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that attracted the most notice, was the Michigan sod and sub- 

 soil plough, held by Dr. Reed, of Pittsfield. Your committee 

 observed, that at this show, the judges on ploughing were se- 

 lected from out of the county, as far as practicable. 



The trial of single and matched horses, gave quite an interest 

 to the show of the society. 



The exhibition at the hall, of household goods, of fine butter, 

 cheese, honey, maple sugar, grass seeds and agricultural im- 

 plements, together with the excellent display of fruits, was 

 much admired. 



After the delivery of an excellent and practical address by 

 Marshall P. Wilder, the awards of premiums were read and paid 

 off on the spot to the successful competitors. Your committee 

 would remark here, that in front of the desk, on a table gently 

 elevated on one side, were exposed to the full view of the assem- 

 bly, in a most tempting manner, the silver plate to be distributed 

 to the numerous winners. 



On the whole, your committee found much here to admire, 

 and that can be imitated with profit by other societies. He 

 only regrets that he was not earlier on the ground, so that 

 he would have been able to make a fuller report. He is 

 strongly impressed with the belief that from these interchanges 

 of visits, and a better knowledge of the practices of the various 

 societies, together with a free interchange of opinions at such 

 gatherings and at all meetings of our farmers, as also from our 

 new bond of union, the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, 

 much may be expected to gladden the hearts of the tillers of 

 the soil. BENJN. V. FRENCH. 



Exhibition of the Hous atonic Society. 

 The first feature presented by the Housatonic Society, is 

 the ardor and enterprise of youth tempered by the judgment 

 and discretion of mature years. This society is comparatively 

 young, but many of its members have been for years active 

 members of the Berkshire Society, and, as would have been 

 expected, have carried many of the characteristics of the old 

 society to the new. 



