AROOSTOOK COUNTY SOCIETY. 



AROOSTOOK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Annual Exhibition of this Society was held at Houlton on 

 the 28th and 29th of September, 1870. The weather favored a 

 good attendance on both days, and an increasing interest in the 

 objects of the Society was noted generally. As usual, the exhibi- 

 tions of domestic animals occupied the first day, and the entries 

 were, of neat stock, 14 yokes of oxen and steers^ 30 cows and 

 heifers, and 8 bulls, and of horses, 25 under the head of roadsters, 

 and 35 draft, with a small number of sheep, swine and fowls. 



The character of the exhibition evidenced in a marked manner 

 the greater regard here paid to raising horses than any other 

 stock, for while there was a little very fine neat stock, the display 

 as a whole was insignificant and ordinary compared with the large 

 number of fine horses and colts on the grounds. 



On the second day the display of crops and manufactures was 

 very satisfactory. All crops were well represented, but the numer- 

 ous and handsome specimens of corn were especially remarked in 

 view of the fact that an idea prevails to some extent among our 

 more western friends, that Aroostook is not a corn-growing region. 

 But the universal testimony of our good farmers is that they find 

 no real diflSculty in making a sure crop, though many less enter- 

 prising prefer the more eiasily-tilled crops of grain. 



The amount of fruit was small, but the quality so excellent as 

 to show conclusively the possibility of its successful culture here 

 as fast as the farmers are lead to study it carefully, and make 

 judicious choice of orchard sites. 



An Address was delivered by Rev. M. R. Keep of Dalton, on 

 "Apple Culture in Aroostook," followed by J. V. Putnam, Esq., 

 of Houlton, member of the State Board of Agriculture, with re- 

 marks on Stock Raising and Dairy Farming in Aroostook. 



The efforts of the Society for the advancement of agriculture 

 have not been directed especially to any one or more individual 

 interests, but as liberal premiums as it was believed the finances 

 of the Society warranted were offered in all the departments. The 

 premiums on horses find numerous competitors, but those for neat 

 stock only a ilioderate number, while those on sheep and swine 

 have proved inadequate to induce the greater labor necessary to 



