PROCEEDINGS 



ON THE OCCASION OF TUE 



SEVENTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 



OP THE 



NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



Thursday and Friday, September 28 & 29, 1865. 



The Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of the Norfolk Acrricultu- 

 ral Society Avas held at Dedham on Thursday and Friday, Sep- 

 tember 28th and 29th. Although the remarkable and unprece- 

 dented drought kept away many contributors and spectators, yet 

 the exhibition was one of the best ever given by the Society, and 

 the receipts were larger than at any previous exhibition. 



The show of Horses was large, many of the animals exhibiting 

 marks of great excellence. The leading feature of this depart- 

 ment was the exhibition of the Norman Mares and Stallions, which 

 attracted great attention. The exhibition of Stock was very fair, 

 embracing contributions from the best breeders in the county, 

 prominent among which were those of Messrs. Eldridge, of Can- 

 ton, Motley, of West Roxbury, Morton, of Needham, Allen 

 Brothers, of Medfield, Stone, of Dedham, and Tilton, of Wal- 

 pole. 



The exhibition of Swine was the largest and best ever made by 

 the Society, and, as usual, Need-ham bore off the prize. The 

 Messrs. Knapp, of Wellesley, filled eight pens with fine specimens, 

 and Mr. Payson, of the same locality, made a very large contribu- 

 tion. Of Sheep, there were a large number of superior animals, 

 prominent among which were those of E. R. Andrews, of West 

 Roxbury, including the ram " Guelph," which took the " sweep- 

 stake " premium for long-wooled sheep at the late New England 

 Fair at Concord, N. H., W. B. Bacon, Thomas Motley, West Rox- 

 bury, S. R. Payson, Needham. The Poultry were not as nume- 

 rous as on former occasions, the chief feature of the department 



