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mals ; W. R. Robeson of Milton, A. T. Browne of Brookline, Benj. 

 C. Vose of Hyde Park ; of (Guernsey, by James M. Codnian of 

 Brookline, who first inii)orte(l this excellent stock and contribnted 

 several very superior animals ; of Ayershire, l)y Charles W. Cook 

 and C. L. Hunt of Milton ; II. PI Bacon of Walpole, Jersey and 

 Ayershire by E. M. Cary of Milton. Jeremiah W, Gay of Ded- 

 ham, exhibited, on Friday, a fine herd of Jamestown, Grade Ayer- 

 shire and Durham, which were not entered for premium. Of heif- 

 ers entries were made of Jersey by W. T. Cook of Foxboro', A. 

 T. Browne of Brookline, R. A. Richards of Milton ; of Guernsey, 

 by J. M. Codman of Brookline ; of Brittany, by J. W. Wattles of 

 % Canton ; of Ayershire, by J. H. Wolcott of Milton, H. E. Bacon of 

 Walpole ; of Aj'ershire and Jamestown, by E. P. Burgess, of Ded- 

 ham. 



Of Swine, the show of which was excellent, the leading exhibit- 

 ors were J. H. Farrington, John Sias, C. W Cook, P^dwin Daven- 

 port, and E. M. Cary of Milton ; A. T. Browne of Brookline, and 

 N. Farrington of Canton. 



Of Poultr}', the display was but little if any inferior to the splendid 

 show of last year. Prominent among the contributors were A. H. 

 Drake, Henry Bird and L. H. Gay of Stoughton ; C. L. Copeland, 

 W. T. Cook of Milton ; Francis Codman and J. B. Tilley of 

 Brookline ; C. and F. Spring and A. F. Stevens of Needhara, and 

 E. C. Aldrich of Hyde Park. 



The display of Fruit was large and of excellent quality. Of 

 pears, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder exhibited one hundred and ten va- 

 rieties, not for premium, and fine displays were made by F. and L. 

 Clapp of Dorchester, with twenty varieties ; H. P. Kidder of Milton 

 twenty varieties ; C. B. Leavittof Roxbury, twenty varieties ; estate 

 ofW. B. Kingsbury of Roxbury, eighteen varieties; T. Lyman of 

 Brookline, seventeen varieties ; C. F. Curtis of Jamaica Plain, fif- 

 teen varieties ; J. W. Brooks of Milton, ten varieties ; J. D. Brad- 

 lee of Milton, ten varieties ; Benj. Mann of Roxbury, seven varie- 

 ties ; G. S. Curtis of Jamaica Plain, five varieties ; and good dis- 

 plays were made by many others. Of apples, F. and L. Clapp of 

 Dorchester exhibited twenty varieties; A. F. Stevens of Needham, 

 twenty-four varieties ; D, H. Elkins of Milton, fourteen varieties ; A. 

 W. Cheever of Wrentham, twelve varieties ; Henrj^ Goulding of 

 Dover, twelve varieties ; S. E. Morse of Norwood, eleven varieties ; 

 and many other contributors added to the attractions of this depart- 

 ment of the exhibition. The show of grapes was not large. J. W. 

 Brooks of Milton, contributed seven varieties ; N. B. White of 

 Norwood, three varieties ; J. F. Cowell of Wrentham, two varie- 

 ties ; B. C. Vose of H3^de Park, one variety. Contributions of 

 peaches were made by C. E. Churchill, N. T. Davenport, Henry 

 W. Vose, and W. E. Lewin of Milton. Of plums, J. W. Brooks of 

 Milton, exhibited seven varieties. Of cranberries, exhibitions were 

 made by N. Longfellow of Needham, J. W. Tilley of Brookline, and 

 N. Gay of Stoughtoii. 



Beautiful displays of Flowers were made by Lyman Davenport of 



