gQ -WEST OXFOilD SOCIETY. 



Statement of same, nn Ruta Bagas. 



i\Iy crop, consisting of 170 bushels of ruta bagas, of 50 poumls to 

 the bushel, Avas grown on 20 rods, being at the lateof 15G0 bushels 

 to the acre. The soil upon which it grew w;is a sandy plain. The 

 land last year was part planted with corn with no manure .part Avith 

 ruta bagas. Sowed the middle of May with a seed sower. The 

 tops pay for sowing. 



Report or Mr. Butterfield. 



PniLLiPS.Dec. 4, 1860. 

 To S. L. GooDALE, Esq, Secretary, &c.: 



Having been appointed a delegate by the North Franklin Agri- 

 cultural Society to attend the Annual Exhibition of the West Ox- 

 ford Agricultural Society, I submit the following report : 



Having been notified that the Annual Exhibition of the West 

 Oxford Society would be held on the Society's grounds near Frye- 

 burg Corner, on the 9th, 10th and 11th of October, I proceeded 

 thither on the first day of the exhibition, and presented my creden- 

 tials to the Secretary, Geo. B. Barrows, Esq., by whom I was 

 Ijolitely received and introduced to the President and other officers 

 and members of the Society. My first impulse was to congratulate 

 them on the good fortune of their Society in securing so desirable a 

 location — it being in the midst of a fine forest, the underbrush and 

 a sufiicient number of the trees liaving been removed, to permit 

 teams and carriages to move over the grounds without difficulty. 

 The trees remaining on the grounds are mostly second growth white 

 pine, varying in size from six inches to a foot in diameter, and are 

 tall and thrifty. These trees, together with the surrounding for- 

 ests, are useful as well as ornamental, affording protection from the 

 sun and shelter from the wind. The grounds arc enclosed by a 

 permanent fence, and a trotting course graded, and a hall erected 

 within the inclosurc. 



Having noticed the general appearance of the grounds and the 

 appurtenances thereto, I proceeded to the examination of the neat 

 stock. I regret to say that this department of the exhibition was 

 not so creditable as it should have been. Many of the stalls were 

 unoccupied, and others contained nothing above the mediocrity of 

 our common stock. There were, however, a few superior animals 



