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platform, and tendered as a token of personal esteem to the 

 president. 



Several distinguished speakers were present. INIr. Speaker 

 Long gave a humorous address relating to his experience in agri- 

 culture. Hon. H. B. Peirce, Hon. Thomas Russell, Edmund Her- 

 sej', and others, delighted and instructed the audience upon the 

 great subject of agriculture. Most of them spoke in praise of the 

 enterprise of the Marshfield farmers in the project of reclaiming 

 the extensive marshes of that town. Judge Russell spoke in tlie 

 highest terms of the old-fashioned cattle shows of this Common- 

 wealth, and said, that, barren as are the sands, the Plj-mouth boy 

 loves them, because he believes that the men who were the first 

 settlers hei'e, although in their honored graves now, cannot fail to 

 be a fruitful lesson to the rising generation. 



The fair closed on Thursday ; and it is but just to say that 



rarely does a societ}^ display greater enterprise, where every man, 



woman, and child seemed more desirous of helping along the 



exhibition. 



S. B. Phinnet. 



BARNSTABLE. 



The Thirty-fourth Exhibition of the Barnstable Agricultural 

 Society was held on the society's grounds, in Barnstable, Sept. 18 

 and 19. 



Your delegate arrived on the grounds on the morning of the 

 second day. The weather was all that could be desired ; and it 

 called out a large gathering of people, whose happy countenances 

 indicated that the}' fully realized the advantages of an agricultural 

 fair. 



The stock department was first visited. The whole number of 

 entries in this department, including twenty-one of poultr}', was 

 seventy-three. Of cows there were several fine animals of the 

 Jersey breed. Three heifers of the same breed had strong marks 

 of promise. Onl^^ three bulls were exhibited, one of them a fine 

 animal of the Jersey breed. Twelve horses and colts were exhib- 

 ited ; among them were two good famil}^ horses. The show of 

 poultr}' was not large or very attractive. 



Of swine the Berkshire, Chester, and Essex breeds were repre- 

 sented. In the hall the fruit department was well represented. 

 The display of apples was very large, and the quality remarkably 

 good : the same may be said of the pears and grapes. The vege- 

 table department did not contain that great variety of improved 

 vegetables that one would expect to find in a country so well 



