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We aro at a loss to account for the apparent lack of 

 interest in what should be, if not the most, certainly 

 not the least, interesting department of our annual exhi- 

 bition. We have heard some complaint of want of notice 

 as to the time of holding it, but this, though it may have 

 been the cause in some isolated cases, seems hardly to 

 account for the general falling off from previous yetirs > 

 and from those localities where your Committee have 

 personal knowledge that notice was fully given, the show 

 is very small, much smaller than in any year of which 

 we have any recollection. 



The only plausible reason we have heard assigned is 

 that the article most extensively manuflictured this fall, 

 namely, political capital, is one the quality of which is 

 too poor even for bare-fjiced politicians to enter for ex- 

 hibition, much less for premium. Be the cause what it 

 may, we most earnestly appeal to the mechanics of 

 Worcester North to see to it that their department of 

 the yearly show in future as well represents the mechani- 

 cal, as the show of fruit, vegetables, and live stock does 

 the agricultural interest. 



The general character of the articles exhibited .was 

 good, the quality not falling behind our past year shows 

 at all. It would be impossible, of course, to notice at 

 length each article exhibited, without exceeding the 

 proper limit of this report. Suffice it to say, that hardly 

 anything was inspected by us undeserving of more than 

 a passing notice. 



We have awarded the following premiums: 



H. W. Catlin, for two barrels of extra nice flour, manu- 

 factured by him, $3,00 



