84 MIDDLESEX SOCIETY. 



MIDDLESEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Middlesex Society of Husbandmen and Manufacturers, 

 held their annual exhibition, at Concord, on Wednesday the 6th 

 day of October, and in all its departments, consider it unequalled 

 by any former show. The day was pleasant, and the crowd of 

 people, the number and extent and variety of productions offered, 

 proved the unfailing interest in the occasion. The ploughing 

 match was the first in order, and was unusually well contested. 

 It was enlivened by the presence, for the first time, of horse- 

 teams, which seem fast getting into use, and by teams of one 

 pair of oxen and a horse, which are by far the most common in 

 use in this county. The field, which was perfectly level, and in 

 a perfect state for ploughing, presented the most animating spec- 

 tacle, and compared favorably, in the opinion of distinguished 

 gentlemen present from a distant section of the country, with 

 a race-course, in excitement and animation. The show of an- 

 imals was large, nearly all the pens being filled with fine speci- 

 mens. The address was delivered by E. Hasket Derby, Esq., of 

 Newton. 



From the reports of committees of this society, and statements 

 accompanying the same, the following selections are made. 



On Farms, &c. 



In the prosecution of the service to which they were appointed, 

 the committee were called to the examination of seven farms, 

 one reclaimed peat or bog meadow, three specimens of compost 

 manure, and twelve orchards of apple, pear and peach trees. 



If it were expedient on this occasion, or if other indispensable 

 duties would afford sufficient time, the committee could fill a 



