SECEETAEY'S EEPOET. 



September 24, 1895 dawns bright and clear and furnishes the Society 

 with a perfect day in which to commence its Annual Fair and Cattle 

 Show. The attendance as in past years was rather light, about the same 

 as in the past two years. The exhibition in the hall completely out-done 

 any previous attempt at show making. 



The show of vegetables would do credit to any agricultural society. 

 The same could be said of grains and fruits. The merchants come on 

 with a good attraction and furnished a good part of the exhibition. 

 Here a word could be said in shape of thanks to the exhibitors in this 

 class. Some of them being obliged to hire teams to take their goods 

 to and from the grounds and close their stores to allow their help to 

 attend the fair. We were furnished with excellent music by Messrs. 

 Bruce and Taylor of Springfield. The musical attraction renders the 

 time to be spent in the hall by visitors very pleasant and it is thought 

 that it is fully appreciated. 



The next to take the eye was the poultry show just outside the hall, 

 which was pronounced by people that should be good judges as very 

 good. Now in order comes the cattle. From the Smith farms in 

 Hadley came the best string of working and fancy cattle that has 

 entered the gates for years, if not the best ever shown on the grounds. 

 There being twenty-four pairs in the string, and every ox looked at with 

 a longing eye by our butchers and cattle fanciers. The exhibit of milch 

 cows being fully up to the standard, Mr. H. W. Owen of Amherst 

 showing his excellent herd of registered Jerseys. Mr. C. K. Childs of 

 Conway, Mr. H. E. Wallis of Holland, Mr. Root of Deerfield making 

 good exhibits. Mr. Root kindly gave us an illustration of education as 

 applied to the bull. He having met with no little success in, as he terms 

 it, educating bulls. A good exhibition of sheep and swine were furnished 

 by Messrs. West, McQueston and Smith of Hadley, Williams of 

 Sunderland, Wallis of Holland, Hobart of North Amherst. From this 

 our attention was drawn to the judges stand by the ringing of the bell, to 

 call up the 2-45 class of trotters and pacers to which ten starters 

 responded and here entertainment was furnished those who enjoy horse- 

 trotting of the highest class until the sun had refused any more of her 



