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department were to be seen many of the finest cows for dairy pur- 

 poses that can be found in the countr}'. One herd from New Brain- 

 tree consisted of eleven cows of the A3Tshire breed, the motlier or 

 grandmother of which is now twenty 3-ears old, and was yielding 

 in the month of September, four months from calving, forty pounds 

 of milk per da}'. 



There were about 20 head of fat cattle, embracing oxen, steers 

 and cows, all of good character. 



There were more than 90 milch cows on exhibition. Man}'^ oi 

 these were pure-bred animals, and most of them appeared to have 

 been selected with careful reference to the production of milk, and 

 their adaptation to that region of the State. Among those who had 

 valuable hei'ds of dair}' or breeding stock may be named Messrs. 

 John T. Ellsworth, A. II. Holland, Robinson & Lane, T. S. Ilamble- 

 ton, J. W. Mowry, and Peter Ilarwood, of Barre ; N. B. Reed and 

 John Biooks, of Princeton ; L. E. Hill of North Brookfield ; and Luther 

 Crawford and W. A. Cliilds of New Braintree. But what interested 

 me especiall}' was Mr. Ellsworth's extensive herd of Shorthorns, as 

 he stalled them on the road to the exhibition, and led to the remark 

 that the}' would make a good "Cattle Show" of themselves. 



The trial of working oxen and horses on loaded carts was said to 

 have been highly creditable both to the animals a^ud their drivers. 



The exhibition of horses, in their various classes, was creditable 

 to the Societ}'. There were 13 entries in the class of colts ; for 

 single work-horses 14, and many at the trials of speed and races. 

 The latter were not to come off until the next da}'. Mr. S. P. 

 Twichell, of Framingham, exhibited his promising young stallion 

 "Goldfinder," and there were several other noted horses that were 

 to take the track in course. 



There were some good sheep of the Cotswold and Leicester breed, 

 and a good collection of breeding and fat hogs, and a line litter of 

 pigs, and a fair show of poultry. 



Of butter and cheese there were a dozen boxes of the former 

 and about fifty of the latter, including one weighing fifty pounds, 

 presented to Governor Gaston, which the president, Mr. Twichell, 

 wittily remarked, was on behalf of the ninety cows in the pens, and 

 the hundred ladies at the tables. The samples of cheese were very 

 handsome, and your delegate was happy to notice that the custom 

 of former days in making cheese on the farm had not entirely gone 

 by, even in the midst of the cheese factories so numerous in this 

 region, about 75 cheeses having been seen in the room of Mr. 

 Ellsworth who has all the modern appliances and conveniences for 

 making good butter and cheese without regard to the changes of 

 outside temperature. [Item. — For the purpose of record, the 



