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ALL ITS VARIOUS KINDRED ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION 



OF THE MASSACnUSETT_S HOUTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Phis show took place last week ; and considering 

 the great scarcity of fruit, it was very good. The 

 exhibition of apples was small, not so much from 

 there not being a plenty of good specimens for a 

 large show, as from the great scarcity with those who 

 usually take much pains to contribute largely to the 

 fair. In pears, it was rather limited ; but so far as it 

 extended, it was excellent, as many dishes were very 

 fine. The exhibition of peaches was excellent, not- 

 withstanding the crop is very light in this region. 

 In grapes raised under glass, it was very fine : one 

 bunch, raised by J. F. Allen, Esq., Salem, weighed 

 four and a half pounds. There was a variety of fine 

 plums. 



In vegetables, the show was the best that has ever 

 been made by this society, at least for many years. 

 It was both extensive and excellent in appearance. 



The show of flowers was very good : there were 

 various beautiful and some splendid bouquets, and 

 »ome rare specimens of flowers. The crimson cocks- 

 combs, exhibited by A. M. Sumner, Watertown, 

 were the largest of this class that we ever saw, meas- 

 uring over a foot across them. They attracted great 

 attention. 



Although the exhibition has been, in some re- 

 spects, less attractive than usual, owing to natural 

 disadvantages, beyond the control of the most skil- 

 ful, we are happy to learn that cultivators are con- 

 tinuing their exertions, determined to do their part 

 in promoting the cause of horticultural improve- 

 ment, and their labors will usually be crowned with 

 Buecess. 



WORCESTER CATTLE SHOW. 



This exhibition took place on Wednesday of last 

 week. On the whole, it was excellent. The day 

 was fine, and the concourse of people was immense. 

 On the evening preceding, all the public houses in 

 the place were full ; and on the morning of the ex- 

 hibition, long trains of cars literally packed full of 

 passengers, in many cases far m»re than could be 



seated, were seen coming in from every direction : 

 extra trains were run, and freight cars were put in 

 requisition, and rigged for the accommodation of 

 passengers ; and besides, there were many who came 

 in their own or other vehicles. When about half as 

 many attended the shows at Worcester, the number 

 was estimated at eight or ten thousand. 



In the ploughing match, there were only a few 

 competitors, only ten teams being on trial, which 

 is a small number for a county that produces 

 a larger number and better teams, and far more 

 ploughs, than any other in the Union, with the best 

 of men to manage teams and ploughs. With all 

 the materials in abundance for a great as well as 

 good ploughing match, there ought to be forty or 

 fifty competitors. But what there was of this match 

 was excellent. The teams were fine and well trained, 

 and the ploughmen skilful. They went about their 

 work in a quiet way, and attended to it like a dis- 

 creet farmer in his own field. There was no noise, 

 nor hurrying. The work was done in the best man- 

 ner, and of a good depth, though the stones at the 

 bottom of the furrow were often troublesome. We 

 hope that in future there will be more zeal iu this 

 cause. 



The show of stock was both excellent and exten- 

 sive. There were about one hundred pens of ani- 

 mals, mostly of neat cattle. They were of various 

 breeds, and mixtures in many ways. This county 

 still holds the lead in fine stock, and there is at 

 present great attention paid to its improvement, so 

 that it bids fair to sustain its well- deserved and high 

 reputation. A Durham bull, one year old last March, 

 owned by Hon. John Brooks, Princeton, weighed 

 thirteen hundred and fifty pounds. We saw no 

 horses at this exhibition, which is truly astonishing, 

 considering the horse is regarded as one of our most 

 useful and interesting animals, selling at a higher 

 price than any others. 



There were fine specimens of dairy productions ; 

 but the show in this department w.as rather limited 

 for a county of so wide an extent and such abundant 

 resources in this respect. 



The show of machines and implements was finej 

 but the mechanics' fair, held at the same time, probft- 



