XXX REPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



weighing 3,280 pounds, and owned by J. B. Foster of Monson, 

 were by far the best cattle of that age, on the ground. 



Five entries of sheep, and ten of fowls, were made. 



Thi-ee ox teams and four horse teams were entered for the pre- 

 miiini on ploughing. 



There were some very good families of swine, which spoke well 

 for their owners. The boar " Prince Albert," an imported animal, 

 was a noble fellow of his kind, and showed that his owner, A. B. 

 Howard, of Belchertown, is looking for improvement. 



There were two pairs of work horses, and two stallions on exhi- 

 bition. The foregoing comprises the stock and fowls on the 

 ground. 



The Society have a track on their grounds, but it was not used as 

 a trial ground on that occasion. There were a few implements of 

 husbandry for show, which completed the out-door exhibition of 

 the Society, 



I was informed by J, B, Knox, Esq,, president of the Society, 

 that there had not been any change in the financial afiairs of the 

 Society " since the publication of Mr, Flint's report." 



Another exhibition on the ground of the Society, for which the 

 ofiicers may say they are not resj^onsible (but the public will 

 judge), was one which drew by far the greatest crowd, and in 

 which there seemed by far the deepest interest taken by most 

 people present. 



It consisted of a score or more of noisy hucksters — dealers in a 

 great variety of small things, abounding in vulgarity, making the 

 air vocal — 



" With sounds unearthly, 

 And with songs profane," 



poisoning the mind of youth and grown-up boys, to say nothing of 

 the other sex, and prejudicing the better part of the community 

 against exhibitions designed to promote the public good. 



If such has been the practice in former years, no marvel that the 

 interest in the Society has been abating for several years, as I was 

 told had been the case. 



Your delegate may be alone in the opinion that such scenes as 

 transpired at Palmer ought not to be allowed by any agricultural 

 society, and should be frowned down by a healthy populace. 



Your delegate did not learn that there was any public dinner or 

 public address. 



The most pleasing part of the exhibition was in the vestry of the 

 church, the Society having no hall in which to display their fruits, 



