122 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The exhibition was held at Framingham, on the society's 

 grounds, on the 22d day of September. The day was warm 

 and pleasant, and the various committees attended with punc- 

 tuality, to the duties with which they were charged. Eighteen 

 teams competed at the ploughing match. This was contested 

 with commendable spirit and ability. The work for the most 

 part was well executed, and the trial presented one of the most 

 interesting spectacles of the day. The exhibition of neat cattle 

 was remarkable, not only for the large number of animals 

 brought out, but for its general value and excellence. That of 

 horses, swine and fowls, was satisfactory. Of fruits and vege- 

 tables, the quantity shown was large and of improved character. 

 In these there was manifest evidences of careful and suc- 

 cessful cultivation. 



The grounds were crowded with visitors, not less than 6,000 

 or 8,000 being present on the two days, and it may safely be 

 asserted, that the interest and emulation which exists in the 

 association, will work out great good to the farmers of this 

 district. 



Tlie annual address was delivered by ex-governor Emory 

 "Washburn. It was eloquent and instructive, and the speeches 

 of the other guests present were of the appropriate stamp for the 

 farmers' holiday. 



On the whole, it was considered by those qualified to judge, 

 that the exhibition was equal in merit and usefulness to any 

 which the society ever held, and gave also encouraging signs of 

 a still brighter future. 



Marshall P. Wilder. 



WORCESTER. 



At the request of the Board of Agriculture, I had the honor, 

 as their delegate, to attend the fortieth annual exhibition of the 

 Worcester Agricultural Society, on the sixth day of October 

 last, at the city of Worcester. It gave me great pleasure on 

 that occasion to know that the mantle of honor which had so 

 long been borne by those of the name of Lincoln in their con- 

 nection with that society, was still so worthily and nobly worn 



