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REPORT ON THE ESSEX AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, AT PEABODY, 1901. 



To the Board of Agriculture : — 



The Essex Agricultural Society held its eighty-first an- 

 nual fair in Peabody, Sept. 17th, 18th and 20th. The 

 programme for Thursday was continued to Friday. The 

 fair was held under great disadvantages. Thursday being 

 the day of the funeral of President McKinley and the other 

 days of the fair being cloudy or rainy, it made it very dis- 

 couraging to the officers and members of the Society hold- 

 ing the fair under those circumstances. However, there 

 was a most excellent exhibition on the grounds and in the 

 Town Hall. 



The grounds of the Society are well adapted for cattle- 

 show purposes, with a fine set of buildings to house the 

 stock of every description, and a good quarter-mile track 

 to test the speed of the horses. 



It would seem that the Essex Society is surely a pros- 

 perous and up-to-date society in all that pertains to agri- 

 cultural fairs. 



There was a good showing of cattle, all the stalls being 

 filled with well-fed, fine-looking animals. 



Among the largest exhibitors were J. C. Poor of North 

 Andover, who exhibited a herd of Holsteins, Dr. M. L. 

 Chamberlain, with Jerseys, and J. C. Evans, with a string 

 of Hereford oxen. 



The other breeds were well represented by some fine 

 -animals. 



The exhibition of horses was very good, some well-bred 

 trotting stock being shown. 



The poultry display was large and many birds of supe- 

 rior merit were among the exhibit. Also in the building 

 were Belgian hares, guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, and other 

 pets. 



