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ing and well developed milking qualities ; on the whole the stock 

 was a credit to the owners. 



The little Brittany cattle, owned and impoi'ted by our worthy 

 and interested Secretary, C. L. Flint, Esq., reminded me that the 

 old adage, " a great cry and little wool," must be reversed by allow- 

 ing it to read, a great yield and little food. They must be a valua- 

 ble addition to gentlemen who are stocking their country seats with 

 small animals. There were many fine horses in the ring, and mares 

 and colts in the pens, displaying points, which, if well developed to 

 maturity, must make valuable horses. Not a large show of sheep, as 

 this locality is so near the best markets that dairying is much more 

 profitable than sheep husbandry. In swine there was a good show 

 of mixed and cross breeds, from which could be selected such as 

 ought to suit all who desire to raise pigs or pork. In poultry sev- 

 eral breeds and crosses were displayed. For a market fowl the 

 Brahmas stand well, as they will return the greater weight in a 

 given time for early market. 



The show of fruit in the hall was eqiaal to any county show that 

 I have visited, making with the handiwork of the ladies a fine 

 display. Butter, cheese, honey, and bread were so excellent that I 

 congratulated myself that I had not to decide between the difierent 

 competitors. Vegetables were well selected, and of very fine qual- 

 ity. Agricultural implements were well displayed by their several 

 advocates, and as every one has the best, it rather tends to deter 

 some timid ones from buying, for fear he shall get shaved, and so is 

 like the boy that could not go in swimming till he knew how. 



The exhibition on the whole was instructive and well deserving 

 the bounty of the State. The morning of the second day being 

 very stormy, I did not attend, and so lost a good dinner and the 

 address, as well as the after-dinner speeches that were made by 

 gentlemen well versed in practical and scientific agriculture. 



James Thompson. 



WORCESTER. 



As delegate from the State Board of Agriculture, I attended the 

 fiftieth anniversary of the Worcester County Agricidtural Society, 

 at Worcester, September 17th and 18th. A half century, being 

 more than half the life time of our Republic, bears testimony to the 

 zeal and energy of the members of this society in promoting and 

 encouraging the interests of agriculture. The exhibitions of the 

 first day gave ample evidence that their labor had not been in vain. 



