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Committee, as it is the only true condition in whicli an animal can be 

 correctl}' judged. How often at our Agricultural Fairs, animals, that 

 are only fit for the shambles, carry off the premiums over equally as 

 good and even better ones for the work of the dair3'man. 



In a word to the exhibitors, the Committee would like to make one 

 or two suggestions and call their attention to the fact that more care 

 is needed on their part in complying with the bj'-laws of the Societ}', 

 in regard to the pedigree and milk or butter record to be handed in 

 with the entry of each animal. These should be complied with, for 

 with these statements in their hand, the work of the Committee would 

 be not only easier and more interesting, but they would be better able 

 to place the premiums on the deserving animals. Then as to the 

 arrangement of the cows on the grounds, if the Committee of 

 Arrangements find it necessary to scatter them so much, the owners or 

 exhibitors should be where they can come to the assistance of the 

 judges and facilitate their work by pointing out their animals and 

 answering any questions concerning the same. 



While examining the different animals entered for premium, mj^ 

 thoughts turn back to the farms from which they came, and it was 

 with no little accurac}^ that one could form an opinion of the rest of the 

 herd, and of the farms and farmers these individual animals represent. 

 It must give tone to the farmer's life and calling to be able to own and 

 show a premium herd of those large, mild-tempered Shorthorns, while 

 others take no less pride in the close jointed, compact bodies, and 

 large milk-producing qualities of their Ayrshires. Then turning to 

 the Jerseys, with their yellow skin, sleek coats and slender limbs, and 

 to the Devons, with their bright red coats, their lively disposition, and 

 handsome head and horns, we are so well pleased with them that one 

 is forced to believe that for some objects of the dair}^, these two breeds 

 have all the good qualities of the first two, with the faults of neither. 



There seems to be a general wish that the farmers of the northern 

 and western part of the county would bring their cows to compete with 

 those that are shown from directly around Amherst. The farmers own 

 them, there can be no doubt about that ; for if not, whence come those 

 golden balls of butter and rich cheeses that were on exhibition in the 

 hall during the Fau-, and those long strings of oxen that added so 



