Litchfield enquirer., 1863-01-22
AGRICULTURAL sO-
 GETTY.

 The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the State Agricultural Society was held at tine Hall of the Sheffield Scientific School on Wednesday. The President, E. H. Hyde, 2d, on taking the chair congratulutedt the Society upon its good luck in showing a. debt of only sS30D or $500. instead of Sl,OO0 or Sl 800, as was antic,pa ted after the Hartford Fair last fall. He ex- piained why the Fair was a failure and be iieved that the pext year would show bal. ance in the society's favor. r 1T fi'
 Report Of the Recording Secretary was read and accepted.
 Report of the Executive Committee was read and accepted.
 ffe report is so Interesting that We 1nnbI;sb It In Full from the New Haven Journal and Courier
 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CONNECTICUT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
 Various causes have conspre.l to render the present year critical one in he .xis,.uc.. of the Society | he cattle disease and the Great Reh.I,,,, ! iiad caused the Society io bass two yea!s with net hold ng an exhibition the funds rp,raiu- III" In the treasu after the last exhibition had been exhausted and the nation Was st,iI in the midst of il terrible war Owing to Ih.. pressing calls upon the State Treasury fur mil ltary purposes the Legislature were unwiIua to grant our usual appropriation. and it was only from the desire so universally expressed that our farmers should meet again in friendly l competition. that it was decided to hold fair i in 1862.
 I Hartford was selected as the location for the Fairhaving offered iberally for the object 'Ihe sub committee proceeded to ulake their contracts for the buildings. and the premium lists were issued. Owing. to the still threat | ening aspect ofour national afflirs. the Exec | ntivc Committee were convened at the call of the President at New Haven, August Sli t decide whether it was best to proceed with the 1 preparations for the Fair 1t was decided, unanimously, to hold the Fair.
 | Though pecuniarily unsuccessful, yet as an exhibition the Fair Was good one, and would compare favorably with any of those held pre- viousIy by the Society. | Local causes, which could not be foreseen when the Fair was located at Hartford, con spired with the general difficulties with which We had to contend,t to prevent that attendance so necessary to fiji the Treasury Exhibitors responded nobly to the call of the Society, the grounds were ill fine condition, and had it not been from combination of general and local causes. doubtless we should have been able to report an improvement upon any former exhi. bition highly satisfactory to all levers of pro gress.
 In Cattle the show was good one. The various breeds were we'll rrpr, s.ntsd Dur hams and Devons, Ay'shlrs and Alderneys, | prac ta1 tr,,,,I olar, the huest quality. The descendants of lnpur ted animals show no deleroation in the hands of our breeders. It is gratifying to notice that as the taste of our farmers becomes more cuiLl. vated each succeeding exhibition is all improve ment upon proceeding ones. and we are safe in saying that the breedtng stock of cattle at tle Far of lSJ2 was superior to any ever before shown in the State
 In Horses the numbers were less than on ! some previous occasions. yet tie breeding stock oi one single individual (Goo. C. Hitch cock, Esq o New Preston) winch on eX
 hibition,was sufficient to mark this deporlnent as successful. h short, the Soclety may wei. be proud of having presented to tic world through one of its exhibitors, the best show oI d stock of breediag horses ever seel m Amerl ca. The high price and increasing denialiu i for goo.l horses. renders their breeding one 0. the most profitable branches of a.ricutime 1 l, has ever been tie obj With this society to encourage the breeding of rtal:y s,rIceabi | horses. whc 1t has as stea,itiy dl,cuuuten aH>etl all attempts to make it's fairs mere horse race or 10 give aa undue prominence to any part however struHg might be the pupuiai tie in that dir. .etion. The stability fl thu. ou ciety must rest upon il continuance oi this plan lu sheep the shuw Was small aud unworthy of SD imp. rtant an interest While ali tie holders o sheep unite Ill pronouncing them | the mast lrofilable stock of of the f;,fn It Is very dlsagreeable to learn hat another alllul;l; adding in ho way 10 the wealth of the state, Is I great eause ot thrlr entire disappearance l from nlapy sections uf the country Believing as we du That the horse COW could as Wei l he spared from farms as tla sheep m a Der i feet system of huibansry, which shall ,ievrio;, tine highest asrieu tuial cap .tits of the 5 uit. we earnestly hope that tse dog may sool t. | made to aSsunie that subordinate posltlol, which he merits. .
 | In general manufactures and imii -m..ats i. appeared that the genius ol our people iiai n,,; been lile Every machine witch les,.t,s hum u. 1 labor adds just so much to the productive ca pacIty of the Country
 The necessary calls from the camp and the hospital. had Consumed the leisure of the
 Iausehol !. SD that the exhlblion of domestic and fancy work was mueh less thar usual | The diminished exhibition of dairy proIucts was attributable in part to the same cause.
 The exhibition of horticu tu Was pr. em- inenty successful. The long crowded tables were witness not only of the iratfulness of the season but also of the industry and skill oi of our culturists. The improvem mt during the past few years has been most decided. In | this pursuit all may participate. Every cotta ger may cohipete with the richest amateur A single rood of ground will furnish an abundant supply for the family of the choicest fruits. The professional man or the artisan are not excluded from enjoying these labors. No em ployment is so engrossny but that time can be found to cultivate fruits Imp'aIlt taste for ! their culture. knowledge is easily acquired in these days of horticultural journals. while the teemiI nurseries furnish the choisest varie- | ties at cost within the means of the most l humble. Our horticultural exhibitions foster this taste and who can calculate the good ac cruing to tile State from this single department alone
 The marshals and superintendents of the 1 various departments deserve high commenda | ton for their valuable and heartily rendered |