Bring golden grain from sun and air,
From earth her goodly roots.

There let our banners droop and flow,
The stars uprise and fall;

Our roll of martyrs, sad and slow,
Let sighing breezes call.

Their names let hands of horn and tan
And rough-shod feet applaud,
Who died to make the slave a man,
And give to toil reward.

There let the common heart keep time
To such an anthem sung,

As never swelled on poet's rhyme,
Or thrilled on singer's tongue.

A song of burden and relief,

Of peace and long annoy;
The passion of our mighty grief
And our exceeding joy!

A song of praise to Him who filled
The harvests sown in tears;
And gave each field a double yield
To feed our battle-years!

A song of faith that He will end
The work so well begun,

Break every cord of caste, and blend
Our peoples into one!

REPORTS, &c.

The Cattle Show and Exhibition was held at Lawrence, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 26th and 27th.

PLOUGHING-WITH DOUBLE TEAMS.

The Committee are unanimous in recommending the award of the first premium of $10 to J. L. & B. H. Farnham, of North Andover.

The second premium of $9 to R. T. Jaques & Moses Colman, of Newbury.

The third premium of $8 to Herman Phelps, of Andover. The fourth premium of $7 to Charles O. Cummings, of Andover.

Edmund Smith, Luther Noyes, Preston Newhall, Nicolas M. Quin, Randal Andrews, Committee.

PLOUGHING-WITH SINGLE TEAMS.

The Committee on Ploughing, with single teams, make the following awards:

The first premium of $7, to J. H. Reynolds, of North Andover.

The second premium of $6, to Nathan Little, of Newbury. J. L. Newhall, Paul D. Patch, Charles Dustin, Nathan Gage, Committee.

PLOUGHING-SIDE HILL PLOUGH.

The Committee on Ploughing, with Side Hill Plough, report:

That but one entry was made, and award the second premium of $8, to William Foster, of North Andover.

Calvin Rogers, Azor D. Lord, Richard T. Jaques, John P. Foster, James Nayson, Committee.

The Committee on Ploughing, with Horses, respectfully report, that, of five teams entered, there appeared but one upon the field. The ploughing was not considered of the first quality, partly on account of the dry state of the land, and also it being very stony. They, however, decided to award the second premium of $6, to Richard H. Kent, of Lawrence. Benjamin P. Ware, Benjamin Rogers, John Danforth, Jr., J. L. Hubbard, James D. White, Committee.

FAT CATTLE.

The Committee on Fat Cattle were very much pleased to find so many cattle, and of such superior quality, offered for their inspection, which, considering the condition of our pas

tures, owing to the severe drought,—was certainly very remarkable. After a careful examination, the Committee were unanimous in awarding the first premium of $10, to Daniel G. Todd, of Rowley, for his off ox. Annexed is a full account of the manner and cost of keeping, showing facts that are important to the cause of agriculture; and it is hoped that Mr. Todd's example of rendering a minute statement in writing, will be followed more fully by others in the future.

The second premium of $8, is awarded to Mrs. Charles Harriman, of Groveland, for her nigh ox. This ox has had no extra feeding, except hay and grass, for the last year, and presents beef of superior quality.

John P. Foster, of North Andover, and Joseph S. How, also offer fat cattle of excellent quality, and the Committee regret that more premiums were not at their disposal.

Benjamin P. Ware, George Dane, Paul Titcomb, Joseph Goodridge, Paul D. Patch, Committee.

STATEMENT OF DANIEL G. TODD.

I offer for premium one pair of fat cattle, full blood, Durham Sort Horn oxen, 4 years and 3 months old.

Their feed, from the 20th of last February, has been threefourths English, one-fourth Salt or Black Grass Hay, with four quarts of Cob Meal each, to the 20th of last May; from the 20th of May to the present time, two quarts of clear meal, with a very short, dry pasture; corn fodder from the 1st of August to this date.

On the 20th of last February their weight was 3,830 lbs. ; girt, 7 feet 6, and 7 feet 7 inches. On the 20th of September their weight was 4,230 lbs.; girt, 7 feet 10 and 11 inches. Gain in seven months, four hundred pounds; in girt, 8 inches. The expense of keeping for the first three months was $32 per month; for four months, $10.33 per month.

Rowley, September 25th, 1865.

STEERS.

The Committee award the first premium of $6, to Joseph S. Howe, of Methuen, for his three year olds.

Second premium of $5, to George B. Loring, of Salem, for his three year old Ayrshire (twin) Steers.

Charles Rogers, James P. King, Jonathan Berry, Samuel Merrill, Richard S. Bray, Committee.

HEIFERS.

Your Committee are well aware that their awards will not be satisfactory to some of the competitors. In attempting to decide which is the best animal, when the Short Horns, the Alderneys and Ayrshires come in competition, the preferences of different members of the Committee for a particular breed, will make it difficult to institute a fair comparison. If one member of the Committee has come to the conclusion that the Ayrshire is the best cow for this county, it will not be easy for him award the first premium to an Alderney heifer, however promising she may be. We will not attempt to say how the offers of premiums for heifers should be changed; but we think the duty of the Committee would be much more pleasant to themselves, and satisfactory to the public, if they were only to decide which is the best animal of a particular breed, instead of saying which is the best of all the different breeds exhibited.

Here the question naturally arises, how far the Society should direct its efforts and funds to the encouragement of raising our dairy stock? If it can be shown that we can buy our Milch Cows cheaper than we can raise them, this fact alone does not prove that it would not be better for the community for us to give more attention to stock raising. The