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fectly sound. If such a horse were brought into this county 

 he could easily earn two thousand dollars per year, and would 

 be to the agricultural community of inestimable advantage and 

 value. 



I am aware that some conservative friends of agriculture 

 (judging from the tenor of my remarks) will pronounce me a 

 fast reporter. And, in reply, I have only to say that my aim 

 has been simply to point out to the breeder the safest course 

 for him to pursue, so far as the investment of his money is 

 concerned. This mania for speed may result in good or evil, 

 according to the use or abuse that may be made of it. 



Josiah Crosby, Chairman. 



WORCESTER. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



It is only within a very few years that the attention of our 

 farmers has been turned to the breeding of horses, or that any 

 exhibition of which the society would not be ashamed could be 

 produced in the class of breeding mares and colts ; but now, 

 all over New England, an unparalleled interest has been ex- 

 cited, and no agricultural fair is thought worthy a moment's 

 notice which has not provided the means to show and test the 

 qualities of the horses and colts. Our society, ever watchful 

 of the interest of the agriculturist, in whatever channel his 

 efforts shall be turned, has, just at the right time, lent its aid 

 to this branch of his production, and has offered him the same 

 tangible inducements to excel in this as in any other depart- 

 ment of his skill and labor. 



The forty-one entries which this year appear on the list of 

 the committee show, on the part of the farmers, that their 

 efforts are appreciated, and give an earnest that the third year's 

 show will exceed the present as much as this has the first ; and, 

 for the credit of the exhibitors and further encouragement of 

 the society, your committee would distinctly state that not a 

 single animal has been entered for their examination which did 

 not reflect credit upon its owner and upon the society which 

 we represent. 



