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The town teams, which used to attract so much attention in other 

 years, have of late disappeared entirely from our fairs. The 

 plowing matches and drawing matches are also left out of our 

 programme, and the time and the money paid in premiums has 

 been devoted to other interests. There were shown twenty-five 

 milch cows, eighteen yearling heifers, twenty-two calves, thirty- 

 three yoke of oxen and steers, and fifteen bulls. Jersey, Short- 

 horn, and Ayrshire were represented. The horses entered for 

 exhibition included six breeding mares and colts, four three-year 

 olds, eight four-year-olds, one five-year-old, three stock horses, 

 five family horses, one team horse, and a pair of matched horses. 

 The much abused trotting horse was there too, and bore a con- 

 spicuous part in the exhibition. 



Some nice looking flocks of sheep, and some good specimens of 

 swine were shown. A Poultry Show, held in connection with, and 

 under the auspices of the Agricultural Society, added somewhat 

 to the attractions, and gave evidence that the breeders of pure 

 blood fowl had taken great care in selecting the best strains, and 

 succeeded in producing handsome and well proportioned birds, 

 including Brahma, Leghorn, Cochin, Plymouth Rock, Seabrights, 

 &c. Some Pekin and Aylesbury ducks were remarkable for size 

 and beauty. An excellent show of roots and vegetables was pre- 

 sented in the hall. Potatoes were shown in great abundance, and 

 of enormous size. The drought during the latter part of the sum- 

 mer threatened to severely injure this crop, but farmers report 

 that at digging time the quantity was found to be fully up to the 

 average, and the quality unsurpassed. Our hall is not large 

 enough to display all the articles brought to our fairs to the best 

 advantage. We need more room on the tables and counters for 

 the benefit of exhibitors, judges and spectators. A large number 

 of specimens of beans were shown, also peas, and some good lots 

 of oats, barley, and buckwheat. Premiums and gratuities were 

 paid on thirteen diflferent lots of apples, besides many other speci- 

 mens of fruits. 



The ladies' department was full of the useful as well as the 

 ornamental articles of their production, and it reflected credit on 

 their skill and industry. C. W. Ilersey presented for examination 

 a deed and a will, one written in 1659, and the other more than a 

 hundred years old, and some other articles which were in use a 

 century ago. 



