SIXTY-SIXTH 



ANNUAL CATTLE SHOW AND FAIR. 



The Cattle Show and Fair of this Society was held in 

 Newburyport on the 28th, 29th and 30th days of Septem- 

 ber, 1886. 



The first day of the Fair was a violent rain storm, which 

 prevented the appearance of stock that was expected. 

 The Society, equal to the emergency, extended the time 

 another day for receiving entries and added a day longer 

 for holding the Fair, changing what would have been a 

 partial failure into a success, the exhibits on the Show 

 Ground exceeding the year previous 42 entries and in the 

 Exhibition Hall 55 entries. The show of Cattle and Horses 

 in point of numbers was not up to the year previous ; that 

 of Agricultural Implements and Poultry was larger and 

 far better. The Plowing Match on the third day of the 

 Fair was not as satisfactory, being on poor land and having 

 a trifle over half the number of contestants as last year. 



In the Exhibition Hall, the exhibits were arranged in a 

 manner very pleasing and attractive, and their quality 

 compared favorably with previous exhibitions. The at- 

 tendance after the first day was good. 



The Annual Address was given on the second day at 

 the Pleasant street church, by Rev. John D. Kingsbury 

 of Bradford, afterward the Annual Dinner was served in 

 Cadet Hall, followed by speeches from Hon. C. C. Dame, 

 Mayor of Newburyport, Hon. A. C. Varnum, President 

 of Middlesex North Agricultural Society, and Delegate 

 of State Board of Agriculture, Hon. George B. Loring, 

 Judge Mason of the Superior Court, Sheriff Herrick, 

 James P. King, Esq., and others. 



