xx REPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



HIGHLAND. 



The Highland Agricultural Society held its sixteenth annual exhi- 

 bition at Middlefield, on the 14th and 15th days of September. 



After a pleasant drive of some three or four miles over a moun- 

 tainous and beautifully picturesque region, your delegate arrived at 

 the grounds of the society early in the forenoon of the first day, 

 where the " enterprising farmers, with their fine animals in great 

 numbers, had already assembled. 



I have rarely, if ever before, seen so high an average standard of 

 neat stock. gathered in one place, consisting of the purebred Short- 

 horn, Devon and Jersey, with their grades, including some strongly- 

 marked strains of the Hereford and some of the Ayrshire breeds. 

 Some of the oxen were estimated to weigh 4,000 pounds per yoke, 

 and of the steers, three and four years old, 3,000 to 3,600 pounds. 

 One and two-year-old steers and heifers were proportionally large 

 and fine, indicating skilful breeding, as well as generous feeding. 



The display of bulls was not large, but their merits were of a 

 high order. One thoroughbred Shorthorn, Duke of Clarence, three 

 years old, and estimated to weigh 2,300 pounds, was a model of 

 symmetry. Several yearlings of great promise, sired by this bull, 

 were exhibited. The three-year-old Shorthorn bull, Mountaineer, 

 is an animal of great merit. A bullcalf, five months old, sired by 

 Duke of Clarence, weight 565 pounds, is an animal of great 

 promise. One Devon bull, twenty-one months old, weighing 1,040 

 pounds, for beauty and finish would be hard to beat. 



Triplet steers were exhibited in one yoke, and twins in another ; 

 all fine animals, and attracted much attention. 



The show of cows and heifers was good, and highly creditable to 

 the exhibitors. 



Several flocks of fine, medium and coarse-woolled sheep of good 

 points and fair condition were on exhibition. 



Swine and poultry were not largely represented. 



Some specimens of agricultural implements, of good finish and 

 appearance, were shown. 



The products of the dairy were not large but appeared well. 



The exhibition in the hall of samples of grain, fruit, vegetables, 

 etc., was creditable. 



An evidence of the cooperation, good taste and skill of the ladies 

 of the society was seen in articles exhibited by them. 



In the evening a large audience assembled in the hall to listen to 

 brief addresses, and vocal and instrumental music. 



