ii APPENDIX. 



REPORTS OF DELEGATES 



APPOINTED TO VISIT THE 



AGRIOULTUEAL EXHIBITIOIsTS. 



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ESSEa.. 



The forty-seventli annual exhibition of the Essex County Agricultural 

 Society, was held at Lawrence the 27th and 28th of September. Being 

 a native of Essex County, and my father having been one of the 

 presidents of the society, I hoped to have derived much pleasure from 

 the duty assigned me ; nor do I believe that my expectations would 

 have been disappointed had I not been prevented from repeating my 

 visit the second day by a painful accident on my way thither. This 

 deprived me of witnessing ploughing matches and other matters of 

 essential interest. 



The business meeting held in the city hall was marked by a full 

 attendance and by the interest shown in the questions discussed. 



The display in the cattle pens was decidedly small and inferior in 

 quality. A few Ayrshires, and one Durham cow, thirteen years old, 

 which had produced 10,449 pounds of milk from February to September, 

 were noticeable exceptions. 



Only three our four lots of sheep were on the ground, all of which, 

 except one pen, were Merinos. 



Very few entries were made of horses, and none Avere noteworthy. 



Of poultry there was but a small show, mostly of the Brahma Pootra 

 breed, claimed to be the best of the large varieties, but not comparing 

 with our best native and game breeds either in beauty or quality. 



In the large tent of the society were a few agricultural implements, 

 carriages, &c., but nothing to cliallenge admiration or even curiosity. 



The display of fruits, vegetables and flowers was very beautiful, and 

 I cannot attempt to describe the effect of the hall as it appeared, its 

 tables loaded with the finest varieties of apples, peai'S, grapes, -and 

 melons, as well as of squashes, cabbages, beets, mangolds, ruta-bagas, 

 carrots, parsnips, and potatoes ; with clusters of golden corn and the 



