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Fitchburg, September 29th and 30th, was a complete 

 success. The weather was delightful throughout ; the 

 attendance very large, and nearly all the departments 

 well filled. The officers and most of the Committees 

 were prompt and faithful in the discharge of their 

 duties. The President and Chief Marshal, especially, 

 labored with untiring zeal, not only on the days of the 

 exhibition, but during the preceding days of prepara- 

 tion, and very much of the success of the exhibition is 

 the direct result of their labors. 



The entries in the departments of stock were as fol- 

 lows : Blood Stock, 40 animals, all pure bred ; Grade 

 and Native Bulls, 14 ; Working Oxen, 34 ; Milch Kine, 

 20; Fat Cattle, 8; Heifers, 51 ; Steers, 66; Total of 

 Horned Cattle, 233 ; Horses and Colts, 79, Sheep, 73; 

 Swine, 60. Total number of animals entered, exclusive 

 of Poultry, 445; Poultry, 113. For plowing 12 teams 

 were entered ; for Draught 43 animals. In the Hall 

 the entries were not as numerous as last year, particu- 

 larly in the line of Apples and Pears, and yet, consid- 

 ering the scarcity and imperfection of fruit generally, 

 in this vicinity, this year, the exhibition was a good 

 one, and was entirely satisfactory. I have not at hand 

 the exact number of entries in this department. 



The address was delivered in the Unitarian Church 

 by Luther H. Tucker, of the Country Gentleman, of 

 Albany, New York. It was a practical and exceed- 

 ingly useful and interesting production, given in the 

 very best style, and is published herewith. An origi- 

 nal hymn, prepared for the occasion, by Mrs. Caroline 

 A. Mason, was sung by a full choir, with the most 

 excellent effect, and after the delivery of the address a 

 poem, also by Mrs. Mason, was read by Levi W. Rus- 

 sell, A. M. This was admirably adapted to the occa- 

 sion, and was read in a manner calculated to give a 



