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HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN, AND HAMPDEN AGRICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Cattle Show and Fair of this society, was held at 

 Northampton, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 10th and 11th 

 of October last. On account of the threatening aspect of the 

 weather, or for some other reason, the crowd of people did not 

 appear to be so large as usual on these occasions. 



The show of cattle was inferior, in respect to numbers, to 

 that of many former years, but the quality of the animals would 

 not suffer in comparison with those of any preceding exhibition. 

 There were but two town teams — one from Easthampton, of 

 twenty-six yoke, and one from South Hadley, of sixteen yoke. 

 Both took the highest premium, the one for the greater number, 

 and the other for the better quality. Of swine, there never has 

 been a better exhibition. Through the efforts of the Northamp- 

 ton Horticultural Club, the variety and number of specimens of 

 apples, pears, grapes, and other fruit presented, would have done 

 honor to any similar exhibition, in the best fruit-growing dis- 

 tricts. 



On Thursday, the rain fell in torrents, and the show of horses 

 was, therefore, much less than it would have been on a fair 

 day. Forty entries were made, but not all the horses entered, 

 were present for inspection. The examination was made under 

 the roof to the South Street Bridge. This afforded shelter from 

 the rain, but it was a poor place to show horses to advantage. 

 The address was delivered by Professor John P. Norton, of 

 New Haven. 



On Domestic Manufactures. 



Were we desirous of forming the most correct general esti- 

 mate of a people, or of any section of the community, and if, 



