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conversant with that stock, can give us some sug- 

 gestions upon that important part of husbandry. 



Swine. — The lots in this class were not numer- 

 ous. Some handsome Suffolks, and one immense 

 native sow. Our attention was arrested by a sow 

 and five pigs, natives, the property of Mr. John 

 Adams, of Bedford. The sow had no claims what- 

 ever to any particular beauty, but we do not think 

 it extravagant to say, that the five pigs were the 

 finest we ever saw, be the breed what it might. 

 The owner declared them to be pure natives. To 

 us it seemed that the old dame must have looked 

 into the sty of a Berkshire or Suffolk, to say tlie 

 least; but if not, this perfection goes to substantiate 

 our opinion of what may be done for our native 

 breeds of animals by the same attention which we 

 give to imported breeds. 



Poultry. — This class, as has been the case at 

 most of the shows in New England, this autumn, 

 was fully represented. The arrangements were 

 pleasant, and Sir Chanticleer, with Dame Partlett, 

 and their attendants, attracted a great crowd of vis- 

 itors, particularly of the ladies. Birds of every 

 name and nation were there; but the collection that 

 pleased us most was a cage of White Dorkings, 

 the property of Mr. Dewey, of Hanover. Ducks, 

 Geese, Swans, with birds of lesser wing, all con- 

 tributed to the cheerful bustle which animated the 

 scene. 



Fruits and Vegetables. — The display of ap- 

 ples was very fine. We noticed one lot, from Sam- 

 uel Simpson, of Derry, which he calls, the Pound 

 Sweet, that were unusually handsome in appear- 

 ance. There were few Pears, Peaches or Plums, 

 it being rather late in the season for them. We 

 noticed fourteen Orange Quinces weighing eleven 

 pounds, presented by J. D. Peirce, of Dover. Veg- 

 etables of every kind were abundant. There were 

 mammoth Pumpkins, Squashes, Beets, Turnips, 

 Cabbages, &c., together with fine specimens of 

 the Caulillower and Broccoli. 



Winter Wheat. — Fine samples of this grain in 

 the straw and kernel were exhibited from various 

 parts of the State. One lot from Col. Josiah Ste- 

 vens, of Concord, was very good. This wheat is 

 considerably cultivated in the State, and is becom- 

 ing a staple article. 



Machinery and Implements. — Here was a fine 

 collection of light, cheap and durable farm imple- 

 ments, horse powers, &c., but only a few things 

 particularly new. We noticed a plough, manufac- 

 tured by A. Doe, of Concord, with a new feature; 

 this was a cast-iron wheel under the share, and be- 

 tween that and the land piece, the object of which 

 is to roll the plough around the end of the land. 

 This is done by striking an attachment to the rol- 

 ler with the foot which raises the plough from the 

 sod and thus prevents tearing it up. We also no- 

 ticed the pattern of a new fence, presented by Mr. 

 Stevens, of Concord. It is constructed by nailing 



light horizontal bars of any convenient length, to 

 upright posts, attaching the bars to each other at 

 their ends. When these are extended, varying a 

 little from a straight line, the fence is made, ami 

 standing upon the ends of the posts, sustains itself 

 without entering the ground at all. By drawins 

 two pins from any length, a gate is opened for a 

 passage through. We think this may be found 

 convenient and useful where portions of fields and 

 pastures are taken up for cultivation, and a perma- 

 nent fence is not desired. 



Butter, Cheese and Bread were presented in 

 quantities, and were all of a high order. The hills 

 of New Hampshire offer the finest pasturage for 

 cows, and no reason exists why the best of butter 

 and cheese should not be produced in large amounts 

 in that State. 



Manufactured Articles. — There was an ex- 

 tensive variety in this department, of almost every 

 useful and ornamental articles. 



On Wednesday evening there were addresses at 

 the City Hall. On Thursday, the address was de- 

 livered by the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, of Dor- 

 chester, Mass., and in the evening addresses again 

 at the City Hall. The crowd in attendance durinj: 

 the Show was very great, and the whole affair is 

 one destined to make a great impression upon the 

 people of New Hampshire. 



What the moral and political effect of these 

 great gatherings of the people is to be, can hardly be 

 conjectured. But there is one point which it seems 

 to us must strike all alike, and that is, that all ac- 

 tion or speaking upon collateral matters should be 

 most carefully avoided. In its capacious maw the 

 subject of politics has included commerce, manu- 

 factures, mechanic arts, and everything which 

 it could possibly embrace within its folds. We 

 trust that it will find no admission into our agricul- 

 tural festivals to disturb, and finally to destroy them. 

 We shall not think it travelling out of our sphere 

 to present hereafter some admonition on this par- 

 ticular point. If this treacherous rock can he 

 avoided, we see now no limit to the blessings these 

 associations may confer upon the people. 



PLOUGHING. 



From a letter received from a gentleman con- 

 nected with the Hampshire County Society, we 

 gather the following facts in relation to the trial of 

 stubble-ploughs, at the late exhibition of that fo- 

 ciety at Northampton. There were ploughs in use 

 from four different manufacturers, but after a lonp- 

 trial, Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co.'s No. 37 

 was decided to be the best, on account of its great 

 ease of holding, and its superior work. 



A feat never before performed in ploughing, was 

 accomplished by one of the contestants, who used 

 Stubble Plough No. 38 of the same manufacturers. 

 Starting his horses at one side of the field, he set 

 the plough, and then let it run by itself to the end 



