184 NORTH KENNEBEC SOCIETY. 



remarkably interesting, or hardly worth the expense of for- 

 warding. Our farmers are very backward about filling and 

 returning the blanks, and their business is conducted in such a 

 manner that their answers must necessarily be a matter of 

 guess-work in a great measure. "We had a very fine show of 

 horses, oxen, cows and swine, a small show of sheep, a small 

 show of implements and manufactured articles, but what we had 

 were of a superior quality. 



The third and last day of our show was entirely devoted to 

 the show of speed horses and ladies' riding, and these called 

 out more people than all the rest of the exhibition ; this, in a 

 pecuniary point, is what we most need, but to my mind it de- 

 tracts much from the usefulness of these associations to devote 

 so laro:e a share of their funds and time to encourage fast hor- 

 ses and fast women, but I may be mistaken. Time will deter- 

 mine. 



Live Stock. 



Watson W. Jones received the first premium for fancy oxen. 

 They were a cross of Native and Durham, were raised by him- 

 self, girt seven feet and eight inches, and are four years old. 

 Their winter feed has been a plenty of good hay, and one quart 

 of oats per day. 



H. Homer Percival presented a two year old colt, on which 

 he received the first premium. He was a cross of the Messen- 

 ger and Morgan ; run with his dam till four months old, and 

 then reared on grass. In the winter he was fed on hay and 

 carrots ; is kind in disposition, and a fast walker. " I prefer 

 this breed, because the Morgans are hardy, compact, and capa- 

 ble of great endurance, and the Messengers are large in size, 

 and generally great roadsters, and frequently very fast trav- 

 elers." 



Joseph Percival received the first premium on a dairy cow, 

 which was a cross of Durham and Ayrshire, four years old. 

 She combines the qualities of a milker and breeder in an emi- 

 nent degree ; gives on an average, during the months of June 

 and July, forty-five pounds of milk per day, and her milk has 



