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man), his eye quickly detected the merits and beauty of the stock 

 exhibited by Messrs. Bowditch, Burnett, Parker, Sturtevant, Taft 

 and others, and it was noticeable that the most of them were merel}^ 

 for exhibition, no claim being made for premiums, thereby giving 

 those of our agricultural friends who do not believe in "fancy 

 farming " an opportunity to compete with full bloods and grades of 

 their own raising. Your delegate was very much pleased to see this, 

 as so much complaint has been made by the hard-handed yeomanry 

 that it was no use for them to carry stock to fairs to compete with 

 men who had money with which to buy the best, keep it six months, 

 then sweep all the premiums ; certainly the farmers connected with 

 the " South Middlesex " cannot make that excuse for withholdino- 

 their stock from the " fair," and 3'our delegate takes this occasion 

 to thank those public-spirited exhibitors of stock who, at so much 

 trouble and expense, without hope of pecuniar}- return, added so 

 greatl}' to the attractions of the fair. 



In the hall matters were looking very promising ; the beautiful 

 display of green and hot house productions from Mr. Lewis added 

 much to the beauty of the show ; while the Messrs. Chadwick, with 

 their one hundred and twentj'-five varieties of vegetables, and eighty 

 kinds of garden and vegetable seeds, with the display from the farm 

 of Mr. Lewis and others, showed that the products of the farm in 

 Framingham meant something beside stock and "agricultural horse- 

 trots." 



Your delegate very much regretted that he could not devote more 

 time to inspection, but in his short but agreeable visit was much 

 impressed with the thought, that, if interest and work b}' the presi- 

 dent and associate officers of the Society can cause the " Middlesex 

 South" to flourish, its success is assured, and the bounty of the 

 State well applied. 



John A. Hawes. 



WORCESTER WEST. 



By join assignment, I was delegated to attend and report 

 upon the Annual Fair and Exhibition of the Middlesex North Agri- 

 cultural Society, holden at Lowell, September 25th and 26th ; but 

 for the accommodation of Major Ladd, a member of 3'our Board, 

 who was delegated to attend the Worcester Count}^ West Agricultu- 

 ral Society Fair, holden at Barre on the same days, I made an 

 exchange with him, as he wished to be at home and attend the exhi- 

 bition of his own Society, and consented to attend the Worcester 

 Count}' Fair, realizing that so much as Barre might lose Lowell 

 would gain. 



