PEDIGREE OF "HERALD," FORMERLY "GRAPHIC." (Very Rich Dark Brown. Small star, and white heel on near hind leg. Stands 16 hands and inch high. Weighs 1140. Foaled Aug. 12, 1874.) Dam by the Snap Dragon, Dam by Her od's Tuckahoe.? 2d Dam by Im. Tom. Rail Road, Garrett Horse. Dam Hambletonian 1097% Andrew's Pot 8 os mare. Im. Diomed. Daughter of Oscar 1752. Daughter of Im. Leonidas. Shark. Marske. Daughter of Eclipse, son of Im. Union. {Union Messenger 1562. Dam by Messenger. Harmony, by Im. Figure. Judson's Ham-Hambletonian Hambletonian, bletonian. sire of Princess 10972. Dam a highly bred mare, brought from Sandy Hook. Dam by Engineer 2d, (sire of Lady Suffolk) a grandson of Messenger 1562. Whalebone, or Clark Horse, by Sherman, son of Justin Morgan. (Johnson Horse, bred Messenger 1562. Hambletonian Dam by Messenger. {1097/2 Dam, a chesnut mare, Hambletonian 10971⁄2. Messenger 1562. Dam by Messenger. Pot 8 os. Dam.{ Gimcrack. The introduction of the General Index has necessitated the condensation of the Abstract to a somewhat greater extent than usual; but it will be found to contain the cream of the Transactions as returned by the county societies. I must call attention to the meagreness of the returns from many societies, and suggest that strenuous efforts be made by the officers to obtain more elaborate, instructive, and valuable reports from the several committees having the different departments in charge. The efficiency of a society is very properly judged by its record. If this is bald, and destitute of life and interest, it is certain that there is a radical fault in the management, which ought to be sought out and corrected. In the analysis (1) of the Fine Bones of Messrs. L. B. Darling & Co., on p. 323 of the Report, 22.03 per cent. of phosphoric acid should have been credited, that constituent having been inadvertently omitted in transcribing. CHARLES L. FLINT. OFFICERS OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES, 1878. MASSACHUSETTS. President-THOMAS MOTLEY of Jamaica Plain. ESSEX. President- BENJAMIN P. WARE of Marblehead. MIDDLESEX. President - JOHN CUMMINGS of Woburn. MIDDLESEX SOUTH. President-DAVID NEVINS, JUN., of Framingham. MIDDLESEX NORTH. President JOSEPH L. SARGENT of Dracut. WORCESTER. President - CHARLES B. PRATT of Worcester. WORCESTER WEST. President-THOMAS P. ROOT of Barre. WORCESTER NORTH. President - GEORGE JEWETT of Fitchburg. WORCESTER NORTH-WEST. President- JAMES P. LYNDE of Athol. Secretary-E. T. LEWIS of Athol. WORCESTER SOUTH. President-SAMUEL N. GLEASON of Warren. Secretary- AMASA C. MORSE of Sturbridge. WORCESTER SOUTH-EAST. President-WILLIAM KNOWLTON of Upton. HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN, AND HAMPDEN. President J. H. DEMOND of Northampton. Secretary-L. C. FERRY of Northampton. HAMPSHIRE. President-FLAVEL GAYLORD of Amherst. HIGHLAND. President-CHARLES FAY of Chester. HAMPDEN. President-C. L. BUELL of Ludlow. Secretary-J. N. BAGG of West Springfield. HAMPDEN EAST. President -JACOB STEVER of Palmer. UNION. President-HENRY K. HERRICK of Blandford. FRANKLIN. President- JAMES S. GRINNELL of Greenfield. DEERFIELD VALLEY. President - DAVID L. SMITH of Colrain. BERKSHIRE. President-HENRY M. PIERSON of Pittsfield. HOUSATONIC. President - HENRY W. SHELDON of New Marlboro'. Secretary-HENRY T. ROBBINS of Great Barrington. HOOSAC VALLEY. President-0. A. ARCHER of Blackinton. Secretary-H. CLAY BLISS of Northampton. BRISTOL. President-THEODORE DEAN of Taunton. BRISTOL CENTRAL. President- JOHN A. HAWES of Fairhaven. PLYMOUTH. President - JOHN LANE of East Bridgewater. Secretary-LAFAYETTE KEITH of Bridgewater. President NORFOLK. HENRY S. RUSSELL of Milton. Secretary-HENRY O. HILDRETH of Dedham. HINGHAM. President EDMUND HERSEY of Hingham. Secretary - FRANK L. WHITNEY of Hingham. MARSHFIELD. President- GEORGE M. BAKER of Marshfield. Secretary-FRANCIS COLLAMORE of Pembroke. BARNSTABLE. President- AUGUSTUS T. PERKINS of Boston. Secretary-F. B. GOSS of Barnstable. NANTUCKET. President-RICHARD E. BURGESS of Nantucket. Secretary-WENDELL MACY of Nantucket. MARTHA'S VINEYARD. President-I. N. LUCE of Edgartown. Secretary-B. T. HILLMAN of Chilmark. |