128 WORCESTER SOCIETY. 



WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The undersigned, President and Recording Secretary of the 

 Worcester Agricultural Society, report that the said society held 

 their last cattle show at Worcester, on the 18th day of September 

 last ; on which occasion, the very large assemblage of citizens 

 of this county, and of other parts of the Commonwealth, gave 

 evidence that the interest of the public in agriculture, and in 

 the welfare of this society, continues unabated. 



The number of the entries made was large, and the character 

 of the stock exhibited, such as fully to sustain the high reputa- 

 tion of the farmers of this county, as stock breeders, and for 

 their skill in training their cattle. 



The amount of money offered to be be distributed in premi- 

 ums, to be paid within the year, is $833, which includes the 

 sum of $50, to be awarded " for experiments in determining 

 the advantages or disadvantages of cutting hay as food for 

 stock," the award to be made in March next. 



The reports of the several committees, and the statements of 

 experiments and cultivation, regarded as worthy of publica- 

 tion, will be found in the printed volume of the Transactions 

 of the Society, herewith transmitted. The address before the 

 society was delivered by J, S. C. Knowlton, Esq., of Worces- 

 ter. 



JOHN W. LINCOLN, President. 

 WILLIAM S. LINCOLN, Rec. Sec'y. 



Ploughing Match. 



First in the order of the public exercises of this anniversary fes- 

 tival, was the ploughing match. It was fitting that, that work 

 should take the lead in an agricultural exhibition, which lies at the 

 foundation, and is indispensable to all agricultural improvement. 



