xxii REPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



been fully set forth in other papers, but were nevertheless novel 

 revelations to your delegate. 



The show of horses was particularly fine in the class of colts. 

 Some of them were animals of great promise, showing marks of 

 good breeding and sensible training. The profit of rearing and 

 breeding horses in that section of the State, is a matter upon which 

 your delegate is not competent to give an opinion. 



The long continued drought had affected all the interests connected 

 with the show, and none more than the ploughing, which was indifier- 

 ently done, from that cause alone, as the teams and teamsters 

 seemed fully competent to perform their allotted tasks. 



The stock in the pens sufiered for the Avant of water. They 

 made their wants known as intelligently as they could and in a way 

 that all understood, but were powerless to remedy. 



The exhibition in the hall, reported not equal to some of former 

 years, would satisfy any reasonable mind that the finer fruits, vege- 

 tables and flowers could be made to adapt themselves to the locality 

 of Worcester South-East as well as other localities. 



A dense population of non-producers, increasing in numbers annu- 

 ally, should be provided with all their needs by home productions. If 

 the farmers of Long Island and New Jersey can afibrd to raise small 

 fruits and vegetables, and that at a profit, by supplying Massachu- 

 setts mechanics, surely those who live right by their own doors 

 should do the same. 



That it can be done is no experiment to be tried. Were this the 

 proper place, instances could be cited of persons living within sight 

 of the show grounds of this society, who have accumulated hand- 

 some estates from what (tAventy years since) was considered almost 

 worthless land, yielding scanty support for a couple of scrubby 

 cows. 



The address of Rev. Merrill Richardson was listened to with 

 marked pleasure by a goodly number who had partaken of a boun- 

 tiful dinner in the capacious hall of the society. 



Learning that the fast trotting of the second day Avas controlled 

 in a measure by parties not ofl^cers of the society, your delegate did 

 not give that attention to its operations and trials of speed that its 

 merits might have receiA^ed, and he left the grounds with the feeling 

 that if his future experiences as a delegate were to be equally 

 pleasant as his visit to Mil ford was made by the hospitality and 

 attention of the president and oflicers of the Worcester South-East 

 Agricultural Society, he would not fear of trying to do his duty in 

 that ofiice. A. P. Peck. 



