320 . BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



East, we think the exhibition must have been aifected, to some 

 appreciable extent, by the just previous exhibition of the parent 

 society at Springfield. And, in all like cases, it is plain that 

 much may, and probably will, be wanting at one or other place, 

 which would help to swell the magnitude, enhance the interest, 

 and improve the character of the show. Separate oi'ganizations 

 of the societies might still be retained for other purposes, and 

 as general convenience would require. But the annual exhibi- 

 tions might be transferred alternately from one society to the 

 other, and both unite to form one large, attractive, and useful 

 show. 



This plan would save much of the present expense, and, at 

 the same time, afford opportunity, by a conjoint offer of pre- 

 miums, to increase the number and enlarge the value of them. 



Chas. C. Sewall. 



FRANKLIN. 



On the 24th of September last, according to appointment, I 

 attended the cattle show and fair of the Franklin County Society 

 at Greenfield, and have to report that although the exhibition 

 of cattle was said by those present not equal to former years, 

 yet it was in many respects a superior display of animals, larger 

 in number and finer in quality, than often exhibited at county 

 fairs. 



There were but two town teams on the grounds. One of 20 

 pairs from Deerfield, and one of 27 from Shelburne. The Deer- 

 field cattle were all four, five and six year olds, excepting two 

 pairs of three year olds, and their entire weight was 79,755 

 pounds, average, 3,987. The Shelburne team which had several 

 pairs of two and three year olds, weighed 80,615, average 2,908. 

 In all there were 63 pairs of cattle, and the entire number of 

 cattle was not far from 250. The entries were, thorough-bred 

 bulls, 10 ; native, 2; thorough-bred cows, 6 ; dairy cows, 1 ; stock 

 cows, 10, Ira Barnard, of Shelburne, exhibiting a pair of twin 

 five year olds, one a pure red and the other a pure white ; milch 

 cows, 2; cattle for the stall, 7; working oxen, 14; heifers, 17; 

 steer calves, 4, C. & L. B. Arms, of Conway, exhibiting twins ; 



