WALDO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Expenditures for the year ending December, 1856. 



Amount paid in premiums, . . . $331 37 



Amount paid incidental expenses, . . 157 25 



$488 62 



From the general statements of committees and the number 

 of premiums awarded, it is manifest that this Society had a fine 

 show, and it is a matter of regret, that so little material is fur- 

 nished that will serve to give the public an insight into the 

 exhibition. The reports of committees are confined almost ex- 

 clusively to the statement of the names of the successful compet- 

 itors, and the awards. No descriptions to any extent are fur- 

 nished either of the animals or articles that will give an idea of 

 their character, either by competitors or committees. 



From the statement of Elias Seavey of Troy, it appears that 

 he exhibited Durham oxen, and prefers this breed for labor. 



C. Fish of Hope, showed a horse, and says " he prefers the 

 Island Grey and Black Hawk breed, on account of being docile? 

 kind, and fast walkers." 



Simon Fish prefers the Messenger and Morgan for the same 

 qualities. 



E. Whitcomb showed a mare half Fox and half Canadian^ 

 with colts* sired by a stallion half Fox and half Morgan, and 

 commends them as excellent for work or for the carriage, kind 

 and fast walkers. 



State7nent of John Hcgan, Prospect. " I present a farm 

 stock, consisting of four oxen, six cows, twenty head of young 

 cattle, and two horses. The neat stock is three-fourths Here- 

 ford and one-fourth Short-horns. The oxen are very docile, of 



