Q MAINE STATE SOCIETY. 



When you make these comparisons, and trace the results to the 

 combined efforts of this Society, and the Board of Agriculture^ to 

 which this Society is an important and necessary auxiliary, are you 

 ready to say that these associations have failed of their mission in 

 the least degree 7 We think not. 



Looking then, to the future, you have every thing to encourage 

 renewed effort. You may feel sure from the experience even of the 

 few years of the existence of these sister organizations that the agri- 

 cultural prosperity of Maine is not problematical. Although Maine 

 is the most northerly State of the confederation — although her cli- 

 mate is rigorous — yet her physical advantages are such, that with 

 the aid of science applied to her agricultural interests, with the 

 hearty and combined eflForts of those of her sons engaged in these 

 pursuits, by the efforts of the many County Societies, most valuable 

 auxiliaries to this Society, you may in comparatively few years, see 

 Maine taking rank with the first in agricultural prosperity." 



Premiums were awarded as follows : 



LIVE STOCK. 



Stock Horses. For best stallion, six years old, to S. J. Smith 

 of Auburn, for a Morgan and Messenger. 



Second best, to James Allen of Farmingdale, for Morgan Eaton. 



Eor best four to six years old, to T. S. Lang of North Vassalbo- 

 rough, for "Black Hawk Telegraph." He has been offered for him 

 $5,200. 



Second best, to T. S. Lang, for "General Knox." Cost $1,000. 



For best three years old, to Charles Kidder, for an Eaton horse. 



Second best, to John Shaw, for a Mack and Messenger, 



For best two years old, to Lyman M. Greaton, for Messenger and 

 Witherell. 



For best one year old, to T. S. Lang, for a son of Ethan Allen, 

 for which he paid $1,000 at four months old. 



Breeding Mares and Foals. For best mare, to Sumner Hay- 

 ford of Hartford, for Morgan and Messenger. 



Second best, to Nathaniel T. Robinson of Mt. Vernon, for English 

 and Morgan. 



