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The working cattle presented a noble sight. We have seen 

 longer " chains," but never a better show of well-matched, well- 

 to-do, handsome, proper cattle than were on the ground for 

 exhibition. 



" The plain ox, 

 That harmless, guileless, honest animal," 



never appeared to better advantage. There were some pairs 

 possessing uncommon beauty ; but a single poor or second rate 

 ox did not obtain leave of his master to come to the show. 



The show of bulls was a collection of really superb animals. 

 There was the " Kirkleavington," of South Hadley, the "Roan 

 Duke," of Middlefield, and "Uncle Tom," of Granby. Of 

 these, most would probably think the Kirkleavington the 

 noblest animal. He is a regular autocrat of the herd. There 

 is no overlooking^ his claims, at least by any but a very tall man. 

 We never felt so disposed to take off our hat and respectfully 

 say, " Your majesty " to a beast, as to him. In a word, we call 

 him the Grand Sultan of the cow-yard ! And we are happy to 

 learn from his owner, that, like the Sultan of the East, he has a 

 large " harem." For reasons plainly connected with the im- 

 provement of stock, we sincerely wish that his harem of cows 

 were much larger. 



There were other animals besides these three, of beauty and 

 promise, on the ground, to fill up the bull-eihi ; but they undoubt- 

 edly suffered from the eclipse of larger bodies. 



But the fat cattle constituted a point around which even more 

 interest seemed to cluster than the preceding. It is no misuse 

 of terms to call the exhibition here a magnificent one. West- 

 field was here in her strength. And in the simple matter of pro- 

 ducing masses of locomotive fat, regular continents of beef, we 

 may put a sign of equality between Westfield and all the rest of 

 the Commonwealth, if not the world. Beyond dispute, some of 

 the Westfield farmers are great in fat cattle. Look at the figures. 

 Seth Bush presented here, three pairs, weighing respectively, 

 4,100, 4,400 and 6,000 lbs. ! Charles Fowler had five pairs to 

 match these several numbers : 3,600, 4,500, 4,700, 4,800, and 

 5,600 lbs. ! Major George Taylor also exhibited a pair weigh- 

 ing 4,800 lbs. And the weight of the team of fat cattle from 

 Westfield, 10 yokes, was 46,300 lbs. ! Hatfield also appeared 

 well. We think, therefore, we may safely affirm, that any 



