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workmanlike manner in which the furrows were turned, by A. J. 

 Hooker, of Brimfield. 



The trial of steers and working oxen was such as to show that the 

 animals had been subject to good training, and to the satisfaction of a 

 crowd of spectators. 



Mr. J. A. "Webber, of Holland, exhibited a pair of three years old 

 steers, very well trained. 



An attractive part of the show was the exhibition of the Brimfield 

 town team, consisting of 24 pairs of oxen, which, headed by the Spencer 

 Band, marched around the common. 



After the trial of working oxen, the multitude repaired to the church 

 to listen to the address, which, after a few timely remarks by the pres- 

 ident, was given by Dr. Geo. B. Loring, of Salem. After the address 

 came the dinner, which, like everything else pertaining to the exercises 

 of the day, was in time, also abundant, and " all very good." 



The stock department, taken as a whole, was quite creditable. Very 

 good pairs of oxen were exhibited by D. B. Kingsbuiy, of Dudley, M. 

 D. Williams and Liberty Stone, of Charlton. Silas Herring, of Brim- 

 field, " the safe man," exhibited a fine pair of four years old steers, 

 weighing 3,300 pounds. 



B. J. Stone, of Sturbridge, whose fame has gone through New Eng- 

 land as a raiser of Ayrshires, exhibited a splendid herd, 22 in number, 

 of full blood, and grade Ayrshire cows and heifers, with one pair of 

 grade four years old oxen. 



To Provostus McKinstry, of. Southbridge, belongs much credit, for 

 the forty animals contributed by him to the show, including one bull, 

 Durham and Devon, four years old ; also very good cows, two year 

 olds and yearlings, and twenty-six spring calves, which reminded me of 

 the old ada^e, *' Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care 

 of themselves." If there are no calves reared, where shall we look for 

 the cows, steers and oxen ? Very fine herds were exhibited by Simon 

 Carpenter, of Charlton, and Dexter Nichols, of Sturbridge. 



The show of sheep, though not large, was very good. Specimens of 

 grade Southdown and Cotswold were exhibited by L. Shumway and E. 

 T. Morse, of Southbridge. 



Some fine specimens of swine were on exhibition. A good sow and 

 ten pigs, belonging to Samuel H. Hobbs, of Sturbridge ; also fine 

 broods belonging to W. D. Bell, of Warren, and B. J. Stone, of Stur- 

 bridge, and a boar belonging to J. W. Lawrence, of Sturbridge. 



The exhibition in the hall was said, by those who were able to judge, 

 to surpass that of previous years. The departments containing needle 

 and ornamental work, mechanic arts, horticulture, floriculture, bread. 



