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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Nov. 
numbered among the things that were. But in this 
show we have been happily disappointed, for the 
proceedings of these two days have proved far dif¬ 
ferent things. They have proved that the farmers 
of “ old Washington” begin to think it will subserve 
their interests to support the Society, for they are 
fully aware that physical labor “ per se,” is not 
the only requisite to the successful cultivation of 
soil, and believe that it can only be made efficacious 
by bringing to its aid the light of science. Farmer. 
South Hartford, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1850. 
New Hampshire State Agricultural Society. 
We had the pleasure of attending the first ex¬ 
hibition of this Society, which was held at Concord 
on the 2d and 3d days of October. Though the 
Society had been but recently organised, and the 
State had refused its aid, a liberal list of premiums 
was offered, and ample preparations were made for 
the Fair by its indefatigable officers, who had, we 
are happy to be able to say, the satisfaction of see¬ 
ing all their anticipations, in relation to this first 
exhibition, fully realised, noth withstanding the very 
unfavorable state of the weather during the first 
day. 
Most of the preparations, as well as the arrange¬ 
ment of the articles shown under cover, were com¬ 
pleted on Tuesday the first. The domestic Manu¬ 
factures, Factory Goods, and Fruits and Flowers, 
occupied the large and well finished hall over the 
Concord rail depot, a room admirably adapted to 
the purpose, and which was well filled with fabrics 
of factory and domestic manufacture, highly credi¬ 
table to the artisans and housewives of the Granite 
State, the whole arranged in a tasteful and judicious 
manner, so as to show to the best advantage. The 
show of Fruits was more extensive and richer in 
variety than we had anticipated, and proved con¬ 
clusively that with proper attention to the selection 
of varieties, and reasonable care in the cultivation, 
the citizens of this State may supply themselves with 
an abundance of all the choice fruits of the northern 
States. Col. Wilder of Dorchester, and S. Walker, 
Esq., of Roxbury, President of the Mass. Hort. 
Society, added to the interest of the exhibition, by 
the contribution of over one hundred varieties of 
pears. Another gentleman of Massachusetts. Mr. 
Lake of Topsfield, exhibited one hundred and thirty 
varieties of apples, pears, and peaches. Among 
the apples, were samples said to have been taken 
from a tree on the farm of Peregrine White, the 
first white child born in New England, and which 
tree was planted by him. They were sent by Miss 
Sybil White, a direct descendant, who now resides 
on the ancestral farm in Marshfield. The show of 
flowers was meagre, indicating that but little at¬ 
tention had been given to floriculture, or that un¬ 
timely frosts had occurred. There were, however, 
a few very pretty bouquets and floral designs. 
In a large warehouse near the depot, were placed 
the Butter and Cheese, Vegetables, Grains, &c. 
The exhibition of the products of the dairy, was 
small. The Cheese appeared well, and there were 
some samples of superior Butter, several of which 
were made by girls of from 14 to 18 years of age. 
There were also fine samples of Honey and Maple 
Sugar. Of Vegetables, there was a good show, and 
amongst them specimens of 11 Marrow Squashes” 
and “ New York Red” potatoes from the farm of 
ex-Gov. Hill, who raises both these articles ex¬ 
tensively* and finds them to pay handsomely. Bet¬ 
ter samples of Indian corn ive have seldom seen any 
where, than were exhibited by Mr. Nesmith, Presi¬ 
dent of the Society, Gov. Hill and Joseph Robin- 
son of Concord, Mr. Cate of Northfield, and Mr. 
Burbank of Boscawen. 
There was but a moderate collection of farm im¬ 
plements and the products of the shop, which were 
arranged in the car-house, adjoining the depot— 
among them we noticed two beautiful and substan¬ 
tial ox-yokes which were made by an ex-Governor of 
the State, Hon. John H. Steele of Peterboro’, and 
for which he received the second prize. 
The exhibition of live stock, which occupied a 
favorable position in a field of ten or twelve acres 
in the rear of the depot, was, for the first, extensive 
and highly creditable, especially in sheep. Superior 
Saxonies were exhibited by Messrs. David Buffum 
of Walpole, J. N. Sawyer of Salisbury, Hodgskins 
8c Kingsbury of Walpole, and Messrs. Sibley and 
Barnard of Hopkinton. Merinoes by Messrs. Bar¬ 
ker of Enfield, Melvin of Weare, Sawyer of Salis¬ 
bury, Miller and Dewey of Hanover, Walker of 
Claremont, and others; and F. A. Wier of Wal¬ 
pole showed some good Cotswolds. Of Swine, 
there but few in the pens, and we noticed but one, 
a Suffolk boar, exhibited by Mr. James Wilson of 
Pembroke, worthy of special notice. Of Horses, 
there was a good display, but the rain prevented 
such an examination as would enable us to speak 
of them individually. Among the horned Cattle, the 
natives exceeded all others in numbers, and they 
showed we think, that far less pains have been 
taken by the farmers of New Hampshire to improve 
their cattle by introducing well bred foreign stock, 
than by the farmers of Massachusetts and Connecti¬ 
cut. There is evidently great room for improve¬ 
ment in this respect; and we were glad to see 
a fair show of Devons, some Durhams, and a few 
Ayrshires on the grounds, showing that at least 
some of the exhibitors were beginning to realise the 
necessity for improvement. Robert Elwell of Lang- 
don, E. M. Dunbar of Warner, L. Brooks of 
Charlestown, David Buffum of Walpole, and S. G. 
Wadleigh of Meredith, were the principal exhibi¬ 
tors of Devons, and they had some good specimens 
of this favorite breed. Durhams were exhibited by 
Messrs. J. S. Walker and Isaac Hubbard of Clare- 
mont, C. E. Starkweather of Walpole, and some 
others; of Ayrshires we saw but one lot. There 
were some good cross bred animals. There was 
one team of 15 yoke of oxen, from Boscawen, among 
which, and the single yokes, were some fine animals. 
The show of poultry was quite extensive, embracing 
most of the fancy varieties—among them a pair of 
hens hatched from one egg, each minus a wing,so that 
they appeared when placed together, like a double 
hen. —— 
A public procession was to have been formed at 
2 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, to march to the 
Capitol, where the address was to be delivered; but 
this procession was dispensed with on account of 
the rain. The wet, however, did not prevent the 
large Hall of the Capitol from being well filled; 
and as we looked upon this assemblage of the sturdy 
farmers of the Granite State, the reflection forced 
itself upon us that these were the men to carry for¬ 
ward, by their intelligence and energy, the good 
work which they had commenced under circumstan¬ 
ces at first dubious but now in a high degree aus¬ 
picious. On the platform with the President, were 
the Speaker, E. P. Prentice, Esq., President of 
the N. Y. State Ag. Society, Hon. Levi Wood¬ 
bury, ex-Governors Hill and Steele, Gov. Dins* 
moor, and others. The meeting was called to order 
by Mr. Nesmith, the President of the Society, who, 
after prayer by Rev. Dr. Bouton, gave an account 
