156 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



appointment, in each society, of one or more delegates to attend 

 the several exhibitions in the State, and to report thereon to 

 their own associations. Much good, we conceive, would result 

 from it. 



We have only to say, further, that we are indebted to the 

 Hon. President of the Society, Daniel Adams, Esq., the Vice- 

 President, Lewis M. Allen, Esq., the Secretary, Hon. A. "W. 

 Dodge, and to several members of the society for the most 

 gratifying attentions, and that we regret our inability to be 

 present at an earlier day, and to make a more leisurely and 

 thorough examination of what we believe to have been an 

 exhibition worthy of a county so distinguished for its agricul- 

 tural intelligence, industry and wealth. 



Charles C. Sewall. 



MIDDLESEX NORTH. 



The annual festival of the Middlesex North Agricultural 

 Society was held at Lowell, on the twenty-first of September. 

 The weather was very unfavorable. The morning cloudy and 

 dark, with a misty rain, which increased as the day advanced, 

 the afternoon being very rainy. The grounds of the society 

 are pleasantly located south of the city, on which there is a 

 half mile track, and land for ploughing ; but as yet they have 

 no hall, which makes it very inconvenient, particularly in 

 unpleasant weather, to go a mile or more to Huntington Hall, 

 where was had the in-doors part of the exhibition. 



On entering the grounds my attention was first directed to 

 the display of fine cattle, about eighty in number — principally 

 of the Durham, Devon and native grades. The most of which, 

 particularly the oxen, were of the first order. Of horses, I 

 saw only about twenty, including some fine colts. This society 

 does not, I believe, encourage the raising of fast horses, by 

 giving premiums for trotting, which may account, in part, at 

 least, for the small number present. Neither would I give 

 premiums for speed exclusively, but in connection with other 

 good qualities, symmetry of form, graceful movement, endur- 

 ance, disposition, <fcc, I can see no good reason why it should 



