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attended at Greenfield. Previous to entering upon my duties 

 there, I learnt that its second day's exhibition was to be dis- 

 pensed with, and that there were to bo no cattle, no address, 

 and no dinner. I began to wonder what they would have ! 

 On arriving upon the grounds I found that tlic society's untir- 

 ing secretary had so arranged that the exhibition was success- 

 ful, interesting, and profitable. A large crowd of people was 

 present to witness it. 



The show upon the grounds of the society was confined to 

 the exhibition of sheep, swine, and fowls. The display of all 

 these was said to be far superior to those of any former year. 



I consider the best feature of all was the sheep, of which 

 there were thirty entries, and one hundred and fifty on exhibi- 

 tion. Thomas J. Field, of Northfield, had over fifty, of three 

 different grades. D. 0. Fisk, of Shelburne, entered five lots, 

 and several others made entries. The secretary of the society 

 exhibited fifteen most superior lambs, which were a cross of 

 the Oxford Downs and Irish Smuts. Their appearance shows 

 this to be a most judicious cross. Mr. Grennell also exhibited 

 two pure bred Oxford Down bucks, from the imported stock of 

 Richard S. Fay, of Lynn. This breed promises to become a 

 most valuable and profitable addition to our sheep husbandry. 

 They possess fine bone and symmetry, light offal, early maturity, 

 great aptitude to fatten, and yield a heavy fleece of fair quality 

 of wool. 



Mr. Richards Bradley, of Brattleborough, added to the exhi- 

 bition by presenting, at the request of the officers of the society, 

 his pure bred Cotswolds, recently selected and brought out 

 from England by Sanford Howard, Esq., of Boston. As a breed 

 they stand high, both in England and in our own country. 

 Those of Mr. Bradley are very fine specimens of the breed. 



Of swine, there were fifteen entries, comprising about sixty 

 animals, and a very good collection. Mr. Grennell's Chester 

 County, Pa., boars were very conspicuous, and seemed to be 

 the sultans of the harem. The best premiums were won by 

 the stock which was a cross with this on other breeds. 



Mr. J. A. Clark, of Greenfield, exhibited pure bred Sufifolks, 

 which have descended from our best importations of that noted 

 breed. 



