180 BARNSTABLE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BARNSTABLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



This society held its annual cattle -show and fair at Barnsta- 

 ble, on the 25th of October last. The weather was pleasant ; 

 and the crowd of people in attendance, the number and variety 

 of stock and productions offered, proved that an increased inter- 

 est was felt in the occasion. It is a subject of regret, that the 

 statements of many of the claimants for premiums are not more 

 minute, and the reports of many of the committees so full as is 

 desired. It is confidently believed, that, by a little extra exer- 

 tion by the officers of the society, the evil may be obviated. 



No address was delivered before the society. 



Improved Wet Meadom^s. 



The first premium of $6 00, was awarded to Loring Crocker, 

 of Barnstable. 



The second premium of $4 00, to William Howes, of Dennis, 



Loring Crocker'' s Stalement. 



The land on which I claim a premium contains between two 

 and three acres of salt and fresh meadow or bog land, producing 

 originally rushes, flags, and wild grass, of little value. In 1842, 

 1 enclosed the same by a dike, ten feet wide, and about three 

 hundred feet long. I built the dike by driving stakes or small 

 piles into the meadow, on each side of the dike, and by nailing 

 boards and plank on the inside of the piles, to the average 



