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seclusion within the walls of their equipage, with naught to console 

 them but the thouglit that their elevated position prevented the too 

 familiar contact of the vulgar crowd. Among so many and worthy 

 competitors, it might seem invidious in us to make comparisons. We 

 only venture to say that, among this various assemblage of growth and 

 beauty, memory reverts with peculiar satisfaction to a nest of weaned 

 pigs, owned by George J. Lyman, of Granby, that were perfectly 

 charming. 



It remains for us to speak of the horses — a subject to which we 

 feel an incompetency, and from which we would gladly excuse our- 

 selves. Indeed, in such an array of animals, most of them apparently 

 valuable ones, and with only a very limited observation, it would be 

 impossible to make any nice discriminations. The exhibition of Stal- 

 lions, however, seems to us of such a character, as to deserve more 

 particular notice, and we cannot do better here than to refer to the 

 report of the special committee appointed to examine these animals. 

 They say only one stallion was entered which was entitled to the 

 regular premium — he was a fine four years hunter, owned by H. A. 

 Longley, of Belchertown, and doubtless a son of his Kentucky hun- 

 ter. The committee recommend a gratuity to N; R. Washburn, of 

 Springfield, and remark that, for driving and fancy horses, his stock 

 will unquestionably be valuable. Also, they recommend a gratuity 

 to Levi Sumner, of Heath, for his bay stallion, whose well knit frame 

 and determined action indicated just the qualities desirable for draft 

 and farm horses. 



hey also speak with approbation of the black morgan owned by 

 A. C. Stowell, of Petersham. 



On] the whole, we cohgratulate the members of the Hampshire Society 

 on another successful Fair. If, in closing, they will suffer from us a 

 word of advice, it shall be this : study in all your stock operations to 

 maintain as large a variety, as your circumstances will admit. In this 

 way every thing will be consumed, and all to the best advantage. In 

 this way you will be pretty sure of sometimes winning Dame Fortune's 

 smiles and will avoid the mortification of those, who not unfrequently 

 behold the contents of the barn and the granary emptied into the 

 barn-yard ; while they have nothing to show for it, but a large pile 

 of most excellent manure. In this respect, our line of policy should 

 be wholly diff'erent from that pursued by the western farmer, who relies 

 almost entirely upon two or three staple products, which mu-t be sent 

 to a distant market. On the contrary, the Massachusetts farmer is fa- 



