INTRODUCTORY. 



The Seventh Annual Cattle Show, Plowing Match^ 

 Exhibition and Festival of th^ Worcester North Agri- 

 cultural Society was observed at Fitchburg, on Thursday 

 and Friday, September 29th and 30th, 1859. The first 

 day of the Show, Thursday, was occupied mostly with 

 the organization of Committees, and the arrangement 

 and examination of articles in the Hall, &c. 



The Committees on Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, 

 Mechanics, Manufactures and Fancy Articles, attended 

 promptly and faithfully to the duties assigned them, 

 on this day, and the Hall was opened to the public 

 through the evening. The show of fruit was larger and 

 better than at any previous exhibition of the Society, 

 and was satisfactory to all concerned. Choice varieties 

 .of Apples were displayed in abundance, and the most 

 delicious varieties of Pears in great profusion. Of 

 Grapes, Plums and even Peaches, notwithstanding the 

 unfavorable season for such fuuit, there was a creditable 

 display. Of Vegetables, the show was all that could 

 have been expected, both as to quantity and quality. 

 The department of Mechanics and Manufactures was not 

 fully represented, although there were many specimens 



