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No. 229. W. White, Birraingliam, Hereford Bull, 1st premium. 



Silver Medal and $12 00 



ROBERT L. ROME, 

 WM. WHITFIELD, 

 RUSSELL BISHOP. 



Commitlee. 



CLASS II. k. IV. DEVON AND AYRSHIRE. 



The Committee on Devons, after raakinof a tborouorh examination in 

 this class, beg leave to state that they are favorably impressed with the 

 superiority of the animals collectively, almost all of which are from the 

 herds of eminent breeders in adjoining States, and show, from the sev- 

 eral animals on exhibition that much care has been bestowed in their 

 selection. As a class they compare well with animals of this breed 

 owned in much older States. 



Your Committee would suggest that the breeding of this class of 

 cattle is of much pecuniary interest to our State, as this breed is now 

 conceded by competent judges to excel all others for draught purposes; 

 the oxen being almost equal to horses for farming purposes generally. 

 They are kind feeders, and their agility enables them to keep in good 

 condition on short pasturage; they withstand long and rigorous winters 

 with impunity and in this season are more hardy than any animals of 

 other breeds that your Committee are familiar with. Their color is 

 uniformly red, and in this respect the oxen are'easily matched, and by 

 connoiseurs this color is preferred to all other?. 



The Committee beg leave to state that in their judgment, the bull 

 " Osceola'' is superior to any animal in his class on the ground, but is 

 ineligible for a first premium, he having in 1854 received the highest 

 award of the Society. He is an animal of rare symmetry and beauty 

 and is, in the eyes of the Committee, the best specimen of a North 

 Devon that over came under their notice. 



The Committee acknowledge the good merits of many cows and 

 heifers, and consider the exhibition as a whole, highly creditable to 

 Michigan. 



