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PKOCEEDII^GS 



ON THE OCCASION OF THE 



NINETEENTH ANNIVERSARY 



OF THB 



NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



Thursday and Friday, September 19 & 90, 1867. 



The Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of the Norfolk Agricul- 

 tural Society was held in Dedham on Tliursday and Friday, 

 September 19 and 20, 1867. The weather throughout the 

 exhibition was fine, and the number of persons in attendance 

 was consequently very large. 



Thursday, the first day, was devoted, as usual, to the recep- 

 tion and examination of contributions. In the Horse depart- 

 ment there were thirty-eight entries, the principal bloods being 

 Morgan and Black Hawk. Of Stock there were a large num- 

 ber of entries, among which were very fine Jerseys by Edward 

 S. Rand, Jr., Dedham ; M. S. Scudder, Grantville ; J. W. 

 Wattles, Canton. Fine Stock were also shown by E. Stone 

 and J. W. Gay, Dedham, and Henry Goulding, Dover. The 

 show of Swine was small in extent, but of excellent quality. 

 The display of Poultry was very good ; Eben Wight and E. 

 P. Burgess, of Dedham, making the best show, the fowls of 

 the latter being generally regarded as equal to any ever exhib- 

 ited on the Society's grounds. 



In the Hall, the display of Fruit was one of the best, if not 

 the very best, ever made by the Society. Of pears there were 

 three hundred plates. Marshall P. Wilder, of Dorchester, F. 

 & L Clapp, of Dorchester, Walker & Co, of Roxbury, and A. 

 D. Weld, West Roxbury, contributed the largest number of 

 varieties. The plates of apples numbered seventy, embracing 

 several excellent specimens of this fruit. F. & L. Clapp, of 



