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mium at the Kalamazoo County Fair wlieu yearlings, and were brought 

 on the fair ground by their owner, Judge Earl, of Cooper. 



SHEEP AND WOOL. 



In this department the show was very small, but the committee rep- 

 resented the animals exhibited as entirely creditable. Calvin C. White, 

 from the committee, reported the following premiums : 



Best grade buck, H.K.Mills. 



Best Leicester buck, . L. W. Watkins. 



Best buck lamb, - H. K. Mills. 



SWINE AND POULTRY. 



Here, too, the show was too small, but what were shown were nice. 

 It was the uniform opinion that not enough attention is paid to the in- 

 troduction of better breeds of hogs — reference beingf had to their fat- 

 tening properties. If 20 bushels of corn will make 200 lbs. of pork 

 on a Suffolk pig, and only 100 on another, why not know it, and act 

 upon the suggestion. The chickens on show, were said by those v.ersed 

 in Shanghai science, to be tip-top specimens. Oka Town, from the 

 committee, furnished the report: 



Best boar, L. S. Prouty. 



Best sow and pigs, " 



2d best " " 



Best sow, John Murphy. 



Best coop chickens, Nath. Seely. 



GRAIN. 



The awards of the committee were : 



Best specimens of wheat, Levi Loomis. 



2dbest " Alfred Muma. 



Best specimens of flour, Henry Dumont. 



Best specimens of corn, L. S. Prouty. 



VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. 



Here the show was abundant — without end — a perfect and satisfac- 

 tory feast to look at. There can be no mistaking or questioning the 

 fact that western Michigan is the place in all this world for fruit — ap- 

 ples, peaches, quinces, &c., &c. Such fruit and vegetables we never 



