REPORT ON THE LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT. 



By jambs wood, Mt. Kisco, Supkbintendbnt. 



The State Board of Managers decided to aid exhibitors of live stock 

 by defraying the cost of transportation to and from Chicago, and of the 

 feed required for the stock while at the exposition. Extended public 

 notice was given of this, and much interest was aroused throughout the 

 State. In order that only such animals should be sent to the exposi- 

 tion as would reflect credit upon the State, the director arranged for 

 the inspection by competent judges of all animals offered whose quality 

 was not ali-eady known to him. By this means no inferior animal was 

 sent to Chicago. Manifestly the inspection of poultry was impracticable. 



It was much to be regretted that the horse show was arranged for 

 the month of August. The owners &£ the studs for which New York 

 is famed, and breeders generally, objected to sending their valuable ani- 

 mals so far to be kept on exhibition in the hottest time of the year. As 

 a consequence, the exhibit of horses from this State was very small, and 

 altogether inadequate to the great importance of this interest. The 

 exhibits of cattle, sheep and swine were much more complete, and 

 reflected credit upon the State. The large number and amounts of 

 prizes awarded to our exhibits emphatically attest their quality. 



