The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-10-14
WORCESTER.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. Ia, 1920.
CATTLE SHOW.

"A
tura Society were first instituted, it was sup
posed by many that the success which attend
ed them, and the interest manifested BY the
multitudes which thronged to them, were the
effects of an artificial excitement, which would
pass away with its novelty, and that, in few
years, the exhibitions would dwindIe away and
be discontinued Those who believed other
wise must be gratifed to find, each successive
year, new and stronger evidence of the correct
ness of their opinions, and of the utility which
they anticipated from the institution of these
annual displays. The show of Wednesday last
was such, in point of excellence, as to confirm
the belief that the march of improvement is
steadily onward, and that it has been greatly
accelerated by the judicious operations of this,
and other similar societies
In the number of the animals, the exhibition
OF the present year was not so large as that of
the last, but about equal to the average of form
er years. The whole number of animals en-
tered and exhibited, was tano hundred and for.
ty.fce, exclusive of the cattle engaged in the
plonghing match, and of the great Worcester
team, of which one hundred and forty-seuen
were neat stock, and one Hundred and eight of
sheep, swine, &c 1t has been remarked, that.
when the entry of animals, in general, or of
any particular kind, has been unusually large,
one year, it is proportionably small she next,
and so, rice ucrsa. When there is supera-
bundance, there are many disappointed COM
petltors, who are thereby deferred from the at
tempt the succeeding year; ;. and where the
competition is small one year, it encourages
more to enter the lists the next. These fluc-
tuations, always TO be looked for, afford evil
derce of the abundance of good stock which
may be brought out, when there is any suffi-
cient exciting cause. We have no doubt, if
word had been given out, week before the
show, that there was a probability of its being
SMALL that the pens would have been filled,
overlooking, with the finest stock of neat cat
tie ever collected together in this country.
But, although the cattle were fewer in number
than last year, most kinds were believed to av-
erage of better quality than on any former
occasion.
Between nine and ten o'clock the PLOUGH
ING Match took place. The land ploughed
was tough, strong, greensward, on a hill side.
The premiums were well contested, and the
silence ard order which prevailed, and the ex-
cellent training of the cattle, called forth al
most unanimous commentator, from the thou
sands who had assembled to witness the per-
formance.
At eleven o clock the usual Address was de-
livered before the Society by William Lincoln,
Esq. Of this performance we are happy to
give our O1on opinion in the language of so
good judge, as the editor of the Boston Cour-
Ter, who honored the occasion with his pres.
ence The composition was elegant, humor-
Gus, full of sentiment, wit, and most felctous
description. We can attempt no eptome of its
subjects, for they were as various as the details
of the farmers employment, and woven to-
gether as iancifully as the web of the Gobelin
tapestry" 1t will probably, soon be laid be-
fore the public.
AT half past one, the Society dlned at Banis.
ter's, of which, notice will be found in anoth.
er place. After dinner, they were called to
witness the most imposing part of the whole
exhibitions of the day A team of one hundred
and hiTty-t,1o yOkes of WORKING OXEN,
all belonging to Worcester, ard, nearly all Of
them, cattle of superior size and excellence,
formed procession which extended nearly the
whole length of the main street
At o'clock the Society assembled at the
Town Hall, to hear the reports of the several
committees on premiums. We annex 9 list Of
the premiums and gratuities, and have com.
rlenced the publication of the Reports, which
we shall continue, till they are all published.
PREMIUMS.
PLoUGHINe MATCH.
Single Teams.
VIM. Eaton, jr, Worcester, plough, Sc
Ploughman,
| Nathaniel c. Mower Worcester, &
Ploughman, 2
Silas Dudley, Sutton, S
| Ploughman, 9
Micah Johnson, Worcester, 4
| Ploughman,
VIM. b. Harrington, Grafton, Plough and
Ploughman, 2
Double Teams.
Newell Rice, Worcester, s1o
Nathaniel Dodge, Sutton,
Joseph Dudley, Shrewsbury, d
FOR WORKING OXEN.
Elijah L, Case, Grafton, 70
Thomas Hanback,, Sutton, M
John Spur, Charlton, &
Stephen Marsh, Sutton, s
MICH cows AND FAT OXEN.
The fat cattle were generally allowed to be
superior to those exhibited on former occasions
particularly those Of John L. Boylston and Asa
Rice. The former has had but little extra
feed, and weighed 2451 lbs. The latter was
worked last spring, and has been fatted entirel,
on grass. He weighed 2977 lbs. Several 9th.