XX REPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



The exhibition in the hall was almost destitute of merchants' ad- 

 vertising products, making it strictly an agricultural and domestic 

 display. Samples of grain, sixty-two entries ; fruits and vegetables, 

 forty entries, with the dairy exhibit, were highly creditable. 



The good taste and skill of the ladies were noticeable in the 

 various manufactured articles there exhibited. The assemblage in 

 the hall, in the evening, to listen to brief addresses and music, was 

 large and orderly, making it one of the most pleasant features of 

 the fair. The second day opened with a dense fog, which soon set 

 in for a powerful rain, which interfered greatly with the show's 

 success. 



After dinner, the address of the Hon. S. B. Quigley, of Southamp- 

 ton, was listened to with marked attention, as he in the main dis- 

 coursed upon the topic of agriculture ; and music from the band 

 winding up the entertainment, the awards of premiums were an- 

 nounced. 



With an acknowledgment of the bountiful hospitality received at 

 the hands of the secretary and his hostess, and the agreeable cour- 

 tesy and attention of the officers and members in general, I subscribe 

 myself, 



Thos. L. Allis. 



HINGHAM. 



The annual exhibition of the Hingham Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society was held on the society's grounds at Hingham on 

 Tuesday and "Wednesday, September 24th and 25th. This society 

 has been attended with great prosperity' from its foundation, and it 

 continues to manage its affairs with vigor, good judgment, and suc- 

 cess. That it has stimulated the agriculture of the section which it 

 covers, cannot be doubted. Its members excel in many branches of 

 farming to which they have devoted themselves, and in which they 

 have been encouraged by their associates and by the liberal bounty 

 of the society. The monthly meetings, which last year were fully 

 attended, have done much to rouse a spirit of investigation, and the 

 papers which have been prepared for these occasions upon the "Con- 

 struction of Highways," " The Manner of Managing Grass-lands," 

 " The Orchard," "Agricultural Education," and " Market Garden- 

 ing," form a valuable addition to the agricultural writing of our 

 State. 



The exhibition was very successful. The arrangement of the 

 grounds was admirable, and the hall, one of the best and most 

 thoroughly equipped and furnished in the Commonwealth, was well 

 filled with most attractive specimens of agricultural products and 



