MIDDLESEX SOCIETY. 



MIDDLESEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Middlesex Society of Husbandmen and Manufacturers 

 held their fifty-sixth annual cattle-show, ploughing match and 

 exhibition of domestic manufactures, at Concord, on Wednes- 

 day the 4th day of October last. The weather, in the early 

 part of the day, was, as it had been for two or three days pre- 

 ceding, cold and stormy. Many farmers, not living in the 

 immediate vicinity of Concord, were consequently prevented 

 from attending. Still, the attendance was respectable, and 

 though, in some respects, the exhibition was not equal to those 

 of former years, it was, in all its departments, superior to what 

 could have been anticipated. 



Twenty-six teams were entered as competitors in the plough- 

 ing match. The work was skilfully and faithfully performed. 

 The show of animals was equal in quality to those of former 

 years, though it fell short in numbers, the weather rendering it 

 extremely inconvenient to drive cattle from any considerable 

 distance. The specimens of fruit were not numerous, but the 

 quality was never better. One or two individuals presented 

 about forty different kinds of apples, many of them new and ex- 

 cellent varieties. Many choice pears were presented, — twenty- 

 six different varieties by one gentleman, and ten by another. 



The society is subject to great inconvenience for want of a 

 more commodious place for the exhibition of fruits, vegetables, 

 and household manufactures. The only accommodation for 

 the display of these articles consists of the hall and two small 

 apartments on the lower floor of the court-house. On ordinary 

 occasions, these rooms are excessively crowded. The articles 

 presented for exhibition, especially those of household manu- 

 facture, the product of female industry, are unavoidably thrown 

 together in such disorder as to render a satisfactory examina- 



