108 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



LINCOLN COUNTY. 



Institute at Bristol. 



In the town of Bristol there is an active and efficient Farmers' 

 Chib, which has, for several yeai's. held successful cattle shows and 

 fairs. The}' own exhibition grounds, on which is an exhibition 

 building, which are substantially enclosed. In addition to holding 

 an annual fair, the Club has been instrumental in introducing im- 

 proved stock among its members, and as a result the town has become 

 celebrated for the superior quality of its stock, chiefly in the line of 

 its oxen and steers and animals kept for breeding purposes. 



This Club invited the Board to hold an Institute with them at the 

 Town Hall, Bristol Mills, November 7. Both the attendance and 

 the interest were a credit to the Club and to the community-. There 

 were present of the Board Messrs. Stetson, Holbrook, Lermond, 

 and Hammond, all of whom were entertained by the Club. 



The meeting was called to order by Mr. D. R. Hanle}', and David 

 Chamberlain, Esq., was called to preside. 



E. W. Stetson, member for the county, spoke at length of the 

 "Condition and Wants of the Agriculture of Lincoln county." 



The first requisite of a successful agriculture, of course, is a fertile 

 soil, without which no real success can be secured. . In this respect, 

 Lincoln county compares favorabh" with most of the other counties 

 of the State. There is waste land, but there is also a great variety 

 of soil in the count}' suited to every condition of agricultural life. 

 The locality is especially favorable to the securing of marine manures. 

 There are three rivers running nearly- parallel tlu'ough the count}', and 

 on these rivers and on the coast line are one hundred and fifty miles 

 of farm which border on tide waters, aflTording unmeasured supplies 

 of rock weed and muscle mud which can never be exhausted. These 

 supplies are in easy reach of farm lands that will compare favorably 

 in natural productiveness with the farm lands of tlie interior. In 

 facilities for obtaining material with which to replenish the soil with 

 fertilizing material used up in production, tliis localit}' has an ad- 

 vantage nowhere surpassed. These are natural resources which few 

 localities are favored with. 



But with these special advantages, the agriculture of the locality 

 is not what it might be supposed to be. There are other industries 



