REPORT ON STOCK. 13 



or at $43 each ; in 1875 we had 4,098, valued at $423,398, or 

 over $103 each. It would seem that a class of farm-stock of 

 great value, and showing such a great increase, should be 

 entitled to very high privileges and great encouragement. 



I think, for the entertainment of the people at large who 

 want a holiday, and very properly take this as such, and seek 

 to be amused in a cheap and harmless manner, and who» 

 with that instinct common to every human being, delight to 

 see rapid motion, — a swift-moving horse being one of the 

 most attractive sights in nature, — the Society might arrange 

 to give for fast-trotting or running horses raised in the 

 county, or owned there for three months before the fair, 

 handsome premiums, with very positive advantage to its 

 funds, to the great enjoyment of a large number of people, 

 and with no very pernicious result to the morals of the com- 

 munity. 



The whole show was excellent in kind, successful as an 

 exhibition, and profitable in results, doing credit to the farm- 

 ers of the county and to their efficient and painstaking 

 officers. 



James S. Grinnell, 



Committee on Stock. 



