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complain, it be true that corn and wheat can be pur- 

 chased cheaper than it can be raised ; if, by the system 

 of railway communication the great West, with its 

 cheap, rich lands is brought too near for successful com- 

 competition, in those great staples, try something else 

 that will pay, and instead of being obliged to import, 

 let us export from Worcester North thousands of dozens 

 of eggs and tons of poultry. 



With regard to the exhibition, let us make a single 

 suggestion.' The pens in which the poor creatures were 

 huddled (not exhibited) were quite too small. An 

 inferior lot, in a large roomy cage, looks better than a 

 superior lot packed in a box too small to allow them 

 an opportunity to hardly move or even stand up. A 

 suitable cage is easily made, and a few laths or strips 

 of board, a few nails, and a very little skill, will often 

 give the palm of superiority to a lot which would other- 

 wise rank as second best. '^ If a thing is worth doing 

 it is worth doing well." If poultry are worth exhibiting 

 they are worth having justice done them. With this 

 exception, the show was a creditable one, but still not 

 what we hope to see next year. 



The Committee award the following premiums : 



To James Mclntire, for the best dung-hill fowls, 



not less than six, $2,00 



To Addison Howe, for the 2d best dung-hill fowls, 

 ^ not less than six, 1,00 



To Wm. E. Arnold, for the od best dung-hill 



fowls, not less than six, ,50 



To Benjamin Safford, for the best turkeys, not 



less than six, 2,00 



To George Chandler, for the 2d best turkeys, not 



less than six, 1,00 



