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every branch of agriculture, — the dairy, the orchard, the garden, 

 the fold, the stable, the field, and the pasture. 



George B. Loring. 



WORCESTER. 



On the nineteenth day of September I attended the exhibition 

 of the Worcester County Agricultural Society as the delegate 

 from this Board. 



This being my first visit to the annual show at Worcester, 

 my expectations were highly raised in regard to what could be 

 exhibited by one of the oldest and largest societies in the 

 Commonwealth. Judging of this show by comparison with 

 what I have been accustomed to note upon most such occasions, 

 I should not hesitate to admit that I was disappointed in my 

 expectations. But I am aware that it is to be looked upon, 

 not as a general agricultural exhibition where extensive com- 

 petition is manifested in all the branches of agriculture, where 

 large collections of vegetables occupy long ranges of tables, and 

 luscious fruits tempt the eye and appetite by their rich and 

 varied colors. I soon became convinced that I must consider 

 it as a cattle show, per se, and in this department, I think it 

 would be difficult to furnish a superior in the State. 



Large numbers of blood cattle were exhibited, many of them 

 indicating pUiity and carcuJ brouding, vvhilo some ciilcicd as 

 pure and undoubtedly thought to be so by their exhibitors, 

 showed in various ways the traces of other breeds, while at the 

 same time I should, for profitable animals to retain upon a 

 farm, have been quite as ready to select from the various grades 

 as from the pure stock. I should infer that it was customary 

 among the farmers of Worcester County to use bulls at a more 

 advanced age than is usually regarded as profitable by most 

 breeders, as I noticed several specimens entered for premium 

 at the age of five years and some months. 



In the eastern part of the State, it would be difficult to dis- 

 pose of a bull, except to the butcher, which had passed the age 

 of three years. Whether the feeling against older bulls is based 



