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came under my observation bore testimony to the vigorous and 

 flourishing condition of this young society, which has a brilliant 

 prospect of usefulness before it. 



Ben : Perley Poore. 



WORCESTER. 



Having been delegated, by the Board of Agriculture, to attend 

 the annual cattle show and fair of the Worcester Agricultural 

 Society, held in the city of Worcester, on the 24th, 25th, and 

 26th of September, in connection with a show of stock by tlie 

 State Society, I proceeded to fulfil the duty assigned me, on the 

 second day of the fair, having been prevented from an earlier 

 visit. I am under the necessity, therefore, of relying upon the 

 statements of others for an account of the show on the first and 

 part of the second day. For two days previous to the 2-J:th a 

 violent rain storm prevailed ; yet, notwithstanding tliis, the 

 show was larger than on any previous year. The weather was 

 very fine during the fair. 



The entries of stock were quite large, numbering of cattle in 

 the pens 208, besides forty yoke of working oxen and steers. 



The herd of Jersey stock, owned by the State Society, con- 

 sisted of three imported cows and their progeny, which consisted 

 of two cows, three heifers, one heifer calf, and two bull calves, 

 which were all sold the second day. The prices obtained for 

 them may be, in part, a criterion by which to judge of their 

 value. The price of the cows ranged from $50 to ^240 ; heifers? 

 from $55 to $175 ; heifer calf, 6^- months old, $45 ; and the 

 bull calves each, $15. In connection with the State Fair, there 

 were several entries of dairy cows and bulls. 



Samuel Ellsworth, of Barre, exhibited a fine lot of six dairy 

 cows ; there were also excellent lots of six, by Asa G. Shelden, 

 of Wilmington, and William Robinson, of Barre, and some 

 equally fine lots of four, by Amos S. Knight and William Rob- 

 inson. W. W. Watson, William Fames, and Rufus Carter 

 exhibited one each, that attracted considerable attention. Paoli 

 Lathrop, of South Hadley, exhibited his famous Durham bull ; 



