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being used in the hill under the seed. The town-farm was repre- 

 sented b}' a good collection of vegetables. The display of the 

 products of the reclaimed marsh-lands, which were grown with- 

 out fertilizers, showed very favorable results. A premium was 

 awarded to George P. Peterson for evergreen sweet corn raised on 

 the marsh. One thousand bushels of oats, and a large quantity of 

 wheat and barley, had been raised on these lands the past j'car. 

 The principal contributors of marsh-products were Edwin White, 

 C. S. Goodhue, N. H. Whiting, G. P. Peterson, Thomas P. Ford, 

 and E. R, Church, showing that the diking project had been suc- 

 cessfully tested. 



On Thursda}' the stock-pens were filled with a fine lot of cattle. 

 Albert Tirrell exhibited Ayrshire and Jersej^ heifers and cows ; 

 and the premium Jersey' bull " Smuggler," by Baily and Calvin 

 Chandler, attracted much attention. 



The points in the ' ' Jersey Belle ' ' were explained bj^ the owner, 

 Mr. C. O. EUms ; and her products of butter and mill?: shown were 

 the proof of his statement. When in full milk last spring, her 

 udder measured on the umbilical line five feet and one inch 

 around, and the width of escutcheon was eighteen inches. She is 

 believed by good judges to be the best cow in this country. 

 Her record will be found in " The American Jersey Herd-Book," 

 vol. vi., and her progeny in the seventh volume of the same work. 

 Mr. Ellms has refused an offer of five thousand dollars for her. 

 Parties in Europe are seeking to purchase her. 



The show of fat cattle was good, and contained several yoke of 

 large oxen, three fat cows, and a fat ox. Working-oxen and steers 

 were not numerous. There was a fair average of horses, and some 

 half-dozen good colts. 



On AYednesday, at about noon, a procession was formed, and 

 marched under martial music to the spacious hall, where nearly 

 five hundred partook of a sumptuous farmers' dinner. At its 

 close, George M. Baker, Esq., its efficient president, called the 

 company to order, and furnished the audience with an interesting 

 and instructive account of the rise and progress of the Marshfield 

 societ}'. He believed the twelve hundred acres of the reclaimed 

 marshes of North River would be made to produce the large crops 

 represented ; and if an acre of that land will produce thirty- bush- 

 els and more of rje, another, fort}' bushels of oats, and another, 

 three tons and a half of ha}', without fertilization save its own 

 inherent qualities, the query he desired each to answer, was, 

 " Why will not the twelve hundred acres of the same land, under 

 similar circumstances, produce like results?" A massive cross 

 of dahlias with other flowers was at this time brought to the 



