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satisfaction, the unyoked steers which led the last named 

 team, under the management of a young lad, and recommend 

 a gratuity to him of $2 00, and a copy of the " Agriculture 

 of Mass.," under the impression that such steers will make 

 good oxen, and such boys give good promise of being good 

 farmers. We cannot close this report without mentioning 

 the great pleasure we received in the addition of attractions to 

 this part of the exhibition, by viewing the splendid five 

 horse team of Capt. Ephraim Murdock, of Winchendon, 

 which for symmetry of form and for power, can scarcely be 

 surpassed in this region. 



All which is submitted. 



EZRA KENDALL. 



For Committee. 



MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURED ARTICLES. 



Committee. — John J. Piper, Salmon W. Putnam, Fitchburg ; Henry C 

 Hill, Gardner ; Walter Heywood, Wm. H. Vose, Alpheus Kimball, Charles 

 Fessenden, Gardner S. Bur Dank, Hale W. Page, Nathan F. Ackley, Solomon 

 W. Ruggles, Fitchburg; Charles Winchester, Ashburnham. 



The usual difficulty was experienced by your Committee 

 this year in examining the articles entered in their department, 

 many of them not being presented till the morning of exhibi- 

 tion, and these consequently did not receive that careful ex- 

 amination which their excellence really merited. 



The variety of articles entered, when compared with the 

 extensive manufacturing industry of Worcester North, was 

 extremely meagre, though equal, perhaps, to that of any for- 

 mer exhibition. The mechanics and manufacturers of Fitch- 

 burg and the adjoining towns, could make a better show of 

 the products of their industry and skill, than any other section 

 of the State, of the same extent, both in respect to variety, 

 and excellence of workmanship. The exhibition of mechan- 

 ical and manufactured articles is always attended with con- 



