APPENDIX. xxxv 



by the secretary with the principal facts on which the following 

 report is based. 



The thirteenth annual exhibition of the Hingham Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Society took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 September 26th and 27th. Both days were pleasant ; indeed, finer 

 weather could hardly have been desired for the occasion. 



On the grounds, the pens for cattle, sheep, swine and poultry 

 were not only creditably filled in numbers, but included animals of 

 the highest degree of purity and excellence. 



Thirty-six milch cows were entered for premiums. Among these 

 were several fine grades ; but the attractive features of this depai't- 

 ment were found in the beauty and purity of the Jerseys, Ayrshires 

 and Devons. The Jerseys — among which were several imported 

 specimens from the herd of the president of the society — were no- 

 ticeably handsome, pure-blooded animals. The calves and heifers 

 on exhibition numbered seventy-seven, and included pure-blood 

 Jerseys and Ayrshires, as well as many promising grades. 



The number of sheep on exhibition was 146, 145 of which were 

 from the town of Hingham. In this collection were full-blooded 

 Leicesters, Oxford Downs, Cotswolds and South Downs. The 

 flocks of the last named, from the farms of David Whiton and John 

 R. Brewer, were considered among the best ever exhibited before 

 the society. 



Of swine of all kinds the pens contained in the aggregate 133, 

 embracing Suflblks, White Chesters, Yorkshires, Columbia County 

 and Neapolitan, with crosses of these different breeds. The largest 

 specimen was from the farm of the president of the society, and 

 weighed 720 pounds. The show was considered by the members 

 of the committees, who had repeatedly served in the same capacity, 

 and by visitors generally, as bging superior in numbers, size and 

 quality, to any made for several years. 



At the trial of working oxen, which took place on Wednesday, 

 eleven yokes competed for the prizes offered by the society. The 

 occasion attracted a large number of persons, and the entire ab- 

 sence of severity on the part of the drivers, was a feature of the trial 

 generally noticed and commended. 



Of horses and colts there were thirty-two entries ; and matched 

 and family horses secured a large proportion of the society's prizes. 

 Two colts, — one half Morrill, and the other a Patten grey, each two 

 years old, — from Washington Brown, of Cohasset, were model 

 animals. 



The town team was made up of forty-nine pairs of large, hand 

 some oxen, six pairs of which were from the farm of the president 



