REPORTS OF DELEGATES. 253 



NORFOLK. 



The twelfth annual exhibition of tlic Norfolk County Society 

 was held on the 24th and 25th days of September, and was 

 every way successful. The weather was remarkably fine, and 

 all classes of the community were out in large numbers to see, 

 be seen, to have a genuine holiday, and to help and encourage 

 each other in the laudable pursuit of husbandry. The out-door 

 exercises, which were continued through both days of the exhi- 

 bition, were the usual show of the various kinds of stock, the 

 spading-match, ploughing-match, trial of working horses and 

 oxen, and trials of speed of horses at the walk and trot. Li 

 the hall of the society were exhibited, in rich profusion, speci- 

 mens of the handiwork, skill and taste of the women of the 

 county, in bread, butter and cheese-making, and the various 

 branches of domestic and fancy manufactures ; also, specimens 

 of the products of the fields, gardens, orchards, and workshops. 

 The occasion was made interesting by a public dinner in the 

 capacious upper hall, which was crowded to repletion, by a 

 most instructive address from Professor Agassiz on the helps of 

 science to agriculture, and by speeches from President Felton 

 and others. All parts of the exhibition attracted much atten- 

 tion ; as a whole it was admirable, and the various exercises 

 were entered into with a zest and enthusiasm creditable to all 

 concerned. 



Former delegates to this society have spoken particularly of 

 the different branches of its exhibition, have described its 

 exciting spading-match in the natural amphitheatre on the 

 grounds, have made mention of its peculiar Jamestown and 

 Kerry stock, and of its fine Jerseys and Ayrshires. I was per- 

 sonally much interested in all these departments, but for me to 

 describe them in detail would be simply a repetition. I will 

 therefore, without consulting any authorities or statistics, state 

 my impressions of the Norfolk Society, and of Norfolk County, 

 as derived from this exhibition. Its energetic and sagacious 

 president is a veteran in the cause of improved agriculture, 

 and has had large experience in all departments of agricultural 

 exhibitions. He has brought this show to a perfect system, and 

 made spectators feel that they are to have their full money's 



