PREFACE. 



1 AM well aware that the preface of the annual report of this 

 Society usually contains a short recapitulation of the year's business. 

 The poor health of your previous Secretary makes it necessary for 

 a green hand to compile this report, and instead of the customary 

 remarks concerning the weather, attendance, after-dinner speeches, 

 amusements, the show and all matters of interest attending it, I 

 must open with a brief appeal to all members and readers of this 

 little pamphlet, to please remember when finding something amiss 

 concerning the amount of premiums, name of exhibitor, or position 

 on Committee, that I am ignorant ot the workings of the Fair of 

 1877 except such knowledge as comes to all who attend from year 

 to year, and attempt in one day to examine hundreds of articles 

 each of which commends itself to their notice. The reports of the 

 committees of the various departments are necessarily brief, and I 

 shall in this report confine my attention to the awards as given on 

 Premium Book of the Society. 



Financially, the Fair of seventy-seven was a success, and we 

 trust that our coming exhibition may outstrip all previous efforts, in 

 • every respect that contributes toward making it a success. A new 

 arrangement of committees, and a large increase of everything of 

 interest in all the departments, will tend largely to make the Fair 

 of seventy-seven one to be looked forward to with interest by all 

 who desire that the Worcester North Agricultural Society shall 

 again see its palmy days. Your attention is particularly called to 

 the department pertaining to our next annual exhibition. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



William A. Carleton, Secretary^ 



