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the thoroughness with which the soil was pulverized, and the 

 despatch with which the labor was accomplished. 



A trial of draught oxen soon followed, which was well con- 

 tested, and of scarcely inferior interest. 



This was succeeded by a display of horses of every variety — 

 some of them under the saddle, some of them drawing the 

 light gig or buggy, and some of them harnessed in teams to 

 the ponderous truck or wagon, and all moving in grand pro- 

 cession over the noble new road which has recently been con- 

 structed by the city of New Bedford along the borders of her 

 beautiful harbor. 



Meantime the pens were filled with stock of every sort, 

 among which were many specimens of the choicest quality. 

 A grade Durham, or short-horn cow, of remarkable size and 

 beauty, and which was stated to have given the almost incredi- 

 ble quantity of nine thousand quarts of milk in sixteen months, 

 attracted much notice. 



Three separate Halls of exhibition were also opened on the 

 occasion — one of them containing a show of domestic and 

 household manufactures ; another assigned to the display of 

 vegetables, the products of the dair}', and the implements 

 of husbandry ; and a third and larger hall devoted exclusively 

 to fruits and flowers. 



Nothing could have been richer or more exquisite than this 

 last display. It was particularly remarkable for the great 

 variety and excellence of the apples, the staple fruit of our 

 country, and hardly second in importance and value to any 

 production of the soil. 



In the Hall of Manufactures were exhibited several samples 

 of American linens from the factory at Fall River, which 

 gave the highest promise of future success in an article for 

 which we have heretofore been wholly dependent on foreign labor. 



On the second day of the exhibition an able and interesting 

 address was delivered by the Hon. J. W. Miller, of Morris- 

 town, New Jersey ; after which the premiums were announced 

 at a most agreeable entertainment, which was graced by the 

 presence of ladies, and enlivened by wit, poetry, and eloquence. 



ROBT. C. WlNTHROP. 



