xxviii REPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



FRANKLESr. 



Having been appointed to attend the fair of the Franklin County- 

 Agricultural Society for the year 1868, I perfomied that duty, and 

 submit the following Report : — 



The first day of the exhibition was a very favorable one, but the 

 inclemency of the weather on the second day greatly interfered 

 with the portion of the fair that was assigned for that time. The 

 display observed by your delegate was very excellent. The num- 

 ber of entries in the department of neat stock was very large. A 

 great proportion of the animals were grade Shorthorns, and it 

 would be very difficult to find anyAvhere a finer exhibition of that 

 kind of stock. The show of sheep, swine and poultry was very 

 creditable to the farmers of Franklin County. 



Among the ai-ticles disj^layed inside the hall were several cai-jDcts 

 of domestic manufacture, which exhibited great skill in that kind 

 of work. There were also some beautiful specimens of table cut- 

 lery, which came from two cutlery establishments in Franklin 

 County, which are the largest of the kind in the United States. 

 On account of the unfavorable weather, as already stated, your del- 

 egate was not able to observe the manner in which the ofiicers of 

 the society conducted its aflairs as fully as he would have been 

 glad to do. So far, however, as he was able to see, they were carried 

 on with order and method and vigorous enterprise. Your delegate 

 is under obligations to members of the society for very kind and 

 courteous attention. Geo. A. Kestg. 



BERKSHIRE. 



As delegate of the State Board of Agriculture, and agreeably to 

 my appointment, I attended the fifty-ninth annual exhibition of the 

 Berkshire Agricultural Society, on the 6th, 7th and 8th of October, 

 at Pittsfield. 



The first day of the fair the show of cattle was very large ; the 

 Alderneys or Jerseys, Ayrshires, Durhams, and Devons were of 

 superior quality ; and also many of the grades. There was a very 

 large exhibition of sheep, and some of the best I have ever seen. 

 Swine and poultry were fully represented. The show in the hall, 

 of butter, cheese, bread, honey, gi-ain and vegetables of every 

 variety, paintings and works of art, household manufactures, and 

 the floral department were creditable to the ladies and others who 

 were instrumental in fitting up the hall, as well as to the j)roducers. 



