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YORK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Secretary's Report. 



The Annual Show and Fair was held October 5th, 6th, *7th and 

 8th ; the cattle and horse shows on the Society's enclosed grounds 

 in Saco, and the show of fruit, vegetables, machinery, fancy arti- 

 cles, &c., in City Hall, Biddeford. The Society was favored by 

 good weather all of the days of the Fair, but a rainy day Monday 

 kept many good specimens of stock at a distance from starting. 

 The show of stock was, however, very creditable in almost every 

 department. 



Some fine oxen were on exhibition. Messrs. Frank Scamman 

 and Alonzo Sawyer were awarded premiums for working oxen ; 

 Oscar Deeriug and Wm. 11. Deering for four ox teams. Messrs. 

 Davis Googins and Martin V. Jose were awarded premiums for 

 very heavy fat oxen — noble specimens to look upon, and attract- 

 ing much attention. Some finely matched steers of various ages 

 were shown by Jonas R. Taylor of Lyman, Samuel Milliken and 

 Geo. F. Calef of Saco, Daniel Mclntire and John Coffin of Bidde- 

 ford, and others ; and a yoke of steer calves, each, from Davis 

 Googins and Willie Milliken of Sacoj attracted much attention 

 from their size and beauty. 



Superior bulls were exhibited by Messrs. J. B. Taylor of Lyman, 

 C. n. Walker of Kennebunk, Davis Googins and Wm. H. Deering 

 of Saco, Simon M. Blake and John F. Davis of Biddeford, James 

 Pike and others. 



Excellent cows were on exhibition from the farms of Elliot Fer- 

 nald, (whose herd received premium,) Daniel Mclntire, John H. 

 Ellis, S. P. McKenney, Albert Berry, James Pike and others. 



The display of sheep was small. A good flock by William H. 

 Deering of Saco, received the first premium, and a South Down 

 buck lamb, 6 mos., weighing 87 pounds, by S. P. McKenney, Esq., 

 of Biddeford. (This lamb was one of a fine lot kept by Mr. Mc- 

 Kenney, that were destroyed by the dogs soon after the Fair.) 



Fine breeding sows, with pigs, were on exhibition, by Messrs. 

 George S. Lowell of Saco, and R. M. Hobbs and John F. Davis of 

 Biddeford. Mr. Lowell's sow was a Chester, that had 8 pigs in 



