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BARNSTABLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The annual cattle show and fair of this society were held at 

 Orleans, on Wednesday, 8th of October last. The exhibition 

 of neat cattle, although good, was not so large as it should 

 have been. The show of colts exceeded that of any former 

 year, and it is believed, would compare favorably in numbers 

 and quality, with that of any county in the State. The 

 ploughing match was well contested. The fruit exhibited was 

 of a superior character, and the articles of domestic manufac- 

 ture such as were highly creditable. 



The address was delivered by Hon. C. E. Potter, of Man- 

 chester, N. H. 



Farms. 



The committee (David Mayo, Chairman,) report, that there 

 was but one farm entered for premiums, — the farm of Matthias 

 Hinckley, of Barnstable. They began their examinations of 

 this farm in May last, and continued to visit it, from time to 

 time, until October. They think he is entitled to, and they 

 award to him, the first premium of twelve dollars. 



Matthias Hinckley^s Statement. 

 The farm that I offer for premium, contains about twenty- 

 five acres. I commenced purchasing in 1825, and have bought 

 of six different individuals. The last purchase was made in 

 1847. The whole was in a rough, worn-out condition, nothing 

 having been done by way of manuring, fencing, or getting out 

 stones and rocks, for the last fifty years previous to my buying 

 it. I have given my attention more to freeing it from rocks 

 and clearing it up and fencing it, than to getting crops from it. 

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