OXFORD COUNTY SOCIETY. 



This active and efficient Society, embracing about one thousand 

 members, held its exhibition at Paris, October 6th, 7th and 8th. 

 The Secretary says, the show was a very large one, particularly in 

 live stock. He thinks horses receive an undue degree of attention 

 and too great a proportion of the funds of the Society, as compared 

 with neat stock. The competition for crops was quite limited — the 

 show of fruit unusually large notwithstanding the scanty crop of the 

 past season. The premiums awarded exceed $500. 



Horses. 



A large number of horses of various breeds, also mares and colts, 

 seem to have been exhibited and statements regarding each duly 

 returned, but in the absence of any opinions of their comparative 

 excellence from the adjudging Committee, nothing can be gathered 

 from the statements of the competitors of general interest. 



Neat Stock. 



The same remarks made above, will apply to the stock exhib- 

 ited — the reports of adjudging Committees are not found among the 

 returns. There appears to have been shown a goodly number and 

 of fine quality, among which the Devons and Hercfords seem promi- 

 nent; also many grade Durhams. The general tenor of the state- 

 ments favors the opinion, that the two former are found better adapted 

 to the climate of Oxford than the latter, being hardier, more service- 

 able and more cheaply kept, while the Durhams, with proper care 

 and rich feed, attain a large size at an early age. 



