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encourage a local pride in our towns, in having good working 

 oxen, a premium was offered for the longest and best team ex- 

 hibited from any town. Only one string of working cattle, 

 however, was exhibited, to compete for this premium, proba- 

 bly for the reason that the object and terms of the offer were 

 not fully understood, — many persons supposing that by "town 

 teams," was meant the teams belonging to a municipal corpo- 

 ration, or its Alms House establishment, instead of a team com- 

 posed of cattle owned by the farmers of the town. 



The weather was uncommonly pleasant during the whole 

 show, and the multitudes that flocked to it, interested, delight- 

 ed, and, may we not believe ? instructed, — afford a renewed 

 evidence of the profits and pleasures of these annual gather- 

 ings. Order, sobriety and courtesy marked the day, and 

 without disparagement to other public gatherings, we cannot 

 but think that none has so strong a hold of the popular favor 

 as this, the Farmers' Holiday. 



The Society was honored by the presence of President Hitch- 

 cock, of Amherst, as a delegate from the State Board of Agri- 

 culture. 



The address was delivered by Henry K. Oliver, Esq., of 

 Lawrence. MOSES NEWELL, President. 



Allen W". Dodge, Secrelanj. 



ON POULTRY. 



The Committee on Poultry, in making up their Report, re- 

 gret to say, that the Exhibition, as a whole, both as to num- 

 ber and quality of fowls, is not equal to that of last year. 



The Committee award the first gratuity, of Five Dollars, to 

 Messrs. S. & O. Southwick, for the best lot of fowls, consist- 

 ing in part of Spanish, Dorkings, Shanghais, Guilderlands,Trish 

 and English Games, Black Bantams and other varieties, most- 

 ly of pure blood. They also exhibited a fine specimen of Chi- 

 na Geese. 



These gentlemen seem to have sustained their high reputa- 



