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days, were $900. The exhibition of horses, on the second day, was very 

 fine. The whole number of entries in this department was eighty -eight, 

 divided as follows : Stallions, five ; carriage horses, thirty-three ; mares 

 and colts, four ; colts and fillies, eighteen ; roadsters, twelve ; farm 

 horses, fourteen; for equestrianism, two. In addition to these there 

 were five entries for trotting in the afternoon, after the dinner. In the 

 hall, the show of vegetables was the most remarkable, including a very 

 fijie show of potatoes of various kinds. Among them I noticed a new 

 potato, called the Colebrook seedling, which I found in great abundance 

 at the previous exhibition of the society. I have raised this variety 

 during the last season, and find it remarkably prolific, uniform in size, 

 free from rot, thin-skinned, especially fine as a baked potato, of fine 

 gi'ain and flavor, of a red color, and long and full in shape. 



The dinner was very well attended, and was graced, with speeches of 

 practical and useful character, by Judge French, Prof. J. Seelye, and 

 the delegate. 



Your delegate was much pleased with the show, and was only dis- 

 appointed in finding so small an exhibition of iieat stock, in a district 

 which he had been led to suppose was capable of presenting as fine a 

 show as any other section of the State. Chas. G. Davis. 



HIGHLAND. 



The sixth annual exhibition of the Highland Agricultural Society 

 was held at Middlefield on the 14th and 15th of September. 

 • This society seems appropriately named, for its park is upon the 

 highest ground in that region, and where we, on this occasion, received 

 a full share of the wind, and a sufficient quantity of the dust which the 

 long continued drought had furnished. 



Their hall stands upon the most elevated portion of their grounds, and 

 its flat roof, with a substancial railing around it, afforded ample room 

 and fine prospect for those who sought, during these two days of exhi- 

 bition, for here they had a full view of the whole fair grounds, and 

 whatever was there exhibited. 



Neat stock was the main feature of the show on the first day, and the 

 • thirty-five pairs of oxen and steers, in yoke, made a fine display. Most 

 of them were of large size, well proportioned and well matched, and 

 many of them in high condition. Here were steers, four years old, 

 weighing from three thousand to four thousand pounds the pair, and 

 older oxen weighing from four thousand three hundred to four thousand 

 four hundred pounds the pair. We noticed one pair of steers, four 

 , years, said to weigh four thousand pounds, sold for five hundred dollars, 



