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and imprqjudiccd judges of siicli pi'operty — as for example, 

 fruit in Essex county. 



So )nucli for the charaeter of the committees that are to be 

 appointed l)v our Trustees ; and if it is certain that the men 

 wlio are appointed on these connnittees will serve, it Avill be 

 well and good. But unfortunately, according to the present 

 system, there are many vacancies on the committees, which 

 would not be the case if committees were carefully api)ointed. 



Ponltrv is a branch of farming that is attracting much atten- 

 tion at present throughout this and neighboring States, and onr 

 county can boast of many fine birds, wdiich are one of the chief 

 features at our County Shows. The rivalry in this class nins 

 so high that all chance of prejudice influencing members of the 

 committee should be strongly guarded against ; and if neces- 

 sary, what objection Avould there be to asking persons outside 

 of the county to serve on committees, if capable and unpreju- 

 diced judges can only be obtained in this Avay? None ; and, 

 as I have already recommended in regard to some of the cattle, 

 this would be an excellent plan. 



I think it Avould be better to divide the poultry into tAvo 

 classes, and place each class under a separate committee. At 

 our last ShoAV the Poultry Conunittee Avere nearly tAvo days 

 making out their list of awards on account of the large number 

 of entries. This is too much time to ask any committee to 

 give, and as the interest in poultry is on the increase, tAvo sep- 

 arate connnittees should be appointed. Let the larger birds 

 (Asiatic), and ducks, geese and turkeys, be in one class; and 

 the smaller birds (non-sitters), Avhich are more numerous than 

 the larger a arieties, be in tlie otluT : and this arrangement Avill 

 siui[)lifv matters very much. Jt must also be borne in mind 

 that new bree<ls are fre(piently coming into our notice, and our 

 premiums sliould be carefully revised every year accordingly. 



I passed all my time, days and nights, at I])swich during tlu^ 



kst Show, having both cattle, vegetables and butter from my 



Avn farm on exhibition, and being interested in the swine and 



poultry, so that the foregoing is Avrltten from my own personal 



