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The exercises in the hall consisted mainly of an addi-ess, showing 

 the duty of farmers to influence their sons to stay at home on the 

 farms, and that New England was as good a place to live or die 

 in as any part of the United States. 



With the award of premiums, &c, and with foot-races, and 

 music by the Bridgeport city brass band, the show ended. 



H. Converse. 



NORFOLK. 



The twenty-third annual exhibition of the Norfolk Agricultural 

 Society took place at Readville, on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 

 21st and 22d, 1871. 



The first day of the exhibition was devoted to the display of 

 the cattle, swine, ploughing match and various articles of manu- 

 facture, etc. 



The stock exhibition was very small. Less than twenty head of 

 cattle were on exhibition in the pens on the first day. There were 

 only a few pairs of working oxen. I noticed one herd of Jersey 

 cows, which was very fine. 



There were no sheep upon the grounds. The display of swine 

 was not very large, but was highly creditable. 



The ploughing match both of oxen and of horses was the most 

 interesting portion of the first day's exercises. The teams showed 

 evidence of good training, and the holders of the ploughs were 

 clearly masters of their profession. 



The exhibition of fowls was exceedingly large, and embraced a 

 large variety of the different specimens of poultry. 



The display of fruit was very creditable, as was also that of 

 flowers, eminently so. In fact the hall exhibition of domestic 

 manufactures, vegetables, &c, was very much beyond my antici- 

 pation, and very much credit is due those who had the charge of 

 the several halls, for the taste they displayed in their arrangement, 

 I doubt very much whether any society in the State has more 

 commodious halls for the exhibition of their several kinds of man- 

 ufacture, &c, than this society has. 



The second day's exercises consisted of the society's dinner, an 

 address from Samuel B. Noyes, Esq., of Canton, and the usual 

 trial of speed of horses. 



The display of horses was quite large, and some very fine animals 

 were on exhibition. I did not witness very many of the trials of 

 speed, but learn that they were highly creditable. 

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