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I^ROCEEDITSraS 



on the occasion of the 

 Twenty-Sixth Anniversary 



OF THE 



:norfolk ageicultural society, 



THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, September 24th and 25th, 1874. 



The 2Ctli Annual Exhibition of the Norfolk Agricultural Society 

 was held at Readville, on Thursday and Friday, September 2-lth 

 and 25th, 1874. Tlie weather was very favorable, the attendance 

 large and the show of products in the several departments un- 

 usually fine. The following is a brief recapitulation of the leading 

 features : — 



Of Horses, the leading contributor was Col. Henrj^ S. Russell, 

 President of the Society, who sent a large number of represen- 

 tatives of his famous Fearnaught stock. A show of fine animals 

 was also made bj^ William T. Cook of Foxboro'. The display of 

 good horses was one of the largest ever made by the Society. 



Among the many contributors of stock were fine herds of Jersey 

 stock from the Lawrence farm in Dorchester, and from Messrs. 

 William T. Cook of Foxboro,' and Henry L Pierce of Dorchester. 

 Contributions of choice stock were also made by Henry Chaflin 

 and A. T. Brown, Brookline, J. H. Wolcott and W. R, Robeson, 

 Milton, C & C. Mackintosh, Needhara, and others. 



The principal exhibition of Swine, of which there were a large 

 number on tlie grounds, were the Messrs. Farrington of Milton 



