Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-09-19

an address on Agriculture in Vermont
past and future"
THIRD DAY-THURsDAY.
Rutland, September l.
The second day of the fair was of course
more of an occasion than the first, and
the third opened auspiciously this morn
ing. Probably the largest number upon
the ground at one time has not exceeded
1900, as the receipts for tickets the I'd
day were only a triAe in excess of $3.50,
and the price of admission is fixed at the
respectable sum of twenty y-fve cents. The
exhibition, as whole, and considering
the circumstances of war, is reckoned
very fair by people of Vermont, although
they regret that it is not hardly up to the
standard of former years. 1t is no dis
respect or slur upon the society or the
Vermont farmers, when the fact is stated
that the exhibition does not compare fa-
vorably with the very ordinary county
fairs of your own state There may be
exceptions in the display Of sheep, but it
is we'll known that their raising is spec
ialty here.
The entries in the more important de-
partments are as follows Horses, (none
for the sweepstakes, premium Of $50,)
Sherman Morgans, Stations IL, mares g.;
Woodbury. and Bulrush Morgans, stall
ions 8, mares and fllics 8 Hambletoni-
ans and other bloods, stations and mares
33, matched horses "a, geldings and mares
4, foreign horses 2. Cattle, for the sweep
stakes premium of $25, 2 entries but as
there were not 3 the rules of the society
forbid premium; of Durhams there were
8 entries, Devons l, mixed and native
bloods l6, working oxen 8, steers 3, fat
cattle /. Sheep, for the sweepstakes pre-
MUM of $25 there were entries: Span
ish Merinos, bucks and ewes in lots of
twenty-five 4, long and middle wooled 81
swine 5; poultry s; dairy, butter 8, cheese
6; field crops 8, fruits 6, maple sugar Z,
vegetables 4; mechanical department,
first class, including farm implements,
machines and machinery "a second class,
including all other manufactures lS; floral
department about l75.
Horace Greeley will arrive in town this
forenoon, and speak from the judges
stand at 2 p. m. There is much interest
manifested to hear him, and his theme,
which will embrace the agricultural his
tory of Vermont, is one which he will
handle skillfully. Mr.. Greeley spent his
boyhood days in this vicinity, and besides
being almost worshipped by the people
here, they consider his sayings and opin-
ions as pure gospel. The same is true, to
considerable extent, of Solou Robinson,
Mr. Grceley's associate and friend.
There is another cavalcade of horses
this mourning, and this afternoon there
will be trotting for premium of $50 by
geldings and mares. "Draco" Of Cam
bridge, Mass, and "Cassius" of Hartford,
are the two most noted horses yet entered.
The premiums will also be announced this
afternoon, and will appear in to-morrow's
report.
FOURTH DAY,-FRIDAY.
RUTLAND September r2.
The attendance of people is good, too,
but hardly up to the seven or eight thou
sand that were upon the grounds yester
day, which was by far the most pecuniar-
lily and intellectually profitable of any
day in the history of the society. The
principal feature was the address OF Hor-
ace Greedy of New York upon the subject
of agriculture in Vermont-past and fu-
ture. He commenced by alluding to his
early youth how that an unsuccessful
New Hampshire farmer passed through
Rutland more than forty years ago, with
his family and earthly possessions in the
body Of double sleigh, having started
towards the great west, that hospitable
land of hope and promise. He spoke of
Vermont agriculture as il was at that
, time and what il is destined to be in the
future. He favored undertaking aud