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quantity of the products exhibitod, but there was a larger 

 number of individuals who exhibited butter than of the cream- 

 eries. It seems to mc that as farmers and dairymen we should 

 have taken a greater interest in the matter of a full exhibit of 

 our dairy products. The size of the exhibit of Connecticut 

 dairy products was not on a par with those of other large 

 dairy states, and dairying certainly is one of our leading in- 

 dustries. Its general excellence compared well with the ex- 

 hibits from other states, but the quantity exhibited and the 

 number of exhibitors were so limited that they were not in 

 proportion to our standing as a dairy State. 



Probably many of our creamery managers would say that 

 there was no advantage to be gained by exhibiting; that there 

 is a ready market for all the dairy products of our creameries, 

 and that there is no advantage in trying to get a high score 

 or a prize at such a fair as the one at Buffalo. It strikes me, 

 however, that our farmers and our creamery managers ought 

 to have enough State pride in such a matter to have the State 

 well represented as compared with other dairy states, even 

 if they do not get anything out of it from a pecuniary point 

 of view. 



Connecticut did not attempt to make a mammoth exhibit 

 in any line. The general agricultural exhibit was not a larg;e 

 one. The amount of space which was given to the State was 

 not large enough to admit making a mammoth exhibit, but, 

 at the same time, the general quality of the exhibit from Con- 

 necticut was very high, and received much praise from officers 

 of the fair who made a close study of it, and by visitors who 

 took pains to carefully examine the products. 



The exhibit of corn from this State was greater in variety 

 than from any other State. Of course, there were greater 

 displays of corn than we made, but in so far as the number of 

 carefully selected and named varieties was concerned, Con- 

 necticut could not be excelled. 



The exhibit of vegetables during the fall of the year was 

 fair. The exhibit of potatoes was not up to what we have 

 been able to show in many years in our State at our local 

 fairs. The reason for this is apparent to all who attempted 

 to grow potatoes during the last season. The potato crop in 

 general throughout the country, and particularly in Con- 

 necticut, was of rather poor quality, and so the exhibit in 



