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thought are being directed to that pursuit. Sheep were on exhibition 

 by the hundreds, of the fine, coarse, and middle-wool varieties, and in 

 the departments of swine and poultry the number was large and the 

 quality was excellent. The number of horses on exhibition the second 

 day was large, and the animals were fine, of the several classes. This 

 portion of the show had little of the fast horse and fast man about it, 

 but was a commendable exhibit of the efforts of the farmers in horse- 

 breeding, and showed skill in the selection of the stock-getters, and care 

 and success in the rearing and training of the animals. The exhibition 

 in the hall, of pomological, horticultural and mechanical specimens, and 

 of domestic manufactures, was highly flattering to the intelligent skill 

 and success of the exhibitors. It would be an arduous task to describe 

 in detail all that was worthy and commendable in this exhibition. It 

 was literally a cattle show, a horse show, a horticultural exhibition, and 

 it had about it an air of life, interest and competition that indicated 

 clearly that the people of this county are on a rapid march of agricul- 

 tural improvement, and that its every department is receiving the ben- 

 efit of intelligence, thought and study. Every facility was given me by 

 the officers and members of the society to examine all departments of 

 the exhibition, and to become acquainted with their plans of operation, 

 and the modes by which the degree of success in the different branches 

 of culture was attained. 



L. Stockbridge. 



HOUSATONIC. 



T^our delegate, to whom was assigned the duty of visiting the Housa- 

 -tonic Agricultural Society, attended at the exhibition of the society at 

 Great Barrington on the 25th and 26th of September. 



No one can enter upon the grounds of this society without remarking 

 how strikingly they are adapted to ilie uses to which they are devoted. 

 A fertile tract of land of about thirty acres, and as level as a threshing 

 floor, affords ample space and accommodation for all the purposes of an 

 agricultural exhibition. A range of lofty hills shuts in and seems to 

 consecrate the spot to the uses of intelligent and scientific agriculture. 



The hall, situated on one side of the amphitheatre, and provided with 

 two covered balconies extending its entire length, furnishes excellent 

 conveniences for the spectator to observe the different portions of the 

 exhibition. 



Of the display within the hall, tlie butter and cheese most attracted 

 the attfniion of your delegate. There were thirty-nine lots' of butter, 

 almost all of which was of great excellence. The display of cheese 

 was not so large, but ike quality was very fine. The farmers and 



