460 MASS. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



entered by Amos Carlton, of Chicopee, in twenty-six weeks, 

 gave 2266i| quarts of milk, exclusive of the feed of the oalf. at 

 a net profit, including $5 50 for veal and skin of the calf, 

 of $63 67. The show of horses was highly creditable to the 

 society. This was especially true of the geldings and the car- 

 riage horses generally, both in respect to number and quality. 



Of fruits, there were 208 entries, while last year there were 

 only 80. Among them were fine varieties of the apple, the 

 pear and the peach. It is extremely gratifying to mark the 

 increasing attention that is paid to this class of productions, 

 beautiful as they are to look at, delicious as they are to the 

 palate, and serving as they do to make home attractive. The 

 vegetable department is spoken of as worthy of all praise. The 

 vegetables were arranged in bushel baskets, in triple rows 

 around the hall, and made an imposing appearance. Some of 

 the parsnip roots were said to be about three feet in lengt'i. A 

 single squash vine was exhibited, having on it sixteen squashes, 

 weighing in the aggregate 700 pounds. Some of the finest 

 specimens of vegetables were furnished by cultivators in West 

 Springfield. 



It remains for me only to add, that the address by Professor 

 Norton, of Yale College, was worthy of the occasion and of the 

 high reputation of the speaker. 



At the next fair, " may I be there to see." 



W. C. FOWLER. 



Exhibition of the Franklin Society. 



The fair of this society was held in the beautiful and flour- 

 ishing town of Greenfield, in the fertile valley of the Connect- 

 icut river, on the 15th and 16th of October. Both days being 

 remarkably fine, thousands were attracted to the scene. At 10 

 o'clock on the morning of the first day, there was a superior 

 display of neat stock, on a beautiful field selected for that pur- 

 pose, in the vicinity of the village. The number of large and 

 well-formed bulls, and of fat oxen, was very great, whilst farm 

 stock of every other description was all well and ably repre- 

 sented. 



