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others ; but we can hardly expect seven feet six inch oxen from 

 the Jersey stock, or farm teams from the Arabian horse. 



The crop of hay, as compared with 1871, is about 150 ; potatoes 

 25 ; fruit 300 ; wheat 75 ; barley 90. 



The charter of the Georges' Valley Railroad, authorizes building 

 through this beautiful region, and from present appearances, a 

 railroad will soon be built here, which will be the meaus of further 

 developing our resourctes. 



Table showing the average degree of heat, coldest and warmest days, 

 and rain, from April to September. Observations at noon at 

 Union. 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August .. . 

 September 



Average 

 heat. 



43 22-30° 



61 20-31° 



71 25-30° 



78 12-31° 



75° 



66 11-30° 



Coldest, 

 day. 



2d— 27° 

 . 6th— 43° 



2d— 52° 



2d— 66° 

 30th— 54° 



3d— 52° 



Warmest 

 day. 



21st— 58° 

 9th— 74° 

 30th— 93° 

 16th— 93° 

 9th— 94° 

 8th— 93° 



Rainy 

 days. 



6 

 10 

 15 

 12 

 13 

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Wm. Gleason, Secretary. 



OXFORD COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Our thirtieth Exhibition was held on the Society's ground, 

 October 1st to 3d, 1872. It compared favorably with former 

 years. 



Whole number of entries, 350. Horses, 30 ; trotting horses, 

 22; neat stock, 63 ; sheep, 4; no swine ; poultry, 7 ; plowing and 

 drawing, 8; agricultural implements, 8; vegetables and root crops, 

 12; grain, 19 ; fruit, 27 ; bread, 5; needle work, 51 ; domestic 

 manufactures, 59 ; miscellaneous, 80. 



The neat stock exceeded those of last year. John Whitman of 

 Paris, entered a large herd, receiving the first premium. It in- 

 cluded a cow with three calves weighing, at birth, one hundred 

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