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year's fair there were exhibited about two thousand sheep; this 

 year not so many, but a very superior selection, as follows: Me- 

 rino bucks, 27 ; Merino lambs, 87 ; Merino ewes in pens of 5 

 each, 65; Merino ewes in pens of 25 each, 125; Merino lambs 

 in pens of 25 each, 125; making a total of merinos of 304. 

 Saxony and grade bucks, 12; lambs, 45; total 57. Saxony and 

 grade ewes in pens of 5 each, 40; do. in pens of 25 each, 75; 

 total, 115. Lambs in pens of 25 each, 50. Total Saxony, 222. 

 Making the total of sheep, as reported by the secretaries, 526. 

 In addition to these, as I happen to know, there was exhibited 

 about 40 superior sheep by Mr. Prosper Ellthorp of Bridport, 

 both merinoes and Saxony, and Saxony grades, that through 

 mistake were not reported; making the total of sheep entered for 

 premium, 566. 



There were five plows, two harrows, two cultivators, and two 

 one-horse wagons entered. Five lots of butter, two of cheese, 

 eio-ht boxes of superior honey from Weeks' perfect apiary, and 

 four lots of maple sugar, in which more especially the mountain- 

 ous parts of Vermont abound, so that as a state it falls short of 

 only one state in the Union in the quantity of sugar manufac- 

 tured, and that is Louisiana. 



In the rooms fitted for the exhibition of household manufac- 

 tures, there were exhibited upwards of fifty specimens. This 

 barely showed what might be done in that department, and if all 

 the ladies that were there would the next year bring something 

 themselves, and not come as mere spectators, there would surely 

 be a rich display of household manufactures. 



There were 17 lots of fruit, including 30 varieties of apples, 7 

 of pears, 1 of quinces, and a great variety of excellent grapes, 

 principally from Mr. Smith's garden in Whiting, where a choice 

 variety of fruit trees, of all kinds, and almost every variety of 

 grape may be procured, by such as wish to engage in horticul- 

 ture. 



I have now given you a slight view of what was presented at 

 the fair for competition. It appears that |301.10 were awarded 

 for premiums; |l02 on sheep, $S6 on horned cattle, $46 on 

 horses, $15 on swine, $18 on household manufactures, and $14 

 on butter, cheese, maple sugar and honey. The towns that were 

 most successful in competition at this fair, ai'e the following: 

 Bridport took the highest amount of premiums, being $58.50, 

 and excelled in sheep, $38.50 of the above being for sheep; of 

 which Mr. Prosper Ellthorp received $19.50, more than any other 

 man for sheep or anything else; and the greater share of $13, 

 which another man took was for the stock of Mr. Ellthorp's stock 

 buck. Shorehara came next to Bridport, receiving $48.60, and 

 excelled in sheep also, receiving $31.50 of the above on sheep. 



