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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Dec. 



can it be obtained, — in intelligent husbandrj-. Ag- 

 riculture is the great moving ]io\ver of human ex 

 istence, and as the human family increases we must 

 but cling the closer to our mother earth for sup 

 port. Thus the mandate, "to earn our bread l)y the 

 sweat of our brow," becomes from our condition a 

 matter of necessity; but in it we see the goodness 

 and wisdom of our great law-giver, for "necessity 

 is the mother of contrivance," we thus increase in 

 intelligence, and intelligence promotes morality and 

 happiness. In the dim but yet brightening fiiture 

 w? ' phold instead of cities over-crowded vnth hu- 

 r-iMi life and ragged pauperism stalking abroad, the 

 wliole face of nature one great Eden, — the sons of 

 Adam all inheriting his estate. Agriculture exerts 

 an influence to equalize the distribution of wealth, 

 which no law nor theory, nor any other pursuit, has 

 or ever can accomplish. 



THISD EXHIBITION OF THE U, S. 

 AOaiCULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



The third annual Exhibition of the United States 

 Agricultural Society opened in this city on Tuesday, 

 Oct. 23d, and continued through the week. The 

 number of entries was very large, all the arrange- 

 ments made with admirable taste and judgment, 

 and the grounds were thronged by thousands of ad- 

 miring visitors. 



GENERAL ARRAKGEMENTS. 



Tlie Exhibition is held on a lot of about thirty 

 acres, in the south part of the city, which is enclosed 

 with a board fence ten feet high. The main en- 

 trance is on Harrison Avenue, opposite Franklin 

 Square. As the visitor ap])roaches'the ground from 

 Franklin Square, the first thing that attracts his at- 

 tention is the beautiful arch which spans this en- 

 trance, and which is supported by two noble towers 

 forty feet in height. Over these towers wave the 

 "Stars and Stripes." The arch bears the simple in- 

 scription, "U. S. Agricultural Society." On 

 either side of the entrance are the windows for the 

 sale of tickets. There are twenty of these — so that 

 no delay need be apprehended In procuring tickets. 

 Further south there is another entrance, over which 

 a plain arch has been erected. Visitors with tickets 

 will 1)6 admitted here also. Midway between these 

 entrances, and opposite the judges' stand, is a wide 

 gate, which will be opened at the conclusion of each 

 day's exhibition, to allow the multitude to retire 

 from the grounds. 



When within the enclosure the visitor will be 

 pleased with the excellent arrangement of the 

 grounds. On the right of the main entrance are 

 seats for ten thousand people. These seats are 

 erected In the most substantial manner, and are ca- 

 pable of supporting a much greater weight than It 

 will be i)ossible to put upon them. From these 

 seats a fine view of the whole field can be obtained. 

 On the left of the main entrance the stalls for hors- 

 es commence, and they and the cattle stalls are 

 continued round the entire enclosure, until they 

 reach the southerly end of the seats on Harrison 

 Avenue. There are between six and seven hun- 

 dred of them. The stalls are all covered with white 

 duck, and a scalloped fringe runs along the front. 

 This covering and festooning gives to the stalls a 

 very neat and pretty appearance. Each breed of 

 horses and cattle is arranged' in a distinct depart- 



ment, which is designated by a large sign raised 

 over the stalls they occupy. 



The ranges for the sheep and swine are erected 

 on the north-east corner of the lot. They are sub- 

 stantial pens, with roofs to protect the animals from 

 the weather. 



For the purpose of showing the horses to the 

 best advantage, a fine track, forty feet wide and half 

 a mile in length, has been prepared. It is of an 

 oval form, with no sharp corners, and is rolled per- 

 fectly smooth and hard. 



The Judges' stand is a large octagon tower, sev- 

 enty feet high, with a piazza running all round the 

 same on the ground line, making this floor twenty 

 feet square, and two feet up from the ground ; this 

 will be occupied by the representatives of the ])ress. 

 Twelve feet above. Is another floor, Avith a balcony 

 running round the same, four feet outside the floor, 

 to be occupied by the Judges. Above this there 

 Is still another storj', which will be occupied by 

 ladles. The tower is arched on every side and 

 story, and is handsomely ornamented with brackets, 

 rustics, ballustrades, anil with American flags, one of 

 which surmounts it, and others are extended from 

 the different stories. 



Just south of the tower is a music stand, made in 

 the Gothic style. This is occupied by an excellent 

 band of music. 



Four water temples of the same style of architec- 

 ture as the tower, are erected at different points of 

 the green Inside the race-track. At these the mul- 

 titude will be enabled to slake their thirst with the 

 pure Cochltuate. 



On the green, within the eli])se, are several tents. 

 The one which Is nearest the main entrance is the 

 President's Reception Tent. Another tent is de- 

 voted to the reporters, and others are provided for 

 the accommodation of ladles. Directly In the rear 

 of these tents, and in the centre of the elipse, is 

 "Wright's mammoth tent," beneath which the grand 

 agricultural banquet is to be held on Friday after- 

 noon. It is floored, and will be lighted with gas. 

 The tables will be spread for two thousand guests, 

 and there is no doubt that every plate will be occu- 

 pied. Among the eloquent men announced to be 

 present are Messrs. Everett, Choate and Winthrop 

 of our own State, and others from all parts of the 

 Union. With fli\orable weather, this banquet will be 

 a magnificent aflalr. 



Across the track, and between that and the cattle 

 ])ens, is another large tent, beneath which Mr. 

 Wright has provided tables and the other necessary 

 para]jhemalia for feeding the multitudes from day 

 to day. 



On the easterly side of the enclosure, outside of 

 the range of stalls. Is a large wooden building, in 

 which is the Executive Committee's room, which is 

 furnished with sofas, lounges, &c. In the rear of 

 this, is a large room in which are tables for each of 

 the several committees to award premiums. In the 

 centre are tables sufficiently large to dine three 

 hundred persons at a time. Precisely at one o'clock 

 each day, dinner will be on the table — and the offi- 

 cers of the society, their invited guests, including 

 the representatives of the Press on the ground, will 

 dine there. Mr. Wilder, the President of the So- 

 ciety, will officiate at the head of the table each 

 day! 



OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION. 



The weather was fine on Tuesday, and at an 

 early hour, the visitors poured into the vast enclo- 



