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Essex County, although a small portion of the vast territory of 

 this Republic, occupies a place of no small importance in the af- 

 fairs of this Commonwealth, and should be made to hold its 

 proper position before the eyes of the visitors from all parts of 

 the world. Let thi visitors from the more Eastern Nations, in 

 viewing the show at Philadelphia, see in as many classes as pos- 

 sible that Essex County, with which they traded much in the 

 days of their Fathers and Grandfathers, is a thriving place and 

 able to be largely represented. Many articles that may seem 

 trivial to us at home might be of great interest to foreigners 

 from remote countries, and this fact should be clearly borne in 

 mind. Large quantities of any one article should be avoided, 

 like the huge monument of quack medicine bottles such as was 

 exhibited at Vienna in 1873, but many articles of different kinds 

 are wanted. 



Before coming to a close, I want to say a word about Herd 

 Books. Because an animal is entered in a Herd Book, is that 

 animal necessarily a thoroughbred ? No. The fact of being 

 entered gives the purchaser of the animal a chance of ascertain- 

 ing whether the pedigree proves the animal in question to be 

 thoroughbred. 



Some recognized authority like the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture should declare whai Herd Books they recommend as being 

 good and reliable, and all such should be within the reach of all 

 farmers. Every County Agricultural Society should own them 

 and then, knowing what constitutes a thoroughbred animal, 

 €very one would always be able to ascertain the truth for them- 

 selves before buying, provided the animal had a Herd Book 

 number. The value of an animal is increased by being entered 

 in a reliable Book. 



