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moderate prices. All families and breeds of cattle were represented 

 by individual specimens, from the broad, long-horned ox to the no- 

 horned Galloway, which seemed quite common, while the societj' 

 guarded its interests b}' offering no premiums on grade bulls. One 

 pail- of oxen was particularh' noticeable for their immense horns. 

 It really seemed to ^^om- delegate that they were pretty much all 

 horns. If the city of Jericho was compassed round about by a body 

 of soldiery competent to blast with that sort of horn it is no wonder 

 that the adobe walls of the citj^ crumbled before the blast. The 

 only practical lesson which could be drawn from a view of those 

 horns, was, that if the soil of Nantucket could produce mau}^ such, 

 no need of fui'ther applications of bone-dust and nitrogen to that 

 country, and agents for the sale of patent manui'es and special fer- 

 tilizers should shun the island. 



Mr. Manuel Enos (a native of Portugal, but seemingl}' a live 

 native Yankee), was the largest exhibitor of thoroughbred stock in 

 a herd of Ayrshires. If he prosecutes the continued breeding of 

 cattle with as much enthusiasm as he manifested on the fair- 

 gi'ounds, his herd will eventuall}" become famous. It alread}^ con- 

 tains some fine animals. There were no other full herds of 

 thoroughbreds, but some of high gi-ade and native stock. 



Several 3'okes of working-oxen would do credit to any society's 

 exhibition, and make a good show in the cattle-stalls of the Con- 

 necticut Valley beef-feeders. The cows were in large numbers, 

 many of which were of high grades. The samples of butter, after- 

 wards examined in the hall, which were exhibited l\y Messrs. 

 Austin, Burgess, Enos, and others, would pass for "gilt-edge"; 

 proving that butter might be, if not already, made a staple article 

 of commerce from the island. 



In the evening the members of the societ}^, with their families, 

 gathered socially at the hall of the Athenseum, where were also 

 gathered the varied products of their summer's industry. To par- 

 ticularize what was meritorious in the hall would exceed the limits 

 that should be taken for this report. The collections of vegetables 

 made by Messrs. Hiram C. Folger, Charles A. Burgess, F. H. Fol- 

 ger, Levi S. and Henr^' Coffin, were excellent. The cabbage-famih* 

 was the onl}^ failure. That crop on the island, as in many other 

 portions of the State, was damaged by the moth. 



Fruits were also good. Some of the finest specimens of pears 

 seen during the year were on the tables at Nantucket, including the 

 Flemish Beauties, Bartletts, Beurre Clairgeaus, Clapp's Favorite, 

 Seckels, and other choice varieties. There were two contributors 

 of grapes, under glass (Messrs. Allej^ and King,) and three onl}" of 

 out-door grapes. The fruit of each looked well-grown and inviting. 



