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seven months old, very promising. This cow and calf were 

 purchased for the State farm. 



The young stock, for the most part, was promising. Moses 

 Smith, of Hardwick, exhibited a Durham ^nd Hereford bull, a 

 very perfect animal, weighing seventeen hundred pounds. 



Nathaniel Dodge entered a bull, said to be a Devon, which 

 was the most perfect bull of the kind on the ground. 



Charles B. Demond exhibited a Durham bull of the first 

 order ; weight two thousand pounds. 



The farmers of Worcester county, are fully equal to those 

 of their neighboring counties for raising good cattle. They 

 have more foreign blood than any of the western counties. 



The show of sheep was very small, and not worthy of com- 

 ment. The swine were very superior, being a cross of Suffolk, 

 which is the best cross now extant. 



The second day there was a large collection of people to see 

 the exhibition of horses. There was a fine display of horses, 

 almost every variety being represented ; some of them beauti" 

 fully formed, with majestic appearance, while others were more 

 serviceable for the farm. On the whole, we seldom sec a better 

 collection of horses. 



In the Hall there was a good display of butter and cheese, for 

 which so many towns in Worcester county are noted. This is 

 a deparmcnt of the farm upon which great improvement is yet 

 to be made. There are great inducements offered to the farmer, 

 by a good and ready market for the great luxury of good batter 

 and cheese. Very few domestic articles. 



I cannot refrain from noticing the exhibition at the Horticul- 

 tural Hall. It has never been mv aood fortune to witness so 

 large and beautiful a variety of fruits, flowers and vegetables. 

 There was almost every variety of apples and pears. The flowers 

 themselves were beautiful, but their beauties were greatly 

 heightened by their tasteful arrangement. They were, of 

 course, presented by the ladies, to whom is committed the 

 cultivation of delicate and beautiful things. • 



The great attraction in the Hall was the water lily, Victoria 

 Regia, in flower. This novel and famous plant has created 

 much interest in America. The growth of its leaves is very 

 rapid. It is related that, in its native clime, a single leaf is 



