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The show of poultiy is seldom equalled at a county fair, and $60 

 were distributed among 35 competitors. 



The products of the field and garden were admirable, 150 entries 

 being made and 6120 distributed among contributors by the com- 

 mittee. 



The display of fruits showed that great pains had been taken to 

 perfect the various kinds. 



Thirty-eight varieties of pears were entered b}- one person, and 

 40 others entered from three to 10 each ; 28 received premiums or 

 gratuities. 



Apples, peaches, quinces, grapes and cranberries also found a 

 place upon the fruit-tables. 



Grapes were abundant, there being 37 entries, all good collec- 

 tions, worthy of premiums, yet there were prizes for only 25. 



The ladies, too, came in for their full share of agricultural dis- 

 tinction. The different kinds of domestic manufactures and fancy 

 articles exhibited by them, the work of their own hands, gave the 

 best evidence of their qualifications to discharge the various duties 

 appertaining to housewifery- ; 244 premiums were awarded to own- 

 ers of articles under the head of home department. Canned fruits, 

 preserves, butter and cheese were quite abundant ; also all the differ- 

 ent kinds of bread. 



L. P. Warner. 



PLYMOUTH. 



The exhibition of the Plymouth County Agricultural Societ}' was 

 held at Bridgewater, on September 22d, 23d and 24th. As usual 

 with this society, the concourse of people was large, and the exhibi- 

 tion was conducted with exactness and energy. The entries for 

 premiums on produce were large, and included rye, carrots, onions, 

 beets, turnips, cabbages, parsnips, potatoes, Indian corn and beans. 

 The amount of rj'e produced to the acre was reported to be, in one 

 case, 37J- bushels, and in another, 30^f bushels per acre. The 

 former crop was raised at a cost of $32 an acre, and the latter at a 

 cost of $57.01. Another crop of rye was presented, which amounted 

 to 22 ?f per acre, and cost $55. Each of these crops seems to have 

 been made profitable b}' the straw, which finds a read}' and liberal 

 market in this count}'. Of the onion crops, one amounted to 404J- 

 bushels per acre, and another 346|^ bushels. One cultivator recom- 

 mends, as a remedy against the maggot, covering the seed-vessels, 

 before the blossoms open, with gauze, to protect them from the fly 

 which la^'s in the blossom the egg from which the maggot is after- 

 ward produced. Of mangolds, a crop of 386 bushels on 50 square 



