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Devon, showing marked evidence of constitution and millcing qualities ; 

 and we think there are no finer cattle or better workers or milkers than 

 the intermixture of Durham and Devon stock. John Brooks, of 

 Princeton, exhibited a large stock of good Jerseys. There was a large 

 show of fine milch cows from the town of Barre. Col. W. S. Lincoln 

 exhibited fine Jerseys. AVe think the shoAV of Jerseys the largest and 

 best we have ever seen. Harvey Dodge, of Sutton, exhibited fine 

 Devons, and also a large show of vegetables in the hall. We noticed 

 the very fine thorough-bred Ayrshire bull " Mclvcr," owned by Bela 

 J. Stone, also the Durham bull " Montauk," owned by Chaffin & 

 Bigelow, Worcester. We noticed a good many fine steers, particularly 

 a pair of Devon and native yearling steers, pretty as could be, by 

 Frank Batchelder, of Sutton. The show of steers Avould have almost 

 induced us to think we were oh our own native highlands, only more 

 so, except for one feature. The steers all had their tails nicely shorn 

 from the roots down, leaving a nice little bush at the end, which struck 

 us as somewhat of a novelty, but upon second thought, we remembered 

 that we had seen army blankets for the soldiers that partook more of 

 hair than wool, inducing us to believe that hair in these war times is an 

 article of commerce, and that the Worcester County boys might have 

 an eye to profit as well as trade. We noticed a fine show of cows from 

 the State Hospital, "VVorcester, some of which were thorough-bred 

 Durhams ; also a fine pair of oxen. As a whole, the exhibition of 

 cattle was uncommonly good, and we are well aware that in our brief 

 notes we have not done justice to all. 



The show of implements, both outside, where we saw the farm 

 implements, and inside, where we saw the indoor, family, labor-saving 

 machines, was very numerous and good. Every year brings its 

 improvements and additionSj and farming is fast emerging from drudging 

 toil to mechanical systemization and brain labor, whereby less pains 

 show greater gains. The extensive show of implements reminded us 

 that we were in Worcester, where they do more at the manufacture of 

 such than in almost any other place in New England. 



In the hall we noticed on exhibition over one hundred cheeses, new 

 and old, sage and old sage, and if looks do not deceive, those who eat 

 will hardly know when to stop. There was a large display of butter, 

 and most of it must have been Devonshire butter, at least it was that 

 color, and one noticeable feature was that it was in boxes holding from 

 ten to twenty pounds, made in balls of one pound each, and placed in 

 the box so that they did not touch each other ; the balls were oblong, 

 some square and some hexagonal ; we suppose they were made for 

 market, and being made to weight would obviate all necessity of 

 weighing scales, and we were satisfied would delectate the palates of 



