WEST OXFORD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Amount of Peejiiums awaeded at theie 



October 16th, 1856. 



On domestic and fancy articles, . 



horticultural products, 



horses, 



sheep and swine, 



bulls, steers and heifers, 



wheat, corn, rye and beans, . 



peas, oats, potatoes, <fec., 



town teams, . 



working oxen, 



cows and calves, 



butter and cheese, 



cloth, 



carriages, 



boots, shoes, leather and harnesses, 



plowing, ... 



ladies' horsemanship, 

 Miscellaneous, 



Show and Fair 



$161 42 



From the Report on Plowing. 



The object of plowing, is to prepare the ground for the re- 

 ception of the seed, and every judicious and intelligent tiller of 

 the. soil is well aware that the youutj and tender fibre requires 

 sustenance which it can readily take in, and such as is best 

 adapted to its growth. The benefit of deep plowing is not fully 



