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PROCEEDINGS 



ON THE OCCASION OF THE 



TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY 



OF THE 



NORFOLK AGP.ICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



Thursday and Friday, September 23 and 24, 1869. 



The Twenty-First Annual Exhibition of the Norfolk Agricul- 

 tural Society took place on the new grounds at Rcadville, on 

 Thursday and Friday, September 23d and 24th, 1869. The 

 weather throughout was very fine, and the Exhibition proved 

 one of the best ever held by the Society. Owing to the unprec- 

 edented loss of fruit by the great storm of the 8th inst., the 

 display in that department, especially of apples, was meagre, 

 and the want of familiarity witli the new grounds and the 

 arrangements, doubtless prevented the presentation of a large 

 amount of stock, which may hereafter be counted on to fill the 

 pens to overflowing. But whatever were the deficiencies of the 

 Exlubition of this year, it has been demonstrated to the satis- 

 faction of the most doubtful-minded, that the Society have now 

 a location in which they can successfully compete with any sim- 

 ilar association in the State. A new era in the history and 

 prosperity of the Society has been most successfully inaugu- 

 rated, and the future is full of hope and promise. 



Thursday, the first day of the Exhibition, was devoted, as 

 usual, to the reception and examination of contributions. Of 

 Horses, the leading contributors were Col. Henry S. Russell, of 

 West Roxbury ; William E. Coffin, of Savin Hill, Dorchester ; 



