HAMPDEN SOCIETY. 203 



On Thursday, the second day, the exhibition of horses occu- 

 pied the time till nearly noon. There were eighty-two entries 

 of horses, embracing ninety-five animals. The address was 

 delivered by Professor J. P. Norton, of Yale College. 



Fat Cattle. 



There were six yoke of fat cattle presented, either of which 

 would have added a special attraction to any exhibition, and 

 few and far between are the opportunities presented, of seeing 

 at any one view on our show ground, twelve head of cattle, 

 carrying from twenty-two to twenty-five hundred pounds of 

 flesh and fat each, especially at this season of the year. The val- 

 ley of the Connecticut River, has long sustained the reputation 

 of producing the choicest stall-fed beef which the fastidious 

 caterers for our city markets could obtain, and it is a matter of 

 gratulation that Hampden county has justly acquired the repu- 

 tation of standing in the front rank, for prcducing some of the 

 finest specimens on exhibition there ; and we feel fully assured 

 that the cattle exhibited here to-day, when fully prepared by 

 their respective owners for the market, will sustain the reputa- 

 tion already acquired, and add a fresh laurel to the farmers of 

 Hampden. 



We award to 



George Taylor, of Westfield, 1st premium, of $8 00 

 Charles Fowler, of " 2d " - 7 00 



Seth Bush, of " 3d " r 6 00 



The attention of the committee, (after finishing the duty 

 assigned them,) was arrested by the appearance of five yoke of 

 cattle, owned and exhibited by Charles and John Fowler, of 

 Westfield, a portion of which had been entered for premium as 

 cattle for slaughter, and the others as " for the stall." It was 

 our unanimous opinion that they excelled any team we had 

 ever seen as belonging to any one farm, and although not a 

 part of our duty, we cannot hesitate to pay a just compliment 

 to the spirit of enterprise and emulation which is manifested 



