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Twelve entries of swine displayed some as fine porkers as 

 one could wish to see. 



The second day horses took the track, of which there were 

 one hundred and thirty-seven entries, and among them many 

 very fine ones. In this department, like those of neat stock, 

 sheep and swine, the rising generation played a conspicuous 

 part and gave promise that they would do no discredit to their 

 progenitors, no discredit if they had proper attention. A maro 

 with nine of her progeny by her side and following behind, all 

 owned and exhibited by Colonel Pomeroy, was a sight not 

 often seen nor easily beaten in Massachusetts. 



The third day was occupied with ploughing-match, address, 

 reporting and delivering premiums, and horse-trotting. The 

 ploughing-match came off the first thing in the morning, and was 

 one of the most attractive features of the occasion, except horse- 

 trotting, which always draws the crowd. Thirteen horse teams 

 and seven ox teams competed and performed their work to the 

 satisfaction of a large and interested crowd of men and women. 



The hall, which is large and commodious, was occupied the 

 first and second days for the exhibition by all kinds of farm 

 and garden products, domestic manufactures and fancy articles, 

 and was extraordinarily well filled, especially that part depend- 

 ing upon the ladies, there being some thing like three thousand 

 pounds of cheese, five hundred pounds of butter, with bread 

 and honey to match. 



On the third day after the ploughing-match, the hall having 

 been cleared, was soon filled with a large and attentive 

 audience to listen to the annual address and the awarding 

 of premiums, they being all given in plate and arranged on a 

 table in front of the speaker's stand in full view of the audience ; 

 thus serving to keep up the interest to the last. 



In closing allow me to say that in the opinion of your delegate 

 Berkshire County society is one where the mass of the people, 

 both old and young, rich and poor, evidently manifest a decided 

 interest in the advancement of agriculture and the success of 

 the society, and where tiie State's bounty answers tlie end for 

 which it was appropriated as well as in any society in the State. 



Sherman Converse. 



