WALDO COUNTY SOCIETY 



Of this Society its Secretary writes : 



" Its Annual Exhibition was held at Belfast, on the 14th and 22d 

 days of October, 1857. The leading features of our exhibition are 

 that of stock and the show at the hall. The exhibition of stock sur- 

 passed any we have before held in the county, and we observe a 

 steady improvement from year to year. The exhibition at the hall 

 was fully equal to any ever held in the county. That of fruit and 

 vegetables was said to rank nearly equal to that of the State Fair. 



We look upon the exhibition at the hall as the saving feature of 

 the whole, though considerable interest is manifested in the other 

 departments. We made over one hundred and fifty entries of stock, 

 and more than two hundred at the hall. " 



Timothy Thorndike. 



From the Report of Com.mittee on Farms. 



The Committee met at the residence of Horace McKenney, in 

 Monroe. Here we found a farm well cultivated, a large team of 

 hoj-ses, oxen, a very fine lot of cows, together with sheep and swine 

 in abundance. This farm we consider one of the best in this sec- 

 tion ; everything here is neat and in ample order. 



We then visited the farm of John Heagan, Esq , in Prospect. 

 Here we found a large farm with a fine stock of cattle and sheep. 

 The cows on this farm and some of the young stock are some of the 

 best we have seen. This farm, put under a higher state of cultiva- 

 tio-^, would be second to none in the county. 



We then visited the farm of Robert Patterson, Esq., in Belfast. 

 Here we found a farm under a high state of cultivation and some of 



