The Daily spy., 1849-09-28
corrsspondenpe Of the SPY.

"iner. Tue novelty oi the thing w"ud, OF course
ong large collection Of 'ope together, but. IN 'nS
lisia cr the exhibition, tself Is such as to justify Tue
clriosy TO witness it, and IS highly crediiabe TO this
In'ant hut en,erprisng Society.
IL was > fortunate circumstances for the farmers OF
'fi@k, thathey had such man as Col Marshal r.
Wilder, long and we'll known the President OF The
Massachusetts Horticultural Soci,y To place al the head
OF their Agricultural Society His energy enterprise and
ambition 10 excel make him throw his whole soul into
every thing which lie undertakes and insurcs successful
results. And when seconded by such Benz v
French and Charles Francis Adams as zee Presidents,
Edward h. Key as Secretary, and Edgar X Whlt,ker
as Chairman Of The Commitce OF arrangements, We
might irei well assured that no failure would occur for
want OF well directed effort
The Ploughng match took place at leu ocloek. Th re
were two double teams, OF four oxen elch aud about
len pous hs drawn by one yoke OF oxen each. Iu ad,
dillon TO these there pou5 5hS drawn by two
horses eAoh--Presentiug feature in ploug Ching
matches The field was particularly favorable or this
Kind OF team, being light soil and free from
Two or three of the horse teams did not appear be
very well trained to their work. The poug Ching by oxen
was generally very well done There were, howe, er
two teaIs which hurried their work too much, their
prlncIPe object seeming 10 be, 10 how qui they
could ge done they kept their oxen ueally upon The
run. Ii the committee do Ler duty, as they probably
WILL these ploushmen will learn be Ter before auolI
year The oxen were, generally, remarkably fine cattle
and would have been crednable to any show in the
| Stale
Bartetts Gouble plough the field and IN operas
uon It oush moi as pelito1 aud attracted good
deal OF attention.
1he SHOW OF Cattle i'll the pens was quite respectable
mich COWS taking the lead. There were several
Ayrshire cows, anG soma OF the durry breed with
crosses tboh and of the Durham native stock
Ihe Sao" OF youag cattle was not very large, and
ct them were but ordinary in point OF qnaliiy We did
not ste any JM cattle IN the place. There was con.
siderable number of horses exhibited, and among hen,
two or three coils Of very good promise.
The trial OF working took place when we were
otherwise engdged SO tla, able 10 see N
We also missed of seeing ht Exaibluoa OF Butter aud
Cheese
III, exhibition OF manufactured articles was very
good for tie first attempt, and contained some very
pretty specimens OF embroidery, and, usual, spec
mems OF patch work on VIII ch great deal more work
had been expended haa the value OF the aruc;e when
competed would seem 10 Justify.
ton In this were several lots OF very tine grapes
grown under glass There were, also some ne cluster
OF large and most perfectly nptned Isabella grapes
, produ ed BY open culture IN DcJham We also nouc.
ed two or thee lots of the Dana Grape which were fine
aud well Eipened This is the best native grape ,e
known, two weeks earlier Than the Isabella, and Of a
better quality than either that or The Catawba o. an.
pies 'h re were but few specimens and those nuiferen,
! inn Inn "a
III qu my mefe oeih2, III tins vicinity, with US a
general failure Of that fruit Pears also a,e scare.
nefeaoou'S yet thee were some very good sp cilens
The collections. OF Cu Wilder and Samuel Wake,
Esq beng the lrsest that were shown. There were
few dishes OF hne p aches, and some others more ludt
ieren III tnelr Character There were but lew pIuns-
among them W S good dIsn of Goes Golden Droo
we'll IIpened.
he exhibition OF flowers better than that of frnis
There we're several stands OF superior dahlas and .
good bouquets, with variety OF cut flowers. AMONG
which We noticed some fine roses.
Tne Addicss BY Col WIlGef President of The Society
was ed writcn able and approx rate producto,-
lie sPuke OF The great Improvements whicn IN. present
cehtury has made all branches OF the arts and dive,
Oh The Necessity agrcuilure's keeping its true no on
III the ooa'd progress things, insisting Oh the uec s.
sity OF agricultural education and as means thereof
on the Establishment OF Agricultural Senuanes or a,
least the Introduction OF agricultural science as branch
OF Education into those a,read, esab isied The Al.
diess was listened 10 with great attention and was we
received.
Tue dianer was well provided, aad about SIX h .rd,,,
persons pa'took OF II, consisting OF near, an euu ro
portion OF men am women. This is d great inn rov.
nenl IN such dinners lie thing has been zro ~.
ed at orceseI, bu, Norfolk has the c,e,L, f -
adopting ii. Cel Wld-r presided, aud lied nm s,c-
cesslyeIy, Gov. Briggs DLnie Webster, Gov Fac,
Rob ri {. Winthrop, Gov Llncol.., and Horace 4,
We suppose that otneis ais, spoke but we did nm % :,
to hear them. Sevcru other distinguished ma, .,..
present, among WHICH noticed Gov. u,li -, N :.
Hampshire, L. Governor Reed, &C
foi The MS. show OF new Society this NAV be coo
sdered, on The whole decidedly successful o,o ...
we know OF no good reason why The society SIo,,d o
go on and prosper Ildeed The wonder ;s ,h,, a.,
have not had society III operation long aoo S,
as several OF the towns are, in the immed,ae v.;,
Boston, where theIe is ready maiket a, good o,;. !
every thing they can Iaise and wher. nao,,.a ~
obtained IN any quantity, containing, too as tho
does, such cul,ivaors as French Wilder O.,
Walker, and many others, there j. no reoso, -
society should not take and maintain b,ohl ro.,-