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By the kind invitation of a friend I was permitted to visit 

 the farm of John L. Ellsworth. It was truly a model farm. 

 There the rich and extensive dairy was to be seen, and the 

 broad acres well inclosed. There the herd of twenty-four 

 cows, mostly of the grade Durham, feeding at the stall ; there 

 the magnificent barn, immense, literally crowded with hay, 

 more than one hundred tons, all of which heightened my 

 opinion of the dignity of the farmer's life. 



I was unable to be present on the second day of the exhibition, 

 but judging from what I did witness, Worcester West fully 

 sustained her reputation among the agricultural societies of 

 our Commonwealth. 



Before I close I cannot do justice to my own convictions, with- 

 out saying that of all the exhibitions I ever attended, for order 

 and sobriety this society surpassed them all. From the time of 

 my arrival to that of my departure, I did not see a person 

 intoxicated, or hear the first profane word. 



Nathan Durfee. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



I attended the exhibition of the Worcester North Agricultural 

 Society, at Fitchburg, on September 30th, according to appoint- 

 ment. The frequency of these exhibitions would appear at 

 first sight to do' away with the necessity of much comment, yet 

 although a general similarity pervades them all, there are 

 abundant occasions for criticism and suggestions growing out 

 of slight differences, which, if properly made, may lead to 

 improvement in their general management. 



I went to the exhibition at Fitchburg with a feeling that 

 some of its arrangements would prove failures, in consequence 

 of an article in a local paper, somewhat indefinite in its charac- 

 ter, but hinting at great mismanagement and general dissatis- 

 faction. It gives me, therefore, the more pleasure to state that 

 in every department of the occasion, I was highly gratified. 

 The ploughing match was well contested, and the work as a 

 whole finely performed. 



