SEVENTY-EIGHTH 



Annual Cattle Show and Fair. 



The Cattle Show and Fair of this Society opened Sept. 

 20, under very favorable circumstances, the weather being 

 all that could be desired and continued throughout the 

 three days of the Fair. 



The attendance was not quite as large as last year but 

 the net receipts were fully up to that of 1897. 



The exhibit of cattle, quality and quantity considered, 

 was equal if not superior of any for many years. 



The poultry exhibits exceeded that of 1897 which was 

 the largest on record, and it was all of superior quality. 

 The exhibit of horses and colts have fallen off materially, 

 the past two or three years. 



At the ploughing match there were nine entries and 

 they all did commendable work and quite a large gathering 

 was present to witness it. 



The exhibits as a whole were fully up to the Essex 

 County standard. 



The street parade is a growing feature of the fair as 

 thousands of people can testify who lined the street from 

 the Salem boundary to the fair grounds. 



The annual dinner of the society was served in the ves- 

 try of the South church, Thursday, the last day of the 

 fair, at which there was a very large attendance. After the 

 dinner President Butler called the assemblaofe to order with 

 a few fitting remarks and introduced Gen. Francis H. Ap- 



