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Haverhill exhibit ; then, countermarching to the left, we 

 enter by double-doors the room containing the North An- 

 dover grange by itself; while to our left again, and at left 

 of the vestibule, was the third room filled by the Methuen 

 grange. 



The exhibits were placed with much care and taste, at- 

 tracting many people during the two days of the Fair. The 

 vegetables and fruits were judiciously selected, and flowers 

 and decorated articles were numerous and well placed. 

 The needlework and decorative painting on china, silk, etc., 

 showed practice and study, and proved that the more intel- 

 ligently prepared works of art were understood in our 

 county, and the increasing appreciation of them in the 

 county at large is known to our Essex County citizens, 

 students and artists. 



The members of these granges showed that they had 

 been united in their efforts to obtain a good collection of the 

 proper articles, which is not difficult under such circum- 

 stances. 



These displays were instructive in many ways to our 

 citizens on account of the quality and varied character of 

 the several exhibits; on account of proof that united effort is 

 sure to bring a good degree of success; and as showing our 

 people what the farmers of the several towns in our county 

 can do for the credit of their home, if the members will unite 

 under committees in the several places to send loads of 

 home products to our annual show. 



We need to make special efforts to bring about the best 

 results. Our Society has the highest of reputations in 

 the State and we must value it highly and preserve and 

 advance it. 



In Worcester, the present year, a liberal agriculturist 

 desiring to encourage good farming offered prizes of gener- 

 ous amounts for exhibits of collections of a certain farm 

 product, and the granges of the same neighborhood decided 

 to exhibit like collections of the same article near by and at 

 about the same time. There were ten entries for the ten 



