She is now nearly dry and comes in again Oct. 13, 1879. 



To make this statement complete it should tell just what food she 

 consumed, whether she was fed on corn meal, oil cake or cotton seed 

 meal, the amount given per day. and what kind of hay used, with 

 their cash value, also the amount received for hutter ; so that farm- 

 ers might gain information from it in regard to the best milk and 

 butter producing food, as well as the profit from the time of coming 

 in to the time of calving again. 



The show in the hall was one of the best on record. Tiiere was a 

 great improvement made by our president in the arrangement of one 

 table, so placing it as to let the light from the side windows fall 

 equally on all exhibits; it added greatly to the effect of the exhibi- 

 tion, as well as to the cheerfulness of the hall, and if the other 

 table were similarly arranged it would be still better. I have not 

 time or space here to mention any particular exhibits ; the show of 

 fruit was very good for the odd year, and the show ot vegetables 

 was unsurpassed. The numerous entries of bread, butter and 

 cheese, on exhibition showed by their quality the good judgment and 

 skill of the farmers' wives and daughters, while their taste and 

 handiwork were shown to good advantage in the nearly two hundred 

 entries of fancy articles and domestic manufactures. Our town mer- 

 chants deserve much praise for their fine exhibitions ; they add great 

 ly to our show and we hope they will be as well represented in the 

 future. 



Agricultural societies were organized for interchange of thought 

 and opinion, and each one of us should be able to learn from the 

 exhibits of others, who have been successful in their particular 

 departments. Crops can often be improved by a change of seed ; 

 while with stock there is unlimited I'oom for improvement, not only 

 in thoroughbreds, but particularly in the grades^ Nearly three- 

 fourths of the stock exhibited were pf Shorthorn grades, which 

 shows that the majority of our farmers consider it the best of any 

 which have hitherto been introduced. It is at the agricultural . fair 

 that improved farm machinery should be exhibited and explained, 

 that all may know what machines are best adapted to their par- 

 ticular farm. Every committee should make a report that contains, 

 not only the fact that certain articles are entitled to a premium, but 

 write at length' on their department, in order that our annual pam- 

 phlet may contain articles replete with information. 



