KNOX COUNTY SOCIETY. 171 



KNOX COUNTY. 

 By F. W. Smith, Secretary. 



The Tenth Annual Cattle Show and Fair of the Knox Agricul- 

 tural and Ilorticultural Society was held at Rockland, October 

 10th, 11th and 12th, 1816. For the second time in eight years 

 three pleasant days smiled upon the efforts of the Society, and 

 contributed greatly to its prosperity and financial success. 



The show of stock was separate from the fair, being at the 

 Trotting Park, H miles out from the city, (an inconvenience much 

 to be dreaded). The number of horses and cattle was probably 

 greater than the usual average, some of which were of improved 

 breeds and very valuable. Rockland and Cushing presented two 

 fine town teams of oxen ; beside these there were several pairs of 

 matched, beef, and draught oxen ; the whole number of oxen, 

 however, was not so large as in some former years. Of cows and 

 heifers there were about twenty-five or thirty entries. There 

 were displayed a much larger number of improved herds than 

 usual, being several full blooded Jerseys, Ayrshires and Herefords, 

 besides many grades. A great advancement is going on in this 

 section in the introduction of improved and full-blooded stock. 

 A larger number and a greater variety of different kinds of poultry 

 was exhibited, than ever before. Of sheep and swine there were 

 but few entries. 



At the hall the display of fruit, farm and garden products was 

 large and of excellent quality, some farmers filling tables fifteen 

 feet long with their own productions. The exhibition of corn was 

 larger than ever seen previously at our fairs. A variety of kinds 

 were shown, all of excellent quality. Edward Kelleran of Cushing, 

 exhibited fifty ears of a very long, large 16 rowed variety, which 

 has been raised on his farm every season during the past eighty 

 years. Mr. K. says that it can be raised with as much ease and 

 certainty as potatoes. William Kelleran, from the same town, 

 brought in a huge variety, upon which he has been improving for 

 years, until now it grows with from 18 to 24 rows upon an ear. 

 Fine specimens of beans, peas, wheat, barley, potatoes, beets, 

 cabbage, turnips, onions, tomatoes, pumpkins, squashes, &c., 

 were tastefully displayed. The ladies' department was well filled, 

 and many articles of antiquity and curiosity were to be seen. 

 The display of dairy products, for some unknown reason, was 

 smaller than ever before. 



