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heavier ploughs and deeper ploughing is becoming the order of 

 the day. The work was done with a good degree of delibera- 

 tion, and good ploughing was evidently the first object of most 

 of the competitors. The drawing succeeded the ploughing, and 

 elicited quite as much attention. Entering upon the grounds 

 of the society, we witnessed a trial of three year-old steers on 

 a cart loaded with stone. The exhibition, both in drawing and 

 backing, was very satisfactory. The "no progress men" knew, 

 as usual, that the steers were " at least a year older than they 

 were called, because they were too large for three-year olds." 

 But the training was as tall as the cattle. 



In the pens was a beautiful display of Devon cattle, by Mr. 

 Dodge, of Sutton, and a fine exhibition of Ayrshires, by Mr. 

 Brooks, of Princeton. There was a large number of various 

 ages in each collection. Many fine animals were entered by 

 other members. Some fine Alderney cows were placed on exhi- 

 bition for the pleasure of the society by Mr. Salisburj^ They 

 had been off ship some three or four days only, and bore the 

 marks of an unusually long and severe voyage, notwithstanding 

 all which, the beautiful animals were fully recognized. In 

 horses, a larger exhibition may be expected another season. 

 The number of swine was not very large, but the animals were 

 generally decidedly good. Some of them very large. The 

 exhibition of sheep was fair, and the poultry was out in full 

 feather. 



In the number of cows and amount of butter and cheese, we 

 were somewhat disappointed. The cows, all told, fell below a 

 dozen, and the entries of butter and cheese did not much exceed 

 ten or twelve of each. In a county so preeminently a grazing 

 county that no premiums are offered for corn or other grain 

 crops, we looked for a large exhibition of cows, and of all the 

 products of the cow. The premiums - were liberal, but the 

 competitors few. 



The Worcester County Agricultural Society is now a society 

 of men. It has but a feeble hold on the sympathies and smiles 

 of the ladies, so far as may be inferred from their cooperation 

 in the festivities of the occasion. This, we view, a serious loss, 

 and yet we see no way that it can be avoided. Should a second 

 day be allotted to the show, giving more time for the dinner, 

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