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paintings and pictures ; and the tables were ornamented by a 

 profusion of flowers, both natural and artificial. 



The annual address, which was expected from Hon. Alex- 

 ander H. Bullock, of Worcester, failed, on account of that 

 gentleman's indisposition. 



At the close of the exhibition of horses, on the society's 

 grounds, the officers, invited guests, and such as chose to join 

 in the procession, proceeded in carriages, attended by a band of 

 music, to the town hall, and thence on foot to the Mansion 

 house, where they partook of an excellent dinner, provided for 

 some two hundred and fifty persons, too small a proportion of 

 whom were ladies. After dinner tlie reports of committees 

 were read, and brief speeches and sentiments were given by 

 several gentlemen. The proceedings throughovit were of the 

 most satisfactory character. 



The officers of the society manifested due respect for the 

 Board of Agriculture by the very kind and respectful manner 

 in which they received your delegate. 



0. C. Felton. 



HAMPSHIRE. 



The annual exhibition of the Hampshire Agricultural Society, 

 was held at Amherst on the 9th and 10th days of October. The 

 place is admirably adapted for such purposes. The surround- 

 ing scenery is surpassingly beautiful. All the glories of autumn, 

 the ripened harvests, and the thousand hues of the foliage, were 

 in perfection. The sky was serene, and the air deliciously 

 balmy. On both days, the whole population of the county, 

 men, women and children, seemed to be present, and to enter 

 with a thankful and decorous joy into the spirit of the occasion. 

 Every thing indicated a r6al harvest-home festival. I was 

 gratified to observe that the officers of the college mingled in 

 the festival, not as mere lookers on, but with as mucli apparent 

 zest and interest as the farmers themselves. I witnessed every 

 part of the exhibition. Good nature and perfectly good order 

 prevailed throughout, without a single exception. I saw no 



