28 NORTH PENOBSCOT SOCIETY. 



NORTH PENOBSCOT AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY. 



The loading' features of the exhibition of this Society for the 

 year ISVO, were its unusual degree of interest manifested by the 

 leading fanners, many coining ten, twenty and even thirty miles 

 to attend, bringing" M^ith them produce, stock, &c., and remaining 

 throughout the two days of the exhibition, and the excellent 

 character of the produce and stock exhibited, clearly iiulicating 

 an elfort and determination to produce something wortlij^ of ex- 

 hibition. The Trustees at their annual meeting invited proposals 

 from the various towns, for contributions to the Society, agreeing 

 to have the Fair lield in that town which would give llio most. 

 Over one hundred dollars were raised in this way and paid out in 

 premiums. Tlie cfibrts of the Trustees, together with the coiiper- 

 tiou of the best farmers, nuule tin's tlie most interesting- and prolit- 

 able exhibition ever held by the Society. 



The grain crop grown here this year compares favorably with 

 those grown in past years. The principal obstacle in the way of 

 the grain growing here is the fact that farmers have been and still 

 are too much (Migaged in lumbering, and have neglected their 

 farms. The}' are, iiowever, becoming ct»nvine(Ml ol" Ihcir mistake 

 in this conncH'tioii, and are beginning to act on their convit'tions, 

 and tlie result is tliat (arming is looking up. Those who give 

 their attention exclusively to farming arc rewarded with profitable 

 crops. The especial want of agriculture here is a lack of sullicient 

 manur(>, aUliongh the farmcn-s are fully awake to tlie necessity of 

 husbanding all their resources by way of saving, and even of 

 purchasing manufactured fertilizers. Since the construction of 

 the E. & N. A. R. n\) the renobscot river, fanners have lunied 

 their attention especially to the growing of potatoes, and the crop 

 has been largely increased during the last two years, and will be 

 largely increased from year to year in the future, experience prov- 

 ing that this crop can be grown one year with another with large 

 profit. 



W. C. Ci,ARK, Scc7'e(arij. 



