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farmer ; its every acre of ploughed land and meadow, orchard and 

 forest, hillside and plain ; its snug farm house and kitchen gar- 

 den, out houses and yards; its vehicles and farm implements; 

 the farm horses or oxen in good condition for labor ; the cows 

 clean as cats, carrying home daily gallons of good milk ; the 

 swine examples of contentment and obesity; the very house 

 dog, in his happiness, giving to his tail a hospitable wag, — all 

 these declare, in language that cannot be mistaken and cannot 

 deceive, the home of the thriving farmer. 



Are there none such in Norfolk ? This volume of the trans- 

 actions of your society is your accredited ambassador to other 

 counties, states, and countries, charged, it is presumed, to give 

 as fair and favorable an account as facts will justify. The 

 silent but eloquent envoy points with pride to the thriving con- 

 dition of your association ; to the immense concourse of per- 

 sons who are annually attracted to your shows ; to the noble 

 array of live stock exhibited ; the groaning tables heaped with 

 luscious and tempting fruits, coaxed from an unfriendly soil, or 

 forced during an intemperate season; the many and varied 

 evidences of female taste, and skill, and perseverance ; but what 

 is said concerning the farms of Norfolk ? Scarcely a syllable. 



Now, it is not the fact that there are no longer farms in 

 Norfolk county creditable to her farmers and worthy of com- 

 mendation. There are many such ; but their proprietors, we 

 fear, are determined to keep them profoundly secret. 



Farm of Dr. W. T. G. Morton, at West Ncedham. 



The only farm presented for examination belongs to Dr. "W. 

 T. Gr. Morton; and it happened, unfortunately, that it was not 

 presented within the time specified by the rules of the soci- 

 ety. The committee, in consequence, are unable to award any 

 premium. 



They award to Dr. Morton a gratuity of twenty dollars. 



The farm gave evidences of continued and well-directed 

 labor; the buildings were all good and in good condition; the 

 neat cattle were of excellent quality and in fine order ; the 

 swine, which are well and widely known in the United States, 

 made good their claim to their high reputation ; and the poul- 



