YORK COUNTY SOCIETY. 



The eleventh Annual Show and Fair of this Society was held at 

 Saco, October 13, 14, 15, at their enclosed grounds. The amount 

 •of stock shown was less than in some previous years, but the quality 

 was. as a whole, very good ; the exhibition at the hall excellent. 



LIVE STOCK. 



The reports of Committees on Stock are mainly devoted to awards 

 of premiums, with occasional notices of the animals shown. A few 

 suggestions of general interest are annexed. 



The Committee on Cows and Heifers remark that "the number of 

 cows and heifers entered for premium was very limited. When we 

 consider the comfort of good cows and their value as a matter of 

 profit, and when so much depends upon them in the rearing of good 

 stock, is it not a little surprising that there should not be interest 

 enough among the farmers of old York, to bring together at the 

 annual show a larger representation of these useful animals ? 



Hon. Seth Scamman, of Saco, exhibited his entire stock of cows 

 and heifers, consisting of eleven cows and four heifers. These 

 animals were of good size and color, and bore the marks of good 

 breeders, as well as good milkers, and added much to the interest of 

 the exhibition. Your Committee would most respectfully suggest 

 the propriety and importance of offering a premium for the best 

 entire stock of the farm. Almost any one may produce a good cow, 

 or a good pair of oxen ; but is it not important to see the entire 

 stock good, and to encourage this, would it not be advisable for the 

 society to offer a premium for the same? " 



