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would not allow the committee to award them a premium. The 

 lambs entered by C. A. Eastman were very much admired for their 

 symmetry of form. 



The horse show seemed the great object of attraction to the crowd 

 of spectators that gathered upon the Park on the second day of the 

 fair ; and truly a more elegant display of horses has scarcely if ever 

 been witnessed upon the society's grounds. During the last decade 

 of years a pubhc benefit has been conferred upon the county by 

 drawing out and bringing before the public a class of animals of 

 greater utihty. One could not help being struck with the form and 

 activity of all classes of horses that were on exhibition, especially 

 the caniage horses, which were very numerous and of beautiful 

 style and proportions. Many of these animals came to the exhibi- 

 tion from the plough, mowing machine or the horse cart, and would 

 compare favorably with those entered as farm or draught horses for 

 all worlr. 



It is not to be expected that the proper activity, powers of en- 

 durance and docihty so essential to the horse for the farm, road and 

 the carriage can be obtained at once, but from what has been ac- 

 comphslied we are satisfied that a few years more will produce a 

 very much improved class of horses for the farmer. There is no 

 class of animals so hard used at our fairs as the farm horses, and 

 we have often thought the committee might judge as coirectly of 

 their comparative merits by seeing them handle a wagon loaded 

 with two tons of stone as with the additional weight of fifteen or 

 twenty men. 



The exhibition of apples was not as large as on some previous 

 years, and the quality was not above an average. One collection 

 exhibited by Dr. Trow of Sunderland, containing choice specimens 

 of more than thirty varieties, did not receive its just award, on ac- 

 count of a misunderstanding with regard to the number of speci- 

 mens that should have been placed on each plate. The show of 

 pears, grapes and quinces was very good. Samples of canned and 

 dried fruits were numerous, and highly creditable to the exhibitors. 



The show of vegetables was large, and the quahty excellent. Mr. 

 Huntington of Hadley, had on exhibition a large collection of gar- 

 den vegetables, Mr. Smith of Amherst, ten varieties (one bushel 

 each) of potatoes, which attracted the attention of spectator.s, and 

 F. W. Ha-rington, some fine squashes. 



The trace of seed corn, braided by the Agricultiu-al College 

 (Boys) Students, speaks well of their habits of industry, and made 



