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yoke, surrounded by a multitude of strangers, and other embar- 

 rassing circumstances ; 'tis not surprising that a few appeared 

 to disadvantage among so many that manifested much patience 

 and docility. Our attention was next turned to the cattle 

 pens. There was observed the fine stock of Jerseys belonging 

 to D. B. Godfrey, of Milford. Joel Chapin, of the same place, 

 had a calf six months old, weighing six hundred and thirty-two 

 pounds, a good appearing animal, except a something, which I 

 know not how to describe, unless it is in this wise : he grew so 

 fast that precocious greenness was visible in all his proportions. 

 Also a herd of Devons, thirty-one of them ranging in age from 

 seven months to seventeen years, the property of Harvey Dodge, 

 of Sutton. Beautiful animals they were, showing that their 

 owner knows what stock-breeding means. Another attraction 

 was a fine three-years-old Durham bull, weight eighteen hun- 

 dred and thirty-five pounds, purchased and then owned by the 

 Milford Farmers' Club, (said club, as I learned, is a live 

 institution, doing its legitimate business by way of making an 

 effort to improve the stock in that locality. Long may it live, 

 say I.) Tiie numerous good points in the animal speak well 

 for the taste and judgment of the owners in making the 

 selection. 



D. B. Washburn, of Milford, had a large and beautiful 

 grade Durham cow. The statement in relation to said cow 

 was, that she yielded twenty-nine hundred and sixty-six quarts 

 of milk in four months, the truthfulness of which statement 

 was not doubted ; but what seemed remarkable was this : Mr. 

 Washburn acknowledged the cow had had some extra feed, 

 and had not been kept in a barren pasture. A small herd of 

 thoroughbred Short-horns, highly esteemed, was shown by 

 Messrs. Wood, and A. 0. Cummings, of Millbury. The display 

 of pigs and porkers was good, and it was observable that the 

 better animals had quite a spattering of Suffolk blood coursing 

 through their veins. 



I must mention that there was quite a display of family 

 horses, well trained and fine appearing animals. 



Among the feathered tribe a cage of large, snow white Bremen 

 geese showed to advantage. A brood of turkey-hens and large 

 gobblers in another cage attracted attention. There were also 

 high cages containing majestic shanghai and chittagong cocks, 



