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EAST PISCATAQUIS SOCIETY. 

 By 0. S. Bishop, Secretary. 



The Annual Exhibition of this Society was holden in Milo, 

 September 26th and 27th. The first day the weather was fine, 

 the attendance large and the receipts larger than last year. The 

 first day was devoted to the exhibition of neat stock, the trial of 

 draft oxen and town teams. We had a good show of stock, bet- 

 ter than that of last year. Oxen and steers are not plenty in this 

 section, and farmers are doing their work with horses, as a rule. 

 There is but very little thoroughbred stock owned within the 

 limits of this Society. F. W. Brown exhibited a full blood Dur- 

 ham bull, also a full blood Jersey bull. William Severance ex- 

 hibited a Durham bull, full blood ; these three animals were the 

 only thoroughbreds exhibited. 



The second day commenced rainy in the morning, but cleared 

 off about eleven o'clock A. M. The exhibition at the Hall, display 

 of carriage horses, the trial of draft horses and the report of 

 committees, closed the fair. There was a good display of farm 

 products. Of household manufactures, fancy work and flowers, 

 there was the usual variety. 



The hay crop this year was very large, of excellent quality, and 

 secured in good condition. The crop of grain was under an aver- 

 age ; wheat about an average ; oats were light owing to the 

 severe drouth. Corn was excellent, far above the average in 

 quantity and quality; it is a crop that pays well. The potato 

 crop was up to the average in quantity, and more than average 

 quality. The fruit crop was hardly an average. 



I think the farmers in this Society, as a whole, till too much 

 land ; they do not work their ground enough. If they would put 

 their labor and dressing on one-half the ground, they would realize 

 more profit from it. Another thing, they do not make their 

 pasturing equal to their mowing fields. They hire too much 

 stock pastured away, and lose a large amount of dressing that 

 ought to be saved on their farms ; besides a hired pasture is usually 

 overstocked, so we loose a large per cent, on the growth of our 

 animals. The keeping of too many horses, and not a sufiicient 

 number of oxen, is another bad practice which our farmers follow. 

 They should change their hand at once. 



