to each 

 other, and could readily be examined together, and their points 

 fully compared. 



The exhibition of cattle was quite extensive ; embracing Short 

 Horns, Devons, Ayrshires, Alderneys, Holstein or Dutch, Grade 

 and Native, and one Hereford, and one Tyrolese. Tliere were 

 many valuable animals exhibited, showing must clearly that com- 

 mendable attention is being given to the im]»rovement of stock. 



