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coming of manufacturing- enterprises. Nature has done her part 

 fully ; and it is only wanting now that the husbandmen shall come 

 in to fill the unoccupied places, and capital give railroad and man- 

 ufactures to supply their growing needs. 



Amount of premiums offered, $323 ; amount of premiums 

 awarded, $193. 



Jas. Frank Holland, Secretary. 



NORTH AROOSTOOK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Cattle Show and Fair of this Society was held at Presque 

 Isle, on the 5th and 6th of October, 1870, having been postponed 

 one day on account of a heavy rain. Notwithstanding this disad- 

 vantage there was an unusually good exhibition of live stock. 



The horses entered for premiums, compared with those shown 

 ten years ago at our Fairs, gave evidence of great improvement, 

 both in the class for general use and that of heavy draft horses. 



The neat stock showed improvement equal to that of horses. 

 Mr. Frank Haines presented thirty animals from his herd. They 

 were all thoroughbred or grade Herefords. In style and condition 

 there are probably few herds in the State that surpass his. 



Mr. E. E. Parkhurst exhibited the nucleus of a herd of short- 

 horns — five herd-book animals — also some of his grades. The 

 farmers of Aroostook should give him and Mr. Haines suflScient 

 encouragement to enable them to increase their herds of thorough- 

 breds. 



The cattle exhibited by other parties were chiefly either Durham 

 or Hereford grades. The Devon stock is losing ground. No 

 Jersey cattle were shown. It is only within two years that a 

 Jersey bull has been used in this vicinity. 



Sheep were not numerous, but those on the grounds were of 

 better quality than at previous shows. 



No swine were entered. The improvement in hogs during the 

 last ten years has been equal to that of any other class of farm 

 stock. It has been made principally by the introduction of Ches- 

 ter and Suffolk. 



The exhibition in the hall was good in the ladies' department, 

 but the display of grain, fruit and vegetables, was meagre, and 



