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Andrew was followed by C. L. Flint, Secretary of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, who spoke mostly upon practical matters n lating to the 

 farming of that section, and by Hon. Albert Fearing, of Hingham. 

 Trotting filled up the afternoon. 



This exhibition must be regarded as a grand success, and we congrat- 

 ulate the society and its officers, to whom much of this result is due, 

 upon the prosperity of the institution. 



D. A. Cleaveland. 



BARNSTABLE. 



The twenty-second annual exhibition of the Barnstable Agricultural 

 Society was held upon the grounds of the society, at Barnstable, 

 October od and 4th. 



The first day of the exhibition was occupied in the show of animals 

 upon the grounds of the society, and in arranging the dairy and vegeta- 

 ble products in its spacious and well appointed hall. The ploughing- 

 raatch and trial of working oxen came off in the afternoon. Three 

 teams of single yokes only were entered for ploughing ; and while the 

 grounds furnished by the society to be ploughed were uneven, and had, 

 from the protracted drought, become extremely hard and unyielding, 

 with occasional rocks placed to obstruct the onward progress of the 

 plough, yet the skill exhibited on the part of the ploughmen in encoun- 

 tering and overcoming these obstacles, and in their well-trained teams, 

 gave good proof of the interest taken by the members of this society in 

 this important and necessary part of agriculture. 



The display of domestic animals was not as good as I expected to 

 find, and it was remarked by those present as being inferior to former 

 exhibitions, not lacking so much in numbers as in the quality of the stock 

 exhibited. The largest herd was that of Levi L. Goodspeed, of Bridge- 

 water, (from his farm in Barnstable,) being represented in most of the 

 pens. He had a fine full-blood Ayi'shire bull ; also a good Durham 

 bull, both of which were noble animals and fine specimens of their 

 kinds. Francis Bacon, Esq., and George Marston, of Barnstable, each 

 exhibited Jersey bulls and heifers that were fine animals, and gave 

 evidence of the interest taken by those gentlemen in advancing the 

 agriculture of the county. Of grade animals, Isaiah and Daniel Parker 

 exhibited each a yoke of fat oxen that were very fine. The working 

 oxen, steers, cows, heifers and calves were of fair quality, well propor- 

 tioned, and gave evidence of improvement. Of the sheep and swine 

 the entries were few, and not calculated to attract especial notice. 



