COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



LINCOLN COUNTY. 

 By J. J. A. HoFFSES, Secretary. 



The Twenty-Second Exhibition of this Society was held at the 

 Jefferson Trotting Park, Jefferson, October 3d, 1th. and 5th. It 

 was feared by those having the exhibition in charge, that in con- 

 sequence of the Centennial Exhibition and the heated Presidential 

 contest, the minds of the people would be so attracted and 

 absorbed, that our show would be a failure ; but in this they were 

 happily disappointed, for so far as the exhibition went it was a 

 perfect success — the entries exceeding those of several years past; 

 but financially it was not so successful, owing to the last day — 

 which was to have been the " big day " — being stormy, conse- 

 quently the receipts were very much smaller, as it gave us, practi- 

 cally, only one paying day. The show of live stock was very good. 

 It is true, they were less in number than in some former years, 

 but were of superior excellence. The show of Shorthorns and 

 Ayrshires was very fine ; some very nice Cotswold sheep were on 

 exhibition, also splendid specimens of pork producers. The show 

 of corn has not been excelled, I think, in this county. The wheat 

 crop was not a success. Barley was fair ; of rye none is grown. 

 Oats generally were an average yield. The display of fruit was 

 quite large and the specimens were very fine and nice. Geo. B. 

 Sawyer of Wiscasset, as usual, made a very fine display of foreign 

 and native grapes. Of apples, T. J. Simmons, Waldoboro', ex- 

 hibited 65 varieties ; Alfred Besse, Jefferson, 60 ; John Avery, 

 Whitefield, 34; Samuel Kennedy, WhiteSeld, 30 ; L. M Kennedy, 

 Jefierson, 25 ; and many others smaller lots. The dairy was well 

 represented, the show of butter being very good. The display of 

 household manufactures, fancy articles, flowers, &c., was very fine. 



The Cheese Factory, at East Jefferson, — the only one in the 

 county, — is giving general satisfaction. 



