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ous drivers, who had officiated when their own horses were em- 

 ployed. 



The whole affair was impromptu. The conditions of the pre- 

 mium were broad and unrestricted. A full half of the specta- 

 tors had probably never seen a mowing machine before, and 

 not one in five ever before saw one in operation ; and it was 

 doubtful, at one time, if the grass would be visible when the 

 day of trial came. But a kind Providence, with its rains 

 and numerous merciful interpositions, caused a result which 

 should satisfy all the wise and moderate who were present on 

 the occasion. 



NEAT STOCK. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Report of Mr. Motley to the Trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Society for Promoting Agriculture. 



Gentlemen : — I have the pleasure to report to you the good 

 health and condition of the Jersey cattle belonging to the soci- 

 ety, under my care. 



This breed has, I think, steadily gone on to be more and more 

 esteemed, and must number more in this State now than any 

 other blood stock. The number of this breed, at the late exhi- 

 bition of the United States Agricultural Society, exceeded all 

 others excepting the Devons. A bull and cow of our stock has 

 been presented to the Board of Agriculture, for the State farm 

 at Westboro', and the president of the society presented to the 

 farm a full blood Jersey bull, for which the Board of Agricul- 

 ture have expressed their thanks in behalf of the State. The 

 experiment I consider as entirely successful as to the power 

 of their enduring our climate, and that the cross with our 

 common stock will prove the best milking stock of the country. 



The importation of these animals has been kept up by various 

 individuals every year, so that the number of Jersey cattle, by 



