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lioiise were filled during the delivery of the address, and so 

 ■vverc the five hundred seats at the dinner table, set next in 

 order in the day's proceedings. The dinner was in all respects 

 creditable to the society, and the speeches characteristic of 

 those who made them. At six and a half o'clock a bountiful 

 collation was spread before the members and guests of the 

 society, at the mansion of S. B, Phinncy, where speeches fol- 

 lowed as at the dinner, full of satisfaction to all who were 

 present. The day's work of the officers of the society was, at 

 eight o'clock, P. M., begun to be wound up in a ball., and fin- 

 ished by the aid of some five hundred members and friends of 

 the society, at a reasonably early hour next morning. ^ 



Dairy Products. — The exhibition of dairy products, especially 

 of butter, showed that there was good stock kept here, and as 

 ivell fed as need be. The product of the cross of the Durham 

 and the Alderney upon the native stock, tells in right direction. 



Working O.cen, Horses, Swine. — The farmers here, as else- 

 where, seem to have become accustomed to the expense of 

 keeping a stronger force of working cattle and horses than they 

 actually need. Light weight horses are most commonly used. 

 The attention already given to the breeding of horses promises 

 well. The sea air must exercise a favorable influence upon the 

 swine family — the specimens exhibited were remarkable in all 

 " their points," or rather symetrically rounded lines. They 

 were model porkers. 



Root Crops. — The potato yields abundantly hereabouts. 

 The mangold and carrot also thrive with easy culture in this 

 soil and atmosphere. Among the varieties of potato culti- 

 vated, the Jackson Whites, (for early) New York Peach Blow, 

 Nova Scotia, Prince Albert, Davis Seedling, and State of Maine, 

 grow vigorously, improving in excellence. Sixty-three hundred 

 and sixty pounds of potatoes from one pound, (three years 

 planting,) were entered for premium. Seventy varieties of 

 garden vegetables were exhibited — perfect in their kind, and 

 showing a nearer appreciation of the true value of this crop 

 than usually prevails. 



Fruit. — There were ten exhibitors of peaches of choice 

 varieties. One branch from a tree was shown, bearing, in 

 clusters, within fifteen inches sj)aco, thirty-fwe ripened peaches. 

 Uncultured pears were shown from a tree which had blossom- 



