SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



In submitting the thirty-sixth Annual Report of the Worcester 

 North Agricultural Society, the Secretary would respectfully call 

 the attention of its members to the excellent and careful resume 

 of the work of the Society for the last year by President Currier, 

 also to the report of VV. A. Kilburn on thorough-bred stock, and 

 to the report of Thomas Gray, Esq., one of the committee in 

 charge of the Rose and Strawberry Show. 



In undertaking the experiment of a Rose and Strawberry Show 

 there was a divided opinion among the committee as to the best 

 place for the exhibition ; some advocated the use of city hall, 

 others, believing the show an experiment, deemed it necessary to 

 offer othe*- attractions to bring out and interest our people. The 

 result was a field day with the usual attractions and a costly ex- 

 periment in way of electric lighting for the evening. And yet, had 

 not the usual accompaniment of all undertakings of the Worcester 

 North — a rainy day — met us at the threshold of the undertaking it 

 would have been a complete success ; as it was 69 1 tickets were 

 sold on the first day, 1,851 on the second, with total gate receipts 

 of $506.60. In addition, $15.60 was received from the grand 

 stand, and as the Society had no occasion to use the upper hall, 

 $80.25 was received for dancing, $39.50 from entries for trotting, 

 making total receipts $641.95. 



That the trustees believe fully in the success of these shows is 

 evident from the fact that they have doubled the amount of pre- 

 miums to be offered the coming season. The proper place for 

 the coming June show will be one of the first problems for the 

 committee of ari'angements to solve. 



The thirty-sixth annual exhibition, or Cattle Show proper, of 

 the Worcester North Agricultural Society was held at the grounds 

 of the Fitchburg Park on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 

 Sept. 25. 26 and 27. 



