APPENDIX. V 



Nearly one thousand entries were made of articles within the ex- 

 liibition hall, embracing butter, cheese, bread, vegetables, seeds, 

 grain, fruits, flowers, articles of domestic manufacture in great pro- 

 fusion, paintings and other productions of the fine arts, mechanical 

 productions of various kinds, &c., &c. 



The exhibition reflects great credit on the society, and great 

 honor on the State whose generous bounty is thus well rewardep, 

 and returns with tenfold blessings to the whole people. 



Words are inadequate to express m}' obligations to the officers and 

 members for their kind consideration and their sympathy in my un- 

 fortunate indisposition. 



" He that hath nature hi him must be grateful ; 

 'Tis the Creator's primary gi-eat law 

 That links the chain of beings to each other." 



Eliphalet Stone. 



DEERFIELD VALLEY. 



It is with pleasure that I am permitted to respond to the earnest 

 solicitation of the honorable member from Athol, who was unable to 

 be present at the Deerfield Valley fair, b}" reporting to this Board, 

 that the second cattle-show and fair of the Deerfield Valley Agricul- 

 tural Society opened in Charlemont, on Tuesday, September 24th. 

 The fog and mist of the morning were early dispelled b}- the rays of 

 the sun. Arriving in the village about nine o'clock, A. M., I im- 

 mediately' repaired to the elevated plateau, which claims (and I 

 think justly) to be as good a location for an agricultural fair as 

 can be found in the State ; surrounded by hills and high-soaring 

 peaks, with the narrow valley upon the south, through which the 

 waters of the Deerfield River quietly flow. 



The societj-'s track, which is almost level ; the hall, sixty by 

 forty-five feet, two stories high ; the barn, with a sufficient capacity 

 to accommodate fifty horses ; water in the barn and on the grounds ; 

 Fairbanks' scales, in the right place, indicate an interest and stamina 

 among the members of the societ}' seldom surpassed. 



It was apparent at an earl}- hour that the second show of this 

 society was to be a grand success, there appearing some of the finest 

 blooded stock in New England. 



When such stock-breeders as Fogg, of Deerfield, Anderson, of 

 Shelburne, Hayward, of Plainfield, and others confirm their confi- 

 dence in this new society by the presence of their famous herds, it 

 should silence all question of doubt in the wisdom of the State's 

 bestowing its bounty upon this enterprising institution. The larg- 



