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colts command liigli prices at the age of three to six years ; 

 being crossed with the foreign blood of horses from the neigh- 

 boring Provinces and elsewhere. 



Horticultural Products. 



The first premium was awarded to Alfred Cushman, by the 

 Penobscot and Aroostook Agricultural Society, for the best 

 specimens of grafted fruit — the Red Astrachan. It was pro- 

 duced from trees six years from the seed, grafted at the ground, 

 and on a deep and stony soil, with no other cultivation than 

 hoeing the first year after being planted. 



This society awarded its first premium on " Native Apples," 

 to H. N. Darling. The trees were ten years old from the seed, 

 on a deep loam, rather wet, and free from stones. They were 

 set in the spring, on ground cropped for twelve years, and ma- 

 nured at the rate of twenty loads of manure to the acre. The 

 last year it was sown to grain, and the grass kept down about 

 the roots of the trees. 



Dairy Products. 



Mrs. L. C. Blake was awarded the society's first premium 

 on cheese, but there is nothing peculiar stated in relation to 

 its manufacture, except a caution against the excessive use of 

 rennet. 



Mrs. H. N. Darling lets the milk stand thirty-six hours in 

 the summer, and forty-eight hours in the fall, for cream, and 

 packs the butter close in glass or stone jars. 



Mrs. Hancock who took the society's first premium, is care- 

 ful to skim the milk before it becomes sour, and churns the 

 cream the third day after being taken from the milk. 



