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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov 



you a specimen and the weight of what was tak- 

 en from four quarts of milk. It was strained in 

 one dish and remained thirty-six hours, then 

 skimmed and stirred soon after, and the butter 

 weighed — one pound. My cow is native bi-eed, 

 and quite small, and has nothing but common 

 keeping ; she gives eight quarts of milk a day. 

 I think she calved the 24th day of last January. 



A. Brown. 

 East Abinglon, Sept. 15,185-4. 



Remarks. — Nothing could well be nicer in ap- 

 pearance, or finer in flavor, than the butter spoken 

 of above. We have no reason to doubt the cor- 

 rectness of the statement. 



CROPS IN MAINE. 



Mr. Editor : — We have had a fine rain, the first 

 for precisely three months that has wet the 

 ground down over two inches ; there fell about 

 four inches of water (as near as I could judge by 

 its falling in a box) on Friday night and through 

 Saturday. The drought has been very severe, but 

 still I think the crops in this section will be far 

 better than bars been anticipated. Hay is an av- 

 erage croji, and corn will be middling ; potatoes 

 very light and all garden vegetables. All cereal 

 grains are an average. Charles Webster. 



Kennebunk, Me., 1854. 



CROPS IN CONCORD, MASS. 



Our potatoes are reviving, and promising a fair 

 crop. The root crops are doing exceedingly well. 

 The moral of the dry spell is to plow deep, and 

 cultivate moist land. w. d. b. 



ROCKIIfGHAM FAIR AT EXETER. 



This young but vigorous Society, held its sec- 

 ond annual Exhibition at Exeter, N. H, Sept 14 

 and 15. The following account is from the Ports 

 mouih Journal. 



The Fair opened on Thursday morning with 

 every promise of fair weather, and of a display 

 highly creditable to the citizens of Rockingham 

 county. The trains upon the B. & M. road were 

 long and well-filled, pouring in large crowds to 

 the Exhibition, and private carriages followed 

 each other into the town from the neighborhood 

 in quick succession. The up train from Dover 

 &c. in the forenoon consisted of nine cars ; the 

 streets in tlie vicinity of the staliles were closely 

 lined with the carriages from abroad, and the 

 town was overflowing with visitors. Among these 

 was Tiger Engine Co. No 2 from Dover, which 

 was received with honors by the Niagara Co. of 

 Exeter. Tae parade of tlic two companies during 

 the day evinced good drilling, and had the Dover 

 Co. been :. little less noisy in the cars on their 

 return in t' c evening, their reputation would have 

 been unsullied by their visit to the "Show." 

 Portsmouth was well represented among the. vis- 

 itors, though it is to be regretted in the displays 

 of the day she made but an atom where she 

 should have shone like a lirilliant. Stratham, 

 Greenland, Rye, Hampton, North Hampton, 

 Hampton Falls, Seabrook, Kensington, Exeter, 

 Chester, Brentwood, Durham, Epping, Lee, 

 Kingston and some other places, took active part 

 in preparations for the occasion. The display of 

 Hampton Falls was particularly deserving of at- 



tention. The entrance of this delegation was a 

 triumphal one, similar to that of last year. The 

 ladies of the town, to the number of twenty or 

 thirty, rode in their decorated car, drawn by 20 

 yoke of oxen. The oxen had each a ribbon stream- 

 er flying upon either horn ; the car was 22 feet 

 long, 11 feet wide and 15 feet high, heavily and 

 tastefully covered with evergreen and flowers ; it 

 was regularly thatched with straw and corniced 

 with stoclss of corn — flags were flying from the 

 roof; the words "Hampton Falls Farmers' Club," 

 were traced on the rear end of the cart in ever- 

 green. The whole formed a splendid specimen of 

 rural architecture. 



The display of cattle was very good. Promi- 

 nent was one yoke,weighing 40 cwt., from Geo. 0. 

 Hilton, Esq., of Newmarket. A pair of black 

 horses, raised by Oliver Brown of North Hamp- 

 ton, attracted much attention — well matched — 

 remarkably quick. The best cow for milk on 

 exhibition was owned by John Lowe, Esq., of 

 Exeter, which was the only animal of part Dur- 

 ham stock. There were several noble animals 

 of Devon blood , bulls and heifers. 



The display of swine was good,but confined prin- 

 cipally to the Sufiblk breed, aud crosses of Sufiblk 

 and native. 



The Fair in the Court-House was very attrac- 

 tive, and displayed with excellent taste, doing 

 much credit to the ladies of Exeter and others who 

 were concerned in fitting up for the occasion. The 

 rooms, both above and below, were well stocked 

 with the gifts of Pomona, Ceres and Flora, which 

 formed a display surpassingly excellent, consider- 

 ing the drought of the season and the feai-s which 

 have been expressed for the prospective condition 

 of the crops. The peach crop, it is well known, is 

 almost an entire failure; the display was much 

 less than that of former seasons, yet some splendid 

 specimens were on exhibition ; among these, and 

 particularly inviting, was a lot of twenty-nine 

 difierent varieties from the farm of Mr. A. Little- 

 6eld of Greenland — the largest girth nearly eight 

 inches. 



With few exceptions, the exhibition of Pears 

 was very meagre. No good reason can be given 

 why as fine specimens of pears cannot be pro- 

 duced in Rockingham county as in any other 

 section of New England. 



More abundant were the specimens of apples; 

 with these the tables were heavily laden. There 

 were a few grapes; but only a single specimen of 

 plums. 



The Plowing Match, notwithstanding the un- 

 timely rain in the latter part of the day, took 

 place according to appointment. Old times and 

 new were represented, showing a picture of the 

 progress which has been made in this simple 

 branch of husbandry in the past twenty years, 

 which ^is almost incredible. The result of the 

 match, is highly creditable to those concerned in 

 it. 



The arrangements for the occasion were well 

 Made ; and the gentlemanly attention of Henry F. 

 French, Esq. the President of the Society, added 

 much to the accommodation of contributors and 

 :yi8itors. 



1!^ Dr. Eddy, of North Bridgewater, has re- 

 ceived Letters Patent for an Improvement in the 

 construction of Bee-Hives. 



