PISCATAQUIS COUNTY SOCIETY. 



The Annual Show was held at Dover on the 5th and 6th of Octo- 

 ber, 1859. 



LIVE STOCK. 



The animals shown seem to have been mostly grades ; the state- 

 ments are few and very imperfect. 



Premium, for best Durham bull, to Josiah Dow ; best bull calf, 

 to Byley Lyford. 



For best Hereford bull, to P. M. Jefferds; bull calf, to E L. 

 Hammond ; also, to same for best cow. 



For best Devon bull, to F. W. Brown ; second best, to J. L. Rob- 

 inson ; best bull calf, to F. W. Brown. 



For best stock cow, to George Blake. 



For best milch cow, to N. B. Fish. 



Plowing Match. 



This appears to have been more successful and satisfactory than 

 is always the case. The committee say : 



" The plowing match was an after thought, set to fill up the time 

 of a two day's show, where one day only was the design when our 

 prize list was issued, and no premiums are oflfered on this part of 

 our exhibition. Under these circumstances, it is with much satis- 

 faction that the managers of the society for the current year, wit- 

 ness the zeal that has been exhibited by so many to make the match 

 interesting and profitable. It has been the fortune of some of the 

 committee to witness many plowing matches at state and county 

 fairs; and we speak with no desire to flatter — our honest thought — 

 when we say that we never witnessed one better conducted as a 

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