MAIM STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Secretary of this Society, Dr. E. Holmes, furnishes the fol- 

 lowing remarks relative to its operations for 1857 : 



The third annual exhibition of the Maine State Agricultural So- 

 ciety was held in Bangor, on Tuesday, Sept. 29th, and the three 

 following days. As a whole, it was a very successful one, consider- 

 ing that the Society is still in its infancy, and that it has never 

 before held an exhibition in that part of the State. One, who has 

 visited the shows of this Society, which it has thus far held in 

 different locations, cannot help observing how instrumental it is in 

 demonstrating what particular branch of culture, or stock breeding, 

 or industrial pursuits prevails in that locality. Thus, in Kennebec, 

 neat stock, and especially fine oxen, take the lead in the field. In 

 Penobscot, the leading interest of the show, in the field, consisted 

 in fine and fast horses. 



A greater number of horses were entered than ever before, but 

 the neat stock department was not so well represented as usual. By 

 this we do not mean to say that the cattle were not good. Very 

 many fine animals were upon the ground, and the several classes 

 were well represented, both in full bloods and grades. We especially 

 noticed the fine display of Devon stock, from the Shaker village, at 

 East Poland, exhibited by Isaiah Wentworth. He had about thirty 

 head upon the ground, of all sizes, from the calf to the full grown 

 sire. His stock was partly from the Hurlburt breed, in Connecticut, 

 and attracted great attention. Several good Durhams were exhib- 

 ited by I. W. Case, of Kenduskeag. J. D. Lang, of Vassalboro', 

 showed some of his fine cows, both full blood Durhams and grades 



