xiv EEPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



Phillipston received the premium for the town team of 42 yoke, 

 the on]}' one entered. 



The show of cattle, taken all in all, was one of the largest and 

 best the Societ}' ever had. The department of pure-breds seems 

 to be on the increase. Shorthorns were entered b}' nine exhibitors ; 

 A3-rshires, none ; Jersej-s b}' seven competitors. N. B. Reed 

 exhibited the only Devons, — three ver}^ fine animals, of perfect 

 pedigree. The committee on pure-breds say, in their report, " While 

 your committee were pleased to see so good a turnout in the 

 Shorthorn class, the}^ must sa}-, that very few of the animals wei'e 

 up to the standard of what a Shorthorn should be." The breeders 

 of Shorthorns in this section, and the committee from whom we 

 quote the above, are probably aware that the Shorthorns cannot be 

 raised to perfection on such sterile lands as generally abound in this 

 part of the countr}', without receiving an extra amount of feed and 

 care, such as but very few are willing, if able, to give them. The 

 Shorthorns, to grow to perfection, require a large amount of rich 

 food, and must have it hand}'. They will grow poor ranging for food 

 in the pastures of most of our New England farms. Smaller breeds, 

 with small bones, and compact forms, will thrive and grow fat on 

 such lands, without this extra feed, when the Shorthorns, if left to 

 themselves, would starve. 



The kind of stock we consider best for the average New England 

 farmer, are the Morgan horses, Devon cattle. Southdown sheep, 

 Suffolk pigs and Dorking hens. The Society has divided the 

 premium on milch cows into a class of cows for milk, and a class of 

 cows for butter ; this is as it should be. The suppl}' of cows for 

 our large towns comes from abroad, and their quality is depreciat- 

 ing, and for this reason it is best to encourage the raising of more 

 and better cows, by enlarging the premiums and increasing the 



classes of cows and heifers. 



H. M. Sessions. 



WORCESTER SOUTH. 



The annual fair of the Worcester South Agricultural Society, to 

 which I was appointed delegate by this Board, was holden on the 

 9th and 10th of September. 



On my arrival at the grounds, I was met b}' Daniel Dwight, Esq., 

 member of this Board from that Society, who introduced me to the 

 officers, — President, Nathaniel Upham, and A. C. Morse, Esq., 

 Secretary', — by whom I was shown through the building and over 

 the grounds of the Society. 



