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in that section of the State. It has a commodious hall, barn, 

 scales for weighing, and other conveniences. The hall has been 

 enlarged the past season, gi\'ing the society good facilities for 

 getting up dinners ; a good dining-hall, with a good exhibition- 

 hall above. 



There was a large and fine show of stock, especiall}' of working- 

 oxen and steers. Some fifty yoke of as fine-looking cattle were 

 shown as one often sees at our fairs ; Lewis C. 'Nye taking the lead 

 with five 3'oke of grade Shorthorns from one to five years old, and 

 weighing, in the aggregate, 14,455 pounds. 



There was no exhibition of ploughing, neither was there any 

 trial of working-oxen on the cart. I was sorry to see those noble 

 oxen tested on the stone drag, with the enormous load of five tons. 

 That, in my opinion, is not the place to show the training and 

 good working-qualities of our oxen. There is no place in which 

 the farmer uses his oxen as much as on the cart, and there is the 

 place to exhibit the oxen at our fairs. If oxen will handle the 

 cart with a proper load, draw, back, and set it where you want it, 

 in good style, you may be sure they will draw all the load 3'ou 

 should requu'e of them on the drag ; and I hope our societies will 

 discard the stone drag at our fairs, and use the cart to show the 

 noble qualities of the working-oxen. 



Trained steers were exhibited, which did credit to themselves 

 and to their trainers. Some very fine beef cattle were shown. 

 The dair}'' stock was good. Some fine animals were shown in this 

 class. H. K. Herri ck, president of the society, exhibited Short- 

 horns ; G. Q. Rowley and F. C. Knox, herds of Jerseys ; E. W. 

 Boise, secretary of the societ}^, exhibited A3'rshires. One of his 

 cows had not been dry since 1870, and had made over four hun- 

 di'ed pounds of butter in one year, besides the milk used in the 

 famil}'. Others had good animals on exhibition. 



There were a few fine bulls of the different breeds. The show 

 of sheep and swine was not large ; but there were some good speci- 

 mens of each. 



The diff'erent varieties and breeds of poultry were shown in good 

 numbers. 



The exliibition in the hall was excellent. The collection of gar- 

 den vegetables, grain, fruit, &c., was very fine. The ladies' con- 

 tributions to this fair were worthy of great praise. Butter, cheese, 

 bread, canned fruit, preserves, household manufactures, needle 

 and ornamental work, worsted work, paintings, drawings, flowers, 

 and, in fact, most ever}^ thing useful and ornamental, were shown. 



At the proper hour we repaired to the dining-hall, where a 

 goodly number of ladies and gentlemen assembled, and partook of 



