SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



The sixteenth annual Exhibition of the Worcester North 

 Agricultural Society Avas held in conformity to the laws of the 

 Commonwealth, on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 29th 

 and 30th, 1868. 



The weather was all that we could have desired, and much 

 better than our fears, as several of the county Societies preced- 

 ing our Show, had stormy weather, and consequently, but a thin 

 attendance and small "gross receipts," while we had more in 

 number than on any previous year, and it was generally con- 

 ceded that we made our best exhibition. 



One marked feature was the large number of fine cattle and 

 horses on exhibition, showing conclusively, the good influence 

 exerted by these annual gatherings, upon our farmers and others 

 engaged in agriculture. 



Since last year the Building Committee have erected a large 

 Agricultural Hall for the exhibition of articles usually brought 

 together on these occasions, the upper story having been fitted 

 up for a Trustees' Room, and with the necessary arrangements 

 for a Dining Hall, where the members of the Society, and 

 all others who wish, may annually meet around the festive 

 board, and enjoy " the feast of reason and the flow of soul" to- 

 gether. 



Besides the Hall, nearly two hundred covered cattle pens have 

 been erected, and these, with our previous other buildings, give 



