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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



the plough and managing the team and perform- 

 ing their part in a manner which would have done 

 credit to mature years. Some of the best farmers 

 in the State were on the ground as judges; and 

 among the strangers present, we noticed the Hon. 

 J. W. Proctor, President of the Essex Society. 



The Address was delivered by Mr. Knowlton, 

 editor of the Worcester Palladium, and was replete 

 with good sense and practical suggestions. It had 

 also another merit, which is an impoitant one, on a 

 day so busy as that of our County Shows — and that 

 was of brevity. 



At the dinner table there were excellent toasts 

 and speeches, having application to the various 

 branches of husbandry. Gov. Lincoln spoke of 

 Farm Labor and the profits and dignity of farming 

 as an occupation. He referred to a speech on some 

 public occasion by Lord Ashburton, in relation to 

 ihe hind of labor employed on a farm — whether it 

 be intelligent, or not, and the difference to the em- 

 ployer in point of profit, between three or four 

 hands capable of pursuing ordinary farm labor un- 

 der a few general directions, and those who can do 

 little or nothing without the constant direction and 

 eye of the master. We believe this point will ar- 

 rest the attention of employers, and demand some 

 action in order to avert a great evil which our 

 young men, and women too, are gradually falling 

 into, in regard to the business of husbandry. We 

 shall take occasion to call attention to it more fully 

 hereafter. He stated, too, as his belief, that no 

 business whatever afforded a greater profit, with 

 the same amount of capital, than that of farming, 

 and that it was altogether more safe and healthy 

 than any other. His remarks were listened to with 

 great attention, coming as they did from one of so 

 much experience on the subjects which he dis- 

 cussed. The Governor has served the society some 

 twenty-five or thirty years as its presiding oflficer, 

 has retired from his post full of honor, and is suc- 

 ceeded by his brother, Col. John W^. Lincoln. 



For the Drawing Match there were some twen- 

 ty-five entries. This part of the exercises seemed 

 to have more interest and attract more attention 

 than the ploughing, and we understand usually ex- 

 cites more competition than any other part of the 

 Show. A very large concourse of spectators was 

 present, and they were as enthusiastic as the hold- 

 ers of the whips themselves. The same cattle that 

 ploughed were also in the contest with the cart. 

 They were generally young, and of middling size, 

 but well disciplined, nervous and active. 



There were some very fine cattle in all the classes 

 in the pens, and among them a number of young 

 cattle raised by Mr. Brooks, of Princeton, who is 

 as successful as a breeder as in all his other farm- 

 ing operations. But as a whole, it was thought 

 by good judges that the show of neat stock was not 

 so good as it was last year. 



There were but few entries of sheep or swine ; 



of the former we had no opportunity of making 

 particular inquiries after them. Among the swine 

 we observed a Suffolk boar two years and five 

 months old the 26th of this month, whose weight 

 is 484 pounds, and as handsome an animal as ever 

 wore tusks. A barrow of the same breed sixteen 

 months old, weighing 424 pounds, and a pig ten 

 months old, 254 pounds, all the property of Gard- 

 ner G. Hubbard, Esq., of WestNeedham. These 

 animals were among the finest we have ever seen, 

 and we were informed by the proprietor, that they 

 are remarkably mild in disposition, and lay on flesh 

 with surprising rapidity. There is room for im- 

 provement in our breeds of swine, and we recom- 

 mend our friends to look in upon Mr. Hubbard's 

 stock. 



The show of poultry was somewhat extensive. 

 In passing the different cages we felt a twinge of re- 

 gret that nearly all our native breeds were banished 

 from the ground which they had occupied so long. 

 Nearly all the odd-looking bipeds of the Eastern 

 world were there, with their strange names and 

 outlandish dresses. But our smart and gentleman- 

 ly-looking rooster, with his sleek, dapper wife, had 

 been read out of the company and left at home to 

 sing and scratch upon their oW dunghill. 



The show of Implements, we were told, was 

 very fine ; they were exhibited at the Mechanic's 

 Fair, and we had no opportunity to make an in- 

 spection of them. 



The rooms of the Horticultural Society were 

 open and their show of fruits was exceedingly cred- 

 itable. Apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, 

 and all other fruits of the season, were abundant. 

 Crawford's Early, among the peaches, seemed to 

 bear away the palm, and the Bartlett among the 

 pears. The fruits were judiciously arranged, and 

 it was refreshing to linger for an half hour among 

 them. 



On the whole, the Worcester Show was a good 

 one. The County has many men of intelligence, 

 earnestness and liberality in all that relates to hus- 

 bandry and they are doing their part in pressing 

 onward, the great work of improvement in this, the 

 mother of all arts. Our thanks are due to the offi- 

 cers of the society for their politeness in tendering 

 to us the hospitalities of the occasion. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



From Leonard Cheney, of Southbridge, Che- 

 ney peach; this 'is a handsome fruit of first-rate 

 quality, and under favorable circumstances has at- 

 tained to a very large size. Twelve specimens 

 which Mr. Cheney sent friend Earle, of the Wor- 

 cester Spy, averaged ten inches and a quarter in 

 circumference; tree hardy, a good grower and a 

 great bearer. We consider it one of the best 

 peaches for general cultivation. We also have 

 from Mr. Cheney, which he procured from a 

 neighbor's garden, a small white peach which is 



