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The exhibition of ^ fruit, in their valuable varieties and in 

 arrangements, were also very creditable. 



I also saw on exhibition several varieties of wheat and rye, 

 which were very fine, yielding twenty-five or thirty bushels to 

 the acre. This is certainly very gratifying to know, that there 

 is an increased interest taken in this very important branch of 

 agriculture. 



There was a good display of butter, cheese, and bread, and 

 superior in quality. 



The ladies' department in the hall was well filled with their 

 handy-works of the useful and beautiful, and being tastefully 

 arranged, made a fine display. 



At two o'clock, a procession was formed by the marshal, and 

 escorted by Joslyn's Cornet Band, from Worcester, to the town 

 hall, where the people in large numbers sat down to tables 

 heavily loaded with the richest and sweetest provisions of earth, 

 to the full satisfaction of their bodily appetites. Then they 

 adjourned to the meeting-house, where Rev. Dr. Waterman, of 

 Killingly, Connecticut, delivered a very able and interesting 

 address, which was listened to by a large and intelligent audi- 

 ence. His subject was, the use of mind in agriculture. At the 

 close of the address the premiums were announced. 



Cyrus Knox. 



HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN AND HAMPDEN. 



The forty-first annual fair of the Hampshire, Hampden and 

 Franklin Agricultural Society was held at Northampton the 

 28th and 2!»th of September, which was an exhibition every 

 way worthy the resources of that section of the State. And 

 the subscriber, delegated by the State Board of Agriculture, 

 esteemed it a privilege to be present on the occasion. Although 

 the mornings of each day were rather threatening in their 

 aspects, yet the days proved auspicious and the attendance was 

 large. The first day was devoted to the show of stock which 

 was upon the show grounds, which are well adapted for such 

 purposes. The exhibition of animals, in the various classes, as 



