1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



503 



THE BRISTOL COUNTY FAIR. occur again, as two spacious halls are now in pro- 



rpi T- • . • 1 tu 1 IT' 1 1 ., r cess of constiiiction in this citv. 



ihe ran- continued through \\ ednesdav and .,, , ,^ ^ tr '♦• * r-^i tjo^o 



m, 1 ^ ^ • ^1 i *» T ,1 1 I Address bv Professor Huntmgton. Lol. Jfage 



Thursday, and dunnt' those days was attended bv, . , ,• • , ■,, -i » i .i„ u;„ cTS. 

 ^ • e^ , -^ 1 1 1 <■ ' resiirned Ins post as President, and made ms lare- 



a srreat concourse of pcoiile assembled Irom e^er^ ,P , , .^ ., _,, „ /. ., ^ c^^.v*,- 



° r.., . t't / ,, • t T „,' well address to the members 01 the bocietv. 



part of the county. Under the supermtendmg care 



of Hon. J. H. "W. Page, the President of the Soci- 

 ety (now an ex-President) everything passed off in 

 the happiest manner. 



THE VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS. 

 The exliibition was opened on Wednesday morn- 

 ing. The location of the cattle shoM' was upon the . . ^^ ,- o i i 

 land of M. B.Ponniman, a mile to the northward of; Society was held at Endgewater, October ud and 

 the town, and althou-h not quite as extensive as we 4th, on the beautiful grounds lately purchased by the 

 think it might have been, nevertheless embraced Society, embracing about tlurty acres o high and 



low land — hill and plain, — surrounded on three 

 sides by the river, which forms a good boundary. 

 Taken altogether, we think we have never seen so 



Fvr the Seic En '•laid Farmer 



PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHOW. 



REPORTED 1!Y J. F. C. HYPE. 

 The annual Fair of the Plvmouth Agricultural 



some fine cattle, horses, swine and fowls 



The display of fruits and flowers was held in the 

 Git}- Hall, and embraced a large collection of pears 



uitj- nau, ana emnracea a large couecuon 01 pears -""•-' ^j,---— > ■— -"— - •■- — — - 



and apples that would ranlv with the finest in the g«Of^ ^ place for a cattle show, and cannot but ad- 

 State, and a smaller assortment of beautiful flowers. 1 mii'? the sagacity of those men connected with the 



Among the contributors of fruit, we especially no- j Society who first proposed to buy tlus piece of 

 ticed the names of Hem-y H. Crapo, Wm. P. Jenny f^^ound for this purpose. T^ ould that other soci- 



----- Leonard of Seekonk. i eties would go and do lilvc wise, that tney might 



have every part of the show on their own grounds, 



of Fairhaven, and I). H 



Sears Hall, nearly opposite the City Hall, was de- 

 voted cliiefly to the exhibition of heavy manufactures, 

 and domestic i)roducts. In the latter department 

 there were specimens of butter, cheese and bread, 

 that would have done credit to any housewife in the 

 land. There was an old fashioned Indian pudding. 



and not put visitors to the trouble of walking miles 

 to witness the various departments. This lot is 

 about half a mile east of the village. 



The first day there was a good show of stock in 

 the pens, wliich was increased the second. There 



and'a noble pumpkin pie, representatives of ^^^^ ^^f ^.™l,!!"h.l^?"SJ^!?...!!!f.Y aTZJ!?. 

 days of our fathers, both of which commanded the " -«" - 



unqualified admiration of the tasting committee, 

 and won- prizes for their maker. The show of do- 

 mestic manufactures, and fancy articles, was very 



comprehensive, and attracted crowds of visitors. It n-i- i. i-ti> c 



comprised iiaintings, embroideries, rugs, carpets and East Bndgewater, the other by L. 1 :is'^ctt, of 

 quilts. There were ingenious carvings, utensils bndgewater These cows looked very Avell. 1 here 



large. A number of fine heifers, superior Aldemey 

 buU, by E. Hobai-t, two fine Devon bulls, and good 

 bulls of native stock. There were shown two ])ens, 

 each containing six milch cows, which were eniered 

 for the State premium ; one lot by S. Packard, of 



quilts 



manufactured from the teeth of whales, full 



models of vessels, and a thousand other articles 



which we have not room to enumerate. The show 



was very interesting, and was admired by all who,-. . <. 



visited it. In the Grotto building, there was also A^"'^* P"^^ ^^ ^en dollars 



a fine display of vegetables. 



PLOWING, DRAWTNG AND SPADING MATCHES. 



The plo-ning match came off at about half-past 

 eleven, on the land of Isaac Chase, Esq., of Belle- 

 ville, in New Bedford. Several thousand spectators 

 were on the gi-ound. There were fomleen entries 

 for the trial, and the Mork was performed in excel- 

 lent style, considering the dry state of the soil. The 

 drawing match, or trial of teams, took place at 

 Hathaway Hill. Fourteen teams took part in the 

 trial, and the result told well for the discipline of 

 the oxen and the cfKciency and skill of their drivers. 

 At a spading match on Wednesdaj' noon there were 

 but two entries — both Irishmen, and singularly 

 enough, each of the \aliant contestants took a pre- 

 mium — the one of five dollars and the other of 

 three. 



THURSDAY'S PROCEEDINGS, 



were 12 or 15 yoke of working oxen, and good 

 looking ones too. Of SMine there was a small 

 show. About thirty horses and colts were on the 

 ground. Austin J. Roberts, of Lalvcville, took the 

 There Mere but few fowls, 

 and most of those were Shanghai or some other 

 worthless kind. 



At nine o'clock the first day, the plowing match 

 took place on a fine piece of mowing land, where 

 lots of an eighth of an acre had been mr.rked out. 

 Twelve single ox teams entered and plowed with 

 single plows, exce])t one. Seven inches was the 

 depth they were to plow; time, 30 minutes. The 

 work was admirably done, showing that the farmers 

 of Plymouth are not behind their frienJs of other 

 comities in this important branch of farm work. 

 We think we never saw so many lots in which there 

 was so little difference, and it must have been ex- 

 ceedingly difficult for the judges to determine who 

 was entitled to the prize. 



Sl'ADING MATCH, 



At 11 A. M,, first day — lots, ten feet square. — 

 One Yankee, and three sons of Erin, entered for the 

 prizes. The work was very well done in ten 



At an informal meeting of the Society held on {ites,^excei)t by one of th6 competitors, who took 

 Thursday monnng, it was decided that, as the rain ,,u„,'t u„if „,/i. - 



was falling fast, a dinner under the tent, as had been 

 proposed, would be impracticable, and as there was 

 no unoccupied liall in the city of sufficient capacity 

 for the purpose, it was resolved to dispense with a 

 pubHc dinner. This was the more to ne regretted, 

 inasmuch as a sumptuous feast for one thousand 

 persons had been prepared by INIr. S. Horton, of 

 New Bedford. Such a failure will probably never 



about half an hour, being desirous, as he said, of 

 showing the Committee a new principle in sj)ading. 



DRAWING MATCH. 



There were several teams entered for the draw- 

 ing match, but few were able to draw the loads, 

 which were three and five thousand jxiunds. 



The sliow of manufactured goods, dairy products, 

 vegetables, kc, was held in Wright's large tent, 



