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Reports of Committees. 



First premium, of $10, to J. D. W. French, of No. Andover, 

 for report on"" Bulls." 



Second premium, of -18, to Gilbert Conant, of Ipswich, for 

 report on " Cranberri-es." 



Third premium, of -16, to T. C. Thurlow,of West Newbury, 

 for report on " Best Collection of Fruit." 



For the Committee — Charles A. Sayward. 



Ipswich, Dec. 9,1873. 



ESSAYS. 

 rOEEIGN AGKICULTUEAL EXPEEIEXCES. 



BY FRANCIS H, APPLETON. 



It is now a rather late date to attempt to write an essay for 

 presentation to the Society's Committee, to be completed before 

 the required time, especially as my six months' absence from 

 home has made much business for me that calls for immediate 

 attention. Having, however, attended the Show of the York- 

 shire Agricultural Society of England, and the Show of the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, I want to give 

 some information about what I saw at them. I was only a 

 part of a day at the former, but was three days at the latter. 

 The former is the Society's Show of the largest county in 

 England, and the latter, while it is the leading Agricultural 

 Society of Scotland, is also a worthy rival of the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society of England. 



I left London one morning and reached Harrowgate, in 

 Yorkshire, the same afternoon, it being the 4th of August. 

 The following morning the Sliow opened at 9 o'clock, and I 

 was at the entrance early, where I found the fee equal to about 

 seventy cents. The following day the fee was about twenty- 

 eight cents. The first day at English shows is generally the 

 time that the judging takes place, so that, in order to avoid a 

 large crowd of people which would impede the judging, the fee 



