Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-09-28


The Worcester county west agricultural so
ciety held their tenth agricultural show at
Barre, yesterday. This town is the centre of
a region noted for the excellence of its farming
products, and the show was accordingly rich
and attractive. The exhibition of fruits, vege-
tables, and other articles in the Town Hall,
was large and fine, especially of apples.
The programme of exercises opened in the
morning with a grand cavalcade OF mounted
horses, comprising in all 276 horsemen, Frank
lin Smith, chief marshal. Tempeton contrib
uted 81 horses, marshaled by Col. Henry
Smith Hardwick 70, marshaled by Oren A.
Trow Athol &C, DIR. j. P. Lynde, marshal
and Petersham so. They created sensation
as they passed in procession around the COM
mon, followed by the harnessed teams.
The blowing match took place at half
past eight o'clock, on the Kendall plain, and
the trial of work horses at 81 o'clock, near the
Town Hall The stations were exhibited at
ten O'Clock, on the west side OF the common,
and the mares and colts at half past ten o'clock,
on Park street. These made a handsome
show. The carriage horses were exhibited on
the west side of the common, at eleven clock.
The cavalcade of horses passed around the
common between twelve and one o'clock. Ac.
cOmpanying the cavalcade, in their appropriate
places in the several divisions, were four bands
of music, the Baldwinville Athol, Oakham
and Barre brass bands, making lively music.
A procession was formed a little past one
O'clock, on the west side of the common and
marched to the Gothic Church, where the ad.
dress was delived by Hon. Alexander IL. Bull,
lock OF Worcester. Previous to the delivery
of the address, the president of the society,
Hon. VIM. Mxter called upon Hon. Aniasa
Walker of North Brookiicd, who made
statement Of the action of the board of cattle
commissioners and medical examiners, partic-
ularly in their recent visit TO the farm Of Mr.
Chenery at Belmont showing the necessity Of
their action. His view of the matter was sus-
tanned by Dr. o. Martin of Worcester, one of
the medical commissioners. The subject ofCol.
Buock's address was, model industry as eft
tected by the division, Organization, and class
ification OF labor. He instanced Great Britain
as the most perfect model presented by the
world, in all the various branches of industry,
agricultural and mechanical, brought about
by the most thorough application of the prin
ciple stated, division and application of labor,
and Massachusetts as the model ior the United
States. Yet he showed by statistics that there
was vast room for Improvement in the deve-
opment of the agricultural resources of our
own state to make ii on par with its manu-
featuring resources, or anywhere near the pro-
portionate resources exhibited in Great Britain.
| Col. Bullock's address was very eloquent
and able one, presenting many new and inter
esting statistics, showing the vast field open
to Improvement, even in old Massachusetts, in
the industrial line, ahead as she is of almost
all the rest of the world, in proportion to her
size and population.
The president followed in some appropriate
remarks, highly complimentary of the address,
trusting its suggestions would some day be re.
allied, and closed by calling upon Hon. L. W.
Bull Of Concord, amember Of the State Board
Of Agriculture. Mr. Bull spoke in the strong
est terms Of commentator of the excellence
of the show he had Witnessed that day, and