The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-11
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MIDDLEBuRY, OCT. II, 1854.
The county Fair.

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by the Society. The storm on Tuesday
and Wednesday If course bad it's effect
In preventing so complete and various
On exhibition Ss would otherwise have
boon made, yetin the important depart.
ments OF Horses and Sheep, the show.
was one of which the county may justly
be proud. We believe it could be e.
qualled, in three branches by few coun.
ties in tue United States. There were
also very fin O. Cattle, some good Swine,
excellent products of'the Dairy, ingsn.
ious needle and fancy work, and several
beautiful paintings and drawings Fruits
Farm Implements, and mechanical work
Of a high order we're exhibited, to about
.he usual amount. r.. ~.
On Thursday, tho number 81 people
10 attendance was large the weather
clear and bracing and .he mud had
nearly disappeared. 1t was a day Of
much interest throughout. We Lavc
never, unless at the late State Fair, seen
so fine display OF Horses as werc on
the course during "Wednesday forenoon.
The several varieties of breeds were
we'll representative Black Hawks of
course most numerously.. and what added
erestly 10 the qualification and enthusi.
s'm Of the spectators, the original Black
Hawk, sirc of all tho noble race, was a..
mong the number, driven BY David Hill,
Esq, the champion Of improvement in
this leading branch Of tho Vermont az.
sicultural interest. Our limits of course,
DO not permit US to attempt an enumcr.
alton Of tho noble animals that we're on
The ground, Of this and other stocks !:
nor docs the list Of premiums embrace
ti,ho Of ihoir plumber. 1t is equally
impossible TO DO anything like justice to
tue rich show Of Sleep, which we're =
great point Of attraction to visitors. on
both days Of. the Fair.
In the afternoon OF Thursday, at 2
o'clock, Prof J. a. NASH, Of Amherst,
Mass, was introduced to Numerous au.
dieuce, and proceeded to deliver an ad.
dress Of rare interest and Of solid value
Its style was clear and impressive. and
its delivery fnrcible and attractive, hold.
ing the large audience, Of both sexes
though nearly all wero obliged to re.
main standing lin closest attention for
moro than on hour. The strong aud
hearty sayen with which. resolution
rendering their thanks to the orator, and
fequesting'a copy Of his address for pub
l'eation, were adopted, truly expressed
their appreciation Of its merits.
Mr. N. said that he found himself, as
he presumed many others had, in an I'm.
pleasant predicamcnt;-ho had written
an address, expecting to read it some.
where indoors but the Society had
rightly decided to haze the speaking out
doors, where more could hear it, in the
very presence Of the Sheep and the fine
Cattle and the beautiful Horses. This
was as it should be. He was glad Of it;
for though he could not read an address
here in the wind, he could speak from
the inspiratisa' of.the place We had
some proof that Addison County was
famous place to grow sheep and horses
but, what pleased him more, he saw be.
fore him. conclusive evidence that it
could produce men, strong. healthy SO.
ber-minded men, aud women to match.
Ifthore had been rowdyism and iutcm.
poranco here those two days, others
night hayc seen it, 30 had not.
His subject was British agriculture,
ho'c far 10 Be dreiolccl and ho,c far TO
be copied By American farmers.
Mr.. N. said, there was probably $500
million dollars worth Of gold in the
whole wofla.. lie believed that the an.
uual value Of British agriculture was
one third, and that of American on Q half
that amount
Should British farmers study Ameri-
can agriculture, with view to improve
their own they might learn some thing
OF US, but they seem on the whole in the
advance Of us, and we might learn more
OF thom.. Some of their procedures
'hould be avoided by us, because wrong
in themselves. others should be avoided.
because. though right in their circum.
stances, they would be wrong in ours,
and very many Of their usages are wor-
thy OF our imitation, rs being founded
on correct principles, and SO being right
everywhere, 81. ..:. .
Mr.. n would no, dwell Oh the posi-.
lions andsceial relations of agriculture
For one set of men to own the land. an
other to direct it's cultivation, and an-
other to cultivate it as bid, worked we'll
for agriculture in that kingdom. but
long migih il be before such a system
should find place among us.
On tbt management Of soils, mnnurcs
and crops, and on the Importance Of
breeding auimals Of excellent qualities
Mr.. y. dwelt at considerable length