HAIsCOCK COUA'TY SOCIETY. 



The Secretary ^\-rites as follows : 



"The Annual Exhibition was held upon the Fair grounil, Ells- 

 worth, October 'Sd and 4th. The weather was stormy, .consequently 

 there were not as many in attendance as there otherwise would have 

 been. But notwithstanding the unfavorable weather, theie were 

 more than two thousand present on each day of the Exhibition. The 

 stock upon the ground was better than at any previous exhibition. 

 There Avere pure blood Devons, Durhams and Ilerefords, showing 

 that much improvement has been made in the breed of animals since 

 the organization of the Society. A hall has been erected upon the 

 grounds the past season, 75 feet long, S2 wide, and two stories high. 



A. M. Glidden, Secrelarf/.'' 



Among the premiums awarded were first on stallions to Aaron G. 

 Page, of Bucksport. 



First on breeding mare, to John L Demegor, of Ellsworth. 



Second, to John Armstrong, of Ellsworth. 



For best Devon bull, to Simeon B. Iliggins,. of Oiland, — bred Ity 

 P. L. Hill. 



For best Devon cow, 5 years old, to Peter L. Hill, of Guulds- 

 boro', — bred by Wentworth. 



To the same, for two Devon heifers, bred by himself 



To Willard P. White, Orland, for Hereford bull, 2 years old, bred 

 by himself 



To Stephen 11. Kench, of Dedham, for Hereford heifer. 



To Parker & Pearl, Dedham, for best Short horn bull, o years 

 old, bred by Wadsworth, of Livermore. 



To Samuel Wasson, of Franklin, for best Short horn cow, years 

 old, bred by A. H. Buzzeil, Amherst. 



To Parker & Pearl, Dedham, for Short horn heifer, 2 years old, 

 bred by Geo. L. Cox, Amherst. 



To Eben Clark, Hancock, for long wool buck, bred I)y Perley, of 

 Woodstock, N. B. 



To Parker & Pearl, Dedham, for Suffolk boar. 



