Illustration and article: Fairfield County Agricultural Society ploughing match

Illustration and article, Fairfield County Agricultural Society ploughing match Illustration and article concerning the Fairfield County Agricltural Society's ploughing match at Bridgeport Connecticut. The article is in the upper right, and gives a description of the event, who won, and what the prizes were. The illustration below has been colored in, and features a crowd of people both on their feet and on horses in the foreground. Beyond them is a man on horseback, doing some form of crowd control. Behind the man are a number of farmers and their cows, participating in the competition. The background features rolling trees, and the seaside to the right with a few ships just on the horizon. Barnum was elected president of the Fairfield County Agricultural Society in 1848. He writes that he was interested in agriculture, and proceeded to keep chickens on the grounds of Iranistan. He proceeded to help plan the society's annual fair, gave addresses, help judge contests, and all other work required of him. When Barnum was elected as a state representative, he continued his interest in agriculture by sitting on various committees that related to the practice on a state level. Newspaper and illustrator unknown. Dates to about 1848.