PREFACE. 



This little pamphlet contains a record of the premiums awarded 

 at the Fair of 1878 and a list of premiums offered for the coming 

 Fair of 1879. The year past has been a good one financially for 

 the Society. Improvements have been made in the Hall, which 

 will assist in making a creditable Hall display. This season, great 

 effort was made in the various departments to outstrip any previous 

 year ; how successful these efforts were, can be answered by all 

 who could spare the time to visit and examine the various exhibits. 

 The room inside the building is not adequate to accommodate so 

 many entries as we were favored with this year, and the two large 

 tents provided for fruits, flowers and agricultural implements, were 

 crowded to their utmost capacity. The show of cattle, swine and 

 poultry was very good indeed. Especially to be noticed was the 

 large number of cattle entries, larger than for many years, and 

 many of them very fine. The exhibitions in these various 

 departments are of great interest to the farming community, and 

 every effort should be made to make them as complete as possible. 

 The appointment of suitable committees of interested members for 

 the various departments has always been attended with difficulty, 

 and an active reform in this direction would lead to satisfactory 

 results. If each member of the Society would contribute each 

 year a little personal effort, the " Worcester North" could soon 

 stand firm upon its own merits and be in a healthy condition to 

 assist those interests for which it was created. Many thanks are 

 due to the Ladies and Gentlemen who so kindly assisted the past 

 year in various ways. To such workers and friends the Society 

 owes much. May their number increase until it can count all in 

 our North County interested in agriculture. 



